The Lady Nun Vows Revenge by Caroline Rowland

Korneel smiled slightly, saying. "A woman with such abilities is hardly an ordinary woman."

He said this with a pause before asking. "What do you think of her master?"

"Not much," Rikkert shook his head. "From her footwork, she's clearly trained in martial arts, but that's about it. She might have done it just for fitness."

"But from what I saw, you seemed quite cautious around her. Why is that?" Komealad already sensed Pikkert's unease, so he pressed further.

Rikkert frowned. "My instincts tell me she's carrying something extremely dangerous. If you plan to make a move, you need to be careful"

"Extremely dangerous?" Korneel mused, intrigued by this statement.

He then raised his hand and lifted the tea cup placed on the stone table. As he tipped it, a strange, dark green parasite slid out into the open.

Korneel stared at the parasite for a long moment, before muttering, "The King Parasite is unaffected"

That meant whatever she was carrying was not a parasite.

What could it be, then?

While still contemplating, Korneel tossed the King Parasite to Rikkert, instructing. "Though we lost one, it doesn't matter.

Take this and check the others."

"Understood." Rikkert caught the parasite and walked towards the other doctors in the courtyard. He signaled to the

assassins.

grabbed one of the men

me go. I

terrified, his knees trembling, but Rikkert and his

doctor by the head, Rikkert

an instant, the parasite reacted as if it had received an order, and it crawled directly

The agonized screams echoed throughout

remaining men shook in fear, some even

they couldn't

you think of that

asked Tina the same

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in three words before adding calmly, "But

Eliza turned to her, puzzled. "If he's so skilled, why do you

brief, flickering look the guard had given her

skill

pride leads to

weren't for her duty to protect Serenity and Vaughn, she would have struck first. Tina said this with a

“It's fine. He's clearly after Hubert and the others. We'll meet him again soon enough. When

"Mm." Tina nodded immediately.

trembling, finally spoke up, "Did you just say 'Hubert'?

in

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responded, "I'm not Hubert's daughter,

the timing wasn't right,

the alley, Eliza led