Chapter 188: Mentor (5)
lv4chA blunder.NAXO
jGMhHer over-excitement ended up causing her to make a mistake.yu1WZkx
wyTP8The silver wolf, whom she had been chasing after for a long time, was finally discovered at the Chapel of Xeruem.IyA
uw8ZThe reason for that was simple – he must have gone there to save his kindred, who were imprisoned in the lands of Xeruem, which they referred to as the deadlands.fu6Tus
dE5kFor a long period of time, there had been a long strife between the Xeruem Order and these unidentified group of beastmen, who refused to share their headquarters despite the intense persecution and torture they had to endure.30j
KRwWgfIt seemed that Estelle knew who they were but refused to tell her the truth.du0r4
2vaKHowever, that didn’t matter. Miruam was sure that at least one of them would eventually spill the truth so she continued chasing after them with her subordinates.Ez1DS
qbkEach and every one of her subordinates that she took out on those ‘hunts’ were high-grade guardians and she also took hundreds of private soldiers with her.pUsEaIG
eInUPShe considered that to be enough and…vvV9j5f
2wp6KN“They caught me off guard.”Sy7TaRb
EeAAShe ended up falling into a trap.X18BE
p6vLqcYFairy Shift.0XSpt8
CgXLdIt was a skill that swapped locations of different people like the pranks of a fairy. They didn’t have the delicate control over dimensions that the Great Witch Josephine Clara had, but they were nonetheless successful in isolating Miruam to a mountain by herself.K3CkD
dDWHUN-AWOOOOOOO—!!RG0gWV
JlQt9The mountain range under the night sky echoed with the howling voices of wolves. It was evident that the werewolves looking for her were quite angry.tj4XTQ9
pL1“Fuu… Quite irritated, aren’t you?”YmNwKl
tsnTwUShe could feel their hatred and fury from all the way here. She vividly sensed their hatred with her skin, but that failed to affect her in any way.Mx30vxk
CGSJgQIt was because she hated them even more.0Pqn3fl
sO5***wpt
K7V8Miruam Elizabeth El Rath was born as the 2nd Princess of the El Rath Kingdom.26VNgxj
Sx5qG2Just like Estelle, who was already showing signs of the Saintess, Miruam was at the center of expectant gazes of those hoping that she would be a great queen in the future.k98WI9W
kvaYHer nanny from a young age, the maids that had been looking after her ever since she was a baby, and the royal mage teaching her magic…0QKO5
n0izu『Miru, my daughter!』NGg4DT
fCyyRAnd more than anyone else, she had her mother who loved her the most.dJbq
YEnM5-AWOOOOOOOO…!cgS
Q40f-AWOOOOOOOO…!KAhb
bJiThat night was the same as today, in the sense that she could hear the howling wolves all around her.9HAR
XYA1PfBTheir destination that night was the mansion not so far from the Chapel of Xeruem to the west. Her mother was a devout believer of the Xeruem Order, and they were thus visiting the chapel for a religious festival.RXAk
yVNtpPuShe could still remember falling asleep from the long and exhausting carriage trip…TN4tLN
FieDKH“Uun… Mommy?”7bfA
WN4XAs well as how she woke up from the bed hearing the commotion outside.ElxlP
vafB64c“Your… Highness.”OXH7F1H
A0H“Nanny?”g86MZ
7ihwTuHer nanny, who used to gently talk to her every time, looked powerless and dispirited.9DWdp20
wsOfdj-Flop!LNb
zeF“Nanny? I’m scared. Wake up…”E0j
PZf3KShe rocked the powerless body of her nanny, but all she got in return was a feeble voice that resembled a weak ember on a matchstick in a storm.fsHIPia
nK6PzVA“Your Highness… Run away…”TKgir
xldmHer head dropped to the ground as the nanny stopped moving. Soon, something rusty started to create a puddle underneath her.vneplY8
2DH97JS“Ahh…”MUkW1k
dE5mMiruam looked past the nanny, beyond the door of the carriage.iRhyPE9
6qyw1NIt was filled with blood no matter where she turned.w37laR
DQUwmM4That was the day when she lost everything in the world.uK43
NtAUVl1………X3d
dkQz……eHsim
iE5…0mSgZz
