"Lord Kyle...Lord Kyle" a feminine voice called out to Kyle, it sounds far away but slowly came closer as he regained consciousness.
Kyle was still groggy, he opened his eyes but everything was out of focus and his felt like someone was using a jackhammer on his brain.
"Ugh..." He groaned, trying to sit up, he reached out to the carved stone stand beside him grabbing it a little too hard.
The structure crumbled in his hands making him fall back to the ground.
"So you're still alive" a male voice said , he couldn't see the person but he knew it was Michael.
"Am I ? " Kyle asked, although it was a joke, he definitely felt like he had almost died.
"So can you let go of that sword so we can help you up?" Michael already knew the effects of the sword, and knew that touching anyone in contact with it would put you in the same condition as them.
Kyle tried to drop the sword, but instead it dissipated turning into a shadowy mass, before attaching itself to Kyle's wrist a in the form of a sword tattoo.
Before anyone could move Thalia moved at superhuman speed to Kyle's side, previously she had had only been calling his name from a little distance away because of Michael's warning.
"Lord Kyle are you okay"
"Oh.. Thalia is that you, I'm fine but more importantly" he said turning towards her with a weak smile "could you do me a favor and not mention this to the girls, I don't want to worry them for no reason".
"Um...Lord Kyle how do I say this... it's me you should be worried about " she said, looking at him with a concerned expression.
Kyle still couldn't see clearly but he could definitely sense something was weird about the way she said that.
'it almost sounds like she's saying I'm going to tell them' .
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After a full 20 minutes Kyle could finally see clearly, even clearer than before he collapsed.
He and Thalia were in there way home. Michael let leave saying he had already seen what he was hoping to, but neither of them really understood what he meant by that, He also said that they could keep the sword since the church didn't know what to do with it.
On their way home Thalia kept stealing glances at Kyle, like there was something on his face, but he asked her why a couple of times only to recive the same answer, "it's nothing"
He was definitely sure something was wrong but he didn't know what.
'anyway did I grow a little' he thought noticing he and Thalia's height difference had increased a bit, or maybe Thalia grew shorter , he didn't know dragon physiology so he just put it in the realm of possibility.
They reached the gate of the castle almost as the sun began to disappear into the horizon, the guards looked at Kyle strangely but he didn't even notice as he walked passed them without a care.
"I shall take my leave, lord Kyle have a good night" Thalia said with a bow before departing, leaving Kyle on his own.
'where is she even going' he thought as he watched her get further away until she disappeared into a corner.
He walked into the castle with his hands in his barely swaying beside him, he walked towards a passing maid asking about Fiona and Rea's whereabouts.
He walked with a happy smile on his face as headed in the direction the maid had pointed out.
He walked down the hall before turning left coming before a door leading to the outside, the door opened into a garden with a large variety of colorful flowers planted everywhere.
At the center of the at the the center of the garden there was a large gazebo, it was made out of stone entirely and was painted pure white, which really stood out in the rainbow colored garden.
Kyle could hear the laughter of three women as he got closer, he wondered what was so funny.
"Good evening ladies " Kyle greeted the women sitted at the table in the gazebo.
There were a few seconds of awkward silence between them before Fiona finally spoke.
"Kyle? Is that you?" She looked genuinely confused.
"Who else would it be" he asked wondering why she was acting strange.
Rea got and walked to Kyle, she sniffed him a bit before laying her head on his shoulder, and hugging him tightly.
"Kyle why did you take so long, and you were with Thalia too, what were you guys doing " she said squeezing him tighter with every word she spoke.
"We just went to the church to see Mr Michael from yesterday"Kyle just rubbed her head, ignoring the pressure on his ribs
'Your so cute when you're jealous' he thought.
"But what happened to your hair and your aren't you a little taller " she said standing on her tiptoes trying to compare their height.
"My hair what are you talking about " he said looking over at Fiona and her mother who just nodded confirming Rea's words.
