Chapter 225

Chapter 225

He scoffed at us and left.

‘If I’m dragged to Ridrian by Recaldo, it’ll all be over.’

That demon will try to have my life while Ridrian is watching. Then he will go berserk from the shock and this world will end.

I flinched at the thought.

‘Wait, even if he’s a demon, if the world ends, he will die as well. Maybe he has another intention?’

I realized that I had forgotten something important. Recaldo, no, what are the demons planning?

As I was pondering, Eris seemed to melt down into a chair. She sighed.

“His Majesty did come in the end. Alone.”

“Eris.”

She sighed again and smiled at me like she was crumbling.

“I knew he would, but I was hoping he wouldn’t.”

“Rian will be fine.”

“He’s strong and wouldn’t lose to Recaldo easily. But…”

Eris looked at me, and I knew she just couldn’t finish her sentence.

“You’re saying that I’ll be holding Rian back.”

“Yes.” Eris smiled bitterly and nodded. Eris must have had went through this situation multiple times. But this time, everything could be different.

“It won’t be that easy this time.”

“Iona?”

“I possess a unique power, but I won’t allow him to take Rian from me so effortlessly,” I said as I revealed my hand, glowing with shimmering golden light. Being reserved didn’t equate to being weak.

“Eris, help me.”

“Pardon?”

“If Recaldo thought that I’ll be sitting here quietly just because he told me to, he’s sadly mistaken. I need to go to Rian now.”

As I was about to leave the room, Eris stopped me.

“Iona, they’re demons. It’ll be really dangerous if we’re caught.”

“You said they can’t kill me right now anyway. You’ll be in danger if you’re alone so come with me.”

“Iona.”

I wore the cape from the floor. As I was putting it on, I realized that Eris was just staring at me.

“Eris?”

“… Iona, will be ok to go with me?”

“Pardon?’

What was she talking about? Isn’t Eris, who can use a longsword as opposed to me not even being able to use the dagger, the most important person for escape?

As I widened my eyes, Eris looked hesitant.

“You believe everything I told you?”

“Ah.”

I realized what she was worried about. After tens of ends and returns, and her request to Recaldo to kill Ridrian. All of this led to me being in danger a few times, so she didn’t seem to have a face to look at me.

But the reason why I didn’t really react to what she said was because I already knew what her first life was like through the original novel.

“I do.”

“R…eally? Even though it’s so absurd?”

“I believe there’s no reason for you to really lie to me in this situation. And I just believe you. And you’re not a very good liar.”

Eris wasn’t someone who could just lie in a speech in front of people like me. The Eris I knew from the original novel was so stern that she couldn’t lie. She just didn’t say anything, but she didn’t lie.

“I was just wondering why Recaldo was calling you a liar. I know that you didn’t sell me.”

I couldn’t even imagine that that demon knew me for so long even before he was controlling Young Count Russen!

“Iona.”

Eris looked touched. I felt a bit embarrassed as her pure green eyes looked at me. I looked away, coughing.

She got up and started to prep. She put on a cape and took the knife from the table. I asked.

“Eris, what about the sword?”

“That demon took it. It’s a sword my father passed to me. That bastard. I’m getting it back.”

“Let’s check on our way.”

If we were lucky, it might have been stored in one of the rooms on the way. Of course, those demon children would be there as well.

“Whew.”

I took a deep breath in front of the door. This was the biggest adventure in my life. The goal was to get to Ridrian in one piece. And all of us are getting home safely.

‘Please be ok, Rian.’

That moment, her hand touched mine. She looked confident.

“Let’s go; let’s keep each other alive.”

“Good. Let’s spend the new year’s together.”

“Really? You promised!”

We opened the door together.

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