3. Dragon’s Eye, Human Mind (6)
“Ugh, kyaagh!”
A ghastly scream erupted with blood.
The traces of the surging life were scattered to leave marks on the world. On the ground, on clothes, and on hair.
With her eyes wide open, the princess carefully placed her hand on my cheek.
Drops of blood came out. For an instant, her light gray eyes shook violently.
The woman who screamed was not the princess. It was Irene, who was lying on her side, and then came to her senses and tried to ambush Ian.
The moment I tried to hold the sword again for my lord, the ax blade was stuck in Irene’s shoulder.
The momentum of the thrown ax was terrifying. It was to the point of digging into half of Irene’s shoulder blades at once. Even if he couldn’t, the blow would have gone all the way to the bone marrow.
Even without that, it was Irene who had the greatest cumulative impact. No matter how strong your mental power was, there was a limit to what you could endure.
Irene eventually collapsed with a scream like a deathbed.
Perhaps it was because the ax that had been deeply lodged had hit her nerves, the female knight’s body was spasms repeatedly.
Whoops, whoops. The sound of heavy breathing coming out of her clenched teeth spoke of her pain. He couldn’t even pull out the ax stuck in his shoulder.
Irene’s body trembled and wriggled.
It was not a voluntary movement. It was caused by the pain that went beyond the limit and the life that reached the alarm. My body was convulsing, begging for help.
It was a helpless, brutal sight.
For the first time, the feeling of fear formed in Shien’s eyes.
The warmth of the blood on my cheek and the fishy smell made me feel terribly disgusted. Shien’s eyes hurriedly turned to the man.
Ian wasn’t even paying attention to Irene. As if he had heard that pitiful scream over and over again.
Instead, he asked Shien in a serious voice.
“Your Highness, have you ever thought of such a future?”
Shien was intimidated.
It was a feeling I hadn’t had in a long time. She inadvertently tried to shake her head, but managed to hold it in.
I couldn’t show how scared I was.
However, he could not show a bold attitude at all. The blood dripping from her cheeks and hair mixed with the water droplets, dropping pink crystals.
Crazy bastard, the princess thought again.
The opponent was a madman. There was no hesitation in resorting to violence.
I didn’t know if they were really members of the royal family and would be cut down with that axe. For the first time, the princess understood the feeling of instinctive fear.
The princess’ eyes trembled. Soon, her gaze fell.
It was scary, but miserable at the same time.
Every time I chewed my lips, I felt a bitter taste. If you calm down, if you calm down, I will shoot you again confidently.
Shien calmed himself down several times like that. I couldn’t even keep my head up.
Like it or not, the man’s words continued.
“A future in which all ruling systems, whether it be the Imperial Family, the Holy See, or the Round Table of the Southern Kingdoms, become meaningless… money? authority? Woman?”
As if hearing something funny, an empty laugh leaked from the man’s mouth. It was the first emotional change he showed.
And soon, his expression softened. Cold, emotionless eyes.
There was rage in his golden eyes. Concentrated murderous intent and vengeance blazed fiercely, catching the attention of Xien.
At that moment, the princess’ light gray pupils contracted and relaxed repeatedly.
Blurred, but visible.
I couldn’t breathe. At the reverberation of that intense emotion, Shien gasped.
“… … In the face of the proposition to survive, all of that is insignificant.”
One of Ian’s hands was naturally lifted. Then, with a hook, the hatchet brushed Shien’s cheek and returned.
“Huh, huh… … !”
Shien let out a groan as if surprised, and took a hesitant step back. Those round, open eyes reflected fear that could not be hidden.
Blood was still dripping from the ax in Ian’s hand. It was proof that Irene’s shoulder was smashed.
Now the composition was the exact opposite.
Previously, Shien had pushed Ian, but now, Shien was being overwhelmed by Ian. For reasons unknown to herself.
I felt like a child in front of a strict teacher.
