That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 56

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Chapter 56

 

 

 

I held my bow and spoke while looking at the three young lords standing guard-like beside Tedrick.

“Of course, to the young lords as well. In a noble manner?”

I thought at least one or two would show uncomfortable expressions, but they didn’t.

‘They must think Tedrick will take full responsibility.’

Moreover, seeing how boldly they stepped forward for such a dangerous task, they must be confident they won’t hit me even once.

Right. It’s just a nasty threat.

But reason and emotion are usually separate things.

My body trembled slightly without me knowing.

Tedrick, who noticed this fact amazingly well, immediately sneered.

“Why is the great Tulia trembling? Don’t worry, I’m quite good with a bow. I always got perfect scores, you know?”

Tedrick’s eyes gleamed with cruel mockery.

“Ah, but you never know. According to you, I’m a ‘bug,’ right?”

“…”

Unless Tedrick Frazier and those noble bastards have gone mad, they wouldn’t be able to actually hit me with arrows in a situation like this.

So what those bastards wanted from me was one thing.

For me to fall down, startled by the shower of arrows.

If my dress hem flipped over in the process, showing an unseemly sight, they’d burst into laughter and be delighted.

Maybe they’d even use it as drinking conversation until they died.

In short, completely crushing Tulia’s spirit.

That was that bastard Tedrick’s purpose.

‘Since he’s suffered a lot because of me.’

But doesn’t he remember all the countless things he did to Tulia?

Well, if he were the type to learn from negative examples, he wouldn’t have been so wicked in the first place…

“Over there, around that area.”

When Tedrick gave the order, his faithful servant quickly approached and led me to stand at an appropriately distant location.

“You want me to stand here?”

“Yes. It’s perfect, isn’t it?”

A very appropriate distance where they could adjust the direction of arrows without much difficulty.

I know the arrows won’t hit me.

I know that not showing a frightened appearance is how to win.

And after enduring twenty shots, I was planning to actually hit that bastard’s foot with an arrow.

That bastard seems too excited about the thought of breaking my spirit to think deeply, but this was actually a bet unfavorable to Tedrick.

‘You may be widely known for shooting arrows well, but I’m not at all.’

It’s an arrow shot by a beginner who never even learned archery.

Literally a complete novice’s blind arrow.

Wherever that arrow ends up stuck in Tedrick, is that my concern?

‘Should I just aim for that bastard’s balls?’

That bastard Tedrick.

Should I make you live as a eunuch forever?

Should I completely cut off Lilius’s lineage?

While frantically sneering like this inside.

Standing in the middle of the forest, feeling like I’d become public hunting prey wasn’t pleasant.

To be honest, I was a little scared.

The sharp arrowheads pointed at me.

The mouths deliberately giggling while wondering where they’ll hit me, what if they make a mistake.

I know the words and actions are meant to frighten me.

I know too well that as long as I hold the position of Marquis Frazier’s daughter Tulia, they can never hurt me.

“…”

My hands trembled, so I quietly gripped my dress hem.

No matter how hard I tried not to give them the impression that I was scared, I couldn’t do anything about this slight trembling.

Frustratingly.

‘I am a tree rooted here. A world tree.’

The moment I resolved with firm determination that I would never move even one step.

Whoosh!

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh!

The magic bow drawn with all their might, a bow similar in size to a longbow, spits out sharp arrows.

Confident skill.

Tedrick was acknowledged by himself and others as being very good with a bow, and the guys he recruited must also be those with excellent archery skills.

So nothing serious will happen.

I won’t get hurt.

Surely right next to my shoes, or piercing through my dress hem without hurting my legs.

With such miraculous and thrilling skill, they’ll crush my spirit and show off to others.

But then.

“Aah!”

A scream that echoed through the forest.

“Aaaah!”

Did it come from my mouth?

A beat late, I realized I had screamed.

No, what I realized was pain.

The pain of my foot being pierced raw by a sharp arrowhead.

“Gasp!”

“Tu, Tulia Frazier, young lady!”

“This is crazy! Sh, she got hit in the foot!”

“Her arm got hit too! Are you insane?!”

“Bl, blood…!”

The frightened screams of the young lords and ladies didn’t even register properly in my ears.

I don’t know what kind of mental strength I displayed at that time.

Even amid the burning pain in both arms and the top of my foot, I looked straight at Tedrick’s face.

‘Did he aim on purpose?’

Was that crazy bastard really trying to cause an accident?

No matter how out of his mind he is, so openly with so many people watching?

But that wasn’t it.

