“Get up now.”
The man tapped Emily's leg. So much time had passed that it was impossible to pretend to be asleep any longer.
Emily blinked her eyes as if she had just woken up.
And the man who met Emily's eyes straight on smiled with the corners of his mouth raised.
“So that’s why Raminnis’ eyes suddenly went blank.”
At the man's words, Emily's face hardened without her knowing it.
“Is he coming here?”
The man began to like Emily more and more because of her attitude of not being afraid of him at all.
He sighed in regret.
“Yeah, if I had known you first, I would have taken on that mission.”
“If it’s a mission, then what...”
“The boss handed you over to Raminis.”
The man said, running his second finger along Emily's jawline.
"That means Raminis can do whatever he wants with you. That's the best way to screw Killian over."
It was for the same reason as in the original.
“Damn it, Rex. Get your hands off her right now.”
Raminis, who had witnessed Rex touching Emily as he entered, grabbed Rex by the collar and threw him into the corner.
“I told you over and over again, I don’t like it when you touch what’s mine.”
The man called Rex stood up, wiping his mouth with an indignant expression. He was furious that someone with less skill and reputation than he was was being treated like this.
But no matter what anyone said, he was the boss's nephew.
Rex had no choice but to bow his head before him.
"Sorry."
“If you’re sorry, go away. I have a lot to talk to my lover, whom I haven’t seen in a long time.”
Emily let out a laugh at Raminis's crazy remark.
It was clear that he had been in a psychiatric ward, and that rather than receiving treatment, he had become a more delusional patient.
It was horrible to be in this space alone with that guy, but somehow, thanks to his passing people off, Emily would be able to escape more easily.
Raminis looked ecstatic at the sight of Emily's still beautiful figure.
“I missed you.”
He couldn't even approach Emily, as if she were a mirage, for fear that she would disappear before his eyes.
“You don’t know how much I missed you in that cramped room.”
Emily turned a deaf ear to whatever he was saying and focused on the outside world.
Judging by the commotion downstairs, the five men who had kidnapped Emily here seemed to be gathered on the first floor, drinking.
Emily began by untying the ropes at her ankles, hidden beneath her skirt. They were tied so they could be easily released by simply spreading her ankles apart, so she was able to untie them quickly without much effort.
Raminis, absorbed in his own speech about how he and Emily were destined to be together, didn't even notice Emily untying the rope.
Emily held her breath and waited for him to approach. The lipstick pistol, being small, could only hold one magic bullet. She had to fire without fail when the target was as close as possible.
“But why are you so gaunt, Emily?”
Finally, Raminis walked towards Emily.
“I’ll wake you up.”
It was when Raminnis, who thought Emily was tied up and unable to get up, grabbed her shoulders and helped her up.
“Ugh!”
Emily spat in Raminis's eyes.
“This crazy bitch!”
And while he was still unable to open his eyes properly, Emily untied the strings on her wrists in one go.
"Yes, you crazy bastard. Let's end our bad relationship here."
Emily pulled the gun out of her sleeve and shot Raminis straight in the chest.
Even the smallest gun could not ignore the power of the magic bullet. The target was so close that the recoil from firing the gun forced Emily to stumble backward.
“Ugh, ugh.”
Raminis fell forward, spitting out blood without even being able to scream properly.
Emily, who had fallen, immediately got up and searched Raminis's arms. As expected, there was a sharp dagger inside.
“I’ll borrow this.”
Because the noise was so loud, she could hear someone rushing up the stairs from the first floor.
Emily quickly locked the door and ran to the window to buy herself some time. It was a loft, but it was a cabin, and it was only two stories high, so it seemed like she could jump right out without too much trouble.
“Whew, good. Let’s do it.”
With Raminis' dagger, she quickly tore off the outer hem of her skirt to reduce the weight as much as possible.
And to gain momentum, she took five steps back from the window. Emily sheathed her dagger, not forgetting to keep it in her bosom just in case.
She took a deep breath, remembered the falling posture Cezanne had taught her, and leaped out the window with great force.
At that moment, the attic door also broke open with a loud crash.
