Book 5: Chapter 20
“So Miss Nier, have you thought about it yet? I think that neither you nor I have the patience to wait any longer.”
Clear drops of liquid rain down from Nier’s legs. Nier’s eyes were confused and empty. When she heard a voice, she powerlessly raised her head up. A moment later, anger and hatred resurfaced in her eyes like an old machine got rebooted. She looked at the merchant standing in the distance where the handrails were. Noting how he didn’t dare to come close, she sneered coldly and said, “What’s wrong? How come you dared not… mm… come in?!”
“Nobody wants to come close to a cat that likes to bite people after all.” The merchant smiled helplessly while touching his ear, that was now missing half of what was originally there. He looked at Nier, took in a deep breath and then continued, “Why do you do this to yourself? From the standpoint of the royal family, your love is just an insignificant speck of dust that’s not even worth mentioning. If you get defiled during this time, you’ll get abandoned even after you resisted for so long for his sake. Why don’t you give us a hand? We can’t give you anything, but we can still let you off with a pure body.”
“I will never betray His Majesty because this is the first time I’ve felt love.” Nier stared at him with anger. She chuckled coldly and continued, “I didn’t come here for the sake of getting together with His Majesty. I came here to do something for His Majesty. Even if I lose the right to be with His Majesty, I will still protect him by his side, so you don’t need to say more. There’s not even a slight chance that I will betray His Majesty. Don’t go thinking that I’ll just let you have your way with me. I won’t give you my body unless I’m dead!”
“You sure?”
The merchant looked at the water stain below Nier’s body and mocked her, “Your body is being so honest yet you’re still unwilling to admit it. I must say that His Majesty is fortunate to have such a sensitive body for himself. But do you think you can hold out until His Majesty returns? Or rather, does His Majesty have the courage to come here?”
“I trust His Majesty!”
“You trust that your master will come to your rescue when you’re his bodyguard?” The merchant laughed and continued, “Are you not aware that you’re just a pawn? And you’re an abandoned child. You haven’t returned after such a long time. Your empress has already abandoned you, and yet you’re still having fantasies about them?! They will only betray you when they are faced with danger, not protect you! You actually believe that the prince will save you?!”
“He will.” Nier looked at him and said with determination, “His Majesty will definitely come and rescue me. His Majesty is not my master, and nor am I his bodyguard. I love him, so I believe in him!”