“Eleanora Saves Cathain”

The place where people was dancing happily not to long ago was now full of clashing sounds of swords and people’s terrific screams to save their life.

Everyone was dumfounded at first when a chandelier suddenly fall off, which Duke Richardo managed to pull in time to prevent it from dropping.

As they were werewolves, they had much more physical strength then others; even without any weapon, theire bare hands was enough.

At the same time, Alexander managed to block the arrow which was shoot towards Emperor Valerian with his sword and ordered all the knights to protect the emperor as he wanted to go and find Eleanora.

“Protect The Emperor!!!”

The emperor suddenly felt weak and fall on the ground, almost losing his consciousness.

The knights surrounded Emperor Valerian with Alexander, who also had his sword unsealed and glanced at the second floor with worried eyes.

‘She is at the second floor... hopefully nothing is wrong with her-‘

Suddenly, Duke Richardo approached and stood by Alexander as he spoke.

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historical

“Duke Dalton... You daughter is alone at the second floor. If you want, you can go to her. Am here.”

Duke Richardo could feel Alexander’s concern as he knew how it felt like to worry about daughter’s.

His own daughter kidnapped for three whole months and was found during the border relief.

According to his daughter, A mysterious sister had saved her and nagged him to find that sister.

His daughter wanted to marry off his son to that sister.

And he also wanted to find that person to thank her thus he sent his son to attend the annual banquets to find that girl, only to fail everytime.

This is why he came this time.

Even if a long time has passed and his daughter has become normal again, still he can’t help but worry about her safety measures.

So, even if Alexander lools cold, but how can he not worry about his daughter at this moment?

Alexander knew that Duke Richardo was a neutral person who never meddled into any affairs that didn’t concerned him.

“Thank you, Duke Richardo... I will talk to you later.”

“I also have a daughter, So Lady Eleanora is like my own daughter too...”

Alexander politely nodded and as he was about to go, Emperor Valerian, who was not so conscious suddenly coughed a mouthful of bloods.

“Your Majesty!!”

Alexander’s eyes widened in shock as he rushed to hold Emperor Valerian who was vomiting bloods.

But his blood colour was little strange... It wasn’t red but it was so deep in red colour that it almost looked like black if one didn’t noticed carefully.

‘Poison?!’

‘What’s happening? How is this possible?!’

It wasn’t hard for Alexander to recognise poison as this was something he already knew about.

From his last life...

Before turning back the time, Liana had told him that the duke used a kind of poison which makes a human fall weak at first, gradually vomiting bloods or mild headache, making their body ache in pain.

Finally making the pain worse and go crazy because of it.

‘It was the poison which was used on the crown prince in the past life... Why the emperor has the same effects?’

Now, Alexander couldn’t leave the emperor at this state at all. He had to stay back and observe the situation as well make an antidote for it in case one day Eleanora needs it.

The lights also went out and the whole banquet hall become dark. People started to scream and run in fear more terribly.

The whole palace become chaotic.

Alexander made an eye contact with Duke Richardo, who was beside him and he immediately understood Alexander’s hidden words in his gaze.

“Imperial Army! Follow Duke Richardo to fight!”

Alexander commanded his subordinates as he carried the emperor away first.

Rather then carrying a whole army to catch the enemies eyes... it was better to move alone in dark to not alert them.

They still don’t know who the enemies are and who is the main target.

The emperor...Or the crown prince?

Alexander’s heart sank in fear as he thought about the latter possibility.

Duke Raven and Marquise Roselia took charge of escorting people out safely, where Duke Dalton took charge to protect the emperor and Duke Richardo to fight against the enemy.

Alexander gritted his teeth as he didn’t felt something right and very wrong about the emperor being suddenly poisoned.

‘Ele... Be safe and wait for dad!’

...

Meanwhile, Dominic was walking really fast as he dragged Liana with him.

He felt like she was losing his last bit of patience with her, so he just pinned her down in a corner where he could see her face because of moonlight.

“What are you doing here in a maid cloth?”

