Twelve carriages carrying the Elven Queen herself were moving through the silent forest that lay between the human kingdom and the Elven Kingdom.
Anon and Faith were sleeping inside their carriage peacefully, everything was going well, but suddenly, something happened.
Boooooooom
A big explosion took place and the third carriage from the front suddenly burst into flames.
Screeeeeeeeeeeeech
All the other carriages immediately came to a halt as the horses panicked and started running in random directions. Faith and Anon woke up abruptly from their deep sleep.
“What the fuck is happening? Why did we stop?” Anon asked as he rubbed his eyes.
“I think I heard an explosion,” Faith said as she sat up.
“Yeah, me too,” Anon replied as he also sat up.
“I should check-” Before Faith could say anything more, another explosion occurred.
Boooooooom
This time the explosion was bigger and louder than the one that previously happened. This explosion took out the last two carriages that were right behind Anon and Faith’s Carriage.
“We are under attack. I’m going to the Queen’s carriage,” Faith said with a serious expression, grabbing her sword and quickly exiting her carriage.
“Well, not a good time to fight but, I can kill some guys.” Anon spoke as he also stood up and followed Faith. But as soon as he stepped down from the carriage, he saw something unexpected.
All the soldiers were standing in front of his carriage, forming a circle around several dead bodies that had perished in the explosion. Four of the dead were elven soldiers, they are severely burned and some of them were even missing most of the body parts, but the most shocking thing was that, the one body that was lying in the middle of all the other bodies was Fiona’s body.
“Healers… heal her immediately.” Faith shouted.
Two healers among the elven soldiers immediately stepped forward and began casting healing spells on Fiona’s body.
Meanwhile, Faith forcefully opened Fiona’s mouth and poured a special-grade healing potion down her throat.
“C-Commander, it’s not working. Our magic and the healing potions can’t bring anyone back from death, Q-Queen’s heart has stopped beating. She is dead.” one of the healers said.
“N-No she is not dead, you have to use more complex skills. Use your best abilities on her. Do you understand me?” Faith ordered, gripping the healer’s collar with an angry expression.
“They can’t help. The dead can’t be brought back to life with any healing spells or potions,” Anon interjected from behind.
“H-He’s right, Commander. We can’t bring her back. Her heart has stopped,” another healer explained.
“Noooooooooo… please,” Faith shouted, falling to her knees and crying loudly over Fiona’s lifeless body.
“Commander, please control your emotions. There are still enemies here; we can’t risk it,” a soldier advised, tapping Faith’s shoulder gently.
“No, I have failed my duty. I couldn’t protect her,” Faith replied, continuing to cry over Fiona’s body.
‘Well, that’s a mixed outcome for me. I lost a valuable addition to my collection, but on the bright side, I don’t need to corrupt anyone else for Jessica to become the Princess.
I can still have Faith for the collection; I just need to console her like a good boyfriend, on this sorrow moment,’ Anon thought as he walked toward Faith. But suddenly, he noticed something peculiar. He walked up to Faith and sat down, closely examining Fiona’s body.
“That’s odd. Her body is unscathed. If she died in the explosion, she should have some burn marks, but she doesn’t have a single scratch. Does that mean only her heart stopped?” Anon thought, a realization dawning on him.
“Get away,” Anon instructed, touching Fiona’s chest and performing chest compressions.
Faith immediately stepped back without asking any questions. Anon repeated the process several times, following up with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
“M-Mr. Jule, what are you doing? Why are you kissing our Queen ? Are you disrespecting her at this moment?” a soldier asked with a shocked expression.
“Shut up, idiot. I’m giving her CPR,” Anon said, continuing the process.
“A CPR…? What is—” 𝘯𝑜𝘷𝑙．𝑐𝘰𝘮
“Just let him do, what he is doing.” Faith shouted.
“Y-Yes, Comman-”
“Haaaah…?!” Suddenly, Fiona opened her eyes and gasped for air.
“M-My Queen, are you alright?” Faith asked, grabbing Fiona’s shoulders and shaking her gently.
“Give her a moment; let her body recover,” Anon said, touching Faith’s shoulder.
“Yes,” Faith replied, stepping back.
“What happened? Is this heaven? No, you are still here; it can’t be heaven. Am I in hell?” Fiona asked, looking at Anon.
“Don’t worry; you’re still on holy land, My Queen,” Faith assured, bowing to her.
“How is this possible? You survived that explosion without a scratch but, still died? Can you explain this?” Anon asked, curiosity in his expression.
“I-I used a forbidden spell to save myself from the explosion. This spell had a 10% chance that I would die after using it. I wanted to try it because I would have died one way or another,” Fiona explained.
“Well, you have some lousy luck. A 10% chance of death, and you still died,” Anon said, standing up and scanning the area around him.
‘I can’t sense anything within a 1-kilometer radius. How did they attack the carriages ? Witchcraft ? Or something else ?’ Anon wondered, searching for clues of the attackers.
“My luck isn’t lousy. I’ve used it seven times before this. I’m a Queen, and people have tried to assassinate me in the past as well. What I don’t understand is how you brought me back from the land of dead ?” Fiona said.
“You should rest for now; I’ll explain later,” Anon replied.
Faith helped Fiona walk inside another carriage.
“Please, lie down, my Queen,” Faith suggested.
“No, I’m good,” Fiona said.
“Mages, come here,” Faith shouted.
“Yes, Commander,” two mages rushed to the carriage.
“Cast a protective spell on this carriage. Not even a bug should get through your barrier,” Faith ordered before leaving the carriage and closing the door.
“Yes, Ma’am,” the mages replied, immediately casting defensive spells on the carriage.
Faith approached Anon and immediately bowed to him. Not only her, but the soldiers behind her also bowed to Anon.
“I don’t know how you saved her, but we all are in your debt. Not just us, the entire Elven Kingdom is indebted to you, Sir Jule,” Faith said.