Shien glanced at Ian. It’s been a long time since I looked into other people’s eyes.
However, Ian didn’t seem interested in the princess’s feelings. With his eyes closed, he repeated Shien’s words over and over again.
“… … Three months, three months.”
Ian, who was chewing on the words with a funny expression, soon burst into laughter after saying, “Huh.” His head was lowered.
To Shien, it felt like a threat.
‘Three seconds is enough for me.’
That is, until she took her own life.
And as if to prove this, Ian even proposed new conditions to Cien.
“It is too long. If possible, try to do it within a month.”
At the same time, the man’s hand hit the air again with a bang.
An explosion occurred and the vision shook. With the repulsive force, even the shock wave burst into a muffled echo.
Sean closed his eyes tightly.
Again, the sound of blood spurting was heard. Of course it was with screams. Shien wished that it would be the end.
However, the banquet of screams and blood didn’t end with just one.
One, two, three.
Irene and the escort knights took turns screaming. Shien felt like she was standing alone in the middle of a slaughterhouse.
The only difference was that the animals being slaughtered were her cherished entourage.
Hook, the hatchet returned to Ian’s hand when he couldn’t even hear a scream. Only the sound of piercing flesh and a faint moan echoed.
Ian admired the miserable scenery he had created for a while. Then, he shifted his gaze to the princess and asked.
“… … How many seconds did it take?”
Shien closed his eyes and trembled, but said nothing.
A few seconds, it felt like an eternity.
When there was no answer after waiting for a long time, Ian silently brushed off the blood from the hatchet. The blade of the ax was even stained with bright yellow bone marrow.
He started to move as if he were about to leave, but looked down at the escort knights again as if he had just remembered.
They were all gasping and stunned. Saliva was leaking from their open mouths, and their twitching bodies embodied the horrors of violence they had suffered. At least Irene was the only one who came to her senses.
She couldn’t even groan, staring at Ian with blurred eyes. Eyes filled with fear and disbelief.
These were the words of a woman who had been miserably broken. Ian saw this and smiled.
The golden eyes narrowed coldly.
“Do the so-called escorts even hesitate to leave their master behind?”
It was a voice full of genuine anger. It wasn’t the atmosphere that a younger man was presumptuously admonishing.
It was as if someone who deserved it rebuked them. It was so natural that Irene lowered her head involuntarily.
The article was disqualified. It was hard to deny.
“This is the share your lord had to suffer. Please accept it.”
As soon as Shien heard that, his legs trembled. If there were no escort knights, the blood on that ax blade might have been her share.
Fortunately, that was the last word.
The man turned his back. And soon after, I started walking on my own path.
The half-destroyed Central Road and the strewn Guards were not even bothered by the attitude.
Shien, who was trembling with his eyes closed, finally regained his courage.
“… … handle it!”
Stand tall, and the man’s steps stopped. Golden eyes glanced back.
The princess was taken aback by the gaze and lowered her gaze again. Even so, there was one word that was spit out over and over again, perhaps because he wanted to protect his pride.
“Go, go, go… Can you handle it?!”
A light blush appeared on her cheeks. No matter how you think about it, it was because it was not the attitude of a person who threatens with power.
On the contrary, it looked like a cat that had been bitten into a predicament.
Until now, I thought I was a beast, but I knew it when I faced a real beast named Ian.
Shien was just a cat at most. A true monster needed no tongue, no gold coins, no power.
While Shien hesitated like that, the man’s eyes turned to the side for a moment. His mouth, which seemed to be worried for a while, opened after a while.
“Anyway, I can’t handle it.”
The answer was even a faint smile.
Not knowing what that meant, Shien put on a dumbfounded expression. But the man was already moving, and she did not have the courage to hold him and inquire into the details.
That was the whole story of the ‘Princess’s Blood and Lightning Incident’.
Mc is opposite Homer:”Past me will handle it” “Damn you future me!”