Chapter 344
The remembrance of the mere distorted sound of that voice made me shiver with a headache, opening my eyes to give a quick glance at the Crown Prince... who attentively looked at me... and my lightly trembling hands that had stopped writing.
"..."
[ And then, I felt the true menace hidden in them. Because they asked how come I was under punishment if they hadn’t managed to reach the emblem... probably, they were talking about that one I earned in the public ceremony. ]
"... Was there anything else they said?"
"....."
"Is there, my lady?"
"....."
[ They said that it must be fate. For even though Fenrir reached the emblem first, I was still before them... who wants me dead. ]
"....."
It was a must to say it. Because only from hearing they were supposed to punish me, it was the threat of death that made me run for it.
I didn’t know I could feel so helpless, sorry and even guilty to say this... but he had helped me... and if my life is so surely at risk like it was today, I can’t just keep it secret from everyone.
His silence continued while I couldn’t raise my head waiting for him to read my notes. However, I had to lift my eyes from my restless hands at some point, because suddenly I sensed in our core some sort of strong force boiling intensely in front of me... and I was right.