The fire suddenly broke out, and everyone there was surprised and retreated.
However, the fire did not last long this time either.
Even though it didn't try to evolve, it shrank and disappeared on its own.
The soldiers who finally came to their senses shouted when I was freed.
"Dominate!"
At the hands of the soldiers who rushed at him, the tainter was quickly subdued again.
Meanwhile, I stared at my fingertips.
'I wasn't sure at first, but now I know for sure I just drew that power. But how..
work?''
Does the power come unconsciously at the moment of crisis?
I tried to light a flame to find out.
Hwaruk.
A small spark bloomed and then disappeared again.
Even though it wasn't in danger just now, sparks erupted.
Of course, it was only for a short time.
If so, what are the conditions for being activated...
"The contamination treatment is over, so please go back to your bedroom."
After cleaning up, the soldiers dragged me back to my bedroom.
It seemed that he felt that he could not entrust me with further treatment because I was in a mess.
Led by their hands, I quietly returned to my bedroom, and I tried to light the flame there a few times.
However, unlike before, I did not show any power.
I was practicing a few times when the Emperor suddenly came to my room.
If he had come to me like this, he would have had only one business.
"I think the soldiers reported what happened earlier."
The Emperor brought up the story before he could even ask me how I was.
"Elona, something strange happened while you were treating the tainter?"
"..."
"One of the soldiers said that on the day I found you and brought you back. You did a strange trick. I didn't believe it at first, but today there were quite a lot of witnesses. Explain it to this father."
"I can't explain it."
I didn't say this to rebel. I literally couldn't explain it.
"I don't really know what's going on. It was a power that suddenly appeared on the day I was captured by the soldiers. I don't know what kind of power it is, and I can't use it freely whenever I want."
What I learned this time was that this was the power that came from Magi.
I didn't notice it when I used it a little before, but now that I see it, I know for sure.
The black flame was made up of dark magic.
"Is that true? Or..."
"Do you think I'm lying?"
I didn't want to talk about it in circles, so I asked bluntly.
The Emperor replied with a sneer.
"No, I don't intend to treat your words as false. I just asked because I was sorry."
"It's a shame..."
"If you can use that power freely, it will be of great help this time."
Do you think it will help?
The moment I heard that, an ominous feeling tightened in my throat.
"Why do we need such dangerous power?"
"I'm going to go. If you have any idea to break the imperial curse, call me."
He tried to leave the room without answering.
I asked urgently behind him as he disappeared,
"Is Kishian coming?"
If the Emperor needed lethal power, it would mean that he was in danger.
There was only one crisis that was coming to him.
"Kishian is coming to the Imperial Palace, after all."
I got out of bed and stood on the floor.
The cold chain that bound my ankles rattled.
It was hard for me to walk, but I slowly approached the Emperor.
"He's leading the military like before. To get me back."
"..."
"It's not too late. Please send me back to him. Even then, he was satisfied that he had taken over me... sure this time too!"
"Nope."
A firm, cold voice fell overhead.
One day, the Emperor was looking at me again with red eyes.
"I don't make the same mistake as I did back then. You will not go to him. You will be taken to an underground shelter."
I knew where he was talking about.
Underground shelters were set up in case of an enemy Invasion.
They are going to lock me up there.
"If I were imprisoned there, the Kishian wouldn't be able to find me...?"
The shelter could only be accessed through a secret passage hidden in the Imperial Palace.
Therefore, even if the Kishian took over the imperial palace and searched every corner, he would not be able to find me.
"Wait, I'd rather stay in my bedroom. If I were in such a cold and narrow place...'
"If you can lift the curse of the imperial family, I'll think about it."
He silenced me with that one word, and then turned his back and disappeared.
I was furious, but the palace people immediately rushed in and put me to sleep with sleeping pills.
I fell into unwanted sleep again.
Perhaps after a long time, my eyes opened with difficulty.
I could see the faces of the strange maids in my faint vision.
They were changing my clothes.
I fumbled with my locked throat.
"What are you doing now..."
"You're going to an evacuation center soon. It was cold there, so I was changing your clothes."
"No... You were there... Don't you want to go... You have to go. The army led by the Grand Duke is now marching towards the imperial Palace."
As if she didn't need to hide anymore, the maid obediently told me about the Kishian.
He is really coming here to save me.
We have to meet. That thought filled my mind.
I resisted the handmaid's touches, but my weak body could not resist even an ordinary maid.
They changed my clothes and comforted me.
"If you rest there, it will be over soon."
After that, a damp handkerchief covered my nose and mouth.
The smell of the terrible sleeping pills penetrated my nose.
Without any reward for finally regaining my senses, I fell into a long sleep again.
***
I was forced to sleep again and again, and my sense of time became dull.
How many hours had passed? Or maybe a few days passed?
When my delirium returned, I was trapped in the shelter.
It was decorated with high-quality wallpaper and furniture like a normal bedroom, but it was a closed room.
There was not even a window in the room, and there was only one door.
In front of that one and only door, soldiers would be crowding around me, watching me.
I gritted my teeth and pulled myself up, which felt particularly heavy.
It was fortunate that there were no shackles on my ankles.
It seems impossible to escape from here, so I guess they let it go altogether.
I need to let the Kishian know I'm here.
It wasn't that there was no way to think of it.
If the cube came back into my hand. I could send a signal with the light that comes out when it points to the seed.
There are no windows here, but it won't be in the bathroom, so if I let in light through the small window in the bathroom...
It was that moment.
Bang!!
A violent noise echoed through the ground.
I had never heard it before, but I knew what it was.
The sound of siege weapons smashing the outer walls of the palace.
Kishian had finally launched an attack.
***
5 minutes before Elona wakes up.
Kishian looked at the imperial palace and the imperial army standing in front of him.
It was similar to the first time he picked up Elona.
The only difference is that this time, the Emperor made his own preparations and gathered his army.
On the other hand, this one was prepared in a hurry, so it was not enough to worry about it.
The imperial palace was a building that emphasized dignity and convenience rather than defense.
As if to show how much peace and pleasure the imperial family had lived in, the wall did not exist at all, and therefore, it was not suitable for siege warfare.
If you push them a little, the enemy will quickly fall.
Kishian calculated and grabbed the magic tool in his hand.
It was a voice delivery tool. One had been handed over to the Emperor.
A mad Emperor would certainly not want to surrender, but he still didn't know.
He might have been frightened by the ferocious forces in front of him and regained his sanity for a while.
Kishian also wanted to prevent so many soldiers from dying in vain, so he wanted to suppress his anger toward the Emperor and try to negotiate a final deal.
It seemed as if the Emperor had also picked up a magic tool, and it glowed softly.
Kishian immediately spoke to the Emperor.
"This is your last chance. I will give you a chance to surrender one last time. Throw Elona over to this side and come before me to self-determination. Then I will go back without killing the other innocent people."
The answer didn't come right away.
The Emperor dragged on for a moment and then laughed.
"You monster of the north. Is my daughter so coveted?"
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