“What?”
At Leverticia’s words, Kaius’s eyes widened. He frowned and said to her, as if he had heard something strange.
“I didn’t understand what you were talking about. what?” “Let’s get a divorce.”
“What nonsense. Say it again.” “we….”
“again.”
Kaiers gave a soft warning.
His voice was quiet, as if he was about to rip and kill someone. “Think again and tell me. again.”
“….”
“Are you kidding me now? That’s not what I was asking.” Leverticia closed her eyes and opened them.
It was difficult to keep facing Kaius’ face.
Contrary to his angry voice, his expression was wretched to the point of misery.
He gripped the hem of her robe so tightly that tendons sprouted from his hand.
“Why, why are you making such a noise all of a sudden? What’s wrong? Just because I’m caught in a trap? Or are you talking about your brother?”
“It’s not like that.”
“Then what? why…! Ugh.”
Kaius, who had been spitting out tea in minutes, let out a moan. I was excited and felt a pain in my shoulder.
Leverticia quickly grabbed his arm. “it’s okay?”
“Whew….”
Kyus let out a long breath.
It seemed quite painful to see that he did not say that he was okay even with empty words.
Seeing him like that, Leverticia bit her lip.
“… You’ve already been exposed to too many dangers because of me. It is because of me that I fell into the trap today.”
“therefore? I’m weak and I’m falling, so just step back, right? Letty, you don’t feel it well because you’re a non-human level, but I saw you, but I’m also very strong, right?”
“It’s not that you’re weak. You’ve already fought the warlocks for ten years because of me. all along so far. I know how awful and hard it is to run into them for ten years. They wore human disguise, but there was no such thing as humanity.”
In dealing with the Warlock, Kaius was her most powerful ally.
Not only was he excellent in ability, he had good judgment at the moment, and above all, he was very helpful in that he knew how to handle the
weapons of the warlocks.
The more destructive weapons they develop, the more people there will be able to analyze and handle those weapons.
However.
“I… I’m afraid you’ll end up like your father.”
Kaius also kept his mouth shut at Leverticia’s confession-like remarks.
The death of Kaiers’ father, the former Duke of Valtail.
That death soon became a link between the two. It was the event that brought the two of them together, and it was also an opportunity for the two of them to have a common feeling for the warlock.
“I was right in front of you then, but I couldn’t save you.” “….”
“I’m afraid it will be the same again this time. I’d rather you not be involved with them any more.”
But with her it will be difficult.
As long as they stay together, I’ll never forget the work of the warlock for a moment.
If so, I’d rather….
“So you’re telling me to run away now? They might kill me?” Kyus let out a smirk.
He spoke to her without letting go of the hem of Leverticia’s robe, even with a throbbing arm.
“If they jump in, don’t measure back and forth, but bite them.” “Kai.”
“It was you who told me to bark louder when someone threatened me.” “It wasn’t about a time like this….”
“Those who covet me will never let me live.”
His red, bloodshot eyes turned to her. Even though it was only his gaze, the place he touched was hot as if he could get burned.
“I am different from my father. I will not abandon my family for the sake of these warlocks, nor will I perish in front of you.”
Kaius clenched his teeth and muttered. It was like a promise to himself. “But I won’t run away or hide, leaving everything to you.”
The white hem of his robe wrapped around his leg was stained red with blood. Leverticia hurriedly ripped my hem longer and tied his legs back together.
However, the intense red color once again dyed the white hem. “Then don’t say that again.”
“Kai, calm down! You’re so excited you’re bleeding more!”
“You drove people crazy for the past ten years, and now you’re divorced? Are you kidding me?”
“… You know, now that you’re older, our marriage was just for each other’s purposes—”
“It’s bullshit.”
Kaius clenched his teeth and mumbled.
“If it was a marriage for a purpose, my purpose has not been achieved yet. do you know that?”
“… What?”
“Once the remaining debt of yours is paid off, I have paid it all off to your son and bastard.”
