Chapter 27

CHAPTER 27

“Wake up.”

Someone grabbed Agnes’ arm with a strong touch.

I looked around in a confused state and there was a man dressed in black.

“Who are you?”

“I don’t have time to explain. I’ll tell you as we go.”

Another man suddenly came out and untied Agnes’s arms and legs. As my mind becomes clear, the area where the arrow hit me begins to feel sore.

“Ugh.”

The man who noticed it took a leaf out of his arms and handed it over.

“Chew this. This will relieve the pain.”

As the man said, the pain has subsided.

“You have to hurry up. The king sent more troops.”

“Who sent you?”

“We’re part of the Elesh.”

“Elesh?”

She climbed the horse unconsciously. The man sitting behind pulled the reins. The wind passed by on her cheeks.

“To put it simply, it is a secret armed group of the Arpad family, Originally the lord……….”

“You talk a lot.”

Another man who was running next to them said a word.

“Why did you not go south?”

He asked in a tone mixed with some criticism.

“Oh, that’s actually…….”

“They’re coming!”

Shouted the man next to him.

There was nothing around because the sun was still not fully up.

Agnes looks around briefly.

He spurred the horse. Two horses crossed the plain.

At that time, a couple of arrows from afar passed by with a fierce sound.

“Ralph! You go first with the madam!”

“Can you do it alone?”

“I’ve come all the way here, so what can’t I do?”

“Okay. Kess, let’s meet when we’re dead.”

Ralph said.

Kess smiled vigorously. It wasn’t a solemn tone, but my heart fluttered as I listened to it. Ralph kicked the horse on the side and took the lead.

Kess turned her head and ran to the place where the arrow came.

“Have you been following me?”

“Because that was the last order of the lord.”

“Ah…..”

I thought I would cry if I kept my mouth open, so I bit my tongue and shut it away.

Her heart trembled as she remembered his end again.

I heard a faint shout from behind. Ralph’s expression hardened.

“I’ll have to go back to the forest and get rid of them.”

He turned his head and entered the entrance of the forest.

I heard the sound of horseshoes chasing me louder and louder.

“HOLD!”

“Don’t miss it!”

The arrow flew threateningly. Agnes’ body shrank.

“Ack!”

Ralph screamed briefly. Agnes was surprised and looked back.

“T, this.”

He gasped and handed over the horse’s rein.

“You, go south, ugh.”

Ralph couldn’t finish his sentence. His body faltered and soon fell under the horse.

“N, no!”

There was no time to be sad.

Agnes couldn’t even wipe away the tears flowing on her cheeks and had to run forward.

How much longer do I have to run?

The shouts of the chasers heard from behind only grew louder and louder.

At that time, the horse suddenly slowed down and ran wild. When I looked back and checked, it looked like I was hit by an arrow.

“Please, please.”

Agnes tried to calm down somehow, but it was useless.

“Go ahead and shoot!”

In the meantime, the horse was shot several more times and collapsed there.

Despair arose when the men surrounded Agnes.

“Oh, my. What kind of trouble is this?”

“You were going to kill me anyway, right?”

“But if the leader comes and sees you, it’ll be a mess.”

The man with a thin and high voice hesitated.

When he did not agree easily, the other man said annoyingly.

“Oh, then I’ll do it alone, so you’ll be screwed.”

Someone graciously grabbed Agnes’ hair. Her body shook helplessly.

“How dare you. Let go of me!”

The man on top of her giggled unpleasantly.

“Stay still. I’ll do something good for you before you die.”

The man came through her skirt. His hands touched her bare skin.

I’ve got goosebumps all over me.

“Hmm. Don’t  touch me with that dirty hand right now.”

I wanted to scream, but my voice trembled mercilessly, so it was useless.

My whole body hardened with fear. Even if I wanted to rebel, my body did not move on its own.

“You don’t want to die like this, do you? Your husband is dead anyway, so what if you’re having fun with me?”

