In This Life, I Will Raise You Well, Your Majesty! - Chapter 63

Who is behind it?

Elisha had thought of the 1st Empress Isabelle.

However, despite the fact that she is the favored daughter of Duke Cherkah, the head of the eastern noibility, it will be difficult to mobilize this much power.

Elisha had also thought of the emperor for a moment before erasing it from her mind.

It’s not because he was not capable of doing this, but because doing this wouldn’t help him.

It would be better for him if Elisha’s alive.

There are many people who want to kill Elisha, but when all of the possibilities are put into consideration, no one fits perfectly.

Paaang!

Elisha struck the Garyosa who was heading toward her with a long stream of whip-like water before slowly retreating back.

The 1st Knights also surrounded Elisha as if to protect her and moved together.

The position occupied by the party gradually narrowed.

Now, there was a sense of trepidation as if the end was really approaching.

Elisha had been in such a situation often, but in the end, she eventually overcame them all and repaid the enemies dozens of times more. The 1st Knights’ wits were hardened and they did not waver easily. However, it was difficult for people with a normal or weaker mental state to endure this.

“What the hell is happening?”

In particular, Tricia couldn’t understand why her life was threatened here.

It was also the first time that Tricia had seen monsters properly.

Tricia had gotten off the horse and was now staring at Adam, who had walked away earlier, as if to kill him. When everyone was looking like they were dying, Tricia herself had been stuck hiding.

…But for some reason, Tricia felt relieved about it.

She wanted to rant and make a fuss, but apart from that, she thought that she’d be in trouble if that person really dies.

Because Adam was the only person she knew who was still willing to communicate with her.

No, it’s not like that.

Tricia looked back on what just happened. She felt like her eyes were spinning.

Adam had done something worthy of having his neck cut by Sir Rohan’s sword.

Rohan, who had just caught Adam, who was just about to run away, was pressing his back with his feet. So Adam had something to do with the monsters attacking them. Even Tricia, who was not on the smart side, realized how big this problem was.

Unless all the people here die and the secret is buried, the baron will not only be ruined soon, but will be torn apart without even leaving a trace of it. However, there is no time to worry about her father or mother. Tricia herself is about to die right away. That can’t happen.

What should she do?

Not to mention Sir Rohan, the 1st Knights would not pay attention to Tricia.

The baron’s knights seem to have other intentions, but even if they don’t, will they be able to save themselves?

Perhaps over and over again since yesterday, she had been unconsciously touching the inside of her dress with a narrower sleeve than usual. Something was caught in her fingertips.

‘If you’re that angry, would you try to vent your anger?’

[T/N: Chapter 56]

Adam gave Tricia a narrow and long glass bottle when they left the barony for this schedule. He told her to pour it into something like the accessories worn by the 2nd Empress every day or a cloak that she would wear over and over again.

When asked what would happen then, he said it was an essence made by cracking an insect’s eggs.

He said that when the insects that laid the eggs run into someone with the smell, they will know that it is an enemy that broke their hidden eggs.

In some circumstances, they’d even imprinted the smell and followed the person to the end to take revenge.

Tricia snorted, saying isn’t it just some insects, but Adam smiled, saying, “Wouldn’t that be funny?”

Wouldn’t you like to see that noble 2nd Empress with her face distorted, surrounded by insects?

She was so excited that the 2nd Empress would be humiliated in front of many people and chased by insects alone, and that Sir Rohan would watch over the wretch.

Tricia held what she had in her sleeve into her hand without hesitation.

However, there was something Tricia had never thought of. That the seemingly indifferent 2nd Empress showed her feelings enough, to hate even riding in the same carriage with Tricia!

How could she use her card when she couldn’t even approach her, let alone a chance to sit next to her?

She rode on a horse all the time, so Tricia thought she would pour it into the saddle or mane of the horse, but even the horse had a bad temper because it resembled its master.

She was never alone, and whenever Tricia approached, she’d threaten her.

She couldn’t do anything besides gritting her teeth.

Last night was really bad in particular. She wanted to pretend to borrow something or to pretend to apologize for not being able to serve, while looking for an opportunity. But the light was turned off.

She had tried to check if the 2nd Empress was already sleeping or if she went for a night walk, but she got caught by a man who looked just like an ogre, in front of the window.

In the end, she returned without any result, went to sleep, and after waking up, she got caught up in all sorts of things, so now is the time.

She had been so excited to hear that Sir Rohan was coming to the barony, it was like the best opportunity and gift of her life, but when she opened the gift, everything inside was melted and the piece of candy that was supposed to be inside couldn’t be found.

Tricia pulled out the glass bottle that had been hidden inside her sleeve and secured with an elastic strap around her forearm.

She opened the lid of the bottle the size of her two fingers glued together.

There was a stale smell.

