I’m Hunting My Enemy - Chapter 103

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103. Yosua (3)

Before departure, a snake appeared.

“How cute.”

From its glossy black scales and the shape of its head, it was a venomous snake that could kill a person instantly.

Everyone screamed and fled, creating a large circle.

Ryuie bent her waist to allow the snake to climb up her arm.

“Did you release this to tell me not to depart?”

Murmuring erupted from the back of the Knight Order. It was where the nobles were.

“Who is it!”

“Who brought such a thing!”

Knights thrust their spears among the mages who were captured along with the nobles.

While they searched for the culprit, Ryuie stroked the cold reptile’s head.

Strangely gentle eyes reflected Ryuie in black.

‘Is this also Agatos’s power?’

“Urgh!”

Soon a nobleman who was caught and dragged out fell to his knees.

Ryuie, sitting on her horse, gestured as if to say he should start making excuses. He shouted in anger.

“Madwoman!”

“Hmm.”

“To be unharmed even with a venomous snake around your neck. You evil woman! It’s only natural that Rkultu cursed you!”

“It’s not a curse but a vow. Though there’s not much difference.”

Ryuie rather teasingly let the venomous snake crawl up to her nape.

Even though it was the snake he had released, the nobleman’s eyes became fearful.

Ryuie’s beauty left a chilling thrill even in the midst of this.

“My mage said he could only summon that after leaving the Temple. But why can you…”

“Because I’m loved.”

Ryuie removed her hand from the cold beast. And as if it had been waiting only for that moment, an arrow flew from the air.

Thwack!

The snake struck by the flying arrow writhed greatly.

Ryuie noticed the attack a bit late through the sensation of the snake sliding off her nape.

“It’s an attack!”

The Knight Order immediately went into defensive formation, turning their backs to Ryuie and crowding around.

However, between the human shields, Ryuie only stared intently at the direction from which the arrow had flown.

The dense forest shadows looked as if the next attack could burst out from any direction at any time, yet also appeared completely empty.

“…”

Grab.

Ryuie grasped the arrow stuck in the snake and applied force to separate it from the body.

‘This wasn’t made in a workshop.’

Both the arrowhead and shaft had rough, coarse grain from carved wood. It was clearly a handmade arrow.

But who would deliberately attack Ryuie with such a thing now?

When the horse reared in surprise at seeing the venomous snake’s corpse that had slid off the saddle, Ryuie knew the answer.

“Yosua.”

Snap. The arrow broke in her hand.

“You’ve returned.”

A sinister smile briefly crossed Ryuie’s face.

Before anger, instinctive excitement had burst forth.

‘Oops, a mistake.’

Ryuie bit her lower lip and searched the forest with her gaze once more. Even though several knights urged by Ryuie were already running off, her heart grew impatient.

“Come out.”

Ryuie roared loudly.

“Come out now!”

Thanks to her abundantly sufficient lung capacity, Ryuie’s voice spread like an earthquake.

Even the nobleman who had just attempted assassination raised his head from where he had been lying flat to look around.

Ryuie waited while calming her restlessly prancing horse, but Yosua’s figure was not visible.

If he were still in Glem’s body, she could have seen a flash of white light even for just a moment.

In the pitch-black darkness where not a strand of his hair remained, distinguishing Yosua was not easy.

The vision she had seen in the swamp felt even more vivid in comparison.

‘I wanted to see him properly.’

Ryuie’s hand grasped the reins again.

“If you don’t want to, then follow me.”

Hah!

Ryuie let out a loud battle cry, gripped the horse’s reins, and began to gallop.

At the sudden departure, the Knight Order that had been waiting in advance spurred their horses to follow.

While riding, Ryuie’s thoughts were entirely on Yosua.

‘He must have hidden his body somewhere not far away. His appearance was faster than I expected.’

It was also unfamiliar that he shot an arrow first instead of coming to talk directly.

