Chapter 80: Sealing Runic Card (2/2)
Before she could say anything, a big hand seized by the throat and pushed her against the wall. She felt the cold edge of the dagger on her neck before she could even let out a whimper. Her eyes shook as she looked at Arthur whose face was cold.
”It was your fault for following me.” His eyes radiated dangerous light as he pushed the dagger against her skin. Her skin broke apart as droplets of tears slid on the dagger's surface.
”P…lease…” Her voice was weak as she tried to speak while being chocked. Arthur's perception picked out the slight change of mana as he felt like he was holding an electrizing high-voltage wire. It was then that he remembered her ability forcing him to let go before she used it.
Without another word, Arthur slashed at her. He was stronger than her and he also had many artifacts strengthening him. Even if she had a stronger ability, she would still die.
”Wait!” Amelia shouted urgently while rolling to the side. Arthur continued his slashing but Amelia blocked it with a wrist-protector.
”Just hear me out! You don't need to kill me!”
Arthur paused his attacks at those words as he hesitated. He looked at her in the eyes in a way that told her to continue.
”I have Sealing Runic Card!” She shouted and Arthur looked at her, flummoxed, making Amelia obliged to explain further. ”It works to silence anyone from revealing information. If he did, all of the relevant memories would be erased. It's mainly used in the army.”
”Why do you have such a thing?”
”Because…” Amelia's face flushed slightly, making Arthur irritated for some reason. ”I wanted to ask you how you got stronger with this…”
”Then… how do you specify what information is sealed?”
”You would activate the card and use it on me. The information specified would be according to your will. If I ever try to reveal information about you, all of my memories about you would be lost.” Amelia said as she extended the card. Even though the runes were too complex for Arthur's current ability, he could still feel their general function.
He sheathed his dagger and took the card. He looked at it suspiciously and then eyed Amelia.
”You're weirdly cooperative.”
”I know that I can't beat you if we fought. Plus… I still wish you'd help me get stronger.” Amelia's head lowered when she said this. She fidgeted in her place making Arthur simply sigh.
”Okay,” Arthur activated the card. ”If you ever manage to betray me,” He placed the runic card as he chose the sealed information to be himself. ”I'll hunt you down and kill you.” Amelia's body trembled as the runes dissolved into her brain.
She screamed in agony, but Arthur knew the illusion was soundproof. After a few moments, Amelia stopped screaming and started taking deep breaths.
”This never gets easy.”
”What do you mean?”
”Nothing, will you help me?”
”Hm, we'll see.” Arthur smiled mischievously. He then rampaged through his back and took out his phone. After checking the time, he found out that it has been a day since he collapsed.
”We need to find a way to escape.”
”Shouldn't they be gone by now?”
”You think the royal family would be 'oh too bad we couldn't find them, time to go home'?”
”No need for mockery.”
”No need for stupidity.”
The two glared at each other before turning away from each other angrily. Arthur took out some food that he had saved in his bag and started eating while pondering their issue.
Amelia took out a lunchbox from somewhere and started eating as well. Arthur looked at her with an impressed stare as he realized she had a storage artifact.
”I didn't know you were so rich.”
”It's a memento, I'm not rich.”
”It's rich to have a memento like that.”
Amelia ignored him and started eating. Arthur also went back to eating his food and the two spent an hour trying to find a way out of their situation.