204 I will protect the ducal family
***[Catherine]***
‘How did this happen?’
What the hell is going on?
Catherine sprinted across the cluttered castle.
Head to the highest point in this castle.
When she was in the castle, she only had a female escort by her side, but today several guards continued to pursue her.
All because of Prince Robert.
No, so why is the crown prince here?
It’s really strange.
If the crown prince insisted on going, wouldn’t it be a place where a war is taking place or a city that has been damaged?
The grassland tribes, who had trampled the kingdom for a while and went back to the royal capital, moved along the road thanks to the subtle lure of the duchy.
So, I heard that most of the big cities in the middle of the kingdom avoided the war.
The damage was great in the cities from the grasslands to the central region.
It was fine where the steppe tribes didn’t stop, but once they noticed, there was no man left alive in the city.
The steppe tribes killed all 10- and 5-year-old children if they knew they were boys.
‘I don’t know if I go to a place like that, but there’s absolutely no reason for the crown prince to come here.’
I didn’t know why Oscar treated the Red Hawk tribe so favorably, but now I do.
Their fear is not just strength.
The way they think is completely different, and only the same grassland people can understand how they will behave when they encounter something.
The kingdom people alone probably couldn’t have guessed correctly.
It is said that the Red Hawk chief not only followed orders, but also participated in all important strategy meetings. Maybe that was what he had in mind.
When Katrin reached her destination, she looked up at the endlessly high stairs.
The highest point in this castle is the tower.
The spire towering high into the sky is very beautiful, but I heard that it was actually built for the purpose of observing the enemy’s movements.
In fact, as soon as the news of the steppe people’s attack reached the spire, a sentry was erected.
The sentry was still up there.
Although this time it was not because of the steppe people, but because of Crown Prince Robert.
‘Really… Why did this happen?’
Originally, when the crown prince arrives, he must respond properly.
The chief chamberlain, who arrived early this morning, obviously thought so.
When they heard that the crown prince had arrived, they hurriedly tried to prepare to greet him.
But Benno said no and stopped it.
‘I was really surprised at that time.’
Katrin looked up at the endlessly high, round and round staircase, sighed, then raised her foot.
“Boo, ma’am. Are you sure you want to go up here?”
Anne asked as if in awe.
“I really hate it, but I can’t help it.”
“But there are so many stairs.”
“…”
“I’m going to die of old age here.”
“I know, I don’t know. But… the rise and fall of our duke family depends on it. The crown prince came and didn’t even enter the castle, so if I did something wrong, I might be decapitated for insulting the royal family.”
Now that Oscar is gone, she is the duke’s protector and mother.
‘Besides, the Crown Prince demands to see me… If this becomes a problem, it’s because of me.’
Oscar-sama left the dukedom in her care.
I really want to do well.
I don’t want to ruin it.
‘but….’
really what the hell is going on
Why is the crown prince looking for her with little contact?
When I heard the news of the arrival of the crown prince, it came to my mind and I became unbearably anxious.
The chief chamberlain was so enraged that Katrin, who was present, literally lost her consciousness for a moment.
He was standing still, but he had no memory of the middle.
All she knows is the fact that Benno did not budge despite the chieftain’s harsh words and protests.
Then, while Catherine stood there dumbfounded, Benno took the chamberlain to the outer wall that surrounded the city.
All I had to do was tell her never to leave the grounds of this duke’s mansion.
yeah, i’m not going
can’t go out
Because I’m too scared.
But I’m here because I’m so curious about how things are going.
“…”
Ten or twenty steps?
When I got there, the sky looked yellow.
Is there anyone who can climb these stairs?
Anne asked, breathing more heavily than she did.
“I… I, now, ha, ha, shall we stop going down?”
“… whoa… whoa… no… not yet… no, anne… I have to go up… I have to go up… haa… haa…”
If you ask me to dance for ten hours, I think I can do it, but I can’t climb ten more stairs.
As I gasped in pain, the female escort standing behind asked me.
“Ma’am, can I carry you up?”
“…”
Such an ugly appearance would be an absolute no-no in normal times.
but.
Catherine hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
“Boo, please.”
After neglecting the Crown Prince, I am so scared that I can’t stay like this.
I’ll see how it goes.
A female escort carries her on her back, taking care of her skirt.
Part of the round underskirt was folded to form a strange shape.
While the male escort turned his head, several female escorts stood behind Katrin.
