Book 1: Chapter 27

Book 1: Chapter 27

Oath With Elena

The female thief whose neck was snapped crumbled down. I saw the sorcery armor dispersing from her body. I cut her throat with a knife to completely finish her off.

cough-

Blood spilled out when I coughed a little. Perhaps my internal organ got wounded when my stomach was stabbed, or perhaps the poison had circulated inside my body. I fell on my knees and fell backward when I heard a scream.

Aria-!!

When I turned only my gaze slightly to there, I saw Elena crawling to where I was. It seemed that the poisons effect to her had lessened considerably, but she was still unable to move properly. Elena was safe. I also didnt see any visible injury on her. I took a breath after seeing that my mission was complete, even so I used Heal to regain stamina even just for a little in order to keep my dying body struggling till the end.

Considering all the sorceries and Battle Skill I had used, my remaining magic power was around half. By using Heal on top of that here, I guess I only had around 30 or 40 remaining now. That amount also showed my remaining life.

Aria-, what a horrible injury

Elena who reached my location turned pale seeing my wounds.

You safe?

Think about yourself rather than me-! Its impossible for Heal to treat a wound this deep. Ill quickly use Cure to

Noneed. Rather than thatcan you useTreat?

I can butbut its impossible-! Without knowing what kind of poison it is, I cant remove the foreign substance-!

Elena shook her head with a white face knowing that I was inflicted with poison.

Kilg grassvenom gland of rock snakeSakuar fruitflower of autumn rain treenove(l)bi(n.)com

eh?

Perhapsthe poisonuse some of them.

I had read the handwritten wild grasses book that woman stole from her teachers place over and over in order to learn how to read and write letters. I planned to learn alchemy too someday, so I kept reading it thoroughly even until the detailed explanations and memorized them.

According to that book, those four poison materials could be obtained around this country to make a poison that was accompanied by this kind of pain. There were also other ingredients, but looking at how the female thief spread the poison on her daggers so that she could use it anytime, I believed that she wasnt using rare ingredients that were hard to obtain. Her poison was using one of the materials that I mentioned or perhaps multiple of them. Perhaps, she also mixed in other ingredient to increase the effect, but if the fundamental poison ingredient was erased, the rest should vanish on its own with time.

I-I know about Kilg grass and Sakuar fruit. But, I never see something like rock snakes poison gland or the autumn rain thing-!

Thenimagine Sajua seed and lavenderto use the sorcery. Thats them counter ingredient

Ariawhere, did you get that kind of knowledge

Quick

I-I understand. But, even if I erase the poison your wound

Look atpouch

Yours? Is it this

Elena took out two potion bottles made from porcelain from the pouch on my waist.

The prettybottle, is cheap stuffthe old bottlestrong potion

I just need to use them on you right?

Those too were things that woman stole from her sorcery teacher. I thought of returning them if I could but, I wouldnt be able to if I died. Elena tore the seal with a shaky hand, then she pulled out the cork that was fixed in place with a wax. I felt a sharp pain and unconsciously let out a groan.

You wont heal with just this potion-! As I thought first I should use Cure

Elena, you useTreat. Illuse Cure.

Healing potions effect was closer to healing rather than regeneration, so I never expected to be healed with this from the start. I still never succeeded in using Cure sorcery, even so the only way I could survive in this situation was to have Elena erasing the poison while I was using Cure on my own.

Treat

Cure

Aria, who are you?

My figure was reflected on Elenas serious eyes. The me who was reflected there shook her head slightly.

Im just an orphan, just an adventurer, just Aria.

Right

She looked slightly lonely. Perhaps she was expecting some kind of reply.

Ariawont you work under me?

I have no intention of serving anyone.

Even just as a guard?

Im just an adventurer.

A gust of wind blew. Elenas blonde hair and my pink blond hair that was starting to grow fluttered.

Aria, we arent friends.

Yes.

Im a princess, and you are just an adventurer. We cant stand on the same standing no matter what.

I know.

Then-

Elenas voice got slightly louder, then she fell silent while searching for words. The usually mature and dignified girl was gone, and in her place was Elena with watery eyes wavering like a normal girl her age. I opened my mouth in her place before her lips could choose words that didnt match her standing.

We are the same kind.

Same kind

Both of us possessed bizarre knowledge that didnt suit our age and continued to fight against our fate and solitude. But, we werent alone by any means. Even if our path was different, our feeling was always at each others side as we were heading to the same direction.

Did my meaning came across to her? The next moment, Elenas face turned into the face of the princess who commanded this country and her clear blue eyes gazed straight at me.

Then, my fellow kind Aria. As the princess, I swear that no matter how your standing become in the future, I will become your ally with all the strength that I have just for once.

In that case, I swear to my fellow kind Elena, no matter who it iseven if its the king, I shall stake my life just once to kill who you asked me to.

We swore an oath not to anybody else, but to each other and ourselves.

Elenas words were an oath to help me just once even if it would bring her to rebel against the king and caused herself to be disposed. That was why I swore that if she wished for it, even if it cost me my life, even if the opponent was this countrys king or the demon king, I swore that I would absolutely kill her target.

We..werent alone.

Just tell me one thingtell me your real name.

If you allow me to call you without any honorific then

When I replied like that, Elena smiled just a little saying Asking that at this point.

Alicia.

When I breathed my real name into the wind, Elna nodded solemnly nodded to carve that name inside her.

Farewell Aria. And my only Alicia.

SayonaraElena.

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Elena turned her back to me and vanished into her room without looking back even once. I saw her off silently before also disappearing soundlessly by jumping down from the terrace.

The next morning, Elena got into the carriage still with the expression of the princess. I too saw her off from the end of the line of the maids as one of the apprentice maids. I wonder if we would ever meet again. However both of us were fellow kind. Even if we were separated, the oath was living inside us.

Like that the work that Viro brought me for met its end, but after that for some reason I was called by the high ranked butler instead of Sera.