Chapter 9: The Nightmarish vision and the sudden visit to city

"Father talk to me ,call me by my name, Father, you cannot leave me now, FATHERRRRRRR!" Lady Veronica wailed, clutching her father's lifeless body in her arms.

The grand palace, once adorned with shimmering lights and fragrant flowers, now lay engulfed in a fiery crimson blaze. My hands were stained with blood, the white tuxedo that Lady Veronica had gifted me now besmirched with a gruesome hue.

The blood, however, was not my own but that of Luvric, who lay in my arms with a final, pitiful gaze. Countless figures stood beside us, their heads bowed low in mourning for the lord of the palace. The pain in the air was so palpable that it could bring anyone to their knees.

My heart raced at a speed I had never before experienced. The smiling figure who had moments ago been sharing drinks with me now lay lifeless in my arms - the same Luvric whom I had spent the past three years with.