There was a moment of silence between Cedric and me. I looked at the dagger sticking out, then slowly parted my lips.
“why me?”
Want me to die? What kind of absurd thing is this?
Cedric seemed like a crazy person making such an absurd request. Is there any way I can accept that? I guess you really didn’t make that offer thinking you would do what you wanted.
I stared at Cedric with eyes full of such meaning. Then Cedric nodded his head as if he knew that would happen.
“If you don’t like it, there’s nothing you can do. Instead, I have no choice but to kill that little Siaster.”
“what?”
Cedric’s gaze turned to the side. This was where Vanilla had collapsed.
Jump up! I got up from my seat and blocked his gaze with my body.
“What’s wrong, Celia? “That little Siaster is not that important to you.”
Cedric smiled slightly in amusement and slowly stood up from his seat. I spread my hand wide and blocked his path.
“you… … . Are you really a human horse? “How can you say something like that to a child?”
“Then you can give up your life instead. “Celia.”
Cedric took a step closer and whispered in my ear. The pinna of my ear where his breath touched it felt very terrible.
“is not it?”
“… … .”
This guy is really making such a request. Goosebumps appeared on the back of my head. His face frowned and he took another step away from him.
Then Cedric came closer as I walked away. In his hand, he had been holding the dagger from before.
When he raised his hand, the blade was immediately thrust into the back of his neck.
This scene somehow feels familiar.
“Celia, take the dagger in your hand. “If you don’t, I’m going to throw this at that little Siaster.”
Cedric whispered darkly. I saw dark red energy condensing on his other hand. It was so condensed that it seemed as if it would shoot towards Vanilla at any moment, and it had such a thick flesh that it made my skin tremble just looking at it.
It was terrifying to even imagine what would happen if it touched delicate skin.
“… … okay. Because I understand. “Don’t touch the vanilla.”
As I handed over the dagger, I ended up holding the knife to my own throat.
Joy flashed across Cedric’s face.
“Good boy, Celia. yes. “My friend Celia has a soft and kind heart, and she is infinitely generous to those who are weaker than her.”
“… … .”
“Just like you did to me.”
Cedric chuckled, muttered, and held my hand. As he gradually increased his strength, the dangerous blade began to get closer to his neck.
‘shit… … .’
How do I do this? I need to catch Cedric off guard and get through this moment. His mind began to spin rapidly.
To be honest, having a knife held to my throat wasn’t that scary. This body is somehow ting! It felt like I was going to throw it away.
… … Of course, in addition, the sense of responsibility that I now have as the guardian of two children helped to eliminate my fear. Being scared didn’t help anything here. Rather, it only became a hindrance.
‘Let the blade dig a little deeper into the neck, so that Cedric is caught off guard… … .’
Since he had enough strength to pull off an adult male, I thought this method would be fine. Although it is a slightly dangerous method that requires a bit of blood.
This was the only method that came to mind in a short period of time.
Give the flesh and take the bones!
I bit down on my molars and craned my neck further.
Sigh.
You can feel the knife cutting into your skin along with a bloody sound. This was followed by the feeling of blood flowing down the back of my neck.
And right then.
“mind… … mama… … !”
The child called me with an incorrect pronunciation, as if he was babbling.
“Axion?”
I was startled and turned my head towards the cradle. Because of that, I didn’t even notice that the dagger was scratching my neck even more. Click. Additionally, the string of the necklace got caught and the necklace that was hidden under the clothes popped out.
At that moment, I could see Cedric’s face crumpling. There was astonishment in his eyes.
“necklace… … This necklace… … !”
necklace? The necklace wasn’t even on my mind right now. What was really surprising was that Axion had grown up in the cradle in this short period of time.
“Ma, ma!”
At the same time as Axion desperately reached out for me, the child’s body began to overflow with purple energy. And in an instant, he shot out towards me and Cedric.
As I opened my eyes wide in surprise, the purple energy hit my body directly. Intense light also emanated from the necklace she was wearing.
“Ugh!”
The moment Cedric faced the light directly and took a step back, I quickly pushed him away and ran towards Axion and Vanilla.
“no way… … No way… … .”
I could hear Cedric muttering in vain from behind, but I didn’t have the presence of mind to pay attention to it. We had to save the children now. It was with that thought in mind that I held Vanilla and Axion in my two hands.
“uh… … ?”
I noticed a change in my body.
His height became a little lower, and the color of the arm he was holding as if he was snatching Axion had changed slightly.
* * *
“What is it, you guy?”
“Why me?”
Dazar absorbed the fireball fired by Elston into the barrier, scattered it in the air, and then fired his sword at him.
I saw Elston get scared and quickly run away.
‘… … ‘This guy’s magic power is gradually decreasing.’
The point was that Elston was not concentrating at this moment. And that’s good news for him.
It hadn’t been that long since the confrontation with him, but it felt like an incredibly long time to Dazar.
In the meantime, Celia will be facing that crazy chancellor alone.
Dazar chewed his lip.
‘Nothing special should happen.’
I put a lot of effort into my eyes and stared at Elston intently, trying to find his weak spot. also. Again. Elston glanced upward before attacking Dazar.
As if he was very concerned about the situation on top of the tower.
Dazar easily blew away Elston’s magic and quickly snuggled into his arms. Dazar, running at lightning speed, summoned his sword in an instant and swung it strongly sideways.
Kwaang-!
A roar so loud that you couldn’t believe it was coming from a sword resonated in your eardrums.
“Ugh!”
Elston belatedly put up a barrier, but was hit precisely at the opening and his body fell helplessly to the floor.
Red blood immediately started gushing out of the side.
“Look at this. There’s no way a guy named Mage Tower could only be like this. “Don’t you actually want me to get up there quickly?”
Dazar growled as he plunged the tip of his sword into Elston’s barrier. Elston stared at him with a slightly bored expression.
I can’t believe the magic tower owner, who is in league with the Prime Minister, is thinking of sending me up.
It was a very strange sound, but seeing how he dealt with me so far, it was enough to make me think that way.
Did the magic tower owner give me the magic tower for no reason? He was a man with strength strong enough to rival most transcendental beings. But the magic that has been thrown at me so far has been nothing but small pieces.
“I don’t know the circumstances, but you. “They come back and won’t leave me alone.”
Dazar muttered while sticking his sword into Elston’s barrier.
“Gyeol(結).”
Then, Dazar’s barrier began to glow white and surround the barrier. Elston, who should have made an effort to escape, just sat still. As if he had been waiting for this moment to come.
Dazar frowned and quickly kicked the floor. And right then.
A feeling like I was going to break hit my head.
“Ugh… … !”
Dazar’s knees buckled in terrible pain, and his new form stumbled. Dazaar, who had barely recovered his energy from falling to the floor, groaned with his face crumpled.
“damn. This… … what?”
Memories that I had forgotten until now were surfacing explosively in my head, as if someone had crammed them into them forcibly.
“… … oh my god.”
In those confusing memories, someone’s voice passes by. Dazar looked blank, then headed to the top of the tower as fast as he could muster.
Although it was clearly a vivid memory, he couldn’t quite believe what had passed through his mind.
He just recalled all his memories of ‘her’. The last words left by ‘her’.
‘See you again, Dazar. Next time, in the form of Celia. I’ll expect you to shake and rattle then.’