“Your highness, i will explain later... we don’t have much time-”

Liana couldn’t speak anymore Dominic suddenly pulled out his sword and pointed it at her neck.

“You forced me to do this, Lennie... You always wear veil to hide your hair colour that matches with the duke of Ravens, Right?”

Liana couldn’t reply and only look at him blankly as she had no answers to give or deny it.

“Hah... No wonder... No wonder you never told me anything about me... You never trusted me from the very beginning!!”

Dominic spoke in a dejected tone as he withdrew his sword from her and took a few steps back.

“No- It’s not like that-”

Liana tried to approach him but seeing him stepped back, she stopped on her tracks.

“I always trusted and felt that you was the closest person to me... in the end, i just got deceived.”

“Tell me... Did you already knew about today’s attack? or did you came here to help someone?”

Liana just stayed silent. Indeed she had came here to help someone and knew about today’s attacks because she knew her father too well.

Now that he had failed to negotiate with the Rua Kingdom, They will collude with Republic Kingdom.

She doesn’t want him to know because she doesn’t want to danger his life in this life too.

She knows how vicious her father and Dominic’s older brother can get to get rid of him to get power.

The Arendell needs a ruler like their second prince, Dominic De Caisson Arendell, to help to grow and prosper.

Not a power hungry man like his older brother...

And this empire and Cathain needs an upright empress like Eleanora Ariande La Dalton.

She can’t let Cathain to be separate from his love again in this life, she can’t let Eleanora get wronged again and Alexander to lose his everything...

She also can’t let Dominic die and see a peaceful Kingdom like Aredell to fall down.

But during the process, have she ever thought about what she wanted or what those persons wanted?

Cathain wanted Eleanora like before but Eleanora was escaping from him, Alexander wanted to keep Cathain away from her but somehow they still ended up spending three years together.

She just wanted to save Dominic but in the end, he fall for her, A person who was used to kill innocent lives because of her own foolishness.

“Just help me this time... I promise to tell you everything after this- Please, just help me one last time, Dom...”

Liana finally called Dominic by his nickname, but he wasn’t pleased to hear it.

Because she didn’t called him that willingly. But looking at the chaotic situation downstairs, Dominic had no choice either.

“Tell me...What do you need?”

...

On the other hand, The moment Eleanora’s trembling lips touched Cathain’s cold lips, her ice magic that was blocking his blood to flow out from his chest broke.

Eleanora become terrified and fear took over her heart.

‘W-What’s happening?’

But soon she realized that was not the case.

Without her ice magic blocking it, faint golden light sparked around his wound as it started to heal automatically.

.....

Cathain felt a stinging pain on his chest, like someone was sewing him alive.

But it was also a warm feeling.

He slowly opened his eyes as he looked at the trembling crying Eleanora.

After a long struggle, his voice finally came out of his throat and weakly called her name.

“Ele...”

Eleanora’s eyes was on his healing wound, so she didn’t realised that he has already awaken up.

Seeing him conscious, Eleanora couldn’t help but cry out more loud while hugging him.

“You! Who told you to die for me!! Did i ever said i will forgive you or accept you if you die? What do you think of yourself?”

“C-Calm down, Ele...”

“How-How could you do that to me?!”

Eleanora kept on crying as Cathain tried to comfort her. He don’t want to make her frightened by telling her she was the main target of them.

It’s lucky that he is alive because of her. If it was her, who was injured... just thinking about that make Cathain’s heart clench in fear.

But why they targeted her?

“Am sorry... I won’t do that again, Forgive me... my empress.”

“You-”

At the same time Cathain sensed someone approaching them and he hugged her more tightly.

Cathain grabbed his sword but because the arrow contained some kind of poison, he felt like his magic has stopped flowing through his blood.

‘What’s happening... Why would someone want to poison Ele like this?’

He doesn’t have his magic and also so weak that he can’t move, Cathain become nervous and worry of the approching persons and moved Eleanora behind him to protect her.

Eleanora also understood something was wrong and she was on her guard too, when that approching person turned out to be someone unexpected.

“It’s me...”