Chapter 68

In an instant, Sihael had my wrist in his grip. A warning bell rang loudly in my head.

‘This is bad! If it goes on like this…….’

Just before Sihael’s lips could touch the back of my hand, I quickly covered his mouth with my other hand.

“Your Highness!”

I tried to call him, but Sihael remained silent. As a last resort, I rammed into Sihael’s forehead, drawing his full attention to me.

“Don’t do this!”

“Oh, oh.”

Was it due to the shock? Thankfully, his hazily focused eyes had returned to their normal state. I pushed Sihael away and took a step back after confirming that he had returned to his senses.

Sihael covered his face with his hands and gulped nervously as he realised what was going on.

“Nanabi, I’ll have to go. Please handle the rest.”

“Why so suddenly…?”

“I think it would be dangerous to stay together any longer.”

“For you, Your Highness?”

“No.”

Sihael’s worried gaze fell on me.  When I smiled softly to express that it was okay, he shook his head roughly and turned his back.

Was it my imagination that his slightly drooping back appeared quite pitiful? I lowered my gaze from Sihael, who had vanished through the crack, to the back of my hand.

“I expected it, but I never imagined he’d be influenced by my blood even when he’s in a human state.”

Perhaps it was because he inherited the demon blood, but despite being human, he coveted my blood like Shasha.

“My lady, we must first determine whether that monster was poisonous.”

Marina carefully held my hand and wiped the dripping blood.

“Yes, we should.”

I tapped the side of the monster with my foot after wiping away the blood.

“Hey.”

“Master…!”

It seemed to be waving its tail at me. I wasn’t sure if this was a good or bad thing.

The monster jumped up, knelt on his knees, and clasped his hands together, looking up at me. Its childlike cute eyes reminded me of Puss in Boots.

However, because I had grown accustomed to Sihael’s beauty, the monster’s little tricks had no effect on me.

“Do you have any poison?”

“Noo.”

“If you’re lying, I’ll sever your neck right now.”

When Marina threatened the monster with a dagger, it gulped nervously.

“Actually, there is…”

Obviously, since it was a snake monster, it had to be poisonous. Unlike me, who accepted it calmly, Marina grabbed the monster’s neck.

“What poison is it? Tell me right now!”

“It’s a poison that causes a little pain. You’ll have a mild fever and the wound may feel hot.”

“Since it’s a poison, it can’t just cause a little pain.”

I smacked the monster’s head with my fist.

“Awooo, it hurts! My head feels like it’s been split in two like a butt!”

It was still babbling nonsense.

“Did you hear your master’s voice when you put the poison in my body?”

“We were enemies back then, Master, so there was nothing we could do about it.”

“We are still enemies.”

“No, now we are your loyal subordinates. We will listen to you well, Master.”

In the meantime, Nanabi, who collected the Chimera’s pieces and the hideous monster head that Sihael had severed, dispelled the space magic.

Then she bound the monster’s hand.

“What’s this?”

Nanabi smiled brightly at it as it tilted its head.

“You come with me, Little Cutie.”

“Hey! No! We don’t want to! Master!”

The struggling monster was caught by Nanabi and dragged away.

“My Lady, please keep your movements to a minimum and take proper rest. I’ll analyze this bastard’s poison and have an antidote ready for you soon. Please wait a moment.”

Nanabi, who was in a hurry, dragged the monster away and quickly vanished. I relaxed as I looked at their distant backs.

It’s not like I’ll die. It’ll only be mildly painful, so it won’t be much.

*  *  *

A little, my foot!

“…It hurts like hell.”

My head felt hot and dizzy, and my throat felt congested like I’d swallowed sand.

I felt like I was going to die, but it wasn’t really that painful to kill me. I took the antidote within an hour, but my body, which wasn’t resistant to poison, could not withstand it. That’s why I’ve been in bed until now.

“I’ll kill that bastard!”

“You can’t just kill him. We have to send it to hell in the most painful way.”

Lanoa and Marina, who saw me struggling in pain, were furious. Caught between the two, I closed my eyes tightly.

“Please… be quiet.”

When I groaned in a dying voice, the two startled people clung to the side of my bed.

“Heuk, Rosetta. Does it hurt a lot? Call a doctor right now!”

“I’ll bring him!”

I pointed to the door with my throbbing arm.

“Both of you, get out.”

“But.”

“How can I leave you like this My Lady…”

It hurts more because of you guys!

I swallowed back the words that almost slipped out of my mouth and opened my eyes.

“Get out!”

The two of them, startled by my face that was about to explode, hesitated and left the room reluctantly.

‘Finally some peace….’