proposed
the proposal
exploded so absurdly, the remaining four men abandoned their taunting attitude and fell silent. They silently fixed their swords and opened the gap.
With that skillful attitude of not running away or panicking, Dacia realized that it would not be easy to get through the situation at hand.
less four. Assuming that Pearly would eliminate one, there were a total of three opponents he had to cut himself.
The aftereffects of using excessive magic became a feeling of exhaustion and weighed on Dakia’s shoulders. Dacia made a final declaration, adding strength to the hand holding the sword.
“If you step down now, I’ll make everything happen.”
“Strike!”
The men who had spread all at once rushed towards Dakia. The four swords pointed at Dacia’s limbs. As if the purpose was to subdue and take her, as they said.
Caang!!!
First, the sword that touched it spilled out. As soon as Dacia pushed away the first sword, she moved closer to the man’s arms. A gap created by the crossing of each other’s swords. Digging through the gap, she kicked the man in the stomach.
As soon as a man rolled to the floor, another sword aimed at her as if he had been waiting for it. Dakia used the rotational power of her foot to regain her balance and hit the sword once more.
Caang!
Metal collided with each other and sparks flew. As the sword bounced away, a third sword aimed at her. Dakia leaned back flexibly and managed to avoid the sword. A few strands of silver hair, cut off by the careless blade, fell to the floor.
And through that gap, the fourth and final sword dug in. The point of the sword is her left arm.
‘Give me my left arm and let’s deal with one.’
It is unreasonable to continue receiving the combined efforts of the four as it is. I had to somehow reduce the number of enemies. Dakia made up her mind and thrust her sword at the enemy.
“bread!”
A word that breaks the suffocating silence. With that one word, all the results were twisted. The man who had struck the sword flinched for a moment, and Dakia’s blade accurately pierced the man’s neck.
When Dakia drew her sword, red blood spurted out and stained the streets.
At the gaze of the men, Pearly smiled and opened her mouth.
“why? what? is it unfair When someone sees it, I say ‘bread!’ Do you think I promised you to fire one shot for every sound? huh?”
With her back against the wall, she flicked her index finger.
“Are there only three left? right?”
I don’t know if it was intentional or accidental, but thanks to Pearly’s smirking words, Dakia was able to catch her breath for a moment. She lowered her stance and opened her mouth again.
“It is not too late. Go back.”
“Either die here or go empty-handed. From our point of view, it means there.”
The man who had been kicked down first slowly got up. He brushed off the dust from his body and picked up the missing sword.
“By the way… I think that wizard lady would be easy enough to kill if we were two instead of three right now?”
He quietly put one hand on his hip and continued.
“But why doesn’t the purple-haired girl sitting behind us explode our heads right away? Actually, what if that purple-haired lady is lying to us?”
Dacia reflexively shouted.
“Stop it!”
“late!”
The three men hurled their throwing daggers at once. Dacia swung her sword quickly, but she could only parry two daggers.
hooked
The last dagger pierced one of Pearly’s shoulders with precision. Red blood stained Pearly’s white clothes red.
“As expected, it was a lie to say that there was only one step left!”
Pearly glanced down at the dagger lodged in her shoulder and giggled.
“Oh, I got caught…”
After that, Pearly’s head bent.
“Purly!!!”
pop!
The smoke screen that the men exploded blocked Dakia’s view. She reflexively pulled back, out of range of the smoke. The cheap smoke screen dissipated and what appeared in Dacia’s field of vision was an empty street.
She soon realized that even Pearly was gone. I quickly glanced around and saw men carrying Pearlies running across the narrow streets.
One of the men shouted at Dacia.
“Come to think of it, do you and I need to keep fighting for our lives? We only need to take you! Come on, if you want to save this woman, hurry up and follow me! ha ha ha!”
Dakia fell into trouble for a moment.
Is it right to follow what they want? Otherwise, would it be right to go back and call Priest Marnak?
‘That Pearly could be just a doll. As always.’
The cowardice that bloomed in the deep exhaustion shook her. However, Dacia could not return to where Marnak was.
‘If at all, what if that body was real like Pearly said earlier?’
If she didn’t pursue them, that body would surely die.
