The Escort Knight Who Is Being Obsessed Over by the Villainess Wants To Run Away

9. Elijah on his birthday (5)

Bang!

I opened the door roughly and rushed in.

I see Elijah, who has fallen and is embarrassed.

And the man who was holding her hands.

Her heart beats and her whole body is hot.

Reason has already been cut off by the obscene conversation that came from inside.

That wasn’t even a conversation.

Unilateral coercion by one side.

Violence using authority.

I wonder if Elijah still doesn’t have the magical power to counter it? She

She couldn’t afford to think.

I just feel it all over again.

To the weak, the world is harsh enough to make you sick.

They both turned to me.

I overheard that man’s name.

Marquis of Sardis. I don’t know who.

It doesn’t matter.

“Judas… ?”

As Elijah spoke, I threw the lantern hanging from the door at Sardis.

“Ugh!”

Sardis reflexively raised his arm to block it.

Thanks to that, Elijah was freed from her clutches.

I didn’t stop and threw the bottle on the desk in front of me.

Liquid was sprayed on Sardis.

I don’t know what it is.

In terms of circumstances, this place seems like a special laboratory.

There are many beakers, flasks, strange-looking herbs, small bellows and braziers.

So, I just hope that liquid isn’t ordinary water either.

“What…. Aww-!”

Sardis got liquid in his eyes.

He screamed and stepped back.

“Ouch-! What is this! What did you sow on me-!”

Looks like it wasn’t ordinary water as I hoped.

Ignoring him struggling, I approached Elijah.

“My lady.”

“Judas….”

Elijah’s body trembled slightly.

Tears flowed endlessly from her eyes.

And those pupils.

Red border, the original color of the eyes.

A blazing orange trapped inside.

A golden pupil resembling yellow, shining solidly like the lofty sun at the center.

This is a characteristic that appears when Elijah handles his fire.

‘The finished Mad Fire is a bright golden color…. Elijah has awakened….’

The scattered puzzles are put back together one by one.

The cog wheels mesh and turn.

An accident when I was young. Awakening. Birthday.

“You bastards! Where are you-!”

I was brought back to my senses by Sardis’ cry.

“Let’s get out of here first.”

I recklessly took Elijah by the hand and led him.

Her little hands were cold and wet with cold sweat.

She was about to take her to her door when a lantern flew by.

I quickly grabbed Elijah and fell behind her.

The lantern hit the door and shattered it.

The kerosene inside spilled out.

The flames rose unrealistically and exploded.

Elijah and I were not hurt, but the door was blocked.

“There, nya….”

Sardis opened his eyes.

Eyes wide open. The red bloodshot eyes were not normal.

Looking around slowly, unable to see straight, wondering if his vision is not normal.

It looks like a snake looking for prey.

Elijah’s body trembled even more.

“My lady.”

I called out to her, holding her breath.

I am the only one.

Anything that can get her out of here with her now.

I have to.

You must keep your sanity.

You have to stay calm.

“My lady, look at me.”

I grabbed both of Elijah’s cheeks and pinned them to me.

The field of vision fills her round face.

Looking straight into the crying eyes, he spoke in an adulterous manner.

“I’m going to get out of here. You know what I mean?”

She just looked at me with vibrating eyes.

Her little lips trembled.

I wrapped the red blanket I had wrapped around her neck.

It was hard to bear the shaking of her hands.

“It is very cold today. It will be better if you put this on.”

It comes out as it makes sense.

I didn’t wait for an answer and put the cat doll on the desk into her arms.

I tried to ignore Sardis’ screams.

“Have you ever played hide and seek?”

“Yes….”

“From now on, I will look for the lady. So you have to hide well here.”

She said, hiding her under her desk in her corner.

The front and back did not match.

It’s hide-and-seek, and I’m looking for it.

Neither Elijah nor I were in the mood to point out such a thing.

“You have to stay here until I come to get you.”

Instead of answering her, Elijah shook her head and nodded.

There are still traces of awakening in her pupils.

It might be quicker to kill Sardis with that.

I’m caught up in it, but I’ll be burned to death as well.

Why didn’t she kill her?

I intervened?

You didn’t have to intervene?

If it’s her personality and strength….

What is Elijah like now?

Is this the Elijah I know?

Can I really say I know Elijah?

