Chapter 221 - The Kings Medicine (2/2)

Reiji kept drinking her blood, more and more. ”No...” She said.

He pulled back and looked at her. ”Shut up and stand still.”

Lyn, however, shook her head and pulled out her knife from her pocket, instead of raising it towards him, she raised it to her neck. A dangerous and menacing look appeared in her eyes.

Reiji seemed surprised, ”Are you stupid?”

”Touch me again, and you'll find out whether or not I am.”

The blonde nodded, ”You asked me why I gave you the knife. I gave it to you so you can stab me with it, should I want you to,” Reiji whispered into her ear.

Shu whistles, ”How bold Reiji, just tell her that you like her.”

”Eh? Um?”

”Murderer is a way demons use to tell that they love each other.”

Lyn gasped. ”But I couldn't possibly-” rather if it really holds such a meaning, she can't do it. Even though she just used the knife to threaten her own life, using it against another person>

”Then if you can't, just end your life.”

'What is with this man?' Lyn thought. She understands that perhaps they are the same kind, and that is why he is treating her like trash. But, she is not the type of person who would just sit aside and let people treat her like trash for no reason whatsoever.

Still, he has that look in his eyes. Ah, what sorrowful blood l.u.s.t.

….

The King's condition was far worse than she thought. He was bedridden and kept wincing in pain. The box her mentor asked her to deliver consisted of several medical potions. Lyn noticed that all of them had been specially brewed. There was even an elixir in the mix. ”Say this box is the 1000 healing treasure?”

”Yeah,” Shu nodded, ”It's rare, and due to our situation here, we couldn't ask anybody to retrieve it.”

”Um, retrieving it requires somebody high level with magic..”

”Right, that's why we established contact with Prince Ralph. Even then, it took him three years to get rid of the barrier surrounding the place. So yeah, anybody we sent would have been crushed to dust.”

So that's why. Mentor is a busy person. But wait if he's so busy, does he really have the time to slack off? Her gaze darted towards the King, ”I apologize again, your highness for arriving late.”

”Do not mind….it,” he coughed, ”I'm grateful that you helped my people out. For the past few years, things have gotten out of hand. But I could only watch as things fell apart in front of me. I couldn't do anything to change it.”

A King with power, and yet even he could do nothing to ease the suffering of his people. What a sad tale, ”Um about Princess Eva…”

”My sister holds a grudge against me for taking the throne despite my poor health. After the death of our eldest brother, however, there was nobody else who could take his place.”

So the Snow Kingdom doesn't take Queens as leaders? How surprising, or maybe it isn't? Many still don't believe that females should rule — many who look down on female rulers.

A person with frail health, and yet still has the shoulder the burdens behind his title. Initially, Lyn thought that if she saw this man again, she wanted to complain about what Reiji did to her in the corridor and his knight's misconduct. She wanted to complain about the suffering of his people.

But now? How could she possibly vent out these feelings now? It would be easy if she could blame their King for everything.

Unknowingly tears started to fall from her eyes. The King weakly sat up and reached over. His small hands patted her hair.