Chapter 40 – Temporary United Front Part 2
Reina glared at me in the slow flow of time.
Cool to be cold. Those eyes are as calm as the sea before a storm. Surprisingly, for Reina, the effect of his body transformation is nowhere to be found, just as the stumble a moment ago was smoke.
Just like a beast crouching in the bush before attacking its prey. I was observing Alicia’s exchange with me quietly enough to feel fear.
And the moment I realized that, in my head PuzzleThis is set in an instant.
“Hey. Greenhorn. Where are you looking now?! Am I serious? Did you really think I would just get over it after doing that? If you don’t tell me why you did that right now…”
Aricia put strength into her right hand that grabbed her by the collar as if she didn’t like me for looking away. Then, as easily as lifting her scarecrow, my body fell off the ground.
“Cheuk…!”
“…This is your end.”
A feeling of suffocation, as if a vise were pressing down on my neck, overtook me in an instant. At that intense sensation, the flow of time returns to its original state. The thought circuit to find the correct answer is stopped, and only the instinct of survival roars in the head.
“Ugh… Kek, Keck… Kkeuh…!”
She grabbed Aricia’s arms by the collar with both hands as she struggled to live, but she wouldn’t budge…!
Keugh! Is this a real human being? It’s like touching the arm of an iron golem! This monstrous bitch…!
“There is no use in struggling! Cain Vinland! Choose! Will you shut up and die like this, or will you tell the truth!”
I don’t see the slightest hesitation in Aricia’s eyes, who are pressuring me.
Damn it. Her consciousness is clouded as blood flow to her head is cut off. Her brain stopped spinning long ago and nothing comes to mind. The gradual rise of death is clearly felt.
An obvious bad ending is right in front of her nose. Cuckoo. It’s already the second time I’ve been strangled to this extent, but I’m not used to it at all! Keugh. I want to breathe. I want to confess everything about brainwashing right now and pray for you to save me! Even so, I want to breathe the air to my heart’s content once more!
But.
I closed my half-open mouth to plead and clenched my fists.
But even if you save your life like that MeaningThere is no Really If the brainwashing is discovered, even if you survive here, only destruction awaits in the end. No matter how I struggled, it was already too late. Rather, it just sinks deeper and deeper into the swamp.
So, what I have to do now is not to beg for my life, but ratherAgainstAll.
I raised the corners of my mouth as much as I could and grinned. Hide your bewilderment and be as bold as possible.
“Under…?”
Alicia’s eyebrows twitched when she saw me suddenly change her expression and smile.
“Hee hee… Uh, what do you mean… Uh, uh… I don’t know…?”
“What?”
“Hick, hick… Rather, I want to ask…! Ah, Sir Aricia… Why are you committing such a violent act…! Kkeuh… You’re talking about Something like thatWhat the hell do you mean!”
“…Chit.”
Alicia clicked her tongue when she saw me calmly complaining as if she didn’t know anything.
He didn’t miss the momentary look of disappointment on her face. Is it also as expected? There is no way you can answer my question. Because Aricia must not have noticed anything.He questioned me as if he was going to kill me, but he said to me WhatProof of this is that he never mentioned whether he had been attacked.
Then why is Aricia doing this? The answer to that question is also clear.
Dump.
Aricia took her strength out of her hands without warning and let me go.
“Puha…! Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa…!”
“Are you all right?! Dismissal!”
It was at the same time that I, who had lost all strength in my legs and sat down, greedily forced air into my throat, and the soldiers of the Valhalla Guards stormed into the hallway where we were.
“Nyahaha. Hey, it seems I misunderstood this. I’m sorry. Sir Cain. When I wake up in the morning, I feel dizzy and unable to control myself. Last night, I thought someone had poisoned the meal, so the tap turned. What is it?”
Alicia moved away from me and Lowe, deftly raising both of her hands as if her deadly run was a lie.
“But, judging from Sir Cain’s reaction, it seems that I misunderstood. I apologize. What can I say instead, but I will gladly accept the punishment for this rudeness.”
She offered no resistance and Aricia was unconcernedly taken away by her soldiers. Seeing her cool demeanor, I was convinced.
This is a well-crafted play. Aricia is just an actress. Who directed this play?
“This has been a miserable disaster since morning. Sir Cain.”
A voice without emotion.
“Iknow, right. I would have been very grateful if someone had dried it up.”
I turned around as I touched my clothes. There stood a blonde paladin with a face as cold as ice. Reina nodded and lowered her head.
“Sorry. I wanted to help, too, but it could become a state-to-state problem if I go up against Aricia.”
Aww I clenched my molars. I was sure. Raina and Aricia. There must have been a temporary union between these two, who were related by nemesis.
Of this commotiondarknessIs Raina, this bitch.
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Bang!
I couldn’t control my boiling anger and hit the office desk. I wanted to destroy everything I could get my hands on, but instead I took a deep breath and tried to bury my anger deep inside.
“…Low. How are you?”
“Under. No problem. Rather, please ask for the punishment for failing to keep Your Excellency.”
Lowe bowed his head with a bandage wrapped around his head. He suffered bruises on his side of the head from the impact of being hit against a wall by Aricia, and was also diagnosed with a concussion. Although it must be difficult even to stand still, he is not showing the slightest outward appearance.
