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It had happened right in front of him. Eugene’s dazed eyes snapped wide open. His body, which had been pushed backward, leaned forward once more.
A blob of darkness had suddenly appeared out of nowhere, transforming into a sharp spike that had thrust itself into Ciel’s left eye.
“Ciel,” Eugene unconsciously called out Ciel’s name. Then, he quickly stretched out his hand.
Fsssssh!
The spike impaled in her eye dissolved into ashes and disappeared.
Eugene quickly pulled Ciel closer to examine her. Fortunately, the wound was shallow.
The surprise attack had been made using the power of Iris’s Demoneye. She must have been aiming for his head. However, the attack had ended up being much shallower than the Demon King had intended.
The sneak attack hadn’t had that much power behind it, so it had been turned into a spike that concentrated all of its power into one point. Her intent must have been to destroy not only the eyeball but also his brain; thankfully, that also hadn’t gone the way the Demon King had planned.
He didn’t know the reason for this. What might have caused the Demon King’s attack to be too shallow was a mystery. But Eugene wasn’t curious about the answer to that question. Instead, Eugene hurriedly inspected Ciel’s wound.
Ever since they had first met, Ciel had always possessed the characteristic golden eyes of the Lionheart clan. But now, one of those eyes could no longer be seen.
Eugene started trembling. Searching through his cloak, he pulled out different types of potions. The holy water he had gotten from Kristina and Anise and an elixir that was precious even by Lionheart clan standards.
Not knowing what to say, Eugene remained silent. Chewing hard on his bottom lip, Eugene completely emptied the holy water and the elixir into her now empty left eye socket. While doing so, he also checked Ciel’s pulse.
She was alive. Although it was faint, Ciel’s pulse was still beating. This fact relieved Eugene.
Despite wanting to, Eugene didn’t ask, ‘Why wasn’t it me?’
There was no need to ask; it was clear why Ciel had done what she did. Just now, Eugene hadn’t been in a fit enough state to appropriately respond to such...
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