"KAI!!!" Sophia's voice echoed through the walls as she loudly screamed Kai's name. Her eyes closed, tears flowing down her cheeks, she lay on Kai's chest, testing his heartbeat. She took his hand, and she tested his pulse, but there was nothing.
The wolf whimpered only, rounding around Kai as it looked at his face, expecting a move, but surprisingly, it didn't see any movements.
....
"Ahhhh!" A voice sounded in a brightly lit room. It was Kai, slowly opening his eyes. He started by seeing the white light, since he last saw a red screen, repeating the word warning.
He widely opened his eyes as he saw himself in his room; he touched himself, checking whether he was alive. Suddenly, a slight headache shot him; he held his head, and he then thought of the princess. "Damn, I was late again; maybe she's still…" A woman's voice cut Kai's sentence short.
"Kai? Still asleep? I'm coming in!" Princess Sonia opened the door and found her way inside and found Kai standing, staring at the door.
"Whoa, you are already up?" she asked, her voice sounding happy.
"Yes!" he replied in panic, while standing up straight, his head straight, his whole body in a bodyguard stance, his hands behind him.
She got taken aback by the stance and slowly asked, "What's up with your stance?"
"Ahh, I'm a bodyguard, aren't I?"
"Ohh, that's right. Okay, ready for breakfast?"
"Ready if you are!"
The princess took her eyes off Kai, and his stance changed as he sighed.
"Phewwww," suddenly, the princess came back and said, "I don't want to wait for you! And, just taking my eyes off you, you are already delaying to follow?"
"No no no, princess, it's not like that; I thought maybe I should fix my bed before breakfast!" He quickly found an excuse to dodge the princess's question easily.
"Ohh, good idea, do it fast, I'm waiting!" she said as she folded her hands and got in, and the door slammed.
Did she really have to wait? How can I even know whether I didn't die or not? Wait a second, no one can see a ghost, which means I am alive! But, aww, what if I died in that world?' Kai thought while he nicely fixed his bed, and then he faced the princess.
...
"After breakfast, the princess took Kai for a walk. She wanted to see the kingdom, and then after that, they would go to Kai's sword training with Satoe.
The sun was scorching as it shone up in the sky, with no trace of a cloud. The sky was completely clear; its blue color was shining in sight.
The princess took a nice sun hat and went out with Kai in hot weather. Kai denied a sun hat; he wanted the sun to hit his black hair.
They peacefully explored the city of Luminaris, seeing some nice places like lakes and parks, places where people were, since it was hot. So in those places they will be freshening their minds since there's nice fresh air from the trees in the park and the nice breeze from the lake.
They found some candies, the princess's favorite. She bought some for Kai, who was walking behind her holding his hands in front of him.
On their way back, suddenly, a woman screamed; 5 guys wearing black were surrounding her, asking for money. She had no choice but to give them since they were armed, and again people couldn't help because many of them were scared of robbers. Mostly, robbers were otherworlders, so many were scared of those otherworlders.
They pushed her, and that's when she screamed while Kai and the princess were passing by. They started running away, their footsteps thudding in the middle of the apartments as they made their escape.
Suddenly Kai saw the poor woman crying; he was touched by the way she was crying. He suddenly thought of his mother, who was in the other world, lying on a deathbed.
His mind replayed his mother's face and every happy moment he ever had with her. His eyes started to tear up, his mouth changing shape as he sobbed. Suddenly, his voice cracked slightly. "Mom!"
'[Huh?]' Seraphina was astonished.
"Huh?" The princess was also taken aback.
The two got astonished by the sudden mom word. The princess turned her head back and witnessed Kai standing, his tearing eyes glued to the robbed woman.
'[What are you doing, moron?]' Seraphina angrily asked.
"Kai? Anything wrong?" the princess asked, her voice soothing and smooth.
Without a word, Kai ran to the woman, leaving the princess taken aback. He asked the woman about what she lost. "Hello! What did they take from you?"
'[What are you going to do even if you know]'
"My money! My money! Haaaaaa," the innocent woman had her tears flowing down her face; the ground under her face was all wet with tears.
Kai turned his head to where the robbers went. Many people were standing, dumbfounded, waiting to see what he wanted to do.
'Wait, what is he planning to do?' "Kai? Hey, calm down, relax; you are going to get yourself in deep trouble if you…"
Kai suddenly ran to where the robbers went. "Kai!!" the princess screamed Kai's name. While Kai disappeared in the crowd. He took a left turn where the robbers went. Suddenly, he saw the robbers; his eyes were firmly narrowed as he saw the robbers standing, looking at the coin purse that they took from the woman.
They suddenly noticed Kai, who was running towards them, his eyes blazing with rage, ready to take them down.
"Wait, someone followed us!" One of them said.
"Let's go!"
"Wait, he's alone; we can take him down! Why are you two acting like girls?"
"Grrrrrrrrrr!" one of the dissed growled.
They glared at Kai, their eyes narrowed while their lips stretched with a sneer.
Kai slowly dropped his speed and stopped near them, and he held his knees and started panting.
"*Haaa, haaaa, haaa!* Hey, you guys haaa." Kai continued panting, his mouth wide open as he glared down while his heart raced after a long run.
The robbers were taken aback by the way Kai said it, and they saw his age and ridiculed him.
"Hey kid, what are you doing here? This is not the place for losers like you."
"HUH?" His left eyebrow rose up; he then continued, "I'm begging you, please, just give it back.
"Hahaha, really, kid, go and get breastfed?"
"Huh?" Astonishment increased.
The other one added, "And tell your mom to ground you, because pests like you will get killed in places like these."
Kai straightened his body and stretched, glaring at the five guys that were carrying some small daggers.
"I guess I did my best in begging, so it's time to go the hard way. So are you going to give it back or…"
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