The Tyrant Mistook Me for a Companion

Chapter 93:

 

If Janice had won, he, too, would have told his father all the truth.

“You’re investigating, aren’t you?”

“Yes, but nothing unusual.”

Actually, he didn’t do it properly. Somehow, he felt uncomfortable, and there was something about Leon.

‘There’s no harm in being careful.’

He was rather a supporter of the relationship between Leon and Elle.
He doesn’t have to worry as long as he doesn’t threaten Janice.
Only thing that bothered him was the pattern on Leon’s wrist.

“Everyone wears accessories, right?”

“Yes, it is. It’s very good for hiding the patterns.”

“Even people without a pattern use it as an accessory.”

One day, people in the empire wore it on their wrists one by one, and even the princess and the crown prince.
He wondered if his son also had a pattern.
But the emperor did not believe in patterns. He was going to connect them with another pair, even if they had one.

“One inconvenience is that it requires constant repair.”

“A constant repair…”

“Lady Elle turned out to be quite clever.”

She got a great sense of what’s going to be money.
When they sold accessories, they were always paid to repair them.
It was even surprisingly fine until the warranty period.

“It’s interesting in many ways.”

The emperor flashed his eyes at the thought of making money.

“All the Velois family’s recent businesses have come from their daughter’s head.”

It was weird. It wasn’t what Edgar was pushing for.

“Oh, there she comes.”

The emperor greeted Elle with a smile on his face.
Janice’s face became infinitely dark when she found Leon riding behind her.

* * *

The prize was awarded unexpectedly, and the hunting competition ended with cheers from people.
I just stayed still, but in the blink of an eye, I felt something rush by.

“Did you think of anything to ask the emperor?”

“Sure.”

There was something I had been thinking about for a long time.
That’s getting out of the outskirt. It’s very difficult to get to the imperial capital.
How does Leon go back and forth over that long distance. Even if he used Magic, I didn’t feel like it because I was getting motion sickness.

“I’m looking forward to what you’re asking for.”

“Maybe the emperor’s face will be worth seeing?”

I smiled.
Edgar seemed to be happy that I won whatever it was.

“By the way, where did Leon go?”

I looked around for him, but I couldn’t see him. He really disappears a lot these days.
Janice approached me as I was about to return home after organizing the barracks.
With a flushed expression on her face, holding her hands tightly.

“Congratulations, Lady Elle.”

“No. If we had been together, the princess would have won.”

“Is that so? very lucky.”

It seems that he is upset that he lose in the competition. After all, what she wanted was to have Leon by her side.

“Yes, I’ve been lucky since I was born.”

If I look at how many times I have passed the hurdle of death yet I’m still alive.
It’s been a lot of effort to call it just luck, but Janice won’t know it, so let’s move on.

“Please invite me again next time.”

“…Let’s do that. By the way, what will Lady Elle ask for a prize?”

Her anxious eyes shook slightly.
Maybe she’s afraid I’ll tell the emperor something about Leon.
Like an engagement with him, a marriage?
But I didn’t mean to tie Leon down like that.

“Well, you’ll find out later, so check it out. What I asked from His Majesty.”

Janice turned and headed for her carriage.
Her body, still trembling pitifully, caught my eye.
Delther, who was in the carriage, grinned at me.
Janice seemed the only one who was sad about my victory.

* * *

“What’s going on?”

cried the Duke of Sen, looking at his ruined duchy.
It was difficult to explain unless someone came and mess it up.
It was so cruel and unpredictable that it was hard to say that it was done by humans.
The truth serum at the duke’s residence was all broken. Even the mercenaries bought could not escape death.
He was overcome with fear as he saw the duke’s residence scattered with blood.

“…This, this.”

A forgotten memory crept into my mind.
He felt goosebumps all over my body, and at the same time he felt someone’s presence.
As he turned his head slowly, he faced red eyes.

“…You?”

“I warned you, but you didn’t seem to understand.”

Leon slowly emerged from the darkness. He was suffocated by the pressure with the mana that was he was shaking like a runaway.

“Cough.”

“I told you not to touch her like that.”

