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T/N: Slight mentions of suicide, be warned.
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“Don’t touch her. Stand back.”
Goosebumps rose up my body as Izek clasped my half-stretched body. A faint blue light was gushing from Izek’s palm, holding Freya, who was throwing up blood.
That’s…
Izek looked back at me for the last time.
His calm face, which showed neither agitation nor shock, was unexpected, but his chilling cold frozen eyes were even more unfamiliar.
“Get out of here.”
“What?”
“Ivan! Please do it for me!”
Others followed behind Izek, who ran quickly into the temple. Ellenia also looked at me once and ran straight after him. It was noisy everywhere. A chaotic mess. I raised my arms and gazed blankly at Freya’s blood on my long sleeves.
I thought of my sister.
To be exact, her last appearance. The dried blood on her thin wrist…
“You…”
A rough hand suddenly clasped the back of my neck. Huh, this kid? I never expected him to be friendly in the first place. But why was he attacking me all of a sudden?
“You did it!”
“What…”
“I knew this would happen. From the beginning, this witch was behind her!”
What?
With a loud sound, the force that gripped the back of my neck loosened. Thwack, thwack, thwack! I opened my eyes wide, swallowing a cough.
beating Lorenzo’s head mercilessly like a tin drum, with his huge palm. Lorenzo couldn’t even dare to fight back and soon fell on
forgive this rudeness. My foolish son seems to be out of his mind for a while.” The man’s eyes, who politely bowed to
shrewd move. This was the front yard of
and accuse me all of a sudden; nothing short of accusing the temple and the Vatican City together. The problem was that the fact seemed to be amplifying
Boom!
I could answer anything, the roar of thunder shook heaven and earth. Screams rang. Someone who approached quickly wrapped
this way… D-Damn it,
Lord Ivan’s grasp. His hands were also surrounded by blue smoke-like light.
the temple quickly! This is not an
training! I repeat,
take the people out
poured down over the rushing people. I felt that I was the only one who didn’t understand what was going on. While I was being dragged, I heard a
wall. I had never heard or seen a case where the monsters come near the temple or attempt to
was nothing
were
“Sir Ivan!”
can you replace
of you, my lady,” said Sir Ivan, who immediately handed me over to Andymion, and ran to
with the others. Soon, the doors closed one after another with a thud. It was nearly half a
Freya’s life
happened in the front yard of the temple, so thanks to quick action by the paladins, she was able to
an unusual
right in front of them, they were openly aiming for Freya from the
magic stone
“What?”
drank. Do you have any idea?” Duke Omerta, who asked this,
what he was implying. It was not just a normal poison. Magic stone
was used as a bait for summoning demons. One combined the Magic Stone, which was the core of a dead monster, with
it could be used only after putting human blood on
point was that Magic Stone had a tricky procedure for even Paladins to get permission to use it. It was a rare artifact. The quantity of Magic Stones owned by each temple was also limited, and the production was done in the Vatican
Every single
meant that I was the only one behind
I want to cry. This
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