TCIWTFY - Chapter 102

Samon secretly dragged Medea deeper into the forest.

"I think I saw a silver fox. It's a clever one. It definitely hid well from people."

Medea hastily turned her horse to meet the words of Samon, who was running ahead of her.

"Simon, aren't you going too deep? What if a wild beast comes out?"

It was a terrified voice.

"This is a hunting ground that has been managed by gamekeepers for decades. Knowing that there are no wild beasts. Besides, Dea, you can use a sword. Just swing it."

"I've never killed a beast with a sword before."

Medea cried.

It was a friendly sight, one that had only been shown to Samon and Claudio's family for a long time.

"But Dea, why did you hide the fact that you use a sword? Our family was shocked."

Samon looked at Medea out of the corner of his eye and asked secretly.

"Of course, I was more surprised than you, I didn't know that you were hurt. Is your leg okay now? If it hurt that much, you should have told me in advance."

Medea answered softly.

"..."

Samon, who had immediately rejected her request for help during the duel with Jared, was caught off guard instead.

He forced a smile.

"And Samon, it wasn't even a fight. I just remember Peleus teaching me the basics. You don't know how hard it was to train without any flexibility."

Medea's voice was curt as if she still felt annoyed when she thought about it.

'You're saying that it was that great just because it was a basic technique..?"

But soon Samon remembered Peleus.

It was possible for him, who had first held a sword at the age of five, soon awakened his Auror, and personally subjugated even the King's personal guard Agema.

Medea was his only sister whom he cherished, so he must have taught her the basics of how to subdue her enemies.

Medea, who received it like a baby bird in a nest, suppressed the fourth Princess.

"Haha, you two are really... talented."

Tendons stood out on the back of Samon's hand as he held the reins.

He remembered that he had taken up the sword in the same year and age as Peleus and that he had never been able to keep up with his dazzling speed.

The deep-rooted inferiority complex that he had forgotten raised its head.

'Yes, but the brother and sister's show-off is over now.'

Samon whispered sinisterly and unconsciously spurred his horse on.

"Samon, you're going too fast. I can't go that fast. I have such a terrible memory of falling off my horse that I can barely hold on to the reins."

"I'm sorry. I guess I was too focused on my prey. Instead, as a gesture of apology, I'll somehow give you the victory."

Samon's dry eyes scanned her as he spoke to her affectionately and tried to comfort her.

The horse Medea rode was a gentle brown pony. It was gentle and listened well to Medea's clumsy commands without getting angry.

'You're good at riding other people's hands too.'

Before the competition began, the Princess secretly brought twelve wolves into the hunting grounds.

Samon attached a small sachet of incense under the saddle of his horse.

That pouch, which exudes a faint musk that only beasts can smell, will serve to lure the magpies.

On the contrary, he put a scented bag on his body that dogs hate.

'Even if Medea tries to intervene, it will be too late. She will be torn to pieces and become food for the beasts.'

Then he can just pretend to be a victim who barely survived the horde and go back.

Samon sent a sad apology inwardly.

'I'm sorry, Dea. But you've grown too big. You keep threatening our family. I have no choice but to take action first.'

Clearly, Medea was the savior Claudio needed.

'But things are different now.'

Considering the situation, where Peleus had already announced his victory, it was too risky to keep Medea alive.

So Samon moved forward quickly enough that Medea couldn't stop him, but not enough that she lost him completely.

How long did it take like that?

He reached a place so deep that no matter how far he went, he could only see grass.

The trees had grown so thickly that they blocked out even the light from the sky, creating a gloomy, shadowy atmosphere.

"I think I saw a fox tail around here."

Samon got off his horse, bent down, and circled around a tree stump, pretending to look for a fox's den.

He was internally counting the hours. He had come to a remote place where no one was looking. When would Medea arrive?

At that moment, Medea's voice was heard.

"Simon, I think I saw it."

"What?"

A fox, or a wolf?

Samon was about to turn his head.

Phew.

He felt a sharp pain as if he was being stabbed by something sharp, and then his vision went black.

***

Medea closed the brooch's mouth again.

A cat-shaped brooch sparkled on her right shoulder.

It was a brooch that Akares had given her a while ago.

'It works as he says.'

Medea looked down at Samon, who had collapsed after being hit by a sleeping pill, with cold eyes. Medea jumped down from her horse and took the sword from Samon's scabbard.

It was an outstanding sword that did not match its owner's skills.

Should I just kill him here?

However, Medea decided to overcome her momentary impulse and proceed according to plan.

'You will have to look for me desperately.'

She intends to disappear from here. She will leave here clear evidence that he, Samon, attempted to harm the Princess.

Medea was about to leave, leaving Samon unconscious.

Phew-!

Medea instinctively turned her back to avoid the presence behind her and swung the sword. The sensation of slicing through a blunt piece of flesh was transmitted through the sword.

“Kaaaak-!”

The beast's deep scream echoed through the air.

At the same time, the cape on Medea's shoulders was torn apart, having been caught in the wolf's claws.

The place she avoided was covered in the blood spurting out from the wound that the unconscious Samon had inflicted on her.

He couldn't wake up even though the smell of blood was so strong it stung her nose.

'There's nothing like this in this forest... You guys prepared it.'

Medea expected that they would use different moves in the hunting competition, but that is what happened.

To be exact, it seemed to be a collaboration between the Fourth Princess and Samon.

The Princess must have brought in the beasts, and Claudio, who knows the hunting grounds well, must have brought them in.

"Heeheeing-!"

At that moment, the mare's desperate cry was heard.

Medea raised her head.

She could see several wolves charging at her horse at once.

The gentle mare was torn to pieces before she could even scream. The wolves' sharp eyes turned toward Medea.

Despite the sudden appearance of wild beasts, Medea whistled with an expressionless face.

Unexpected variables. But that doesn't matter.

No matter how things turn out, she plans to use it as material to complete her plan targeting her uncle.

Samon's horse, which had been wandering around in fear at the appearance of the wild beasts, instinctively ran towards her.

"Hey!"

Medea grabbed the reins and mounted the horse.

She threw away the rookie attitude that had made her show off on the horse earlier and spurred on.

But the wolves continued to pursue Medea without rest.

She turned around and shot the crossbow, but the wolves managed to dodge and chase after her.

'They are trained.'

How far did she go, past the branches that roughly scratched her arms and jumping over the dense bushes?

At one point, the horse refused to run any longer.

Medea, who had been scanning the front, roughly pulled the reins. It was a cliff with no path left.

The wolves instinctively realized that their path of escape was blocked and approached Medea, lowering their bodies as if surrounding her.

"Kurrrrrrrr..."

The wild beast bared its teeth with ferocious eyes.

One of them rushed towards Medea as if to show an example.

Medea fired her crossbow at them, then quickly pulled the reins and turned her horse's head.

“Kaang-!”

While the one impaled by the crossbow fell, the one approaching from below was kicked by the horse's hind legs.

At the same time, the one who was aiming for the right stomach spurted blood as Medea swung her sharp sword upward from below.

And the last one.

Kyaaaaang-!

It fell down the cliff with Medea.

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