“All of you, catch her now!”
The Giuliano gang members broke down the door and came inside, ran to the window through which Emily had jumped, and leaned out.
Emily landed with a firm and stable feeling and was running straight into the forest.
“You absolutely must not miss her!”
One of the members of the organization, hearing Rex's words, pulled out a gun and aimed it at Emily.
Without looking back, Emily instinctively ducked and rolled to the side. The magic bullet flew straight through, slamming into the tree.
There was no time to breathe. Emily gritted her teeth, got up, and started running again.
Now that she's out of sight, they'll stop reloading and come after Emily.
The only silver lining was that they couldn't trace Emily's footsteps. This was the Forest of Recovery.
“Ugh.”
Emily, who had been running for a while, frowned.
She was running around so frantically that she didn't notice, but she started to feel a throbbing pain in one of her ankles, probably from getting hurt while dodging a magic bullet.
"Ha..."
Once she became aware of it, the pain quickly became so severe that it felt like a burning sensation, spreading down her ankle and into her calf.
“Ugh!”
Mount Pirata was steep. Emily's legs finally gave out, and she tumbled down the mountain. Her vision shifted repeatedly, and her body banged against the protruding rocks.
'Am I really going to die in the end like in the original?'
Just as Emily was about to give up everything, a blue light suddenly flowed out from her body, and she felt an incredible power.
'What?'
Emily felt fear of an unknown force, but her survival instinct was so strong that she reached out and grabbed onto a tree root sticking out of the ground.
Her body, which had been falling endlessly, finally stopped. She couldn't figure out where such strong evil power was coming from.
Emily, who had come to her senses, forcibly sat up, thrusting the sword in her bosom into the ground.
She grabbed the tree root she'd been holding onto and climbed up, sitting on it. Her entire body ached, as if she'd been beaten. Not only that, but she was scratched here and there, blood seeping out.
'But.'
She looked down.
If she had rolled a little further, she would have fallen off the cliff.
'It's fortunate that I was only injured to this extent.'
This time, she looked up. Giuliano's organization members would surely be searching that area, so she figured it would be better to hide here for now.
'I have to move when the sun goes down.'
Although it seemed impossible to move after the sun set in these steep mountains, it was the best method for now.
Emily examined her ankle first. She twisted it, and strangely, there was no pain.
'Is it related to the blue light from earlier?'
She had no idea what the hell was going on.
Charles, who received a call from the Sinope territory, hurriedly led his knights and came running.
“Your Excellency.”
The person who contacted him was none other than Grandma Juliet.
“Please find Emily quickly. Please.”
The town festival has already been canceled due to Emily's kidnapping, and the atmosphere has become unspeakably tense.
Meanwhile, a divorce notice from Starr arrived at the Sinope mansion. Sinope's employees no longer had anyone they could trust.
“Are you here?”
Knox, who heard the news that Charles had arrived late, appeared with an uncomfortable expression on his face.
He was torturing Chiron in the basement of the Sinope mansion with Ivan.
Finding Emily was the priority, so they gave them a room, but the Sinope residents' gazes at Knox were not kind.
Knox tried to ignore their gazes as he spoke to Charles.
“Tell me what’s going on right now.”
Charles, who had not slept a wink since hearing the news that Emily had been kidnapped, came straight to Sinope.
Knox swallowed a sigh and answered.
“It’s the work of the Giuliano organization.”
Upon hearing that it was the work of the mafia, Charles closed his eyes and swallowed his anger. If Emily hadn't married a mafia member, this wouldn't have happened.
But he held his tongue. There was no time for argument with Knox.
“So which way did you go?”
“We are searching in the village of Henne and Mount Pirata.”
Knox relayed the information he'd heard through the communication channel to Charles. He hated him, as he was a rival of Killian's, but now he needed help, even if it meant borrowing a cat's paw.
After receiving the information, Charles immediately mounted his horse and gave orders to his men.
"We'll also divide the search party into two teams. Follow me until the fourth line, and the team behind that will search the village of Henne."
"All right."
The spurred horse quickly headed towards Mount Pirata.
