“That’s ridiculous...”
Kavala rubbed her eyes, wondering if she was seeing things.
'That guy was definitely in the palace!'
Even if they had known that she had gone to Ronheim and had followed her in the capital's teleportation circle, they would not have been able to arrive at Ronheim Castle faster than her.
She calculated that even if Callius pursued her at a fast pace, she would still be a day's distance ahead, which would be enough to attack Ronheim.
“How could this be...”
Kavala, who was out of her mind, shook her head in disbelief as she saw the knights and soldiers of Ronheim filling the castle.
Then Chloe came into her sight.
Chloe, who had been behind Callius, appeared defenseless with a thick cloak wrapped around her shoulders.
Without armor or weapons, Chloe walked lightly and stood facing Kavala, only about ten paces away.
"I wish you hadn't come here. I hoped you'd end it all at the palace, without polluting Ronheim. But you've gone so far as to burn down my comfortable nest."
The tone was that she had anticipated this would happen.
"Ha...!"
Kavala snickered and glared at Chloe.
"What the hell are you doing, Chloe! How long have you been planning something like this?"
“Well, when should I say it started?”
Chloe put her hand to her mouth and thought for a moment, then smiled faintly.
"It was a Valentine's Day event. Remember? The banquet I attended was in my pajamas. That day, I proposed to Callius. That was the beginning."
"What...?"
“Did you really think this marriage was a scheme of your own?”
Kavala's face was completely distorted.
“That can’t be true...”
She suddenly laughed nervously.
"Are you saying you've been toying with me from the beginning, like you? With that stupid brain of yours?"
"Yes. I was foolish for a very long time. But trying to survive forced me to think. Of course, Heaven's will played a part."
Chloe glared at Kavala coldly.
“Then why were you so vicious? So vicious that even God turned his back on you.”
“God? Ha, you’re talking nonsense because you’re so excited.”
“Yes. It’s easier for both of us to just let it go that way.”
Many things were hard to believe, even if she explained them.
Chloe had no intention of explaining all of that.
She looked back at Callius.
“Let’s put an end to this tiresome fight, shall we?”
Callius came with his sword and stood beside Chloe.
His sword was quite crude, focusing only on practicality and without any decoration, but the perfectly maintained blade had a shine that made one cautiously look at it.
It was a sword that resembled its owner.
“...”
Callius stared at Kavala silently.
After countless days of anger and hatred, this moment had actually made his emotions subside and his eyes numb.
Kavala felt goosebumps run down her body as he met Callius' gaze.
“Ha, do you have anything to say?”
Kavala deliberately provoked Callius, as if in a fit of rage, because she found Callius' silently adjusting his sword more terrifying than his display of anger.
“You uncivilized savage! Do you think I would fear someone like you? Attack! Attack!”
As soon as Kavala shouted and quickly retreated on horseback, soldiers under the influence of magic filled the space between her and Callius.
Callius absentmindedly swung his sword a few times, striking their necks.
Meanwhile, the knights of Ronheim took up their swords and became human gates, blocking the escape route.
A situation where neither this nor that is possible.
Kavala gritted her teeth as he looked back and forth between Callius, who was gradually approaching, and the knights who were blocking his retreat.
Seeing Luca Osijek glaring at me from nearby as if he was going to kill her, it seemed impossible to escape by flying through the sky like last time.
“Yeah, I don’t know what magic trick you used, but I’ll admit you hit me hard in the back of the head, Chloe.”
Kavala glared at Chloe, who was standing behind Callius, with a furious smile.
“But I guess you didn’t expect me to leave you with the last card!”
For a moment, Kavala's eyes flashed blood red.
A red light stretched from her body like a spider web, tracing the ground and reaching Chloe's feet.
The light instantly traveled up Chloe's body from her feet to her head, surrounding her tightly like blood vessels, and then disappeared as if absorbed into her skin.
The forbidden spell of bewitchment has been cast.
The moment the spell was cast, Kavala's appearance rapidly aged.
