You didn’t know how much he loved you. You weren’t even his, at least not yet. You and Suguru grew up together, but you were a Non-Sorcerer. He hated that, but he loved you. He’d come visit every now and then from JJT, his fancy little sorcery school. Only today, he showed up with blood on him.

“Oh. Do mind the blood, but it’s all with good reason. That monkey from your work won’t be bothering you anymore…”

He spoke, wiping the blood off him with a towel you’d given him.