Chapter 231 – An Eye for an Eye, a Tooth for a Tooth

Meeting time this morning.

[I’ve prepared my safety device, so don’t worry.]

[A safety device?]

[Hey, can I lend you an ear?]

A safety device that Duke Dupre boasted about.
The reason Angela, who was by her side, shouldn’t listen.

It’s a hostage operation against chivalry.

[Also. You’re amazing.
That’s why the attack stopped.]

[Then.
They touched Anne first.
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
Just you, let me know.]

Duke Dupre used assassins to steal Alberic’s son, Ange, whom Catherine and his nanny were taking care of.

On the day of the Stella and Anne rescue operation.
Katherine summoned Nuba Kane, but she was caught by me, and she barely escaped.
In the process, the nanny and her heir, Ange, were on the run without an escort.
Duke Dupre’s informants followed and brought it.
Alberic had just arrived, so he must not have heard of it.

“How, that young thing… !”

“5.”

“!”

“4.”

“Aaaaa!! Dad!!”

“Ah, Alberic!!! Everything, you! Save me!!”

“!”

Crying Grace.
The former Queen Grace is my idea.
I was also the one who informed about the affair of the former Queen Grace.

[How about this?]

Whisper.

[!!]

[In case you didn’t know, you’re preparing another trump card.]

[You… !!]

[As far as I can tell, let’s do it when Alberic comes right away.]

Princess Grace is the daughter of Duke Dupre and the mother of Stella and Anne.
But she had an affair with Alberic, and is now inside our faction.

[She is my daughter.]

[‘The family is more important than the individual’.
This is what the duke said.]

[…]

[You know what I’m worried about?]

Alberic’s lover inside our faction.
Her place where she stays is her royal palace, her familiar space to her.
Great environment for spying.
She controlled not only the location of her side door, but also her maids and her courtiers.
Grace says her husband died, but she didn’t even go through an autopsy.
Even if she raised doubts about the king’s death, she rather covered them up.
Most of all, she neglected Stella, who was trapped in the Constellation Tower, and did not react to the tragedy that Anne suffered.

Heartless woman.
She was a woman who did not even have the least conscience to have as a wife and mother.

[… I don’t review your words enough.
I will alert my men.]

[Thank you.]

Duke Dupre was well aware of that danger.
… She just turned away
So I guess I did a background check.
Boundary? No. It’s surveillance

As a result, the former Queen Grace is also hanging.
Duke Dupre, who trusted and cherished his daughter.
When I first saw the protruding hair of the former Queen Grace on the grounds that she had an affair with Alberic, she looked angry.
And during the Stella rescue operation, she tried to take care of the former Queen Grace before Anne.
Looking at it, you can understand how the Duke of Dupre thought of his daughter.
Still, the former queen of Grace who hung on.
… Duke Dupre must have found out something by investigating Grace.
That is the result of a sense of betrayal.

“3.”

“Oh, I see!
Got it!
Ooh, first of all my son!
Let go of Ange!”

Alberic’s plea.

“Kyaaaaagh!
Now, darling, I… ?!?!”

Grace is shocked.

“From the lover.”

Me who cuts a radish with a knife.

“Don’t play with me.
Your hostage is one, a human knight.
I have two hostages, your son and your lover.
Don’t be a dick.
The quality and quantity of hostages are different.
If you talk bullshit, I’ll fuck your lover first and break your son’s limbs.”

“Ah, okay, I got it!
Gee, calm down.”

“Then take all of your troops.”

Agnes gets angry at my threats.

“Warrior.
You must not back down.
This is a great opportunity…”

“Shut up!
Don’t talk bullshit about not doing it for four years!”

Alberic glared at Agnes with bloodshot eyes.

“Back off!
Everyone out of the palace!”

“What do you mean?!”

Those rushing in.
The chestnut-haired middle-aged man who blew the plasma slash with Alberic earlier.
And High Priest Philip.

“Marquis John!
The heir to the throne is not held hostage!
I’m going to drop the troops right now!”

“But if you let them go now…”

“2.”

My countdown is heartless,

Chuck.

Alberic’s sword is also ruthless.

“!”

“Do you know what you are doing?!”

Alberic’s sword aims at Marquis John’s neck.
A drop of blood dripped from his neck cut by his holy sword.

“… I will defeat the Templars.”

“The High Priestess!”

Despite Marquis John’s shouts, High Priestess Philip motions to step back.

Cheeky!

The Templars all turn around and leave the palace.

“One.”

Back.
Shiver.