When the preparations were finished, the female escort started to climb the stairs as if it wasn’t too heavy.
Anne gasped below me and said.
“Boo, madam, I’ll be up in a bit, first… ha… ha… go up. I’ll follow you soon.”
“…”
Seeing that the panting sound is much worse than before, it is half smoke.
Anne, don’t you want to come up?
But it’s not that I don’t understand her feelings.
Just looking at the endless stairs going up the wall makes my eyes run wild.
Not joking, for real.
Catherine nodded as she was carried up by the female escort.
“Okay, Anne. Don’t rush. Come slowly.”
“Thank you, ma’am.”
The other lady-in-waiting was forced to come up slowly like a slug while panting, but Anne sat there, taking a long breath with a relieved face.
Anne’s figure disappears in an instant.
Round and round and round and round.
While I was staring upwards as if my eyes were spinning, I arrived at the top before I knew it.
If you look down from the spire, you can see the city at a glance.
And outside the outer wall that surrounds the outermost part.
“oh my god.”
Katrin muttered involuntarily and ran to the spire’s balustrade.
In the distance, a soldier on the outer wall falls to the ground like fallen leaves.
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Dozens of soldiers were already lying around him.
“Arrows, nothing comes flying, so how?”
Outside the city, far away, I saw a carriage as small as an ant.
It’s probably the carriage the crown prince rode in.
There were also people lying around the wagon.
All seem dead.
Only one person, who appeared to be the crown prince, was standing tall.
My body started to tremble.
He looks very far, but he’s scary.
Something emanating from him seemed to reach this place through the air.
It seemed that Catherine’s appearance was strange.
A female escort approached and hugged her from behind.
“Ma’am, are you all right? It’s too high up here. If you’re not careful, you might fall. Please step back.”
Katrin took a few steps back as the female escort led her.
The trembling of the body does not go away.
But the next moment, I forgot all of that, and a loud cry broke out without my knowledge.
“Puuu?”
Pooh, who had been chasing after her just a moment ago, was running out of the gate.
He runs straight to the crown prince.
“Boo! Where are you going! Come back now! That person is dangerous!”
I can’t hear it, but I shout without knowing it.
However, Ppouu ran as if he was excited and took the crown prince with his head.
‘Turn off, it’s over.’
The Duchy is over.
The fate of a ducal family with a long history came to an end because of one witch named Puura.
“oh my god.”
How to do it.
How to.
Thousands of thoughts run through my head at once.
But the next moment, the crown prince, who thought he must have died, jumped to his feet.
“oh my god.”
This time he mumbles the same words with a different meaning.
not human
A human would never have been able to survive Pooh’s attack.
Puu once again ran towards the crown prince and bumped into him.
While repeating this several times, the crown prince gradually moves away from the wall.
The soldiers stood on the wall again, and Pooh, as if suddenly understanding something, turned and started running.
away from the crown prince
Maybe the soldiers were shouting something.
The next moment, a loud explosion sounded and the outside of the castle was covered with dust.
It seems that a magic bomb exploded in a form surrounding the castle.
When the dust slowly settled, there was a deep groove between the crown prince and the castle on this side.
Remnants of the explosion spread around the Crown Prince.
But he didn’t die.
The Crown Prince stood firmly on his two legs.
“A monster… a monster…”
It’s a monster.
I think everyone on the outer wall probably thinks that way too.
Movement on the ramparts seemed to have quieted down.
On the top of the wall, Benno and the chamberlain were already out.
is it okay
Will he die like the other soldiers?
My heart races with fear.
Benno raised his hand.
The magician fires an arrow again.
Again the ground shook and dust flew up.
‘It’s useless.’
can’t kill
because it’s a monster
However, Benno did not show any signs of bewilderment.
Again and again, several arrows flew and exploded, and only then did Catherine realize that the arrows were not meant to kill the crown prince.
Suddenly, a deep pit dug like a moat was blocking the crown prince.
No matter how monstrous the crown prince is, he cannot pass through that deep pit.
‘Ah, maybe the soldiers died because the crown prince was too close.’
Maybe that’s why they shot arrows to increase the distance.
At least now there were no fallen soldiers.
“Ah! That’s right.”
Suddenly, Katrin panicked and looked for Pooh.
“no!”
Even Puu was outside the round pit.
Like the crown prince, Puu was not allowed to enter.
“Uh, maybe good.”
