Chapter 114

…A faint space in the lost time. A metallic glow cut through the darkness.

“Professor!”

Julie ran to him. Scars marked his body, but no hesitation could be found in his expression. He was leaning against a wall. He didn’t lie down or fall but stood firm.

“Your wounds are deep!”

Blood pulsed out of him. As a knight, Julie’s body and brain moved instinctively. She had to perform first aid, starting with wound identification and quickly moving to control the hemorrhaging. It was a habit she had been training for 20 years.

“Calm down, Julie.”

“Don’t talk.”

Her heart was pounding, but there was no time to be blinded by emotion. Just when she was about to start her magical healing.

Grab-!

Deculein grabbed her hand. Julie looked up at him, confused, but he was smiling.

“…It’s okay.”

“It’s not okay!”

“If I’m not okay…”

He placed his hand on Julie’s cheek. She trembled.

“Am I dying?”

“…”

Julie closely inspected his wounds. Several vital points had been pierced. She clenched her jaw.

“…You are dying.”

That trembling voice brought back the memories of Kim Woojin inside Deculein. It was a pretty old one. In the monitor, the scene where she stopped breathing and the dying will of Deculein played out.

‘Damn it-.’

“Even Iron Man can fail… Julie. I have seen myself die.”

“Stop, stop talking!”

Julie wanted to cover his mouth. The more he spoke, the more blood spurted out, but Deculein stubbornly continued.

“It’s strange. That future will probably be the most beneficial for you.”