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The atmosphere inside the waiting room was heavy.
The commotion was settled by the Pope’s arrangement, but Ethan and Matilda were facing each other.
“What do you want?”
Matilda asked nervously.
Ethan smiled back.
“Did you not tell me last night? Just be quiet and be my servant.”
“You have to be specific. I need to know how dangerous it is, so I don’t know how to deal with it, right?”
“Do nothing.”
“yes?”
“I won’t do anything to you right now, and I won’t ask you anything.”
Ethan’s words were strange.
You’ve created a series of commotions to plant a puppet inside your Dark Followers, but you don’t want anything right now?
“Let me trust you.”
“Credit?”
“Originally, the lower ones prove my worth. Aren’t I supposed to know if you’re useless as a puppet or not?”
Ethan said like a serpent.
Matilda had an astonishing face.
However, this method was very common sense for Ethan.
It was also a method that Edan liked to use during the Anti-Magic War.
“If you can’t prove your usefulness, you will face another crisis like now. The commotion earlier must have been quite dangerous for you.”
Matilda said nothing.
Because what Ethan said was true.
Matilda looked at Ethan with a suspicious look.
‘Why do you know so well how to hold a person’s leash and handle it?’
It was strange that a boy who was not yet an adult felt so prescient.
On the other hand, Ethan had his own thoughts.
‘I’d like to know about shunin and other things, but now is not the time.’
Ethan wasn’t a laid-back person by nature.
He was especially unwilling to show patience with the dark follower who had been in a bitter relationship.
But trusting Matilda, who had only just bowed her head, was foolish to dig this up.
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Questions reveal a person’s inner feelings.The more Ethan asked about the Dark Followers, the more Matilda could guess Ethan’s motives.
‘It’s never enough.’
And Ethan had no intention of accepting it.
First of all, I had to figure out and track the Dark Followers by myself and confirm the reality.
After that, it was correct to cross-validate Matilda.
Relying only on Matilda’s information without any solid information?
If done wrong, Matilda’s collar could have come loose.
Besides, it wasn’t Ethan’s favorite way.
So Ethan decided to tighten the leash a little more and wait for the right time to come.
Until that time, Matilda would have to rely on Ethan to survive.
He would have been well aware of this commotion.
“So, for the time being, stay as usual. So don’t be too active. If you make a mistake, I might end up killing you, right?”
“I know.”
“And since you can’t do nonsense… … .”
Ethan held out his hand.
“what?”
“Give it up.”
Matilda jumped up as if insulted.
“Do you think I am a real dog? Where are you telling me not to put my hand out?!”
Ethan smirked in ignorance.
“What nonsense? Get rid of that useless servant.”
“… … !”
Realizing my mistake, Matilda’s face turned red.
Matilda raised her voice to hide her shame.
“Well, that’s not enough! Everyone else knows that the Bernsteins are subordinate to ours. If you find out that the subordination is broken, they will suspect me in relation to this!”
But Ethan was adamant.
“If I can’t survive that level of doubt, is it worth using you?”
gulp.
Matilda swallowed dry saliva.
And with trembling hands, he placed the servant of the covenant in Ethan’s hand.
He had no choice but to hesitate because it was certain that he would be reprimanded by the family when he returned.
‘Still, it will be less heavy than my life.’
Then an amazing thing happened.
pass.
The paper of the contract on Ethan’s hand turned to dust and disappeared.
The magic of subordination to the soul that had entangled the Bernstein family had disappeared.
It was a miracle created by the divine power that rose from Ethan’s hand.
In the first place, the Harper family’s magic was a detour to transform the original Ethan’s magic and make it work for them.
So, Ethan, who knew the structure, had no choice but to be removed easily.
Matilda, who did not know this fact, could not understand.
“Anyway, I wish you all the best.”
So even when Ethan got up from his seat, Matilda had no choice but to remain dazed.
“… … .”
He just looked at Ethan’s back.
* * *
After leaving the reception room, Ethan looked at Luisa’s face.
The tattoos around his eyes were gone.
Ethan tapped the corner of my eye and said to Luisa.
“When you get back to your room, look in the mirror.”
“What? What do you mean all of a sudden?”
“It will be a good day, so don’t worry.”
Luisa questioned, but Ethan only smiled meaningfully.
Luisa tilted her head and went back to her house.
Meanwhile, Ethan, who returned to his dorm, was greeted by an annoying meddler a few hours later.
smart.
When the door opened at the sound of a polite knock, Nyx was standing in front of him.
“What are you doing here?”
“What happened! Do you know how surprised I was to hear about last night?”
“Well, as you can see, it worked out. I’ve finished talking to you.”
“I know that. From what I’ve heard, things seem to have worked out. Fortunately, the.”
“okay. Did you check it? Just go back.”
Ethan closed the door because it was certain that nagging would continue.
“Oh, wait!”
bang bang!
But the Knicks kept knocking on the door.
Eventually, Ethan had no choice but to let Nyx into the room.