Tedrick Frazier’s face was deathly pale.

Like lead pickled in sea salt.

This meant it wasn’t Tedrick Frazier’s will.

Even the faces of the noble young lords who had giggled and shot arrows alongside Tedrick Frazier, who surely held the title of expert marksmen, were dead blue without a trace of color.

Suddenly, really suddenly.

One ‘existence’ came to mind.

It wasn’t something I deliberately thought of, but something that invaded my mind like an involuntary muscle.

It couldn’t be, right?

Surely not…!

‘Penalty?’

I didn’t have the presence of mind to look up and search for the star-shaped icon as usual.

But it’s the winged golden star that always followed me around.

This time too, even in this urgent and critical situation where I’m receiving a shower of arrows, it would be leisurely floating around near my head.

‘Status Window!’

As soon as I shouted inwardly, text appeared in the air as if it had been waiting for this moment.

No, perhaps the text had appeared even before I shouted.

 

[System: Status Window]

Tulia Frazier (15 years old)

-Coins Held: 10 (Deposited Coins: 1,000)

-Character: 1

-Beauty: 8

-Skill: 5

-Wealth: 0

-Luck: -10

 

Overall Rating: D-

 

(!Warning: Due to luck penalty, all attacks by others will hit you.)

 

‘Hey, are you seriously insane?!’

You should have warned me about that earlier, damn it!

I hurriedly tried to raise my luck stat with the coins I had.

No, I tried to raise it.

 

[System] Insufficient coins.

 

‘What?’

 

[System] Insufficient coins.

 

I currently have 10 coins, but with this, I can’t even raise my luck stat one level from -10?

 

[System] Insufficient coins.

[System] Insufficient coins.

[System] Insufficient coins.

 

Does the luck stat consume that many coins?

My bewilderment was quickly pierced by pain.

“Aaah!”

What kind of farce is this?

In the midst of it all, one arrow that hadn’t stopped yet pierced through my shoulder.

Even while suffering from pain that felt like my entire body was on fire, I let out a bitter laugh.

‘I’ve seen this scene before.’

In , in the game, I had already seen it.

As one of the many endings where Tulia Frazier, the worst human scum in the worldview, was executed.

The sight of Tulia dying covered in blood after receiving a barrage of arrows from righteous nobles.

I had seen it countless times.

I had played through it all.

But this is strange.

Am I still scum now, and are they righteous nobles?

Really?

Is that really true?

I felt like I was going to burst into tears.

No, I was already crying.

Tears flowed down my cheeks like crazy.

The wounds pierced by arrows were too painful to just endure.

The first shot fired by Tedrick. And several arrows from other young lords shot simultaneously.

Meanwhile, the remaining two shots in the magic tool in Tedrick’s hand had not yet been fired.

It was when I finally couldn’t overcome the pain and collapsed.

“She, she’s down!”

“Doctor, get a doctor!”

“Call people immediately!”

Even while people were in chaos, Tedrick was aiming his bow at Tulia again.

Is he insane?!

The nobles’ eyes widened as much as they possibly could.

“No, Te, Tedrick! What are you doing?!”

“Put down that magic tool immediately!”

“Damn it, this magic tool fires three shots once you shoot it! I can’t stop it at will!”

I raised my gaze at Tedrick’s death-like scream.

My eyes, stained with tears and pain, were just blurry.

Is this what the world looks like just before death?

Then Tulia in the game must have always seen this kind of world last.

Everything slows down like a panorama of life.

I could almost see the last two arrows flying toward me.

The one Tedrick Frazier had proudly shown off, bragging that his father Viscount Lilius had bought it for him.

The arrows fired from that very magic tool looked exceptionally large and sharp.

Just like the one that had first pierced my foot.

“Take cover, Miss!”

Several knights were running over after hearing the ladies’ screams, but the flying arrows were much faster.

How could they tell me to dodge when my foot was broken and I couldn’t move?

“Miss! Duck your head!”

The urgent voice of the knight was also useless.

 

(!Warning: Due to luck penalty, all attacks by others will hit you.)

 

‘Screw this.’

At this point, I had no choice but to break the savings bank!

I remembered seeing the warning that interest wouldn’t apply if I withdrew before completing the deposit period, but I’m about to get hit by arrows again!

Just as I was about to quickly withdraw coins from the bank to raise my luck stat.

“That crazy bastard!”

With a sharp curse, a large body blocked my view.

Thud.

The horrible sound of an expensive silk suit lined with high-quality wool being pierced, and the flesh inside being completely penetrated, struck my ears.

“…Leon?”

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