“I-I thought you took care of it last night!”

Adam, who was struggling with his limbs on the floor, cried out in fright.

“I answered like that because I thought you would bother me. I don’t think it’ll matter because I’m going to do it today anyway.”

Adam certainly knew that Tricia would do anything without any regards to life or death, because she didn’t forget easily what she had suffered, ever since childhood.

But even such a shallow thought required some kind of trust.

Seeing the wastes dying, Adam desperately wanted to run away from this place even though he despaired that the place he would be heading to would be another place to die, because it was obvious that this place would be the most miserable and difficult of all the places to die.

Because the smell in the glass bottle by itself doesn’t spread far, but its nature will change when it comes into contact with specially treated blood.

“You crazy bitch!”

“Adam, who speaks of Celtrops as mere insects, I think you’re the one who’s crazy.”

Smiling, Tricia tilted one arm back.

Of course, her destination was the woman on a horse that was getting closer and closer.

I will defile her silver hair and the black cloak that the emperor has given her!

The terrified Adam couldn’t stop it, and when Tricia stretched her arm out in front of her and tried to throw what’s in her hands!

Something flew strong.

Chaeng-grang!

With her hand still raised above her head, Tricia hardened.

This is because a dagger suddenly flew in and hit the hand holding the glass bottle.

Luckily, it was only the handle of the dagger, else, all of the fingers would have been cut off.

Normally, she would have already made a great fuss from the pain, but not now.

Because… Ttuk! Ttuk!

The essence from the broken glass bottle got on the palm of her hand and flowed down her wrist.

And when it broke, about half of it wetted Tricia’s hair.

“Uwaaa…!”

Trisha only mouthed and couldn’t bring up anything.

She just turned her head to the side where the dagger was thrown. Rohan was standing there, pressing on Adam’s neck now, not Adam’s back.

Rohan, who only did what he had to do, couldn’t understand why Tricia was looking at him with resentment, but he didn’t despise her.

He just looked at her calmly.

Just as he did to those women who always see him with the same eyes.

Adam trashed at his feet.

“Get out of here right now. Fortunately, the 2nd Empress is safe… As for now…”

Rohan lifted his toes. Adam gasped and opened his mouth to breath.

“T-Thank you for saving me.”

Rohan glanced at him for a moment, then climbed onto his horse.

Not only Adam, but also the baron’s knights, who were mesmerized with the blood in the vicinity, or those whose hands were shaking because they didn’t know what to do. Rohan just stopped looking at them.

He drove the horse without giving them a single glance.

That included Tricia, who was still standing in disbelief.

The red masses from the entrance of the village accelerated towards the party.

Click! Clack!

Everything submerged in the lava crumbled and became ashes.

The 1st Knights drew a circle around Elisha.

Miller took Dorian.

It wasn’t that Dorian was heavy, but it did make her movements easier.

Elisha glanced over those waiting for her command.

Even though the empress is a noble position and the face representing the current group, each person has a different role.

This was the result of many things they had done together.

They were good men.

“Let’s go to the back.”

***

Perhaps because they smelled blood and the strange essence from the glass bottle, the Celtrops from the right side and the front side, as well as the left side, rushed into the entrance of the village without changing direction.

When Elisha and the 1st Knights gathered and turned their heads, screams erupted from behind.

“N-Nooo!!”

“Us too! Please take us too!”

“Aren’t you curious about who’s behind this? I’ll tell you everything!”

At Adam’s last cry, the tip of her ears pricked for a moment, but Elisha did not look back. If there was really any information to use, he would have already mentioned it before being completely abandoned like that, when Rohan waited with the sword on his head.

Elisha had seen such people in her past life.

After showing their amazing power, if anyone finds out about their true nature, they’ll be the only one in trouble, so they easily agree to instructions, and receive the price they’re given and take care of themselves.

Will those with that power break their promises? They must have thought it wouldn’t be a big deal for their superiors.

It’s really funny.

Those people hide their own strength, so they are snooping to the bottom while doing those things in the dark. 

They pushed Elisha’s back to put her in the mire, but in the meantime, they didn’t realize that they were also slowly pushing their feet into the mire.

Clack! Clack!

Kwang!

“Uwaahhh…!”

The screams didn’t last to the end. The viciousness of the monsters that burst out at the back of the ears reached its climax.

It was noticeable that the inside of the village entrance turned like hell due to the intertwining of the monsters from three directions.

Contrary to Adam’s expectation that it would be difficult to escape from the battlefield, the party covered in a water curtain made by Elisha passed through the village chief’s house and inn in the center of the village without any damage.

Chaeeng!

There was a sound coming from quite a distance from where Elisha stood.

“I was just wondering why you weren’t coming back.”

Elisha thought as she increased her speed, while observing the surroundings for strange things that might bother her.