70 Chapter 70: Melting (1/2)

Caesar felt as though his head was resting on something very soft, he suddenly remembered his bout with Joe and tried to force his eyes open.

*mmhmm*

Caesar groaned in pain and barely lifted his torso a few inches, he opened his eyes and Ahri's worried face came into his line of sight.

”Don't get up, you still need to rest” She said softly and placed Caesar's head back on her lap.

Caesar didn't resist and let her do as she pleased, they laid there in a pleasant silence for a few minutes.

”What happened to Joe?” Caesar broke the silence and asked quietly.

”He's still unconscious, you have both been out cold for the past hour or so” Ahri replied.

”I see, I'm glad he's still alive…” Caesar said with a deep sigh.

Ahri gently brushed Caesar's long white hair and looked at him slightly anxiously.

”You could have died in that battle… I-I know you wanted to save Joe, b-but I don't know what I would do if I lost you. Please don't risk your life so easily like that again” Ahri choked on her words as droplets of tears fell on Caesar's face.

”It may sound selfish, but I don't want to lose you… I-I want to get married and have kids in the future, I want to see Elizabeth grow up and I want to see my grandfather's happy smile when he sees his grandchildren. This fight made me realize that none of that may happen and I'm scared” Ahri continued spewing out words and streams of tears kept flowing from her eyes.

Caesar's heart slightly warmed, in his past life, many people feared, hated, lusted, envied, and wanted to use him, however, none had truly loved him… They wanted to use him for their self-interest or because he had money and good looks. But for the first time, someone wanted to be with him, not the CEO, billionaire, or crown prince.

Caesar slowly raised his left hand and wiped the tears of Ahri's beautiful face, he slightly raised his upper body and hugged her tightly.

”I have walked alone for nearly all my life, never had anyone truly cared about my well-being… I apologize for not taking your feelings into consideration” Caesar apologized while hugging Ahri tightly.

”You did the right thing, not many people would sacrifice their life to save a friend… It should be me that apologizes” Ahri replied in an apologetic tone.

Caesar shook his head and pecked Ahri on the lips, he slowly stood up and stretched his limbs… he had an excruciating headache but he just dealt with it.

Ahri stood up soon after Caesar and rubbed her eyes, she smiled sweetly and that sad expression she had earlier was nowhere to be seen.

This scene would have been quite romantic if it were not for the thousands of bodies surrounding them, Caesar reached into his pocket and pulled out the eyepatch he had looted from the bandit's body. He placed the eyepatch over his right eye and his headache immediately stopped hurting as much.

”Where did you get that?” Ahri asked curiously and moved her face closer to his.

”You remember those bandits that attacked us yesterday? Well, they gifted me this eyepatch after I defeated them” Caesar laughed gently and replied teasingly.

Ahri rolled her eyes and chuckled, ”you look like a villain with that on, you know?” Ahri teased back.

Caesar put his hands through his hair and straightened it, his right arm was still sore but no longer broken… A vampires regeneration was indeed extraordinary.

”Are you trying to seduce me again?” Ahri asked with a wide smile.

”Oh, you know me so well darling,” Caesar said casually and scanned his surroundings, seeing Caesar's serious expression, Ahri also stopped joking around and looked around warily.

Caesar walked atop the many dwarven bodies and examined their wounds, ”their armors, weapons, and other things seem to have been looted from their corpse” Caesar said.