Chapter 67

Chapter 67 – How Many Carriages Were Destroyed?

The carriage overturned in an instant. When Bella opened her eyes, she was already in Kiehl’s arms. In fact, her hand was on his chest. She could see it when she was bandaging him in the Demon Realm. She hadn’t noticed back then as she was concentrating on the wound.

‘It’s harder than I thought.’

Kiehl, who looked younger than his age, was no longer there.

“Is everyone okay?”

“What kind of driving are you…”

Bella turned her head to the side to grasp the situation when she heard Iwer.

“Oh, my… Are you two…kissing now?”

Zanbar, startled by Iwer’s words, pushed Jenkins, who was standing up as if covering him.

“What—!”

Normally, she would have been angry with Iwer, ‘Where do you put your eyes to drive like this?’ though she didn’t say anything.

She was just shocked. She had been possessed into a novel for fourteen years. Even in her previous life, she was too busy to watch dramas or movies. To witness a woman, no, a man kissing another man in front of her eyes.

…And, no one else but Zanbar and Jenkins.

‘I’m getting goosebumps.’

Bella shivered her body and drew closer to Kiehl. She wanted to make a distance from them, even just the slightest bit.

Meanwhile, Kiehl stared blankly at her, who was approaching him. His face grew as red as the red eyes he could see from the side. Since they met again, there have been very few opportunities for him to hold her and look down at her up close like this.

It wasn’t like the last time when someone attacked the carriage. On the way, one side was dug like a puddle, and it was the coachman’s fault for not taking it into account. Even the always bright Pur kept her mouth shut and knelt down on her knees.

She was anxiously waiting for the storm, not knowing when she will be scolded, but Bella was alone in her thoughts without saying a word.

‘Weren’t you two enemies?’

Obviously, when Bella saw it, it was just a coincidence.

‘Don’t you usually just back off when something like that happens?’

It was embarrassing to see their mouths folded together for a long time.

‘Is it possible that the two of them like each other?’

And, Bella’s hunch was sharper than she thought.

‘No, there’s no way demons can do things like love.’

However, her hunch was pushed back without a single reconsideration. It was because it was disgusting to think about it. The instinct to enjoy slaughter that was not relieved after hundreds of times and to crave power was a pretense to love others.

“Bella.”

Bella, who had her arms crossed and thought intently, lifted her head at the sound of Kiehl’s calls several times.

“Yes…?”

“Are you okay?”

It was then that she felt that everyone was looking at her.

“What’s wrong?”

Then, Rio looked at the carriage and carefully spoke.

“Oh my, the wheels won’t roll.”

As the center of gravity suddenly shifted to one side, the wheels and rod were jammed tightly and could not move.

“I think we should pour some kind of slippery oil.”

It had been half a day since they had left, and the nearest village was a two-hour carriage ride away. Bella watched Rio whine as she approached him without saying a word.

Although Rio tried his best, nothing changed except his face turned red.

“Keep away.”

“What?”

While he was bewildered, Bella grabbed the wheel and rod one by one.

“Ah… By the way, I haven’t recovered yet.”

She forgot again that the wound on her back hadn’t healed yet.

“Zan…”

In this case, she should order Zanbar. Perhaps, because she had seen that scene a while ago, she was embarrassed to talk to him. Bella decided to just push as hard as she could. She was not yet recovered, though her physical abilities had nothing to do with magic.

Crack.

As expected, her physical abilities weren’t affected.

‘Ah… I went overboard.’

It was completely shattered. From the sound of the breaking, everyone was speechless. Who knew she would break it with her bare hands?

‘I ate well and slept well these days…’

She also seemed to have improved a lot. She also gained weight.

“Uh… I—this… why…”

And, what was the most surprising was Rio. For some reason, it was so different from the image of ‘similar to Rosanne.’

“Why are you looking at? Is this the first time you’ve seen it broken?”

It looked like so.

Bella got up and grunted at Rio for nothing.

“Well. I’ll go to a nearby town. And… It will be soon.”

Then, Jenkins frowned at her words.

“Do you know the way?”

“I don’t know. I can just go along the road.”

“What if you get lost? It’s your first time.”

“I’ve been on the road I had never been before.”

“So, don’t you remember going to the Fire Kingdom?”

It was about when Kiehl went to the Imperial Palace, and they were traveling together. Zanbar accidentally killed people all the time, so they could only go to a place far away from the Empire.

“I told you a few times that I originally intended to go to the Fire Kingdom!”

“At that time… Do you remember what you said as soon as we arrived?”

“What did I say?”

Iwer replied after getting down on her knees and raising her hand.

“Oh, is it the Fire Kingdom? You said.”

At that, the demons nodded as they recalled that time.

“I’m going because of the Miss, but what if you get lost again? We wouldn’t be able to radio because the magic didn’t come back.”

Bella turned her head to look at Jenkins, who spoke the right thing, and then turned her head. It reminds her of him being tied up with Zanbar.

At that time, Kiehl quietly looked at the situation.

