Chapter 266

Chapter 266

What was the best thing to do in a fight? It was to win without even fighting at all.

Reina had admirably thrown a wrench in Davey’s plan to fight by fleeing. Of course, she probably did not mean for this to happen as she did not know his true identity. All she had done was simply release the traces of holy power left in her sword to activate teleportation magic while keeping Davey away. After all, he was a difficult opponent for her to face right now.

Although teleportation magic wasn’t something she could use as it was magic at the 7th Circle, Reina had still escaped from Davey in some unknown way. However, Davey knew where her power had come from: Goddess Freyja.

[A final helping hand to the poor child yearning for salvation despite her imminent death.]

—Davey, is it okay if you don’t follow them?

“With what?”

Perserque looked at Davey like she didn’t understand.

—Do you think I am an idiot who is going to buy that act? I saw you embed a tracking magic spell in that girl before she left, and now you are pretending to know nothing? You might have to suffer from not knowing what is going to happen in the future, but you’re not one to not get anything out of such situations.

‘Idiot? Where did you learn that bad word from?’

-From you. Just a little while ago.

Perserque did not back down one bit.

Davey could indeed track where Reina and her group had disappeared to. However, he undid the tracking magic that he had put on Reina without hesitation.

—Davey?

“Now I don’t have anything.”

—...Are you joking around with me?”

Perserque pulled on Davey’s ear incredulously.

Patting Perserque’s head with his finger, Davey simply said with a bitter smile, “Just let them go.”

—What?

‘Just... Let’s just let them do whatever they want.’

Perserque looked confused by Davey’s depressing comment. She didn’t understand his sudden change of heart.

—Why? To be honest, I thought you’re going to go crazy from foolishly missing them in front of your eyes...

“I wasn’t going to let them go before checking, but...”

Although he was still confused as to why Reina had been here, Davey no longer had to do any checks of his own. He already knew who Reina was.

“And we’re going to see each other again soon.”

Perserque looked a little puzzled.

—Davey, why are you doing this?

“See for yourself.”

Perserque could read Davey’s most recent memories, especially those that had happened just moments ago.

Davey could now remember everything. The bright light that Reina had desperately shone at him with her last hope was quite a shocking sight.

“Because I wasn’t there.”

Everything was different.

—Oh my, this... This is possible?

Perserque, who had put her forehead on Davey’s to read his memories, froze in shock.

The memories that involved the others were ordinary. The beastfolk man, the little mage boy, little priest girl, and the electricity-type swordswoman who had a bright smile were all ordinary but talented people. They were just following Reina as they aspired to be warriors like her.

As for Reina, she was distinctly different from the rest of them. Aside from being a foreigner, she was the most familiar yet unfamiliar person to Davey.

Why did Davey see what he did when Reina had grabbed him? The reason was simple when he thought of it. It meant that Goddess Freya, the being who had the ability to send Reina here, had thrown something at him.

“Perserque, who can your Abyss Authority read?”

—Everyone within the laws of this world... No one can escape it, even if they are from another dimension... But, if they are from another timeline...

This was the reason why Reina could not be read by Perserque’s authority.

—But isn’t it weird? Is that even possible?

“How can it be possible?”

In a way, time itself was a physical law that could be changed and distorted by gravity. However, they were forgetting one thing: the flow of time was controlled by the divine will. The past, present, and future could not exist together, but that was the reality in front of Davey.

Davey could think of a lot of reasons how this had happened, but it would be best to hear it directly from Reina.

Reina’s strong yearning did not have the current version of Davey but the Heins Territory’s seigneur version of him. They would be able to meet again if he waited there.

Davey, who was left alone in the silent and ruined underground space, suddenly saw a large crowd of people rushing over to where he was. He stared at them from right where he stood.

The guards of the capital of the Boltis Kingdom had realized the disturbance from earlier on. After all, it would be impossible for the Boltis Kingdom to not notice such a huge explosion.

“Don’t move!! You are surrounded!”

Dozens of soldiers pointed their spears at Davey with tense faces. As for the bowmen, they also loaded their bows and pointed their weapons at him as well. To them, Davey was a terrorist who had come to their kingdom and bombed it; whatever actually happened here did not really matter to them.