I don’t know, I didn’t have time to think about that right now.

“What are you doing!”

Sardis shouted in a shriek.

I looked behind her and her bloodshot eyes stared straight at me.

I stared at him and grabbed a fountain pen from the desk.

A fountain pen with a sharp, pointed tip.

He snorted.

“Are you going to kill me with something like that? With a body that trembles like that?”

“… ….”

I only lowered my eyes.

His hands trembled.

My legs are also shaking.

It’s so obvious what to do from now on.

I will cross the line.

That was unfamiliar and scary.

But I couldn’t back down.

I forcibly held my breath.

I pushed away my tension and only raised my anger.

“It’s unfortunate. You could have loved me too.”

My molars were clenched together.

Sueup, whoa.

He breathed slowly between closed teeth.

“… ….”

I didn’t bother to answer his nonsense.

Emotions run amok.

It breaks the whole body and seems to explode in all directions.

[Magical Liberation (Lv.3)]

The shaking stopped.

Emotions subside.

Only the necessary anger remains.

I suddenly kicked the chair next to me.

Originally, something that would have been impossible.

However, the mana-enhanced body sent the chair flying like a cannonball.

“Kuu!”

Sardis rolled over to avoid the chair.

A torrent of books spilled from the bookshelf hit by the chair, hitting Sardis.

I climbed over the long desk between him and me and ran towards him.

A fountain pen clutched tightly in his hand.

The faceless figure of Sardis was revealed among the piles of books.

He was reaching out to me.

An aiming posture as if to fire something.

‘No way.’

Red light gathers like a lump in the palm of your hand.

The image of the exploded lantern flashed through my mind.

The reason why it exploded, not just caught fire.

‘Wizard?!’

Sardis looked at me and smiled viciously.

A smile at the intuition of victory.

Hwareuk! A dazzling fireball appeared.

I instinctively raised one arm.

Even though I know I can’t stop it.

Chiig….

“… ?”

Obviously, it should be unstoppable.

The fire that touched my arm turned into smoke and disappeared.

“What… !”

Sardis was taken aback.

I was taken aback, too, but it was no time to hesitate.

I had to take aim at this gap where he hesitated.

I ran over the desk and jumped on him.

He fired another spark, but this time it also touched me and disappeared.

I bit off his floundering arm with my teeth and removed it, and grabbed him by the collar while riding on it.

A fountain pen held in reverse.

Aim for the side of the neck. Between the chin and collarbone. Carotid.

Use the attribute before stabbing.

[Weaponization of Objects]

Sardis muttered in an alarmed voice.

“You, of the moon… !”

Hook!

I couldn’t follow through.

***

“… ….”

Houched under the desk, Elijah trembled and cried.

I closed my eyes tightly and shut my mouth tightly.

I pulled the blanket up to my mouth and hugged the cat doll tighter.

The masochism he has been ignoring bears transparent fruit.

Abuse endured for years.

Falls as tears.

The embankment was cracked.

It’s noisy outside.

It must be Judas and Sardis fighting.

With each loud noise, Elijah crouched down more, shaking her body loudly.

I wanted to check.

I kept wondering what the outcome might be.

Still, I persevered.

Judas, because she told me to stay still until she came.

“Mom….”

Unbearable emotions were condensed into one word and poured out.

The weak self that could not be killed invades reality.

Emotions that were forcibly blocked. Memory.

Things I’ve been ignoring in order not to stop.

I miss my mother.

She was fed up with the reality that made her miserable.

I want to quit everything. Just everything

It is scary and exhausting.

Memories of a day left alone.

That day, Mom told Elijah to stay at her house.

She said she had somewhere to go.

Elijah did just that.

Since then, her mother has not returned.

She was not even reunited as a corpse.

What should I do next time?

What if Judas does not return?

What if Sardis returned to her?

This happened because she was quiet.

She might have been different if she had been by her mother’s side.

Although she was a force that was difficult to control, if they were together, she could have saved her mother’s life. For sure.

It was a fire.

It would have helped her if she was herself dealing with fire.

So, it was her own fault for not being with her mother.

All of her is her own fault.

The fire whispers against the sinking guilt.

Burn them all and kill them.

You deserve it.

That was right.

She wonders what she did, and the world won’t let her go.

How can you assert that only you are responsible for your sins?

