7. Jealousy is my strength (30)
Every step you take, the bloody paint leaves a trace.
Splashed blood and flesh were forming a strange harmony all over the white walls. An unpleasant smell of blood whispered to me as it tickled my nose.
stop now
I also wanted to stop.
But what can I do?
The eyes of the endlessly charging monsters were bloodshot to the limit. I could feel the thick moisture in the sound of my red-hot breathing.
It wasn’t what women were doing.
Rather, it was a behavior close to the beast.
“My, the smell… Smell, love, love!”
The woman who screamed so much, her eyes were turned upside down, and only the whites of her eyes were visible.
The vampire’s retinue, who had been crawling like quadrupeds, jumped up suddenly. It was a springy leap that reminded us of a cat and a wild beast, but it was far short of overpowering an unmanned man who reached High Expert.
The result was obvious.
Pak, the handle of the sword striking the woman’s temple.
The blunt end of the hilt made it an excellent alternative to blunt weapons. White teeth flew through the air, predicting the future of the beaten woman.
The body of the fallen attendant trembled, and then fainted.
I clicked my tongue as I watched it.
“His smell… … .”
What on earth did all the vampires in the building go crazy about because of the smell?
Should I shower three times a day from now on?
It was around the time that he was advancing while crushing the vampires who were mechanically attacking him.
“Lee, Sir Ian… … !”
A trembling voice tickled my ears.
When I turned my head, there was a princess with a pale blue complexion dangling from my side.
I tried to make the ride as stable as possible.
Her face looked like she was about to vomit any moment, so I had no choice but to tilt my head.
The princess was stammering out words.
“that that… It keeps splashing on my face, blood and something soggy… … !”
“Ah, you mean marrow.”
There was no answer. Instead, there was only a hiccup of hiccups.
The blood and bone marrow splashed during the battle could not be helped. Still, since the princess was also a colleague who crossed the line with me, it was a mistake to judge that she wouldn’t be offended by this much.
She was truly a girl who grew up precious.
Admitting that I hadn’t been considerate, I sheathed my sword for a moment as a sign of atonement.
And even wiping his face with the handkerchief he took out after roughly rummaging through his arms.
Soon, the blood and bone marrow on the princess’s face mixed and smeared out with a splatter texture.
“Uh, kyaaa! that stop… Please stop!”
“I just need a little more… … .”
“Please stop!”
In the end, I couldn’t break the stubbornness of the princess who screamed with a tearful face.
Could it be that the princess refused my favor?
Even though the stomach was weak, it was too weak. We’re going to be together in the future, but the thought that it’s difficult to do this is about to cross my mind.
I heard another whining in my ears.
“Uh, what is it… that stop… aaagh! Someone please save me!”
Tsk, I clicked my tongue and held the hatchet in my hand.
After that, as usual.
The hatchet, which flew while creating a puncture hole, followed the corridor and derailed its trajectory at a dead end.
Soon, a dull noise rang out from afar.
It was the sound of a skull breaking.
As if it had eyes, the ax returned to its trajectory and landed in my hand. To the princess, who was still trembling and contemplating whether or not to touch my face, I asked a question.
“Is it possible to determine the location of people with those ‘eyes’?”
“Yes Yes?”
However, the princess still hadn’t regained her sanity.
I clicked my tongue inwardly and added another explanation.
“In this building, not only are the blood relatives of vampires, there are also many women who are imprisoned simply because they were not heard from last night. I was wondering if you could tell the difference between a vampire and a non-vampire.”
“That, the concentration of emotions that vampires have is too thick for that! Right now, my vision is dizzy… Hey?!”
It was then.
The princess’s body fluttered like a live fish that had its nerves pierced. A faint fear emanated from those eyes that seemed to have been electrocuted.
Even Shien reacted with such a sensitive reaction.
Of course, there was no way I could not detect the cause in my gut feeling. Even so, the reason I was able to be calmer than the princess was probably because I knew in advance that this would happen.
A long sigh leaked from my mouth.
“… … It’s already too late.”
“Lee, Sir Ian… me, out there… uh, something… … .”
I wanted to save as many people as possible.
It seemed that the old man’s patience had reached its limit. Hey, even my niece and granddaughter were trapped inside.
Rather, I didn’t know if I should thank you for waiting this long.
I said as I lifted the princess, who was being held by my side, into the princess’s arms.
“I’m getting out.”
“Yeah? Sir Lee An, this is the 5th floor… Kyaaa!”
bang, and
One side of the wall collapsed at my feet, revealing the sky where the sunset was slowly setting. Then, without hesitation, I jumped up and started the sunset flight.
Gravity guidance has always been perfect.
In a straight line, I landed with my feet planted on the ground.
The princess was on the verge of fainting. It was right after he experienced overwhelming waves and even a sudden fall on a day stained with blood, flesh, and bone marrow. Even when the wall was broken, shrapnel splattered, and the skin was lightly scratched.
As a member of dragon blood, few people have ever had such a hard day.
Except for what happened at the homecoming festival in the past.
I carefully put it next to Shien so that he can pass out comfortably. Then, he quietly began to move his gaze.
At the end of it stood a girl.
He wasn’t holding a sword. On the contrary, the posture of looking up at me with arms crossed did not show any hostility.
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Just the moment I met those blue eyes.