r4eq3IjDespite being isolated in a mysterious mountain range, Miruam was able to hide from the eyes of the wolves for a lot longer than expected.bUo
Ge0BXI『Dogs rely heavily on their sense of smell to track down their prey. As long as you can do something about that, it shouldn’t be that difficult to escape from them.』Su8
UPwThat piece of advice, which she rebuked for being worthless for her at the time, and her experience escaping from the Blood Dog leading Hounds were a lot more helpful than she initially thought.4twT
F1gKQShe unleashed her serpents to the Hounds that were receiving commands from the werewolves, killed one of them, and covered herself with its blood and skin.v6pU
Q48Although she wasn’t a diligent student, she was a genius at making use of what she knew, which had a great impact on her ability to escape from the werewolves.QiV4W
95t3LUu‘It’s as if… he knew this would happen.’nF1JSN
NjuHe knew something – and it was apparent that he knew a lot more than she had initially assumed. She wanted to have him; with him by her side, it was certain that these wolves wouldn’t even be able to serve as a threat.BbdgYil
FoLnxpgHowever, she met her limits before long.0TD
8euqAlthough she tried her best to hide her scent and remove her traces, werewolves were still masters of hunting and tracking.uHgheo
EmNoIt was too hard for the limping princess, who was always under the protection of knights and mages, to escape them and—v0X
Cwed“Found you.”MnXe
ORi3A5lShe was soon surrounded by the wolves.uXc
fiCrSThe one who stepped up to the lead was a silver-haired werewolf.rDypm
X4Tfxy“You…”itQljq
e8P6PK“Been ten years, Princess.”roig7fB
hhNPG5『Mom?』ed5x
ytlTRbNShe still remembered that accursed silver fur, and his nails that pierced through her mother’s heart.hgkF
xPByt“Been a while, hasn’t it? I got the guy that drove his nail into my leg but I couldn’t find you anywhere.”rNj
ztU9DIv“His name was Beckel.”O4pp
4xD“I know. I made him spit out everything from his place of birth to his wife’s name. But he just refused to talk about where your doggy headquarters were.”bwfBZJ
ZW4pbTorture.xcs
DkroDThat was one of the most infamous things the Serpent Princess did to the beastmen for the past 10 years. Hunting beastmen all over the Kingdom, she tortured them in horrifying ways and at times even used the corpses to bait more beastmen.UaBiLv
X5Jd5j“That damn bitch…!”xAUI
ZmEWWD“Why are we even talking to her right now!? Let’s kill her immediately!”ZWjusW
XrS6lfX“Rip her limbs to pieces and console the souls of our brothers!”i8g9nr
zN7A10 years was a long time. How many beastmen died under her hands, and where did this chain of hatred begin?W4f4R8Q
fZOY“Let me apologize, first of all, Princess.”DIU2c
aLbu2F“…!”7arZ
OjSXI“Mr. Ku Shee!”eVhIRHe
HNwH1The werewolves were startled by his sudden apology whereas Miruam…Kk1G1RT
6qvxHn7“…!”9UNZtO
yNCXyhShe stayed there glaring daggers at Ku Shee with a wretched gaze.y0ONUz6
TctIAB“Mere words…!”zrpIt9O
F2gRs“However, I do not regret it. Even if I went back in time 10 years ago, I would have tried to do the same thing. But… I wouldn’t have let you go… instead, I would have killed you on the spot.”kqvo6z
MHuKoHr『Let her go, Beckel.』pfDl5Ho
x9obe『Sorry? But, Mr. Ku Shee! This girl is that bitch’s daughter!』6svwt
M7mThe beastmen raided Queen Maria’s carriage. Despite the numerous knights, mages, and soldiers protecting it, they could not stop the onslaught of determined werewolves.OnlRn
VAz9btIt was also because Ku Shee the Silver Wolf was a descendent of a sublime bloodline, who was as powerful as a semi-Unique Grade knight.kZcKdqw
4EIayDcThat night, he led the beastmen to murder Queen Maria and let go of Miruam.i0u
vE8qx“It was worthless pity and a momentary conscience clouding my judgment. Back then we… or I should have made sure you were dead.”E9GFMY
RKi20“Huhuhu…”jEM
