Hi guys! Introducing a new POV here. Hope you enjoy it, as a Christmas eve present from me ^^
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Chapter 10: Ken's POV
"Who are you"
I could swear I saw Shibuya's life being drained out of his body when he heard those words. But then he smiled, maybe he was satisfied with just having Wolfram alive. It's been a week since then and we are arriving to Blood Pledge Castle right now. Wolfram is sound asleep in Shibuya's lap. He has no idea who he is, or any of us of course, but he seems fond of Shibuya, you could say it's like imprinting, when an animal sees you first after it's born and thinks you're its mama. Right now, Wolfram is acting as submissive as a newborn lamb.
At dawn that day, Lord Waltorana von Bielefeld arrived along with his troops, apparently one of Wolfram's underlings was across the border taking care of the human bodies that were left on mazoku land when they were attacked, once he came back and saw what had happened, he rushed to the Bielefeld castle to get help. Luckily, Shibuya can't control his temper and we got there first, Wolfram probably wouldn't have made it if we didn't.
We spent two days on the Bielefeld castle where all of Wolfram's physical wounds were treated, but his memory did not came back. Shibuya insisted on bringing Wolfram along with us to Blood Pledge, to which Lord von Bielefeld only agreed because the country's best healers are there.
Shibuya should have rested a bit too, he used almost all of his marioku trying to save Wolfram, but he refused any treatment and hasn't left Wolfram's side since. He's much too stubborn, but I think I understand.
"Murata, what are we going to do?" he asks and pulls me away from my thoughts, we are only five minutes away from the castle. Everyone there has already been informed of Wolfram's state, so that shouldn't be a problem.
"The healers all agreed his problem was not physical, there is nothing they can do to bring his memory back" I say, trying to summon up the facts.
"I know that, but if not physical, then what is it?"
"They didn't felt any kind of curse on his body, so that only leaves one answer" I pause for dramatic effects. "It's probably an emotional scar" I say smiling, I smile because it's better than losing his memory because of brain damage, don't you agree? But Shibuya doesn't seem to find it funny.
"But, why?" he ask puzzled and looks at his sleeping fiancé.
"Who knows? As far as we know he was tortured for days, maybe he shut himself up to survive, maybe is some kind of PTSD" I voice the thoughts that have been on my mind from the beginning, although something doesn't quite add up on that theory, at least for my taste, it's all we can guess with what we have.
"Like soldiers after war? Yeah... maybe" he answers and looks through the carriage window.
"What I think he needs is a psychiatrist" I say lifting my index finger to make my point.
"A shrink? Where in Shin Makoku are we going to get a shrink?" he looks at me worriedly.
"I never said we would get one here" he smiles, I think now he gets my point.
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Once we get there Wolfram is left sleeping in the Maou's bedroom and we communicate our plan to Shibuya's retainers. No one seem so thrilled about the idea of Wolfram traveling through dimensions in his current state, but being that we have no other choice, by the end, they all agree. I suggest we should wait a couple of days before going, because of how much marioku Shibuya has been using, but he says he feels as good as new. We all know that's a lie, but once he has made up his mind, there's no turning back.
After dinner and introducing Wolfram to his relatives, as strange as it sounds, we head out to the garden where there's a fountain that we'll be using for the trip.
"Okay Wolf, remember what I told you? Just hold your breath and don't let go of my hand until we're there" Shibuya says like he's talking to a preschooler.
"Mmm.. okay" Wolfram smiles and responds like he was a preschooler.
The whole scene is kinda cute actually, they are already holding hands. Wolfram is looking at Shibuya with almost admiration in his eyes, that shine with an innocence never before seen in the fierce fire demon, at least not by me, I assume not by Shibuya either.
"Ready?" I ask Shibuya and hold his other hand. He nods and looks back one last time as a goodbye gesture. Wolfram actually turns around and waves at them with a big smile on his face.
He's being overly cute or is it just me?
We jump inside the fountain and the water takes us to the Shibuya household bathtub, as always full to be ready for our arrival.
