Chp. 43 Seeing what happened (1)
"Who did this to you!?" the Duke of Dunskirk was distraught as he saw the tragic situation of his son. There were a lot of people in a large Great Hall murmuring to each other to guess who might have the gall to hurt the heir of the Duchy.
"CALL A SEER IMMEDIATELY!! I want to know who mutilated son!" the Duke roared as he fumed in his seat looking at the weak appearance of his son.
"YES! YES CALL A SEER! I WANT TO KNOW WHO HURT MY LITTLE BOY!!" A wretched sight was on play as a tall long legged woman with couple of heavy mounted dairy artilleries wailed and fumed as she kneeled besides the bleeding man, she was the concubine of the Duke and the mother of the heir of the Duchy.
"Do you not care for your son?! Call a healer or a priest first! He will bleed to death if this is not treated immediately!" a cold voice sounded out as a mature woman spoke while seated on the left of the Duke, she was the main wife of the Duke who is also a daughter of another Duke of the Kingdom.
Besides her was a smaller seat and a teenage girl was also looking coldly at her brother that bled in the floor.
"Tsk! Call a priest and a Seer… get the best there is as soon as possible!" the Duke was angry but he could not flare out at the moment. As in front of them was a tall man that wore heavy armor and carried a large sword behind him.
This was his brother-in-law who is the younger sibling of his main wife, they were just discussing about how the Duke of the Seas and Waves wanted his daughter to visit along with his granddaughter as their decennial celebration of their Clan's birth.
Just as they were exchanging pleasantries his servants and guards came running in panic as they carried the injured form of his son. But even then the man in front did not flinch as he did not show interest with the matters of people unrelated to him.
"Where is Philip?" the young lady asked and it dawned unto the minds of the people present that the Young Master Rollo always has the Butler Philip follow him and that guy was a genuine S-rank warrior.
"It seems the kid offended someone that forced Philip to send him back, yet was also almost killed as well. Where was he last reported to have been sighted?" the Duchess asked as she looked at the head maid behind them.
"My lady Lord Rollo has been heard to have gone towards the Wildlands to participate in the wave that occurs every dozen years." The head maid answered calmly as she reported.
"So does that mean he went there to fight in the infamous Danger Zone? But doesn't the highest ever found monster or beast coming from there an S-rank at best?" the girl who is also known as Bella Dunskirk was quite a scholar and asked this to her mother.
"I know, but it seems something dangerous like a Tyrant Bear might have come down the Fog mountains." The duchess mused.
"Still it'll be impossible for Rollo to get injured like this, I heard Dwarf Lord Bertun as well as Saint Pettun are present there. Even if Philip can't handle the enemy they would have stepped up to help Rollo." The Duke
"Why were the two pillars of the Kingdom be present there?" It was then the brother of the duchess that asked, the Duke then looked to the head maid.
"There were reports of the new Saint that seemed to have lived there for many years and was recently known to the outside world. The Royal Family sent for the two to be present there and discuss with the new Saint as well as invite him to the Royal Capital." The head maid said in a clear concise manner.
"A new Saint?" the younger brother of the Duchess, Darion raised his brow in surprise as he did not hear of this rumor yet. He was a training junkie so he rarely listened to the news that traveled the taverns.
"Yes, he was said to be a purely physical fighter with an unrefined way of using his aura. He seemed to have saved the sister of the Emperor." The Duchess was thoughtful.
"How is that relevant to Rollo!? I rather want to know which beast did this to my son!" the concubine angrily said as she looked at the poor state of her youngest son.
"Something attacked him that not even two Saints could stop, also it seems it was not a beast that did it. That wound seems to be cleanly cut, from what I know of brother it is not impossible for him to have offended the Saint himself…" the girl Bella said as she looked at the clean cut of her brother's arm as well as the sliced portion on his leg where more blood poured down.
The Duke and the others were silent as they too realized this part and was thinking that maybe Rollo indeed offended the Saint.
"But why would your brother offend a Saint? He is a very talented person and would notice this so it is unlikely he will start the fight! Maybe the Saint is hostile to the Kingdom, so let's report this to the ancestor and have him deal with this arrogant new Saint!" the concubine was fuming as she said this not thinking of her words at all.
"You wench!!" the Duke was so angry at her words he slapped her. "ARE YOU DAFT?! There are two other saints present there and surely they would not let Rollo be hurt so stop pointing blame to Saints! MY ancestor is one but he will not go around offending others that could endanger the lives of the family!" the Duke was fuming again as he thought of the implications if his concubine's words are to be heard by the royal family.
"That is right, the Royal family sent two saints to ensure goodwill so don't go pointing blame without evidence or we might incur the ill will of a Saint for no reason." The duchess looked towards the concubine and chided her.
"A pure physical Saint huh?" the heavily armored tall guy was in thought as he day dreamed of being able to fight the new guy.
"Maybe he just went ahead and got separated with Philip and was wounded too much in the process that Philip has to send him back." Bella said as she knew that even if her brother has bad rumors and insufferable bastard sometimes he is not foolish enough to offend a saint.
'He totally won't do such a stupid thing, would he?' the young lady thought.
"That might be the most plausible explanations, I always told you to discipline that kid long time ago. Many things he did tarnished out name but we took care of it yet I did warn if one day he'll face something we cannot fix then that would cost him his life. As you can see he has just faced a close call to death." The Duchess rubbed her forehead, even if she was just married for political reasons and does not like being in this family she is a noble through and through.
So she'll at least as the duchess and make sure the family does not face shame and would not fall to ruin.
"Heh, just let them be sis. After this you will need to pack for the trip home as father wanted to see his granddaughter and you soon." Darion said as he took a seat given to him by servants and waited for the seer and priest.
It was then two people were being led inside by the guard captain and they immediately noticed the injured Rollo. The Priest did not tarry as he immediately cast healing prayers on the young heir of the Duke while the Seer awaited.
"What are you waiting for?! Let me see the one that injured my son! See that necklace he has there? It's the seer's watch so show me!" the Duke was irritated at the praying priest so he urged the Seer to do his job.
The Seer just nodded and went towards the green gem of the necklace. He chanted for a bit and then brought up the image in all of the people inside as he focused his powers.
A seer's watch are very expensive items used by the rich and wealthy to track and know the last moments of their family members.
It was made with a dream gem found on a death mana rich places and made into a black box type of thing. It was discovered before by a famous Sage who liked travelling and inventing innovating things.
Soon the seer opened his eyes which glowed an eerie jade hue and the gem floated then projected a POV of Rollo moments before he was sent back. The people in the great hall was silent as they watched the video where Rollo is walking out of his tent sleazily.
"Hah, it had not yet been two days and these trashes cannot handle the waves anymore? How embarrassing for them, three Saints are watching over them and they give this weak performance." The voice of Rollo echoed as he walked forward towards the gates.