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Ignis de Windsor. The man who threatened her with a fake scripture and forced her into marriage. A perverted b*stard who shamelessly m*sturbated in front of her. He was a person she detested so much that she hated even recalling him.
“This isn’t the end. Darling, you know that, right? We promised to run away together.”
A chilling and disgusting man, to the point that she feared seeing him appear in her dreams.
“So just wait patiently, you f*cking b*tch.”
That nightmarish man appeared again. He whispered into her ear with a thrilled face while covering her mouth, “Have you been waiting patiently?”
“…!”
Dana looked at his face in the mirror. Ignis was wearing the uniform of the Daiana cruise crew members. How? How could this person be here?
Let go of me! Dana bit into Ignis’s hand as hard as she could, using all her strength.
“Harder.” Ignis simply urged her on with a heated voice. “Bite harder.”
“…!”
“I’m excited, hurry up.”
Crazy…
Her lips slackened, and taking advantage of that, Ignis stuffed a gag into her mouth. Then he looked at the bite mark she had left and laughed.
“Hey, look at this. There’s a mark.”
Indeed, her teeth marks were clearly visible on his hand, soaked in saliva and even dotted with blood droplets…
Ignis extended his tongue and licked it long. “Tasty.” He looked straight into her eyes in the mirror and smirked wickedly.
“Your saliva is sweeter than I thought.”
Was this what it felt like to be completely overpowered? Dana felt herself losing the will to resist at that moment. This madman was truly horrifying.
“I’d like to play a bit more, but I’m in a hurry.”
He quickly took out a handkerchief and covered her nose with it. A strong chemical smell rushed in. Dana struggled, but it was futile to the point of despair.
“Just stay still for a moment.”
Strength rapidly drained from her body. He lifted her collapsing body and stuffed her into the cleaning cart, covering her with layers of clothing.
“Is everything ready, Lord Ignis?”
Then, an unfamiliar voice was heard. Dana saw a woman’s face through the pile of clothes dumped on her. She was a silver-haired woman in the crew uniform.
“Carl Windsor is loitering at the end of the hallway on the right. Head to the left.”
“Aah, don’t worry. What about the bomb?”
Dana’s head felt heavy, and her thoughts were getting dull. But that word was clearly heard. Bomb?
“It’s operating smoothly. It will explode within an hour.”
“Good. Then, I’m counting on you for the rest.”
A bomb? What on earth were these people doing on this ship… With that thought, Dana’s consciousness sank into pitch-black darkness.
“…!”
When she opened her eyes again, Dana was hit by a bitterly cold winter wind.
“You’re awake?”
Above the pitch-black vast sea. Ignis was rowing a small lifeboat. Dana hastily got up, only to clench her teeth against a massive wave of dizziness.
“Your head will hurt. I used a toxic chemical.”
“…”
“You woke up sooner than I thought. Then again, it’s a bit too cold to just lie there, isn’t it?”
Dana looked blankly at Ignis. More precisely, beyond him. The lights of the Daiana, flickering in the darkness. The giant cruise ship now appeared as tiny as a thumbnail in the distance.
“What are you doing?”
“What do you think? I saved you.” Ignis rowed vigorously and sneered. “I’m your savior. You should be grateful.”
“To kidnap someone and call yourself a savior?”
“Yes. That ship, it’s going to sink soon.”
Sink? At that moment, a word flashed through Dana’s mind. The bomb. The bomb that would explode within an hour. How much time has passed since then?
“Turn the boat around…” Dana spoke with a trembling voice. “Turn the boat around.”
If the ship sank in the cold, dark night sea, the outcome was obvious. Even if they had enough lifeboats – surely, many people would die in the sea or from hypothermia.
“Turn the boat around, quickly!”
“I don’t want to.”
“People are going to die!”
“That’s what I want.” Ignis raised the corner of his mouth in a cruel smile as he brushed his wild red hair in the night wind. “Everyone on that ship is going to die.”
“…”
Dana shuddered in revulsion. She knew Ignis was a scoundrel and trash. But she never imagined he would commit such a massacre. Truly, she didn’t know.
“I know you hate Windsor. But there are countless passengers on that ship who have nothing to do with Windsor!”
“Well, do you think so?”
“What do you mean?”
“The passengers on that ship.” Ignis chinned towards the cruise ship. “All of them are followers of Daiana Church.”
“What?”
“First class, second class, third class passengers, and even the crew, every single one of them, without exception.”
“…”
“Your damn brother, Viego Windsor, selected those fanatics.”
What is he talking about? This was the first time she had heard such a thing. Even if that were true…
“So what? Does being a follower of the Daiana Church justify their death?”
“I hate that religion. My wish is for all followers of the Daiana Church to die.”
“You… were part of the catholic, weren’t you? Is that why you’re doing this?”
“Catholic?” Ignis laughed as if the word was ludicrous. “I don’t care about that. I just want to wipe out the Windsor family and Daiana Church.”
This guy was insane. Dana realized he was being serious. Ignis truly intended to kill everyone on that ship.
What should I do? Talk over it? It’s not working now. Negotiating? If he were someone who could be reasoned with, he wouldn’t have done something as crazy as planting a bomb.
I have to get back to the ship somehow. To notify them of the bomb, find it, and defuse it. That was the only way. And…
Fortunately, there was a pistol tucked in Ignis’s waistband. She couldn’t snatch it in a direct confrontation. There’s only one way.
Dana took a deep breath. The moment to risk her life had come.
Please, don’t let me die of a heart attack. With that hope, Dana leaped powerfully out of the lifeboat. In an instant, her entire field of vision was sucked into the pitch-black sea.
“Hey!” Ignis’s surprised scream was swallowed by the crashing waves.
Dana held her breath. The seawater was so cold it felt like ice picks stabbing her skin. She wouldn’t last long in this condition. And Ignis knew that very well. Sure enough, the next moment, strong arms wrapped around her waist, pulling her forcefully above the water’s surface.
Ignis pulled Dana back onto the lifeboat and roughly set her down. “Are you out of your mind?!”
Cough, cough! Dana spat out the salty seawater.
“Did you want to die that badly?”
Drip, drip. Water droplets running down Ignis’s face fell onto her eyelids. Thanks to that, Dana came to her senses a bit.
Indeed, Dana knew he would save her.
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