episode_0456

Although it was my first vacation in 10 months, it didn’t feel like I had rested at all.

Thanks to this, I spent three days just sleeping.

Now, I’ll be back tomorrow…

“What have you been doing so far?”

“···I made basic preparations.”

Why can’t I just feel Isabelle’s presence?

I somehow managed to calm my heart, which was beating a little wildly.

It was because I remembered all the obscene remarks that Isabel had made while burning me.

Shir’s plan clearly succeeded.

The sexual attraction I felt when looking at Isabelle has completely subsided.

“Preparation?”

“Yes.”

Isabelle, unaware of that fact, sat down on a chair and enjoyed a generous meal.

It was an eternal stew that had been simmering for a hundred years.

“How did you get in here?”

“I said it was a group. I paid an additional fee and they let me in, right?”

The innkeeper must be crazy.

Anne burst out through the inn floor.

“How have you been Lee?”

Come in through the door or something.

“Yes. I had a good time.”

“What about us! Watch a play, eat delicious food, and buy clothes!”

As I said, Anne was wearing stylish clothes.

It looks like he has no intention of returning to the military anymore.

‘It’s like a military place, let’s go in.’

Anyway, Anne’s enlistment record remains.

In that case, he would be able to pass it off with ease since he was a soldier using the military number he was given.

“So, what have you been doing Lee?”

“We were in the process of establishing a grand plan to save Pangea.”

“Yes? What is that?”

“What if there was a horse that could carry a million pounds without getting tired?”

This is someone who worked at the top for a while.

He seemed to realize what I was saying, but he just laughed.

“Hey, where is that word?”

“Of course not. But what if there was one?”

“Yes, something great will happen. People will be able to get goods supplied at half price.”

“I was roughly planning something like that.”

Yes.

Surprisingly, in this world, distribution margins are incredibly high.

Anne sits in front of Isabelle and eats stew together.

“I am returning to the royal family.”

“Why?”

“The Defense Security Command reported to the royal family. Like the princess is being threatened with assassination by someone in the military. Of course, the Royal Knights, who have the duty to protect the royal family, summoned me.”

They did the job correctly, but at the same time, they handed over the bomb to the Royal Knights.

Isabel glances at me.

“And besides… I just happened to become an adult. I will be sold somewhere soon.”

“When is your birthday?”

“In two weeks.”

There was a reason why I had no choice but to come.

“Don’t worry. The real marriage talks will come after you become an adult. You cannot become a Royal Knight if you do not complete the period. Please appoint me as your guardian knight.”

“There’s no way you can become a Guardian Knight if you’re not a member of the Royal Knights, right?”

“You can ask outright. Is there anyone who can save me by putting tradition aside and killing eight hundred people? If you start talking, I will use my skills to take pictures next time.”

Isabel wrinkles her eyebrows.

“The fact that I am leaving Habstenburg because Sihyeon is my guardian knight───”

“I will kill a royal family member. Name a person you’ve always been close to.”

“···eh?”

“If any member of the royal family dies, they will not be able to send anyone out of the castle.”

Isabelle visibly stiffened.

“Ji, are you saying you are going to kill my family and relatives now?”

“Aren’t they all your enemies anyway?”

“No matter how it is…!”

What’s wrong?

There is something wrong with this person.

“You should have told me. There were only the maid and Jean.”

“I could understand just by hearing what kind of life you lived.”

“Then you understand. It doesn’t really matter if it’s related by blood.”

“What’s important is each other’s faith and hearts.”

Isabel closed her mouth.

“You must act boldly and secretly.”

“Only if you become king will tens of millions of people be able to survive.”

Isabelle nods, letting out a faint sigh that cannot be heard.

“···Yes.”

“Everything will be an act of revenge. That’s how they’ll operate, and there’s no way they’ll get caught.”

Because that’s what I’ve done the most.

If anyone recognizes me, he too will die to me.

“···You shouldn’t do that, right?”

“You were ignored, you were attempted to be assassinated, you had to be sold… Is any of these things that should have happened?”

