Again, the sound of a huge shock being applied was heard, followed by a rumble, the sound of the stone wall collapsing.
Elysia, Evelia, and Enril rose from their seats at the same time.
As Evelia and Enril opened their mouths in ignorance, Elysia, who had spent almost her lifetime on the battlefield, immediately drew her sword and summoned a spirit.
“Mom……?”
The mansion door opened harshly. One member of the Artina Knights rushed into the mansion, blocking a bleeding wound with his right hand.
“Ma…… Madam. Young lady. Hurry……!”
“What’s going on. Is it the remnant army of the kingdom.”
Interrupting, Elysia, who knew it wasn’t something like the kingdom remnants, asked out of a faint hope. The knight who collapsed on the spot had cruelly pinned Elysia to reality.
“It’s a demon, madam.”
“……How many.”
Despair was in the knight’s voice.
“……Two.”
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]Elysia tightly closed her eyes and took a deep breath.
Could a punitive force return in the near future? No, it’s only been two days since they left. They just arrived in the battlefield area and would have started their first battle.
Can we stop two demons with the people in the mansion? The ones left in the mansion are a few Artina Knights, me, and a young dragon. It’s impossible to deal with two, even if we could handle one.
Then, could we ask for help from the royal palace or Duke Cassis? With two demons pounding at the door, it’s going to be a massacre.
Elysia’s smart mind calculated more than a dozen possibilities, and chose the best one.
“Hadel, Vivian, Enril. Take Eve to the palace. Hurry.”
“Yes, madam.”
Hadel, who had been living under the same roof and was thought to be a mere servant, drew a dagger from his suit. The way his hand holding it in reverse seemed quite familiar with the dagger.
“Let’s go, young lady.”
Vivian was the same. Her always gentle smiling face was now cold, and she pulled out the hairpin from her hair. The middleaged woman with her hair flowing down like a waterfall quickly gathered it and pushed Evelia’s back toward the back door.
“I’m sorry, Sir Caron. You’ll have to stay here and buy us some time.”
“Of course, madam.”
If Evelia is to run away to the palace, everyone here needs to buy as much time as possible. A situation where one more knight or one more servant had to take up a sword.
All the servants and maids gathered in the reception room also held weapons. There was no awkwardness of someone unfamiliar with a weapon. There was no fear on their faces either.
This is Artina. The strongest martial arts of the empire.
There’s no one here who can’t protect themselves, or isn’t familiar with a weapon.
“Wait! I’m not going!”
Evelia firmly stood her ground and shouted loudly.
“You must go, young lady!”
If there are two demons, there’s no chance of victory. It’s just a matter of time, everyone here will be wiped out.
The sound of swords clashing outside the mansion was noticeably decreasing with each breath. As soon as the noise completely stops, the mansion’s exterior will be a massacre. The demons will then enter inside.
If something happens to the Lord and the young masters who have left, the only rightful successor of the Duke is this little princess. Knowing this, Hadel and Vivian desperately tried to take Evelia away.
Elysia coldly commanded while glancing back.
“Run, Eve. Now.”
“I’m not going!!”
“……I’m not going either.”
A bright magic circle sprang up beneath the feet of the young dragon. For a dragon, the cumbersome aura prison was unnecessary. Cold glacial magic swirled above the magic circle.
The young dragon that still didn’t know how to use its power properly. Even so, it wasn’t ignorant enough to disregard the kindness it had received.
“I want to join!”
“I beg your pardon, Miss.”
At last, Hadel embraced Evelia. Evelia struck the shoulder of her faithful butler.
“Let go! Hadel! Let go! If I escape here and survive, that’s!!”
The words she couldn’t finish turned into a thorn in her mouth, stabbing herself.
……There’s no way I can live.
Losing everyone in front of me – my mother, Enril, Caron, the knights – there’s no way I can live properly.
Elysia quickly kissed the forehead of the struggling Evelia.
“My baby. My daughter. I love you.”
“Mother!!”
“Go, Hadel.”
It was as if her words were a flare signal.
The sound of the single spear outside suddenly stopped.
The castle was silent.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
