(Start of Volume 8)
One Night Later
About a day had passed since the complete annihilation of the [Under Eye] base.
By the way, while I was carrying those three out of the building, I did regroup with Ralf and Esta again while they were on their way to help here.
Ralf then headed further in to support Mielle, meanwhile Esta helped me carry these horribly wounded trio out to safety.
And my memory cuts off at that point………perhaps the moment I felt the warm sunlight on my face again, my tension wires finally snapped and I too collapsed while still carrying Alexandra and Bruce.
And right now, by the time I woke up, I was lying under an unfamiliar ceiling.
It was my assumption that ‘about a day had passed’ as well and seeing how the morning sun was shining in through the window, and considering it was around noon when we destroyed the [Under Eye] base, I have to assume that I had slept the rest of the day and now it the morning of the next day.
I still feel quite fatigued so I kind of wanted to continue sleeping in this fluffy bed but…….
Since I had no idea what had happened afterwards, I also wanted to go out and look for someone and get a better idea of the current situation.
Forcing myself up from the bed, first I checked the room I was in.
It was quite the spacious room, and there were six more beds, like the one I was lying on, lined up side by side.
However no one else was using those beds, and I was the only one inside this room. I think I’m probably in some kind of nap room.
There was nothing else worth mentioning inside this room other than the beds, so I looked outside the window to get an idea of where I was and apparently, this was the third floor of some building.
And judging from how I can see the main street below me, I was probably in a building located in the capital’s best residential district.
I thought of the [Lemon Kid] but, that place was a bit away from the main street, and it certainly didn’t have any rooms as spacious as this one.
Which means, there’s only one other possibility left……..this is probably the royal knights quarters.
At the same timing that I recognized the place, the door of the room was opened and someone entered inside.
Turning back to look who it was, the person who had entered the room was none other than Alexandra.
“Ah! Chris-san, you’re finally awake! You completely refused to wake up even one bit so we were all worried but, good to see you’re doing well.”
“Likewise, you seem o be doing well as well Alexandra………..we are in the royal knights quarters right? Thanks for lending it to me.”
“No need for thanks! You saved our lives. If anything I’m a bit embarrassed that this plain room is all we could give you.”
Shaking her head to the side, Alexandra hung her head seemingly really feeling a bit ashamed.
But still, she had been in such a horrible state but she was already looking energetic again and moving around normally.
I seem to have slept a lot longer so I wondered if Bruce and Gilmour had also woken up already or not.
“Speaking of, are Bruce and Gilmour okay? And the rest of the knights also took some severe damage from what I recall, no?”
“Bruce and Gilmour are doing fine, all thanks to your help, Chris-san. They took some serious damage so they haven’t regained consciousness yet but, their lives are not in danger. As for the rest of the knights……..of the group that attacked the building, we lost 60% of them. As for the remaining 40%, about half of them are seriously wounded so yes, we did take some serious damage to our troops.”
Looks like at least Bruce and Gilmour managed to live.
As for the rest of the knights, well from the terrible situation I saw in there, it’s honestly a miracle that even that many survived.
They did leave half of their troops at the entrance of the black market as well so, I assume the casualties are around 30 or so.
And even with another 10 or so seriously wounded, considering their opponents were [Under Eye], I honestly think they did pretty well limiting the damage as a whole.
“I see. It’s unfortunate that over half those that entered the building died but, at least it’s good to know that at least Bruce and Gilmour survived.”
“It’s all thanks to you, Chris-san. Once again, you have my utmost gratitude.”
“No need for thanks. In the first, I’m the one that asked for your help to take down [Under Eye]. If anything, I feel bad for dragging you all into this.”
Seeing Alexandra bow her head so sincerely, I started feeling a bit guilty over it all and also gave bow in apology.
I mean, I did head to Ralf and Esta first to confirm their safety and only afterwards did I go to help the knights. My personal priority list wasn’t exactly kind to them.
I haven’t done anything that deserves their thanks by any means, and if anything I should really be apologizing.
“Ah, please raise your head! You are the one that saved us after all! – – O-oh right! Ralf-san and Esta-san were also very worried about you so let me go call them as well!”
She seemed flustered from seeing me bow, so she found an excuse to quickly run out of the room to call Ralf and Esta instead.
To be honest, I wanted to question her a bit more about what all happened since then and such but, she was already gone, so it can’t be helped I guess.
Well, she had gone to call Ralf and Esta so I guess I can ask them instead about what all happened after I lost consciousness.
Until then……..I don’t exactly have much else to do so I guess I’ll do some maintenance of Vendettatein that was leaning on the side of my bed while I wait.
