“This ax will cut your neck!”
Does this mean that Cedric and my neck are going to be cut?
‘If I only had my gun…’
And then, it was the next moment.
Cedric raised his arm. Pretending to faint, Cedric picked up one of the black skull heads placed on the altar and threw it at the man with the axe.
“Ah!”
The skull hit the hand of the man in the parrot mask.
The man in the parrot mask, the man who kidnapped me here, screamed and dodged, as if something filthy had touched him.
I clearly saw black fluid smeared on the man’s hand.
Thud.
The ax fell to the ground.
‘Huh?’
The moment I heard that sound, I had a strange feeling.
‘Just now. What was that?’
For a moment, my body was pulled sharply.
Slap, Cedric slapped my cheek.
“Princess! Snap out of it!”
I instinctively grabbed the hand stretched out in front of me. Then I ran with Cedric.
“Catch them!”
“They must not escape!”
The dull sound of something breaking.
There was chaotic noise.
‘I can’t see well.’
My vision was constantly shaking, like looking through a smoky curtain. I stumbled and ran, relying on Cedric’s hand.
“The ventilation passage! Go this way!”
I mumbled.
Cedric, who was climbing the stairs, listened to my words and squeezed his body into the narrow passage in front of us.
I could hear people chasing us.
Cedric is still fifteen, so his body is not fully grown. There was enough space for me. We finally got out through the ventilation passage.
The cold wind hit my cheek. Cedric and I were only dressed in light cotton clothes.
“Shh, this way. Princess.”
Cedric whispered.
‘My eyes are still strange.’
I walked, holding Cedric’s hand, relying on my shaky vision.
“Just a moment, Cedric!”
I cried out softly. I turned my back while running.
“I can’t see well, can you check? We need to remember where we came from.”
Cedric slowed his pace for a moment. Then he mumbled in an unbelieving voice.
“We are…”
The cold wind brushed against my cheek.
“We seem to be near the Duke’s castle in the South. I can see the Duke’s castle over the forest. It seems we came out of a building directly opposite the forest.”
Does that mean… one of the annexes in the forest attached to the Duke’s castle?
Goosebumps popped up all over my body.
‘An event like this happening in a place owned by Collen?’
Neither Cedric nor I could say anything.
Right in front of us was the Duke’s castle, where we had lived peacefully.
“Shh, I hear footsteps,” Cedric whispered.
Swoosh. I heard the sound of footsteps rubbing against the grass.
‘They seem to be chasing us.’
There were several people’s footsteps.
And they were getting closer.
The castle is in front of us. Once we get there, we’ll be safe. Our lives depend on that short distance.
But surviving right now was the first priority.
‘My eyes are weird.’
They kept trying to close.
‘I can see less and less…’
“Over here.”
Like two animals relying on the darkness of night, Cedric and I held hands and walked fast.
Every time my legs almost gave way, Cedric firmly grabbed my hand.
“It’s okay, I’ll hold you so you don’t fall.”
Cedric reassured me several times in a breathy voice, but still soothing.
Cedric’s firm hand was my only path. However, the footsteps of the pursuers were getting closer.
“Hide here.”
The shape of the towering tree before my eyes was reflected.
‘A tree burrow… perhaps?’
There was a very small hole naturally formed in the dead tree stump.
It was a space like a rabbit’s burrow.
Cedric pushed me in between. And Cedric also came in. We were close enough for our toes to touch.
“Where did they go?”
“We have to catch them!”
I heard someone whispering, and then the stumbling footsteps went away. I took a sigh of relief.
In the darkness, purple eyes were looking at me.
“Are you okay?”
If I moved my body even a little, Cedric’s knee and my knee touched. The skeleton of the touched body was surprisingly firm.
“Yes… How on earth were you there?”
“I followed suspicious people into the forest, and they were in the middle of kidnapping you. In the meantime, someone attacked me.”
“This ax will cut your neck!”
Does this mean that Cedric and my neck are going to be cut?
‘If I only had my gun…’
And then, it was the next moment.
Cedric raised his arm. Pretending to faint, Cedric picked up one of the black skull heads placed on the altar and threw it at the man with the axe.
“Ah!”
The skull hit the hand of the man in the parrot mask.
The man in the parrot mask, the man who kidnapped me here, screamed and dodged, as if something filthy had touched him.
I clearly saw black fluid smeared on the man’s hand.
Thud.
The ax fell to the ground.
‘Huh?’
The moment I heard that sound, I had a strange feeling.
‘Just now. What was that?’
For a moment, my body was pulled sharply.
Slap, Cedric slapped my cheek.
“Princess! Snap out of it!”
I instinctively grabbed the hand stretched out in front of me. Then I ran with Cedric.
“Catch them!”
“They must not escape!”
The dull sound of something breaking.
There was chaotic noise.
‘I can’t see well.’
My vision was constantly shaking, like looking through a smoky curtain. I stumbled and ran, relying on Cedric’s hand.
“The ventilation passage! Go this way!”
I mumbled.
Cedric, who was climbing the stairs, listened to my words and squeezed his body into the narrow passage in front of us.
I could hear people chasing us.
Cedric is still fifteen, so his body is not fully grown. There was enough space for me. We finally got out through the ventilation passage.
The cold wind hit my cheek. Cedric and I were only dressed in light cotton clothes.
“Shh, this way. Princess.”
Cedric whispered.
‘My eyes are still strange.’
I walked, holding Cedric’s hand, relying on my shaky vision.
“Just a moment, Cedric!”
I cried out softly. I turned my back while running.
“I can’t see well, can you check? We need to remember where we came from.”
Cedric slowed his pace for a moment. Then he mumbled in an unbelieving voice.
“We are…”
The cold wind brushed against my cheek.
“We seem to be near the Duke’s castle in the South. I can see the Duke’s castle over the forest. It seems we came out of a building directly opposite the forest.”
Does that mean… one of the annexes in the forest attached to the Duke’s castle?
Goosebumps popped up all over my body.
‘An event like this happening in a place owned by Collen?’
Neither Cedric nor I could say anything.
Right in front of us was the Duke’s castle, where we had lived peacefully.
“Shh, I hear footsteps,” Cedric whispered.
Swoosh. I heard the sound of footsteps rubbing against the grass.
‘They seem to be chasing us.’
There were several people’s footsteps.
And they were getting closer.
The castle is in front of us. Once we get there, we’ll be safe. Our lives depend on that short distance.
But surviving right now was the first priority.
‘My eyes are weird.’
They kept trying to close.
‘I can see less and less…’
“Over here.”
Like two animals relying on the darkness of night, Cedric and I held hands and walked fast.
Every time my legs almost gave way, Cedric firmly grabbed my hand.
“It’s okay, I’ll hold you so you don’t fall.”
Cedric reassured me several times in a breathy voice, but still soothing.
Cedric’s firm hand was my only path. However, the footsteps of the pursuers were getting closer.
“Hide here.”
The shape of the towering tree before my eyes was reflected.
‘A tree burrow… perhaps?’
There was a very small hole naturally formed in the dead tree stump.
It was a space like a rabbit’s burrow.
Cedric pushed me in between. And Cedric also came in. We were close enough for our toes to touch.
“Where did they go?”
“We have to catch them!”
I heard someone whispering, and then the stumbling footsteps went away. I took a sigh of relief.
In the darkness, purple eyes were looking at me.
“Are you okay?”
If I moved my body even a little, Cedric’s knee and my knee touched. The skeleton of the touched body was surprisingly firm.
“Yes… How on earth were you there?”
“I followed suspicious people into the forest, and they were in the middle of kidnapping you. In the meantime, someone attacked me.”
