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Chapter 10: This Was What He Owed Her

Chen Yuan took Clovie home when his parents already slept.

He tiptoed alone and carried Clovie into his room.

He laid her carefully on his own bed and removed her shoes, revealing her snowy pink feet.

Then he hurried to the bathroom, filled a basin with hot water, and wiped her body.

Bruises and wounds showed on her skin; they looked as if metal objects caused them.

Those men in the alley probably used weapons…

With her ability, she ought to beat several grown men without trouble…

Was she too weak…

When he left, Chen Yuan checked those men; they were only knocked out, just like the ones she froze earlier.

Chen Yuan kicked them twice as a bonus and left them lying there.

Now, after he placed her on the bed and switched on the light, he saw her injuries clearly, and his heart tightened again.

Her skin was pale with a hint of red, so pure and flawless that any blemish stood out sharply.

Yet now her thighs, arms, and even cheeks bore bruises and cuts.

Damn, how could they hit such a beautiful girl!

He always feared hurting her even with a slight force, yet those scum beat her?!

If he knew earlier, he would smash those bastards harder!

Chen Yuan knitted his brows, wrung the towel, and continued to clean her body.

When he reached a wound, he used a feather-light touch, afraid of causing pain.

This world was not like the Nix Kingdom; a healing spell could not fix everything, and these injuries needed time to heal.

She suffered all this only because she came to find him…

“Tea…cher…”

“Do not leave me…”

“Please…”

Clovie suddenly curled up, pulled herself into a ball, and murmured softly.

“Good girl… I am here…” Chen Yuan stroked her forehead and coaxed her gently.

“Teacher… I miss you so much…”

“I do not want to be a queen… I only want you…”

Her voice quivered with tears and moved him deeply.

Chen Yuan listened to her whispers and felt guilty and heartbroken…

She murmured like this for countless days and nights.

His departure affected her so much…

At first he only approached her to finish a mission…

But when he faced her passionate sincerity, the false feeling of the beginning turned into future remorse.

So during the mission he still did everything to the extreme, perfectly, and used all his strength to help her.

In the end he could not rid himself of emotion; he even considered staying forever…

Staying in that other world would not be so bad…

But that was impossible; if he stayed, what about his parents?

They still waited for him to save them.

Moreover, he could not stay in the other world at all…

He looked at the girl; whenever she saw him her eyes always shone. She was dignified and graceful, yet she still played innocent and silly before him.

She obeyed meekly when he acted strict, and displayed royal majesty when he acted frivolous.

He taught her many things beyond the mission—no, he experienced many things beyond the mission with her.

He took her to watch the stars and sunrise, gossiped about which knight had an affair with which maid in the Royal Palace, and secretly presented her favorite thousand-mile horse Louis.

Every moment of the past felt like yesterday, yet the little girl already grew into such a wonderful young woman…

He tucked the quilt around her, leaned over the bedside, and gazed tenderly at the snow-white girl before him.

He kept stroking her forehead softly and clutched her hand tighter…

“Teacher will not leave you again, Clovie. Teacher will stay with you forever, alright…”

He spoke from the depths of his heart…

This was what he owed her…

It was only right that she came to claim it…

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