She had always maintained the beauty of a woman in her 20s, but recently, she has been unable to take on the vitality of others, and her appearance, which used to look like she was in her mid-30s, has now changed to that of a woman over 100 years old.
While everyone was shocked and distracted by the sight, Kavala gave Chloe an order.
“Chloe, bring your husband, Callius, to me.”
“Chloe!”
Callius turned to Chloe, his eyes wide.
Chloe grabbed Callius' arm as he held the sword.
"Don't do that, Callius. Put down this dangerous thing."
“Chloe...!”
Unlike the Kavala soldiers who were physically controlled, Chloe seemed to move on her own with such clarity of mind that no one could have guessed she was under the control of a sorcerer.
Callius couldn't bring himself to shake off Chloe's hand as she looked up at him pitifully.
“My lord!”
Because it happened so quickly, Lamia, who was unable to protect Chloe, ran to Chloe, blaming herself.
However, Callius raised his hand and blocked the area around him, preventing anyone, not even Lamia, from approaching Chloe or himself.
Kavala regained her composure as she watched Callius struggling.
It would have been better to just use that spell on Callius and make him her slave so she could use the Holy Grail freely.
But she knew very well that magic would not work on Callius, who inherited the blood of the Saint.
So the one she chose was Chloe, Callius's weakness.
It was incredibly frustrating and humiliating to see her body age so quickly, but with the Holy Grail right before her eyes, everything was bearable.
Kavala chuckled in amusement at seeing Chloe under her control, even though her entire body was torn and torn apart by artificial aging.
But from her hoarse throat, only a strange, scraping sound like metal came out.
She commanded in a voice that trembled with age.
“Chloe, guide me to the Holy Grail.”
It was a voice full of desire.
Chloe looked up at Kavala, holding onto Callius.
"Mother."
“Right, good.”
Kavala smiled, revealing her gums with barely dangling teeth.
I can finally get my hands on the Holy Grail.
She thought so.
“I have a confession to make, Mother.”
Instead of leading her to the Grail, Chloe whispered in a gentle voice.
“Actually, I was the one who stole the Holy Grail and brought it to Ronheim.”
“...!”
Kavala looked into Chloe's eyes, too clear and sharp to be considered a spell, and knew something was terribly wrong.
Chloe put her hand on my chest.
“And the key to the Holy Grail you sought so desperately, the Saintess of Ronheim, is also me.”
A bright light emerged from her chest.
The light enveloped the Kavala curse that had been dormant in Chloe's heart and easily shattered it, and even purified the spell of delusion.
"Ugh!"
Kavala shuddered at the unpleasant sensation that tingled her nerves.
That was definitely the feeling you get when curses and spells are broken.
In the first place, the spell that didn't work on Callius, who inherited the Saint's blood, couldn't possibly work on the Saintess herself.
Callius, Lamia, the knights, and all the Ronheim people here knew the truth.
She just played along with Chloe's play.
Kavala gasped for breath, her hands trembling as he held the reins.
“W-what is that...! This is ridiculous...! This is, is a nightmare! Aaak!”
Kavala, who was swaying, lost her balance and fell off his horse.
Countless swords were aimed at her as she groaned and couldn't get up, as if something was broken.
Kavala groaned and looked up at Chloe.
“You were the one who stole the Holy Grail from me...! You... are a Saintess? Why you? Why...!”
She was already going crazy with regret for giving up the Szeged Upper and Rosendal territories to Chloe, but then she realized that Chloe was the one who had stolen the Holy Grail she had been searching for. And she even had the key to it.
Blood vessels burst in Kavala's eyes, her blood pressure rising with anger, and blood flowed out, mixing with her tears.
“That’s ridiculous! That’s ridiculous...!”
Chloe thrust the Sword of Truth into Kavala, who was crawling on the floor, crouching down, and shedding tears of blood.
“I hope that until the moment you die, you will ruminate on the things you missed, and feel regret and a sense of guilt for a long time.”
