Chapter 10 - Is this how to make it hurt?
This is no good.
I just escaped through the window, thinking that it would be just running afterwards. But here, right in front of me, there were some guards, probably the Duke’s henchmen.
Some seemed to be already there from the beginning, while others seemed to have been drawn by the commotion in the office.
And now they looked at me, ready to take action. I can’t count them right now, but they are more than a dozen. Probably.
"Don’t kill her! Bring her alive!!!" I hear ’Dad’ shouting.
At some point during the escape, I had dispelled the illusion on the collar, as it had become meaningless anyway. Which means these men won’t think that I can’t cast magic.
I used to lead a quite sedentary life back on Earth... and here it only got worse, as I haven’t even left the room for the whole seven years since I was born.
Sure, I did some exercises disguised as child’s play, but it was just enough for my muscles not to atrophy.
The strengthening spell meant that I would be able to pull off feats that my body would deem impossible, but it wasn’t enough to match adult warriors.
I don’t stand a chance against those guys.
But it’s better to be dead than to be without life.