I Won’t Pick Up The T*ash I Threw Away Again - Chapter 224

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#224

It was agony that felt like her entire body was being twisted. Leilah, who had been groaning while clutching her stomach, couldn’t properly support herself and fell beneath the bed.

In the process, she hit the bedside table, causing all the items on top of it to come crashing down.

Crash-!

Medicine bottles and water bottles fell and shattered, filling the mine with a tremendous noise.

“So then…”

Fillen, who had been talking with the Stella Kingdom officer outside, heard the sound of something breaking and came inside.

“Leilah!”

Soon he discovered Leilah sprawled carelessly on the floor, groaning, and rushed over in panic.

“Leilah, get a hold of yourself!”

“Ugh…”

“Leilah!”

Her face, stained with cold sweat, was pale. No matter how he looked at it, her condition was far from normal.

“A doctor, I need a doctor!”

Simply giving her medicine wouldn’t be enough.

When Fillen, feeling the need to show Leilah to a doctor, picked her up and came outside, the Stella Kingdom officer who had been waiting blocked his path.

“Where are you going, Your Excellency.”

“Move aside.”

“You cannot take that woman out of this place.”

“Can you still say such things after seeing Leilah’s current condition?”

Fillen asked indignantly, pressing him.

Only then did the Stella Kingdom officer, seeing Leilah who was half-unconscious and groaning, click his tongue.

“Then please wait just a moment. We’re currently in negotiations with the Empire, so once those negotiations are finished…”

“Leilah could get worse in the meantime!”

Unable to contain his anger any longer, Fillen shouted loudly.

As his voice echoed thunderously through the mine, a subtle wave of magical power could be felt.

The first to sense that wave was the Stella Kingdom officer. This was possible because he was a magic swordsman, which was rare even on the continent.

The officer’s gaze, as he looked around to find where the magical power was flowing from, stopped at Leilah’s limp arm.

More precisely, at the bracelet she was wearing.

Could that bracelet be. The officer grabbed Leilah’s arm in shock.

“What are you doing?”

Fillen growled like a mother protecting her young and swatted away the officer’s arm.

“Don’t touch her carelessly.”

The officer spoke in a tone that suggested he felt very wronged.

“I was simply trying to look at that bracelet!”

The bracelet?

Fillen looked down at the bracelet Leilah was wearing.

To the eyes of someone who couldn’t sense magical power, it was nothing more or less than an ordinary bracelet.

“What’s so special about that bracelet?”

“I’ll explain later.”

The officer looked at the bracelet with an urgent expression. In the brief time they had been talking, the wave of magical power had intensified.

“We need to remove that bracelet immediately.”

It was incomprehensible.

But it wasn’t a difficult task, and thinking to quickly do as requested and then take Leilah to a doctor, Fillen pulled at Leilah’s bracelet.

“What?”

But strangely, the bracelet wouldn’t come off. It was the same no matter how many times he pulled at it.

“There’s definitely something going on!”

The officer shouted as if to say ‘I told you so.’

Fillen set Leilah down on the ground and pulled at the bracelet with force.

But even when he pulled with all his might, the bracelet wouldn’t come off. Only Leilah’s wrist turned red.

If it wouldn’t come off, he could break it.

“Give me that sword.”

The moment Fillen, having received the sword from the officer, was about to strike down at the bracelet.

Flash-

“…!”

Suddenly the bracelet emitted a brilliant white light.

At the intense light that was blinding enough to make one lose their sight, Fillen covered his eyes with his hand and stepped back.

That was brief, and thinking he had to somehow break the bracelet, Fillen swung the sword widely.

Clang-!

The sword Fillen swung collided with something. Judging by the vibration transmitted through the sword, it definitely wasn’t the bracelet.

Is this a sword. That meant someone was crossing swords with him, so Fillen frowned.

There was no way Leilah could have swung a sword.

If it wasn’t the Stella Kingdom officer either, then who on earth…

“It’s been a while.”

An insufferable voice he couldn’t forget even in dreams.

It was also a voice that made his teeth grind the moment he heard it.

The white light that had been illuminating the mine gradually faded and his vision returned.

Soon Fillen, facing the owner of that insufferable voice, let out an empty breath.

“Kalian.”

The corners of eyes containing darkly sunken pupils curved.

“How dare you call my name so carelessly. You’ve become very impudent while I haven’t seen you.”

Kalian’s lips held a leisurely smile, but his insides were not so calm.

The activation of the magic bracelet meant that a great crisis had befallen Leilah.

Thanks to that, he had been able to find where Leilah was, but still, the fact that she was in danger couldn’t be entirely good.

Kalian wanted to check if Leilah was alright first, but he couldn’t do so because he was crossing swords with Fillen.

Fillen was skilled enough in swordsmanship to hold the position of Supreme Commander of the Empire.

If looking purely at swordsmanship skill, Kalian couldn’t match Fillen.

‘If looking purely at swordsmanship skill, that is.’

At times like this, he thought it was fortunate to receive the blessing of the Blue Dragon.

“It is an imperial command, Duke Williot.”

Blue energy swirled around Kalian.

“Move aside immediately.”

“I refuse.”

