Unexpected Farewell (1)
Do not insult me, you filthy bastard!
She spat on the Demon King’s feet.
“I am already a woman with a master!”
“A master?”
The Demon King touched his chin for a moment, then spoke. “Then does that mean another dragon besides you exists?”
Audria was startled.
Oh no!
The Demon King fixed her with a serious gaze.
“Where is that guy hiding?”
Before the words had even finished, a voice rang out from behind him.
“I’m right here, you bastard!”
Whoosh!
Rian suddenly appeared and drove a knife into the Demon King’s back.
“Kuhuk!”
The Demon King let out a groan as he was stabbed.
Lagreanir, now in sword form, had precisely pierced the Demon King’s heart!
“I-I couldn’t sense any other aura! Kuck!”
Confronted with the unexpected situation, the Demon King staggered for a moment. Rian smiled brightly at the fallen Audria.
“I’m sorry for disobeying the order to hide quietly. I couldn’t watch the princess get hurt like a fool.”
Rian continued speaking quickly yet calmly.
“You don’t know this, but the seed you sprinkled on my chest has grown a lot. It has become a very lush tree. You don’t have to trust me as a human. The existence you placed in my chest is more precious than my life. Every time you hurt, it hurts and agonizes me. Even if I die, I’ll die with the princess! I swear!”
Audria was deeply moved by his words and tears began to flow uncontrollably down her cheeks.
“I swear too. I will definitely die with you…! Because you’re the only one!”
She hurriedly wiped the tears from her cheeks and struggled to stand up, legs trembling as she squeezed every ounce of strength from her body.
“Hold on tight! I’ll finish it!”
At that moment, when she finally stood up.
What the hell is this?
Vanderzhaar, the Demon King, realized that being stabbed by the knife was different from usual and trembled with fear.
What the hell is this! My body is melting! What the…!
He had realized he was dying.
A chill ran down his spine.
The sudden fear commanded him to flee at once.
Gradually losing his mind, the Demon King chanted a spell to survive.
“Ilequium!”
Immediately after, he vanished like the wind as if he had never been there.
He and Rian, who had stabbed him… disappeared.
Whoosh—
“Eh…?”
Only empty wind blew, and silence filled the air.
Audria, left alone in the farm that had been completely destroyed and emptied, could not accept reality and stared blankly around.
“Are you mocking me? Right? You’re just playing around like usual, right…?”
Soon she screamed loudly.
“Rian!”
Thinking she would immediately go find Rian, she transformed into a dragon.
However, while maintaining the dragon form, she soon reverted to her original form, lost consciousness, and collapsed.
She was already at her limit both physically and mentally.
“Rian….”
Not long after, a flock of geese flew in from beyond the sunset sky.
The geese gathered together and completely covered the entire body of Audria who had fallen on the ground.
Each one bit her one-piece dress with their beaks and flew back into the sky.
The ones who bit her dress.
The ones who bit her hair.
The ones who bit her fingers or toes.
The ones who supported the bottom of her body with their heads.
The geese headed to her lair that way.
The path to the lair where sharp snow was blowing was a harsh journey for the geese.
During the way, geese that fell and died while being caught in the snowstorm poured out.
Nevertheless, the geese did not give up.
If one fell and died, another one waiting behind would take its place.
Finally, when they arrived at the lair.
When they barely laid the unconscious Audria on the ice bed, the number of geese, which had been hundreds, had decreased by more than half.
The surviving geese did not think of returning.
The geese sat around the bed and guarded Audria like bodyguards.
***
“I brought the dress.”
The maid showed a beautiful dress decorated in gold and white.
“It’s pretty.”
The woman who had just finished bathing touched the fabric.
“Soft, expensive-looking, and indescribably… beautiful.”
A bright smile appeared on the lips of a woman with a dignified and cold impression for the first time.
Lisa Astrid.
She, a commoner, was about to receive a title from the Emperor in front of everyone while wearing the beautiful dress in front of her eyes today.
“Are you nervous standing in front of His Majesty? Shall I bring some wine?”
The maid who was wiping her body asked that.
Lisa nodded her head.
She was thirsty.
Not because of tension, but for another reason.
“Warmed wine, please.”
It took time to put on the clothes because it was a pretty dress.
“Straighten your waist.”
“Wait a minute. Doesn’t my chest look too big?”
Lisa’s voluptuous chest line was blatantly protruding, making it awkward, and her tightly corseted waist made breathing difficult.
But the maid smiled brightly.
“It’s okay. Everyone wears it like this. The charm of a lady comes from the chest.”
“Ah, is that so? I didn’t know. Then, make it look even bigger.”
“Yes.”
When Lisa saw her reflection in the mirror, a smile naturally formed.
The lowly woman finally looked like a noblewoman.
Her long, lush golden hair decorated with small jewels.
An expensive necklace hanging around her slender white neck.
A soft woolen fabric clinging to the body naturally revealing the curves of the upper body and then flaring out elegantly from the waist.
It was truly… the appearance of the noblewoman she had desired.
