A monster falling, splattering blood in front of her. The disgusting blood covering her face. And the corpse that showed only white eyes when its eyes rolled back.

‘Usually, when a monster dies, it turns into monster stone without leaving a body. However, a monster with excessive strength seems to remain as a corpse because its power is too strong to be refined into a monster stone. That’s the speculation.’

Encountering a monster for the first time, dealing with it again, and to top it off, facing a chillingly cold corpse—it had become a damn day.

She recalled the time when Cloe, who had never seen someone get hurt or die, volunteered as a nurse and went to the battlefield. It was a similar shock.

Cloe involuntarily tightened her grip on the teacup. Come to think of it, the chief physician had strongly warned her not to exert too much force for a while, but she had completely forgotten due to unnecessary memories.
The moment she stuck the gauze on her palm, it tingled. When she removed her palm in surprise, she saw a red bloodstain inside the gauze. It seemed like the wound had reopened.

It happened right after Cloe shot an arrow, brushing against the palm that was holding the bowstring.

‘Why on earth?’

It was definitely not a mistake a beginner would make.

She had practiced the posture of shooting a bow many times. All those who taught Cloe acknowledged her posture as perfect.

Even if she was in a hurry, it was incomprehensible that she made such a big mistake of supporting her palm with the bowstring.

‘I didn’t even give the monster a significant blow.’

Additionally, she couldn’t understand the power of the arrow she shot. Cloe, who had just started training, pierced the head of a monster with a bow?

No matter how much she tried to favor herself, this was also an incomprehensible, highly unrealistic event.

In the feeling of finally breaking free from the constraints of consciousness, Cloe inevitably recalled the moment.

Gripping the arrow she had been holding, pulling the bowstring, and running forward like the arrow had just been shot…

“Cloe!”

Kallice in front of her seemed to be calling her. However, with a slightly more puzzled look, as if asking why she was still alive.

The recent shout was quite different from Kallice’s. It felt like concern for Cloe.

Come to think of it, there weren’t many people here who would confidently call Cloe by her name.

She stared blankly ahead. Gradually, a new figure entered her fixed gaze.

The face of the man walking in step by step became closer. He was either hers or the man who loved her.

“…Kun?”

Cloe, who had not grasped the situation, muttered stupidly.

Soon, a large figure spread over her face. Kun, who had run quickly, was hugging her.

“I thought something happened to you.”

His low and thick voice was quickly lodged in her ears. The body that embraced her occasionally swayed, conveying a heavy vibration.

“Thank goodness. Nothing happened to you, but…”

The man’s voice, which had been steadily continuing, suddenly blurred and then abruptly stopped.

With a subtle change, Cloe looked up. Kun’s pale face quickly fell lifeless in her arms.

“Kun!”

“Your Highness!”

“Yes, it seems like the leader of the group that invaded our kingdom.”

The priest nodded as he looked at the corpse of the monster.

“But this guy was only active in my territory stealthily, and suddenly invading the mansion…”

The priest added another word as if it were unexpected.

Cedric, who swept the priest and the monster with a dry gaze, shrugged his shoulders.

“We got lucky. Thanks to that guy bothering the village and the kingdom, we got rid of him, right?”
“Yes, that’s right. In fact, it was said that the origin of this guy has not been revealed yet, so His Majesty the King was very worried. But now that it’s resolved so quickly, it’s a great relief.”

The priest, expressing gratitude with his head bowed, soon straightened his bent waist. His gaze turned to another man. Kallice was standing behind the two, straight as a rod.

“Oh, come to think of it, I remember Duke Arhen brought the corpse of the monster…”

The priest glanced at the direction where the monster was. The knight who visited the temple in the early morning was with the corpse of the monster.

Cedric, asking for additional explanation, said that there were only two people who stayed at the mansion during the incident. One of them was said to be the lover of the Emperor of the Friede Empire…

“Did the Duke take care of that monster?”

It was undoubtedly Duke Arhen who defeated the monster.

The priest, who thought so, asked Kallice for confirmation.