“W, what the…! How dare you use a word like bullshit toward her majesty!”

The oldest child looked toward Cale and pointed rudely at him. He looked as if he could not speak properly because he was in disbelief.

On the other hand, Jopis had an elegant smile on her face as she nodded her head.

The boy who saw her reaction raised his voice even more and shouted toward Cale and Jopis.

“This, what indecency! You are just a traitor anyway!”

‘That kid sure has a loud voice.’

Cale shook his head from side to side.

“Haaaaaa. Looks like we’ll need to fight while carrying baggage.”

“W, what?”

The boy could not hide his shock at Cale who called him baggage.

Cale didn't care as he casually commented back.

“You guys are hostages. Hostages.”

The boy and the other children’s expressions changed after hearing his comment.

The gazes of the older children turned grim and they all started to shout.

“We cannot be hostages! Just kill us! We will not become a hindrance to her majesty!”

“That’s right, kill us!”

"We would gladly die for her majesty!”

‘Wow. Do these punks even know what it means to die?’

Cale looked toward Jopis in disbelief.

“They’ve been seriously bewitched.”

Cale recalled the first time he met Elisneh.

She had bewitched the people of the Lord’s Castle. He remembered the badge on their clothes at that time.

‘I don’t see something like a badge on the children. She supposedly cast an illusion on everyone inside the palace, but how did she do it?’

Cale was stealthily looking at the royal children and Elisneh’s subordinates.

He thought that she might have cast an illusion around the entire palace after hearing that everybody in the palace was bewitched.

However, that should have meant that Cale and the others would have been bewitched once they entered the palace grounds, but that had not happened and there was also the information the Mercenary King gave him.

‘Do you know how many merchants and nobles go in and out of the palace? There’s no way she could cast an illusion on all of them.’

Cale asked Jopis a question as he thoroughly observed the children.

“How do we wake them up?”

An elegant voice responded to him.

“…There was a time I smacked the shit out of my father’s back. He still did not snap out of the illusion.”

‘Mm… That wasn’t the kind of response I expected.’

Jeet approached Cale and whispered behind him as Cale stood there at a loss for words.

"Sir, they’re here.”

Cale's eyes clouded over.

It was at that moment.

“What?!”

Cale heard someone shout in shock and he looked toward the speaker.

Elisneh’s eyes were glowing red and she seemed to be listening to something.

“Cale-nim.”

Cale heard Choi Han’s voice at that moment as he saw a dagger flying past him.

It was Choi Han’s dagger that he had received from Ron.

“Squeeeak-!”

He then heard a rat scream.

Cale laughed as he looked toward Elisneh.

“How can you get any information when your informant is injured?”

“…Is it your doing?”

“Who else could it be?”

The middle-aged man wearing glasses approached Elisneh.

“What is it, your majesty?”

Elisneh kept her mouth shut as she glared at Cale.

The old man with the mirror stepped forward and looked inside the mirror.

“Hold on. Oh my. Looks like some rats made their way into the palace.”

“Rats?”

“The Elves have invaded. Tsk.”

The other two subordinates stiffened up as Elisneh looked down at Cale and started to speak.

“Apparently, numerous Elves have passed the city walls and are marching toward the palace.”

Jopis looked toward Cale. She recalled how Cale had said that they had a lot of allies.

Elisneh looked at Cale as if he was ridiculous as she asked.

“Did you think we would not be able to do anything if you attacked us on multiple fronts?”

“Who knows?”

“Hmph.”

Elisneh snorted and raised her hand.

Her three subordinates stepped forward.

The old man with the mirror gently commented.

"We expected the Elves would come with you. Pity that more lives would be lost for no reason.”

“Are you saying the Elves will die?”

Jeet stepped forward. He was glaring at the enemies.

“Indeed. The Elves will be defeated by dead mana the moment they pass through the palace's main entrance.”

The old man could see Jeet started to smile after hearing his friendly warning.

“…Why are you smiling?”

"We are not going to cross the palace fence.”

“What?”

The middle-aged man with glasses flinched at Jeet’s comment but Cale immediately started to speak.

“Choi Han, Tasha!”

“Yes, sir!”

