Estelle was stabbed by a dagger and fell to the ground.
"Ha.. ha.."
She gasped.
She was covering the wound with her hands, but the red blood did not stop.
There was an unpleasant smell mixed with blood.
"Derek..."
She trembled and finally fainted.
Shocked, I staggered back.
Derek didn't care about me.
Instead, he knelt down in front of Estelle and squatted.
"Can you say that you will abandon me so easily?"
He asked the person who had already fainted and couldn't hear, and he took out a small pouch from his arm.
When he unied the strap that tightened the opening, I saw that there was a lot of white powder in the pocket.
Derek sprinkled it on Estelle's affected area.
Then, he skillfully tied the affected area with a clean cloth.
Apparently, the white powder was a hemostatic agent.
"..."
I clenched my fists with trembling hands.
My heart was beating like crazy.
In the confusion, only Derek was calm.
Judging from Derek's unfazed attitude, it was clear that he was aiming for Estelle from the beginning, not me.
And it was definitely not to help me.
In the end, I couldn't help but ask.
"Why Estelle instead of me..."
"You're really shrewd."
Derek laid Estelle upright and replied calmly.
"If I stabbed you instead of the young lady, she'd change her attitude right away. If I know that she follows my will even if I don't do anything, she won't be as weak as she is now."
"No matter what..."
"How dare you run away from me completely... The young lady needed to be punished at least once. And I didn't kill her."
Derek smiled softly.
"Even if I have a disability in one place, I don't have any problem living."
It was a terrible statement.
I frowned.
Then, I heard a grunting sound.
Even as Estelle was unconscious, she was still struggling with the pain in her affected area.
Derek carefully removed her sweaty hair.
"I was going to do this from the beginning. I wanted to listen to what she wanted as much as possible, so I kept quiet... I think it was necessary. I just had to take what I gave her."
He kissed Estelle on the forehead.
"Maybe it was because it was nice to see them come alive and lively."
I got goosebumps. He was out of his mind.
Derek seemed to think that even if the other person died, everything was fine as long as it was in his hands.
'How do I get out of here?'
Derek was at the door.
There was only one exit, so there was no way to get out of the room unless I jumped out of the window
'I should have told the manager to wait outside instead of going down first.'
Or at least one escort knight.
'I have to call someone.'
There was a rope in the suite where you could call the staff.
The only problem was that the rope was in the bedroom.
If I make a fuss here, will the employees downstairs be able to hear me?
At least I had to stay away from Derek until they came.
"Do you think you can be safe if you run into your room?"
I squinted around the bedroom and was caught by him.
I swallowed hard and backed away a little.
Derek stood up.
"It's the same for you. It would have been nice if you had died from the beginning."
"...from the beginning?"
"It's not unusual for an old chandelier to fall, so it could have ended up as a woman who had an unfortunate accident."
The moment I heard him, my impression hardened.
The chandelier was an accident that happened a long time ago when Calix visited the top as Dominic.
'I thought it was more suspicious than an accident.'
I didn't think Derek had done that.
"You know, you have a tender heart. You pretended to be poisonous, but in reality, you couldn't kill anyone. So do her. I told her that she should kill you."
"...I guess she's different from you."
"That's right. That's why it's even more adorable."
He grinned broadly and unloaded the burden on his shoulders.
There was a rattling sound of wine bottles clashing.
But it wasn't really wine.
When Derek opened the cork plug that blocked the mouth of the wine bottle, the unpleasant smell I had felt earlier suddenly became worse.
"What can I do? In the end, the one who loves more lasts."
He poured the yellow liquid in the bottle onto the floor.
"Wait, what are you doing..."
"I have to finish what she couldn't sort out."
My complexion turned white.
What Derek was pouring on the floor right now was oil.
Estelle's blood was so strong that I didn't notice it.
"Wouldn't it be good for you to burn clean? If it stays as it is, I will have to show everyone my hideous side."
He threw the glass bottle on the floor
I shuddered at the sound of the hard glass bottle shattering.
"It's better to have it neatly disappear."
"Stop! Don't do anything you regret."
"Haha, regret?"
His eyes sank as he looked down at the bloody day.
"Do you think I'm the kind of person who would do that?"
At the same time, he rushed at me.
I hurriedly ran toward the bedroom.
Just as I was about to be caught by him, I succeeded in closing the door of the bedroom.
But to no avail.
Derek pushed me straight away with force.
"Ugh!"
I was pushed to the floor.
In the first place, I couldn't overcome a strong knight.
Derek grabbed my hair hard and dragged me back into the living room.
He stopped where he could see Estelle and whispered creepily.
"Because you have to watch your end."
"Let this go!"
I struggled.
Even if all my hair was pulled out, I had to run away.
Then Derek said softly.
"Stay still. Doesn't the young lady say it's noisy?"
"Ha... is it noisy?"
I raised my eyes fiercely.
"What nonsense are you talking about when you stabbed her with your hand and put her in a coma? Estelle is dying. And even if she does wake up, she will never thank you."
"Shut your mouth."
"Shut up."
I spat at him.
The other person was despised.
Derek's mouth twisted. He calmly wiped his cheeks with the back of his hand.
"Die."
Soon, a sharp sword was pointed at my heart.
Wush!
A sudden roar struck my eardrums.
Startled, I closed my eyes tightly.
The building shook as if there had been an earthquake, and small dust fell overhead.
After a while, I opened my eyes to realize that the power that held my hair was gone.
"Cough."
Derek, who had been threatening me, was lying on the wall in the distance.
He coughed and red blood burst out.
His left chest was dyed red, as if he had been stabbed deep by a dagger.
On the other hand, I was fine without a single scratch.
And I soon understood why.
"Pendant..."
The artifact that Calix forced me to embrace.
The red pendant that I had carried with me without throwing it away or returning it was split into two halves.
'It's a one-time thing, but if something dangerous happens, I'll protect you.'
The moment Derek attacked me, the artifact must have been triggered automatically.
"Ugh..."
I struggled to get up from my seat.
There was a loud noise, and people would come up soon.
However, I was worried about Estelle, who lost consciousness after being stabbed.
I slowly approached Estelle with trembling legs.
Then, I heard a cracked voice.
"You can't leave me."
I turned my head and opened my eyes wide.
There was something in Derek's hand.
It was a small magic bomb.
"No!"
At the same time as I was yelling, he threw the bomb on the floor.
Once again, a roar rang out, and the beautifully decorated room burned.
In late summer, like a bright red sunset outside the window.
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