On my countdown, as Alberic presses the knife further into Marquis John’s neck, the drops of blood grow thicker.

“… I see.”

Marquis John also defeats the Noble Union troops.
As they retreat, the vagrants and mercenaries, frightened by the Phoenix Storm, also retreat.

“Kubidooooo!!
Back off!!
It’s a truce!!”

Cala la la la la rock!!!

The red dragon Kubydov, who was fighting Nene’s phantom dragon, flies out of the castle with a whirlwind.
A phantom black dragon hovers over the northern palace and looks down on us.

“Good.
Then send the moon knight.”

“… You send Ange first.”

A war of nerves between me and Alberic.
But the effect comes from somewhere else.

“Come on, honey!!
You have to save me first!!
He’s the girl’s son!”

Urgent words come out of Grace’s mouth.
Alberic washes his face dry with one hand, and then yells at him.

“Baby, please! Jjom!
It’s a child!
That’s my son!
I’ll save you, so wait!”

Wow, I know what this kid is thinking.
Since she is the daughter of the Duke of Dupre, I think her life will be fine, and I will take care of her son first, right?

“Zach!”

I gesture towards where the former Queen Grace hangs.

Spaw!

“Kyaaaaa!!!”

“That, Grace!!”

Another rope that has been holding Queen Grace all around her like a spider’s web snaps.
With only two ropes left, Grace loses her balance in the air and puts her head down.

Let’s hang delongdelong from a high tower, I must be excited.

“Kick! Aaaaa!!
Alberiiyiig!!”

“I know that bitch cheated on you and stole our information from you.
The demon king’s infiltrators calmly infiltrated the palace.
I caught them and threw them all away.”

“!”

I guessed it right, but judging from the expression on his face, he seems to be right.

“I had a hard time.
Are you so mad?
That year, Duke Dupre personally caught and hung it.
There is no peace for the bitch who betrayed her family.
Now, send the moon knight.
I’ll release you from that year.”

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a hostage for a hostage.

“… Then what about Ange?”

“Our army will withdraw from the palace and release you.”

“How can I trust you?”

“Don’t believe me.
I’m also worried that you won’t pay attention to the kid and come in.”

“Do you think I’m a bastard like you?!”

“While conducting biological experiments on prisoners of war and civilians.
Do you really care about your son-in-law and your lover?
Can I believe this?”

I’m so glad I’m wearing an iron mask now.
Being invisible is more important than being expressive.
If it is revealed, the intention will be read someday, but if it is not revealed, the other person will be trapped in their own thoughts.

“… I get it.
Free Grace.”

As Alberic turns around, Sister Agnes looks back at High Priest Philip.
Sister Agnes belongs to the Law Guard.
I’m not in a position to listen to Alberic’s orders.

Nod

“…”

Sister Agnes quietly points her scythe at Angela’s neck and raises her up with her arms bent.

“It’s great…”

Angela staggers to Alberic’s side, when she suddenly hears an unexpected sound.

“Honey! What do you mean?!
A lover!”

“All, you…
Why are you here?!”

Catherine appears.
Catherine points a finger at Grace hanging in the air.

“Honey, are you crazy?!
Is saving that girl right now ahead of saving our child?!”

“… I’ll explain everything.
This is a strategic decision that is necessary for our benefit…”

“A strategic decision?
How is it a strategic decision to keep my child hostage while protecting my mistress?!
Are you crazy?!”

“Honey, I’m also worried about our Ange.
But… First of all, Ange needs to be safe.
If even the tips of her hair are injured, I can kill them all.
I said it was a strategic decision because we got a lot of information here thanks to Grace.
It’s all politically helpful…”

“Shut up!
I heard you ate together with Bellondel?!
Don’t you know I tried hard to close my eyes even though I knew?!
Tell me why you went to the institute every time?!”

“!”

Ah. I’m in a bad mood.

Took.

Van Dark taps my foot with the tip of his toe.
… It means to jump out and get Angela.

Crackle, crackle.

“I will cover you.”

Devot approached from behind.
I’m glad.
I was anxious to be alone with the two of us.
He’s tall, bear-like, and even has a big shield, so it’s reassuring.
It is a good human shield.
3 corps commanders.
If this is the case, you should try it.

“I don’t need a bitch like that.
Do you need
If they released my mistress, did you intend to live hugging her? Yes?”

“… It’s good to make a justification on our part.
The daughter of the former queen, whom her mother did not support, rebelled.
Isn’t that a good propaganda?
Think soberly.
That’s all.”

