Second Life's Revenge

"Is this a dream?" Erwin asked, groaning as he pushed himself up on a sitting position.

Laura shook her head, unable to say anything as she lowered her head. Despite the smile Laura gave, Erwin knew she was only trying to smile for him, and it came out forced. But the pained expression shows it all.

Instead of frowning, Erwin slightly smiled. He chuckled and never thought a day would come where Laura would br the first person he sees when he opens his eyes. It was a blessing for him.

"Don't laugh!" Laura hissed, hitting Erwin on the arm. Then later realized that she hit an inured person and apologized, "I'm sorry it wasn't intentional."

"I know...that's why don't show me that expression," Erwin frowned, cupping Laura's face.

"You almost died!" Laura exclaimed as she lowered her head, feeling the warmth of Erwin's hand. The warmness of his hands was back, and it wasn't a dream at all.

Erwin's eyes slightly widened, and so his mouth did. For a while, he almost forgot that he was on the verge of death. It was a miracle for him to be alive, knowing that he lost so much blood.

"Are you hurt?" Erwin asked as his thumb traced Laura's eyebags.

"I am."

"Where?!" Erwin panicked.

"Mentally," Laura said as she looked at Erwin.

"I'm sorry, but at least you're not hurt physically, and that's what matters to me."

Laura shook her head, biting her lower lip as she clenched her fist and softly hit Erwin. She thought he would never wake up, but right now, he was teasing her in front of her eyes.

"It does matter to me. You almost died, and I didn't know what to do. I thought I would never see you again," Laura cried, holding Erwin's hand that cupped her face.

Erwin chuckled and softly bumped Laura's forehead with his. He smiled and couldn't express what he was feeling. Was this happiness? 

Laura felt her heart pounding and wondered if Erwin could hear it as his proximity was close to hers. Laura sniffled as Erwin stared at Laura's purple eyes. 'What a beautiful color', he thought and continued, if only she was mine'.

Breaking the silence between them, Erwin sheepishly asked, "Is that a confession?" 

Laura looked at Erwin, squinting, and answered, "It's not, you idiot."

"I thought it was. I wish it were," Erwin teased and kissed Laura on the forehead.

When Erwin released his lips off Laura's forehead, a trace of warmth lingered in her. Her heart was pounding, and she felt her face burning up. 'What is this feeling?'

Every time Erwin was by her side, she would feel nervous unlike she did with other men, and right of the moment, she was feeling like that. She recalled reading about people falling in love with each other, but of course that was only in books.

Falling in love with someone is like a dream. There are hundreds of men out there, yet her heart only skipped for one. 

Is this perhaps what they call love?

"Stop teasing me," Laura hid her face and removed Erwin's hand off her cheek.

Re jumped on the bed and puffed. He felt left out, ever since Erwin had woken up, everyone else had forgotten about him. Not only that, but he also didn't know what was going on between them. He wanted to be in the talk, but he didn't know what to say.

Erwin unbuttoned his shirt and touched the place where he felt the sword that pierced into him. Everything still felt like a dream for him, and he couldn't recall what happened.

Erwin was lucky to be of royal. One of the perks of being a royal is having mana and their blood. If you have royal blood, it is said to be superior as you are stronger than others, and you would heal faster than most.

If Erwin weren't a duke, he wouldn't be alive by now. 

As Erwin thought more in-depth about what had happened, all he remembered was a warm source flowing into him, and after that, he became unconscious. He looked at Laura, who was talking to Re, and thought it might be Laura who brought him that feeling.

However, he was unsure as he didn't feel any mana in her at all. It's weird because her mana was like a switch. He thought there might be a reason why her mana was like that, or maybe it just hasn't been awakened. 

Laura noticed Erwin looking at them and slowly turned her head, and said, "Stop looking at me. It's weird."

"I don't want to," Erwin answered without any hesitation. 

"You're weird," Laura remarked as she carried Re onto her hand.

"You're adorable," Erwin flashed a smile, making Laura blush and turn away.

The moment was disturbed when the doctor knocked on the door and entered and was shocked when he saw Erwin awake. It was truly a miracle for Erwin to be awake with the amount of blood he had lost.

The old lady followed, holding a tray filled with food and placed it on Erwin's lap. She signed to Erwin, "Eat up and regain your strength."

Erwin nodded his head and signed back, "Thank you very much."

"Never had I thought it's His Grace who would be badly injured. May I?" The doctor asked politely.

"Go ahead," Erwin said, and the doctor walked towards Erwin, checking him up.

"When this young lady ran towards me that night, I was shocked. I wondered where she come from when the forest surrounding the village was peaceful. Not only that, when I checked your wounds, they were also gone. It's a miracle," The doctor explained and looked at Erwin after.

"Indeed it is doctor. I should thank her for saving me," Erwin said, looking at Laura.

"Is she your lover?" The doctor curiously asked.

"N-no, I'm not," Laura exclaimed.

"Is that so. You two sure look like quite the pair," The doctor chuckled once and continued, "There's nothing wrong with you, and there is no wound at all. And because you have gotten through all this and survived because of her, you should do your best to get her heart."

The doctor gave a wink making Erwin scoff and smile. For quite a while, Erwin was trying to get Laura to say to him that she liked him. But that's for another story. He wanted to ask Laura what happened that night and how no signs of injury were on him.

It was a big mystery as Laura didn't say anything. But Laura herself didn't know what happened either. It was confusing, and she didn't want to speak about it. Not until she was sure about what really happened.

"Then I'll be leaving you to rest. Take as long as you like to stay here and recover," The doctor said, before walking off with the old lady following behind him.

Erwin was about to pick his spoon up, but stopped midway when he asked Laura, "Will you tell me what happened that night?"

Erwin's serious expression made Laura unable to dodge the question, and she hesitantly asked, "If I were to say that I healed you, what will you say?"

"I knew it," Erwin mumbled and picked his spoon up and took a sip of the soup before he continued, "Tell me everything."

"I-I'm also confused. To be honest, I don't even know how we arrived here, the elf village," Laura answered and sat back on the chair.

"Elf village?" Erwin asked in disbelief while Laura nodded her head. "How?"

"There's a possibility that someone teleported us here, but the question is who? It can't be Septus cause he is unable to use his mana as he is still weak," Laura pondered, wiring her hands together.

"The Queen?" Re commented, moving his head side to side as he looked at them.

"But, we have never met her, and it's not possible," Laura asserted.

"Well, maybe the hand watch?" Re titled his head and didn't know what was going on and continued, "I heard that if a human touched it, they would have a connection with the Queen."

Confusing as it goes, Erwin couldn't follow with what they were talking about and stayed quiet, listening to their conversation.

"Then it might actually be the Queen..." Laura muttered and deeply thought about it.

The hand watch was given to Laura as a token of appreciation for saving Do. At first, Laura thought that it was used as a decoration and thought it had nothing significant.

If there were a chance to meet the Queen of Elves Laura would take it, but there was no one to ask unless it was someone who had contact with the Queen before. 

Laura turned her head, looking at Re and thought that he was a genius. Right of the moment, there was only one person in the room that could bring them to the Queen, and it was Re.

"Say, Re. What if you bring us to meet your Queen?"