12 Popcorn Part 3 (2/2)
”Wait, this voice... Where have I heard it before?”
Tes's brows twitched as he stood in front of his daughter.
He remembered hearing this voice very recently.
Where was it?
Where...
'...'
Tes's body froze like stone when he recalled.
The voice was identical to the one in mental message he had heard before the invasion began this afternoon.
”Oh, Father... He has a surprisingly soft side to him. How annoying.”
The footsteps came closer.
As the noise continued, a boy who had a bag full of 'white cotton' appeared in front of them.
”It's...you?!”
Orelly who was behind Tes pointed her finger with her eyes wide open when she found out who the boy was.
He was someone Orelly knew all too well.
”Why are you here?!”
It was Riley.
In all of Iphelleta's history, he was the most useless, the laziest and the most idle man there was, 'Lazy Sword. He was the third son of the House.
A boy who couldn't even manage to swing a wooden sword properly.
”Hmm...”
A handful of 'cotton balls' were left inside the bag.
Riley finished the remaining 'cotton balls' and replied after swallowing.
”...I wanted to see something interesting.”
”What...”
Orelly gave him an unbelieving look.
'Do you so desperately want to meet your end here?'
Orelly wanted to ask that, but the question could not come out of her mouth.
Tes took his dagger out, fully intent on killing the boy.
The same intent could be felt all around the area.
They were the assassins under Tes's command.
”I wanted to sort out my personal problem.”
Riley moved his hand as he continued.
Swish!
Riley chucked the bag behind him and stretched his neck left and right, his gaze increasing in intensity.
He warned them.
”You guys... I can forgive you guys since you didn't come here to piss me off. I'm letting you guys go this time for listening to my warning previously.”
The truth was Riley himself had killed some of the hooded men who were attempting to use him as a hostage, but that fact wasn't all that important.
”...It's annoying too.”
Riley opened and closed his fists as he continued.
”But...not Lady Orelly.”
He added that at the end; Lady Orelly couldn't go unpunished.
”Ah! Hold on, you're not Lady Orelly anymore.”
Riley quickly noted his mistake.
He believed it was poor manners to call her 'Lady' since she was banished today.
”What should I say. Hm...”
Even in this dire situation, Riley pondered and then asked in a relaxed tone, with a smile,
”Ms. Orelly?”
”...You!”
In a fit of rage, Orelly took Tes's spare dagger from his belt and threw it at Riley.
As if she had inherited her talent as an assassin from her father, the dagger went straight toward Riley's lips.
It was to split his cocky mouth in half.
”Yeah, I can't let Ms. Orelly go that easily.”
Riley continued as he dodged the dagger by tilting his head.
'H-How did he...?'
For that lazy child to dodge the dagger, and so effortlessly at that?
Orelly opened her mouth wide as she could not hide her surprise.
Meanwhile, despite being surrounded by assassins, Riley looked completely relaxed.
”You...need to pay dearly for hurting my mother. You can always come back for revenge too.”
Riley's voice suddenly sunk low.
The leisurely atmosphere around Riley changed, and cold winds began to swirl around.
Like sharp daggers, the winds cut deep.
”What...the...?”
Orelly and Tes stood still, unable to believe what they were seeing.
Suddenly, the boy was holding a single wooden sword in his right hand.
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