I’m Hunting My Enemy - Chapter 106

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106. Sanctuary (1)

“You don’t seem to have slept well, Ryuie.”

“….”

Ryuie glared at Benito with irritated eyes.

What would he react if she said she was being tormented by her lover every night?

‘It’s not just my head that’s rotten – it’s a line that everyone here would have no choice but to misunderstand.’

She hadn’t even properly done the deed yet, so it was too unfair to be misunderstood.

If she had really been doing the deed, she would have proudly spread the rumors herself.

Ryuie hadn’t even seen Yosua’s face. Yet he only came at night, which hurt her pride immensely.

‘It’s not like I’m a bride offered as sacrifice to some monster.’

She’d rather he be a monster if it meant he’d appear properly and show his face – that thought kept popping up.

Moreover, suspecting he might be listening right beside her during the day made her cautious even when speaking normally.

‘Damn it.’

Ryuie forced herself to act nonchalant as she shoved a fork into her mouth.

“Do you need to eat even though you have a fake body?”

“Ah, of course I can survive without eating. But humans become quite hideous when they do that. They need things coming in, but strangely they keep expelling things up and down while gradually withering away.”

The knights eating together lost their appetite at this unwanted fact that Benito cheerfully shared.

Ryuie felt the same way.

“If you’re going to say such things, don’t bother.”

“Yes, understood. When are you planning to attack?”

Benito casually changed the subject.

“The capital’s walls are visible now. And we’ll encounter the army before those walls get closer.”

“How many has the Emperor gathered?”

“Including the Duke’s army, about 2,000 men.”

Ryuie chuckled.

“I did bring too few knights.”

“The Duke deliberately brought a thousand men since it’s his family affair, right? If Ryuie converts their army, the Ducal House will have to return to their domain to bring the next knight order.”

“No matter how much I’m the Ducal House’s heir, I can’t override the Duke’s command authority.”

“What about the people beside you now?”

“I may not be able to override it, but my safety must be protected.”

Ryuie’s knights were loyal to the Ducal House, but they had to fight against the Ducal House. Because if Ryuie died, they couldn’t escape responsibility either.

Responsibility either way.

That was a knight’s honor.

Unreasonable, but that’s how oaths work.

‘It’s a different kind of oath from mine, but the headache is similar.’

Perhaps the knights were also dissatisfied with their current situation and helping Ryuie kill Rkultu.

If Rkultu died, all the oaths that had been binding them would disappear.

Liberation from all rules, the Empire, and everything that had cursed and protected them.

There was no need to deliberately incite the knights, but Ryuie could roughly sense that atmosphere.

The scent of loyalty’s oath, anxiety, and vague hope.

“You’re similar to the revolutionaries the Republic talks about.”

“No, completely different. Those guys try to rebuild what they’ve smashed, but I plan to leave it as ruins.”

“You haven’t been corrupted by the Republic’s influence.”

Benito smiled brightly as if relieved. Ryuie also gestured with her chin, looking indifferent.

“If chaos and suspicion make you stronger, then I’m the best, right?”

“Yes, Ryuie is the best. My demon lord.”

Watching Benito immediately agree, Ryuie swallowed her remaining food.

‘Maybe those with black hearts really do understand each other well.’

Had Yosua’s heart also turned pitch black?

Perhaps her inability to adapt to him was because she felt like he could read all her thoughts.

Glem had been simple. Even though he had many secrets he was hiding. He was intuitive, had goals, and made efforts.

But Yosua was the man who had defeated her sexually.

“Ah, I don’t want to drag out childhood matters for long.”

“Why’s that?”

“I want to win this current test.”

Ryuie strapped her weapon to her waist and stood up.

“Shall I explain the strategy now?”

Yosua wasn’t Ryuie’s only lover.

From now on, she would make that crystal clear.

* * *

Agasa couldn’t use spatial movement magic circles.

The Saintess’s greatest advantage and disadvantage was that most magic didn’t work on her.

Kelsus Marquis, who had been with her, hurriedly took a magic circle back to the Imperial Capital as soon as the Republic’s envoy returned.

He said that since Ryuie had finally made her decision and started the war, he, who had been with her until the very end, had to tell the Emperor directly.

‘Well, reporting is just an excuse. The truth is he wants to protect his assets before the Empire falls.’

Since she hadn’t expected much anyway, Agasa wasn’t disappointed either.

When she heard that Ryuie had eliminated Glem and decided to return to the Empire to side with Agathos, she had actually fainted.

The envoy, with a dismayed face, emphasized that he had sincerely arranged a honeymoon and showed Glem’s corpse.

Agasa nearly fainted again at that moment, but barely managed to hold herself together.

Only after seeing Glem’s body directly could she clearly understand what had happened.

‘My God, Ryuie, what on earth did you do.’

As a Saintess with her assigned duties, Agasa cleaned and arranged Glem’s body neatly.

Looking at him this way, though Glem’s features were rough, he had an almost sacred and mysterious atmosphere similar to Yosua’s.

The massive corpse with closed eyes and relaxed body looked like a descendant of some greater and more magnificent race rather than human.

‘Oh God.’

Agasa touched Glem’s forehead with a complicated expression.

‘?’

Suddenly sensing something strange, Agasa leaned down toward Glem’s forehead.

There were definitely traces of being shot.

But this was.

“!”

Agasa realized something like lightning.

“I understand.”

Like divine revelation, Agasa’s mind awakened.

‘Ryuie loved Glem.’

Though she herself didn’t want to admit it, and even Agasa had been unable to accept it and avoided the truth, it was undeniable fact.

Ryuie was weak when it came to those she loved.

Her weakness only showed to those she uniquely allowed close to her. That’s why she acted even more forcefully and harshly.

But the fact that this was Ryuie’s weakness remained unchanged.

‘To force Ryuie into conversation, that weakness is absolutely necessary.’

Only then could she stop Ryuie.

The Envoy, watching Agasa suddenly acting strangely, assumed her grief was overwhelming.

“Saintess, will you hold the funeral here?”

“No.”

Suddenly a brilliant light appeared in Agasa’s eyes. She too possessed the special quality of being chosen by Rkultu God.

“I need to take this body back to the Empire. And that might be the only way to eliminate Agathos.”

“!”

“Please help me.”

At the Saintess’s words filled with conviction, the Envoy could only nod.

* * *

Agathos’s door retrieved from the swamp was moved to the Temple.

The sacred relics of Rkultu that the Priests had originally kept had long since been banished to the storehouse.

All the Priests came to find Mos.

“Should we place it where we originally kept the sacred relics?”

“No.”

Mos answered without hesitation.

The answers flowed out smoothly, making his past as a bewildered Villager who knew nothing feel like ancient history.

“That place is already occupied by Rkultu’s energy, so it’s not suitable for enshrining Lord Agathos.”

“Then where would be good?”

“Lord Agathos prefers underground. Please clear out a new room.”

“Understood.”

All the Priests bowed at Mos’s answer.

Intoxicated by the thrilling sense of power, Mos suddenly added more words.

“It would be good if you called me by a different name.”

The Priests looked puzzled.

“Give me the same respect you offer to those who worship Rkultu.”

“….”

“…Ah.”

“Saint.”

Mos’s complexion brightened as he received the same honorific title as Agasa.

He felt like the craving he’d always had beside Ryuie was finally being somewhat satisfied. This desire. This power.

‘I’m right, aren’t I, Ryuie?’

Instead of unrequited love, a merciless god kept watch beside him.

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