Feeling weak was a luxury.

There is not enough time to hesitate.

We must burn the Bebel family.

Their ashes will be scattered on the fields, and the crops will be used as fodder for the livestock.

You mustn’t be weak.

A moment like that only happens once a year.

Her mother’s death date is enough….

“My lady.”

The voice of Judas awakened the spirit.

The fire that whispered in her heart fell silent.

A voice like a beam of light that cuts through the darkness.

But why is it shaking like it’s about to collapse?

Elijah quickly tried to turn her head, but Judas stopped him.

“Don’t look.”

Elijah obediently obeyed the command.

Like a person bound by a curse.

“So, I’m a bit dirty right now…. It’s not good for the lady to see. Also, this space is messy.”

“Yes….”

“Wait a minute.”

“Go, don’t go… !”

Elijah exclaimed as he hugged her doll.

Judas laughed helplessly at her screaming request.

“I’m not going anywhere. My hands are dirty, so I will wash them.”

“Yes….”

Judah didn’t really go very far.

She heard a nearby wipe of her hands with her cloth.

“As I said, the surroundings are dirty. So, I’ll catch you, so all you have to do is close your eyes and follow me.”

“Yes….”

Elijah closed her eyes.

Her eyelids quivered.

Something gripped my hand.

“Wow… !”

“This is me. Are you okay.”

“Yes, yes….”

The softly held hand led me.

Gets her body up and gets out of her desk.

She was blind.

It is terribly dark.

Walk in that state.

It feels as if my foot will suddenly fall into the basement.

Still, I walked.

Follow the leading hand.

Jerobeok, jeobeok.

The sound of burning.

Creaking and collapsing.

Someone’s screaming death.

The two’s footsteps erased all of that.

The darkness where nothing can be seen.

The only one there, the hand that held her, shone like a firefly.

As if if you follow it as if possessed, it will lead you to a distant yet peaceful paradise.

Yes, fireflies.

When I was very young.

I once went to a forest where fireflies had a festival at night.

The scene where green light dotted and danced in the dark was more beautiful than any other artwork.

The days when Narcissus lived alone with her mother, away from her parents’ eyes, away from her parents’ eyes.

The days when life was still full of colors.

My mom always took me somewhere special whenever she could afford it.

A place like the forest of fireflies that I saw then.

Elijah feared that even if it was her fate, her memories of those days would fade, so she kept it and took it out and savored it only when it was important.

In a world that has turned gray, the only thing that has color is memories.

Shared with my mother.

Now I meditate alone.

I closed my eyes and followed Judas.

When Judas stopped to put something away from her, she stopped, and when she walked, she walked again.

The heat was seething inside.

The power of fire that Sardis tried to explode the moment it attacked.

The power that hurt her mother when she got out of control in her childhood.

I was resentful that my innate talent was such a thing.

After her mother’s death, she felt skeptical and the power that had been sealed away was about to explode at this moment.

I tried to burn and destroy the surroundings.

I was trying to do that until just a while ago.

Sardis and this laboratory.

I wanted to burn it all down.

But since Judas held her hand, she continued to endure.

If it explodes, Judas may be caught in it.

It’s enough for one person to regret because of the power they can’t control.

Following Judas who took her own hand, he relied on her warm touch.

It may not be a simple dependency.

Something from her flows through Judas hand.

The pleasant coolness hugged and soothed the wildly wandering heat.

This is not a very large laboratory.

The road to the doorway was as far as the wilderness.

Then, the temperature of the air changed.

A cold, refreshing wind touched my skin.

“Judas…. Are you done now?”

“Yes. You can open your eyes. Still don’t see me….”

“Lady-!”

Elijah opened his eyes at the urgent call.

Leah was coming running with her pale face.

Several soldiers dressed in armor came running from the direction of the mansion.

The butler and the maids who assisted in the banquet.

Aristocrats enjoyed the banquet.

Everyone has a surprised face.

And, to her own family.

Those who use Bebel’s castle.

I was amazed that they could be surprised.

But I’m sure you’ll soon regret it.

One way or another, she would want herself dead.

“Lady!”

Lea hugged Elijah.

“Where, where, are you uninjured? Inconvenient place….”

“Yes. Are you okay….”

Judah took a step back from them.

Only then did Elijah see Judas.

A face and body drenched in blood.

