Twin star exorcists Fantasy

Part 21

I stared at his body in shock. Without thinking twice I started to remove the glass shards with my bare hands, not caring whether they bled or not. As soon as the path was a bit clear, I pulled his body out, hugging him close to my chest. The princesses just snickered. I glared at them.

The servants came to clean up. I pressed my bare hands against Rokuro's wounds trying to stop the bleeding. His blood seeped into my clothes but I didn't care. Rokuro was more important. I sobbed into his soft silky brown hair, feeling all the warmth slowly leave his body.

Then a miracle happened.....I felt his heartbeat.....slow but still there. Although uneven it was still pumping, and I knew he wasn't dead.

"The prince is dead, Adashino. HAHAHA!" I could feel my insides burning up.

"Now Arisu-sama will inherit the throne."

"He will only pick us Royals, not a lowly commoner like you." they tried to kick Rokuro but I took the hit for myself. Hugging him even tighter, I closed my eyes waiting for them to hurt us more. I could feel pain all over my body, as the girls' heels dug into my flesh. My hands were totally red by now, my dress coated in blood.

Then I realised, Rokuro was just a type of stepping stone. Rokuro was supposed to be the original leader of this country. Arisu-sama only gets the throne because he has an aquaintance with them. Although younger, Rokuro was the one inheriting the whole kingdom.

"Call the Royal Place!" butlers and maids shrieked.

Horses were send out with messages. Rokuro taken to the mini nursing room. I sat over there wrapping bandages around his wounds. 

"Benio......" his voice was faint, and weaker than ever.

"Rokuro! Are you alright?" I asked although I knew that he was no near alright.

He nodded his head and then scrunched in pain, screaming out.

"Don't move." I whispered. 

"Benio......"

"Hmm....?"

"Your hands...." he looked at them, and so did I. They were covered in blood, his and mostly mine.

Rokuro scanned me from top to bottom. He noticed the cuts and bruises I had received during the princess' assault.

"They're fine. I'll ask Otomi-san to take a look at them if things get out of control." I said. He smiled at me, and I smiled back, before he drifted into dreamworld.

Suddenly the doors burst open, and Otomi-san rushed in. She quickly took a look at things and immediately set to work. She really knows her stuff....

"Adashino-san, can you give-AAHHH!!!!" she stared wide eyed at my hands, and started examining them. She took out an herbal medicine and rubbed it onto my hands after cleaning them. 

"Sit down, and don't get up." she ordered and I obeyed. I kept an eye on Rokuro and the door, making sure that things were alright. Otomi-san ran around knocking things over and cursing herself for being such a klutz. 

"There he should be alright now. But your hands, Adashino-san....."

"Huh?"

"They might have permanent scars." she whispered looking at me in dismay.

That was all I heard before I faded into darkness.