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< Personal reasons >
Princess Alina stepped forward, tears streaming down her large eyes.
She spoke, covering her subjects with her delicate body.
“Don’t kill them. Then I will follow you without resistance.”
The man answered with a bewildered face.
“When did I say I would kill you···.”
At that moment, Hawkin and Leonard’s screams drowned out the man’s words.
“Princess! No, that won’t work!”
“We will protect Mama with our lives!”
The man laughed in vain as he watched the two men stagger forward.
“So when did I kill you···.”
The princess looked back at the two and shouted sternly.
“You don’t come out any more! You are no match for Iza! If you fight again, I won’t forgive you!”
“···You guys don’t even want to listen to what I have to say?”
Hawkin and Leonard clenched their fists in frustration, ignoring the grumbling of the man who followed them around like an idiot.
“Ugh···.”
“shit!”
The princess was right. The man was so strong that they were no match for him.
Although they were not without excuses,
“If only I hadn’t been poisoned···.”
“If only I had a magic wand···.”
Even if the circumstances had been different, I don’t think the result would have been very different.
Princess Alina began to walk towards the man on her own.
“Take me, but let them go.”
A look of resignation and giving up on everything.
But she had other thoughts in her mind.
‘There will be a chance someday.’
Showing tears to the enemy was an act.
Acting to gain the enemy’s sympathy and create an opening.
‘If there’s a gap…’
The princess disguised herself to hide her identity, wearing the baggy clothes worn by commoners.
As she walked towards the man, she slowly moved her hand towards the hidden dagger.
This wasn’t the first crisis he’d faced while living on the run.
Most of her pursuers thought she was a greenhouse plant.
If you just look for it, you can easily get it.
‘All those who have done so until now have paid the price with their lives.’
The princess hid her sharp claws and smiled sadly like a tragic heroine.
“···Please. Be satisfied with just one life.”
The man sighed and said.
“You’ve been treating me like a murderer since a while ago. You were the one who attacked first. I was the one who got into trouble while eating.”
Princess Alina flinched at those words.
But I didn’t stop walking.
The distance between the two people gradually narrowed.
“You came here knowing my true identity, didn’t you?”
“I didn’t know at first. I found out as we talked.”
“···Won’t you arrest me? Won’t you report me to the rebels?”
The princess asked with hope, but the man’s response was ambiguous.
The man said, scratching his chin.
“I’m thinking about it now. What should I do?”
‘···This guy is the same.’
Princess Alina’s expression darkened.
The distance between the two people is now close.
At that moment, the princess’s eyes turned cold.
“My worries are over.”
WHEEK!
The princess threw the coat she was wearing, blocking the man’s view.
At the same time, the princess ran towards the man.
Choaack!
He tore his coat and aimed for the man’s neck with a sharp light from the dagger.
The man was a little surprised.
“Huh?”
The surprise attack was expected, but the princess’s movements were more agile than expected.
Moreover, the dagger was imbued with mana in a bluish tint.
At this level, his skills are much better than those of most knights.
Of course, it wasn’t enough to pose a threat to himself.
Chae-Ang!
The man struck the dagger with the dining knife he was holding and reached out with his other hand.
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He was planning to subdue the princess’s wrist with a golden chain.
But maybe I thought it was too easy.
The great man’s hand cut through the air.
And at that moment,
Tadah!
Princess Alina, who had been kicking the floor, did a somersault in the air and landed on the man’s back.
Movements more similar to those of wild animals than humans.
Even adults were amazed by its elasticity.
“Is it really that good?”
Besides, the subsequent judgment of the situation was not bad.
Instead of attacking the man from behind, the princess ran straight forward.
WHEEK!
Princess Alina arrived at the table in an instant.
She turned to the man and held the dagger to Lily’s neck.
“Don’t move. If you don’t want this child to get hurt.”
“······.”
The moment her first surprise attack failed, the princess changed her target from the man to Lily.
I watched the old man grumble throughout dinner while still caring for Lily, and I figured that if I could take the child hostage, I could turn things around.