Kavala rubbed her eyes, wondering if she was seeing things.
'That guy was definitely in the palace!'
Even if they had known that she had gone to Ronheim and had followed her in the capital's teleportation circle, they would not have been able to arrive at Ronheim Castle faster than her.
She calculated that even if Callius pursued her at a fast pace, she would still be a day's distance ahead, which would be enough to attack Ronheim.
“How could this be...”
Kavala, who was out of her mind, shook her head in disbelief as she saw the knights and soldiers of Ronheim filling the castle.
Then Chloe came into her sight.
Chloe, who had been behind Callius, appeared defenseless with a thick cloak wrapped around her shoulders.
Without armor or weapons, Chloe walked lightly and stood facing Kavala, only about ten paces away.
"I wish you hadn't come here. I hoped you'd end it all at the palace, without polluting Ronheim. But you've gone so far as to burn down my comfortable nest."
The tone was that she had anticipated this would happen.
"Ha...!"
Kavala snickered and glared at Chloe.
"What the hell are you doing, Chloe! How long have you been planning something like this?"
“Well, when should I say it started?”
Chloe put her hand to her mouth and thought for a moment, then smiled faintly.
"It was a Valentine's Day event. Remember? The banquet I attended was in my pajamas. That day, I proposed to Callius. That was the beginning."
"What...?"
“Did you really think this marriage was a scheme of your own?”
Kavala's face was completely distorted.
“That can’t be true...”
She suddenly laughed nervously.
"Are you saying you've been toying with me from the beginning, like you? With that stupid brain of yours?"
"Yes. I was foolish for a very long time. But trying to survive forced me to think. Of course, Heaven's will played a part."
Chloe glared at Kavala coldly.
“Then why were you so vicious? So vicious that even God turned his back on you.”
“God? Ha, you’re talking nonsense because you’re so excited.”
“Yes. It’s easier for both of us to just let it go that way.”
Many things were hard to believe, even if she explained them.
Chloe had no intention of explaining all of that.
She looked back at Callius.
“Let’s put an end to this tiresome fight, shall we?”
Callius came with his sword and stood beside Chloe.
His sword was quite crude, focusing only on practicality and without any decoration, but the perfectly maintained blade had a shine that made one cautiously look at it.
It was a sword that resembled its owner.
“...”
Callius stared at Kavala silently.
After countless days of anger and hatred, this moment had actually made his emotions subside and his eyes numb.
Kavala felt goosebumps run down her body as he met Callius' gaze.
“Ha, do you have anything to say?”
Kavala deliberately provoked Callius, as if in a fit of rage, because she found Callius' silently adjusting his sword more terrifying than his display of anger.
“You uncivilized savage! Do you think I would fear someone like you? Attack! Attack!”
As soon as Kavala shouted and quickly retreated on horseback, soldiers under the influence of magic filled the space between her and Callius.
Callius absentmindedly swung his sword a few times, striking their necks.
Meanwhile, the knights of Ronheim took up their swords and became human gates, blocking the escape route.
A situation where neither this nor that is possible.
Kavala gritted her teeth as he looked back and forth between Callius, who was gradually approaching, and the knights who were blocking his retreat.
Seeing Luca Osijek glaring at me from nearby as if he was going to kill her, it seemed impossible to escape by flying through the sky like last time.
“Yeah, I don’t know what magic trick you used, but I’ll admit you hit me hard in the back of the head, Chloe.”
Kavala glared at Chloe, who was standing behind Callius, with a furious smile.
“But I guess you didn’t expect me to leave you with the last card!”
For a moment, Kavala's eyes flashed blood red.
A red light stretched from her body like a spider web, tracing the ground and reaching Chloe's feet.
The light instantly traveled up Chloe's body from her feet to her head, surrounding her tightly like blood vessels, and then disappeared as if absorbed into her skin.
The forbidden spell of bewitchment has been cast.
The moment the spell was cast, Kavala's appearance rapidly aged.
