Chapter 189: TO REMEMBER...

Chapter 189: 189: TO REMEMBER...

As soon as Mr. Watt raised his dagger at June, Nyx stepped into the scene. He stood right in front of June, shielding him from the attack with his body. The dagger ultimately struck his hand, leaving him bruised and bleeding.

The atmosphere went quiet.

Everyone gasped as they stared at the bloody scene. Mr. Watt staggered backward, the dagger slipping from his hand as he stared at Nyx in shock.

"You..." June was speechless. He was still picking himself up as he stared at Nyx. "You’re hurt..."

But Nyx’s attention was on Mr. Watt. His furious gaze remained fixed on the man who had tried to harm June. At that moment, his eyes slowly turned yellow, fury and contempt filling them as he glared at him.

"Nyx..." June held onto him, staring up at him. He could tell from those eyes that Nyx was about to lose control.

His energy had grown unstable, the villain core threatening to work its way through him as his fury intensified. June could already predict how bloody things were about to become if he didn’t stop him.

He had to stop him.

June pulled Nyx toward him and turned him to the side, their gazes meeting as he cupped Nyx’s cheeks in his palms. "It’s okay... I’m here. It’s okay..."

He repeated the words, trying to calm him down while the authorities instantly dragged Mr. Watt to his knees and tied him up.

"It’s okay... I’m here. It’s okay..." June continued, his eyes fixed on Nyx. Slowly, Nyx met his gaze as well. His yellow eyes gradually returned to normal as he finally snapped out of it.

Nyx shook his head and looked around, his eyes immediately falling on June. "Are you okay...? Are you hurt?" he asked, checking June over as if he wasn’t the one who had been stabbed.

June shook his head. "You should worry about yourself," he insisted, holding up Nyx’s injured hand. "You’re hurt and bleeding..."

"I’ll be fine..." Nyx tried to insist, but June held him firmly. 𝔣𝖗ⅇℯ

"No, you’re not. Let’s go. I’ll take you to get it cleaned up," he insisted.

June turned his attention toward Mr. Watt, staring firmly at him. "Whatever happened to you... you brought it upon yourself. So don’t go around blaming and hurting other people."

With that, he turned and walked off, dragging Nyx along with him.

As the commotion slowly cleared, the authorities dragged Mr. Watt away while he struggled and kicked in an attempt to escape. But it was no use.

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Nyx and June were together in the infirmary. Nyx sat down on the bed while June sat opposite him, carefully applying medication to his injuries.

The two of them sat there quietly, Nyx staring down at his injuries while June cautiously applied the medication.

"Does it hurt?" June asked with a gentle smile.

Nyx slowly shook his head.

June smiled. "If it hurts, you can say so. You don’t have to act all strong," he explained with a small smile.

Nyx said nothing for a while. His eyes remained fixed on the injuries being treated, as if there was something about them that had him deep in thought.

After a while, June stared up at him. He took a moment to study Nyx’s expression before slowly smiling.

"Were you that worried about me that you had to take it so personally?" he teased, trying to ease the awkward atmosphere.

Nyx stared up at him. "No one can hurt you like that under my watch," he said.

June smiled and nodded. "Okay, okay... sure."

He continued applying the medication until he was finished, then reached for the bandages.

While June was preparing to wrap his injuries, Nyx suddenly spoke out of the blue.

"Are you scared of me?"

It was such a random question that June slowly stared up at him in confusion.

"Scared of what? What are you talking about?"

Nyx fell quiet again. He bit his lower lip while staring down at his injuries.

June watched him worriedly. He didn’t know what was running through Nyx’s mind, and he was curious to know, but he didn’t know how to ask.

And just then, Nyx spoke again.

"I killed someone..."

The words lingered in the silence for a while. The two of them sat there staring at each other as June struggled to speak.

"What... are you talking about...?"

Nyx slowly looked up at him. "Did you know...?"

He hesitated before finally asking the question.

"Did you know that I was the one who killed Mr. Kevin?"

June was quiet for a while. He knew. He remembered that Nyx had done it, and he had thought Nyx already knew that as well. ℴ

So why was Nyx acting strange all of a sudden?

June hesitated before forcing a smile. "Of course I know. Why are you suddenly asking this? Didn’t you know about it too?"

Silence settled between them as they sat there staring at each other. June could read something in Nyx’s expression, and he had a feeling that something was very wrong.

He could see the fear on Nyx’s face. The uncertainty and anxiousness in his eyes. June could tell that his mood had changed, and not for the better.

Nyx sighed as he stared down, running a hand through his hair as though he were trying to wash something from his mind.

"I..."

He muttered the word before speaking again.

"I didn’t remember..." His voice faltered. "I didn’t... I just remembered that I..."

June paused, a soft gasp escaping his lips as he stared at Nyx.

He didn’t understand.

Nyx didn’t know?

How did he not remember that he was the one who had killed Mr. Kevin in the cave himself? How had he simply forgotten about it?

Now June had a bad feeling about this. Nyx remembering what happened had already changed his mood, and June was scared that it might change something inside him as well.

And judging from his reaction alone, it didn’t look promising.