CH 34

There was a sound of a hand hitting a skin. Lenox’s head was bent awkwardly. He couldn’t avoid the speed from Psychke.

“You! You!”

Thwack! Lenox’s head turned to the opposite side with a light sound.

“Don’t talk impolitely to me.”

“Thi, this crazy bitch—!”

Thawck! His head turned to the other side once again.

(TN: Oh no, no, no, no, no~ )

“Don’t even curse at me.”

“Th, this is really, eook!”

Thwack! Repeated, his head turned to the other side for the fourth time. Lenox lost the strength in his legs. He staggered backwards and barely stood up. He pointed at her with his trembling hand.

“You.. You…!”

(TN: Yaezz, she slayed it. Right, Lenox? Uwu~)

“How long did you think I’d tolerate you?”

She doesn’t like violence. At all.

But in this world, there are people who don’t know what wrecked behavior they are displaying unless she gave the same.

“This person….!”

Lenox took a deep breath with his reddened face. Then, as the soldiers, who came to their senses later, grabbed Psychke’s arm to limit her, and Lenox shouted.

“That person, right now, this instant, take her away! Just put her away…. And see how I kill you!”

“Your head still doesn’t seem to understand the situation.”

“What?”

“Isn’t that what father demanded you to do? Bring me as quietly as possible. Make sure you avoid people’s eyes without creating any commotion.”

“What are you talking about, Keuk!”

Psychke tripped over the foot of her brother, who rushed forward. From afar, it looked like he slipped on his own.

Lenox came into his senses when he faced the floor and screamed.

“Y, you motherf**ker. Do you want to die?! If you don’t move away right now, ahhh!”

While the soldiers were perplexed as to what to do, she firmly stepped on Lenox’s hand.

That alone made Lenox shout out to her to go away.

“Do something to her, you bastards!”

Unfortunately for him, the soldiers were not actively moving. They were frozen.

Even if she ran away from home, Psychke was still a princess. Rumors would spread if they suppressed her with force in front of others.

Well, it is already impossible from the start.

“What a stain in the reputation of Silkisia. It was said that feigning ignorance is somewhat bravery but what is on that street?”

“But if that was me, I would be angry, too.”

“Who wouldn’t be angry when they were suddenly slapped in the face? There’s even swearing…”

“Is this why Duke Lenox is being beaten?”

“Aren’t you watching?”

“I think it’s… too unilateral to say that.”

“It doesn’t seem like you’re watching. He ran but fell.”

The eyes of the onlookers were intensely attached. But it wasn’t unpleasant. Psychke hoped they would spread this far away.

Only then will everyone know the true nature of filthy Silkisia.

“It would be good to remember this moment clearly. That is he doesn’t want to get beaten like this again.”

“Don’t be ridiculous, you crazy b*tch! As soon as I get back I- ah, ah, ah!”

With a sign of him about to become ferocious again, she stomped on Lenox’s hand tightly, avoiding the restraints of the soldiers.

“Then don’t remember.”

She lifted her feet for the last time as she stepped hard enough to leave a mark.

“Take him.”

The soldiers, who had heard her, released her hands only after they were assured that she would not hit Lenox anymore. And supported Lenox, who had fallen like a frog.

“Let me go! You damn bastards! Take that b*tch instead of me!”

His cheeks were swollen, and his face, which was messed up with saliva and tears, was pleasing to see.

Then, when she was about to frown and avert her eyes, she heard, 

“You are really dead! If father and brother knew about this… heeubp!”

Lenox’s mouth was blocked by a block of ice and a plant stem.

“Ah, really. My head hurts like crazy but why are you overreacting like this?”

Psychke looked at the source of the voice. Lia, who had finished concentrating, was pressing her temples with a frown on her face.

‘The ice must be from Lia’s.’

So whose magic is this plant stem?

The question was immediately resolved by the sound of exclamation that followed.

“Oh my God – I was wondering what kind of fuss this was in front of the great Silkisia. Are you the second Duke of Silkisia?”

The woman who reached out one hand to Lenox was smiling brightly.

She had pink hair that reached down to her chest, and she wore a red dress that was fit to her body.

“I didn’t know that the Duke, who was said to be brilliant, would be so ignorant. Isn’t that right, Princess?”

Her playful eyes were softly curved. And half of her orange eyes were covered with her eyelids.

She thinks it was her first time seeing her. But why are they being so intimate?

Psychke raised her vigilance.

“Who are you?”

“… Are we meeting for the first time? You didn’t know me? I see. Nice to meet you, princess. I’m Shiona Tzuberj-” 

“Get lost.”

Lia suddenly came closer to her, grabbed her hand and pulled her away. The girl’s face was distorted at the sight between them.

Psychke was taken away by accident. Then she looked behind her at the voice that followed her flawlessly.

“We’ll see each other often, Princess.”

With an alluring smile, Shiona waved her hand.

***

“I’m afraid I need to change my hair color.”

Lia was quiet for a while but then spoke.

“I get annoyed every time I see it. Why does she have the same color as mine?”

