Wiping her hands from her napkin, Hazel had taken a few steps when she heard the desperate voice of the man, whom she would have taken as mute and deaf for his lack of response.
“Why? Why are you abandoning me?”
It would be a lie if she would say that she was not taken aback. Shouldn’t he be happy and grateful that she was giving him freedom? Why was he calling her with such necessity as if she was behind his demise?
Keeping her thoughts at bay, she turned with a blank face and looked down on him,
“Because you are not worth saving. I have brought you so that you can be my knight. But if you are not able to keep yourself safe, how would you take care of my security.” she tilted her head as she looked straight into his eyes and whispered,
“If you have caliber, show it! Or else you can leave. I will give you enough money that you survive for a year until you find work and a way to live!” patting his shoulders again, she was about to leave when she heard the sound of “snap!”
She looked down only to see that he had already shredded ropes into pieces and stood up.
Her eyes widened when she noticed that after taking a step, the iron chains on her feet broke on their own as if they were made of paper.
“What do you want me to do?” Hazel blinked as she came back to her senses when she heard his cold voice. He was asking her?
Man of this caliber who could do anything. If given a chance, he could annihilate the whole army by asking her what she wanted!
She felt dizzy as she collected her thoughts but at the same time she was curious to know what he could do!
“Stand for yourself first. Don’t you think they were too cruel to you!” her hands moved to his hair that was cut too short.
Moving her fingers on his nape she shook her head, “don’t you think that long hair suited you too well. It is a pity that you lost your charm. At least, they should lose something that makes them realize their loss.” she had thought that her words would mak