The Tyrant Covets The Slave -R19 - Chapter 35

 

Lucai lowered the sword he was holding. He looked at Beher, still clutching the sword with a puzzled expression.

 

“What are you talking about?”

 

Normally, it would take a considerable amount of magic to destroy the barrier. Especially as the strength of the barrier increased, the more complicated the formation became.

 

Lucai also had a strong understanding. He didn’t know how strong the barrier was, but it was obviously strong enough to be unseen.

 

It was lucky enough to find their stronghold. If Beher had not purified the poisonous incense, he would not have been able to find the barrier either.

 

“I can destroy the barrier.”

 

Lucai’s eyes flickered and changed. Due to her words, he realized she was no ordinary wizard.

 

“It seems you’re a high-level wizard.”

 

“I don’t have time to explain…….”

 

She could see Lucai was curious, but Beher changed the subject. They needed to rescue Lucy as soon as possible. That was the purpose of this road.

 

“Very well. I’ll leave it to you.”

 

Knowing that she was able, he gave the job to Beher. Then he turned and kept vigilance, thinking the enemy might appear among the grass.

 

Beher quietly turned back to back with Lucai. She looked at the barrier. She felt emotional.

 

‘To be honest, I am afraid.’

 

Beher was sick of being used by someone. She was not very happy with the marriage contract. Because when she barely clung to the edge of the cliff, there was also Lucai to catch her.

 

How foolish to use spirit magic in front of a man like that. What a stupid thing to do.

 

Come to think of it, she always lived hesitantly. If she had lived more courageously, would the future have been different?

 

Suddenly the past came back to her mind.

 

Can she trust Lucai? She was not sure yet. And yet why gamble? She didn’t even know that either.

 

‘But I will only follow my heart. I don’t want to hesitatte and regret it again.’

 

Beher released her power. A blue smoke rose. It enveloped her body softly and created a tornado. It was a stream of water.

 

”Summon!”

 

She had no idea what Lucai would feel watching this. Would he feel betrayed? Or would he be satisfied that he had acquired a precious doll?

 

It was a task that demanded a lot of energy. For this, the Water Spirit had to show itself.

 

The blue stream gradually changed into a human form. Transparent, blue hair grew long. Shy lips and transparent waterdrop-like eyes, different from Beher’s.

 

The child’s body was formed by water.

 

“Neptune.”

 

<You called me, Master.>

 

It was the true image of the Water Spirit that she saw for the first time in a long time. Even her father didn’t know.”Neptune” may be subject to experiments if it appeared. She couldn’t present a holy being to a place stained with blood.

 

Each time she released her ability, dhe used a distorted form of Neptune. In people’s eyes, it was supposed to look like an increase in the volume of water.

 

The same was true when breaking the barrier created by the black wizards. Although it was just Lucai here, Beher distorted Neptune’s shape to destroy the barrier.

 

The important thing to remember was that the barrier placed ahead ccouod not  be eliminated by that degree of magic.

 

“……Beher Aridna.”

 

“……!”

 

She heard her real name. He knew she was a spiritualist.

 

Beher slowly turned around. Her red hair swayed and moved with the shining blue Neptune. It was enchanting, like a heaven-sent angel.

 

“As expected.”

 

Judging from Lucai’s attitude, he just only realized now that she was Aridna. Beher was witty. It was easy enough to read that much.

 

“……When did you know?”

 

“You tried to hide your past, so I asked Ben to look into it.”

 

Come to think of it, Beher didn’t see Ben for a while. She was a little suspicious when he suddenly disappeared after helping her master the dagger skill. She had always thought that he had simply left for a mission….

 

“You mean you knew I was an Imperial Princess of the Vitan Empire but pretended not to know?”

 

He was even a little angry when she thought about it. Did he also know the fact that she was a spiritualist? From the look on his face, it didn’t seem so.

 

“I wasn’t sure. I didn’t know a Princess would use magic. And I didn’t see you use it at all. So I kept silent. Now that I saw the entity, I was convinced.”

 

It meant that he was waiting to use her ability.

 

He would never find out with simple intelligence.

 

“You seem to be curious, so I’ll tell you.”

 

“…….”

 

“Vitan and Horn are not close friends. No, precisely the damage is considerable in the war they waged. I think they may have hidden their spies here.”

 

“…… you are even more amazing than I thought. It must not have been easy to hide a spy among them.”

 

Beher thought that if her true identity was discovered, she would be even more worried. However, she was strangely relieved. She was at peace.