Even though she knew that she was not of Judas blood, Elijah felt her heart sink.

“I-I am sorry. I found out too late, so what the hell…. Ah, ah, why the hell is this…. Sorry….”

Leah looked at Elijah’s body and muttered like someone out of her mind.

A voice that feels quite different from the usual hard, businesslike voice.

But Elijah couldn’t afford to recognize the difference.

She just looked at Judas as if she was possessed.

He laughed at himself, with a hideous face covered in her blood.

As if to not worry.

A friendly smile. I’ve seen it sometime

The soothing smile that her own unique side used to show.

That kind of thing that makes you feel like you’ll be okay no matter what….

At that moment, a thunderclap was heard.

“Yes, man!”

The knight who came running kicked Judas.

A kick loaded with her magic power.

In her eyes, the exploding magic was clearer than ever.

Judah, who was taken by surprise, fell flat.

Vomits blood.

The knight raised her sword to slash the fallen Judas.

All those scenes were slow.

Elijah pushed Leah away and ran.

“Where did you send him! How dare you… !”

The knight’s sword fell.

Also included.

“Don’t touch me.”

Elijah said quietly.

She stood between Judas and the knight before she knew it.

Behind my back, the magic lab was burning.

Eyes colored with strange colors.

Red, orange, yellow gold.

Around her, sparks resembling the color of her eyes sprang up like whips.

The flame cut off the knight’s arms.

“Everyone back down.”

Elijah shuddered.

The shimmering flames wrapped around the body of the knight whose arms had been cut off before he knew it and bound him.

“If you don’t want to end up like this.”

An ominous shimmering flame.

People couldn’t approach me and backed away.

Judas fell to the ground and saw it.

‘Crazy injustice… full awakening….’

The strength of Elijah she knew was revealed.

A disaster that devours everything around it once activated.

A hot flame follows the emotions of its owner.

If she wants to burn, she burns everything around her.

The wildly burning golden fire fluctuated.

It grows and spreads as if threatening the surroundings.

People screamed and ran away.

Judah knows how dangerous she is in this state.

She also told me not to get close.

Elijah’s flame drew a circle around her and Judas.

As if to imprison him.

Judah tried to distance himself.

She has no strength to stand up because she was kicked in the stomach.

I crawled backwards, resting my arms on the floor.

At that time, a ray of flame rushed quickly.

“Ugh… !”

I raised my arms reflexively, as if to block Sardis’ flames.

But the flame did not go out.

He didn’t even burn himself.

It just shimmered around the body as if to protect it.

Judas looked at it, then raised her head.

I see the small back of Elijah, who stands in her way as if to protect herself.

Elijah has fully awakened the mad power of fire.

However, she is different from what she knew.

‘This is….’

While he was panicking, the knight who had been imprisoned by Elijah screamed.

The sun pattern, the symbol of the Bevel family, drawn in the center of the armor, was dyed black like a piece of paper on fire.

The tip of the burnt circle glowed orange.

Like a distorted solar eclipse.

Soot spread all over the body in an instant.

The knight turned to ashes and crumbled to the floor.

From a distance out in the crowd, someone came forward.

The one who killed Elijah by burning the captured knight.

She killed her knight, who didn’t have to kill her, to warn Elijah about her own power.

Blonde red eyes. A middle-aged man with a good physique.

Balack di Bevel.

The current head of the Bevel family, and the one called the emperor wearing the black crown.

Duke Bebel.

He is Elijah’s biological father and is said to be the strongest wizard on the continent.

“Elijah.”

His eyes shimmered in scarlet.

He resembles Elijah, but is different.

There is no glowing golden pupil in the middle.

Elijah looked up at him hostilely.

The fire whispers again.

Burn everything and kill it.

A temptation like a snake’s tongue.

However, one thing has changed.

It was a change in Elijah himself.

The presence of Judas behind him was clear.

Whoever threatens him will be considered an enemy and will be burned.

Balak, who plays the benevolent father in front of him, was no exception.

“Can you explain to this father what happened?”

The moment I heard that question.

Darkness crept into my head.

Balak demands an explanation.

How did it happen?

What happened?

That thing….

The time when the fire urges more intensely.

“I am.”

Judas stumbled in.

“Let me explain.”

I couldn’t bear to let Elijah talk about it.