AQR1: A Peerless Genius from Two Cities [COMPLETED]

58: Healing

The Grey City's wall suffered a huge damage after the attack of the tank.

Napalibutan sila ng usok at debris.

Nang makatayo si Sebastian ay agad niya hinanap si Emy.

No. His wife. His pregnant wife.

"Emy! Emy!"

Panic strikes him as he looked around the place.

"Your highness..." Lapit ni Vaughn sa kanya.

"My wife. Where is she?"

Agad namang nanlaki ang mata ni Vaughn atsaka tinulungan siyang hanapin ito.

"I am here."

Relief flooded Sebastian as he saw Emy inside one of the wall towers. Agad niya itong nayakap.

She looked a mess. Pero mukhang okay naman ito.

"Are you hurt?"

"Nope. They pulled me here before the tanks bullets reached the wall." Sabay turo ni Emy sa mga taong kasama niya sa loob ng wall towers.

Sila yung mga nagmula sa mga cities na kaaway ng Royal City.

Agad namang nagpasalamat si Sebastian sa kanila. And promised them rewards as soon as this war ended.

Sabay sabay silang lumabas and looked at what had happened outside.

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Emy was thankful that none of the important people in her life were dead.

Of course, they had a lot of casualties. In fact, marami ang namatay sa mga tao nila.

It was not an easy battle, after all.

Agad niyang pinuntahan si Francis na nagtamo ng injuries. He wasn't able to escape the collision of the Grey City's wall.

But at least he was alive.

Bukod sa kanya ay naroroon din sila Liu Fu at Choi Kang.

Emy almost had a hard time seeing their burns. But Serafina told her that they can still be mended.

"Brother Liu Fu, Brother Choi Kang, I am sorry."

"What are you being sorry for, silly?" Liu Fu told her. He got burns from his left shoulder to his back. Si Choi Kang naman ay sa may hita. But none of them are too extreme.

"Yes. Don't be sorry. We are heroes of this city." Sabi naman ni Choi Kang.

Napailing na lang sila Franco, Lie Chen at Haow.

Nag-alala din sila sa dalawa but they are cheerful as ever. Akala nila noong una ay nagpapanggap lang ang dalawa. But they told them, "As long as all of us are still alive, these injuries are nothing."

"Kamusta nga pala si General Hans?" Tanong ni Liu Fu.

"Nadaganan ang paa niya bg mga debris. The doctor said he might not be able to walk." Franco said with a sigh.

"That will give him a heartbreak for sure."

Choi Kang suddenly took Emy's hand.

"Little Emy, cheer up your uncle well. Dote him as much as you can para hindi niya maramdaman ng husto ang nangyari sa kanya."

He received multiple hits on head because of it.

"Aray ko naman. Injured ako o."

"Bakit kasi kailangan mo pang hawakan ni Emy?" Liu Fu said.

"Makareact kayo, asawa kayo?" Again, he received hits. Napailing na lang si Emy saka napahinga ng malalim.

She is actually very worried about her Uncle.

"All is gonna get better. Malay mo, may dahilan pala kung bakit nangyari yun sa uncle mo." It was Haow.

When they left Liu Fu and Choi Kang, bigla namang nagpaalam sila Franco at Lie Chen sa kanila.

Napangiti siya dito.

"So you are talking to me now."

Napahinga ng malalim si Haow.

"That was an idiotic deed on my side. Sorry."

"Brother Haow, don't think I don't understand why you were like that."

He opened his mouth to tell her something pero agad din niyang naisara iyon. What's the point of telling her now? She's married.

"Are you going to stay here?"

"Yes. Until Liu Fu and Choi Kang get better."

"That's good. Franco will have to focus with Uncle. I am afraid the two will feel left out."

"Lie Chen wanted to stay too. But he is needed in Ming Province. We have casualties too."

Emy nodded.

"Emy..." Sebastian met the two of them.

"Your highness." Bati ni Haow sa kanya. But it was obviously a bit cold.

Nangunot ang noo ni Sebastian but Emy just smiled at him and shook her head.

"Brother Haow, I will need to go now."

He just nodded at nauna na sa kanila na bumalik.

"That guy..."

"Come on, Sebastian. You have more pressing issue to address."

"Tch. You are defending him."

"I am not. Intindihin mo nalang. If I ended up marrying him, ano sa tingin mong mararamdaman mo?"

"That won't happen. I'll kill him first."

Napailing na lang si Emy saka hinigit ang asawa pabalik ng royal palace.

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