“Sounds like an idiot again. It’s not your fault. It’s a conclusion we’ve come to long ago that there’s no way we can stop Aricia from seriously attacking her. Rather, the future is more important. Low. The current situation?”
“Arisia has put her under arrest in her guest room. The crime of trying to murder His Excellency deserves to be torn limb from limb. Considering the dynamics between the Kingdom of Fenrir and our principality, it would be difficult to dispose of it further than that.”
“Good job. She is the woman that Grandpa Raccoon cherishes like her daughter. Let alone the death penalty, even if you put me in prison, if the fact is known, he might come to destroy me with all the legions of Fenrir himself.”
Seeing that she was caught by the guards, it seems that Aricia knew this would happen too. No, someone must have told me to be precise.
“Low. What do you think of this commotion?”
“…You were unexpectedly caught off guard. Our brainwashing was flawless, without the slightest gap. False memories, logic, and common sense have been matched with reality without any doubt. Nevertheless, if you do notice something, it is PerfectWouldn’t this be the problem?”
“Is it. Is it the same conclusion as mine?”
The false memories we have created are scenarios that we have reviewed hundreds or even thousands of times over the past few months.
The lines of movement, events, emotions, sensations, and the process of recognizing them are meticulously structured so that we do not even suspect that we are plotting something. The embarrassing assistant’s memories of yesterday’s event at Valhalla Hall were all replaced with fake ones.
I was worried that Reina, who has a sharp sense of humor, might feel uncomfortable if she had no memory of investigating us, Investigated us in many ways, but nothing came of itEven planted false memories.
Absolutely perfect. There was no room for suspicion anywhere.
“But it was caught by the tail because it was so perfect. Haha. It’s ridiculous.”
Ridiculously, Rayna did something that would make us suspicious She didn’t even do oneFelt uncomfortable with the fact that
No matter how much I investigated and no matter how much I examined my body, nothing happened. It’s been a day already, but Cain Vinland didn’t do anything.
Only that much true. Spotless white. It was so strange that it could not be overlooked, Reina thought.
“I For one dayOr that there was no way he wouldn’t do anything. Kkeukkeuk. Getting rid of the assistant’s memories was rather poisonous. Haha! What a joy! How could my enemy have such a precise understanding of me!”
And after that, it’s as obvious as watching a fire. Reina puts on a morning play to confirm her suspicions. Early this morning she met Aricia and promised her something in return she couldn’t refuse, and put her act on me to drive her.
To see how I react.
I remembered Reina’s cold eyes. Her bulging eyes were observing my expression and every movement. And when she was caught by Aricia, she showed a look of embarrassment for a moment, wondering if she had been caught about her brainwashing.
It was a moment that was less than one second in terms of time, but Reina probably didn’t miss it. Her conclusions that she will come to are most likely…
“…To the tumult of the morning Reina Astraea, without even realizing it, was convinced that we were doing something to her.… Would be correct.”
As if reading my thoughts, Lowe said.
“I agree. Are you also an indomitable hero? It doesn’t go as easily as planned.”
“Isn’t this the time to be talking like that?! He took advantage of the moment when our surveillance was neglected due to the commotion that morning, escaped the trail and disappeared somewhere!”
Gerard, one leg trembling wildly on the sofa, raised his nervous voice. The way he is biting off the thumb nail on his right hand to the point of bleeding shows how anxious he is.
The other executives aren’t as outspoken as Gerard, but they’re clearly agitated. Even though all the executives except for Zhao and Lit are gathered, the silence that oppresses the office proves it.
Just as Gerard had said, Rayna had a brief conversation with me in her hallway, and she immediately went out of her mansion and disappeared. Of course, as long as the reconciliation and mediation is in progress, I will have to return to Valhalla, but I have no idea where I’m going.
An unexpected blow struck right before the declaration of checkmate.
Besides, the opponent is preparing something without our knowledge.
A crisis that exceeded expectations that deserved anxiety. However, when my thoughts were organized, it was a different feeling that started to fill up inside me. Soon, the swelling emotions leak out through the mouth.
“Puhhhhh…”
“Cain…?”
She walks over to Gerard and grabs him by the shoulder.
“Do not worry. Gerard! Our heroes have only counterattacked us once! The other hand is still in our favor! Aren’t your vulva imprints so lukewarm that you can erase them right away?!”
“…!”
Gerard’s eyes fluttered for a moment, but he stopped biting his nails and nodded at me. I turned around and looked around at the other officers and declared.
“What about the other gentlemen! From your skills! From the brainwashing assistant we created together! You think you can get away with that easily?!”
Just as my passion moved and caught fire, the eyes of the executives are also changing.
Yes. The brainwashing of the special unit of the Principality of Vinland is not soft enough to be able to do something to the extent that it noticed that something was being suffered…!
“Rather, isn’t it fun!! This is literally a chess game with females! Shall we complete the brainwashing first and shout checkmate to the naked slaves on their knees? Or, will the king be captured by the hero’s trump card!! Now, let’s compete–!!”
“”Under!””
Struggling to your heart’s content Reina Astraea. When I come back here, I’ll give you another taste of hell.
