CH 11

Chapter 11. A White Chick, A Black Crow (1)

Translator: Aura

‘What’s she talking about?’

“I’ve heard that it’s enough to control your emotions. You don’t need to lean on a curse.”

“Bianca, aren’t you misunderstanding something?”

At Krasue’s question, Bianca shook her head,

“Also, I will come more often. If I tell my father it’s to see my fiancé, I’ll be able to stay somewhere not too far from Valheim.”

“I don’t think you see me as your fiancé.”

“Still, I wouldn’t just abandon someone who’s about to fall off a cliff.”

She didn’t deny that she didn’t like the engagement.

Krasue was surprised for a moment, but then sighed bitterly.

Bianca must have misunderstood him. Given her lack of emotions, she seemed to have no doubts the moment she came to a rational conclusion.

‘I can’t do anything.’

Krasue reached under the table and activated ‘Black Hood’.

Then a locked safe appeared in front of Bianca.

The safe reflected how difficult it would be for him to steal what he wants from a target.

Bianca’s safe had a double lock.

Safes didn’t usually appear when it came to curses, let alone with locks.

Bianca has carried this curse since birth, so it’s understandable that she doesn’t value the curse as low as others.

Unlike most people, Bianca saw the curse as part of her.

‘That’s why value is always relative.’

For Bianca, her curse had a pretty high value. Hence, a double lock has appeared.

‘Create conditions.’

In order to open that lock, Krasue asked to create the conditions.

Since it was a double lock, the conditions would obviously be two.

The first condition appeared before Krasue’s eyes.

|| Become Bianca’s ‘friend’. ||

Krasue clicked his tongue inwardly.

To steal anything someone considers valuable, it is necessary to catch the person off guard. Therefore, the conditions that had to be met were linked to what could most induce to catch the target off guard.

In Bianca’s case, the first condition was that he become her friend.

‘Friend of the White Demoness…’

He hadn’t had to make any effort to become her fiancé, but it would be complicated to become her friend.

She had no emotions, so she showed interest very infrequently.

‘Well, I should at least keep her close for now.’

While he wouldn’t be able to steal her curse on this occasion, the day she would become the ‘White Demoness’ was still far away.

‘I have no choice but to slowly open that lock.’

However, he didn’t want to steal it just for her sake. He needed her curse to use ‘Extreme Blood Poisoning’.

“Yes, well, thank you. I’ll feel better if my fiancée comes to visit me often.”

Krasue finally agreed. He intended to take the time to steal her curse.

Then a situation occurred that Krasue did not anticipate at all.

Unless it wasn’t desirable, adults liked to speed things up. That was especially true for the Head of the Hardenhartz Family.

As a result, after a discussion between the two families, it was decided that Bianca would stay in a room at the Green Pine Lodge.

“Hi.”

When Krasue saw Bianca arrive with her ladies-in-waiting and all her luggage, he was stunned.

He had already heard the news, but he didn’t really expect her to stay at the Green Pine Lodge.

“Bianca, are you alright being so far from home?”

Bianca was only twelve years old. An age at which one would not want to be separated from one’s parents.

“I’m fine.”

However, Bianca responded calmly.

She had no emotional attachment to her family, so she saw it as trivial.

‘What should I do?’

He could not refuse what both families had decided.

In the end, Krasue decided to act like she was a little sister.

A new family was born that day at the Green Pine Lodge.

***

Time flew by.

The weather went from midsummer to autumn, and winter was about to arrive.

In recent months there has been a huge buzz about the new academy that will open its doors next year.

An academy where the four kingdoms and the empire will work together to nurture talents that will fight against the erosion of the world.

It was none other than the Rachellene Academy.

‘I’ll be back there soon.’

The minimum age to enter the Rachellene Academy is fifteen, and the maximum age is twenty.

Krasue, who turns fourteen next year, still had time to prepare.

‘I need to become much stronger by then.’

Many members of the Azure Sky Order would enter the Rachellene Academy. And their skills were what Krasue wanted.

Each of them possessed unique skills.

Krasue had spent time with them, so he knew their weaknesses better than anyone else.

That would make it easier to steal their skills.

He wouldn’t feel sorry. The members of the Azure Sky Order were the ones Krasue hated the most.

Krasue, who was deep in thought as he circulated his aura through his body, lost his concentration and opened his eyes.

A stream of greenish energy shot out of Krasue’s mouth.

Krasue had become stronger in a short period of time. However, even with the secret arts tomes, he was beginning to feel his lack of talent.

He needed to learn ‘Extreme Blood Poisoning’ as soon as possible.

‘That’s all for today.’

Krasue left the training ground.

He then saw a girl reading on a chair in front of the training ground.

As if she had felt his gaze, she looked away from the book and looked in his direction.

Bianca’s eyes met Krasue’s immediately. Her pure white hair swayed in the wind.

Whenever he looked at the color of her hair, he was reminded of the White Demoness, as she would be called in the future.

The White Demoness was recognized for that pure white hair.

“Did you finish your training?”

“You were waiting for me?”

“Yes.”

At her casual response, Krasue ran his hand over the back of his head.

He didn’t know what to say.

Ever since Bianca had stayed at the Green Pine Lodge, she had followed him around like a chick.

She thought that depression could drive him to commit suicide.