I heard several generals shout in fear.
Indeed.
But why were these Ssangtoos, pagans from the north bordering Delphast, here? They were in foreign territory, not their own.
I instinctively grasped my sword.
“Bran, Ssangtoos here?”
“Seems so. I’ve never seen them this far. This isn’t their territory?!”
Bran clenched his teeth, surprised.
Suddenly, I wondered.
‘Did they set the forest fire?’
Fire is a human act. They were foreign invaders in this strange land.
Could it be?
But if they had indeed set the fire to stir the beasts…
I stepped in front of Bran and slowly walked forward.
‘I’ll kill anyone who attacks.’
I heard everyone unsheathing their swords behind me.
“Damn it.”
Bran cursed as three Ssangtoos knights on red horses charged at us, swords raised.
‘Why are they attacking so directly? Are they attacking?’
Despite the peculiarity, I also raised my sword.
Their momentum was undoubtedly aggressive.
‘But why only three out of ten?’
As they approached, my vision blurred, and I felt a cold sweat. My hands and feet trembled uncontrollably.
My heart pounded painfully.
‘Why now, Esdel? You easily killed the beasts.’
But these were humans, not beasts.
My body remembered the sensation of cutting through people in my past life.
‘Three is no problem. Just cut them down… but why?’
At that moment, I asked myself,
Again, ready to kill a person?
‘!’
I stared at the approaching foes through my hazy vision.
There, coming towards me, were ‘people.’
‘Can you do it, Esdel? Kill a person?’
“If necessary, I will.”
I clenched my teeth and spoke.
I may no longer be an assassin, but as a knight, I must fight and kill enemies. The injured Duke was behind me.
The Duke’s voice urged me to stop, but I pressed forward.
But then, the attackers turned and fled.
‘?’
“Esdel! Come back!”
Sion Bellphast shook off the support of the generals and ran towards Esdel.
He had a bad feeling. This wasn’t a real attack. The Ssangtoos were staging something strange.
“Esdel!”
But she, with a firm resolve, advanced quickly towards the enemy.
At that moment.
Right before Esdel, the three enemies turned back.
“Esdel! Stop!”
She looked back at him.
Then, suddenly.
Swoosh!
A long arrow, shot with frightening speed, pierced Esdel’s body.
It all happened in the blink of an eye.
As soon as they shot the arrow, the Ssangtoos retreated swiftly.
The generals shielded Sion with all their might.
“Don’t go, Your Highness! It’s a trap!”
“Esdel!”
Sion called her name frantically.
“Don’t go, Your Highness!”
Mobius blocked him with his body.
Stunned and motionless, Esdel looked at the arrow in her body, then turned to him.
Thud.
Her knees buckled.
“Esdel!”
Sion pushed Mobius aside and shook off the generals trying to stop him.
At this moment, Sion Bellphast was not the Empire’s shield.
He was just a desperate man.
Unaware of his reopened shoulder wound, Sion knelt before Esdel and caught her as she fell.
“Esdel!”
Instead of responding, she looked at him one more time before her small face tilted lifelessly downwards.
Blood gushed from her abdomen and mouth.
Her eyes opened and looked at him, slowly losing their light.
“Ah!”
Sion screamed.
He tore the bunch of herbs off his shoulder to cover Esdel’s wound.
“Hold on, Esdel, just a bit longer. Keep your eyes open!”
“······Your······Highness.”
Was she calling him?
But the blood that came with her voice choked her.
“Don’t talk. I’m here. You won’t die.”
Sion cried out desperately.
“Listen to me! My words!”
His black horse rushed to him.
Sion lifted Esdel onto the horse. There was no time for caution in this critical state.
He held the reins with one hand, pressing on her abdomen with the other, and galloped madly towards the barrier.
“Just hold on, Esdel.”
He continuously called her name, trying to keep her conscious.
But something strange was happening.
Her fading face and body were bizarre.
Outside the mask, her face distorted like the face inside a mask, returning to normal only to distort again.
Her body trembled like a branch thrown into a storm.
A strange sight Sion Bellphast had never seen in his life. He clenched his teeth.
“You have to live. If you die, I die too.”
As he galloped, Sion spoke to her possibly departing soul.
“Don’t go, stay, live. If you can hear me, come back,” he pleaded.
He didn’t know.
The arrow that hit Esdel, a Sword Master, was no ordinary arrow.
It was tipped with poison.
The same poison that Medea used to kill Esdel in her previous life.
When scheming men desperately battle for her favor in the male harem
This one’s also on my reread list! The rivalry, scheming between the men in the imperial harem are just as intense and thrilling as in classic palace drama novels, where concubines fight to the death. Give it a read, girls! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Synopsis:
“I am not worthy of her… but I still want to be by her side, even if only as a loyal dog…”
Those were the painful whispers of Yue Guanyi – the proud Crown Prince of the Great Qi, who was torn between deep love and a guilty conscience. Despite holding the supreme power of the Imperial Guard, he still could not forget the dark past when he was sold into a brothel.
Fate played a cruel twist when Qiu Shuzhi – a young female official who had just passed the imperial examinations with top honors – stepped into his life. She did not know that she was the one who had saved him from a tragic fate many years ago. And now, her heart was the target of pursuit for both Yue Guanyi and the powerful Empress Dowager Qin Qing.
While Yue Guanyi only dared to silently care for and protect the one he loved from afar, the Empress Dowager Qin Qing openly expressed his feelings and did not hesitate to take advantage of his power to approach Qiu Shuzhi. The covert struggle between the two most powerful forces in the imperial court began…
Trigger warning: All men in this novel are yandere style.
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