7pkSm5Miruam retracted her wretched gaze and started to giggle. Her giggle sounded so fearful and insane, that no one would be able to link that to a 17-year-old young girl.LJH9Wz
h86b“Hihi. Of course. Of course, you should. Of course, you should regret not killing me back then!”4kAM
v48Being pitied did not mean her grudge wouldn’t build up.FXJKz
8OjmZ9r“I will kill every single one of your race without leaving a single seed behind. I will poison all of you to death.”kzGo9ih
kTudGlCKu Shee admitted he should have done the same.jIrWW
xXN“Your mother was hell-bent on discriminating and killing us. She sent our kindred over to the wicked priests of the Deadlands, under the name of ‘cleanse’ and ‘reformation’!”7WrUoP
6ZC2He still remembered the day he led the beastmen, who could not hold themselves back anymore, to the queen’s mansion and ambushed the carriage despite the discouragement of the union.38J
cSQ“That was… how my daughter died as well.”7yn28
ACYzThat was why he killed the queen. Unlike King David and Queen Asher, Queen Maria was a believer of the Old Faith and saw demi-humans as ones that had to be cleansed.zxr
Upg3NY“This is just that kind of fight where one side must fall. That’s all there is to it.”hFroG
wvN8As such, he did not regret his actions because he would have killed the queen regardless.6bL
rIKuzq“I agree,” said Miruam. “However, one thing I can say is that I won’t be the one falling.”iWRi
SM6UH“You can’t beat me.”o6a4E
JfyP“For now, yes. I would probably be killed.”99Ui
iUCmPASShe took out a stone from her dress – she took out Lia Fail, the Stone of Destiny, which had the luster of a finely cut piece of gem.Tz5j
e2E“However, this is not what my fate is supposed to be.”GQXt
pVRhinIt was then.Eiyhb6
LHKRAfter immediately sucking out Miruam’s mana, Lia Fail let out a brilliant light as the dimension started to crack before it.JkNRQt
AWhxSLia Fail.Xu3xR
MpNv0The symbolic treasure of the King of Gods, which either altered or ascertained destiny. Even the goddesses winding the strings of fate could not unwind the destiny enforced by this stone.O4guKS
d0xd0Every treasure, including the three other great treasures, existed under a rule but that rule did not apply to Lia Fail. Lia Fail, regardless of the process, was able to enforce an outcome under the name of ‘destiny’.JCyPt
EpnoFor example…cJ24x
f4Ht“Thank goodness I was next to Lady Josephine.”LHgmu
xVBIt could suddenly summon a helper who could jump through the dimension.hgoyO
G42H4GF“Josephine Clara? Korin Lork?!”DkS9
9Oj“What’s going on!?”XaV9
8dnaOFThe beastmen were greatly confused as they saw Josephine, the Dimensional Witch, appear alongside Korin Lork, the hero of the Kingdom.TPi
2D7K“I thought it would be my soldiers, or me teleporting out.”avbh
rWthzMiruam’s question was answered by Korin.3HW9d
VXkW2MC“Even though Lia Fail is overpowered, it still does follow the rules of cause and effect. Of course, if it really can’t make things ‘look natural’, then it does sometimes throw that rule down the drain.”lX6a4Gp
iIBErBOKorin added another sentence, saying that it wouldn’t be possible with her Mana Capacity.Sqdt
Yf6h“Lady Josephine, who can teleport, and me, who just ‘happened to be next to her’. That would make more sense than your soldiers appearing out of nowhere. Right?”m5L
B9H2lHbIt felt weird to hear him say that so confidently as if it wasn’t his first time, but that was beside the point.1eAsm
xFHHN3m“I see. Well, whatever. Those guys have attempted to assassinate the princess. Kill them.”fXExS
qHyK“I’ll have to say no to that.”GC9rpd
BUrUQg“What do you mean?”1PaxAEZ
9abWithout replying to the princess’s question, I approached Ku Shee and the beastmen.Gm5g6wZ
4WE“Your assassination has failed the moment we came here. Do you intend to fight me to death or run away?”ASeAQa
hgXsNeither was the best option, but Ku Shee was a wise leader.txZN
