I’m Hunting My Enemy - Chapter 97

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97. Demon King (3)

“Isn’t it strange?”

Glem, who had been watching Ryuie, paid a bit more attention.

Today Ryuie was interested in the Republic’s pigeons. Seeing the market full of white birds, Ryuie stopped the carriage and personally went to observe the birds and converse with the merchants.

Originally, the birds used as messengers in the Empire were hawks. They were much stronger and responded better to magic.

Powerful mages could even embed their own voices in hawks to make them converse on their behalf.

On the other hand, white pigeons were only beautiful in appearance, and if letters were sent at night, they were easily discovered.

Perhaps that’s why the Republic used white pigeons. To emphasize that there were no enemies within.

Ryuie was giggling as she tickled the birds’ beaks.

Just having Ryuie appear in the street market made it look like the Imperial Greenhouse garden.

“The suddenly grown hair, I mean. It’s quite suspicious.”

“My hair is the same. Until now I thought it was just because of the curse, but since it’s a body created by a god, it doesn’t function like a human’s.”

“Yes, that’s exactly why it’s more problematic!”

The envoy strongly agreed with what was meant to be a casual remark.

“What if that’s proof that Yeongae has turned to Agathos’s side?”

Only then did Glem completely turn his gaze away from Ryuie and turn his head.

The envoy’s expression was dark.

“Traveling together, I’ve come to know certain things. Watching from close by, Yeongae has a cruel and arrogant nature.”

“Ryuie is not that kind of person.”

“I don’t intend to insult her. Please set aside your anger and extract the truth from my words.”

The envoy spoke persistently.

“Yeongae is accompanying you on this journey to kill you.”

Why can’t this person see the same thing when looking at the same situation?

Glem spoke in a rough voice.

“Ryuie is granting my wish before I die. Mercifully.”

“Your Highness, you said you’ve been missing for 10 years. During that time, you had no contact with the capital or the Imperial Court, including Yeongae.”

“Yes. But…”

“Ten years is more than enough time for a person to change completely.”

The envoy pressed on.

“I’m sorry, but we’ve probably heard more about Yeongae than Your Highness has. And I’m seeing her exactly as the rumors describe.”

Glem felt a surge of emotion.

“Didn’t you say before that Ryuie was just using the gods as an excuse but actually loves me?”

“Yeongae is human too, after all. But just because she’s capable of love doesn’t mean her nature changes.”

The envoy appeared to be in his forties. Naturally, he would have experienced far more people and incidents.

“There are plenty of people who love but are cowardly. And Yeongae doesn’t seem like someone who stops out of fear of making mistakes.”

If you asked who would choose glorious failure in love over miserable success.

It would naturally be Ryuie.

Glem knew this too.

Knowing it made his resistance even stronger.

“Just because Ryuie doesn’t speak kindly and doesn’t have a gentle personality doesn’t mean she’s not a righteous person.”

“But how can someone who doesn’t seek understanding do righteous things?”

Flutter.

At that moment, the pigeons that had left Ryuie’s hands all took flight at once.

White feathers fluttered everywhere, and nothing remained around Ryuie.

The envoy, who had been watching Ryuie with Glem for a moment, muttered.

“There may be goodness in Yeongae that only Your Highness knows, but it’s too difficult for me to recognize.”

Both men saw Ryuie smiling as she handed payment to the cage owner.

They also saw her saying that if he had properly trained the pigeons, they would all return.

The owner looked slightly upset at first, but quickly brightened when he realized the amount he received was more than the price of all the pigeons.

Glem couldn’t help but feel an inexplicable emotion watching that scene.

If you called this cruelty… it might well be so.

“And some good aspects can become greatly corrupted.”

The envoy also couldn’t take his eyes off Ryuie. Ryuie was always like that. She made people focus on her, whether for good or bad.

“You must definitely break the oath before entering the capital. The longer it takes, the harder it becomes for me to guess what conspiracy Agathos might be plotting.”

The last words were practically telling the two to spend a night together, so the envoy cleared his throat.

Still, he believed that after breaking the oath, Glem would return as Yosua and resolve the situation.

Glem, however, thought he would break the oath by dying completely.

‘To reduce the curse even a little, it’s better to die in Glem’s body rather than Yosua’s.’

There was no other reason.

Whether living in Yosua’s body or Glem’s body, a body contaminated by the gods would only leave a curse on Ryuie.

If only it could be cleanly resolved.

“Look at this.”

Soon Ryuie returned with her body covered in feathers. Seeing Ryuie who had heard nothing, Glem and the envoy pretended they hadn’t said anything.

“With this much, we won’t lack quill pens while traveling.”

Ryuie spoke as if still enjoying herself. Glem nodded and carefully plucked the feathers from various parts of Ryuie’s body one by one.

As if it were some very important task.

Ryuie also quietly extended her arms and waited for Glem to finish removing all the feathers.

Even to the envoy who had been suspicious of Ryuie just moments before, the two somehow looked different.

Very nobly.

“It’s too bad there are only old people around.”

“Huh?”

Ryuie suddenly spoke up.

“They’re all just people trying to lecture us, aren’t they?”

Ryuie’s lips curved upward as she whispered sweetly.

“Glem, you had a hard time because of the nobles in the swamp, right? And in the Republic, that man keeps following you around like the moon. It must have been difficult~.”

‘This woman. She heard everything.’

Glem, who almost burst into laughter, held it in to spare the embarrassed envoy who had been caught eavesdropping.

Ryuie’s deliberately gentle behavior was both amusing and endearing.

“I asked that kind pigeon merchant earlier, and he said there’s a waterfall here that’s famous as a honeymoon destination.”

“A waterfall. That sounds wonderful.”

“Let’s sneak out just the two of us and spend the night there.”

“Cough!?”

While Glem suddenly choked and coughed violently, the envoy asked in bewilderment.

“Sneak out, you say. Is it alright to say that so openly in front of me?”

“What. Are you going to stop us?”

Ryuie brazenly coaxed.

“I wouldn’t have enough even if I scattered flower petals to welcome you. Who dared to interfere with someone else’s pillow affairs first? If this were the Empire, your tongue would have been cut out.”

“I-I’m sorry about that…”

The envoy, who hadn’t realized Ryuie’s hearing was that good, had nothing to say.

Indeed, if Ryuie really decided to do it, the envoy’s position would be to welcome it with open arms.

But Glem wasn’t mentally prepared yet.

‘So suddenly?’

Suddenly his pulse quickened and the air felt hot. The fact that it was currently the season transitioning from autumn to winter, making everything around them cold, was naturally not considered.

Right now, Glem felt like he could heat the entire carriage by himself without any firewood.

‘Really?’

He had thought Ryuie only wanted to kill him, so why did she suddenly feel that way?

Everything was confusing.

His body, which had been preparing to become a corpse, was suddenly busy sending blood everywhere.

Glem’s wavering pupils glanced at Ryuie’s face as if to confirm.

Ryuie, beautiful enough to hold a wedding ceremony right now even without a veil, even pressed him.

“Aren’t you going?”

Glem’s hand moved faster than his thoughts.

“We have to go.”

Ryuie smiled faintly and tried to ignore where Glem had desperately grabbed.

She felt chills run down her spine at Glem’s movement as he quickly interlocked his fingers with her left ring finger and caressed it.

‘With that innocent-looking face.’

The glimpse of Glem’s desire revealed in that brief, hurried moment was utterly honest.

She almost fell for it completely.

‘I thought he was already a corpse.’

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