Chapter 81
Episode 81 .
It was strange . No matter how much I stuttered, I couldn’t feel what I should have felt . I’m sure I always carried the pouch with beads in my arms .
‘I wouldn’t have dropped it… Don’t tell me, a pickpocketer?”
There was a momentary panic in the plausible assumption .
Did I get pickpocketed while in the last village? Come to think of it, I had no memory of bumping a person while walking down the street .
‘It doesn’t make sense . ’
I’m in trouble . If it’s true, then there’s really nothing worse than this situation right now . I stepped back without looking back and hit a tree and stopped .
‘What do I do?’
I have no beads . The pain in my ankle has become so severe that I honestly can’t walk, let alone run .
The forest-thieves grew closer and closer . When I lightly counted the number of heads, it seemed to be about ten .
‘That’s a lot . ’
Several people came out to rob only one person .
I turned one hand back and felt my back waist . A firm touch was delivered on the fingertips . The dagger for self-defence was still in place . I glanced sideways at the state of the horse .
The horse, which had collapsed on the floor in a dying position, had recovered some strength and was standing up again .
‘……can I?’
I don’t mean to fight . Holding a dagger and playing 10-1 was just another word for a suicide show to me .
But, all I’m after is…… . .
‘A hostage . ’
If I could do something well and take one of them as a hostage .
‘When anyone gets close to me, I’ll find a chance and put a dagger on one’s neck . ’
And after taking a hostage and threatening them, try to drag time until the horse recovers its stamina to some extent . Then I can ride it and run away .
‘……but will it work?’
Honestly or not, it’s meaningless to judge it now . Since I have no other way than this anyway .
I gulped down dry saliva . My expression hardened because of the tension .
Fortunately, my opponents were just the same, but they were very relaxed in their current attitude . In other words, they were careless . It might have been possible if I caught one of them off guard at the crack .
“Now, what can we do with you?”
“First of all, we have to spare your life . Because I said with my own mouth that we’re not murderers . ”
“I’ll break your arms and legs instead . ”
“We can also pluck out your tongue . ”
“What about one eye?”
“You won’t die even if we do it all . A person’s life-line is stronger than it looks, kekekek!”
‘They’re very excited . ’
Yeah, that’s good . Come and keep on flirting and chatting like that . The more you do, the better it is for me .
“Huh?”
“What’s wrong?”
“Wait, that guy . Didn’t his face change a little?”
“What are you talking about … . What? It’s real . ”
“Huh?”
Then the forest-thieves suddenly roared in groups . I groped my face with my hand, which was not holding a dagger, looking at their reactions .
‘The magic has worn out . ’
I touch the familiar curves with the tip of my finger . My face was back to normal .
“What is it? Can a person’s face change like that?”
“Were we the one who saw it wrong?”
“No, but it’s too… . ”
The chatter gradually died down . Subsequently, the eyes of the forest-thieves changed little by little .
I was soon startled to see their dim, dreary eyes .
‘Those crazy guys?’
But it was only for a while that disgusting goosebumps came up .
‘No, it’s better than that . ’
If they had an impure mind to do something about me as I thought, at least they wouldn’t hurt me . Then they’ll approach me with their bare hands, defenselessly . And that would be helping me .
“Who wants to go first?”
“Me first…”
“Hey, grab her first and then decide . ”
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“But, you bastards, are you sure she’s a woman?”
“Then what? With a face like that, even if he’s a man, I still can… . ”
“This is really crazy . Stay still, now I see that hair looks like a wig . ”
The level of conversation that once ‘elegant’ now turned over to a filthy content . I was disgusted with it, but I endured it .
Soon one of the crowd came up with a hasty step and reached out to my head .
“Look, I took it off… . ”
My head went blank . I swung the dagger I was holding behind my back for this time . No, I tried to swing it . Even if the man in front of me had not fallen down before that .
“…… . !”
“What, what?”
The forest-thieves rumbled . It was the same for me . I heard someone shouting when I was stuck in a situation where I didn’t know what had happened .
“Princess!”
What?
“Who are you… Argh!”
“Aargh!”
Subsequently, people wrapped in black clothes appeared and cleaned-up the forest-thieves in turn .
