Chapter 21 (1/2)

BAAAM!

KRASHHH!

Froon’s floor where I’d been discarded long ago and prolected, I quietly whispered, “No need to show off”

My entire body was an aching one numb under me, and withcaterpillar My current state ed to turn face up I sighed in relief

BOOM!!!

A fireball trailed across a sky now visible through the tossed up canopy

This was in no way, as aself

“No need to show off,” I said again, a dry laugh croaking out

The na Current position—the redom of Neyval, on a hboring Kingdom of Vint

Three days have passed since Niklas von Buelow attempted to kill Hilde Kra events, the royal palace was infiltrated by the eneon where I was unceremoniously dumped

I tried to escape using ic due to the lith was prevented fro his powers, it was over for him

I didn’t want to get hurt, so I obediently lay where I’d been tossed like a sack of potatoes, but it seey with a little toothe same

A little under an hour after we’d started to climb a steep mountain path, theto cutthe knife concealed in the sole of his shoe

Right in theaon

Abandoning me in my caterpillar state, Lutz moved himself into a more prepared stance for battle

His weapons were the sic stones in the other By the way, they’re stones imbued with power They weren’t very easy to use because they were only lih ability, and could only be used once before they broke and disappeared

The ic stones Lutz held had been created by our master, Lady Irene von Artmann, as a means for self-defense because his powers had been sealed

For that reason, Lutz was able to shoot fireballs—ic of an attribute his exact opposite—into the sky The problenaled the end for him

Inevitably, Lutz cale

He was violently tossed inside, a horrible sight to hold

I checked to see if he still any other weapons on hireat many bruises on the exposed upper half of his body His shoes had been taken, so he was now barefoot To top it off, he’d been tied up in circles with rope The finishi+ng blow ca choker

…a ed me to look away

He owned looks of unparalleled beauty, but it was also his misfortune I could only view hihened up by a bunch of perverts

“Lutz… I’ll tell the princess not to probe too deeply into the situation with your ass”

I tried lightly joking about it, but the eyes he turned my way looked like they could kill They promised to moderately beat me to a pulp, in sync with his irritation

“Before that happens, I’ll thrust an icicle into your ass”

I sighed without a drop of fear, and shrugged

“There’s no point in resisting, you’ll just get hurt Be obedient We can’t even use onna run away?”

“Shut up Don’t order me around”

Lutz abruptly turned his face away

Shaking my head in amazement, I faced the other way

A short while later, a single man climbed aboard

Until now, he hadn’t been riding alongside the wagon so that he could keep an eye on the pace of the wagon, but I knew I had to an eye on him

“Don’t cause tooat us

I knew him

‘Twas the Royal Knight, Niklas von Buelow The ainst his masters, the people he’d vowed to protect

It would be convenient if he came closer

“At any rate, you brats have no idea where you are It would bode better for you to make your masters happy and earn their favor,” he said with a sneer, not even trying to hide his contempt

“Ohh, I see… Pet dogs should act like pet dogs, and work hard to please their owners,” I said with a smile

Niklas snorted as he laughed

“Now here’s a good attitude!”

Well I could say things were looking favorable

Up to this point I’ve been following a script that had already been prepared beforehand

The attack on the palace, the abduction of us apprentices, even Lutz’s blunder—everything was going according to the scenario First Prince, Christof von Werfald, had planned Naturally, anyone untrustworthy had been excluded

Going back in tio

The night of the day Hilde Kramer had been attacked, ere led to a sation

Entering like ere getting locked up, we caes The First Prince, the Cohts, and our master, Lady Irene von Artmann

We gulped as the First Prince said to us, I ask for your cooperation

For a short ti that had been happening under the surface The King of Sckellz was scheuide his hts TheLutz lately had been the underling of this spy

In order to seal her mouth, he tried to kill the

At first, ere duether,us want to kick ourselves

We looked at each other,on his upside down lips He kept his hands in a fist with all his strength, shaking slightly

“Then…the princess had always protected us?” Lutz asked in a daze, and I re

The princess had been awfully interested in the matter between Lutz and the maid

If I believed talks of love was soe did because that hat they were interested in, then there had been no indication of enjoyment on the part of the princess If I had to put it into words, I re to see how Lutz would react

It was clear now the princess had been fearful Lutz held affection for the ainst him