Chapter 119
Evelia, Cassis, and Samuel all frowned at the same time. As much as they cherished Ruth and Aria, they couldn’t ignore the children’s misfortune.
Aria began to plead with Samuel.
“Brother, Brother. Can’t we help them?”
Samuel didn’t answer. He winked at Cassis and started walking away again. Aria slapped him on the back.
“Brother, brother!”
Ruth also helped.
“Father! I can help too! If Celsion goes, we can save our friends!”
“Ruth, it’s dangerous.”
“But….”
Ruth lowered his head.
“Uncle Lionel is in danger.”
Cassis could not answer that question. Evelia could not bear to take a step and looked towards the royal castle.
‘Is it really okay?’
There is no secret that can be hidden forever. What if Lionel goes wrong today, and what happens if Ruth learns the secret of his birth in the future?
Will the child be able to forgive himself for leaving like this today? Perhaps the child might also resent Evelia and Cassis for hiding everything and leaving.
‘Just like it was in the original.’
It was a future I had never experienced. This didn’t even appear in the books she read. So the future depends solely on her choices.
‘Besides, if things go wrong and Clarisse takes over, will she leave Ruth and Aria alone?’
Probably not. It was clear that she would aim for Ruth, who inherited Lionel’s blood, and Aria, a saint who could counter her dark magic.
‘Then it would be better….’
Evelia looked at the children still floating in the air and grabbed Cassis’ arm.
“Cassis. Is it really better to go back like this?”
“……”
“Lord Denoa. Maybe it would be better to help the Kingdom Knights take down Queen Clarisse now. The high priest is also there.”
“But I can’t put Aria in danger.”
“No, brother. I can do well.”
Aria clenched her fists. Evelia added.
“The situation is becoming more serious than we thought. Even if you travel by carriage, under the current circumstances, you may not be able to reach the border safely.”
“…….”
Samuel was lost in thought as he hugged Aria. At that moment, another loud noise sounded and the magic circle on the floor began to glow.
Samuel immediately closed his eyes and spoke.
“All right. Let’s go.”
When Evelia looked at Cassis, he also nodded. Evelia stroked Celsion’s head.
“Celsion, if something happens, pick up the children and run away, got it? Please take care of the children first.”
[Just leave it to me.]
The five people started heading back in the direction they came from. Soon they discovered the High Priest and the Paladins from the Empire.
“Grandfather!”
“No, Aria. Why are you here… The Duke is also there.”
Aria shouted.
“I’m here to help!”
“It would be helpful if you were…”
Evelia explained.
“We figured the Queen of Cecia wouldn’t let us get away with it, so we might as well work together.”
This time Samuel asked.
“What should I do?”
“The royal knights of Cesia headed to the Queen’s castle. First of all, we must break the spell that binds those children.”
“It’s black magic.”
“Yes. It looks like the Queen is trying to summon a demon by sacrificing those children, but we have to stop it before she does that.”
Aria jumped out of Samuel’s arms. The child wiped away the tears remaining on her cheeks and asked surprisingly calmly.
“What should I do?”
“First, we need to cancel out this magic circle.”
“With holy power?”
Even as the high priest was explaining, the color of the magic circle became increasingly darker. At the same time, black fog began to rise around the children floating in the air.
The high priest spoke faster.
“Let’s infuse holy power into this magic circle with me.”
“Yes!”
Aria knelt on the floor and placed both hands on the ground. Then she closed her eyes and began to breathe in her holy power.
The high priest also shoved the staff he was holding into the ground and poured holy power through the staff.
Aaah!
As the two people injected their holy power, a sound like a ghost crying began to be heard from the magic circle.
“What should I do?”
Ruth asked, covering his ears. Evelia whispered as she hugged the child.
“Let’s ask Celsion to look around.”
“Yes! Celsion! Look out for enemies coming!”
[I get it!]
Celsion perked up his ears and looked around.
Evelia raised her head and looked at the sky. The black fog surrounding the children slowly began to clear.
‘It’s resolved so smoothly.’
Things were going so well that I wondered if this was okay. It’s not like the Queen didn’t know about the existence of Aria and the high priest.
When I was thinking about it. Celsion pricked up his ears once again.
[They came.]
At those words, Cassis and Samuel drew their swords. At the same time, the bushes shook and knights began to appear.
Cassis and Samuel’s eyes shook greatly when they confirmed that.
“Undead?”
“Undead…”
After hearing their words, Evelia took a deep breath after confirming that they had come out of the bushes. Clearly, what was standing in front of me was a skeleton. And dozens of skeletons.
“You even touched the dead now?”
Samuel gritted his teeth and adjusted his sword. At the same time, Cassis leapt towards the skull.
He decapitated the skeleton in front of him. The skull fell to the floor, and then the mouth part rattled up and down.
Cassis didn’t stop there and kicked the skeleton’s ribs. Then the skull completely collapsed.
It was time for him to run towards another skeleton. The skeleton that had collapsed on the floor crawled along the ground, then quickly came back together and stood up. He then aimed the blunt object he was holding at Cassis’s back.
“Be careful, Duke!”
Cassis bent down to avoid the blunt object, and Samuel kicked the skeleton in the back.
“It appears that the dead have already been summoned using black magic, so physical force cannot be used to kill them.”
“Then what should I do?”
At that time, the paladin guarding the high priest stabbed a sword imbued with holy power into a skull lying on the floor.
“We must destroy the core with holy power. Or you have to remove the bone itself altogether. However, there are no wizards, and the High Priest and Miss Aria are currently offsetting the magic circle, so we will handle it. Please just block the movement of the skeletons.”
“All right.”
Cassis and Samuel smashed the skull with their swords and the paladins destroyed the core.
However, the holy power of the paladins also had limits. The skeletons came to life faster than the speed at which they destroyed the core.
Moreover, more and more skeletons began to arrive. Even Celsion joined in and destroyed the skull, but it was not enough.
It was then. The skeleton writhing on the floor headed toward Ruth next to Aria. The skeleton was soon reassembled behind Ruth.
“Ruth!”
Evelia quickly ran over and hugged Ruth. Before she knew it, the completed skeleton behind her raised its sword high.
“Eve!”
“Duchess!”
Cassis and Samuel rushed over, but the skeleton struck faster than them.
It was that moment.
A bird’s cry was heard, and the skull began to burn. Evelia lowered her body further to protect Ruth.
After a while, I raised my head and looked behind me, and before I knew it, the skull had turned into white powder and was falling to the floor.
Above them, Phoenix, Katrina flew.
[Guys, I’m here!]
When Katrina flapped her wings once, the skeletons instantly burst into flames and were reduced to ashes.
“Ruth!”
Before Evelia could figure out what had happened, the bushes shook again and Trika came running. After that, Lionel appeared with an angry expression.
“What are you doing now?”
“Your Majesty the Prince.”
He approached Evelia and questioned her.
“I have definitely told you to leave the kingdom! Trika said strange things about Celsion’s energy becoming stronger, so I came and saw that you were really here. How did this happen?”
Ruth clung to his waist.
“I came to save you, uncle!”
“Hah.”
Lionel covered his face with his hands.
“How can you….”
Ruth cried.
“I couldn’t just let uncle go.”
Evelia intervened.
“Prince, I understand how you feel, but please calm down first…”
“How can I calm down now…!”
“It’s done!”
At that time, Aria raised her hand and shouted, interrupting Lionel. At the same time, the shining magic circle faded and disappeared completely.
At the same time, the children floating in the air began to quickly fall to the ground.
Coitada das crianças,caindo no chão, ninguém vai pegar não TT