If it wasn't for Gaya swatting the youngster's hand from Michael's hand, Nightmare would have bitten or even used Dragon's breath on him. Nightmare sensed a tinge of negative energy from the youngster towards Michael.

Michael chose not to pour the healing potion into Sabrina's mouth but placed the potion on the table beside her bed.

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"Please, forgive our rudeness young master" Samuel quickly bowed before taking the potion in his hand. He then took a sniff as his eyes widened in shock.

"This..this...is a healing potion and it's 80% pure" Michael had a feeling that the old butler might know more about Alchemy than anyone else in the room.

"What do you expect? He's a 5-star Alchemist" Gaya said loudly enough for everyone to hear her words crystal clear.

"You're Ghost of River town, the 5-star Alchemist of Bredia" One of the guards who accompanied Captain Giles shouted, making everyone stare at Michael in a new light.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully being a badass. The reward is 400 badass points]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for successfully being a badass. The reward is 700 badass points]

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It was obvious that most of the people in the room had heard his name before. Otherwise, he would have earned almost four thousand badass points just by Gaya revealing his identity.

Only Samuel focused on the task on hand as he moved closer to Sabrina to empty the healing potion into her mouth.

"Wait, what if it-" the same youngster who interrupted Michael shouted but Samuel already emitted half of the potion into her mouth.

It only took a couple of seconds for Sabrina's body to regain the rosiness.

Samuel heaved a sigh of relief.

"Sabi!" Just as Sabrina's body was turning from pale to fair, someone screamed her name.

Michael turned his head to see a woman in her late thirties. Tears rolled out of her beautiful face. She came running to Sabrina's side,

"What happened to my Sabi?!" She shook Sabrina's shoulder, it had enough force as well as gentleness.

"Mom" Sabrina slowly opened her eyes. Out of nowhere, Sabrina lunged at her mother, hugging her tightly. Sabrina too sobbed continuously without giving a damn about the audience. Although she was a brave girl, she almost died back at the Maple forest, which really shook her to the core.

"Young Master, what happened back there?" Captain Giles asked Michael. Everyone quickly turned their gazes from Sabrina to Michael, curiously looking at him for his answer.

"It was Alden...Alden Bellwatch" Sabrina's voice contained a mix of shock and anger.

"Alden Bellwatch? The heir of House Bellwatch?!" Captain Giles asked while the people in the room seemed stunned.

Knowing he could earn badass points by telling them what happened at the Maple Forest, Michael started to explain how he saved Sabrina without coming out neither too braggy nor too humble.

The events unraveled back at the Maple forest sent chills running through everyone's spines. The old butler almost looked like he was about to have a heart attack. His body shivered, not because of the cold but because of the thought of losing Sabrina, the little princess of the Winston family.

Michael could tell Samuel is blaming himself for everything that happened but Michael didn't give a damn. All he wanted was to milk as much as badass points from these people and bug Noah's room.

Nightmare's actions may have brought him an opportunity but it might also put him in danger if Alden had someone behind him, someone dangerous.

"Sabi!"

Pop!

The guard's scream abruptly stopped when his head exploded into a red mist like a watermelon.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for killing a Body Strengthening stage level 7 cultivator. The reward is 28000 Experience points and 1500 Badass points]

"Ahhhh!"

"Mother!"

"Diana"

"Lady Diana!"

Various shouts sounded in Michael's head as his hand still tightly wrapped around Diana. Only after the guards drew their weapons out and confirmed there were no more assassins in the room, Michael released Diana but bolts of lightning still danced around his hand, making crackling electricity noise.

The sudden change of events stunned Nightmare. After seeing a human plunging his dagger into Ghost, Nightmare's heart rapidly pounded against his chest.

But Gaya's heartbeat felt like it wanted to jump out from her chest. The whole room was dead silent for a few moments before the three ladies who seemed to be Diana's sisters surrounded her.

"Lady Diana, are you alright?"

"Diana, are you hurt?"

"Who dared to attack the Lady of Winston family?!"

"Guards!"

While everyone's in shock, Gaya leaped at him, checking him as her eyes began to well up.

"Human"

"It's okay," Michael reassured Gaya.

Nightmare was still in shock as no words came out of his mouth.

"I'm fine" Diana was still shivering yet she let out a smile and came to check on Michael.

"You're bleeding!" Michael turned his gaze from Gaya to Diana when he heard the gentle-looking lady scream.

Before even Michael could notice his bleeding shoulder, Diana tore a piece of cloth from the cape hanging from her behind. She frantically wrapped the cloth around his left shoulder.

"It was...my...fault" Tears rained down from her eyes.

Many who came out of the shock were surprised to see this gesture. The Lady of the Winston family tore her expensive dress to tend to a total stranger's wound.

Samuel quickly glanced at the house guards, wordlessly telling them to escort everyone except the closest family members outside.

Diana forgot about everything including Sabrina's close death experience as her mind went blank seeing the blood coming out of this youngster's shoulder. Michael could easily drink the healing potion and heal his wound but he was already being led to Sabrina's bed by Diana.

"Lady Diana, I'm fine" Michael was surprised by her motherly love. The affection, the motherly love in her eyes were genuine and pure. For the first time in his two lives, he was experiencing a mother's love.

"You're not!" She yelled at him, again like a mother.