For a moment, he met Clerivanâs eyes, but the cold green eyes only contained Tia again.
Fortunately, not long after, Estira rushed into the room.
âLa, Lady FlorentiaâŚ!â
She was surprised by Tiaâs unconscious appearance.
Estira immediately began to grasp Tiaâs condition.
And she found a scar on her black discolored finger.
âI think itâs because of thisâŚâ
Then the knight who was standing back handed over the dagger.
âBefore fainting, the Lady spoke of poison.â
ââŚPoison?â
Gallahan, who remained silent, responded for the first time.
Clerivan and Bate are also a few steps closer.
Estira, who received the dagger with a careful face, opened her visit bag and tried this and that before saying.
âIt looks like itâs poisoned by a Titi Spider.â
âIsnât that poisonous?â
Bate asked in a trembling voice.
âYes, but fortunately we have the antidote.â
âAre you saying it can be cured?â
âYes. Sheâll have a hard time for a while, but sheâll be fine.â
Gallahan staggered slightly at Estiraâs answer.
He was relieved a little by saying that Tia could get better.
âMaybe the Prince was poisoned by the same poison, so Iâll go and get the antidote.â
Estira, who said so, ran back in, just like she did when she came in.
âTiaâŚâ
Gallahan, who was far from the bed as if he were afraid to get close, crept up to his daughter.
Then he reached out his trembling hand and wiped Tiaâs forehead still.
In front of the grieving scene, all those who remained in the room had no choice but to remain silent.
* * *
Scratch.
The pants worn by the Lord of Sussew were roughly torn.
Then red blood was flowing out of the cracks revealed.
Perhaps the Second Princeâs sword cut the bone, and the pain that was different from the normal stab wounds tormented him.
But Chanton Sussew poured strong alcohol over it because it was a secret wound that even doctors shouldnât know about.
âOuch!â
A series of painful groans flowed in the burning heat of the flesh.
Chanton Sussew poured the alcohol into his mouth as well.
A knight who did not know how to protect his body with aura would have had his leg cut off.
A masked assassin approached him, as he was wiping the liquor flowing down his mouth with his sleeve.
âWhy didnât you kill him?â
It was a muddy voice that seemed to scratch the iron.
Chanton Sussew ignored him and took out a bandage and wrapped it around his thigh.
Then the feisty assassin took a step closer and sarcastic.
âThere must have been a gap. Are you scared to kill the Prince, or are you afraid of losing your sense of the sword so much that you canât even see the gapâŚâ
But the assassin couldnât finish his speech.
Swoosh.
It was because the tip of the sword covered in blue aura was placed in front of his Adamâs apple.
âYou.â
Chanton Sussew stared at the assassin.
âWhy did you use poison?â
With the cool eyes seen through his messy hair flowing down, The assassin felt a sense of killing enough to injure his skin.
âDid you say there was a gap?â
Chanton Sussew poured alcohol into his mouth once again and asked in a harsh voice.
âTell me, when did I get a chance?â
âO, obviously when the Prince tried to protect the girlâŚâ
âHa.â
The Lord of Sussew laughed in vain.
At the same time, nervously sweeping his bangs, the red blood on his hands messed up his face all over.
âIf I had pushed the sword in the meantime, my hand would have blown away.â
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Chanton said, growling, staring at the assassin again.
âYou donât have a clue how far the Second Prince has come, do you?â
It wasnât just the thighs that were cut by his auras that ended up messing around with him.
âIâm still sore with my bones.â
Chanton Sussew muttered, as he clasped and opened his right hand, which had hit the sword several times with the Second Prince.
Then he said, putting his bandage tight again.
âTell the Empress. I, Chanton Sussew, kept my promise.â
That damn promise.
Chanton gritted his teeth.
Empress Rabini was an oddly tactful woman.
Thatâs why heâs like this now.
The mask, which had cowardly covered his face, was lying on the floor.
As he looked at it, he suppressed the swearing that was rising again, and Chanton Sussew swallowed the alcohol.
âThe Empressâs order was to kill the Second Prince, so itâs the failureâŚâ
Whoosh.
A sudden wind blew hard as if to peel off the assassinâs mask.
It wasnât the wind.
There was no way such a strong wind could blow inside the closed room.
It was an explosive attack on the assassin by the Lord of Sussewâs mana.
An overwhelming sense of mana had shattered the killerâs sternum.
âGet out before I kill you.â
Chanton Sussew said, breathing out his life.
The assassin eventually stumbled away.
Seeing that disgusting back, Chanton Sussew collected his mana.
âWhoa.â
There was a heavy sigh.
And when he suddenly looked up, he saw himself in the mirror in the corner of the bedroom.
Crack-!
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The sword of the Lord of Sussew flew into the mirror and was stuck.
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Thanks to the strength, the blood flowed down the bandage again.
Chanton Sussew sat in a dark room staring at himself in a broken mirror for a while.
* * *
Inside the quiet bedroom.
âGasp!â
âGasp!â
Perez, who was lying dead, took a deep breath and opened his eyes.
The ceiling was engraved with the world tree, the symbol of Lombardy.
Realizing that the place where he was lying was Lombardyâs mansion, Perez lifted himself up.
âUgh!â
Pain bursts as if being cut by a sword again, but that couldnât stop Perez.
There was the only one in his head.
âTiaâŚ!â
Thud.
Perezâs body rolled out of bed while moving without getting up properly.
He couldnât even control his body at will.
But Perez continued to move.
Even though he crawled on all fours like an animal, he had to find Tia.
âYo, Your Highness!â
Then the door opened and a young man came running surprised to find Perez crawling on the floor.
It was the doctor or a person who smelled of herbs.
âYou canât move yet! If the wound opens again, ah!â
Red blood was already seeping out between the bandages as if the wound on the back had barely been sealed had opened again.
âWhereâs TiaâŚ?â
Perez squeezed in and asked.
âMy lady is in the next room⌠Your Highness, donât do this and lie down again⌠Ugh!â
Ollier, Estiraâs disciple and colleagues, stopped talking under the strong grip of his collar.
âGuide me⌠Guide me to where Tia is.â
At the desperate look, Ollier sighed softly.
âLean on me.â
Ollier said, supporting Perez.
âIt must be hard because I havenât given you painkillers yetâŚâ
As evidence, Perezâs whole body was soaked in a cold sweat.
But Perez gritted his teeth and only moved to the next room that Ollier said.
Click.
Finally, the door opened and Perez found Tia lying in bed.
A strong pain that could not be compared to a stab wound in his back of the moment constrained his heart.
ââŚTia.â
She didnât answer.
Only her chest, which went up and down small with her breath, comforted Perez.
âA small wound brought in poison, but no other trauma.â
Worried that Perez might faint again, Ollier quickly explained.
Stumble, Perez managed to get to the side of the bed and plop down into a chair.
The bandage on his back, which was already full of scars, was all dyed red.
He looked so tired and sick that there was no sign that he was the Imperial Prince.
âDonât worry⌠Sheâll wake up soon.â
Even at Ollierâs words, Perez couldnât take his gaze away from Tia.
There is no such aspect that has always been full of vitality.
Tiaâs body, trembling in fear on the running horse, was still clear.
âIâm sorry.â
Perez said with his head down.
His trembling fingertips barely touched Tiaâs skin.
âIâm sorry, Tia.â
Tes!
Tears fell from Perezâs eyes with a small noise.
âIâm sorry to get you involved.â
In this mess.
In this hellish road, where the Empress and he, one of the two, must die.