Published at 24th of January 2021 10:40:27 AM
Chapter 26
Was her information wrong? She’d thought Safiro’s brainwashed underlings were blindly loyal to him . Yet the boy in front of her obviously hated Safiro .
“I’m kind of a failure . ” He noticed her confusion, and explained .
“I resisted Safiro’s torture so well that I was on the verge of dying . I was deemed unsuitable to become his dog . ” His voice was calm .
“But then one of his right-hand men died… and he had no one to replace him . ”
Apollonia nodded slowly . Of course, the boy’s explanation wasn’t the whole story . It was likely that the reason for Safiro’s exception to raise him as his dog was probably because of this boy’s ridiculous talent .
The one who’d broken the barrier with only two attempts .
Neither she nor Sid had ever heard of such a person . Neither the late emperor or her father could rival his genius, and her father had no equal in martial arts throughout the entire content . Until now, at least .
Since the boy had accepted his master’s death calmly, she moved on to another subject .
“Who will you pledge your loyalty to if you have no master, and the one who you served is dead? Leifer?” Her question was blunt . When the boy heard her question, he just raised the corner of his mouth . He acted like she’d just asked a very naive question .
“You know you’ll die if you return to Leifer, in the most excruciating way you can imagine . But I can offer you another option . ”
Apollonia didn’t give him time to respond .
“Since Safiro is dead, there’s no one in the kingdom who knows your face . I can give you a new identity . ”
The boy sneered .
“Your name and your past don’t matter . From now on, live only for me . ” It was an overly simple demand, but there was no other way . There was no sense of loyalty between the two, and she wasn’t hypocritical enough to blackmail him to concede to the request using his life and freedom as collateral .
She needed him . But if the boy refused her offer, she wouldn’t hesitate to kill him .
The boy slowly rose from the bed . He strode towards Apollonia .
“Si–”
Apollonia instinctively called for Sid, in response to his sudden move . But the boy stopped right in front of her . He stood there for a moment, looked down at her, and bowed his head towards Apollonia’s face .
“What are you doing…?”
Apollonia tried to speak, but the boy smiled mockingly, and tilted his face to the side . He slowly stretched his right hand toward Apollonia and touched the transparent barrier between them . If there hadn’t been a barrier between them, it was a position that would have been easily mistaken as though he were trying to kiss her .
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It was too close . But Apollonia did not back down . She refused to show any weakness . When the two were close enough to hear each other’s breathing, he opened his mouth .
“I guess I look beautiful in your eyes, too?”
His calm remark was something Apollonia hadn’t expected . It didn’t suit the situation at all . Yet when she heard it, Apollonia had no choice but to look closely at his perfect features .
He was indeed beautiful . A mocking smile, rose-red lips, and eyes the color of the sea . But from the glint of scorn in his eyes, it was evident he was trying to provoke her .
“Don’t be so insolent . ”
“You asked me to be your man . ”
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“That’s not what I meant . ”
His mocking smile widened, and his hot breath blew into Apollonia’s eyes .
“I won’t be kind to those who don’t take me seriously,” she said, and pushed closer to the barrier between them . The boy looked taken aback, like he hadn’t expected her to stand up to him .
“You asked me to kill you, right? If that’s really what you want, tell me now . After all, you have two options . You can either accept me as your master and continue living, or die here without ever seeing the daylight again . Of course, I don’t expect you to formally pledge your loyalty to me, like you did with Safiro . ” Her voice was cold . The smile disappeared from the boy’s face, as if he hated the word ‘master . ’
“You’ve got two things wrong,” the boy spat through gritted teeth . He slowly lifted his left hand .
“First, the delusion that you can kill me so easily . ” The instant the last word left his mouth, his arm began to glow a strange silver light . The barrier trembled violently as he slid his hand through it . A gap slashed across the barrier .
Crack!