 

“Then, now that you know about my identity, what are you going to do with me? Will you tell His Majesty and use me for political purposes? Or will I have to play the role of a knight under you?”

 

Beher didn’t know how he would use her. She was not going to be easily swayed.

 

Lucai pushed his sword down hard to the ground.

 

“You are mistaken. I am not going to use you for that. Your role is

simply to stand proudly by my side as a Grand Duchess.”

 

The answer was so unexpected that she almost forgot that she had arrived at the slave’s home base.

 

“I didn’t think you, who bought me from a slave trader, would say that.”

 

She thought he wasn’t so different from other men, but he wasn’t actually a bad guy.

 

“Hadn’t you heard the rumors?”

 

“……?”

 

“The slave traders who caught you were executed after handling over all the information.”

 

Beher saw a slave trader had his head cut off in front of her at that time, but she didn’t know Lucai had really swept them all away.

 

Beher wanted to ask him more, but decided to keep her mind occupied for a while. The urgent thing now was to rescue Lucy.

 

Lucai did not speak any more, either, as the situation was what it was.

 

“Neptune, destroy the barrier.”

 

Neptune rushed toward the barrier.

 

Boom!

 

As a result of the force clashed, lightning struck. The barrier, bearing the strong force, cracked. The blue energy swept through the chain.

 

Crash! Crash!

 

The chain was broken off like a broken glass. The sparkling barrier scattered and fluttered into the air, vanishing like sand.

 

It was that moment. They stepped over the barrier and boom!

 

An explosion occurred. It was a mine they had set up in preparation for the intruders.

 

The sound was loud, but not a single wind blew. Perhaps it must have been enchanted to block out sound besides a certain area.

 

Beher and Lucai moved forward, avoiding the mines with familiarity.

This was the moment when their ability to pass through many battlefields came into play.

 

“Intruders!”

 

Ding, ding, ding!

 

A bell rang to announce there were intruders. No, it was a dull clanging of iron. It was a dark sound, not clear at all.

 

“This way!”

 

Beher led the way with the best of her recollection of the geography of the place. As they made their way through the trees and grass, they saw a gorgeous orange glow in the distance. It was a cave. They stopped running for a while and ducked behind a large rock.

 

“There it is.”

 

“I see you’ve been here before.”

 

“Well, as a princess, there was no place in the empire that I couldn’t go. I just wasn’t free.”

 

She remembered that she always accompanied her father. Even if she couldn’t roam freely, but with her father, it was different.

 

She stepped out like a pet as far as he would let her.

 

“Are there traps?”

 

“Probably not. However, there are quite a few good warriors. I don’t know if it’s the same as then because I was very young, but I’m sure they’re formidable.”

 

Beher roughly ripped the hem of her dress. She placed the dagger in her pocket to her waist. She tied her red long hair to a ponytail with a temporary hair tie.

 

She could not slow down in the face of battle.

 

Lucai, who was watching her from the side, saw her exposed legs and flinched.

 

“……isn’t that too revealing?”

 

“Is this the time to worry about such things?”

 

“You’re fearless.”

 

“If I were scared, I wouldn’t have run away from my father in the first place.”

 

Somehow, it was easier to talk to him. She felt like she should have revealed herself to him long ago. It was funny. It was infinitely easier when there was no reason for it to be easy.

 

Trust was formed without reason, even though she knew he might take advantage of her.

 

‘Maybe it’s because we’re about to fight. When people are faced with a crisis, they will want to rely on someone, even if it’s for revenge.’

 

At that moment, Lucai reached out. He swept her side hair. It was an itchy touch as he didn’t let go of his hand. He looked at her as if he was worried about her.

 

For a moment, Beher had the illusion that he had her in his heart.

 

‘That can’t be true.’

 

Her heart went down with a thump. But the feeling was eased by what he said.

 

“I still need you, so don’t get hurt.”

 

“So do I.”

 

‘I offered you something of mine. I’m even going to suck your blood.’

 

“It’s not empty words.”

 

“If I were someone who would die easily, I would have died already. I… won’t die.”

 

Those were tough words. Beher said, thinking of revenge. She had to lose a dear friend. She could never close her eyes when she remembered that past.

 

There was no wavering in Beher’s eyes. Lucai smiled, too, as if he liked the look in her eyes.

 

“I want to applaud your courage. The more you do that, the more I want you.”

 

Lucai’s eyes, which had been indifferent, flared strangely for a moment. Beher tried to get an idea of what he meant, but the sound coming from behind them prevented her from understanding the meaning of his words.