When she disappeared, maybe she intentionally hid herself. If so, I
wondered if one of the reasons was her debt. It was after he paid it all off long ago with the feeling of catching even straw.
The reason I didn’t tell her was simple.
She had long struggled with a debt to Baron Wilfred.
But if he said he had paid off the remaining debts at will, I thought it might hurt her self-esteem. And because he didn’t want to turn the arrow that the burden of his heart was pointing towards.
But in this situation now, I have to say it even if I am miserable and beggar. “You owe me.”
There was a lot of heat in my head. he muttered as much as he could. “Then don’t divorce me.”
don’t throw me away
*
Leaving those words behind, Kaiers fainted.
His face was as red as my hair, and his mouth let out a hard breath. Leverticia reached out and touched his bare skin.
‘It’s hot.’
The heat was rising.
It seemed that the wound on the leg was not properly disinfected, causing an inflammatory reaction.
“… Why did you talk so gibberish because it hurts?”
A little while ago, he poured out his words as if a screw had been loosened.
Leverticia, who was alone in her thoughts about what he had said, shook her head.
Now was not the time to think deeply.
She turned slightly and crawled out of the gap. I was thinking of finding a way to go out on my own.
“Beep….”
“Oh, black man. Did I wake up because I moved?”
The blackbird, who did not wake up even once in the chaos, slowly came out of the pocket and moved to the other pocket.
Then suddenly, a rustling sound began to come out of the pocket. “What are you doing, black man?”
“Beep?”
When I pulled it out with my hand, I saw that he was eating metallurgy by himself with a snack bag in her pocket.
It was a snack bag that the chef made during the day saying he was having a hard time, but a lot of things happened and I still forgot.
“You woke up hungry. How did you know this existed?” “Pew….”
“okay. I won’t take it, so eat a lot.”
The snack package contained quite a few sweets. She also picked something sweet from it and bit it into her mouth.
The sweet thing had the effect of temporarily raising the energy. “Damn. If you’re up for it, would you mind helping me out?”
“Beep?”
“I am looking for a way out of here. Just like we did last time in the barrier, we just need to find a hole through which the wind comes out. Even the
smallest gap is fine.” “Beep!”
Blackbird took on the appearance of snoring, as if to believe only in himself
– and didn’t actually come out – and immediately took the lead and started crawling.
“Beep!”
“there? okay.”
When the blackbird pointed in the direction, Leverticia immediately cleared the wreckage there. There was also a boulder that was so huge that it was hard to call it rubble, but she removed it without much difficulty.
Fortunately, he hid himself after coming near the entrance, so it wasn’t too far from the outside.
Koo-!
When the last boulder was set aside, there was a gap through which one person could crawl out.
When Leverticia hurried out, the very forest it had just been in came out. ‘thank god.’
I was worried that there might be more magic bombs or traps left, but they seemed content to destroy a huge cave, and there was nothing more.
She hurriedly looked around.
No matter how strong she was, she couldn’t get out of the narrow gap that could drag the fainted Kaius down. He had to calm down for a moment.
It was a dark forest at dawn where the sun had not yet fully risen, so it was difficult to even get to the village.
Leverticia quickly looked around and found the herbs.
For her, who was often injured in battles and wounds, knowledge of grass that could be used as a first aid was essential. She pulled out all the grass that looked useful and stuffed it into her pocket.
“Beep!”
“Is there a valley over there?”
The place where there was water was also relatively easy to find with the help of Black Cat.
It was at the moment when I was about to hurriedly return to the cave after taking the snacks out of the snack bag and filling it with water.
“Kueeeek!”
A strange cry was heard nearby. It was the only chaos that made such a vicious, forest-shattering cry.
‘At times like this….’
Leverticia carefully silenced the footsteps.
Now was not the time to fight them. Because we didn’t know when more caves would collapse.
It was just as she was about to enter through the gap she had rushed out of. “… crazy.”
At dawn, Leverticia, who looked at the scene of the forest where the light slowly came in, held a small swear word.
Starting from near the collapsed cave, the surrounding forest was filled with black monsters.
