I Received The Holy Sword By Dawn Delivery (4 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 6
“Giselle?”
“Huh… Sorry, Lucena. Your touch was just so gentle.”
Giselle took out a handkerchief, but instead of using it to wipe her tears, she placed it in Lucena’s hand.
Did she want me to wipe them for her myself?
Thinking of her as a heroine with a surprisingly stubborn streak—or perhaps a hidden antagonist—Lucena gently wiped the rest of Giselle’s tears away.
Giselle accepted Lucena’s touch with a satisfied expression and then spoke.
“What were you about to ask me earlier, Lucena?”
“Oh, it just seemed odd that a mere Head Maid would lock up a noble like you down here.”
Wait, is she rubbing her face too hard against my palm? Lucena subtly pulled her hand away.
Giselle watched Lucena’s retreating hand with a hint of regret before answering.
“This isn’t imprisonment… it’s discipline.”
“Do your parents know about this?”
“You really have forgotten everything, Lucena.”
“…Huh?”
“Both of them passed away long ago, and since then, dear brother Perta’s been unwell, so our uncle has been acting as temporary head of the household. That’s why our family has declined like this.”
“Oh… I’m sorry. I didn’t remember.”
“It’s all right. It’s you, after all.”
Only then did Lucena understand the Head Maid’s arrogant demeanor and Giselle’s helpless position, constantly belittled by the servants.
The mansion’s shabby state and the staff’s rudeness must all stem from the Golden Earldom’s faded influence and dwindling wealth.
‘So when Giselle gave me Mother’s keepsake… it must have been because she had no money left to spare.’
Giselle explained that Lucena had been adopted into the earldom eight years ago, and shortly after, the count and countess died in an accident.
After their deaths, for some unknown reason, Lucena left the mansion to live separately and voluntarily entered the officers’ academy in place of the ailing Perta.
Hearing this, a sudden doubt sprang to mind.
‘Surely… I didn’t kill the count and countess, did I?’
The horrifying thought struck her—could she herself be the hidden villain who murdered the heroine’s parents and ruined the family?
‘Ugh, why am I getting so anxious?’
Her palms grew clammy with cold sweat. Lucena wiped them hastily on her trousers.
‘Anyway, escape comes first.’
Lucena pulled out the necklace hidden beneath her clothes.
Just as taught in the tutorial, she gripped the pendant in one hand, and instantly it glowed, causing a silver sword hilt to rise from its center.
As she pulled it outward, a long blade slid smoothly out from the tiny pendant.
It looked just like pulling a sword straight from one’s heart.
Whoa, this is insane! It’s like magic!
Giselle’s eyes widened as she stared alternately between Lucena and the Holy Sword.
“What—what is that, Lucena?”
“My secret weapon.”
She delivered the line with flair and even threw in a wink, though inwardly she was just as amazed.
Lucena took the sword in both hands and assumed a stance.
Though she’d only learned basic swordsmanship at the academy, her body instinctively fell into position.
Then she swung the blade toward the bars…
Clang!
The thick, sturdy bars sliced apart as easily as tofu.
‘I just swung it casually, and it cut through iron bars like they were nothing?’
So that’s what they meant by “attending the officers’ academy”—she clearly had some strength.
“Lucena, you’re amazing!”
Giselle clasped her hands together in awe, eyes wide.
‘Yeah… I really am amazing.’
Lucena glanced down at the sword in her hand, then carved her name into the stone wall as if signing it.
The clean, elegant strokes proved just how sharp the blade was.
Good girl. Patting the Holy Sword like a loyal puppy, Lucena asked once more about their escape route.
‘High Vizbi, I think you’ve verified my conscience by now.’
『Yes, Master. The lock has been released.』
‘Tell me how to escape from here.’
『To calculate the optimal path, please remove that unpleasant hand first.』
‘Unpleasant hand?’
Could it mean… this? Lucena awkwardly lowered the hand that had been stroking the blade.
Immediately, as if waiting for this moment, a holographic map appeared before her eyes. Damn this smug Holy Sword.
The map was as clear as a navigation system—though oddly, the “optimal path” wasn’t the shortest route.
‘Should I just trust it and go?’
Perhaps it led to treasure chests or other rewards spotted along the way.
Lucena urged Giselle, who was still crouched inside the cell.
“Let’s go quickly, Giselle.”
“But Lucena… the Head Maid hasn’t given permission for me to leave. What if it’s not safe?”
Just moments ago, Giselle’s eyes had sparkled with excitement, but now she shrank back as if gripped by some deep fear.
“Are you more afraid of the Head Maid than this cell, Giselle?”
“I—I just…”
“What if I stay with you?”
“But Lucena… you’ll leave again for the academy, won’t you?”
You’ll leave again. Of course you will—you’ll leave me behind.
