Chapter 625 - v4c10 Devil
v4c10
Devil
“How long are you going to pretend to be asleep, dear sister?”
The young man stood at the edge of his cousin’s bed, tilting his head. He had stared at her for quite some time before commenting. His soft voice was sweet as honey, but the sarcasm in his tone was chilling.
Dilferi coughed softly and a sickly blush bloomed beneath her white cheeks. Her lush lashes fluttered open, revealing a pair of bright, clear eyes staring at her cousin. Her eyes revealed her feeble state, but a burning hatred resided in the depth of her eyes.
“What do you want, Akel.”
“You heard what I said earlier. You know what I want, don’t you?” The young man leaned down and peered into his cousin’s eyes, “If you hand over the Ring of the Broken Sword from Yanbao, I’ll let you off the hook today.”
“And if I say no?” Dilferi averted her eyes fearfully.
The young man smirked and grabbed her by the chin, wrenching her face back. He leered at the face in front of him, a face that belonged to his cousin, “Do you think I wouldn’t touch you, dear sister?”
In fact, before Niya had even opened her mouth, Brendel had more or less guessed who the enemy was. There were only three forces that could come and trouble this countess. For one, devils, though he doubted they would come again so soon. Besides, even if the King of Chaos wanted revenge, he would look for Brendel first, not this countess.
The other one would be the Holy Cathedral of Fire. However, because the use of demonic spells could be a serious issue, the Holy Cathedral of Fire wouldn’t slap itself in the face at this point in time. Besides, they wouldn’t use such a shameless method of kidnapping a noble. If word of this ever got out, the Holy Cathedral of Fire might as well close down.
Then all that would be left would be the people within the Yanbao family struggling for power. In fact, back when he first encountered Dilferi by sneaking into the manor, Brendel realized that something probably happened in Yanbao, otherwise they wouldn’t have let a girl like Dilferi come to such a place representing the Count of Yanbao. They even brought along some of the strongest warriors within Yanbao.
However, he hadn’t expected that those ungrateful nobles had come to cause him trouble right after the Ampere Seale War. Furthermore, they even dealt a direct attack on Dilferi.
The anger in Brendel’s heart flared.
“The lady is in her room on the second floor, and someone is trying to harm her-!”
“Which one is her room?” Before the female knight could finish her words, Brendel interrupted her. The young lord’s icy tone startled Niya slightly as she did not understand why he was so angry.
In her opinion, Brendel was one of the culprits that caused Dilferi to be in the state she is now. She hadn’t thought very highly of Brendel. However, this time, she replied meekly, “On the second floor, third room down on the left. Please, Count, help the lady…”
Before the female knight could finish her words, Brendel’s Halran Gaia had already come out of its sheath. Its dark, heavy blade reflected the slight chill in her heart. She fully felt the killing intent emanating from the young lord, and in the next moment, Brendel disappeared before her.
The Kirrultz people’s Flash Strike Sword Art.
Brendel used that very same Flash Strike Sword Art. He swung a backhanded swing at a pillar on the overhanging cloister of the second floor, severing it with his sword and then passing through it, and landed steadily on the cloister.
The door to Dilferi’s room was already in front of him.
It was at this time that Brendel’s keen sense of hearing allowed him to hear the last exchange between Akel and Dilferi. He would’ve been better off not hearing it, as this almost made him go mad.
Is he even human?
He knew about the unpleasant rumors among some of the nobles in Aouine, but it disgusted him seeing that an older brother would do this to his own sister. It was absolutely unacceptable in Brendel’s mind, contradicting both in his modern beliefs and his world view as a simple young man from Bucce.
His heart turned cold; The only other time he had felt such rage was when he witnessed what Graudin had done at Coldwood Castle. The Space Elemental Power solidified along with the fury of its master, and before Brendel even struck out with his sword, a white frost centered exploded outwards from him with ‘boom.’
Brendel thrust his sword forward.
The door splintered, and he saw a startled and bewildered face. Though the young man was physically handsome, his actions made him uglier than a devil.