The man tapped Emily's leg. So much time had passed that it was impossible to pretend to be asleep any longer.
Emily blinked her eyes as if she had just woken up.
And the man who met Emily's eyes straight on smiled with the corners of his mouth raised.
“So that’s why Raminnis’ eyes suddenly went blank.”
At the man's words, Emily's face hardened without her knowing it.
“Is he coming here?”
The man began to like Emily more and more because of her attitude of not being afraid of him at all.
He sighed in regret.
“Yeah, if I had known you first, I would have taken on that mission.”
“If it’s a mission, then what...”
“The boss handed you over to Raminis.”
The man said, running his second finger along Emily's jawline.
"That means Raminis can do whatever he wants with you. That's the best way to screw Killian over."
It was for the same reason as in the original.
“Damn it, Rex. Get your hands off her right now.”
Raminis, who had witnessed Rex touching Emily as he entered, grabbed Rex by the collar and threw him into the corner.
“I told you over and over again, I don’t like it when you touch what’s mine.”
The man called Rex stood up, wiping his mouth with an indignant expression. He was furious that someone with less skill and reputation than he was was being treated like this.
But no matter what anyone said, he was the boss's nephew.
Rex had no choice but to bow his head before him.
"Sorry."
“If you’re sorry, go away. I have a lot to talk to my lover, whom I haven’t seen in a long time.”
Emily let out a laugh at Raminis's crazy remark.
It was clear that he had been in a psychiatric ward, and that rather than receiving treatment, he had become a more delusional patient.
It was horrible to be in this space alone with that guy, but somehow, thanks to his passing people off, Emily would be able to escape more easily.
Raminis looked ecstatic at the sight of Emily's still beautiful figure.
“I missed you.”
He couldn't even approach Emily, as if she were a mirage, for fear that she would disappear before his eyes.
“You don’t know how much I missed you in that cramped room.”
Emily turned a deaf ear to whatever he was saying and focused on the outside world.
Judging by the commotion downstairs, the five men who had kidnapped Emily here seemed to be gathered on the first floor, drinking.
Emily began by untying the ropes at her ankles, hidden beneath her skirt. They were tied so they could be easily released by simply spreading her ankles apart, so she was able to untie them quickly without much effort.
Raminis, absorbed in his own speech about how he and Emily were destined to be together, didn't even notice Emily untying the rope.
Emily held her breath and waited for him to approach. The lipstick pistol, being small, could only hold one magic bullet. She had to fire without fail when the target was as close as possible.
“But why are you so gaunt, Emily?”
Finally, Raminis walked towards Emily.
“I’ll wake you up.”
It was when Raminnis, who thought Emily was tied up and unable to get up, grabbed her shoulders and helped her up.
“Ugh!”
Emily spat in Raminis's eyes.
“This crazy bitch!”
And while he was still unable to open his eyes properly, Emily untied the strings on her wrists in one go.
"Yes, you crazy bastard. Let's end our bad relationship here."
Emily pulled the gun out of her sleeve and shot Raminis straight in the chest.
Even the smallest gun could not ignore the power of the magic bullet. The target was so close that the recoil from firing the gun forced Emily to stumble backward.
“Ugh, ugh.”
Raminis fell forward, spitting out blood without even being able to scream properly.
Emily, who had fallen, immediately got up and searched Raminis's arms. As expected, there was a sharp dagger inside.
“I’ll borrow this.”
Because the noise was so loud, she could hear someone rushing up the stairs from the first floor.
Emily quickly locked the door and ran to the window to buy herself some time. It was a loft, but it was a cabin, and it was only two stories high, so it seemed like she could jump right out without too much trouble.
“Whew, good. Let’s do it.”
With Raminis' dagger, she quickly tore off the outer hem of her skirt to reduce the weight as much as possible.
And to gain momentum, she took five steps back from the window. Emily sheathed her dagger, not forgetting to keep it in her bosom just in case.
She took a deep breath, remembered the falling posture Cezanne had taught her, and leaped out the window with great force.
At that moment, the attic door also broke open with a loud crash.