That’s why Dakia couldn’t back down.
She quietly spurred her seat and followed the three men ahead.
**
“Whew. You got it somehow.”
Things went well until he blocked the security forces and sold the name of Soldos, but a huge waterspout suddenly erupted from the river and nearly ruined everything.
“All I can do is not punish your party. Got it? You will have to pay for every penny your party broke tonight.”
“thank you.”
“You don’t have to thank me. You paid me back this time for helping me last time.”
Fortunately, Soldos, who had heard the commotion and ran to find me, made things easier. Soldos shook his head as he watched the waterspout descending in the distance.
“Wizards are like that, but they fight really terrifyingly. Is it really okay to leave it as it is?”
“I’m going to go and dry it now.”
“okay. Go dry immediately. hurry.”
So, leaving behind Soldos, who grumbled that he would have to find someone to repair the pier tomorrow, I headed for the site of brutal destruction.
***
After chasing after the men who had run away, Dacia arrived at a mansion on the outskirts of the Northern Empire.
Unlike the dreary thorny bushes that covered the fence, red flowers grew neatly in the mansion’s garden, as if someone had been taking care of it regularly.
Dacia pondered as she stood in front of the wide open door of the mansion.
Should I continue chasing the men and storm straight through the front door? Or would it be better to find a detour?
As long as the traces of Pearly’s blood were still scattered on the road leading to the mansion’s entrance, I couldn’t think of an option to pursue him any longer.
The good news is that it is possible to use at least one or two small magics, perhaps thanks to taking a little breather while running.
‘As expected, it would be absolutely impossible to force a breakthrough in the current state.’
Just when Dakia took a detour and left her seat to infiltrate the mansion, a faint light shimmered from inside and approached Dakia across the garden.
The faint halo of light soon turned into a maid holding a bright yellow lantern and greeted Dakia.
“The master is waiting for you.”
Polite politeness. Dacia found the woman’s politeness very unpleasant.
“What did you do with my colleague you kidnapped at will?”
“That’s not an area I can answer.”
“Then I have no choice but to convey my will to your master by cutting you right here and now.”
The woman looked blankly at Dakia with blank eyes for some reason and gave a short reply.
“My colleague in critical condition is receiving intensive treatment thanks to the mercy of my master.”
When Dakia pondered alone without a Katabuta answer, the woman added a word.
“The owner wants to solve the problem through dialogue as much as possible.”
“conversation?”
I was full of spirits. Dacia suppressed her boiling anger and spat out the words clearly.
“You tried to kidnap me first?”
“The master said he would personally apologize for that.”
This sudden change of attitude meant that something had happened that would cause a change of heart on the other side.
‘Have you figured out my identity in the meantime?’
Since he had never hidden his last name, Irmel, there was no reason to panic if an unknown enemy found out his identity.
No, rather, I would have taken advantage of the current situation.
After thinking for a while, Dacia came to the conclusion that it would be better to follow this woman for now. As long as it is impossible to break through head-on, he could have asked for Pearly’s safety by using the ‘master’ who came to talk to him as a hostage.
“Guide me.”
“yes.”
The woman quietly turned her back and headed into the mansion. Dakia followed her across the garden, unnerving.
Upon entering the antique-style mansion, Dakia was greeted by the light of candles placed throughout the dimly-lit mansion. A man was sitting at the place where the woman who had gone ahead arrived with Dakia.
“master.”
The man basking in the warmth of the fireplace turned his head when he heard a voice calling him.
Blurred red eyes and dark red hair. The man who looked sickly for some reason smiled when he saw Dakia.
“Please sit down. You may just leave.”
“yes.”
As the man pointed out without saying a word, Dacia put her buttocks on the opposite chair across the table where the refreshments were prepared. In the teacup in front of me, as if it had just been poured, a faint steam rose with the faint scent of tea.
The man lifted the teacup in front of him, took a sip, and slowly opened his mouth.
“I would like to sincerely apologize for the rudeness I have done to you tonight.”
Dacia just silently looked at the man without an answer. The man smiled bitterly and set the teacup down on the table.
“This is my introduction late. My name is Fertillo Wespe. I run a small business.”