Leon mercilessly cut off the breaths of those standing next to the Duke Sen.
Duke Sen, who was left alone, stepped back and gathered his magic.

“Yes, squeeze everything you can.”

“Ugh! Stop!”

“You have to work harder. You enjoyed it that much, too, didn’t you?”

He had to feel the fear of reaching the threshold of death.

“If I had been quiet like that, you would have gone halfway.”

Leon lightly grabbed Duke Sen’s neck and smiled.
The face of the frightened Duke of Sen was captured in his red eyes.

* * *

“Uh…?”

For a moment I felt a great pain in my heart. At the same time, I felt refreshed with a sense of freedom.
Tears streamed down without realizing it.

“Lady……?”

Surprised, Diria approached me and handed me a handkerchief.

“What is it?”

Why am I crying.
It was heartbreaking, sad, yet comfortable.
A throbbing chest pain and burning wrist…
I instinctively peeled off the accessory and checked my pattern.

“No….”

Why? Why?
There was only one case where the pattern disappeared.
No way!
Did Leon manage to do the work. Leon is in danger if someone else finds out about this.
There was no greater sin than killing a companion.
Moreover, the Velois family was a thorn in the side of the emperor. I don’t know how it will turn out on this opportunity.
If that happens, what I tried to ask would also be in vain.
I got up from my seat and headed for the door.

“What’s wrong, my Lady?”

Diria looked at me with a worried look.

“The count told me to watch, but what’s wrong with you?”

Dad told her to watch me?
For what reason?
Hearing Diria’s words made it clear. He knew it.
The changes that will happen to my body.

“I need to see my father. Where is he?”

“I’m sure he’s in the office.”

“We must go at once.”

I opened the door.
It was strange that my body was gradually losing strength, but I didn’t mind.
I was short of breath, and my fever went up.

“Ha, ha…….”

“Lady, you can’t do this. Get back to your room right now!”

Diria supported me in contemplation.

“No…… Let’s hurry up and get to the right story….”

My consciousness became blurred.
As soon as my eyes became dark, my body tilted to the floor as if it were collapsing.

Thud!

The sound rang in my ears.

* * *

“You’re late.”

Leon greeted Delther, who entered the duke’s residence while sitting on the stairs.

“What is this…….”

“I don’t have to say it, but you’ll know.”

He rose from his seat, passed Duke Sen, and approached Delther.

“Well, then, bye.”

“What you said at the time, don’t tell me”

“Then what did you think I would ask for? I’m sure you’ve expected it.”

Delther raised the corners of his mouth as he saw Leon, whose expression did not change.

“Even Lady Elle should know this.”

“It would be a perfect opportunity for your highness.”

At Leon’s words, Delther smiled low.
Now that Elle’s companion is dead, his relationship with Leon will grow stronger.
But Delther, who witnessed this, had another worry.
It was obvious where his sword was headed.
The moment Janice touches his heart, she will cut her throat relentlessly.
Leon was a human being who would do anything for Elle.
Delther confirmed it with his own eyes again today.

“That’s it. What I can overlook.”

“Then keep her well. Watch what choice she will make.”

Leon replied as if he had read Delther’s thoughts.
Then he walked out of the duke’s residence without any regrets.
Delther, who remained at the duke’s residence, looked around in despair.
Nothing seemed to be left behind. He made a fire and dropped it on the floor.

“…Ha.”

I don’t pray. To do things like this and to disappear leisurely.
Delther escaped from the duke’s residence after seeing the flames soar.
I guess I’ll have to throw in an knight.

‘So, you gave them to me.’

Red-patterned hunter.
Using them, things will work out easily. Judging from what we’ve seen so far, the plan must have been completed a long time ago.
It was hard to erase the feeling of being played out of my hands.

* * *

“Is it a side effect of the pattern?”

Edgar groaned as he watched Elle rise in fever.
When he checked the wrist, the pattern was gone.
He thinks it would be clear forever.

‘He must have succeeded.’

Edgar was much more at ease. With the disappearance of the duke, there will be no more life threat.
However, it was difficult if Elle did not wake up as it was.

“What did you find out?”

“It’s often said that this happens. The clearer the pattern, the greater the side effects.”

It was unexpected.