For the heart - Chapter 21

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Chapter 21

Crash—! Crash—!

Casian, who had dodged all the lightning bolts that began falling randomly, leaped down from his horse.

And he thrust his sword right in front of the boundary of the magic dome.

He had shown Nina the exact point of that boundary.

As soon as Nina saw Casian’s sword, she jumped down from her horse and immediately drove her brilliantly blue-glowing sword into that very spot.

Crackle!

In an instant, the ground froze solid and white frost began to form along the boundary of the magic dome that touched it.

Only then did Casian realize what Nina was trying to do, and he quickly pulled out his sword and struck down hard on the magic dome that was beginning to freeze.

Crack—!

The magic barrier that cracked on the first strike and began breaking on the second shattered with a pop as much as it had frozen.

When a hole large enough for mounted knights to enter appeared, the hemispherical barrier that had been emitting an even light until now rippled like shallow waves.

The balance of the protective magic had been broken.

Soon the magic dome that had been spread above her head gradually disappeared.

Nina, who had entered inside, swept her sword over the moat filled with water.

Her body, which kicked off the instantly frozen surface and leaped up, crossed the moat in one bound.

Bang!

Then the sword emitting cold light, raised above her head, fell like lightning, cutting through the air.

That single strike drove straight into the massive palace gate.

Crack, crackle—!

Frost rapidly spread across the thick wood and iron nails, hinges, and heavy latches that firmly locked the gate, and the ice that expanded inside the wood and ironwork burst out with a pop!

It happened in an unbelievably short moment.

Neither the lightning strikes nor the magic dome could stop her.

Casian’s face, watching Nina like this, became dazed for the first time.

The moment she crossed the moat with sword in hand was dazzling, but when she shattered the palace gate with her short blonde hair flying, a thrill came over him that took his breath away.

She was intensely beautiful and chillingly powerful.

Thump, thump, thump.

Casian tapped his chest with his fist. He could feel his heart beating faster than ever.

He thought this strange sensation must be because he was seeing such an overwhelming scene for the first time.

The knights who had easily crossed the frozen moat rushed into the palace gate.

Casian, watching this scene, also crossed the moat and looked back.

Where thousands of lightning bolts had poured down, everything had completely collapsed.

But now there were no more lightning fires causing chaos in the sky.

The mages would have been flustered by the collapse of the magic dome, and they wouldn’t dare drop lightning inside the royal palace.

To break through the royal palace just two days after arriving in Nortanica.

Casian had been thinking that Montregger had fallen too easily due to the greed of the current Emperor and Empress Dowager.

But after seeing Nina’s combat power with his own eyes, his thoughts changed.

Even if Montregger had resisted fiercely…

‘The result might have been the same.’

Casian, who entered the palace last, was once again amazed by the skill of the Arsed Knights.

On the first floor, those who appeared to be mages were kneeling with gags in their mouths and their hands bound.

Vice-Captain Bern had taken advantage of the chaos in front to infiltrate the palace from behind and deal with the mages.

Nina, who looked around at the seven or so mages kneeling, commanded Bern.

“Interrogate them one by one to find out how many more mages there are and what the appearance and clothing of any uncaptured mages might be. If they don’t speak or their stories differ, cut them down on the spot.”

“Yes, Captain.”

At the coldly delivered order, the gagged mages jerked their heads up and struggled desperately.

“The King and Queen and their family members are on the second floor. The knights have already completed suppression.”

Nina nodded and climbed the stairs to the second floor.

The interior of the royal palace was gorgeous and intact without any damage.

When she finished climbing the stairs, a massive chandelier hanging from the center of the ceiling first caught her eye.

Thousands of golden crystals, as if cut with sharp blades, swayed gently and scattered light.

However, the expressions of the owners of this country—the King and Queen of Nortanica, the Prince and Princess—sitting at the marble round table surrounded by the Arsed Knights were dark.

Nina approached them and took out a paper from her chest, placing it on the table.

“Please obediently stamp the declaration of submission with the royal seal, Your Majesty. Don’t you still understand that Arsed’s unification of the entire continent has now become unstoppable?”

“If you can stamp it, then try. I can never hand over Nortanica to the Empire!”

Then one knight approached Nina, quickly whispered in her ear, and stepped back.

When Nina turned her head, something was blazing fiercely below the wall where candlesticks were mounted.

‘They cast magic on it.’

The royal seal was inside the hotly blazing flame magic.

Nina walked over there and tried to extinguish those flames with her frozen-bladed sword.

Sizzle—. Bang!

At the point where cold and heat collided, pressure twisted and an explosion and flash burst out.

But the flame magic didn’t go out and only grew fiercer.

The King of Nortanica, watching this scene, snorted.

A declaration of submission without the royal seal stamped on it had no meaning whatsoever.

But suddenly, the King and everyone else widened their eyes in shock.

Because Nina, who had withdrawn her sword, reached her hand directly into the flame magic and picked up the royal seal.

Sizzle.

The sound of flesh burning and the smell of bones melting in fire spread out.

Nina, gritting her teeth and enduring the pain, placed that royal seal on the marble table.

Her hand, stuck to the metal, wouldn’t come off properly. A groan of pain flowed from Nina.

Just then, Casian, who had just come upstairs and witnessed that scene, cursed and rushed toward Nina.

“Damn it! Are you insane!”

With a clatter, Casian made her drop the sword she was holding in one hand and grasped Nina’s hand, injecting healing power.

Her nearly melted hand finally began to recover little by little and separated from the royal seal.

“Haah…”

As Nina swayed forward with ragged breathing, bending her body, Casian quickly supported her.

However, Nina pushed away his support with her pale face, as if refusing to show her weakened state.

She simply allowed the healing to continue while he held her hand.

The Nortanican royals were horrified by the scene unfolding before their eyes.

They hadn’t expected the Sirin Sword, called the immortal body, to be in such a state.

They had heard she felt pain just like any other human, but how could she go to such lengths! And what exactly was that Healer who had instantly healed her.

The Prince of Nortanica looked at Nina and Casian with confused eyes.

He knew that all Healers who treated the Princess died, but this one hadn’t died.

The royal seal that had been heated red-hot by magic was rapidly cooling after being brought outside.

The moment the royal seal was stamped on the declaration of submission, Nortanica would be powerless to do anything.

The Prince, who hadn’t seen how Nina had broken through the magic dome and Palace Gate, thought that perhaps he could subdue Nina if only that Healer weren’t there.

With the magical abilities he possessed.

Just then, a knight who had rushed up from the lower floor in a panic shouted.

“Captain! It’s the Prince! The remaining mage is that Prince!”

Nina, who had just finished being healed, quickly picked up the sword that had fallen to the floor and headed toward the Prince.

But at that moment,

Bang―!

The Prince used magic to cut the large chandelier that was hanging from the Ceiling.

It was directly above Casian’s head.

‘Before destroying the Sirin Sword, eliminate the Healer who can revive her first!’

Nina turned around and screamed.

“Casian!!”

The moment Casian looked up above his head, Nina threw her body forward and pushed Casian away.

Crash―!

And the massive chandelier fell on top of Nina.

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