“Cool?
Under! Dude, I didn’t see that… !
Negotiation?
Hit it! Hit me up!”

“Kuhm!”

At Catherine’s outburst, Van Dark cuts off his breath by clearing his throat.
Well done, Van Dark.
Let’s throw a word to those who look back at me.

“Is the negotiation broken?”

As I try to raise my arms, both exclaim urgently.

“”Wait a minute!””

“Don’t even think about making a mess.”

Chuck!
Spaw!

“Aaaaa!!!”

This time, one of the ropes on the Anjou side broke.
When the rope entwined like a spider’s web breaks, the basket on which Ange hangs stumbles as if toppling over.

“Anjuya!!”

Alberic’s face went white and Catherine bit her lower lip.

“Come to think of it, is it okay to give away a human knight and eliminate the enemy heir?
Is it beneficial
Anyway, my seed is growing in your pear.”

“Gibberish!!!”

He reluctantly responds to Catherine’s shouting.
Get hotter

“How is it?
How does my kid van feel?
You didn’t think much of it when you did bad things to Anne, did you?
I want to hear how you feel about the change of position.”

“Nice… Keugh!”

Catherine shivering at her shame.

“Shut up. That has nothing to do with negotiations.”

Alberic stopped talking.

“Your sins are irrelevant.
Then do this
You won’t believe my oath, so I’ll leave Anjou’s return to Devot.
To receive the knight’s oath.
If we withdraw, we will release your son.”

“Good. I will accept it.”

Alberic nods his head,

“Honey, are you crazy?!
I’m not negotiating!
Do as you please!”

Crying, Catherine had crossed her line.

Tup!

“!”

“No!”

Catherine squeezed the reaping scythe pointed at Angela’s throat.

Pod!

The moment a sharp blade cuts into Angela’s neck and her blood is about to spurt!

Rattle!

“””?!”””

The blade stops.
Because I jumped out in a flash and grabbed the blade of the scythe with my hand.

Dig!

Blood bursts out.
Does not matter.
It doesn’t matter if your finger is cut off.
If only we could save Angela… !

“Damn!”

Caang!

Van Dark rushes, but Alberic blocks.
Devot tries to cover me with the moving castle, but this time Marquis John blocks me.

Knocking… !

A sharp blade cutting into my hand.

Wood deok!

Angela struggles with her, not caring about breaking her arm, and Sister Agnes is ready to slit my fingers and Angela’s throat at the same time.
Damn, I’m not wearing gloves, so I’m going to cut off my hand at this rate!
The coolness of metal digging through your fingers.
It’s dizzying.

Sigh… !

I almost cut off my finger… !

It was then.

Rattle!

Agnes’ movement stopped for a moment.
This… Stop Marianne’s action!

Shush! Shush!

Meanwhile, Stella appears behind Sister Agnes, grabs Angela’s arm, and teleports away.

“Fair tricks!”

Sister Agnes is also a nun.
The same miracle quickly breaks her suspension of action.
Still, that fleeting moment is enough.
I release my hand and blink back to get out.
I think I want to take a shot and fall out, but I can’t hit it because the high priest Philip covers it with a shield.

“Aaaaa!!”

Spaw! Spaw!

Zach cuts the ropes of two hostages at the same time.

“No eh eh eh!!!”

Alberic jumps out with a scream.
And Sister Agnes.
Alberic rushes in at a speed comparable to the Valkyrie Armor’s flight.

“Retreat!”

At my cry, Devot, I, and Van Dark run backwards.

Coo kung! Quaang!!

The projectile attack coming from behind is blocked by Devote with the magic weapon ‘Moving Castle’.
This armor looks like a real metal slime.
How can a part be so swollen that it defends itself?
Very comfortable?

“I’ll take charge of Ange!”

Perhaps Sister Agnes didn’t want to save Grace either.
Sister Agnes is a little faster.

Tup.

Alberic’s son Ange was narrowly captured,

“Grace!!”

“Babe!!”

As expected, the moment Alberic was about to catch Grace,

Jiying—.

A dimensional portal opened under Queen Grace, and she fell into it.
Even here, Duke Dupre must have told Stella.
If not, how can you come out with such good timing?

“No eh eh eh!”

Alberic’s scream.

“All artillery fire!”

Instructions from the Duke of Dupre.
I was aiming for this
Allied crossbows and ballistas head towards Alberic.

Shuuk! Bang! Quaang! Boom!

Moving the ballista for the anti-aircraft fire net and shooting it with direct fire, it would be difficult for Alberic to be fine.
We left the binge behind and ran hard.