Giselle muttered the last words like someone utterly consumed by the loneliness of being abandoned.
Her pale face wasn’t just fearful—it was weighed down by despair.
‘Does she have trauma?’
Lucena understood perfectly.
If Giselle truly was a heroine candidate—or perhaps even the hidden villain—she’d surely carry some heartbreaking backstory.
A few light, consoling phrases hovered on Lucena’s tongue.
But strangely, she didn’t want to offer empty words.
“Then I just won’t go. Who cares about that stupid officers’ academy.”
It was an impulsive decision, yet surprisingly, she felt not a trace of regret.
Trapped by her own chosen prison, Giselle reminded Lucena of herself—wandering alone like a stranger in the orphanage.
“W—What did you say, Lucena?”
“I’ll stay by your side. I won’t abandon you.”
〈I’ll be with you, Ha Yoon. I won’t leave you behind. So don’t worry—let’s go out together, okay?〉
Remembering the words Sister Agnes had once spoken to her in her past life, Lucena continued:
“So trust me and come.”
There must be plenty of ways to earn money without an academy diploma. With a smart Holy Sword like this, surely something would turn up.
Giselle stared at Lucena’s hand for a long moment, then grabbed it tightly and burst into tears.
“Huh… huuuh…”
Like someone whose soul bore the deep scars of abandonment, Giselle clung desperately to Lucena’s hand, then slowly followed behind her.
This time, she wiped her own tears away.
Lucena followed the Holy Sword’s guidance.
Just as expected, various items lay openly scattered along the way. Giselle checked each one.
“This is the hidden ledger! It shows exactly how the Head Maid embezzled our family’s funds!”
“And this—this is a top-grade healing potion only obtainable from the Mage Tower! With this, brother’s condition might improve a little!”
Beaming with excitement, Giselle began stuffing the items into a large sack.
‘It’s practically spoon-feeding us the solution to this whole mess.’
No wonder the Holy Sword marked this as the optimal path.
Amidst this, Giselle also showed Lucena a dangerously ominous magic scroll.
Thick, black smoke curled eerily from the parchment.
“Look, Lucena! Even this sealed black magic scroll from the Demon War is here!”
“…It looks extremely dangerous already.”
“This is one of the Golden family’s heirlooms—only direct descendants knew of its existence.”
“Then… shouldn’t you keep it secret from me, Giselle?”
“You’re Lucena.”
“…Right. I’ll forget it on my own.”
Vowing to erase today’s discoveries from memory, Lucena headed toward the final location marked on the map.
Suddenly, she stopped and blocked Giselle’s path.
“Wait. Don’t come closer, Giselle.”
In the corner of the cell lay a badly decomposed corpse, left to rot.
Though it was her first time seeing a dead body, Lucena wasn’t particularly shocked.
‘Something’s off. Ever since I was adopted, the count and countess died—and now, looking at a corpse doesn’t even faze me.’
She wasn’t screaming in terror; instead, she remained unnervingly calm, as if she’d seen corpses many times before.
Surely I’m not a serial killer? That would be far worse than being a thief.
“Lu—Lucena… that’s the Elf Doctor who went missing last year. I’m certain—it’s the bracelet Father gave him on his wrist.”
Giselle covered her mouth with her hand, staring fixedly at the corpse’s arm.
“The earldom’s personal physician?”
Relieved she wasn’t a murderer, Lucena’s eyes widened.
So this body belonged to someone this body already knew—that’s why it felt familiar?
“Yes. Thanks to him, brother was healthy for a while… Why is he dead here?”
The answer wasn’t hard to guess. Lucena voiced the obvious conclusion.
“Someone must have killed him and hired a physician to deliberately worsen Master Perta’s health.”
“Good heavens—who would do such a thing!”
“…Me?”
The thought she’d kept to herself slipped out loud. Giselle blinked rapidly, then burst into laughter.
“Haha! You’re as absurd as ever! You were at the academy back then.”
“Phew… Thank goodness.”
Lucena breathed a genuine sigh of relief. Being reincarnated as an extra murderer sentenced to execution would’ve been horrifying.
“It’s boring though. There’s someone else I suspect, Lucena.”
“Who?”
“The Head Maid.”
Giselle took a deep breath and stepped forward.
Lucena had expected the delicate noblewoman to faint at the sight of a corpse, but instead, Giselle knelt down and examined the body closely.
Her expression was resolute.
“It’s my fault I couldn’t protect them, Lucena.”
“Huh?”
“The doctor, brother, even you… If only I’d been braver, I could’ve protected everyone.”
Hoo. Giselle exhaled once more and slowly stood up.
“Thank you for holding my hand earlier, Lucena. And for saying you’d stay by my side. I’ll never forget it.”
Then she gave Lucena a bright, warm smile.
“Let’s really escape this prison now.”
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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