Chapter 413 – Where Lightning Grazed.

Usher felt that the reason he had to dress as a woman up until now was because of Nausicaa’s proposal and Krikaliev, who accepted it.

“You seem to be feeling a little better.”
“Whispering, what’s better? Making fun of people like this.”

Was it because the skirt was easy to move? He was a really mean person to the end. As I buried my face in my lap to hide my tears, I kept hearing Nausicaa’s words.

“Ahaha, I promised to play with you later. In the end, I couldn’t keep it…”

The bite at the end of her words made Usher feel her chest tighten.

“”…””

Silence followed by their voices. At the end of the rescue, Rachel had told Helena. Most of the wagons were buried in the mud and there was no way to get them out, so they had to put as many people as possible in the wagons.

Helena has tamed the Hill Dis beanie, so she says she needs to ride separately if possible. Because of this, she left with Rachel, leaving Usher alone with Nausicaa, which was uncomfortable for Usher.

“Nuna, don’t you hate me?”

Wasn’t she resentful of herself? Nausicaa seemed to breathe in vain for a moment at his question.

“That’s right.”

Usher thought he couldn’t help it. If only she had been a little stronger…

“But I couldn’t keep doing that.”
“…?”

Usher couldn’t understand for a moment what she was saying. She lifted her face buried in her lap and looked up at Nausicaa. Her eyes that she couldn’t bear to look at because she was afraid of the gaze that looked at herself.

“You know what? I was also saved by Mr. Yoff.”

There was no emotion like resentment or anger that Usher thought.

“I couldn’t do anything in the past either.”

Nausicaa reached out to her, but her body did not tremble. Her touch was very slow, as if trying to reassure him.

“I couldn’t even do a proper job on my own because I was full of mistakes. I don’t know why I forgot about that.”

The touch of his cheek was warm. The swelling had subsided, but Usher couldn’t help but stiffen at the tickling feeling against his cheek, which still had a stinging sensation.

“But if it weren’t for me, you would…”
“Don’t say that. You know that old man is stubborn, right?

She thought she would resent herself, but she didn’t resent him.

“I’m sorry I hit you. It wasn’t your fault. I took my anger out on you.”

Instead, she apologized as she gently stroked his cheek so that it wouldn’t hurt, comforting him with sad eyes as if reflecting on something.

“So don’t beat yourself up. Even if I stopped you, you wouldn’t have cared about it and insisted on it?”

Like that, she melted the lump in his chest little by little. Before long, the search was completely over and the wagon they were riding in resumed its normal role to move forward.

-Chaaaaak!

Was it because I was already tired? The sound of people talking is not heard even as the carriage moves through the pouring rain. There was only the sound of the rain hitting the wagon walls and the sound of the wagon wheels rolling through the mud. It was around the time when I was dozing off in the stillness.

“What are you talking about?!”

Surprised by the sudden shouts of the old man outside the carriage, I suddenly raised my head and saw the people of Nausicaa who were rubbing their sleepy eyes as well.

Not knowing what was going on, they watched each other as they looked back, then realized that the carriage had already stopped, and went out to see a familiar sight. While they were dozing off for a while, they arrived at the island of mermaids.

Fortunately, the aftermath did not reach the island of mermaids? The pouring rain has noticeably slowed down, making it wet like a shower, and the white sand gently crumbles on the nose of the shoe.

It felt nice to return to the island after a long time, but it was not a very peaceful sight.

“This is a golden opportunity! If Gideon is dead, we can kill the rest of the harpies!”

It was none other than Abner, an old knight wearing armor based on purple cloth, who was shouting and shouting for the island to leave.

“What are you talking about?! If it wasn’t for Lord Gideon’s sacrifice, we’d be killed by the Wizard!”

Standing in front of him is none other than Rachel. She was yelling at Abner for her nonsense.

“It would have been better if it had! That would have killed more harpies!”
“Sir Abner!!”

Even so, Abner was shouting without a sign of caring. Usher knew he hated harpies so much, but he never thought he’d say he didn’t care if someone else died. As he watched the scene, he suddenly felt as if he had met Abner’s eyes.