“It’s really noisy. what? just tell me Don’t be nagging.”
“Even so, it was too reckless.”
He was, after all, not flexible.
“Did you plug your ear canals with a cork? When I told you not to nagging, you nagging right away?”
“It was just one word.”
“One word or two.”
“Anyway, I’m glad you look okay. But it’s weird. It’s all worked out, so why does Miss Harper want to go back already?”
“Matilda Harper is back?”
“yes. After all, the delegation of Aurum will be back soon anyway, so you can go with me.”
“Well, there must be no way.”
“yes?”
Nyx tilted his head at Ethan’s unfamiliar words.
“Do you want to be here more with that personality?”
As a noblewoman, she was a woman with sky-high pride.
I succumbed to Ethan to save my life, but it would not have killed my temper.
‘Anyway, I’ll be quiet for a while, so it doesn’t matter.’
* * *
“Girl, if you put a dress like that, it would wrinkle… … !”
“Is that the problem now? Don’t worry about it, just pack your bags!”
“All right.”
The maids looked at Matilda and packed their things.
At that moment, Matilda’s door suddenly burst open.
“Who dares to come in without my permission?”
Matilda groaned and looked back.
Philip Gordon was standing there.
He was one of the dark followers like Matilda.
“Why are you suddenly returning to your home country? We can go back together later.”
“It’s a personal matter. You don’t need to know.”
“What you do when you get caught and then released by beating a priest out of the blue is to leave here, what? personal circumstances? Who would believe that?”
“It really is nothing! It worked out well!”
Philip asked Matilda in a low voice, as if conscious of the maids.
“Be honest. It’s not going to affect the plan, is it?”
“Listen straight. I said nothing.”
Matilda looked at Philip and repeated the same words like a parrot.
She had to return to Aurum immediately.
He didn’t want to associate with Ethan anymore.
Moreover, the disappearance of the magic of soul subordination had to be corrected.
So, of course, I couldn’t tell anyone why I was leaving.
At Matilda’s stubborn attitude, Philip decided to take a step back.
“okay. Then just answer this. That priest named Ethan, who the hell is he?”
Matilda laughed at the question.
And he only uttered one word.
“He’s a pretty crazy guy.”
“What?”
“Is it now? I’ll just go.”
Matilda had her attendants pick up the luggage and opened the door.
But her wish did not come true.
“Matilda! Were you here?”
Suddenly, one of the knights rushed out.
It was the knight who accompanied her from the Harper family to here.
“What’s up?”
“That is… … .”
The knight glanced at the maids.
“You are out.”
Matilda sent her servants and maids out.
The knight finally opened his mouth.
“It is said that the event has failed. The whereabouts of the target are currently unknown, but pursuit has been initiated, and orders have been issued to wait at Nouvel until further instructions are given.”
Philip, who heard the report together, couldn’t resist and slammed his fist against the wall.
“Damn it!”
Matilda bit her lip in frustration.
‘Why not!’
Matilda’s plan to get out of here was like crossing the water.
* * *
“Hey!”
The coachman continued to whip the horse.
A colorful carriage engraved with the imperial coat of arms ran through the forest.
The knights on horseback followed, escorting their wagons.
All right! All right!
The sound of the horses’ hooves clashing urgently resounded.
Tadat!
And there were those chasing after the wagon.
“Follow!”
It was the assailants who surrounded their whole body with their grayish robes.
Poisoned arrows shot by the assailants pierced the horse’s hind legs.
The paralyzing venom spread quickly, and the horse shrieked and fell to the ground.
The same was true for other words.
The knights quickly spread their fall method and jumped to their feet.
But the raiders did not miss the opportunity.
Suck!
Poisoned daggers were shot from the attackers’ hands.
The dagger penetrated precisely between the knights’ armor.
“Uh-huh!”
“Wow!”
The knights died slowly.
However, the targets of these raiders were not knights.
“Let’s hurry.”
A poisoned dagger was inserted into the target’s body, but it was still not enough.
It was a giant who worked hard for a long time.
To be sure, you had to chase after the wagon.
But the target was getting closer to the exit of the forest.
“Sheesh.”
In the end, the attacker decided to use dark magic.
If there was a priest nearby, it would attract attention, but it had no choice.
‘I can only hope that the disturber does not appear.’
The attacker quickly drew a magic circle and uttered a spell.
Then it started raining out of nowhere in the forest.
And the fog started to fall.
The assailant smiled of conversion over the mask.
‘If you hold it in the forest, it will be a success!’
On the other hand, the driver shouted in bewilderment when his eyes were clouded by fog.
“Go, suddenly there is fog!”
I couldn’t see even an inch ahead.
If it even hit a tree, it was a big deal.
The knight in the lead calmed the driver.
“Don’t worry. Soon to be new! For now, just follow me!”
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“You just need to get out of the forest and go only to the place where the guard post is!”
“yes!”
The knights clenched their teeth.
Now was the time to think only of getting out of the forest and reaching the guard post.