"You would have died." She looked straight into his eyes. "You would have died because of your own stupidity. Do you think you have nine lives? Or did you simply believe nothing would happen because everything had gone smoothly before?"
Alucard's shoulders trembled.
"You disobeyed my instruction. You lied to me. You endangered your customer's life. And you nearly threw your own away."
Kiara slowly stood up from behind the counter.
"If you wanted to prove that you could work on your own, think that your boss is too eccentric… then congratulations. You almost succeeded in proving it with your corpse."
Alucard's head lowered until it nearly touched the floor. His vision blurred.
For the first time since waking up, his eyes became moist.
Because beneath Kiara's stern words, he could clearly hear something far stronger than anger.
Concern.
Alucard remained on one knee, his head lowered until it nearly touched the floor.
