Bab 40: Grim Reaper.

"And as I discovered, she has loved you for a very long time now. If you were up when you heard this confession, what would you have done? Reject her or accept her?"

His mind conjured an image of Arthur's silly face when something totally unexpected happened to him, and he couldn't hold back the small chuckle that escaped his lips.

"I place my bet on you rejecting her not because you don't share the same feelings but because you want to set an example for me; an obvious lost cause." He stepped closer to the bed, taking note of how Arthur's hair were trimmed short, the exact length he used to make it look when he was conscious. "I must say, she's really does take her job seriously. You think I should increase her pay...or not?"

When he got silence as a reply, he turned around and began walking around the room in slow steps.