332 Healing King Augustus (1/2)

Alicia smiled, she felt warm in her heart. She knew that King Agustus was not saying these words just for show. He truly meant what he was saying. She was happy, in this life she was able to have a father who cared for her like this.

”Dad, even when my birth parents show up, you will always be my father here on Phantasia. I will never treat you any differently than before.” Alicia said as she hugged King Augustus. King Augustus gave her a new life and a path to her dreams. ”Let's see if I can heal you.”

”Alright give it a try.” King Augustus did not have any hope of this working but if Alicia wanted to give it a try he would not stop her.

Alicia checked King Augustus's magic points and frowned. They were not just dried up but had their life force sucked out of them. Normally you could not cure such a thing. Once the life force of a certain part of one's body was used up it would become useless and never be able to be used again. Thinking of everything that King Augustus, this father of hers, had done for her. Alicia came to a firm decision. ”Blake, can you leave the room while I treat my father. I need absolute concentration.”

”Okay, Just tell me if you need anything.” Blake readily agreed and walked out of the room.

Once it was just the two of them Alicia took a deep breath before letting it out. ”Dad, I will be putting you to sleep while I do this so you will not be in pain. I will wake you up when I'm done.”

”Haha, that would be very much appreciated!” King Augustus smiled and laid down on the couch closing his eyes.

Alicia cast a sleeping spell to put King Agustus into a deep, deep sleep. ”This process...” Alicia knew the process would be painful but not for King Augustus, the one who would be in pain would be her…

In another part of the castle, Blake was walking around waiting for Alicia to finish her treatment of King Augustus when he ran into Grandpa Mu. ”Lad, why are you here and not with your little wife?”

”She said she needed to be alone while she tried to cure...” As he spoke a cry of pain could be heard coming from the direction Alicia was in.

”That idiot!” Grandpa Mu's face paled as he disappeared from where he stood racing towards Alicia's direction. Blake followed right behind him, he was not sure what was going on but he could tell from Grandpa Mu's expression that something bad had just happened.

The door burst open and Grandpa Mu found Alicia passed out on the floor. He quickly rushed over and checked her vitals. ”This stupid girl!”

”What happened!?” Blake came in seeing Alicia passed out lying lifelessly in Grandpa Mu's arms.

”She used her own life force to try to heal her father! How could she be so stupid his life was not in any danger!” Grandpa Mu's expression was grave. He did not know how much life force she used but she was barely alive!

”You! What are you doing? If you do that!” Grandpa Mu watched in shock as a white light formed around both Blake and Alicia. Blake's face contorted in pain but seeing how color was being restored to Alicia's pale complexion he did not care for the pain at all. He was just glad he was able to restore some of Alicia's life even if it meant giving up half of his life force to save her.

Blake's eyes slowly closed as he passed out. Grandpa Mu was amazed that this young man would go so far Alicia. He knew the two were engaged and loved each other but this went beyond just your typical love. Blake was willing to give up everything for Alicia as long as it meant she could be saved. He could tell Blake loved Alicia from the bottom of his heart and soul. Letting out a sigh he waved his hand lifting the two up. He then looked at King Agustus who was sound asleep on the couch. ”Old man you were lucky your daughter loves you to the point that she almost died trying to heal you. Similarly, your daughter is lucky that her little husband loves her so much that he is willing to do the same for her. Luckily neither of them drained their Magi Points to the point that they will lose any of their strength. But life force can never be regained through simple means. They will need to be careful from now on or in the future they will really end up dying...”

The next day Alicia woke up to a handsome face sleeping soundly right next to her. Alicia blushed not understanding why Blake was in the same bed as her but she did not scream or try to run away. She knew Blake more than anyone. She knew he would never do anything to her. She remembered that she over exhausted herself during the process of healing King Augustus. But she did not remember anything other than feeling very tired. Alicia reached up and poked Blake's cheek as she smiled warmly at the handsome sleeping face.

”To think I will get to wake up next to this handsome face every day in the near future… Wait what am I thinking!” Alicia felt embarrassed at her own thoughts. But she still couldn't resist sweeping a lock of hair back on Blake's forehead. ”It should be fine if I enjoy this moment for a little while longer right?”

Alicia snuggled into Blake's chest and closed her eyes. She had missed Blake dearly during her time on the cultivation world. There was never a day that went by that she did not think about him. Taking in the familiar scent of the man she loved Alicia fell back asleep.

When she next awoke she was greeted by two deep blue eyes gazing down at her. ”Good morning...” Alicia said faintly as the blush on her cheeks reached all the way to her ears.

”Alicia… No Akari… I hope you will never do something so stupid again. How could you almost use all your life force to heal your father? I know you wished to cure him but what about your own life!? You may not die naturally but that does not mean you can not die!” Blake's brows furrowed as he began lecturing Alicia.

Alicia shrank back because she knew she was in the wrong but she had no other way to cure her father. She wanted to do something in return for everything he had done for her. Tears began to well up in Alicia's eyes as she lowered her head in guilt. She knows she made Blake worried but she had no other options. Seeing Alicia's guilty expression, Blake's gaze softened. Letting out a sigh Blake said softly: ”As long as you understand… Plus I can't be completely angry at you since we are now the same.”

Alicia was confused. She did not know why she and Blake were the same now. ”Why are we the same?”