Heart Attack [Fourth Life]

"Turn the carriage! Go back to the duke's mansion as fast as possible! Quick!"

He was glowing with a giggle. It was as if he found something very worthwhile. But he didn't say anything even though Henry asked a few times, which made Henry pissed off. However, Henry was not sure, but he felt a little evidence of panic in Killian. He thought he saw it wrong.

"Wait until we go back to the mansion. I can't tell you anything without confirming it."

He rushed the driver while he was concentrating on his thoughts.

When they arrived at the mansion, he got off and ran inside in a hurry. Henry also followed him silently.

"Where is the duke?"

Killian asked the servant he saw first. He was in a hurry. His movements were fast and he acted quickly.

"The duke is having a talk with the young miss in his room."

Killian rushed to his room along with Henry. But when they were in front of the door, they felt that strong blood smell coming from his room.

Killian pushed open the door without even knocking. Henry also followed him closely.

Henry was terrified by what he saw.

"Kitty, stop him!"

Killian ordered the snake to stop the duke. As it crawled faster to the duke, they were still late. 

"Agh! Ha..!"

Henry felt that heart pain again. However, Killian seemed to expect it. He held Henry and called him.

"Henry! Henry! Listen to me! Do you hear me?"

Killian slapped his cheeks to regain his senses. But it still didn't help much. It was very hard to breathe. He knew he was gonna die again. It felt like deja vu.

"Listen and remember. When you wake up again, do everything you can and meet me. I know what is happening here. I know, okay? When you meet me again, tell me my little kitty hates rats. I will believe you."

Killian quickly said everything he wanted to say and waited for Henry to respond. 

Henry nodded through his hardship to breathe.

He died again! That day, he died in Killian's hands from that same heart attack.

But he never died though. As expected, he woke up again.

When Henry opened his eyes again, he was not as shocked as before. The only thing that rang in his ears was what Killian said. He said he knew what was going on. So he had to meet him somehow. He must know what happened! He didn't want to keep dying.

But before everything, he wanted to know how old he was again.

He stood in front of the mirror and looked at the familiar figure.

'I look like my second time. The hair is not much longer. I look the same as when I was eight years old. Did I perhaps come back to that same time?"

He watched himself again in the mirror when he heard something familiar. 

"The duke has returned!"

As soon as he heard it, just to confirm he looked at his bed and saw that thing again.

'The letter! It's still here.'

He confirmed he had really travelled back to his second time. And as expected the maid said the duke wanted to see him. 

That was the first time he travelled to a time he was at before. Yet, it was better than travelling to a time he had no idea about.

He recalled everything patiently and collected the important details in a corner.

'In my second time, I and Ricarda died together. That happened when I was coming back from the duke's room. Will it happen again? I don't want to die. I don't want Ricarda to die either.'

The most simple way to protect his life was to ignore the duke's invitation. But it might cause more trouble. He didn't want one more trouble to avoid another trouble.

'I saw Killian at that time too. So does that mean he is here? I must meet him!'

About the duke, he was very confused. He never thought the duke might harm anyone to that content, even though he looked arrogant.

But what did he see before he died?

On that day as soon as the door was opened, the person Henry saw was the duke. But what was he doing?

Henry trembled when he recalled that. This world was way too heavy for him to bear. He saw the duke holding a knife covered in blood. Behind him, it was Ricarda who was tied up to a chair. But it was not the matter. There was a huge cut on her neck. Her pale face with her eyes closed looked like a corpse. Maybe she was already dead.

Blood kept flowing from the wound to the ground. But they didn't wet the floor. Because the duke had set a basket to collect her blood.

It was horrifying. When the duke saw Henry and Killian there, he immediately transported himself to somewhere else along with the basket full of Ricarda's blood. Seeing her showered with blood once again, Henry couldn't describe what he felt. He felt bad for Ricarda. Why did the duke do that? Wasn't she his favourite child? Or did he bring her back for his own sake? What was going on?

That time when Ricarda got stabbed instead of him, Henry saw a kind side of the duke. He looked worried which made him get fooled.

How could he be that cruel? Wasn't it all acting then? What was his real self?

Taking a deep breath, he decided to meet the duke in the end. At that moment, he knew the duke was not a good person. He was a cruel man with his own plans. It felt dangerous to be his son.

He walked to the duke's room while looking around for that servant. He still remembered that guy clearly. Even after seeing him so close, pointing a knife at him, how could he forget that face? 

'Why don't I tell the duke that someone is trying to kill me? No, no...I can't. He will never believe me. And he's a killer by himself. Hmmph! He also can't be trusted. Who knows if it was him who tried to kill me too? And Who knows if there are more assassins dressed up as servants here? Just catching that one man won't solve the problem. Who wants me dead?'

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Henry knocked on the door and walked in.

It was the same. As soon as he went in, the duke asked him to forget about the letter and said he would not allow him to go to the capital.

"Alright."

He obediently agreed to his words. Then the duke asked him to go back.

Henry would have asked about Killian straight from the duke. But after he recalled how he had harmed Ricarda, he thought keeping this matter as a secret was better. He really had no one. He had to rely on himself since he couldn't trust anyone.

He opened the door and came out of the room acting careless, but was very attentive to his surroundings.

He stepped slowly while he was especially paying attention to his surroundings. He was sure the killer must be already watching him.

As he was more cautious, he finally started to hear some footsteps which were almost taken secretly. He felt uneasy, he knew that man must be behind him, watching him. 

Even though he was very nervous, he still walked, acting like nothing was wrong. Then, he remembered something again.

He still didn't know how Ricarda appeared there. But if he was right, she saw the killer before him and reached to protect him. So wouldn't it show that she was already around there? If not, how could she rush there that quickly?

'If I am not alone, he won't dare to kill me.'

With that thought, Henry suddenly hugged his chest and screamed. From the corner of his eyes, he saw the shadow of that killer stop moving. And Ricarda came there calling out for him.

"What happened? Are you okay?"

Then the duke also came there hurriedly. And the most important person, Killian was also there with the duke.

"What happened?"

Seeing the killer was still there and didn't move, Henry suddenly got crazy.

"That guy there followed me with a knife!"