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"You…got me." Seekvaira said, blackened flesh from my Hellfire visible all across her body, her dress burned away in several places.
Her wings were bent at an unnatural angle as if they'd been snapped. Her left wing was missing a substantial portion of its membrane.
"I…lost." Her head lolled back she looked up at me with a knowing glint in her eyes, smiling brightly despite her half-melted lips. "But I'm…a sore loser.
If I can't win…Neither can you." She clenched her fist, and the sphere collapsed on itself, tearing at odd angles as it severed limbs from both Seekvaira and I.
The last thing I heard before blackness was her manic laughter.
X
My eyes fluttered open to a plain, white ceiling. I felt a strange form of regeneration that I wasn't used to active in my body.
"Riser?" a voice said.
I sat up with a groan, realizing that both of my legs were slowly growing back. "What happened?" I said, searching for the source of the voice.
"Oh thank fuck." Ruval said, falling back into a chair a short distance from where I sat on my white medical bed. "Do me a favor, Riser, never screw with her again."
A pit formed in the depths of my stomach. "I lost?"
"No."
I looked at Yubelluna as she approached the sofa I was laying on, an unreadable expression on her face.
"After heiress Agares trapped the both of you in a sphere, something happened that caused both of you to be torn limb from limb.
The announcers immediately called the match and healers were sent to both competitors.
Lord Ruval administered a Phenex Tear immediately and called off your healers when we saw marked progress. It is a miracle it worked so fast."
"So…it was a draw?"
Yubelluna's eyes narrowed. "Yes, my king. The match was declared a draw. I must insist you refrain from becoming dismembered in ways your regeneration cannot fix in the future.
That little tidbit caused me to raise my eyebrow in surprise. "Her attack stalled my regeneration?
That's…one more thing to go over when we meet later, I guess. Are you and everyone else okay? I know there were Phenex Tears on hand, but that knife the knight used–"
"Was excruciatingly painful." Yubelluna said with a serious face. Her features softened into a smile. "But I am fine, my king. Thank you for your concern."
With my arm and legs fully regrown, I swung them over the side of the bed and tentatively stood, a pleased smile spreading across my face when I didn't collapse into a parapeligic heap. That would have really sucked.
"Where's everyone else?" I said, looking around for the rest of my peerage but finding no one.
Ruval stood, looking like he wanted nothing more than to fall onto the floor and go to sleep.
"This is the infirmary they send you to if you're in critical condition when you retire. The rest of your peerage is in the standard waiting room. It's right through that door."
he finished, indicating a simple "Do me a favor? Once you're done with the mountain of shit you'll have to do after your rather…shocking display, set a time for me to head over to your house so you can explain everything to me.
Somehow, you getting dismembered is the least shocking thing I've seen today. Now, I'm going to get Zissa, go home, and pass the fuck out.
I'm glad you're alright, little brother." He walked through the door he indicated without another word. A flare of magic on the other side showed he had already teleported.
I looked at Yubelluna with a raised eyebrow. "It wasn't really that bad, right?"
Yubelluna hummed noncommitedly and said, "In the spirit of fairness, my king, a descendant of Dracula did use Sephiroth Graal to summon the spirit of Sir Lancelot the Brave to fight a dragon. You then reincarnated Lancelot's legendary sword as your knight."
"Well when you put it like that, it just sounds plain ridiculous, doesn't it?"
Yubelluna smiled warmly. "Come, my king. The others are waiting."
Together, we walked through the door and into the waiting room. Ruval and Zissa were gone. The only other people in the room were the four missing members of my peerage. They were all sitting around a coffee table, a tense silence filling the air. Valerie was the first to notice me.
"Riser!" she said, a bright smile lighting up her face as she stood and ran forwards to hug me.
The others noticed me following Valerie's stunt, and several expressions of relief greeted me as they slowly followed after Valerie.
"I'm fine." I assured everyone, returning Valerie's hug. "How are you, Valerie? I would have thought you'd still be unconscious."
Valerie stepped back and shrugged. "I woke up a little after Sir Lancelot left."
At the mention of Sir Lancelot, I saw the shoulders of my newest peerage member sag ever so slightly.
Looking at the silver-haired woman, I said, "Are you alright, Arondight?"
She smiled sadly at me. "I am, my king. I will miss Lancelot, but he has finally found his peace. I will ensure I am useful to you."
I frowned. "I didn't reincarnate you because you'd be useful."
Arondight's smile turned bright. "And that, my king, is why I chose you."
I smiled back, then looked at my other two peerage members. "Clarissa? Kalawarner? You're both alright?"
"I am well, my king." Clarissa answered simply.
Kalawarner huffed, shooting me a displeased glare. "Next time, let me fight the insane devil heiress with you. It wasn't exactly fun watching you get dismembered twice."
"I promise I will do everything I can to avoid getting dismembered in the future. But I will say, I'd rather I get dismembered than any of you. My limbs grow back in seconds."
"That does not mean you should seek out harm, Riser." Yubelluna said scoldingly from my side, a disapproving glint in her eyes.
Now I felt like I'd spent the afternoon kicking a puppy. Everyone was looking at me like I was actually trying to hurt myself.
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