“······.”

Because I lived in a place like that.

But not here. Isabel also stiffened and shook her head.

The eyes are full of anxiety.

“···Nothing.”

“In the past, I also thought that I could overcome everything rationally. But it wasn’t.”

In the end, I accepted my imperfection.

Even though I became an animal, I don’t feel bad.

I feel like I have become closer to a primal animal and my knowledge has expanded.

“You are not wrong. What’s wrong is…”

‘It’s me who uses you.’

“This world is persecuting you.”

* * * * * *

I had to behave like a dog for the remaining two months.

Because the bad reviews about me within the military were already beyond imagination.

“Now it’s goodbye.”

“Don’t forget the operation.”

Isabelle gives a sad smile.

No matter where you are, if you drink water from your boss, you will be stigmatized, so there is nothing you can do about it.

We don’t know if it’s possible or impossible, but we must at least try to change public opinion in a positive direction.

Has the return process already been completed?

A luxurious two-headed carriage and a wagon. And twelve knights were looking this way.

‘The Defense Security Command is quick to get things done.’

There is not a single human being.

All of them were hosots and terubs, and were carrying heavy crossbows and pavis.

Judging by the fact that he is shaved short, it is clear that he is wearing armor or clothes.

One of the dogs is walking towards us.

Eventually, he stands in front of us and gives a formal greeting to Isabel.

“Hello. My name is Gradia Shetufer of the Royal Knights. I came to take the princess.”

A female hosot with red hair.

He is very short for a hosot, and his body looks slim.

“Yes. Hello.”

Gradia’s eyes turn to me.

“The person next to me is…”

“You are my motivation for saving me.”

“My name is Dwin Lee.”

“Ah, that brave apprentice knight.”

His mouth and expression are praising me, but his facial expression is not.

It was a face that looked quite burdened.

···I can’t feel the attitude of a knight in this woman. There was a grim look of life in his eyes.

“Isabel.”

“Yes.”

“Do you believe in me?”

“Of course.”

“No matter what I do, can you stand by me and trust me?”

“Yes.”

Thank you for your permission.

As I approached Gradia, there was a look of disapproval on her face.

“Ah, you are such a beautiful person.”

“···Yes?”

Gradia’s brows furrowed.

“The silky hair and sweet perfume smell are truly refreshing. What kind of body is reminiscent of a slim fox?…”

“···Apprentice engineer. Get away.”

“I would like to establish a close relationship with you.”

Brown eyes turn to Isabelle.

The look in their eyes as if they were asking for help is just laughable.

As they approached her, the royal knights’ eyes were wide open.

“I want to find out what kind of person you are. Grandia Shetufer Could you please tell me your real name, not that fake name?”

“···What are you talking about?”

As the assassin steps back, he approaches.

As I hit him in the face, the assassin didn’t seem to understand what I said.

Soon I stabbed Gradia in the abdomen with the dagger hidden in my sleeve.

The royal knights watching from behind just look at me and tilt their heads.

“···I know you are a member of the Vengeance.”

─Revenge.

Only then did Gradia’s eyes narrow.

“Dwin? What is that?───”

chin!

The guy is trying to move.

I struck away Grandia’s arm, which was trying to pull out my dagger, and slashed his abdomen.

Fu Chemical!!

“···Huh?!”

It seems that my prediction of his actions was more surprising than my cutting.

But soon her eyes got even bigger.

Because the abdominal pressure was released and the internal organs began to flow out.

“Aaaa’”

“De, Dewin?!!!”

“The real Gradia Shetufer is already dead. This woman is an assassin.”

“Gradia has been hit!!!” “Get the crossbow ready!!!”

The royal knights widen their eyes and aim their crossbows at me.

“Wait! Don’t shoot!”

Since only the stomach was cleanly cut, Gradia could not have died.

However, there is no way that a person who has confirmed that something is in his/her stomach can afford that kind of leeway.

“Aaaagh!!! Help!!!!”

“When I shed my internal organs, I realized that I cannot fight properly in a situation where my internal organs are spilled.”