The feeling that the ground I was standing on was covered with blades came over me. Every time I inhaled and exhaled, I was afraid that the air would tear my lungs, and I broke into a cold sweat.
At least this little girl.
I was looking at the world.
The swordsman, who had a disapproving look on his face, asked.
“Are you satisfied now?”
I had a hunch that this answer would decide a lot.
That’s why, unlike usual, he opened his mouth urgently.
“Not yet, yet… … .”
“It seems that all the uglies that can come out have crawled out.”
“There are innocent students left inside.”
Hmm, and the girl turned her nonchalant gaze toward the building again.
It was a place where screams and screams mingled in real time. The expression ‘Abi Gyu-hwan’ could not have been more appropriate.
Did the agents of the Imperial Intelligence Service inside have already finished evacuating?
Squeezing questions of this and that, I decided to do my best to divert this battle fanatic’s mind.
“Also, the interrogation is not over yet.”
“Are you going to have tea with those monsters?”
“My friend has been kidnapped.”
It was a request like a plea.
I haven’t found Celine’s whereabouts yet. If there was a possibility of finding my childhood friend who might be going through something right now, it was my feeling to hold on to anything.
“And again, there might be a friend of someone dear to me… … .”
“Do you believe those things can go back to being human?”
A sharp counter-question thrown with a chin gesture.
I had to keep my mouth shut and stay silent for a while.
can you go back?
To be honest, it was close to impossible. Didn’t even ‘elsie senior’, who said she did related research, give a negative answer?
But if that happens, Lady Lupesia.
Emma would be sad.
So I had no choice but to overuse hasty affirmations.
“I will make it.”
“How?”
“Somehow… … .”
“Tsk tsk… It’s young, it’s young.”
Tsk tsk, the swordsman shook his head while clicking his tongue.
From the outside, it might seem like an immature girl trying to come, but knowing that this person was a ‘swordsmith’, I couldn’t be more nervous.
A legendary warrior who was said to have blew a mountain apart when he was young, attached to the saint of the Holy Land.
Now that I reached High Expert, I could understand. That rumor is not an exaggeration or a metaphor.
The old swordsman wearing this girl’s mask was a monster that could wipe a mountain off the map at any moment if he put his mind to it.
“Have you been improvising like that all along? It will work out somehow, and eventually the way will be found… There was a time when I was like that too.”
“Then can’t you trust me just once?”
“It wasn’t until I lost the most precious thing that I realized.”
There was a strange loneliness in the voice of the swordsman who said that.
The swordsman reaffirmed to me.
“It’s not just me. The same goes for the saint of the Holy Land and the Great Witch of the Great Forest. Those who don’t want to throw anything away will end up losing the most precious thing.”
It was something I had heard before.
From ‘me’ from the future, and also from the Archwitch.
Taking advantage of my silence, the swordsman sighed and slowly raised his hand.
“… … Do as I say, kid. It’s advice for you.”
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Just before the swordsman’s hand sentenced me to death, I put the words that came to my mind out of nowhere.
“He said help!”
At the words he uttered while gasping, the swordsman’s expression distorted.
“You said you would help, didn’t you?”
“therefore?”
“Then please kindly help me.”
The swordsman was a bit hesitant as if he was surprised by my spirit.
So I spoke in a stronger tone.
“Isn’t it my job? The one the Archwitch asked for first was me.”
There was a fact that I learned while listening to the conversation between the swordsman and the arch witch.
The swordsman was surprisingly weak in speech.
In addition, if you push hard, there are many cases where you fall over. He was born in a noble class, so he didn’t know if he had a temper that didn’t care too much about other people’s affairs.
Or maybe it’s heaven.
Anyway, I spoke again in a strong tone.
“Am I wrong?”
Then, a sigh leaked from the girl who hesitated and pursed her lips.
“Tteing… … .”
done.
My face brightened in an instant as I intuitively sensed that the persuasion had worked. It was still only a possibility, but it was an opportunity to find out about Celine’s whereabouts.
It was then.
“Anyway, it bothers me.”
It was a gesture so simple that the onomatopoeia of “hoit” would suit it.
It was only a girl’s play with her hands, but the aftermath of that act was so devastating.
hatched.
In an instant, a solid line was created that cuts through the world. By the time I blankly looked back, it was already too late.
The whole building was collapsing.
Looking at the stone building sliding down the cross section at an angle, I finally couldn’t stand the swear words that came up inadvertently.
“Hey… It’s crazy inspiration!!!”
I ran straight ahead and grabbed the swordsman by the collar and lifted him up. The petite girl had to make a sullen expression while dangling in the air with just that.
“You are still a swordsman of the Empire?! How can you slaughter the subjects of the empire so mercilessly!”
“No, wait… stop shaking… Eh, why is this guy’s body so small!”
The swordsman was struggling and getting annoyed when his feet couldn’t touch the ground. It was an unavoidable physical limitation.
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Just then, I felt the presence of someone yawning and rubbing their eyes.
It was the princess who had been unconscious for a moment.
“Haaam, Sir Ian… No way, my great-grandfather came at that time… … ?”
That’s how the princess had to face a different scene.
A building collapsing at the hands of a swordsman, a girl shaking by the collar, and me calling her ‘swordsmith’.
For a moment, silence fell in the clearing.
I inadvertently thought of senior Elsie and closed my eyes.
‘It’s a piece of shit… … .’
I don’t know why, but I missed Elsie-senpai today.