She had always maintained the beauty of a woman in her 20s, but recently, she has been unable to take on the vitality of others, and her appearance, which used to look like she was in her mid-30s, has now changed to that of a woman over 100 years old.
While everyone was shocked and distracted by the sight, Kavala gave Chloe an order.
“Chloe, bring your husband, Callius, to me.”
“Chloe!”
Callius turned to Chloe, his eyes wide.
Chloe grabbed Callius' arm as he held the sword.
"Don't do that, Callius. Put down this dangerous thing."
“Chloe...!”
Unlike the Kavala soldiers who were physically controlled, Chloe seemed to move on her own with such clarity of mind that no one could have guessed she was under the control of a sorcerer.
Callius couldn't bring himself to shake off Chloe's hand as she looked up at him pitifully.
“My lord!”
Because it happened so quickly, Lamia, who was unable to protect Chloe, ran to Chloe, blaming herself.
However, Callius raised his hand and blocked the area around him, preventing anyone, not even Lamia, from approaching Chloe or himself.
Kavala regained her composure as she watched Callius struggling.
It would have been better to just use that spell on Callius and make him her slave so she could use the Holy Grail freely.
But she knew very well that magic would not work on Callius, who inherited the blood of the Saint.
So the one she chose was Chloe, Callius's weakness.
It was incredibly frustrating and humiliating to see her body age so quickly, but with the Holy Grail right before her eyes, everything was bearable.
Kavala chuckled in amusement at seeing Chloe under her control, even though her entire body was torn and torn apart by artificial aging.
But from her hoarse throat, only a strange, scraping sound like metal came out.
She commanded in a voice that trembled with age.
“Chloe, guide me to the Holy Grail.”
It was a voice full of desire.
Chloe looked up at Kavala, holding onto Callius.
"Mother."
“Right, good.”
Kavala smiled, revealing her gums with barely dangling teeth.
I can finally get my hands on the Holy Grail.
She thought so.
“I have a confession to make, Mother.”
Instead of leading her to the Grail, Chloe whispered in a gentle voice.
“Actually, I was the one who stole the Holy Grail and brought it to Ronheim.”
“...!”
Kavala looked into Chloe's eyes, too clear and sharp to be considered a spell, and knew something was terribly wrong.
Chloe put her hand on my chest.
“And the key to the Holy Grail you sought so desperately, the Saintess of Ronheim, is also me.”
A bright light emerged from her chest.
The light enveloped the Kavala curse that had been dormant in Chloe's heart and easily shattered it, and even purified the spell of delusion.
"Ugh!"
Kavala shuddered at the unpleasant sensation that tingled her nerves.
That was definitely the feeling you get when curses and spells are broken.
In the first place, the spell that didn't work on Callius, who inherited the Saint's blood, couldn't possibly work on the Saintess herself.
Callius, Lamia, the knights, and all the Ronheim people here knew the truth.
She just played along with Chloe's play.
Kavala gasped for breath, her hands trembling as he held the reins.
“W-what is that...! This is ridiculous...! This is, is a nightmare! Aaak!”
Kavala, who was swaying, lost her balance and fell off his horse.
Countless swords were aimed at her as she groaned and couldn't get up, as if something was broken.
Kavala groaned and looked up at Chloe.
“You were the one who stole the Holy Grail from me...! You... are a Saintess? Why you? Why...!”
She was already going crazy with regret for giving up the Szeged Upper and Rosendal territories to Chloe, but then she realized that Chloe was the one who had stolen the Holy Grail she had been searching for. And she even had the key to it.
Blood vessels burst in Kavala's eyes, her blood pressure rising with anger, and blood flowed out, mixing with her tears.
“That’s ridiculous! That’s ridiculous...!”
Chloe thrust the Sword of Truth into Kavala, who was crawling on the floor, crouching down, and shedding tears of blood.
“I hope that until the moment you die, you will ruminate on the things you missed, and feel regret and a sense of guilt for a long time.”
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