“… Rudel! Rudel!” Leverticia exclaimed madly.
Her voice echoed through the forest. “Rudell! where are you!”
– Sister!
“That’s it?!”
Leverticia recklessly moved towards the place where the voice was heard.
Not only her voice, but also Rudel’s voice echoed like an echo, making it difficult to pinpoint the location.
-sister! It’s me!
At the voice of her pathetic sister, Leverticia bit her teeth. My mind was dizzy.
‘This is a trap.’
Leverticia’s reason whispered.
‘Suddenly, she can’t be in the woods at this hour.’
-sister!
‘Besides, this place is far from Celsior. Why is he here?’
―Leverticia older sister!
‘Obviously someone was trying to lure me out….’
– Sister, where are you? Save me!
….
Every time she thought rationally, Rudel’s voice savagely pierced her ear. She clenched her clenched fists.
It was irresistible.
She knew it could be a trap, but she couldn’t escape or escape. I couldn’t even make a normal judgment.
At least, as long as there is a possibility that it could be the real Rudel. Leverticia ran towards the source of the voice.
“Rudel!”
―Sister, huh! scared! help me!
wait. I’m going now.
Leverticia ran and ran again and again.
Hearing only the sound and running deep in the forest without seeing the road, he fell, bumped, and rolled several times.
But it went on and on.
The voice was getting clearer.
-sister!
Eventually she reached the source of the voice. It was a cave very deep in the forest.
“Rudel?”
―Sister, sister!
A voice rang out like an echo from within the cave. Without hesitation, Leverticia stepped into the cave.
A voice came from inside the cave with a faint light. “Rudel… Rudel?”
Right next to the little lantern that lit up, Leverticia slowly lifted up the shaggy cloth.
What lay under the cloth was a crystal ball.
– Sister….
The same voice as Rudel was coming out of the crystal ball.
As she touched the crystal ball, it slowly began to crack and broke with a crackling sound. And Rudel’s voice no longer came out.
Leverticia smirked in dismay. “… I knew it.”
Quad Duck. Quar.
As if waiting, the sound of collapsing could be heard from various places in the cave where she was.
The cave floor cracked and began to crack slowly. Again, it was a trap. But inside the shaky cave, Leverticia sighed in relief.
‘thank god.’
Because he’s not really that kid. just because it’s a trap. I’m really glad that Rudel is safe.
It was a time of relief in my chest. “Harm!”
Someone grabbed her from behind and hugged her.
Shortly thereafter, a huge rubble fell where she was standing.
Leverticia shook her head and looked at the person who was pulling her. Red hair fluttered above his eyes.
The flickering scarlet eyes met her. “… Kai?”
“Are you crazy?”
Kaius’s voice was more ferocious than usual. I was running so fast that my breathing was very harsh.
“Everything is falling apart, so why stay still! do you want to die Come quickly!”
Kaius took her hand and ran towards the entrance. It was only then that Leverticia came to her senses.
Magic turrets installed throughout the cave attacked her and Kaius. Each time they dodged an attack, shells hit the cave walls and pillars, causing the cave to collapse faster.
Whenever there was a large rubble blocking the way, Leverticia slashed or smashed it.
Kaiers was responsible for destroying turrets in the distance. “shit….”
Kaius, who was leading the way, whispered lowly. The entrance to the cave has already been completely blown up, making it difficult to find a way.
Kaius shook his head angrily. Leverticia muttered in a low voice as if crawling.
“sorry….”
“Is this the time to say that? I’ll ask you later, so follow me!”
Kaiers pulled her into a small crevice among the massive rubble near the entrance.
In an instant, as soon as they took refuge through the cracks, the entire cave collapsed as if it were sinking.
*
“Look! What did I say! I thought it would be!”
Outside the cave, Patrick, meeting the warlocks, exclaimed excitedly.
I was a little scared when the cave collapsed with a roar, but I was so
excited when I thought that Leverticia had become a trampled ant inside. Besides, I saw not only Leverticia, but also the Duke of Baltail.
Patrick had bad feelings for the Duke of Val’tail, as Baltail interrupted him every time he went to the Celsire mansion.
‘It’s great that all these annoying bastards die all at once!’ Patrick chuckled.
