(From Blue''s Perspective)


    "What did you do, you bi...?"


    Isaac could not finish since I hit him between his legs with my leg. It was a kick that Perita taught me. Perita taught me how to kick. She said it was a good idea to get rid of men who stood with their legs a little further apart.


    Isaac screamed in agony and knelt on his knees. I noticed Ezekiel getting up, so I quickly started running.


    My clothes, as well as my arms, were sttered with blood. It was not my blood, but it still made me a bit nauseous.


    But along the way, I almost ran into something, or so I thought until it grabbed me by the waist and shoved me into someone''s arms.


    It took me some time to figure out what was going on. It was a massive beast. It had dark ck fur and dark ck eyes. And it was enormous in size and frightening in appearance.


    But, if I had to choose, I would say a spider was more terrifying looking than it.


    That animal was the thing that threw me in Luc''s arms. He caught me quickly and carefully so I would not get hurt.


    "Are you alright?" he asked.


    "That...? Is that...?"


    "Yes, that''s him. That''s your husband. But are you alright? You..."


    "I am alrig... Ugh...!"


    "What''s wrong? What''s going on?"


    My stomach had suddenly begun to ache. It was not like normal times when I would get simple cramps. Rather, this time, the pain was excruciating. It was like the skin of my stomach was tearing apart from within and there was a burning pain.


    "Blue! Talk to me! What''s wrong?" Luc asked again.


    "It hurts my l-lower... stomach!" I sobbed. "Oh, it aches so bad...!"


    "Your lower stomach hurts? Is it too bad? Ah, it looks too bad... Damn it! I will take you to the doctor now. I will teleport," he said and held me in his arms.


    "Hold on, okay? We will be there soon."


    The dizzy feeling was there again. I closed my eyes and braced my stomach with both hands. The pain was getting worse.


    The pain was only in my stomach and lower parts and it was unbearable. After experiencing so many beatings in my family, I could deal with pain very well. But this time, it was just too much. I felt like I could not breathe, and every time I tried to take a breath, my stomach tore apart.


    "What the...? Lord Luc? And... Her Highness! What happened to Her Highness?" Ruby asked in a terrified voice.


    "Doctor Dimitri! Get Doctor Dimitri now! Quick!" Luc eximed.


    "Y-Yes..."


    "Hold on, alright?" Luc muttered, rubbing my forehead while I cried in pain. The pain was increasing very quickly. I had a feeling that if it kept increasing at this rate, perhaps I would just die. "You will get better soon..."


    "It hurts... hic... It hurts so bad..."


    "Why isn''t the doctor here yet? Damn it!"


    "What happened?" Doctor Dimitri came rushing. Ruby did call him as soon as she could.


    "Her lower stomach hurts," Luc exined. "Judging her expression, I think it hurts like hell."


    "Suddenly?" the doctor asked.


    "Suddenly, right?" Luc asked, looking at me.


    "Yeah... Ugh, it hurts..."


    The pain was beyond my ability to bear. It was so much that I did not even notice when I had started to scream in pain.


    "Please do something, Doctor! Her Highness is hurting!" Ruby pleaded, panicking.


    "Is it possible to go back now, Lord Luc?" the doctor asked.


    "Back? Back to where? Querencia?"


    "Yes..."


    "Is it necessary?" Luc asked.


    "I''m afraid so."


    "... Alright," Luc sighed. "I will teleport the doctor, Blue and Ruby now. Then I wille back again to wait for His Highness, King Demetrius toe back."


    "What about Perita? She guards Her Highness...," Ruby said.


    "Ugh, I forgot about her. Tell her toe here right now," he grumbled.


    Ruby quickly exited the room. Except for the doctor, everyone was in a state of panic. He appeared to be aware of what was going on. He kept massaging my lower stomach with a solemn expression on his face.


    But something made me feel that he knew it was going to hurt.


    Ruby came back with Perita very quickly who was asking questions very loudly. Ruby was very angry and told her to shut up using very badnguage. It was my first time hearing Ruby use such a word. She must be very worried about me.


    "I will take her. Stand in a circle or somehow connect to each other," Luc said. "Quickly! Don''t waste any more time."


    Luc picked me up in his arms again. He was stronger than I thought as he was able to pick me up effortlessly. But I knew he was going to mock meter by saying that carrying me hurt his back because I was so heavy.


    ''Ugh, again that dizziness... I hate it! It makes me feel nauseous. And now, even my stomach is hurting...''


    We were back in our room again. Luc ced me on the bed and said something to others. But I could not hear anything. The pain had gotten worse.


    I could not hold back my screams anymore. I heard childbirth hurt a lot. But I was sure that it was worse than that. It surely was worse than any kind of pain.


    It also did not appear to be a simple cramp. It had never hurt so much before. Was that what Ezekiel was referring to? He was saying that it would start working soon. Did he feed me something when I was unconscious?


    I could not think straight anymore. The pain had taken over not only my body, but also my mind. I only wanted for it to stop. It was as if I was willing to sell my soul to alleviate the pain.


    "Your Highness, it will be fine soon," Ruby said as she rubbed my hand.


    ''Alright soon? I don''t think that''s the case. I mean, look at the doctor''s face... Everything is just clear!''


    "Listen, I''ll go back, and when your husband returns, I''ll bring him here," Luc said, bringing his face close to mine so I could hear him. "Listen to the doctor and drink whatever he gives you, all right? Just hold on a bit more."


    ''Whatever the doctor gives me? So, Luc knows that the doctor is going to give me something... Only I don''t know?''


    "O-Ok... Tell him not to w-worry... I am f-fine..."


    Luc chuckled bitterly. "You are fine? And even if I tell him that, you think he will believe me? You are saying this perhaps because you haven''t seen how he reacted when he heard that you could not be found."


    Luc told Ruby to take good care of me and then left. I still had not gotten used to seeing someone vanish in the thin air right in front of me.


    Despite the fact that my stomach was twisting from the inside, I was concerned about my husband. What if he had gotten hurt? And what was he going to do if he saw me in this state?


    I knew very well how crazy he was about me. If he had seen me being in pain like this, I did not have to see it myself to know what was going to happen.


    "Your Highness, please take this medicine. Drink the whole thing. It won''t taste good, but please try not to spill it," the doctor said as he handed Ruby a cup to feed me. "I''ll be honest. The pain will not go away, but if you take this medicine, Your Highness will be forced to sleep. What I mean is, no matter what medicine I give you, the pain just won''t go away.


    So, I have to use this method."


    "Yes, give that quickly!" I said eagerly. "It hurts... I just... want it to go away..."


    "Open your mouth a bit then, Your Highness," Ruby said. "I will help you drink it."


    She slowly poured the medicine into my mouth. The doctor was not kidding about the taste. It was utterly repulsive and bitter.


    As soon as I took the medicine, my eyelids felt heavy. As the doctor said, the pain did not decrease at all. I wanted to ask what exactly happened to me that even he could not give me anything that could decrease the pain.


    But in the end, I could not ask anything. I remembered reminding Ruby to tell Dem when he woulde that my condition was not that bad and he did not need to worry about me too much. And he should rest as well, and more importantly, what happened to me was not the fault of anyone other than Ezekiel and Isaac. He should not get angry at them, because both Doctor Dimitri and Luc gave their best.