What happened in the blink of an eye was done in such a short time . I couldn’t even move my back to the tree until all the forest-thieves lay on the ground .
“Princess, are you all right?”
“… . . how did you……”
Doubtful of what my eyes had seen, I managed to bring out the word .
One of the black-clad men of the Dark Knights approached me .
“I saw the princess in the village and chased you here . ”
“What?”
It was too much to understand . Since I had the face of a completely different person in town .
More than that, I passed the entrance to the village where they, the Dark Knights members were guarding, without any trouble .
“To be honest, I didn’t know you were the princess at first . Since your appearance looked so different . ”
“But why… … . ”
“But I noticed your walking style . ”
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“My walking style?”
“Your appearance and attire were too plain and modest, but your gait seemed to have been educated by some high-ranking family . So I secretly followed you, feeling suspicious . ”
“…… . . ”
I have nothing to say . I never thought of a reason like that .
“But I was just doing it, so I tried to hide and watch until I was sure, but this happened . I’m sorry I couldn’t come forward and protect you . ”
The members of the Dark Knights bowed deeply to me .
I didn’t answer anything and just stayed still .
My body lost strength in collapse . I stumbled, then the Dark Knights member hurriedly approached me to support me but I shook my hand .
‘It’s over . ’
I don’t have beads now . In other words, there is no way to reverse the current situation . It’s over . I got caught . My last struggle ended in vain like this . I thought I would cry out of despair, but tears didn’t fill up as soon as I thought .
“Is your ankle okay, princess? First of all, we need to go out of the forest and go to the clinic . Please forgive me for having to touch the princess body until then . . ”
It was then . The member of the Dark Knights suddenly stopped talking . As soon as I stared at him strangely, a stream of blood flowed down his lips .
“-Cough!”
“… . . …?!”
“Jimmy!”
A handful of blood spattered the Dark Knights member on his knees . I stepped back a few steps, reflexively avoiding the tree behind my back .
“Right, yeah . This is it . As expected I’m so lucky . ”
“Jimmy, Jimmy! Get a hold of yourself!”
“You bastard, why on earth to Jimmy……… . ”
“What do you mean why?”
A man who stabbed a member of the Dark Knights named Jimmy from behind licked a bloody dagger .
“You idiots, do I still look like a member of your Dark Knights? Anyway, this is the problem if you get too many heads . They don’t even know each other . ”
“…… . !”
“Guys, don’t just stay still, you guys just get them . ”
Soon after, the situation became a mess . Those who thought they were on the same side just a moment ago stabbed, cut and fell close to each other .
In an instant, a number of members fell to the floor or suffered severe serious injuries at one glance .
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I couldn’t move in the meantime . I wanted to move, but I couldn’t .
Pain in the ankle was also painful, but above all, the man who caused the situation was keeping his eyes on me .
As if to keep an eye on me so that I can’t escape .
“Keugh!”
“Wh, what the hell is this…… . ”
“Who are you!”
“We?”
Some of the gang members who managed to get out of their bodies in the midst of the uproar shouted . That doesn’t mean they weren’t completely fine either .
Only then did the man draw his eyes from me . But I still didn’t move .
The pain in my ankle was too severe . I wondered what it would mean to run away like a turtle while limping in a situation while I didn’t even know where to go .
The man continued with a smile .
“It’s no big deal . We’re just a worker in a similar industry to you guys . With only a little difference . Let’s say, if you guys are the handymen who dig the well, then we’re experts who sell one well with sincerity . ”
“That’s not…”
“We only deal with killing people . ”
Hitmen . The man was introducing himself like that .
“We don’t do the rest for money, only killing . How about, we’re really sincere, aren’t we?”
“Why are you guys here… . ”
“Well, good . I’ll explain it step by step . People are supposed to show kindness when they’re in a good mood . Isn’t that right?”
The man then swung the dagger, shook off the blood, and continued his words .
“First of all, that’s the woman we should kill for . ”
He pinpointed me with his finger .
“…… . !”
“What are you talking about!”
“Why the princess!”
Unlike the violent reactions around me, I was calmer than I thought . Rather than being surprised or embarrassed, I first felt that it was the most likely .
Maybe I had a hunch when I made eye contact with a man a little while ago . I don’t know why, but I’m the one they’re after .
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