“Where are my colleagues?”
Fertillo gave a gentle answer to the one-sided question.
“Since he is in such a serious condition, I have ordered the people I serve to treat him.”
“I need to check my colleague’s condition first. Whatever the conversation, let’s talk after that.”
Dacia, who had finished speaking, tried to stand up, but Fertilho sipped tea leisurely and held her back with his words.
“As soon as the first aid is over, I told you to come and report to me, so please wait a moment. I really want to establish a friendly relationship with you.”
Dacia smiled coldly.
“is that so.”
“Even though the beginning of the relationship went a little wrong, isn’t it something that we can gradually adjust to such trivial issues?”
“Sometimes that little twist can mess everything up.”
“It seems that my sincerity was a bit insufficient for my apology to reach the princess.”
Fertilho refilled his glass with hot tea and continued.
“As a sincere apology, I will pay all the cost of restoring the dockside destroyed by the princess tonight.”
“If it’s money, I have enough.”
“I bet you don’t enjoy wasting money, though.”
Dakia fiddled with the teacup in front of her and removed her hand. She stared at the man in front of her with golden eyes.
“What do you want from me?”
“I heard that Beatus, which has been half-destroyed by the worshipers of evil spirits, is in the middle of restoration.”
When the story of Irmelga’s estate popped up, Dakia roughly figured out what that man wanted.
“You mean you want to take a step into the Beatus Restoration Project as a courtesy of mine.”
At the word restoration project, Fertillo’s eyes twinkled.
“you’re right. The Princess of Dacia is asking her brother, Prince Derso, to recommend that I support part of the restoration project on good terms.”
“What will I gain if I do that?”
Pertillo quickly responded to Dacia’s favorable response.
“I will give some of the profits from supporting the restoration project to Princess Dakia. I guarantee that the princess will never be disappointed with that amount.”
“great. I want to think positively. I will give you my answer after seeing with my own eyes how the apology you said you were going to show me earlier will be handled.”
Dacia tapped the teacup and smiled softly.
“Because I want to check your level of skill.”
‘For now, avoid the current situation.’
After somehow spending the night alone, I was able to discuss with Priest Marnak and take care of the matter, so it was only right that the man tell me good things for now.
“great. I promise I will never disappoint you.”
Fertilho took another sip of tea and ate a snack.
“Now that the talk is over, why don’t you let your guard down and have a cup of tea while your colleague finishes his treatment? You’re going to burn your neck from running for a long time.”
“yes.”
It was true that she was thirsty at the time, so Dakia habitually tried to quench her thirst by holding a teacup. The fragrant aroma of the still-warm tea tickled the tip of his nose, and his throat burned even more. Besides, even the scent of tea was very familiar.
Just before her bright red lips touched the teacup, Dakia suddenly realized that things were going too easily.
Yes, it was too easy even if it was easy.
The opponent is a person who is entangled with a gangster and even operates skilled armed soldiers, but he so easily agrees to a few words of his own that guarantee nothing?
There was no way that would have happened unless the flower garden was in full bloom in my head.
A cool tension ran down Dakia’s spine. The man’s sociable attitude and atmosphere made his reason dull for a moment.
Only then did Dakia realize that a pair of red eyes were piercing her lips. As if you are waiting for yourself to drink this tea.
Dacia slowly set the tea she was about to drink onto the table.
“Why is that?”
“I don’t like the smell of tea. The scent is too strong.”
Fertillo’s red eyes softened.
“If you take a sip of this precious tea, even if you don’t like the scent a little, you will fall in love with its deep taste.”
“I’m sorry that I have a strong taste for tea.”
“Hmm…”
He stared down at Dacia’s teacup.
“It is strange. I deliberately prepared it as the gongnyeo’s favorite tea. So that you can drink comfortably.”
“My taste in tea has changed recently.”
“Is that so?”
“yes.”
The atmosphere changed completely with the answer. As Fertillo quietly sank into the chair, the man who had been so friendly until just now disappeared in an instant.
The dull red eyes that sunk heavily were filled with irritation. he murmured in a low voice.
“You are unnecessarily quick-witted, girl.”
