Chapter 11: Lucy Worries
Sophia bit her fingers, frustration etched into her delicate features. Her usual bright and excitable expression, like a blooming flower under the sun, had withered into worry.
Princess Lucy, who silently riding a carriage eyes scanning the Envelope and opening it looking at the letter in her hands.
The paper contained devastating news—Akashi had been found severely injured, teetering on the edge of death, and now lay unconscious in a coma.
Lucy's hands trembled as she gripped the paper tighter, crumpling it under the pressure of her fury and fear. She had fulfilled all her duties assigned by the Queen, had played her role perfectly,
She wasted no time.
With a flash of blue light and a storm of energy, Lucy spammed teleportation spells, warping through space over and over until—barely thirty minutes later—she arrived at the scene. Her breath was ragged, her mana thinned, but her concern overrode her exhaustion. As the bright glow of her final teleportation faded, she appeared in a quiet, sun-drenched room where Sophia and a healer stood solemnly near a bed.
Her eyes fell on Akashi's unconscious form, and her fury surged like a tempest.
A crack shattered through the window glass, spiderwebbing outward from its center.
Sophia stepped forward, raising her voice gently. "Big sis... I know he's important to you, but please, calm down. You're not helping anyone like this."
Lucy took a long breath, her chest rising and falling as she struggled to control the storm within. Her hands clenched at her sides, her fingers twitching with restrained magic. Finally, she spoke, her tone low and tight. "What happened to him?"
Sophia sighed, shaking her head helplessly. "I found him in the garden... It looks like he was attacked by a beast—probably a bear. There were large claw marks, and he had collapsed before anyone could find him."