I Like Another Man, Not the Male Lead - Chapter 50

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————

Chapter 50

Caesar Prince leaped down from his horse.

Golden Aura began blazing fiercely from Caesar Prince’s sword. It was a dazzling light as if a fragment of the sun had been captured in the blade. The absolute power that only a Sword Master could wield.

Caesar Prince’s sword descended, slicing through the air. A golden afterimage remained along the blade’s trajectory. The necks of the wolf pack that had been lunging toward Matthias were cleanly severed.

The wolves collapsed on the spot without even managing to scream. Blood gushed up like a fountain. Caesar Prince stepped gracefully over the wolf corpses rolling on the ground.

The Sword Master’s appearance instantly reversed the entire battle situation.

“Your Highness!”

Matthias let out a sigh of relief.

At that moment, the sharp sound of a whistle once again disturbed the forest. The wolves began charging again. As if someone was controlling them.

Caesar Prince’s gaze turned beyond Matthias. The moment he confirmed that the person there was Reina, Caesar Prince’s face turned deathly pale. Caesar Prince’s lips trembled faintly.

“Reina?”

“Her condition is strange, Your Highness. She can’t hear us even when we call. We need to get her out quickly and show her to a doctor.”

Matthias answered quietly. Blood continued flowing from the wound on his shoulder, but there was no time to worry about it.

Caesar Prince looked around and calculated a way to escape from here. Wolves seemed to be pouring in endlessly as if every wolf in the Empire had been gathered, but there would surely be an end. He was confident he wouldn’t tire until then.

The two men’s coordination was perfectly synchronized. They were comrades who had trained together for a long time. Words were unnecessary. While Caesar Prince overwhelmed the wolves in front with his crushing swordsmanship, Matthias blocked the wolves targeting gaps from the sides and rear. And the remaining wolves were handled by other knights.

The sounds of swords clashing with fangs, flesh being torn, and wolves’ howls mixed together, shaking the forest.

Caesar Prince’s sword was so fast that even a knight’s eyes couldn’t follow it. Only golden trajectories remained in the air before disappearing. Multiple wolves died instantly from clean strikes.

This wasn’t normal Wolf Pack behavior. Wolves usually retreat when their companions die, but these wolves continued charging as if they knew no fear.

‘Someone is definitely controlling the wolves.’

And that purpose was to eliminate Reina.

Caesar Prince gritted his teeth. The wolves were reacting sensitively to the sharp whistle sounds that occasionally rang out. He needed to find those controlling the wolves.

The whistle sounded once more, and Caesar Prince and Matthias’s eyes met. Matthias nodded.

Caesar Prince slowly approached toward the source of the whistle sound. Matthias provided cover from behind. His shoulder felt like it was burning, but if a gap appeared, they would collapse. He had to hold out until Caesar Prince found The Guy blowing the whistle.

Right then. This time the whistle sound came three times in succession. The sound was definitely getting closer. Just as Caesar Prince was about to take another step forward.

“…Pretty…”

A small voice was heard. It was Reina’s voice. Caesar Prince’s body froze. He instantly turned around.

And what he saw was a nightmare.

It wasn’t only the wolves being controlled.

Reina was staggering and trying to throw herself toward the Wolf Pack.

“Reina!”

Caesar Prince’s voice cracked. It was a cry mixed with terror and despair.

Reina moved forward as if walking in a dream, wearing a dreamy smile. The wolves bared their teeth and watched Reina. Death had come right to Reina’s feet.

“Reina!”

Caesar Prince hurriedly cut down wolves as he ran toward Reina.

But it was too late. The starving wolves launched themselves toward Reina. With their maws wide open, teeth bared.

“Reina!”

Caesar Prince’s sword moved like lightning. Golden Aura spread out explosively. The sword sliced through the air. The wolf’s body fell to either side of Reina, separated into upper and lower halves. Blood splattered everywhere. Reina was also drenched in blood.

Caesar Prince didn’t stop. Reina was standing in the middle of death right now. Caesar Prince gritted his teeth and leaped. Power beyond human limits was being unleashed through him. The golden trajectory Caesar Prince created filled the air completely. Caesar Prince completely blocked the way in front of Reina. If he stopped for a moment, Reina would die. She continued trying to move forward. Caesar Prince gritted his teeth.

The ground beneath their feet was muddy. Wolf blood and human blood mixed together indiscriminately, forming mud. The piled wolf corpses and the wet floor were themselves a great constraint for the knights.

Could they hold out like this?

Until Caesar Prince could cut down all those creatures, would the owner of the whistle really not attempt to control Reina? Could they control Reina’s unpredictable actions that could burst out at any moment?

Caesar Prince knew the answer. It was impossible. To handle all those wolves while also dealing with Reina who wasn’t in her right mind, there were too many variables.

Caesar Prince checked the terrain of this place once more. Behind them was a cliff. Caesar Prince made his decision.

If Reina wasn’t here, the wolf attacks would stop, so Matthias and the knights would be able to escape this place. Right now, it was more important for those here to return alive than to catch the criminal. The investigation of the criminal could wait until after his colleagues reported what happened here.

Caesar Prince stared at Reina, whom he was somehow holding onto. He had to protect her. Whatever the method. Caesar Prince gritted his teeth. He pulled Reina into his arms. While suppressing her movements with his whole body, Caesar Prince gripped his sword tightly with his other hand.

“Lord Hailboard!”

Caesar Prince and Matthias’s eyes met.

Matthias thought time flowed slowly at that moment. All sounds disappeared. The wolves’ howling, the wind, even his own breathing.

Caesar Prince and Reina were slowly disappearing beyond the cliff. Matthias’s mouth gaped open. The wolves threw themselves off the cliff following Reina and Caesar Prince. There were no wolves attacking the remaining knights. Matthias went and stood at the cliff.

He could see the two people falling below. Caesar Prince sent aura toward the wolves that followed them to the end. The blood droplets scattered in the air were like falling petals. It was an unreal scene.

The wind rising from below struck his face. The cold air pierced his lungs. His ears became muffled. The two falling people grew smaller and smaller. Reina’s sky blue dress fluttered in the wind. Like wings. Caesar Prince was holding Reina tightly. As if he would never let go.

Matthias opened his eyes wide and took in all of it.

Rapids were flowing below.

‘You absolutely must not die!’

Caesar Prince calling him at the end was surely that kind of signal. Rather than continuing an endless fight here, there was determination to end it all at once even if it meant taking some risk. Matthias confirmed everything until Caesar Prince and Reina fell into the water.

Water spray shot up high into the sky. The wolf corpses stained the blue river water red. And soon the rapids swallowed everything.

The river became calm in an instant.

Caesar Prince felt the cold water soaking his entire body. Every time he surfaced, fierce currents were creating white foam as they struck the rocks. Throwing himself into the rapids flowing below the cliff was the right choice, but he didn’t know if Reina could endure it. He could only hope she would hold on.

Caesar Prince gritted his teeth and held Reina close. And he entrusted his body to the flow of the rapids.

‘I will definitely protect you, Reina. I will definitely return you to your rightful place.’

A terrible silence arrived.

—————
This chapter was translated by Lunox Team. To support us and help keep this series going, visit our website: LunoxScans.com
—————