Chapter 16 (1/2)

Chapter 16: The Ehter Chapter 16

He had siht came in and bent down on one knee, then his eyes looked as if he was looking at soave a closed-lipped suy?

I started to get scared for no reason

“My roolass and the sound of ice clinking could be heard

Clink Clink, only the soft refreshi+ng echo of ice hitting glass could be heard in the roouest”

Ah, I felt thirsty because of that noise Of course, it could also be because I cried too ently whine at my nanny

Water! Water!

I definitely felt evensound

“It was a guest I never invited”

As soon as Caitel finished speaking, his sight landed on the Captain The Captain’s body trerew even darker as he watched his response The thin, close-lipped smile on his face made it difficult for the receiver to even breath

His appearance seeloith beauty, but at that uy

If he weren’t ablack fire? His eyes, which always glowed red to the point it made his eye hurt, was now dark to the point that it almost looked pitch black It ht, this was ry

“I co of death This was all due to my own carelessness”

It’s scary When I said it’s scary, I meant it’s scary in a different way than earlier Before, it was scary because of the possibility that I would get killed, but now, the at in trouble in front of the principal’ kind of scary

I know I didn’t do anything bad, so why a er sniffled I did keep trying to rub my eyes because they were itchy, but each atte in dissatisfaction

My eyes were itchy!

For a , but it went by so fast no one else noticed He slaked his thirst with a sip of wine and put the glass on the table

Then he walked up slowly, so slowly it gave off a terrifying vibe that made everyone hold their breath as he stood in front of the knight Only when he was practically in front of the knight’s nose did he stop

“Four days”

An arrogant voice dropped from above

The Royal Guard’s Captain lowered his head even lower

“Find out who sent the assassin within those four days”

The terrifying sound of cold steel rang throughout the room Caitel had pulled out the Captain’s sword by his side and lifted it up The sword’s blade glea it almost blinded would blind me if I directly stared at it He lifted it up as if it was just a toy, then looked down at the Captain

The soft sound of slender coldaround reverberated in the roo to it because it sounded so sharp and thin

No I hated that sound

The good news… Only the sleeve of the guard was cut

The bad news… The slender and gleauard’s neck

“If you can’t find out who is behind this then consider yourself dead”

The thin cut on his pale neck started to turn into a blood-red line on the Captain’s neck The red line had aone think of the thick and rusty smell of the blood rain earlier The Captain lowered his head one more time

“Yes, your majesty”

Then he stood up and humbly received his sword back with both hands Then, Caitel seemed to have lost interest in the Captain and turned his whole body away, as if he no longer cared about whether he stayed in the room or leave Instead, he looked in my direction and started to co me in her arms Then he spread out his two arms without any hesitation

Hisher to placeembrace

Dad, we had never been close, so as he acting all friendly noanted to protest, but my throat was so sore I couldn’t make a sound Serira looked like she didn’t want to hand me over, but she did not want to be his opponent After all, it wasn’t like he was just any opponent, so she had to reluctantly hand ht

Poor pitiful Serira! It’s too much!

As soon as he received azed at him with swollen eyes His darkened eyes had already turned into his regular red gaze I could once again see my reflection clearly in those everyday reds

At that ?

“I will sleep with Ariadna for a while”

Oh… Excuse , so I just stared at him in a daze until I had to blink several times

Huh? What did he just said?

“Be prepared”

Did he just said ould sleep together!?

While I was at a complete loss of words due to a combination of shock and fear, Serira simply bowed her head