“You, you! Your year!”

But soon Usher realized he wasn’t looking at him. A hatred that could not be concealed even with a helmet and a narrow visor, rather concentrated and leaked out.

“Hick?!”
“Nausicaa sister?”

Hearing the voice that trembled because he couldn’t control his emotions, Usher realized that Nausicaa was behind him.

“That wing! That feather! That color! That’s for sure! You’re the daughter of the Demon King!”

Abner shook off the hands of many people who were trying to catch him and Rachel, who was facing him, and was coming towards this side, stomping hard on the ground.

“Why are you still alive!? No, you’ve been alive until now!”

Seureung, seeing the old knight pulling out his arming sword without hesitation, Usher hardened his expression, put his shield in front of him and drew his sword. I don’t know what happened, but the momentum wasn’t serious.

“Even now, I’ll cut his throat myself!”
-Shhh! Kang!

When Abner tried to attack Nausicaa by swinging his sword, Usher blocked his sword with his shield.

“What? You!”
– Kagaak!

However, even though the sword was blocked, he moved on the shield and aimed at himself, and Usher raised the shield to prevent his sword from crossing the shield.

“Do not disturb!”
“Ugh!?”

Baek! However, Abner kicked Usher in the shin with his foot while he raised his shield. It hurt a lot when the cold steel armor hit his knee.

“Ouch!”
“Huh?”

I was able to withstand it. Because before he kicked himself, he blocked his foot with a protective plate protecting his knee. However, I realized that even once was the limit. It was because the pain pierced his bones even though he was blocked with a protective plate.

“Ha, it’s pretty good, but it’s a long way off!”
“Ah!”

That didn’t stop him from taking his shield away.

“A shield is like this… Huh?!”

However, Abner missed Usher’s shield and dropped him to the sandy bottom. Drip-tuk, and then the blood that ran down his elbow and dripped onto the sand. He watched his blood flow as though he had been pierced by his sword, even though his gauntlet showed no scars, and then looked back at Usher.

“How could you use such a magic tool…”

Before Abner could finish his words, the sword was pointed at his throat.

“Kane, are you betraying me?”
“It’s not a betrayal.”

It was Kane who aimed the sword at his throat.

“Why? Harpies must have been the object of your resentment!”
“Yes, but it was you who taught me honor, Sir Abner.”

Kane didn’t like Gideon. It was right to see that she rather hated it. Kane lost her parents to harpies when she was young and was taken by Abner as a seed. However, the last thing Gideon told her about Kane changed her mind.

“In order to use the spell, I need at least one knight to protect me and save time.”

When Jeremiah returns after finding out the spell that kills wizards. She had no one to speak of. Well, Jeremiah explained that the spell was the kind that would drag the wizard and everyone around him to death at the same time. Who can easily step up to a job that can be said to be sure to die?

“That role, let me take it.”

However, there was someone who took the lead before anyone else.

“Gideon?!”
“Gideon! No!”
“I’d rather be me!!”

Because of this, the harpies who followed him tried to stop him, but Gideon shook his head.

“No, it has to be me. I’ve already incurred too many grudges.”

He then said that if he returned, a division would surely arise between the Harpies and the people of the Holy Land.

“Other harpies don’t know, but if I go there, there will definitely be a division.”

At that time, what Kane thought of was Abner. He had been fighting in the Holy Land for a long time, and since he said he had come to fight many battles with Gideon and other Paladins under Bar Gadget, it was inevitable that resentment would build up.

“Please. Bring my people to safety.”

Gideon knew and understood that fact, so he left on his own to save more of his people.

“So I can’t insult him any more.”
“…Tsk, I raised you wrong.”

In the end, Abner glared at Nausicaa from behind Usher until the end and put the Arming Sword into the scabbard.

“Yakaf. How much do you intend to make me humble?”

Then he glared at Usher, muttered something incomprehensible, then backed off.

“Young master!”
“Sister Helena.”

Soon, seeing Helena approaching, Usher sat down relaxed.

“Why can’t I see Erica?”

Without knowing that someone is watching you.