Warmth

Chapter 2

The last thing I remembered before collapsing was the cold eyes that were gazing at me.

"w-where am I what hh-happened "

my eyes opened a little and I saw a blurry black figure

"Am I being carried somewhere "

"Where?"

And I fell unconscious again

....,.....

"What's going on, why is it so warm, shouldn't it be winter "

Huh??

My eyes opened widely and I realized I was looking at an unfamiliar ceiling i tried to get up from the warm bed

" what's this? My back hurts?"

"Don't get up"

I heard an unfamiliar voice, and when I looked at the direction the voice was coming from.

I saw.....

A man with dark black hair,

black eyes with a small hint of red,

he had a handsome yet a little Cute face

he was wearing all black...

But those eyes when I looked into them reminded me of that cold glare

"You have severe injuries on the back for some reason, it better to stay down till you have recovered," he said

Of course, I knew what the reason was but I couldn't bring myself to tell this man,

I was hesitant to speak but I somehow got myself to say something,

"I-I"

"Dont stress yourself the doctor will come again tomorrow just rest, you don't have to explain anything since I'll leave once you've recovered"

Before I could say anything he spoke and although it was in a cold tone he was being considerate of me

But why doesn't he want to know?

(Flashback to when Lisa was unconscious )

The man was Carrying Lisa and was running very fast to a nearby village since there were no clinics in the nobleman Jasper Joiner's domain

After reaching the clinic he opened the door in a Hurry and said

"Where is the doctor? This woman is in a very serious state!" a doctor came quickly brought her to a room and started treating her wound

The man outside the room looking through the glass window noticed that the doctor was surprised while treating her

A doctor came out after treatment and asked

"Young man who are you to this woman, are you the one who did this to her"

The man replied

"I believe I should first introduce myself,

I'm Lugh, when I was in the joiner domain for a bandit extermination quest I found her in the forest surrounded by bandits by the time I dealt with the bandits she had lost consciousness and since there are no clinics in that domain I brought her here"

After listening to Lugh the doctor thought for a while and said

"I understand, is she a missing person? if she is not then what was she doing surrounded by a bandit

Hmmm

By any chance is she a slave of those bandits"

The moment the doctor brought this up Lugh's expression changed from his normal one to a serious one

the atmosphere in the room became serious and cold the doctor broke out in a cold sweat,

She knew at that moment she stepped over her boundary and shouldn't have asked any further

Lugh spoke up breaking the silence and said

"I want to know if she ll be fine"

The doctor still terrified spoke while stuttering a little

"Yes she'll be f-fine, actually it's quite the miracle, but I don't know about her trauma, she could end up with a mental breakdown"

Lugh thought

; the doctor has realized that this girl is a masterless slave i need to move fast, I want to know something from this girl i can't let her go"

Masterless slave: a slave who has lost its owner is either killed or sent to the church, people think that those slaves who have been sent to the church are lucky, but that is completely bogus, those who have been sent to the church continue their remaining life slaving away.

Then Lugh asked the doctor

"So when will she wake up"

The doctor said

"She should be able to wake up soon"

(End of flashback to 2 days later)

"How are you feeling"

Lugh asked to Lisa

She replied with a low voice

"Except for a little back pain nothing much...I feel even better than before"

Hearing this lugh showed a smile,

which was completely different from his normal behavior

Even then, he was very good-looking, so much so that Lisa's heart skipped a beat.

Lisa thought

"Woow!, WHAT IS WITH HIS SMILE HOW IS HE SO LOOKING "

As she was thinking this lugh said while sighing

"They finally came huh"

Confused Lisa was going to ask lugh

what he meant,

suddenly she heard rushing footsteps coming from outside of the room and suddenly the room's door was opened with a bang, they said

"WE ARE FROM THE HOLY ORDER OF KNIGHTS AND WE HEARD THAT A MASTERLESS SLAVE IS STAYING HERE"

Looking at them Lisa was terrified and her breathing became heavy

The holy knights then said

"Oh, there you are a little girl"

"you poor thing having suffered so much"

"but don't worry we the holy knights will take you to the church and give you a better life"

Then the knight said to lugh

"Oh young man you did well protecting this girl she is now in safe hands"

He said while walking towards the bed

Lisa was horrified as the man got closer she started to back down slowly and fearfully

The man got closer to Lisa and reached his hand out to grab Lisa

Terrified Lisa closed her eyes

Lisa's thoughts;

" why, why, I thought I finally could do something with my life, but I am being sent back to that place"

As Lisa was thinking this the guard said

"What are you doing kid"?

Hearing this Lisa opened her eyes and saw the guard's hand had been stopped,

and it was none other than lugh who had grabbed the guard's hand,

she was shocked, but the guard was furious,

as the guard was about to shout at lugh for grabbing and stopping a holy knight's hand

Lugh said

"Masterless Slave? who are you talking about"

The guard said with a loud noise

"What are you playing at, kid? Didn't I just say that this girl is a masterless slave?

are you opposing the church's order just because you have a crush on her because she is pretty"

Hearing this lugh posed a confident smile and said

"This girl? she is not a masterless slave"

All of the people in the room were confused

Including Lisa and and the doctor who was sneaking outside the room

Lisa couldn't understand what lugh was saying

Then the guard said in a loud voice

" huh what did u say huh kid?, Do u want to get punished for lying and opposing a knight"

Lugh then replied

"Punishment, me? I don't think that will happen since this girl is mine"

Dead silence covered the room

Lisa looked very confused

The guards were very very confused

But the guard then said

"Do u seriously expect me to believe that--"

The guard is cut off as lugh shows him the slave contract proving that he is indeed the master of Lisa

Lisa couldn't believe her eyes

The knight thought

"This slave contract is real, how tho, though I heard she was masterless then how,

Wait isn't he"

And knight' said

"Kid what age are you "

Lugh replied saying

"Fifteen"

The knight grinned and said

"You are underage, you can't own a slave of your kid, and here in this contract it says your name so it's not your guardian who owns her, then she is masterless"

Lugh still smiling confidently said

"I thought my age didn't matter as long as I was a noble"

The guard turned pale as lugh shows him silver insignia proving he holds a noble rank,

everyone got down on their knees to lugh to show respect

The guard had no choice but to leave

"You are a noble ??"

Lisa asked

Before Lugh could reply to Lisa

The doctor came in a hurry and got down on his knees to show respect to lugh and said

"I am very sorry sir I didn't know you were a noble and that she was your slave please forgive my nosiness in your business "

"I am sorry!!!"

And the doctor sprinted out of the room at full speed

; WHAT A SPEED "

Lugh thought

"Are you seriously my master?"

Lisa asked with sadness in her eyes

And lugh replied

"No"

Then Lisa said

"I see I guess I have to be SLA"

She was confused as to what lugh was saying and asked him

"What do u mean"

"I don't want a slave," lugh said

" Then why did you make me your"

" you can live your life the way you want if you were to pretend to be a normal person no one will find out, as for your maneless body which symbolizes that you are a slave, Can easily be resolved if I were to share it."

Tears started going down my cheeks the moment I realized I could live my life freely

Those years of suffering were not in vain, and I couldn't help but cry uncontrollably, realizing this.

Lugh hugged me for comfort, and I realized that despite his cold eyes, he had a very warm heart.