BHoGJ7“We’ll fall back.”pNtkd
BZiit“Sir!?”Rd0fWxN
8M7tM“We can deal with them!”Ud9T
DOVE9EKu Shee remained calm in the middle of the over-excited beastmen.EOP
cmX“We cannot fight two semi-Unique Grades with our current composition. The princess can still fight on top of that.”FOaKmEa
oWMEVNbSaying that, Ku Shee led his group back, but lamented one last time before leaving the mountain.zk7
le3YNX“In the end… there’s no other option than a frontal battle, huh?”a3i87
ArUce“No. You can still accept my offer.”Gk7FD
g4FH0“…”8guasO8
GoRz77He didn’t respond.rsyEo
17RrHe probably had a lot of things on his mind, including how he had to report to Mound about his arbitrary judgment to assassinate the princess and its failure.fsQV
sKn8GT“…”wRe0Ni
CjV6vovThe beastmen disappeared but Miruam continued glaring daggers at Korin. She was holding herself back quite a lot just by maintaining her calm on the outside.1FB7AC
biMGr“We should have killed them,” she said.5VR5Z
drIE“Fighting dozens of beastmen while protecting the princess is easier said than done.”r70MZ
Bbd“I can protect myself.”p2J
tAOm“But what if you die? How will you take revenge or whatever when you’re dead?”2OfmS1r
JaC“Student Korin. That’s…”GvIh7Cl
jQkVyMeJosephine tried to intervene and remind him about his attitude but Korin stopped her instead. He turned to Miruam and looked straight back into her eyes.8DQ
8okzb3“That’s what revenge is,” said the princess. “It’s about putting everything on the line. My life is not even a part of the equation.”KzPX
BKCBPO“From where till where is the scope of your revenge?”ij6En
8K017Bk“Everything and everyone. Korin Lork. Isn’t it natural?”8Qx
IgmtYR“Don’t fool yourself, Princess. There’s no ‘end’ to ‘everything’, nor is it possible.”0rA
EB8ug“Then what do you want me to do?”KFG6
Cgn0j“Draw the line. Draw the end goal of your revenge. Achieve that goal and put an end to it.”88o
xdff-Otherwise, there will be no end to your revenge.EnqQ6j
OgA***JOGUncq
Y976kThe attempted assassination of Princess Miruam immediately after the kidnapping incident of the Saintess, was enough to send the Kingdom into another fit of chaos.NyscRb
0ej26However, it was difficult for the Kingdom to respond to this incident, because it wasn’t certain ‘who’ the target was. They knew that Ku Shee was a werewolf, but they didn’t know where he was and which group he belonged to.2rhKnF
1czuLlWho could possibly imagine that there was an underground city of demi-humans that has existed for centuries?ZWg
Tln3But that was when an unexpected testimony came from Xeruem.3SoY
gLq2V『The people that attacked Her Highness Miruam are from a union of demi-humans, called Mound. They reside in the underground city of Dana Shee and—』tFSmtxV
TduK9One of the bishops who escaped the New Faith from Estelle’s purge reported to the Kingdom about Mound and Dana Shee.IdDWuP
hc0Now that the direction of the Kingdom’s sword had become clear—PNMFbK
nnzisNg『I, Miruam Elizabeth El Rath, will eradicate the demi-humans that tried to assassinate the princess.』BOR
u10What followed was a natural course of events.KQa9AI8
iXkcS6UThe Kingdom raised its army, and the Alliance gathered guardians to join the battle against Mound.a7Lr
mOXXeruem Order dispatched Templar Knights as if they had been waiting for this moment and pressured Estelle and the Zeon Order, who could not voice out their protective stance for demi-humans due to the seriousness of the incident.Z1KPkZ9
GZzobdbAn army was being gathered to annihilate demi-humans and Dana Shee.FF02t
17UXd9O“It’s a bit earlier than expected, but it’s because of a mistake from your end. What are you going to do?”6p8VR
HzYxNOkI asked Ednar Illusan, the Queen of Cats, who came looking for me in a hurry.7eZGRJ
7UEXC“…Is the offer still valid?”WE7k
Lfjv6l“Of course.”CHpr2
UmDz9x9It was time for the next phase.Cm7m
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