For about ten minutes or so after that, Lia talked only about Shiona.

Her main content was that just making eye contact with her was creepy and unpleasant.

Psychke thought of Shiona’s face.

‘She looks strange but her words weren’t really offensive.’

“Ignore the people we meet next time. You’re dealing with them for nothing. What were those for?”

Lia was surprised to find the nail marks on her cheeks.

To get a closer look at her, Psychke turned away from her, who wanted to take a closer look, and covered her cheek with her palm.

“It’s nothing.”

“It’s nothing! Who is it, who hit you?”

Psychke didn’t answer.

Lia, in anger, pointed at Croa as if it was the crow as the culprit.

“Hey, bird head! What did you do? You’re not really a guard! Did you even change into a real bird head?”

– Kaack! Kaack!

“Who did this to you? Oh?”

“I told you to stay still.”

– Kaack! Kaack!

“What? why?”

Again Psychke did not open her mouth. At that moment, Lia clenched her fist as much as possible.

“I thought I needed to freeze that man’s head.”

“Did you check the wavelength?”

Psychke turned away, not wanting to talk about what happened anymore.

Lia glared at the crow for a long time before turning her face toward Psychke.

“I did, but I couldn’t.”

“…. Pardon?”

“I found the wave, but I don’t know who did it.”

Can one wizard know the wavelength of all wizards?

There were about a hundred wizards who belonged to the association, and there were probably many more wizards who did not belong to them.

As if Lia had read what was in her mind, she added.

“Can it be said that the mastermind is not a human being at all?”

“Isn’t that because it’s forbidden magic?”

“No. Forbidden magic. Since it’s forbidden magic, everyone thought it was amazing..”

Lia shrugged her shoulders.

“It’s just like any other magic except that it drains life instead of mana. Well, it works really well.”

She further explained that forbidden magic is about ten times more effective than normal magic.

“It doesn’t seem like a long time has passed; what item did they use? Were there any items that could hide the wave?”

Lia mumbled, saying that what she had seen had been saved in her head so she needn’t go back to analyze.

“Are you afraid to ask the Imperial family for cooperation?”

“Imperial Family?”

Lia looked at her ready to hear all her dad jokes.

“Don’t go anywhere and say something like that. That’s a big suggestion.”

“Pardon?”

“Don’t tell the imperial family you’ve seen forbidden magic.”

Psychke was bewildered and blinked her eyes.

“My dear. You know that you met ‘real beasts’ yesterday, right?”

“Yes. So, shouldn’t I say more?”

“What do you think they would think of you if you said you survived even if you ran into a real beast?”

Psychke immediately understood. She was known in the world as a helpless and weak Princess. She didn’t know if she would be dismissed as a lie, or, in worse case she might be swamped with questions.

However…….

“Isn’t it enough to say that the Duke found me? Since he is the master of the unquenchable flame of the Sword Master, it would not be strange if I said that he handled the matter himself.”

“If that kiddo got in the Imperial Family.. uhm. Better to hear this from him yourself. It’s not something I can say.”

Lia gently shook her head.

“Anyway, yes. Nothing good will happen.”

“Then what should I do?”

At Psychke’s hesitant question, Lia gave her a puzzled expression.

“What?”

“As for the beasts. I was the target. If I can’t even ask the Imperial Family for help, what should I do in the future?”

“I’m not sure? Maybe not?”

Lia tilted her head to one side.

“I think you just got caught on the road because you were unlucky? Why? Do you hold a grudge against someone?”

…. That is?

Isn’t the scale too large to say that she was caught by unfortunate luck?

In an instant, Lilian’s face flashed through her mind.

However, the forbidden magic was not easily accessible to ordinary people. Even if one knows how or not.

“It is said that a barrier was put in place to prevent anyone from entering.”

“Barrier? Ah, there was something like the wavelength of an artifact mixed in, so there was something like that. I guess that was it.”

Lia crossed her arms like someone thinking about something and looked into the empty space.

“It was said that it looked like it was made with forbidden magic and not artifacts.”

“Eh, who did so? That kiddo?”

“Yes.”

“That guy didn’t. But have you heard him say that?”

“No, he has heard it.”

“From who?”

“… Someone he knows.”

He is called Aiden. Psychke frowned slightly.

Why did he tell such a lie when he knew? Not making barriers with forbidden magic. Why would he do something else to waste his vitality?”

Lia informed her that the degree of barrier can be any number of artifacts.

“Anyway, I don’t think you are.”

Still, when Psychke’s depths could not be lifted, Lia added comfort.

“You don’t think it’s real? Both you and that kid would have just passed the physical barrier. The problem was if there were other people besides you.”

“What passed through… yes?”

“A barrier made of artifacts doesn’t break unless you destroy them. But there were no artifacts in the scene. So— what, what’s wrong with your expression?”

“There was.”

“What?”

“There were other people besides me and the Duke.”

Aiden Hillace.

He was the real target of the beasts.

“I will go back.”

Lia’s face hardened and she started running madly towards somewhere.