77 – 77. Unbroken shackles (5)
Rwena’s hands trembled at the object the officer handed her.
“…Really, you really found this in Levant?”
“Yes. I’d like to apologize for the fact that I happened to see it, but it’s so similar to the one you have…”
“You don’t have to apologize while explaining everything. This kind of thing… Rather, it means that even if I bow to you, I won’t be relieved…!”
A blue hair tie rests on the two hands of the top pole that trembles like an aspen tree.
And something else that closely resembles it is wrapped around her left hand like a bracelet.
A blue cloth that was worn like a bracelet even though it was not a bracelet. Anyone who sees it will say that most of the features are the same except for the hair tie in hand and the length.
Yes. This is not an item handled by the upper ranks, but an item with a past. It was the trace of her daughter that Rwenna had been looking for so long.
“You were at the academy… You really were.”
There was no clear physical evidence, and even the psychological evidence was ambiguous.
The only clue was that a child of that age could attend the academy considering his current age, but with this, a physical proof was secured.
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There is only one ribbon, but there is no more solid evidence than this.
Unlike when I kept thinking that I might not exist in this world, I could see a ray of hope now.
However, as if it is not yet time to be relieved, the executive continues to speak.
“I understand that you are pleased, but there is one problem.”
“Is it a problem?”
“The owner of this ribbon string appears to be in trouble right now.”
The House of Count Kutelli. And it was a problem with the female student kidnapped by Count Kutelli.
***
‘Sylvia… How dare you trick me?’
For some reason, he followed me to the engagement ceremony.
With the exception of a very small number of people at the Count’s residence because they were illegitimate children, the fact that they did not know Sylvia’s face worked as a fatal blow.
And all of a sudden, the person in disguise is none other than the daughter of the Duke of Lantana. The social position of the person he recruited was not something the count dared to deal with.
Nevertheless, the Count tried to talk to Rhenias while maintaining his composure.
“It seems that the princess is still young enough to enjoy such innocent pranks. Where is Sylvia?”
“Why should I tell you that?”
“Of course I have to properly conduct my daughter’s engagement.”
If you get even a scratch on that body, you have to go into an all-out war with the Empire’s Lantana duchy, but in fact, that’s like hitting a rock with an egg.
Therefore, the Count cleverly changed his words, focusing on the fact that Sylvia had attracted Renias.
“And the place where someone else’s daughter holds an engagement ceremony, albeit informally. Do we have to fool people like this?”
I haven’t decided yet.
For now, she’s disrupting the engagement ceremony by disguising herself as a bride at the count’s residence, so it might be a matter of opening up water.
If the precious daughter of the count’s family is accused of being visited by an uninvited person on the day of her engagement, there will be a legitimacy.
Either the principality or the empire could not tackle this engagement.
“I think the count is the kind of person who even commits an act of kidnapping accompanied by a knight to an engagement ceremony, right? That’s an academy student.”
“Huh. You’re quite audacious. You’re going to stir up controversy by making outrageous claims based only on the name of your family…?”
Rhenias shot her magic as if he didn’t want to hear it. And.
Quang!
With a loud sound, one side of the stage for the ceremony collapsed due to a flash of light, and the engagement ceremony site collapsed beautifully.
“There were about three articles I came across at the festival night market. All of them were from Count Kutelli’s house. Don’t be fooled, you’d better tell me where Hena-senpai is.”
Originally, Sylvia was a friend of her age whom she met at her academy, and she intended to excuse herself by saying that she was a guest at her engagement ceremony.
Renias is talking as if he saw the scene himself.
If she stopped pretending, no one outside would have been able to interfere with her, but a witness appeared who said she had kidnapped a student.
Under the circumstances, the count’s residence was no longer a place for engagement ceremonies. Now there is only one way left.
“Deal with that b*tch!!”
Just draw the knife and deal with the witnesses.
No matter how high the status of Princess Lantana is, it’s enough to bury her so that it doesn’t even become a rumor.
The knights drew their swords and started attacking Rhenias all at once.
.
.
.
Even when the man who seemed to be a knight recited the words to deal with it, did he have to turn around and run away?
Did he have to run away as soon as he saw them suddenly blocking him while he was walking around the festival?
Was it wrong to cross the vacant lot just because you wanted to take the faster route?
I don’t know.
Where did I go wrong?
Walking around the festival night market, I shouldn’t have been beaten by an unexpected driver.
I should have turned around and ran away as soon as I saw them, feeling suspicious.
I should have taken the wide road, knowing that it was a shortcut and that it was scary at night.
…No. What is the use of all those words? In the end, I myself was the problem.
Henna, who had listened to every conversation between a knight and a man who appeared to be the head of the count’s family, shed tears.
‘Sorry. Sylvia…’
I can’t even mumble because I’m gagged, so all I can do is keep repeating these words in my head.
Their goal is to lure Sylvia to the count’s house and make an engagement ceremony with a certain man.
Even then, instead of leading a happy life after the wedding, she was destined to be miserably abandoned after a forced engagement and selling her virgin.
It is said that you don’t have to come to the count’s house, but if you’re like a gentle sheep, there’s no way he wouldn’t head here because of his personality.
Instead, Sylvia says she’s sorry for making you suffer because of her, and she smiles shyly and she withdraws the bait attached to her obvious trap.
I can’t really deny that fact. She could do nothing but shed tears incessantly, resenting herself for being caught.
-What kind of bastard is that… Gah!