The princess shouted triumphantly.
“Drop your weapons!”
But isn’t it true that the person who should be embarrassed is instead snickering?
“Kid. Do you know who the bad guy is now?”
His calm tone was also surprising, and Lily turned to look at Princess Alina with a pouty expression.
“I’m disappointed. I thought you were a good person.”
“Hey, can’t you just stay quiet?”
The princess slightly pulled the dagger back, fearing that the girl might turn her head and hurt her neck.
Lily said, pushing the dagger away with her tiny fingers.
“On Earth, you don’t even touch a dog while eating···.”
“Don’t touch the blade! You’ll get hurt!”
The princess had no real intention of harming the child. She simply planned to take him hostage to buy time for her and her companions to escape.
But, it seems I touched the wrong thing.
“shield!”
At the girl’s word, the dagger bounced off, and a flame rose from where her finger had touched, rising up the blade and up to the handle.
Whoosh whoosh!
“Whoa!”
Princess Alina missed the dagger and stepped back.
Behind him stood a great man.
“Will you surrender now?”
The princess turned around, pulling a new dagger from inside her dress.
“No way!”
The dagger flew towards the man’s entire body, so fast that it left an afterimage.
Swish swish swish swish!
The expression on the man’s face as he dodged the attack became a little more serious.
“I guess you really have no intention of giving up.”
The great man properly raised his Heavenly Sword and swung his knife.
Chaechaechaechae!
After a few strikes, the princess lost her dagger and screamed.
“Ahh!”
Her wrist was torn. It was obvious that her lack of combat experience was incomparable to her skills.
The princess, who was cornered, retreated hurriedly.
But the man followed at a faster pace.
WHEEK!
Large hands gripped the princess’s freckled face tightly.
“She’s stronger than I thought. I need to check if she’s really a princess.”
“Can’t you let this go?”
The princess struggled and resisted, but the man mercilessly tore off the skin from her face.
Jjieeeeeek-
The skin-thin mask was removed, revealing Princess Alina’s bare face.
The princess stepped back, covering her face with both hands.
“This scoundrel!”
But the man had already seen everything.
Beautiful appearance with pure white skin that is transparent.
In addition to a mysterious aura that cannot be felt from humans, the ears are slightly pointed.
It matched the information about Princess Alina that the person knew.
“You said you were half-elf. That’s right.”
A half-human, half-elf.
The princess’s physical abilities were so outstanding because she inherited the blood of her elf mother.
‘It seems like you’ve been training separately for quite some time.’
Moreover, her beauty was of an extraordinary level even to the eyes of a great man who had seen countless beauties across multiple dimensions.
The man said with narrowed eyes.
“The saying ‘a beautiful country’ is also true.”
“How dare you!”
Princess Alina’s face turned red with shame.
The man thought she was harassing him.
“I will kill you!”
The princess pulled a new dagger out of her shoe and attacked again.
The man sighed lightly.
“How many knives have you hidden away?”
At the same time, Leonard and Hawkin rushed in from behind the man.
“This guy!”
“Get your hands off the princess!”
The moment the three people’s attacks hit the man at the same time, the man’s body dispersed like a mirage.
Pus …
The place where the great man reappeared was behind the princess’s back.
“Let’s calm down for now.”
dump.
The princess, who had been stabbed by a blood transfusion, fell to the floor.
“Princess Mama!”
Hawkin and Leonard rushed forward screaming, but soon they too were met with the same fate.
Thud. Thud.
“Whew. I did a good job of exercising after eating.”
The man shook his hands and looked back at the two little children who were still sitting calmly at the table.
“Once you’ve finished eating, it’s your turn to clean up.”
“Just eat this!”
Lily stabbed an apple whole with her fork.
Phew!
The noisy dinner ended like that.
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“Ugh···.”
Princess Alina woke up groaning.
Inside the room, all her subjects were tied up with ropes and leaning against the wall.
And in front of him, the man was sitting on a chair with his legs crossed.
“You woke up sooner than I thought.”