Choi Han started to move toward the royal children.

Jopis quickly followed behind him.

“I won’t let you!”

The old man with a quill pen lowered his hand and ripped out a spatial pocket bag he pulled out.

“Go!”

Riiiiiip-

were inside the bag popped out. These feathers turned stiff and started to shoot out

children looked toward the old man and Elisneh who

don't need to worry

“That’s right!”

Choi Han and Jopis even more

Ooooooooong-

Choi Han’s sword at that

“… Sword master!”

royal children who realized his identity stiffened up

“Your majesty……!”

subconsciously looked toward

had a benevolent smile on her face. That made the oldest boy start to

that the shaman’s feathers

be

boy subconsciously

he clenched his

“…Why?”

was looking down at his arm in

had brushed past his arm

“…Why?”

toward the children. It was as if they were

someone stepping in front of him at that

“Hide behind me!”

It was Jopis.

swung his sword

not just

to react had charged

a step later than Choi Han and Jopis who had already arrived by the children’s side were

Tang! Tang! Tang!

from the attacks and were forced to change direction from the

Bang, bang!

and ground that the feathers slammed into cracked, but

Drip. Drip.

and forth at the blood flowing down his

“Ugh!”

body then

turned around and grabbed

“Y, you crazy bitch!”

started

scratch on the boy's

at the same

is dead mana at

the back while the Dark Elves charged

Jopis raised her head.

to your cousin-, to a

seemed to be burning up as she held the

at them with

“…Your majesty…noonim-”

Jopis's

‘Why, just why?’

many questions as she

are

‘What?’

other children’s pupils

may threaten my position. If

looked dejected but Elisneh did not care as she turned her gaze

knights approaching us? There should be at least 300 of

you saying that they

can kill them whenever

as she said that. That smile looked

about the second entrance to

heard there’s a

other entrance was the one the

Cale calmly asked.

heard that place is your

is my palace. There’s a black liquid flowing there. It does

gaze moved

who will jump into that river as soon as I give the order. Ah, should I make the servants and maids jump in as

turned back toward Cale and the smile

the Elves enter the palace… I will kill them all, starting with the youngest

Clang-!

with the mirror tapped on the mirror and jumped off the

man with glasses jumped behind him. The old man controlling the feather started to

“Bind them!”

had been aiming for the children

“Shit!”

Tasha started to frown.

“It's a snake!”

of the children started to

the feathers turned into scales to

“Go!”

children. The snake looked as if it was trying to get

“…Ah.”

in fear. The child started to cry once she realized it was Jopis’s hand and felt Jopis's

“You've woken up.”

grabbed Belle's hand. Belle's eyes

boom boom

as

attacks did not even leave a

watching this looked up toward Elisneh. Her cold gaze was giving Cale a

was telling him to be careful because

Cale started to speak.

a pity

“What?”

care about Elisneh’s

“Jeet! Tie them!”

hand after hearing

something out of their pockets and threw them toward the

Booboboboooooooooom-

destroyed the

the Elves threw

that is

with glasses

Crackle-

fireballs appeared in the air and headed toward the things

to do with some

thrown twigs.What do you think you can do with

Raon's shout in

in the air and flew toward the

at that

“Ruff!”

saw a white line darting

It was Fluffy.

up and bit down on one of the twigs. Cale held the top's whip in his hand

I

falling to the ground like a streak of lightning and

“Jeet, now!”

“Yes, sir!”

of the Elves put their

Craaaaaaack.

started to

“Shit!”

old man started to

twigs started to appear in between the

the Wood Elementals and their contracted

instantly grew in size and number and surrounded

“Raon!”I understand, human!

Ooooooong-

started to appear around the interlocked

shield that protected the children completely from the

“Ha!”

He heard someone laugh.

“Your actions are useless.”

It was Elisneh.

corners of her

it’s cute. You're trying so hard to

“Not really?”

looked away from the children surrounded by the shield and looked at Cale after hearing his response. The corners of Cale’s mouth slowly started to rise once she looked at

an ominous

‘That bastard is smart.’

the White Star's comment

do you mean, ‘not really?’

asked and

destroying things instead of

“What?”

Do you need

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