Redknight291: I don't own KKM. This is authored by Takabayashi Tomo and artist done by Matsumoto Temari. Thank you for reading my fanfic … Open to receive suggestions… Private message me at aya16_ if you like.
It hasn't been too long when Rica disappeared leaving the demon kingdom. The life in the demon kingdom returned to normal.
One morning, Yuri strolled with Wolfram and Conrad to see the nearby village. He looked in awe at everything they saw as they passed the cliff side by the middle of the path.
Wolfram's face turned sour as he looked down the cliff side. The thing he saw is very clear – Rica unconscious on the ground with tattered clothes and small cuts.
Conrad looked at the direction where Wolfram is looking. He didn't expect to see the wounded and unconscious Rica.
Yuri doing the same thing as Conrad, he looked at the same direction. 'Ah!' He left the horse immediately shocked at what he saw. 'Rica-san!' He turned his head and looked at Conrad with a pleading expression.
Conrad didn't need to hear Yuri's words to understand what the black haired king wanted; he left his horse, walked towards where the female blond lay unconscious and carried her to his horse. He could not ignore a wounded person if there is a chance to live.
The three arrived continued the path and arrived in the village they were going to and rested in a house.
'Ah Conrad! Look!' Yuri calls waiving his hand as he saw Rica lying on the bed slowly opening her eyes. He felt ecstatic to see that Rica regained consciousness. But his worry of WHAT happened didn't leave his mind. He wondered if he could do more to help. He stayed quiet for a while; he gave her time to rest before asking any questions.
'Ken-chan?' Rica softly called. She mistook Yuri as Ken since both have the black hair and that Ken is the only person she acquainted herself with in the demon kingdom.
'Good you are alright!' Yuri sat on the stool near the bed. He is relieved to see that Rica is fine, all except for the wounds that she have, at least for the moment. He almost went to hug her.
Conrad enters the room as Yuri called out his name. He looks at Yuri with a blissful expression.
'Geez, talk about trouble...' Wolfram glares at Rica. He had just entered the room following right after Conrad. He watched Rica as she sit on the bed slowly. He isn't fond that the person he viewed as rival appeared, but he didn't want her to leave to die.
Rica glanced at Yuri and then took a good look of the room she is in – a totally average house, different even from the house that she grew into, a four white walled brick room with few frames on the wall, figurines on the flat surfaces. 'Where… Where am I? Where are Shin and Azure?' The atmosphere of the room didn't make her feel any better with Shin not around – she couldn't even feel his presence which made her feel even more anxious. She is different that she had last met them.
'We found you unconscious; with tattered clothes and cuts.' Conrad informed. 'What happened?' He gave her a cup of tea to drink after he gave one to Yuri.
Rica received the cup, she looked at the arm and then to her legs. She touched her face with a bandage; she already got treated. 'And the where are the others?' She didn't sound slightly concerned about her physical status. She is more concerned if the others have been okay.
'You were alone.' Conrad answered. He stared at Rica and then paraphrased, 'Rather we didn't expect that someone would be there at that cliff side, if you are somewhere near the deep forest, we would have not found you. You were the only one that caught our sight. We found you injured so we took priority that you get treated. I'm not too sure somebody would survive there. Besides, only a traveler wound wind up there attacked.'
'Well I doubt that you would find them.' Rica said in a relaxed tone. She finally relaxed thanks to the cup of tea that Conrad gave. 'I mean we got scattered. We were attacked by something.' Her tone is calm as she told them what had happened to her. 'I don't know what it is but, it seems that THEY were expecting us to appear. It became quite dangerous that all we could do is separate for better survival. Azure is forced to do drastic measures who I thought could do something about it.'
'I don't understand what you mean but, in other words you can't get back?' Yuri asked in an awkward tone.
Rica looked at Yuri stunned. She couldn't believe herself. Did she actually want to return home? Never has she been attached to anything other than Yuna so why is she longing for a place to return to. She felt awkward talking about it and diverted the talk, 'I'll just need to find Azure. I'm sure that they can do something after talking, plus we can find out the real cause what happened.'
'Is everything fine your highness?' the commoner asked entering the room timidly. 'If you need anything just call for us.' He looked like he had been hesitating to enter the room.
'It's fine!' Yuri answered with a smile; he thanked the man of the house. He faced Rica with a smile, 'You can come with us.'
Rica stared at Yuri her thoughts were that Yuri has not changed yet. Yuri remained trusting as always. Somehow, she felt loss and gave up, even she feel that staying close where the Maou is might be good considering that she almost lost her life.
Conrad felt a presence outside the house. He left the room. He looked up and saw a kohi bearing a letter. The kohi dropped the letter to him which he caught. He stares at the letter which the kohi had dropped and read the contents.
"SARA…" the name made such an impact to Conrad. Unlike Yuri, Conrad wasn't as pleased as Gwendal in Saralegui's presence or even at the mention of the name. He read the contents reluctantly.
Blackknight291: END… Okay so I end the story here with Saralegui's visit. You may find the story incomplete but I refuse to kill off any characters anymore. Thanks to those who gave review and read my fanfic….