"Arrggh!" A groan of pain rang out softly from Takumi's pale lips. Takumi's eyes which had previously been closed, now slowly opened hearing Sakurako's call earlier. He was still confused about his surroundings.
Suddenly the stab wound in Takumi's left chest, started to bother him. Takumi felt excruciating pain in his chest. Not to mention that his body felt like it was on fire, a second later he shivered. Another second burned, then shivered again. I don't know what happened to Takumi at this time.
Actually, the small knife that Shinshura threw earlier was already covered in a killing magic spell.
Takumi feels like he can't stand it anymore. The energy that King Saburo gave him just now, couldn't heal Takumi like him.
Takumi hugged his chest that seemed to be burning. His eyes felt heavy again. For a moment his breath caught in his throat. Takumi felt a stabbing pain in his chest. Takumi even believed that the angel of death might be around him.
"Papa, wake up!" Someone shouted the word along. However, the voice could not be heard other than Takumi.
Takumi faintly heard a voice calling from a teenager. A call that can send warmth to the bottom of his heart. The call was answered by the call of Sakurako, Itsuki and King Saburo.
Sakurako lifted Takumi's upper body and embraced him. Takumi felt so comfortable. So far, Takumi had never felt such a warm embrace. Takumi wanted to continue to feel the warm embrace of the one he loved.
"Akazawa-sama, please endure!"
For some reason, Sakurako's voice seemed to give strength back to Takumi at this time.
"Keep calling me like that, Princess!" said Takumi quietly. He smiled seeing the beautiful curves of Sakurako's face visible from Sakurako's lap, like now. This girl is truly an angel. "I'm willing to give a thousand lives for the sake of keeping an angel like you alive, Hime-sama," continued Takumi trying hard so that his voice wouldn't tremble from holding back the pain in his chest.
*Hime = Princess
"Akazawa-sama, you are my savior. You are a strong man, aren't you? So, keep your eyes open, Akazawa-sama! I will be very sad and feel guilty, if you are gone because of me," Sakurako whispered in a voice accompanied by sobs.
Takumi forced himself to smile, though in the end all he could see was only a grimace of pain.
"I'm fine, Hime. As long as I'm with you, I'll be fine." Takumi spoke softly, almost inaudibly. However, he tried not to worry Sakurako.
"Don't cry anymore, Hime!"
Takumi tried his best to make his voice sound smooth. However, this doesn't seem to be able to reduce Sakurako's current worries. Takumi uses the nickname 'Hime' because he knows that Sakurako is indeed a princess in this kingdom. And Takumi just found out that fact.
"Sakurako Hime?" called Takumi, quietly.