“Having betrayed the Empire, do you intend to defy even an imperial command?”

“Since I’ve already betrayed it, I’m defying it.”

He speaks well at times like this.

Kalian tried to use the power of water to make Fillen’s body sluggish and then press down on him, but.

Swoosh-!

“…!”

Because a strange fellow interfered, he couldn’t do so and had to retreat.

The officer who had quickly moved to Fillen’s side asked.

“Are you alright, Your Excellency.”

“I’m fine.”

Fillen readjusted his grip on the sword he had been crossing with Kalian and remained wary of Kalian.

“Oh no.”

One was already burdensome, but now there were two.

Moreover, the other one was actually a magic swordsman.

His swordsmanship didn’t seem particularly outstanding, but magic swordsmen were troublesome existences in many ways.

He had to be more careful of him than Fillen because there was no knowing what magical abilities he might be hiding.

A heavy tension flowed through the mine.

While they watched each other and searched for openings, a faint voice called out to Kalian.

“Your Majesty…?”

It was Leilah. Having briefly regained consciousness while suffering in pain, she burst into tears upon seeing Kalian.

“Your Majesty, Your Majesty…”

Hearing Leilah’s desperate voice felt like my heart was being torn apart.

I wanted to rush over immediately and comfort her, saying it was okay, not to worry about anything, and wipe away her tears, but it was impossible because of that damn Fillen and the mage knight.

Whether she had lost consciousness again, Leilah’s voice could no longer be heard.

Though I hadn’t properly checked Leilah’s condition yet, judging by her voice alone, she seemed to be in serious condition.

I needed to quickly take her out and get her treated.

“For His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire to personally come all the way here. I’m truly at a loss for how to handle this honor.”

But the obstructors showed no intention of backing down.

They even multiplied. When soldiers from the Kingdom of Stella appeared behind the mage knight and Fillen, Kalian let out a small laugh.

“You’re welcoming me quite enthusiastically.”

“You are the Emperor of the Empire, after all. We must do at least this much.”

Red auras swirled around the mage knight.

A mage knight who uses flames, I see.

Fortunately, Kalian had the advantage in terms of attributes, but he was at too much of a numerical disadvantage.

Moreover, he was too worried about Leilah’s condition. Her voice, which had flickered faintly like a candle before the wind, was stuck in his mind and wouldn’t disappear.

“Please quietly become our bait, Your Majesty the Emperor.”

“Bait.”

Kalian let out a small laugh and stepped back.

When the soldiers thought he was fleeing and tried to rush forward, Fillen raised his hand to stop them.

Kalian quickly approached Leilah’s side and lifted her into his arms.

Fillen tilted his lips into a crooked smile and asked.

“Are you planning to become a hostage together with Leilah? How touching.”

Kalian smiled faintly and shrugged his shoulders.

“Delusions are free, but if they’re too severe, they become an illness.”

The blue aura floating around Kalian suddenly intensified.

“You don’t think I came here without any preparation, do you?”

“Everyone fall back!”

The mage knight, the Stella Kingdom officer who was the only one to sense it, shouted urgently.

At this, the soldiers hesitantly stepped back, but Fillen instead rushed toward Kalian.

The sharp sword tip aimed precisely at Kalian’s heart.

“Farewell, Duke Williot.”

But Fillen’s sword couldn’t pierce Kalian.

It was because Kalian had turned into water along with Leilah and disappeared into thin air.

He knew that the imperial family blessed by the Blue Dragon had the ability to manipulate water, but who would have thought it could be used like this.

It was a disaster. After spending so much time and effort to capture Leilah, to lose her so easily like this.

“Arrrrrgh!”

Feeling utterly frustrated and annoyed, Fillen screamed and threw away his sword.

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The place where Kalian, who had disappeared into thin air as water, reappeared was a nearby river.

“Cough.”

Kalian, who barely managed to fight through the current and get out, coughed violently.

Blood mixed with the water he had swallowed when falling into the river came out. It was the price for forcibly using his power when his magic wasn’t fully charged.

Moreover, due to insufficient power, even though he had aimed for the Rahalbah outpost as his destination, he had ended up in the wrong place.

“When I actually need it, it’s a useless ability.”

At least grateful that he had escaped from the mine, Kalian checked on Leilah’s condition.

Unstable breathing, high fever, and cold sweats on top of that.

As expected, her condition wasn’t good. Thinking he needed to quickly take her to a doctor, Kalian carried Leilah on his back.

Perhaps because he had used too much power, his vision gradually became blurry.

No. I can’t lose consciousness until I get Leilah to a safe place, to a doctor.

Kalian bit his tongue hard and pressed forward.

Not knowing where this place was, he first went downstream along the river while looking around.

He could see smoke in the distance. Were people living there? It didn’t seem to be the Rahalbah outpost, but he needed a place to lay her down first, so he headed in that direction.

There was a small cabin in the dense forest. With dried meat hanging on a clothesline and bows and spears visible, it appeared to be a hunter’s house.

Perhaps they also knew about medicinal herbs, as there were plenty of dried herbs spread out on a large mat.

Please let this be someone who can treat Leilah.

Bang bang-

Hoping desperately, Kalian knocked hard on the old wooden door.

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