Reason #20 : He is too Mysterious

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They Worried About Her Too Much

"IVY!!!!!!!"

A group of girls suddenly rush through the door and crash into the bed.

"Ivy! Ivy! Are you ok?!"

"Ivy? Huh? Where is she?"

Kim suddenly realizes the bed was empty after crying out Ivy's name a few times.

Then Ivy reach out to them from the corner and said

"Uhm, I'm right here, and I'm fine."

The moment they saw her, they cried her name again and immediately jumped at her.

"IVY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" x4

*Bump!*

Ivy immediately fell to the ground, feeling like a bunch of raving bulls had just tackled her.

Then as she began to look at everyone's face properly, she notices the ones that whom were crushing on top of her were Kourtney, Kim, Khloe, and Gracie.

"Wait. What? Gracie?!"

Ivy was surprised to see her in the room.

"How, why are you here?"

Gracie just stared at Ivy and started crying.

"Ivy.... *sobs* I was so worried..."

Gracie immediately hugged Ivy and squeezed her tightly.

"Ivy !!!! How could this happen to you!!! I heard you almost die!!! You can never die, Ivy!!! You are my only friend!! I almost got a heart attack when I heard you dying and bleeding and fainting! WUAH!!!!!!!"

Gracie kept crying loudly while the other sisters followed along.

"Ivy!! You stupid girl! You! You! You..."

Kourtney stuttered and didn't know what to say.

"IVY!!!!! WUAH!!!! IVY!!! WUAH!!!"

Kim just kept chanting her name like a spell and crying at the same time.

"*snort* and *sobs*"

While finally the Khloe with little words, she just cried and snorted in her arms.

Then slowly, more and more footsteps came through the doorway.

"IVY! Are you ok?!" X3

It was the Duchess, Sir Gregory, and Mr.Omer that came running in to see her.

They felt nervous at first, but once they found her on the ground, blanketed by four crying girls, the weirdness of things suddenly calmed them down.

"Ya, I'm ok."

Ivy gazes their way and just smiled at them.

Then finally, one last guest showed up, panting and standing at the door behind them.

"Robbie! I'm so glad you're safe. Are you hurt anywhere?"

While Ivy was just pleased to see Robbie alive and well, Robbie, on the other hand, cried when he saw her smile.

"I thought you were going to die..."

Robbie covered his face with his hands.

"It's all my fault... you held and protected me until the end while I just faint and did nothing. It's all because of me, you almost..."

After seeing Robbie at that state, Ivy quickly went over and hugged him gently into her arms.

"Robbie, I said we get out of there alive together. I promise you that didn't I? I protected you because I want to, but I never plan to die, and I didn't die. So please don't blame yourself for what happened. Let's just be happy that we are here together now."

Robbie nodded while he snorted and sobbed.

Then the duchess suddenly grabs Ivy from behind and examines herself.

"Ivy, let me look at you. Are you ok? Do you feel ill? Do you feel pain anywhere? Do you want me to call the doctor? Medicine? Porridge?"

While the duchess kept touching her and asking her questions, Mr.Omer suddenly grabbed her and shook her relentlessly by his side.

"MY GRANDBABY! ARE YOU OK?! SPEAK TO GRANDPAPA!!! SPEAK TO ME!!!! SPEAK TO ME!!!!!!"

Finally, Sir Gregory grab her away from Mr.Omer.

"Mr.Omer, you'll make Ms.Ivy even sicker if you keep doing that. Ms.Ivy, are you ok?"

"Sir Gregory," Ivy smiled at him, "it's so nice to see you again."

Then Sir Gregory's expression suddenly changed, as if a dark cloud had just covered over his face.

"Nice to see me again?"

His gentle voice started to deepen

"THEN WHY THE HECK YOU DID SOMETHING LIKE THAT!!!"

Gregory yelled with all his might while he grips her shoulders tight.

As he continued to lecture her, Ivy just froze, as this was the very first time she has ever seen the ever so calm Sir Gregory angry.

"Did you even consider how your family would have felt?!

How Gracie would have felt?!

Or even how would I have felt?!

We were worried sick about you!

We heard you could have died!

So how could you just smile like that?!

How could you stay behind?!

You are just a weak young girl!

If you die, we will all grief for life!

Can you be responsible for that?!

Don't you know that you are soo....."

After receiving a great deal of yelling from him, she suddenly felt the warmth of his arms and the wetness of his tears by her side.

"Don't you know that you are so important to all of us," he said as his tears fell like a waterfall. 

"If anything were to happen to you, none of us will ever feel well."

Then one by one, every one group hugged her and cried together.

In the middle of that crying circle, Ivy just stood there feeling overwhelmed.

It was never Ivy's plan to cry because she didn't want to worry them.

Ivy is a very independent girl.

She dislikes troubling others, and She hates being a burden.

So she did everything by herself, and she loves being helpful to others.

