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"Wait, I still haven’t accepted your request. In my opinion, I shouldn’t take the princess away from here."
"Plus, I’m just a stranger you’ve just met." whatever it is, I have absolutely no intention of accepting their request.
I know, I know that taking the princess away is a risk.
For sure, I will be chased by that assassin.
And worst of all, I will lose my life for the second time.
"I don’t mind, during these 7 days, I know that you are an ordinary person and can be trusted. Therefore, I beg you to take the princess back to her place."
"..." for a moment, I was silent where I was.
Originally, I didn’t have the slightest intention to take the princess away from this place.
If so, I’m sure she will definitely rebel.
Still, I couldn’t help but accept their request.
The reason was clear, it was because I had to complete a mission from the system.
The rewards given by the system, were enough to let me break through to the next level.
Only, I still have to save the princess.
That way, I will be able to improve my talent.
"I understand…" without further delay, I decided to get on the horse-drawn carriage.
Which, in there is a princess.
Finally, I chose to move this horse at high speed.
*step!-* *step!-* *step!-*
"No...! Stop, I still have to save their lives. I can’t let innocent people sacrifice themselves just for me!" snapped the princess, relentlessly telling me to stop the horse-drawn carriage.
Even so, I have absolutely no intention of stopping this horse-drawn carriage.
I know, if I stop then my life will disappear.
Just look, several arrows are about to land right on top of me.
Luckily, I managed to avoid the various arrows.
Otherwise, I would have died from the start.
"Ck, they got away..." the killer clicked, unable to contain his annoyance.
"But never mind... I’ll kill these guards first. Dealing with that kid is very easy." for a moment, the figure of the assassin, suddenly disappeared from his place.
Before, finally reappearing right in front of the guards.
"Palace guards, how pitiful… I’m sure the Emperor is crazy to allow their Saintess to be protected by a group like you. But because of that, I have the opportunity to kill your Saintess."
"Hmph! Don’t think we’ll let your plan go that easily!"
"Everyone attack...!" when the guards were about to attack, the assassin, he couldn’t help but smile widely.
From his point of view, the movements of the guards were very slow.
In fact, they were much slower than anyone he had ever faced.
"Weak… I will show you what strength above the ordinary Warrior stage is."
*Shring!-*
For a moment, the assassin, he began to take out the sword on his back.
Just as he was about to attack, something strange happened around the guards.
In a split second, the surrounding guards fell to the ground.
"W-What happened?" Berdik muttered softly, not knowing what was happening.
In Berdik’s view, he did not expect that his other colleagues would just fall down like that.
In fact, he himself didn’t see whether the man moved his body or not.
But for some reason, his other colleagues, were rendered speechless in front of the killer.
Whatever it was, there was only one thing he could think about.
Namely, he was guessing, guessing that this assassin was above the Profound Knight stage.
It’s true, what he thought really happened.
"From your expression, do you know what level I am at?" the assassin asked, unable to suppress the wide smile on his face.
He knew, knew that the expression Berdik showed was an expression full of despair.
"Above the Profound is the Warrior Knight, then above that is the Grand Knight... Don’t tell me..."
"That’s right… I’m above a True Knight!"
...
Don’t know how long it has been, we have been walking for more than 3 hours, thinking that what happened was over.
Just look, as we continued our journey, we didn’t feel anything strange.
Even so, I kept hearing the sound of a woman crying.
"Hah... Princess, wouldn’t it be better for you to realize that their choice was the best?"
"If it weren’t for that, I’m afraid their family would have been executed by the empire." It’s true, I know the consequences if a knight doesn’t protect their lord.
Of course, their families would definitely be killed by the empire.
"I know… But, I don’t think it’s fair to them. Since childhood, I always thought that what my father did was not right."
"Still, I don’t have the strength to block my father’s path. He is the emperor, the strongest person on this continent." commented the princess, thinking that what I said was true.
Since childhood, she had known that the knights’ actions were right.
Even so, she didn’t have the power to save them.
Therefore, she decided to increase her strength.
When she was 5 years old, she had been gifted with a Yellow stage talent.
Since that day, she has always been considered the most talented among children her age.
"...Sorry, I wish I didn’t take you away from that place. They didn’t have to sacrifice themselves." I said, not forgetting to apologize for what happened.
I know, know that the princess still feels sad.
Of course, she will definitely harbor dislike for me.
But well, I have no choice but to accept the hatred she gives.
After all, I was the one who told them about the murderer.
Otherwise, there would be no need for the princess to leave that place.
"..." Whatever it was, the princess, she had absolutely no intention of saying a word.
In her heart, she still felt sad because she had left her guards behind.
Supposedly, the other guards, they had been killed by that assassin.
’Whatever... I will bring the princess back to the empire. And after that, we will part.’ I thought, not intending to think about anything.
Right now, all I have to do is bring the princess back to her place.
That way, I no longer need to live with her.
Time continues to pass, I don’t know how long it has passed.
Surely, the sky above me, had completely disappeared.
That means, it’s already evening.
Even so, I had absolutely no intention of stopping the horse-drawn carriage I was riding.
I know, I know if I stop.
That assassin, he will definitely come after us.
"…" for a moment, my gaze, endlessly shifted in various directions.
Don’t know why, I just felt something strange.
’Why is it so quiet? Did something happen on the carriage?’
’Carriage? Wait... Could it be...’ As if realizing what was happening, I reflexively opened the inner door of the carriage.
Finally, like it or not, I had to put on a surprised expression.
"Disappeared... The princess disappeared!" I screamed, unable to suppress the panic on my face.
If I had known about this earlier, I would not have let my guard down in the slightest.
However, what happened cannot be changed anymore.
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