Lightning Is the Only Way

Cynthia couldn't believe what she had just seen. She had been incredibly sure that she had the ability to stop any of the two beasts from dying. After all, she was many levels higher than both of them. Cynthia had also looked at the attack and saw the same thing as the bear. It just looked like a weak and unassuming punch.

In actuality, she was even ready to intervene on behalf of Gravis as soon as the bear attacked him. She knew that he probably had some incredible Battle-Strength, which was also the reason why he was the Empress' present. So, the fight should have been either even or slightly in favor of Gravis.

But she hadn't expected such a one-sided slaughter. This hadn't even been a fight. It was basically just a weak slap, and the bear exploded. This whole fight had caught her completely off-guard.

Yet, her reasoning quickly returned, and she felt incredibly nervous and fearful. Her King had said that Gravis wasn't allowed to kill any beast. This meant that she had failed in her duty!

Gravis saw her mood go from surprised to fearful and laughed a bit. "Calm down, Cynthia," Gravis said. "The Red King has said that you should TRY to keep me from killing beasts. He has dealt with me for a while, and he knows that you can't do much."

Cynthia was still nervous, and her nervousness transformed into anger. "Shut up!" she snapped. "You were not supposed to kill anyone!"

Gravis furrowed his brows. "Oh? I'm not supposed to do something?" he asked with a cold voice. "You're nice, but don't forget our relationship. You're a temporary guard, and I'm just some commodity to you."

Cynthia was still overwhelmed with anger and nervousness. She hadn't failed a task yet, and she feared that this could have dire consequences. "Shut up! We will return to the Red King right now!" she ordered.

Gravis huffed. "So, that's your true face, huh? The whole being nice thing was only an act to siphon information from me."

heard that, but her anger overwhelmed this slight

ore beneath the ground and was fine with returning. Now, only forging it into equipment was left. He

but you'll have to drag me," Gravis said

that. "Don't act

blind yourself with being nice and try to look at me like we're friends or equals, but you're only ignoring the reality. I'm your

a fan of this whole thing. If it were up to her, she wouldn't want to force

ignored Gravis' and her status. In order to deal with the situation, she just looked at him like he was her client, and she was some bodyguard.

She wanted to keep this illusion

continue being this stubborn, I am just forced to drag you there. So, we can do this the easy way or the

hard way, please," Gravis

to go to the Red King either way, so why are you making this

You try to be nice, but that doesn't change my current circumstance. You, giving me some emotional solace, might be

supportive in suppressing me and forcing me to do things against my will. Giving me some respect only grants you some sort of moral justification to

realization but anger. To her, it felt like Gravis was attacking and insulting her while she had been nothing but pleasant to him. She had talked to him with respect, even though he was over a whole Realm lower than her. She had

her like this!? After all she had done for him, he dared to insult her!? Cynthia's eyes became colder as all respect for Gravis left her. This was an ungrateful and stupid

WHOOOM!