Until now, Puu had only been to the front door.
There are several gates in the city, so you can enter by going round, but does Pooh know that?
In the sight of the bewildered Katrin, Pooh tilted his head.
***[Crown Prince Robert]***
It doesn’t work.
Even the thought of dying would cause people to collapse, and this power, which would instantly kill even a person on a high wall far away, was completely ineffective against that large beast.
‘What the hell happened.’
I don’t know English.
It wasn’t only used on people while riding the wagon to this place.
The monster appeared only once, but like humans, it was able to kill them all.
As long as it was within a certain range, it didn’t matter at all whether it was humans, animals, or monsters.
It seems that even the people on the wall know that.
As the distance got farther away from being hit by the beast, a deep pit like a moat was created to block their approach.
At this distance, you can’t kill the guys in the castle.
He had no choice but to step sideways, but at the same time, the magic bomb arrows also followed his movements.
Besides, the witch…
Seeing the beast rolling his feet to attack him again, Robert poured out thoughts like a curse, “Die, die,” many times, but it was no use.
Could it be that the power is gone?
I thought so, but no, it can’t be.
The aura that filled his body was still spreading around him.
That witch is strange.
The Witchbeast snorts at himself and comes running.
I wanted to avoid it, but the magic beast is very fast.
Robert’s movements were as slow as a slug compared to a witch beast, and even if he wanted to ride a horse, the horse driving the carriage had already died.
His power is powerful, but it’s very annoying because it kills everything in range.
It is impossible to kill one or two people, or only one person.
Robert hid behind the wagon, but the gigantic magic beast rushed in an instant and pushed the wagon with his body.
It flew through the air and landed on the ground as if bouncing off the wagon.
Ahh.
A scream broke out involuntarily.
It has the power to kill everything, but it doesn’t make the bones strong.
The skin had grown considerably stronger to ward off the blast, but the bones inside were still human.
It may have become a little harder, but it doesn’t go far beyond the human range.
What is that uncomfortable incongruity?
After rolling on the floor without even time to complain, Robert stopped to get up and screamed.
Something seems to be broken.
A sharp pain pierces the inside of the body.
but don’t die
I don’t know why, but except for the bones, the internal organs seem to have become as hard as the skin.
Really, what the hell happened to this absurdly out of balance body?
Maybe only the areas that can create wrinkles have become stronger.
There is no time to think.
The large monster was preparing to attack again.
“What the hell is it, you bastard. Why don’t you die?”
Robert cried out and raised his knife.
I’ve come this far, but Katrin is right in front of me, but I can’t get close to it.
My brain seems to be dyed black.
In the very brief moment before it was dyed black, it occurred to me that I was doing something absurd.
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Does it make sense to come and ask for Catherine, who has already become a duchess? Even if you were a king, such a request wouldn’t work. What on earth are you thinking?
But that thought quickly faded to black and disappeared.
It is as if something continues to paint my head with black paint.
The Demonic Beast snorted vigorously and stamped its feet.
And that was when I just started running.
The monster’s ears fluttered and moved in all directions.
It seems that the demon’s expression suddenly changed.
The magic beast stopped running toward Robert, turned around, and started running in the wrong direction.
‘if….’
When I turned my gaze to the direction the Witchbeast was running, I saw people running from afar, raising a cloud of dust.
‘Oscar.’
My brain goes black.
The pain that the bones had stabbed through his body disappeared in an instant, and anger filled the place.
“Oscar!”
Robert shouted like a thunderbolt, raising all his strength.
kill.
kill it
Joo Hyuk Lee, I hated you from before.
Suddenly, a strange name popped into his mind like a rabbit out of a magician’s hat.
Joo Hyuk Lee?
Who is that?
uh… who is that?
In a moment of bewilderment, memories came back like a tsunami.
Ah… it was. I grew up with Kyung-wan and Lee Joo-hyeok in an orphanage.
I don’t know why Earth itself was born in such a strange world.
But Oscar was definitely Lee Joo-hyeok, that bastard.
I knew it instinctively.
Besides, looking back on what Oscar has done, it is clear that he had the knowledge of Earth.
And it’s probably because of him that he’s been in this situation.
My brain is jumbled up.
It felt like my thoughts were skipping a beat.
Unreasonable anger welled up without knowing the cause.
“Lee Joo-hyuk! I will kill you!”
Korean words came out of his mouth.