scarlet as rose

part 10

(or how to indulge cale henituse so he stays in bed during his recovery)

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after last war with white star, cale henituse fall to his knees.

most people saw it, due communication device that clopeh sekka been installed during war. most of the western and eastern continent seen how their beautiful red headed hero panting while gripping his chest—place that he's been stab with the branch of world tree.

choi han who just get back from his trial scream and aiding his liege.

there's something wrong with the ancient power, cale thought. the vitality of the heart should have bern close the wound right now. the word side is cale can feel that the gaping wounds already closed. but the pain not subside at all.

cale can't even take breath without feeling the burn on his chest.

choi han hold his liege body with gentle touch. he asking with whisper tone, "cale-nin, what happened?"

yet cale henituse still panting with cold sweat, his dainty looking hands grab choi han biceps, gives it squeeze as if to tell choi han to do something. the knight looks confused and panic.

"cough! choi—cough!"

"yes, cale-nim?"

"break the temple and al—cough!"

choi han understands. his liege wants to destroy the temple. he looks at rosalyn and nodded. as her reply, rosalyn ran to their commander that still panting weakly in the swordmaster chest. rosalyn bring cale outside with her magic, also monitoring his vitals.

with that, it just choi han and the temple that he's going to destroy.

in outside of the temple, cale family already with their equipment. while rosalyn bring cale body, eruhaben vastly undoing her magis while did his magic to cale body. eruhaben magic respectfully are more powerful.

"human!" it was raon.

the blonde prince gave him nod, "eruhaben-nim, the coordination of recovery room is ready."

the commotion still going on here and there, but eruhaben doesn't care in the slightest while his human. his weak yet powerful human. his most beautiful possession, his most gorgeous hoard. he listen alver word and cast his speel to the recovery room.

cale can feel all his body and scratches burn. the battle doesn't even end yet. but his body already on its limit.

he can feel eruhaben hold him and hist chest and trying to gave him support. the mana in his body was overflowed do significant difference of their mana size.

"it burns, please—cough!" even though what cale said actually incoherent to general ears, his family ears who heightened than human sense could picture what their young master actually said.

cale did a lot in these two years worth of war. and most of the breakdown, didn't even give cale a flinch due his habituation of pain.

so how much pain cale been feeling right now? he just got stitched back from his recklessness using his ability and ancient power way too much. now, with his brand new gaping wound on his heart, ron can't take it anymore.

"eruhaben-nim, please make the young master unconscious," plead the old butler.

eruhaben frowned, looking at the condition of his beautiful human once, "what if we also make the ancient power unconscious. cale will be dead in a seconds if vitality of the heart not supporting him."

ancient power is bud and alver most familiar thing, the secretary of their beloved commander spoke with sharp tones, "i do believe what ron said was true. while the young master unconscious, we can take the matter into our own hands as a precaution if the vitality of the hearts doesn't work."