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Later in his room Kyle was looking at the mirror, observing silver strands of hair hanging from his head, he knew it probably had something to do with the fact that he had completely synced with Enric.
That wasn't the only change, aside from the millions of new memories in his head, different from what he had expected he could still feel Enric but he felt like their souls were so tightly woven together they were basically the same person.
Which was why when he saw memories of Enric's family he felt a deep feeling of longing in his heart.
"My husband looks worried, that's not like you" a voice from behind him said as a pair of hands around him hugging him from behind as stood in front of the mirror.
"Fiona when did you get here" he asked still looking at the mirror.
"You looked like you had a lot more than the colour of your hair on your mind" she said with her head resting on his broad back.
Kyle froze surprised at her correct deduction, "And what makes you say that" he said trying to feign ignorance.
"Kyle you haven't even turned to look at me since we started talking, and you didn't even notice me come in, and your usually more of a tease but you haven't even said anything, and–"
"Okay okay I get it" Kyle couldn't defend himself and Fiona seemed to have a lot more to say.
He turned around lifting her up to his face level, finally looking her in the eye.
"Nice hair" she said giggling.
"Yeah I guess it is" he said, watching Fiona holding back the urge to touch it but ultimately failing to do so.
"So what's wrong" she asked still playing with his hair.
"Well you see..... I might have a wife and kids in another dimension" for a whole minute there was silence.
"Huh?" Fiona finally said she was pretty sure she heard him wrong, but when she saw that stupid smile on his face she knew he wasn't joking.
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Rea was on her way to Kyle's room, she had been trying her best to get along with Fiona's family, more specifically her mother, but now she was exhausted and needed a Kyle recharge.
As walked down the seemingly never ending hallway she heard another pair of footsteps coming from the direction she was going to, the steps were heavy being followed by the sound of metals rubbing against themselves.
As the two finally walked closer to each other Rea could finally clearly see the mysterious figure.
A woman with long purple hair dress in full armour, with a sword at her hip and the serious expression on her face no one who knew who she was would dare approach her carelessly, and Rea was beginning to understand why.
She could feel it, this woman was strong, very strong at that, the king was strong too but he didn't give off this much pressure, this woman was at least 3 times stronger than him.
She had the design of the Valtorian eagle carved into her armour, signifying that she was a knight, but she wasn't just any old night she was the captain commander of the strongest battalion in the empire.
Rea was trying her best to hold herself back, unlike when she met Kyle the fear she felt was replaced with something wilder, she could feel it other than Kyle this human actually had a strength to potentially push her back in a fight, and her dragonic side was not having that.
She wanted to fight this human and show her who's boss, but she couldn't because she was in someone else's home, and Fiona would definitely get mad at her.
Both women walked by eachother ol, no greetings, no word, they just kept looking forward ignoring urge to tear eachother apart.
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Blood dripped from Milena's mouth, holding back wasn't easy, but she couldn't start fighting any random person she saw, so she just kept walking keep a tight grip on her killing intent.
She reached a large single door, it was taller than her but not so much so. Inside a man sat at a desk which this time was clean, his face wasn't as distrut as before but he still looked worried.
"Greetings your majesty" she said going down on one knee with her head held low .
She held this position for a little bit until he replied.
"You may stand...., I hope your trip back was safe?" He asked as she got to her feet
"Yes your majesty, although we had began to enter the central region before the messenger came to inform us of the princess's arrival." She recounted.
"And?" He asked not saying anything after but she understood.
"All the men and Richard were all gone when arrived, only their swords and other items were found when we arrived" she explained
"So who is responsible for this " the king demanded.
"We are not sure yet, but they are indeed strong, but we shall not disappoint you your majesty" she left after being excused.
Leaving Edgar alone with his thoughts.
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10 minutes ago
Rea finally reached Kyle's room coming in uninvited.
"Kyle I'm so tired I just.... want.. to... What's going on here?" she asked wondering what scenario was currently unfolding in their room.