Something feels different.

If it were the original Ryuie, she would have chased after Yosua’s body as is, but now she had confirmed a method that worked well on him while hunting Glem instead.

He was a man who suited being bait more than schemes.

‘It was worth deliberately bringing out even the nobles openly for publicity. Can you see I’m coming for you now?’

If you want to protect the Empire, then appear.

That’s why she accepted the position of Demon Lord.

‘But an assassination attempt is your first response?’

The wind blowing even faster on horseback kept revealing Ryuie’s forehead.

‘I like it.’

“Benito.”

“Yes.”

Benito’s figure appeared in front of Ryuie, who was galloping at the head of the group.

No longer thinking to hide his strangeness, human limbs and tentacles alternately appeared between his fluttering robes.

‘Getting more hideous.’

Ryuie shook her head left and right.

“Since Glem has returned to Yosua’s body, you can no longer track him, right?”

“That’s right. That body belongs to Rkultu.”

Benito answered innocently.

“I want to bring him right away and present him before Ryuie, but what just happened was really affectionate. Even after becoming Yosua’s body, he’s still the same.”

“Affectionate?”

“He appeared to kill the venomous snake threatening your life. Even though he should be running far away. Even revealing his own means of attack.”

At Benito’s words, Ryuie didn’t even sneer.

Yosua’s affection wasn’t like that.

But soon thinking that Glem might do such a thing, Ryuie’s eyes grew cold.

“Affectionate indeed. I was planning to keep it.”

“You should be careful. No matter how great Rkultu’s power is, he cannot revive someone who died instantly.”

“If Rkultu can’t do it, what about you?”

“I don’t create miracles that way.”

Benito shrugged. Since Ryuie said she would become the Demon Lord, he had occasionally told her about gods.

“The miracles I perform are similar to what was given to Mos. A better body. A better person.”

Benito looked down as if pondering which part of Ryuie he should make ‘better.’

Ryuie swung her whip to drive Benito away from in front of her. He giggled and flew around beside the horse.

“Shall we threaten Ryuie’s life a bit more? If it feels real, Yosua might appear again.”

“You just tell me how to be properly killed.”

“Not yet. When Yosua meets with you, I’ll tell you then.”

Ryuie frowned with displeasure.

She straightened her back and switched the reins to her other hand. Having completely balanced herself, Ryuie looked back over her shoulder.

She only saw the pursuing group of knights and dust clouds.

‘Does Yosua have a horse too?’

Or maybe magic.

Ryuie was curious.

Because from now on, he would never be able to catch up to her on foot.

Since they had already departed, there was no turning back.

Mos would properly punish the nobleman who plotted assassination, and Agasa would be safe in the Republic, not in the Imperial Capital.

So that she could burn down the Temple to her heart’s content.

‘If you can’t even catch up to this extent, you can’t call yourself Crown Prince.’

Since there weren’t many horses per person, they had to rest frequently to give them breaks.

Ryuie only dismounted to rest after riding her horse to its limit.

Not wanting to be disturbed by others, she put on her invisibility ring as soon as she got down.

Thinking to catch her breath for a moment, Ryuie walked a few steps alone.

But once again, at a completely unexpected moment, Ryuie was suddenly pushed forward several steps.

Because someone had embraced her from behind.

“?!”

Ryuie, who was about to throw an elbow thinking Benito was doing something suspicious again, froze for a moment.

It was a strangely familiar sensation.

“Don’t look back.”

The voice seemed to fly to her ear and settle there.

The sensation of being completely embraced without any stinging or pain.

A person she had remembered because it was a body she had once embraced first.

‘Yosua.’

Even though the name she had cried out so much was right behind her, Ryuie didn’t call it aloud.

Because she had unexpectedly become confused.

‘Why am I thinking of Glem?’

Glem, who had embraced her the same way, came to mind with completely different scents and memories, making Ryuie extremely flustered.

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