While I soaked in the bath to calm my body and mind, Millea brought me a warm chocolate.
Bath and chocolate. It definitely made me feel better.
I lay on the bed and calmly placed my hand near my heart.
I could feel Magi in my heart, which had always been clean with the power of purification.
'...'
Earlier, I pulled all the Magi in the forest.
My fears and anxieties became a greeting, summoning Magi throughout the forest.
I embraced Magi in my body, just as Julian embraced Magi.
It was an imitation of Julian.
Then came a response from the Black Knight.
In fact, I thought that if I fed him enough Magi, Cami would act with a little self-ill.
In the palace of Cerus, Cami feasted on my Magi and emerged from the shadow on his own.
It wasn't uncontrollable, but it was somewhat instinctive. As if the leash had become loose.
I hoped to loosen Cami's leash so that he could go berserk.
The cloning was unexpected.
'Is it because he ate a lot of Magi?'
The Black Knight calls Magi, and the Magi increases, the number of Black Knights increases.
So, it is because Julian has many black knights. After all, he has so much Magi?
"There is no end to purification because there are already too many black knights."
I lifted the mirror on the nightstand and studied my eyes.
It was still blue.
Julian feared that the curse would be transferred to me...
'I'd rather you ring it to me.'
Julian secretly thought about it.
Lived twice. It was a life worth living.
I felt tingling all over my body.
I felt sick to the filthy masses of Magi that were floating around every inch of my body like blood.
I plucked them all and threw them into the shadows as food for the black knights.
The black knights devoured it ravenously.
Julian, who went to interrogate the hostages, did not return overnight.
***
At that moment, there was a shout in the Duke of Linchester's farmhouse.
"You pathetic bastard!"
The Duke of Linchester huffed and slapped his third son, Bruce, on the cheek.
"Can't you do that right? Only one Shadow Knight! I've sent four assassins!"
Bruce was frustrated. He caressed his cheek with his hand and pleaded.
"Is it really one? Assassins who knew the Shadow Knight's loophole couldn't have been beaten so badly..."
The Duke thought Bruce was making excuses.
When he sent two assassins to check on her, Bridget had only one shadow knight attached.
Queen Beatrice's records also stated that she could only remove one shadow from a person and that the shadow knight could only perform defensive missions.
"You shouldn't have made me use my face! If you let them go like that, they'll only be on high alert!"
The loss of the assassin was quite devastating.
Assassins had to train from an early age to select those who had proven their skills and indoctrinate them with loyalty.
It was not easy to create a human weapon that would risk its life and obey the orders of others.
Bruce was brainwashing them with faith.
Bruce's Resurrection Church also included several high-ranking nobles.
It wasn't just Duke Linchester who wanted to assassinate Bridget.
It was the collusion of several Resurrection members who felt threatened by Bridget's influence at the conference.
The Duke of Linchester was impatient.
"The forces are dividing, but we can't let the believers down."
Those united in faith were the core of the Duke of Linchester.
Believing that the Duke of Linchester was acting by the will of God, he was a staunch supporter of Bridget's machinations.
"We must prevent Bridget from becoming Queen at all costs."
The Duke jerked at Bruce.
"Are the new offerings ready?"
"Yes, Father."
"I'm going to use that woman for this lecture."
Bruce knew that the woman the Duke of Linchester was talking about was Chloe.
He smirked as if he had quickly forgotten that he had been beaten by the Duke. Like someone who expects something fun.
"If her sister testifies that she is a witch, the believers will have no choice but to believe her."
"Yes, I will prepare it."
Killing Bridget in the name of God.
It was a new way for the Duke of Linchester to maintain his power.
***
The hostages taken by the coachman were bandits.
A person who belongs to the side of the common man among the ambushed group.
Julian tortured him all night, but he didn't know anything.
He simply said that he had planned to raid a passing carriage and extort money from him, and he died.
Enraged, Julian decided not to delay the raid any longer.
He learned about the connection between the bandits, the Resurrection Church, and the Linchesters.
Clearly, the Duke of Linchester had sent an assassin to target Bridget.
But Bridget objected.
"You can't catch the Duke of Linchester if you start with the bandits. We've got to hit Nigel first and then follow the procedure."
In the process, Diane and Michael were working to uncover the true nature of the Linchester clan and bandits.
Diane's fake ledger was complete.
It was soon to be planted in a suitable place.
Everything was going according to plan.
She couldn't let Julian derail his plans.
"I didn't even get hurt in the slightest. It's not something I'm going to do with my anger like this."
But Julian was adamant.
"Don't try it."
The thought that Bridget could have hurt didn't cool his head.
Julian wanted to tell her that she should have called him when she was attacked, that she should have let him protect her.
At that moment, Bridget cut off the threat signal.
It must have been because he was worried about his runaway.
Drying Julian now was an extension of the concern.
"If you're trying to get Queen Beatrice's record back, that's enough."
Bridget wasn't just doing this to attack the Duke of Linchester.
This was done to create grounds for the seizure and search of the Duke's farmhouse.
In the end, it was to slow down the progression of Julian's curse.
Julian was disgusted.
trying to save his life made him feel like a useless bastard to Bridget.
Bridget was taking care of him like a fragile baby bird.
Julian was acting like he didn't care if I was bitten and attacked by the enemy and that his life was worth it.
It's really worth it...
It's his own cursed life.
"There's no guarantee that finding it will break the curse, I told you."
"You're... now."
Bridget's gaze wavered.
She took Julian's hand.
"Julian, you promised to hope."
"..."
"Was it a lie?"
Julian gritted his teeth.
"It's just hope torture."
"Julian...!"
His hand slipped out of hers.
Bridget gasped.
***
When Julian suddenly announced the elimination of bandits, the nobles scrambled to find out why.
It was not uncommon for the King to set out to destroy the bandits who were harassing his people.
However, the nobles were frightened that Julian would raise an army.
He had already usurped the throne by force, so he was reluctant to cover it up.
I'm even going to go out and take the lead myself.
"Is this really trying to you?"
"You're not trying to purge the nobles you don't like?"
Nowadays, the aristocracy feuded with Julian to prevent Bridget from becoming Queen.
Even the local nobility was appealing.
As a result, many felt threatened by Julian.
Then it became known that Julian's decision to clean up the bandits was due to Bridget's attack.
The suspicions of the nobles turned into certainty.
"It's clear that they're trying to blame it on the work of the forces that oppose Bridget Florence!"
Someone stirred up the nobility.
An emergency meeting of the nobility was held.
The nobles, who had gathered with one accord, looked at each other and came to Julian.
"It's ridiculous to raise an army over something like this! It's just a small uproar from the government."
"That's right! The government is raising an army!"
"It's going to be chaotic!"
"Please excuse me!"
The nobles frantically bit Bridget and drooped.
Julian pressed his forehead to the ground.
'They're all crazy.'
Everyone firmly believed that Julian would crown Bridget as Queen.
Julian wondered for a moment if he should keep that faith.
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