A Song for Aleyn

Roland feels dizzy when his life thread brings him back to his body after sleep for a while. He opened eyes and see a ceiling above him.

His body and head feel really comfortable. It looks like he sleeps in another bed. The bed seems wider than before.

He thinks he will wake up in the morning or less afternoon. But he looks out at the open window and caught it already evening.

he thought he would sleep for like one or two days, or maybe he sleeps for just like an hour or more.

"Ungg~"

He heard someone delirious, and what he found in his adopted red-haired daughter. Aleyn. She looks really tired in her sleep. It means true, that he just sleep for like an hour or more.

She sleeps while sitting on the floor and leaning on the bed. Roland gets up and sits down. He reaches out his right hand to pat her beloved adopted daughter. Patting her because she did a good job to protect the city.

At that time someone entered the room without knocking. It is a woman. Wear long brown robes. When entering the room she looks guilty.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't think you would wake up earlier"

"And who are you?"

The woman wearing a full-length robe on her body. Plus her skin somehow reminded Roland of a creature who drinks blood.

"I'm sorry for my impudence. Let me introduce myself. My name is Elizabetta,"

"First wife of The Impaler king. What do you want for me? Although first I thought you were gonna said you're a doctor or something"

Roland predicted who is the woman who had a walk in front of his bedroom. Although the woman doesn't dodge that fact. She is the first wives of The Impaler King, a nickname for a king who ruled the Ottoman Empire.

Which means Roland is facing a queen of another country.

The woman – Elizabetta smiled at Roland's question. Then lift up one finger and pointing at sleeping Aleyn.

"I would like to bring that girl, Mr. Paladin, or could I say, and ex-Paladin. Well, whatever, just give me that girl, you were not gonna use her don't you?"

Roland sharpens his brows at that statement. She talks just like she is going to do that and ignored Roland's anger. Feeling Roland is not a big deal for her.

"What did just you say?"

Roland starts to invent his arcana at the left and brings up his sword of amplification at the right hand. Even though looking at that bestial face and aura power, not to give influential to the queen.

She looks quite happy instead.

"Well, if you want it that way. I don't really mind. Because it's quite sometimes I don't see fresh blood."

The queen pointing her finger at Roland's chest, then she seemed to be pulling something. At that rapid moment, Roland's chest blows up and starts pouring blood everywhere.

That's really fast even Roland couldn't process what just happened.

Roland begin fell down to bed with blood start pouring too from his mouth.

"It's a pity you know. To kill a lifesaver like you."

The queen starts to walk beside Aleyn. And what Roland can do is just seeing her with his madness eye. He can't even talk because he feels her throat going to burn. His breath was being pulled out. For his chest, it was filled with blood and visible Roland ribs and internal organ that was difficult to move. Especially the heart that is maintaining its function.

"But, so you know, I was given a task to give him another wife. If I obey his command, I will surely get thrown from his home. It's all a pity you know."

The queen lifts up Aleyn into her shoulder. Talking to Roland with a guilty face but seems like it doesn't matter if it goes like that. Then walk into the open window.

Roland glared very wide. Even he breathed wildly when his lungs were difficult to control his condition at that time. While the queen ignored him and pulled out demon wings from her back. Just then Roland starts to talk.

"If you... If you hurt her - ... I will kill you – I WILL kill you ALL! If you –"

At first, the queen seems interested in Roland's threat. But she talks "It just doesn't matter if it goes like that" and start to fly high to the sky.

Roland was really mad, even his breath goes crazy and made his heart couldn't manage his current situation. Then his heart stops moving because he couldn't hold back his anger.