She was the figure that others depend on, the strong person that people can count on.

So whenever someone asks if she is ok, it will always be an automatic response.

"I'm fine. I can go on."

"It's ok, don't worry."

"I can do it. You can count on me."

Even now, after such a scary episode, she smiled so that no one will worry, but when Sir Gregory scolded her, it felt like culture shock to her.

She is the girl that will cry for others, but never for herself because, in her mind, she always thought,

"it's a waste of time to cry, and it's a waste of energy to grief. If you do have time and energy, then do something useful with it."

It's a practical approach. That is just something she is very used to do.

But to have suddenly so many people worry about her is still something very new.

But when the sounds of their cries couldn't stop, even when she says "I'm fine" or "I'm well."

Suddenly her eyes too began to leak, and her emotions began to fell.

And so she yelled,

"The truth is I was so scared! I thought I was going to die! All of you are the most important people to me, so please don't ever leave me! Wuahhhh!"

After crying for half an hour or so, their tears finally turn into smiles.

Once they finally settled down, only then Ivy notice

"Why isn't father around?

Suddenly the ground began to quake, and the whole room began to shake.

"Kyaa! What's going on?" Kourtney yelled.

Then unexpectedly, the quake stops.

"What was that?" Ivy asked.

Then when she saw some of their faces looking down, she immediately turned to Sir Gregory and asked.

"Where are they right now?!"

"Well..." Sir Gregory says as he touches his nape, "they are dueling outside, at the grounds."

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She Worried about Them Too Much

Fearing that something might have happened, Ivy immediately ran towards the grounds.

Right outside the tower grounds, she saw Duke Augustine standing on one side with his sword, and the other was Prince Leon, bleeding and kneeling on the ground.

"Father!" She yelled, "What are you doing?!"

Ivy ran towards them as close as she could, but the Duke stop her and said

"Ivy, you stay there. This is a man's battleground now."

"What are you talking about, father?! His highness is bleeding, and you'll be punished for treason!"

She continues to yell, but the Prince stood up and shout.

"STAY AWAY, IVY!"

His voice startled her and made her took a step back.

Ivy shivered and cried, "why are you doing this? You need help."

Once the Prince stood back up, he held up his sword.

"There is no rank on the battlefield, only two-man with swords."

Then the Duke just sneered, "Well said." and within seconds, they dash ahead.

They ran towards each other in god-like speed, and when they swung at one another, it sounded just like thunder.

When Sir Gregory and the rest finally came, Gregory just said

"Ms. Ivy, stay back. This might just get dangerous."

Ivy was puzzled; she couldn't understand, so she turns to Sir Gregory and ask him to explain.

"Why are they doing this?! This is not like the usual sparring battle they have. His highness is hurt; we've got to stop them!"

While she was panicking, Sir Gregory held her shoulders to calm her down.

"They are having a man's fight now. There is nothing else we could do but watch for now."

"What do you mean? I don't understand?"

Sir Gregory is talking like a man, and that language he speaks, only a man could understand.

"Ivy, just look at them," he said, and she turns her gaze towards them. "Do you think they are doing this just out of a whim?"

And then finally, Ivy understood what Sir Gregory meant.

They are doing this for a purpose, but what purpose is that then?

As both of them continue to fight with more vigor and strength, slowly, they made the whole ground shook and crumble.

Even though Prince Leon had taken some damage, Duke Augustine was not completely fine as well.

Then once the whole place looked like earthquakes, thunderstorms and tornadoes had just landed together, they finally stop and look at each other.

"Master, do you still remember the promise from 9 years ago?"

The Duke nodded, and the Prince smiled.

"Then you better make sure you keep that promise well!"

Then out of a sudden, Prince Leon disappeared.

While the duke was waiting and expecting another fierce attack, all the prince did was just blew into his ear.

His actions made the Duke flinched, and when his defense was down, the prince took his chance and immediately threw dirt at him.

With the duke's sight stolen, the prince immediately hit him without hesitation.

The Duke then coughed and vomited, but that punch was not enough to defeat him.

Then once the duke regains his sight, he swings his sword and cuts the prince down.

However, it seems like it was all planned as if the Prince had waited for that swing since the beginning. Because once he took the swing and let it stab his right arm, he used his whole body like armor and swung his sword with every last bit of his power. 

That last swing send the duke flying into the air, and it made him unconscious instantly, and that day the Prince finally had his victory.

Once the battle ended, both of them fell to the ground.

Immediately they ran over to save them, and when Ivy saw the Prince bleeding out, she yelled.

"Leon! Are you ok? Why did you two do something stupid like that?!"

Then without further hesitation, she tore her skirt and wrapped around his wound. While she did, he just leans on her, and he said, "Ivy, I finally won. Hehe. I finally won you."

Then the prince passed out, and they were both immediately sent for treatment.

That day remained a mystery to her. In the end, no matter how much she asked, they never told her the answer.

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