Princess Alina opened her eyes and glared at the man with a venomous expression.
“What do you plan to do with us!”
“I’m still thinking about it.”
The man thought hard about Princess Alina’s information.
The only surviving bloodline of the Hicks dynasty.
A half-elf of noble blood at the same time.
And if history were to follow, he would have been destined to run away from his pursuers and eventually meet a miserable end.
Her death becomes the spark that sparks the racial war that will occur later.
‘I almost died several times because I got involved in that war just to get a piece of the guild’s action.’
The man shook his head as he recalled the terrible old memories.
It would be better if something like a war never happened.
“When I think about it, there are three options.”
The man said, holding up one finger.
“First, you will be sold to those who seek you.”
Shudder.
The princess and her entourage trembled.
If they were sold, the man could receive a huge bounty.
But since there were so many people aiming for it, there was a possibility that something troublesome might happen in the middle.
The man said, extending his second finger.
“Second, pretend you don’t know and just go your own way.”
At those words, a color came to the princess’s face.
“If you pretend not to know us, I’ll give you all the money I have!”
The man chuckled.
“Don’t pretend to be kind. Just take everything away. What are you giving me?”
“That, that···.”
It was an undeniable fact.
The man looked at Princess Alina, who was hanging her head in disappointment, and held up her third finger.
In fact, this was the person’s purpose.
“The last third. I’ll take you to the Elf Forest. That’s your destination, right?”
“What, what?!”
“how?”
The princess wasn’t the only one who was surprised.
Her companions who had been tied up also opened their eyes wide and looked at the man.
“We’re headed in that direction anyway.”
“why···.”
“Of course I’m not offering you a free ride.”
Princess Alina’s mother was an elf of noble blood.
That is, the princess was also of noble blood in elf society.
To be exact, the granddaughter of the elven elder.
For a big man, connections were more important than money.
“If you let me see your grandmother, I will take you safely to the Elf Forest.”
“······.”
Princess Alina looked at the man with a stern expression, speechless.
She couldn’t answer easily because she didn’t know how much she could believe what the other person said.
‘If Lee Ja’s words are sincere, then it’s not a bad condition. No, rather, it’s a condition that’s not enough even if I ask for it···.’
The man spoke as if he had read her mind.
“You must have seen my skills earlier. You know there’s no reason for me to lie. If you were going to sell me off, you could have just tied me up and taken me away.”
The princess almost nodded without realizing it.
“Besides, your location has been exposed, so you need to get out of here quickly. Other pursuers will be on your trail soon.”
“······.”
That was true too. Once my location was exposed, I could no longer stay in this town.
Princess Alina asked cautiously.
“Why do you want to meet my grandmother? What is your purpose?”
“You don’t have to know. It’s just personal reasons.”
But the princess shook her head with a firm expression.
“I can’t give my consent until I know your purpose. If you intend to harm Grandmother….”
The man chuckled.
“You innocent girl. If I really meant to harm you, would you say so?”
Princess Alina kept her mouth shut and glared at the man. Her face was flushed with embarrassment.
“···Tell me your purpose.”
The man shrugged his shoulders at the princess’ serious expression and said.
“Okay. The reason I want to meet the Elder is….”
The first reason why Daein came to the Gaia continent was to find Lily’s parents.
But that’s not all.
While I was here, I also planned to bring along a few items that can only be found on the Gaia continent.
There were also a few people I would like to meet if possible.
The elven elder was one of them.
To be exact, it wasn’t the Elder, but there was someone I wanted to meet through her.
‘Honestly, I didn’t expect to see him during this vacation.’
But an unexpected opportunity arose, and there was no reason for Daein to miss it.
The man said.
“I wanted to ask you to arrange a meeting.”
“With who?”
“The wisest dragon. Abraxas.”
The longest-living being on the continent of Gaia,
A being said to be proficient in all the knowledge and magic of the world.
The man thought that Abraxas might be able to answer his questions.
“What do you think? My suggestion?”
“······.”
The next day.
Before dawn a carriage left the village.
< Personal reasons > End
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