“All of you, catch her now!”
The Giuliano gang members broke down the door and came inside, ran to the window through which Emily had jumped, and leaned out.
Emily landed with a firm and stable feeling and was running straight into the forest.
“You absolutely must not miss her!”
One of the members of the organization, hearing Rex's words, pulled out a gun and aimed it at Emily.
Without looking back, Emily instinctively ducked and rolled to the side. The magic bullet flew straight through, slamming into the tree.
There was no time to breathe. Emily gritted her teeth, got up, and started running again.
Now that she's out of sight, they'll stop reloading and come after Emily.
The only silver lining was that they couldn't trace Emily's footsteps. This was the Forest of Recovery.
“Ugh.”
Emily, who had been running for a while, frowned.
She was running around so frantically that she didn't notice, but she started to feel a throbbing pain in one of her ankles, probably from getting hurt while dodging a magic bullet.
"Ha..."
Once she became aware of it, the pain quickly became so severe that it felt like a burning sensation, spreading down her ankle and into her calf.
“Ugh!”
Mount Pirata was steep. Emily's legs finally gave out, and she tumbled down the mountain. Her vision shifted repeatedly, and her body banged against the protruding rocks.
'Am I really going to die in the end like in the original?'
Just as Emily was about to give up everything, a blue light suddenly flowed out from her body, and she felt an incredible power.
'What?'
Emily felt fear of an unknown force, but her survival instinct was so strong that she reached out and grabbed onto a tree root sticking out of the ground.
Her body, which had been falling endlessly, finally stopped. She couldn't figure out where such strong evil power was coming from.
Emily, who had come to her senses, forcibly sat up, thrusting the sword in her bosom into the ground.
She grabbed the tree root she'd been holding onto and climbed up, sitting on it. Her entire body ached, as if she'd been beaten. Not only that, but she was scratched here and there, blood seeping out.
'But.'
She looked down.
If she had rolled a little further, she would have fallen off the cliff.
'It's fortunate that I was only injured to this extent.'
This time, she looked up. Giuliano's organization members would surely be searching that area, so she figured it would be better to hide here for now.
'I have to move when the sun goes down.'
Although it seemed impossible to move after the sun set in these steep mountains, it was the best method for now.
Emily examined her ankle first. She twisted it, and strangely, there was no pain.
'Is it related to the blue light from earlier?'
She had no idea what the hell was going on.
***
Charles, who received a call from the Sinope territory, hurriedly led his knights and came running.
“Your Excellency.”
The person who contacted him was none other than Grandma Juliet.
“Please find Emily quickly. Please.”
The town festival has already been canceled due to Emily's kidnapping, and the atmosphere has become unspeakably tense.
Meanwhile, a divorce notice from Starr arrived at the Sinope mansion. Sinope's employees no longer had anyone they could trust.
“Are you here?”
Knox, who heard the news that Charles had arrived late, appeared with an uncomfortable expression on his face.
He was torturing Chiron in the basement of the Sinope mansion with Ivan.
Finding Emily was the priority, so they gave them a room, but the Sinope residents' gazes at Knox were not kind.
Knox tried to ignore their gazes as he spoke to Charles.
“Tell me what’s going on right now.”
Charles, who had not slept a wink since hearing the news that Emily had been kidnapped, came straight to Sinope.
Knox swallowed a sigh and answered.
“It’s the work of the Giuliano organization.”
Upon hearing that it was the work of the mafia, Charles closed his eyes and swallowed his anger. If Emily hadn't married a mafia member, this wouldn't have happened.
But he held his tongue. There was no time for argument with Knox.
“So which way did you go?”
“We are searching in the village of Henne and Mount Pirata.”
Knox relayed the information he'd heard through the communication channel to Charles. He hated him, as he was a rival of Killian's, but now he needed help, even if it meant borrowing a cat's paw.
After receiving the information, Charles immediately mounted his horse and gave orders to his men.
"We'll also divide the search party into two teams. Follow me until the fourth line, and the team behind that will search the village of Henne."
"All right."
The spurred horse quickly headed towards Mount Pirata.
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