Gradia glares at me and clenches her teeth.

“The scientific name for the red-headed hostria is Leilish Hostria.”

“The average height of a woman is between 360 and 400 combs.”

“That person is less than 30 combs tall, and his ribs are not the thick ribs characteristic of Raylish Hostria.”

Gradia just hugged the spilled internal organs and glared at me as if it were going to kill me, but couldn’t run away or attack me.

“You could be mixed race, right?!”

“In addition, the hair was dyed. Otherwise, there’s no way it would be that bad. If you look closely, your scalp is wet with dye.”

The royal knights all run towards me with their eyes wide open.

Several people looked at Grandia’s scalp in disbelief, then nodded to the person who seemed to be in charge.

“What do you mean?”

“I am a member of Vengeance. The real Gradia is probably already dead.”

“···How did you know?!”

I only found out after suspecting it too.

I don’t know what kind of hair dye it was, but this person was so perfect.

“My parents’ enemy is the Red Wolf Wuzurei. She is also a Raylish Hostria.”

Gradia began to die, but her eyes did not die at all.

I’m not giving up on life. It probably contains blood.

‘···Maybe I can use it.’

A person who thinks his life is a waste speaks lightly.

“The previous suggestion is valid. I can take your breath away, or I can give you a chance.”

He brought out a dagger.

After assessing the situation, the Royal Knights gather their crossbows and wait for Isabelle’s instructions.

It looks like a serious wound, but if you just squeeze what’s in your stomach and eat the Precious Blood, you will recover completely.

“···My name is Rory, Rory Street──”

“You’re an assassin.”

Sigh!

“Ugh…!”

Because I knew it was the truth, I cleverly stabbed the solar plexus right away.

To them, it will look like you stabbed the heart.

The situation ended in an instant.

“···How did you know?”

The cold voice of a member of the Royal Knights reaches my ears.

“I have killed many people who lied. Then, one day, I started to be able to tell a liar just by looking at him.”

After giving a cursory answer to the knight who had asked the question, he wiped the sword on the clothes of Gradia, who had collapsed and was panting.

“I will dispose of the body.”

Of course it is impossible.

“Impossible. That bitch is wearing the clothes of the Royal Knights…”

“I say so.”

Isabel shakes her head and goes ahead, and he looks down at me.

“······Before burial, take off clothes and burn them.”

“Okay.”

This woman is not dead yet.

There are still two hours left until I return, so I just need to survive until then.

The soldiers at the guard station were staring stiffly in this direction.

“If you know that life is precious, it would be better for everyone to forget this scene.”

When he hinted at the warning, the soldiers became as hard as stone and gave Lim Mok his approval.

I quickly got a gunny sack and put the invoice in it.

How far did he walk like that?

“···I didn’t kill him on purpose, but I stabbed him in the diaphragm for show.”

“Breathing will become more difficult as time goes by. Quickly push it into your intestines and chew the pill.”

Rory Street flinches.

Something twitched inside the blood-oozing cloak, but that soon ended.

When I go into the wilderness and release her, she frowns and glares at me with her brown eyes.

“Please forgive my rudeness.”

“···What are you!”

“I’m curious too. Why does snow white come all the way to the south?”

As expected, the only Hosott with such a small body is snow white.

Her eyes widen.

“How did you know that?!”

“I have a pretty deep relationship with Baek Seol.”

Laurie Street’s armament had already been dismantled.

Nevertheless, the appearance of showing fangs is reminiscent of Snow White in another way.

“I don’t want to fight.”

“···What!”

“I want to make a deal with Boksu.”

“Bullshit…!”

“As I said before, I can read lies.”

“Don’t be so damned after getting lucky.”

My heart is already shaking.

I think I just need to shake it a little more.

“I hope the story ends in a way where each other’s dignity is respected.”

“You’re good at talking while cutting other people’s stomachs apart.”

“Didn’t you try to assassinate my friend?”

“······.”

“And, I didn’t really stab your heart or slit your stomach with all its internal organs, did you? I just took out a little bit of the contents.”