In the meantime, it was the voice of the knight who was guarding the outside collapsing in Henna’s ear.
Could it be that Sylvia has already arrived this far?
“Ooooo.”
Why are you here? You stupid. Run away, run away! I mean, run far away now!!
Henna screams in the dark cellar, but her voice cannot reach her because of her bitten gag.
The cellar door was opened before long.
Hearing the door open, Hena closed her eyes and denied reality.
I’d rather that Sylvia didn’t come and that she came to torture herself with her vindictiveness.
She said she hoped she had come to blackmail her into calling Sylvia in.
“Wait a minute. Henna.”
Her female voice was correct, but not Sylvia’s. Who the hell is she from?
-Seokkul.
The ropes that bound her limbs were cut, and the gag was removed from her mouth.
Only now, Henna’s pupils, who have adapted to her darkness, are able to perceive her counterpart who has freed her.
But what? The person she saw in front of her was more out of the blue than Sylvia.
“Senia, how did you…”
“We’ll talk later. We need to get out of here right now.”
I have no idea how Senia came to visit the count’s residence.
Whatever it is, it is clear that she has a chance to escape immediately. Henna, who had been motionless for a long time, tried to get out of her cellar with Senia’s support.
However, the basement, which had been filled with darkness, was gradually enveloped in light and brightened, and in an instant the room was filled.
“Ignition stone?!”
Senia found out what caused the darkness in the basement, but at the same time, the basement collapsed with an explosion.
***
“Creepy!”
“Ouch!”
The most common way to win against a strong man, especially a wizard, is a long-term battle.
There is a tactic to procrastinate until the mana runs out.
Most of the wizards tend to focus their firepower, so if you compare them to running, it’s more like sprinting and consuming mana rather than running for a long time.
Thus, if you use your mana as if you were sprinting, you will definitely get tired quickly…
‘Why don’t you get tired?’
It doesn’t change even though it shoots magic continuously.
I can’t even guess how much time has been dragged just by wasting time at the count’s residence, and the number of knights falling down one by one screaming is not one or two.
The wizard’s weaknesses of long-term and close-quarters combat were not working.
‘…A type that is strong in long-term battles? No, that can’t be!’
Occasionally, those who have reached the limit in controlling their magical powers adjust their pace and demonstrate their strength even in long-term battles. It can be seen as a way to engage in battle by adopting a strategy such as long running rather than sprinting.
However, the power must be weakened as much as the strength is adjusted, but the problem with Rhenias’ magic is that it is not at all like that.
Rather than slowly weakening the power of magic, he even inserts a single shot in the middle and is steadily breaking the momentum of the knights.
Then there is only one answer. Overwhelming mana.
The knights are helplessly collapsing into the depths of the invisible vessel called the inherent amount of magical power that can’t even be sensed at the moment.
“Arkav party… I thought it was just an absurd and exaggerated story…”
I thought they were just students, but they were monsters that shouldn’t be dismissed as mediocre students.
Those who have actually been to the battlefield speak in unison.
The two people in the Arkab party are different people. He said that all he could do was watch and spit out exclamations at the appearance of the two people killing each other regardless of type and grade.
However, the count, who had spent his years fed up with the world and his lust for power, did not listen.
The result is dozens of knights who fell right in front of their eyes and those who lost the will to fight any more.
Now the Count was keenly aware of why the academy called them divine, and why they said they had reached a level that no one could follow or approach.
But there is still a last resort.
“Puhyuk… Yes. It looks like I’ve been defeated by the princess.”
“Rather than admitting that, I’d like you to tell me where Hena-senpai is.”
“Ah. If that’s the case, I’ll let you know.”
As the Count answered with a corner of his mouth raised, an explosion was heard from within the Count.
Then the lower part of the building collapsed along with acrid smoke.
“…!”
“Oops. Maybe he was there. Someone set up an explosion in the basement? hahahaha!!”
What is the reason for talking so calmly? It was because the fuse the Count had left as a last resort was located there.
The source of the explosion is the basement beneath the building.
Due to the collapsed building, if there were people, they were destined to die under the rubble.
“It’s pitiful! To think that a girl who was invited as a guest at my daughter’s wedding would lose her life in an unexpected accident. Didn’t she think so too?”
The count said that Henna had been invited as a guest, and she excused herself that there had been an unexpected accident.
Since the victim is dead, he cannot testify that he was kidnapped.
The article that kidnapped Henna was also dealt with in advance, so even the suspect became unclear.
Renias’ testimony that he kidnapped Henna has now turned into groundless suspicion. Where is that?
The place where the engagement ceremony was being prepared became a mess where it was impossible to discern what was true and what was false.
There was a battle, but if you had to choose someone who went on a rampage and defeated the knights, who would you pick?
There is a reason why the Count shows a confident appearance with a triumphant voice, as if he has nothing to shy away from.
“Now. What kind of compensation are you going to give? How will you pay for the crime of trying to ruin the engagement ceremony of the count’s family? It seems that the reputation of the Duke of Lantana has fallen too much for the princess’s childish prank. Didn’t it?”
Due to the count’s cunning tricks, Rhenias disguised herself as her fiancée and became a disruptor at her engagement ceremony.
Of course, that is until now.
“Kuh…?! What is this…!”
“Following the abduction of an academy girl, I arrest you for attempted murder, Count Kutelli.”
Ophelia, who accurately witnessed the explosion of the cellar, heard Count Kutelli’s confession and immediately arrested him.