“I don’t look like me.”
“You look like a princess from somewhere.”
The maid praised her without drying her throat.
The maid who had gone to get the wine after dressing and combing her hair returned.
The maid holding the tray with the wine glass in her right hand shook what she was holding in her left hand.
“An extremely pretty shoe has arrived.”
Lisa, sitting in front of the dressing table, looked at the expensive shoes in the mirror and curled one corner of her mouth.
That’s why people have to succeed.
The maid handed over the wine glass.
“Warmly as requested.”
“Thank you.”
Lisa brought the wine glass to her lips.
She hesitated as if to drink it directly.
Hmm?
While holding the wine glass, she briefly smelled the aroma, and her gaze turned back to the maid.
She extended the wine glass back.
“You drink first.”
“Eh?”
Lisa smiled and looked at the maid.
“You went through trouble dressing me up, so let’s drink a sip each, shall we?”
“W-well, it’s okay. How could we dare…?”
“We can’t drink alcohol.”
Lisa stood up from her seat.
Then, facing the maid who brought the wine straight on, she slowly approached.
The maid’s eyes shook greatly.
“We can’t drink. We’ll be scolded.”
“What are you hesitating about?”
“I told you. It’s work.”
“Work? Really working hard. To the point of being ruthless.”
Lisa smirked and suddenly grabbed the back of the maid’s neck and poured the wine into her mouth.
“Eat this and die.”
“Kuhuk! Kuck! S-stop! Uwoh! Wooh!”
The maid who drank the alcohol’s complexion changed to green in an instant, and blood gushed from her nose.
“Stop!”
Another maid lifted her skirt and drew the dagger attached to her thigh.
Just as she was about to draw it, Lisa hit the maid’s lips with the empty wine glass faster than her.
“Kuck!”
The shocked maid reflexively closed her eyes and backed away.
Lisa didn’t miss the gap and grabbed the scissors from the dressing table and stabbed the maid’s neck.
Puff!
“Kuhuk!”
Blood splattered, and Lisa’s dress around the neck and cheeks turned red.
Lisa wiped the blood on her cheek with the back of her hand.
“What is this because of you. There’s no point in wearing a pretty dress.”
Then, pushing it, the maid stabbed by the scissors fell backward and fell with a thud.
The body with eyes wide open couldn’t move anymore.
The maid who had drunk the alcohol earlier was dead with green skin and foam in her mouth.
“How did I get to this point…?”
Lisa looked at the two corpses pitifully.
“You of all people are supposed to be my opponent?”
At that moment, a knock sounded from outside the door.
Knock knock.
“Teacher, I’m here! The head chamberlain is here too, so is it okay to come in? You put on the clothes, right?”
It was Lisa’s assistant Emily’s voice.
Lisa walked over to the door, stepping over the fallen maids.
When she opened the door, Emily’s round face appeared.
“I’ve checked the route from here to the hall. So, what does the hall structure look like… Oh my!”
Emily casually entered inside and discovered two corpses on the floor and screamed.
She swept her startled chest and looked at Lisa.
“You were attacked again?!”
“These guys don’t have any days off. They don’t stay still for a moment.”
Lisa replied calmly and turned to the door.
The head chamberlain with white hair was frozen in place with a surprised expression.
“M-my god…!”
Lisa crossed her arms in a high posture and looked at him.
“They tried to kill me. Did you know that too?”
“I-I don’t know anything!”
“Really?”
Her voice was cold.
The head chamberlain hurriedly bowed his waist and bowed his head.
“Even though we took thorough measures to ensure Lisa-nim’s safety, we couldn’t prevent the unfortunate incident, so I’m truly sorry. Please, I humbly ask for your generous understanding!”
Recently, nobles’ jealousy and rejection towards Lisa, who had risen to prominence from commoner status, were not insignificant.
Lisa was being threatened with her life every day, and even in cases like today, she had requested that the head chamberlain in charge of her inform him in advance and take strict security measures.
However, the result was disappointing.
“People really shouldn’t judge by appearance. Hey, head chamberlain. Do you know what your first impression was when I first saw you?”
Lisa continued speaking in a light, cold voice with a faint smile on her lips, not in a reprimanding tone.
“I thought you would work diligently and without gaps. But my thoughts were wrong. Whether it was intentional or not. What exactly is your motive.”
“I-I have nothing to say. It’s just that I’m sorry!”
While the head chamberlain was sweating coldly and bowing his head properly, Lisa pushed her red lips close and whispered softly in his ear.
“Do you want to end your life by being driven out and changing diapers for your grandchildren? I’ll give you a lot of leeway and won’t tell His Majesty about this incident. From now on, please work with your mind sharp so that the same thing doesn’t repeat. Okay?”
After blowing a sweet breath into his ear, the head chamberlain flinched and answered loudly.
“I-I will remember!”
Lisa smiled as if nothing had happened and clapped her hands.
“Well, let’s forget about it and continue what we were doing. Since the dress is stained with blood, bring another one. Send new maids as well.”