He laughed to himself as if he thought it was a funny joke.

Duke Arpad.

Again, I remember the man’s face. Agnes bit her tongue .

‘Should I die?’

Wouldn’t it be better to die early than to be taken by this man?

If I were dragged in front of Sebastian anyway, I would die, but what’s the difference between dying a little earlier?

Tears that I thought were dry welled up.

I can’t stand it because I’m sad, angry, and miserable.

To die like this, skepticism and pain came at the same time, whether I had lived all this time just to die like this.

Agnes opened her eyes. Then she drew her remaining strength and pushed the man who was weighing on her.

“Let me go!”

“This is really…”

“Argh!”

In an instant, she was hit in the cheek so hard that a buzzing sound rang out in her ear.  Agnes’s head turned.

“I told you to stay calm!”

My mouth smells fishy. Agnes shed tears and pushed him hard again.

Every time I raised my arm, it hurt a lot. To the point where I want to die.

But at the same time Agnes wanted to live.

I didn’t want to put the life that the man saved in vain like this.

‘Help me.’

She muttered unconsciously.

‘Anyone is fine. Help me. Save me from here. I don’t want to die. I want to take revenge on Sebastian.’

However, the only thing that comes out of her mouth is a scream mixed with moans and tears.

‘I can’t die without getting back at you.’

“Stay still!”

Perhaps he was annoyed by the continued rebellion, so he began to tie Agnes tightly with a rope.

When her arms were tied, he kicked the man like crazy with her legs this time.

‘I can’t die like this. Save me. Save me. Save me.’

A strong desire served as a good painkiller. Agnes bit her lips and  molars hard.

It doesn’t hurt anymore. My face gradually turned white.

‘Anyone help me!’

It was then.

The man who was occupying Agnes opened his mouth wide and fell over her.

“Is it you?”

It took time to identify the person in front of me because it was dark around me.

It is also because the vision is blurred due to stagnant tears.

The man, who appeared out of nowhere, lifted the man who was lying on top of Agnes with one hand and threw him away.

He had no screams or movements.

It was then that Agnes found out that the man who tried to take her had died.

“Who are you?”

Agnes trembled and opened her eyes wide.

A man with red hair and mysterious golden eyes stood.

“Did you call me?”

He lowered himself and set his eye level with Agnes, who was lying on the floor.

“What is that language….ugh.”

She tried to step back, crunching her body.

He stared at Agnes with curious eyes, like a child who had seen an ant crawling for the first time.

“I can’t believe humans are calling me. It’s strange.”

He smiled with his mouth up, but his cold impression did not change. Rather, the smile felt strange .

“I don’t know how long it’s been since I’ve been out like this.”

He whispered and added. Agnes didn’t understand the situation.

I couldn’t guess at all what the red-haired man was saying.

“What, what did I call you?”

When Agnes asked, the man suddenly burst into laughter.

“You don’t even know what you called?”

I have no idea.

I don’t know why this man suddenly appeared and why he said this to me.

The man grabbed Agnes’ chin and shook it around.

“You really don’t know?”

“Hmm, let go of me.”

Agnes shook her face and kicked out his hand. That was all I could do because my arms were tied up.

“Ha ha. You called without even knowing me. I’m surprised.”

“What are you?”

As time went by, my breathing subsided. The pain was still there, but it wasn’t unbearable.

“The head of the torn, the monarch of the fallen, the king of the devil, or the dragon. There are many names that humans call me.”

“Dragon?”

“But you can call me Eugene.”

He showed favor and smiled at the same time.

“Are you a dragon?”

Agnes repeated the same thing with a silly face. In an era where the existence of a wizard is rare, dragons are legendary creatures.

In myths, dragons are said to have helped God to create a world, or they say they are forever trapped in hell for hating humans for burning them.

“Of course!”

Agnes urgently pressed her face close to her Eugene.