The man in the robe standing next to him gathered his lips in surprise.
“I had stopped going to the Celsior family for quite some time, so I thought I was insulated from my younger brother.”
“haha. Never. If it’s his younger brother, he can’t use his four legs very well. When I talk about my younger brother, I become a complete idiot.”
“okay. I learned something new.” he chuckled.
Patrick approached the man with greedy eyes. “Well then, when is the promised pay….”
“Not yet.”
“What? why! No, why!”
“Are you sure they don’t know if they are dead or not?”
“what? are you kidding me now The whole cave has collapsed over there, how do you survive!”
“Calm down a little.”
The man took a small bag from his bosom and hurriedly threw it at Patrick.
“It’s half of the money I’m going to give you. The other half will be given away later when their death is confirmed.”
“Hmmm. Anyway, I’d be dead. He’s very strict.”
Patrick still mumbled in a much softer voice than before, because he had received a portion of the money.
As soon as Patrick disappeared from the scene, he summoned the other warlocks.
They all bowed their heads in front of the man. “What’s going on, Chief?”
“Remove the chaos. loads. Around that crumbling cave.” “Yes? However….”
The warlocks hesitated a bit.
“Are you already dead? So far….”
“Because you don’t know. You have to be thorough.”
The commander gave the order with a smiley voice, but resolutely.
The warlocks exchanged glances with each other, and then bowed again.
*
“Collock, Cologne.”
Only when the vibrations in the cave had completely ended and the sound of the collapse could not be heard did Rebertisha cough and raise her head. It was full of dust and dust.
“Whoa.”
Kaius also slowly got up. However, the gap was narrow, so he could not stand up completely, and he could only sit half-recumbent.
Fortunately, at the last moment, I was able to avoid being crushed by falling into this gap.
He looked around, wiping the dust off Leverticia’s face. “Are you okay? Where are you hurt?”
“I don’t think now is the time to ask about my condition. your legs….” Blood oozes from one of Kaius’ legs.
It was a serious injury that could not be compared to the one that was lightly scratched by the monster of chaos a while ago.
“not a big deal. don’t mind.”
“I’m not going to stop you from saying you’re nothing. How is this not a big deal?”
Leverticia clenched her teeth when she saw his legs soaked in blood. Seeing her expression, Kaius looked up and added.
“It’s just a slight scratch on the rubble that the turret had shot a while ago when it exploded.”
“… I don’t think it’s a little bit. Be patient. I will even give you first aid.”
With the tip of her sword, Leverticia cut off the hem of his robe over the wound.
He took out a relatively clean handkerchief he had and carefully wiped the area around his wounds, then ripped off the hem of his uniform coat and tied the wounds.
‘It would be nice if I could get some medicinal herbs, or even water to wash off at the very least.’
It was a narrow gap where there was no such thing. Leverticia bit her lip.
It was all his fault that he got hurt and was in this situation. all… “It’s not your fault.”
Kaius spit through her thoughts.
“Because of those beggar children. It’s not your fault. But I need to know why.”
“reason?”
Kaius’ scarlet eyes flashed at her.
“Why did you come here knowing you were a trap?” “….”
Leverticia was silent for a moment before opening her mouth. “I heard Rudel’s voice from here.”
“I guessed that too. Because I heard you desperately search for him.”
When Kaiers was young, Leverticia told him about her past and family. So Kaius knew that Rudel was a precious little brother to her.
“But that’s not what I want to say right now. You knew it was a trap.” “Understand.”
The situation was so contrived, she couldn’t even know. Kaiers tilted his head.
“Then why did you come?” “Because it had to be.”
“What?”
“Even if I had been completely certain it wasn’t Rudel, I would have come in.”
There was no shaking in her voice. Kaius looked at her with even more curious eyes.
“That’s what family is for me. Even if her voice came from hell, I’d be happy to go there.”
“Letty, you….”
“Kyers.”
Interrupting Kaius’ words, Leverticia opened her mouth with a calm voice.
The usual leisure, confidence, and playfulness were not reflected in her eyes.
“After getting out of here safely….”
All that resides is the long-standing regret, pain, and guilt. “… Will you divorce me?”