“Even if you go to a nearby town, you will only be able to come tomorrow morning after the sun goes down.”

Bella stood up, and he looked straight at Rio.

“Rio, can you go and get the repairman? We will be waiting here.”

Then, the twin escorts shook their heads with serious expressions, “Kiehl, no matter how trustworthy the people here are, we can’t leave you alone.”

“Besides, you don’t have any camping gear?”

Rinnee also dissuaded him.

“We didn’t spend the night in a forest like this without anything, even when we were collecting relics. This is dangerous.”

“Then, are there any other alternatives?”

“Come with us. I can come tomorrow morning with the repairman.”

Bella agreed. It was because she didn’t want him to shiver in the cold in a place like this.

“Go. I will be waiting here.”

“I don’t want to.”

As soon as Bella finished speaking, Kiehl answered.

“I will be with Bella.”

…In an embarrassing way.

“Nope. You’re the Crown Prince, I can’t let you sleep in a place like this.”

“Then, is Bella okay?”

“We, we had a lot of homelessness-times.”

“I did a lot too.”

“Your escort said no.”

Kiehl uttered once more stubbornly, avoiding her gaze.

“I said I would be with you.”

Bella couldn’t hide her embarrassment at his reaction. She barely knew that he would be so stubborn about something like this.

“Don’t do that…”

“No. It’s dangerous.”

It was embarrassing for the twins as well. Meanwhile, it was dangerous for Bella, who had just broken the wheel with her bare hands.

However, for Kiehl, the reason was apparent. Since returning to the human realm, he hadn’t had much time with her because of the backlog of work. He already knew that, so he wanted to stay long in the underworld.

So, he didn’t want to waste half a day, not even an hour, when he could be with Bella. At that time, Iwer slid down the arm she was holding and said.

“Then the four of you, go. We will be waiting here.”

Rather, it was a good opportunity for Iwer and Pur.

Now, Bella was not going to kill her now, but she would be homeless here. If she was a little uncomfortable, it was obvious that she would clean Iwer up, the main culprit of this incident. Besides, without Bella, the Jennzan couple seemed to do anything.

“Even so, I have a conscience. I broke the wheel.”

“Is it weird to have a conscience?”

Her eyes twinkled as if realizing that. She was in the human realm for a moment, and then she mistakenly thought she really had become a human.

“Yes. I’m a demon, right?”

She was a demon who did not need to take care of her conscience.

* * *

The twins had a lot to say.

Even though they couldn’t because they didn’t know where to start the story, it was a melting pot of shock. They have seen Kiehl for several years, but he doesn’t show much emotion.

It was shocking that he smiled brightly when he first met Jenkins and Iwer, who only smiled for a few seconds. There have been many times when he had ‘I don’t want to, but the way he said it just seemed like he was whining.

And…

“I’ve never ridden a horse before, would it be okay?”

Obviously, that question was asked by Rosanne as well.

“Then, ride with me.”

The answer was the polar opposite.

For sure, Rosanne replied at that time, ‘Shouldn’t I die from falling off a horse?’ He hated touching her body.

Besides, Bella pulls her hand out slightly and says it’s okay.

“No, I can just ride it by myself.”

“And, what if you fall?”

“Will I die?”

He grabbed her hand again with a worried look. When the twins met each other’s eyes, they knew they were thinking the same thing.

They just sighed and shook their head.

“He was so hard on Rosanne…”

They originally thought that she had a sharp personality, but the more they got to know Kiehl, the more they seemed to fall into a labyrinth.

Falling into the labyrinth was the same feeling for Bella.

‘Ah, I shouldn’t have said that…’

Horseback riding was not so easy to come across in her previous life. It was just the first time she had ridden it, so it didn’t mean much though she was worried and asked to ride it together.

‘Rosanne wouldn’t have been able to escape from the burn either….’

But, when she looked at those luminous amber eyes, she couldn’t move as if caught in a large spider’s web.

‘It’s a real foul to be handsome.’

It was a foul because he was cute when he was young. She eventually climbed onto the horse as she was led by his hand.

‘Because we’re like lovers if he rides in the back…’

Bella moved her body in front, reminiscent of the two-man bike or motorcycle, and Kiehl soon climbed up.

“Bella, there is no saddle, so grab the straps.”

“Yes.”

So, the horse moved forward a few steps, and she regretted the decision a while ago.

‘This… Isn’t this weirder?’

Bella grabbed the middle of the reins, and Kiehl took the slack off the reins to control the horse. He hugged her from behind… This posture was rather unfamiliar and embarrassing. Looking back, she had hugged him as a child before, but it was the first time he hugged her from the back.

The arms that were quite thick by the side of her body, the breath that was snugly behind her back.

In addition, she swayed up and down in accordance with the horse’s stride, gradually moving away to and from his body, repeatedly.

As he pulled the rein, the horse slowly walked and began to run.

“Bella.”

When that low, longing voice called her name, goosebumps rose all over her body.

“You’re going to get hurt.”

Her heart was already hurt.

“Would you like to tone down a bit?”