If you really tore the intestines, you have to clean out all the intestines and put them back.

This is because bacteria in poop cause inflammation.

As I sat down on the nearby rock, Laurie Street stood up hesitantly.

Even his scared appearance is cute.

“······The boss decides, not me.”

lie.

“Do you remember what I said about being able to read lies?”

When I look at it, agitation appears in my brown eyes.

“I hate lies. Please don’t do that.”

Dantalian’s energy flowed out.

There is a sticky fear in Laurie Street’s eyes.

I don’t want this, but for some reason, I don’t like it when I say it in a polite way.

“···Okay.”

It seemed like he finally had the heart to listen.

“I know you want to kill the royal family. That’s the same for me too.”

Laurie Street’s eyes sink coldly.

“I will kill them all. But… I don’t want that fact to be discovered.”

“Are you saying you want to borrow our name?”

“Yes. I don’t know why you’re after the princess for half a penny, but she’s mine. Do not touch.”

“···Our goal is the annihilation of all royal families.”

“Good! All you have to do is join me on the journey. In the end, it’s a fight between me and Boksu.”

I have to go now.

“Do you know why we are targeting the princess?”

“I don’t want to know.”

“Because the king loves the princess.”

Does the king love the princess?

There is no bullshit like this.

What kind of persecution has Isabel been experiencing right now?

“I will kill the king too. If you have a grudge, it would be best to resolve it before I kill you.”

“The king is immortal.”

“If you grind it on a grater, wouldn’t it be okay to gain immortality?”

Slam!

Rory Street swung his long stick like a balisong and aimed at me.

It was a hand crossbow.

My heart is pounding.

‘what?! ‘It’s so cool!’

“I think the right answer is to kill you here.”

Just a hand crossbow.

You can tell when to fire, and since it is so small, it is clear that the force applied is less than 10 pounds.

Considering that the bows used by children are 15 bound, the force applied is very weak.

However, it is true that it is a concealed weapon with definite practicality.

The headache-inducing poisonous smell proves it.

“Can you give that to me?”

“Take it.”

Pick!

I guessed and caught the flying bolt.

“Oh, I guess there is an engineer who is quite good at revenge?”

If I hadn’t been able to match the tempo of the shot with my power, it would most likely have landed in my body.

Bolt was also faster than expected.

Nevertheless, the bolt has just the right speed so that you can’t even hear the sound of the wind blowing.

The distance would be about 60 cubits.

“I think it’s a weapon suitable for the cute you.”

“You crazy guy!”

I don’t want to get shot in the head.

As I approached, Laurie Street, who had given up on loading, exposed his teeth and scratched me.

After reading the trajectory, I grabbed his wrist, pulled him, hugged his back, and sat down on the fallen leaves.

He grabbed both of my hands and made me put my hand on the crossbow.

“Can you tell me how to assemble it?”

“Let go! Let go!!!”

“I also like this type of weapon.”

Soon Laurie Street starts shaking and gives up her resistance.

“···What kind of human power is this?!”

Loristrit, who was subdued by me, reluctantly shows me how to assemble and disassemble.

“The wire is a bowstring, and isn’t the body all black iron?”

Take out the handle and shake it once to form a hand crossbow.

When folded, it is completely sealed into a rectangular shape, preventing air from passing through.

“I will take this.”

I folded the crossbow, put it in my pocket, and took care of all the bolts, even the five bolts.

Perhaps because he was angry at being taken away, his eyes were filled with anger.

He is a cute person.

“I will be appointed as the guardian knight of Isabella di Habstenburg in the near future. I will hear the answer then.”

May you sleep and wake up comfortably.

He whispered in my ear and choked me while holding both my arms, knocking me out.

─Ttuduk! Tdu-duk-!

However, because the woman resisted, her neck bones were bent in various directions and made an ugly sound.

‘···Your neck will be a bit sore when you wake up.’

What can I do? It was his fault for rebelling.

I left the stunned assassin behind and walked to the guard post.