“Oh, how violent.”

As the tough metal pieces of the subjugation orb crumbled to the ground, the female elf who had been staring into space finally regained light in her eyes. She moaned, “Oh... Oh.”

“Are you awake?”

At his question, the female elf looked up at Davey with a blank face. “Prince...Davey? This is...?”

“Yeah, it’s me. I’ve rescued you and brought you to the Heins Territory. Other than that, are you hurt anywhere?” Davey asked as he checked the female elf’s pupils by holding her eyes wide open.

He also checked the female elf’s mouth by holding her mouth open. Then, he pulled up her shirt to reveal her stomach before placing two fingers on her.

“Kyahh?!”

“I’m examining you. Don’t move,” said Davey in a low voice as he had a habit of being all serious when he examined patients.

The woman flinched as if she was fearful of Davey. “Oh... Yes.”

In actual fact, she was somewhat embarrassed by the situation. After all, a man was touching her bare stomach without any qualms. Davey gave her a medical examination, but it seemed like she was thinking of something else.

The woman lowered her flushed face. She was flustered by Davey’s bold method of conducting a medical examination.

Strangely, Yuria Helishana was snickering at the entire situation.

“I respect your taste, but know the place and time. It’s not just anyone, but your people.” Davey clicked his tongue disapprovingly.

“But you still rescued her, right?”

Perhaps Mary, the female elf, being all flustered and confused was quite to Yuria’s taste.

“Y-Your Highness. I’m fine...”

“Exhaustion... I expect a bit of a viral infection. Other than that... What is this? Hey, what did you eat?”

Davey used mana to look inside of Mary since they didn’t have an X-Ray machine like on Earth, and he could see an unexpected drug in her stomach. It was an aphrodisiac, or a drug that typically caused hallucinations.

‘What did these assholes give to a weak, growing elf?’

While feeling disappointed in himself, Davey patted Mary on the head before pulling her into his arms. He stroked her back and burned away all the drug remains within her by releasing his mana.

“I’m sorry. I should have protected you. I found you too late.”

“...N-No! You saved me, Your Highness, right?! I-I’m fine!” Mary shouted as she was flustered.

Davey walked away from Mary without hesitation.

“Alright.”

“Pardon?”

Davey thought that the first thing he should do was comfort Mary, who had just gone through something so traumatic. Only after she tried reassuring him that he believed that she would recover without any problems.

Leaving behind the others who had dumbfounded expressions on their faces, Davey said to Attendant Bernile, “Bring me the next group. I’ll check every one of them.”

‘Where am I going to use the art of medicine if I’m not going to use it here?’

“Your Highness, what are you going to do with them?”

“If they want to return to their hometown, let them go. I’ll pay for their trip.”

“And what about the ones who do not want to go back?”

“Give them a job at the palace.”

If he played his cards right, Davey would be able to have some beastfolk citizens in the Heins Territory after this. He chuckled when he thought of that.

* * *

Thud!!!!

With a huge sound, five people fell onto the ground of a quiet warehouse.

“Agh!”

They were none other than Reina and her group, all of whom had run away from Davey.

“Ha... Ha...” Reina tried to catch her breath as she looked around at the others, who were all unconscious and still on the ground.

Then, she picked up her sword with a tense expression.

‘What if he follows me here?’

It was almost a miracle that Reina had escaped from Davey. There was no way a person who didn’t even bat an eyelid at the light of holy power would have been subdued by the flash of light she had created.

Davey also could have held onto Reina at the end, so why did he ultimately let go? After being exposed to the flash of light, he had let go of her as if he was letting her run away. He could have killed her if he wanted, so why didn’t he? More than that, how was he able to recognize her sword?

“

Cough!

” Reina coughed as these complicated thoughts filled her head.

Beneath her mask, a streak of blood was flowing down her face. She stumbled before collapsing to the ground. “I...don’t have much time... I have to gather the others...”

She was thinking of Grand Duchess Kathryn and Saint Davey O’Rowane, the seigneur of the Heins Territory. She had found out about Davey only after coming here. To her, he was the only variable here.

‘I have to protect them...’

Reina had to protect herself so that a horrendous future like that did not come again. Her small hands gripped onto her sword, not letting go.