41 – break?
I also have my head bowed to the floor, but unlike the people around me who can’t breathe at all and lie down on their stomachs, I’ve been able to raise my head slightly and observe Charlotte and Serena.
That’s right, other people will get their hair cut if they’re wrong, but I’m not.
Serena, who had just been walking around the central plaza with a happy smile, was glaring at Charlotte with bloody eyes, and Charlotte was looking at me, passing Serena’s gaze casually.
After that, the blue-black transfer door made a humming noise.
If someone had stood there while the transfer door was opening, it would have been a situation where limbs would have been torn apart, but Charlotte didn’t seem to have considered that at all.
Well, of course, it wouldn’t matter much if one person died coming to see me.
What is the reason for coming here all of a sudden in the first place?
Although Serena had obviously rejected Charlotte’s call, it was almost an established fact that since I was by her side, she would visit the palace sooner or later anyway.
At most, I was going to stay here for a day or so, and then go see Charlotte right away, either tonight or tomorrow morning.
Rather, I wondered what kind of situation this was when I suddenly came out from the other side and looked for Serena.
When it was confirmed that Charlotte was looking at me, Serena’s eyes became even more ferocious, and she stood in front of me as if covering me with her body.
The right hand holding the handle of the World Eater was ready to pull it out even now.
Charlotte’s gaze shifted from me to Serena. The warmth that had lingered on his face had completely disappeared.
Charlotte faced the death penalty with a momentum that rivaled Serena’s bloody eyes looking at her.
The only thing that was fortunate was that both of them were still holding on to the opposite sex, and they weren’t pumping mana out of their bodies.
If those two did, everyone here would foam and pass out. Maybe it’s better to just pass out. It would be better than losing your life.
It was Charlotte who broke the confrontation first.
“It’s been a while, Serena Elizabeth, the First Knight Commander of the Royal Family. No, since I haven’t seen you in a day, should I say that I’m glad to see you again soon?”
“What did you come here for?”
As Serena started to take off her shorts from the start, the royal knights lined up on either side of Charlotte shuddered.
First of all, since Serena, nominally belonging to the Royal Knights, was a servant of the King, Charlotte, it seemed that it was not good to see her daring to speak out against the King.
Because he was wearing a helmet, he couldn’t even see the expression inside it, but it certainly wasn’t a pretty expression.
The armor was transported to the other side of the palace and thrown away, and Charlotte personally made it come to visit, and since he was showing such words and actions in such a situation, it was a natural reaction.
Charlotte, the person in charge, looked on her face as if she hadn’t even expected respectful words in the first place.
From the first meeting when I took Serena to the palace, we had been swearing at each other, and considering that we have been in a relationship with each other since then, we wouldn’t even care about half words.
I can’t imagine Serena getting along well with Charlotte, but the people involved must be shocked.
At least Serena would say honorifics to Charlotte if I pushed through the brunt, but even then it was impossible to improve their relationship.
“You mean a king needs a reason to roam his territory?”
“Don’t talk back.
“Sophistry. That’s rather what you’re doing. It doesn’t seem like the words that would come out of the mouth of a human who openly refused Jim’s orders.”
“Why should I listen to you?”
“I’ll return it as it is. Why don’t you listen to me? If you are in the position of the Royal Knights, you must absolutely obey my words.”
“My lord is only one. Don’t talk nonsense.”
Gradually, the conversation between the two reached a level that should not be done in a place with many ears.
In fact, among the citizens lying flat on the floor, there was even one who could not overcome his curiosity and gently raised his face.
Besides, even if you don’t have to check it with your eyes, aren’t your ears still open even if you’re lying on the floor? It was self-evident that if useless rumors spread, blood and wind would rage again.
While I was contemplating whether or not I should secretly talk to Serena, Charlotte jumped the ball.
“You’re being cheeky.”
A man’s body, located where Charlotte looked, exploded like a balloon.
With a popping sound, only a few pieces of flesh and organs remained, and the rest exploded from the inside, spraying blood in all directions. The people around him trembled and crouched down.
The fishy smell of blood began to spread in the central square. After an example of giving his life for a little curiosity, there was no longer a big man to raise his head again.
However, Charlotte did not stop there.
Four more bodies exploded. All of them were human beings who held their heads up even for a moment. People covered with pieces of intestines scattered everywhere along with the fountain of blood vomited.
Charlotte even exploded all those people who were retching. The central square was instantly filled with a bloody smell.
Blood spurted through the grooves between the tiles on the roadside.
There was no longer a man who vomited or couldn’t overcome his curiosity. There were only humans crouching down with all their might, fearing to offend the blood queen in front of them.
Charlotte scanned her surroundings with sharp eyes.
“Jim seemed very funny, so I set an example. If you have something to say, say it.”
Of course, no one said anything.
If I took those words literally and said anything, whether it be praise or complaint, I couldn’t guarantee the lives of everyone here.
No, maybe the life of the whole city could not be guaranteed.
After I shook my head a few times to mean that, Charlotte looked at me with sullen eyes, spread her left hand toward me, and created a magic circle that covered the entire central plaza.
A magic circle identical to the one that covered the central square formed in Charlotte’s palm.
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Just right, Charlotte created a slight wave with the thumb and middle finger of her right hand. The air rippled like a wave, and waves spread out in all directions centering on Charlotte.
The magic circle at the spot where the wave passed emitted blue light.
Everyone in the central square rose at the same time. The sight of the movements of well over a hundred easily matched without any error brought even bizarreness to the scene.
Among them, it was even seen wearing the intestines from the exploded body.
And all of them had unfocused eyes. Charlotte’s face twisted grotesquely as she waved her arms.
A moaning sound filled with pain leaked out intermittently.
“What are you doing, Charlotte?”
“Shouldn’t we tear out all the memories? We shouldn’t find out about our relationship.”
The distorted faces soon returned to their unfocused form. Charlotte clenched her fists, and heard the sound of something crunching in the air.
ㅡGo away.
A voice loaded with mana echoed through the central plaza. All the humans there started to move together.
More than a hundred right legs are lifted up and step on the ground at once, and similarly, more than a hundred left legs are lifted and stepped on the ground at once.
Soon the central square was empty. The blue glowing magic circle slowly faded.
Instead, a translucent orb-shaped protective shield covered the entire plaza.
The Royal Knights could not be an exception. I thought I’d snapped my body, but I went back into the transfer door that was still buzzing in a dark blue color.
All the Templars made exactly the same movements as the other citizens were leaving here.
As the last remaining knights disappeared inside the portal, the dark blue circle gradually shrank in size and then scattered powerlessly.
The central plaza, where even the noise from the transfer door had completely disappeared, was an unmatched quiet place.
When everything except me, Serena, and Charlotte were gone, a different sense of silence lingered.
Now there’s nothing to hold back. The two of them were staring at each other openly as if they were going to kill each other. I also just got up because it was pointless to kneel anymore.
People are gone, but traces remain. The blood that filled the tiles and the by-products of the human body smeared all over the place gave it a pale crimson color.
How many people have changed from humans to internal organs? No matter how few people caught, it seemed that ten people would pass.
Looking over Serena’s shoulder, her eyes met Charlotte’s.
“You made our relationship go unnoticed as you wished. How is it?”
“…wouldn’t it have been nice to just remove the memories?”
“Aren’t those things that made you worry? I think that alone is enough reason to die. And.”
“and?”
“You and I, if we want to spend time alone here together. The less people, the better.”
Charlotte gave strength to the words ‘just the two of us’ and ‘closely’. Serena’s hand holding the World Eater trembled.
It was obvious without looking at what kind of expression Serena was making.
