Chapter 89: Kiss
"Hm...? What the...? Where am I? What’s going on?" Raven thought to himself groggily, as his eyelids fluttered open and the sight of the ceiling of his room in The Irregulars’ hideout met his gaze, before his eyes suddenly widened and he sat up with a start, "What happened!? The last thing I remember is the Undead King about to attack Celia, it’s a complete blank after that, I don’t remember-...!"
"Hm? Oh, hey, you’re finally awake! It’s about time!" Suddenly came Celia’s voice with a relieved tone, startling Raven slightly.
"Celia! You’re okay!" He exclaimed in relief, as he leapt out of bed and rushed over towards her, pulling her into a tight embrace.
"H-hey, calm down, I’m perfectly fine. I guess this means you don’t remember what happened after you tranformed. Well, in a nutshell, you saved me and then beat the shit out of the Undead King, draining all his energy and giving the Knight Commander an opening to seal him away," She informed him as her face turned red and she awkwardly patted his shoulder, before adding, "Oh, and everyone else is fine too, though we were really worried about you...you’ve been out cold for three whole days."
"Wait, what? Three days!?" He exclaimed incredulously as he let go of her, a guilty look appearing on his face as he added, "I...I’m sorry for making you worry."
"Hey, come on, there’s no need for that...we would probably all be dead right about now if you didn’t tranform when you did," She pointed out.
"I can’t really take credit for that, I don’t remember any of it. Still, I’m glad everyone’s okay. Wait, I didn’t attack you guys, did I?" Frowned Raven with a look of dread on his face.
"Well, uh...you did-...or rather, you tried. Oh, but don’t worry, none of us got hurt. Aster was able to trap you in his Telekinetic Zone and hold you still until your transformation wore off, before you could hurt anyone, so you didn’t so much as scratch any of us. Oh, but you did knock out the Knight Commander. She’s still alive though, so it wasn’t anything serious," Celia informed him, leaving out a few details to avoid making him feel too bad.
"I see, that’s good...while she is technically an enemy, she isn’t a bad person, I’m glad I didn’t end up killing her. I still feel kinda bad though...I got lucky that Aster was able to stop me from hurting anyone else, it could easily have been a whole lot worse. What about Ravella? I hope my berserk form didn’t freak her out or anything."
"She was surprised, but she didn’t seem particularly freaked out...it just stoked her hatred for the church. She’s currently out training with Lexia, she should be back in a couple of hours or so."
"I see...I still feel pretty guilty about this, though. Me losing control may well have helped us win, but it would’ve been a lot better if I’d managed to maintain my consciousness and control it like I did last time," Said Raven with a grimace, as he sat down on the edge of the bed.