74. Strike Until You Remember
The cold wind howled, and the flying snow rose; what appeared before Letty was a true monster!
This was definitely not a level that Rasputin and the others could “participate” in, or even “watch.” Not only that, but Letty herself knew: she could no longer face it with her “current self”!
“Jousi!”
The roaring thunder struck down upon Letty! Stepping back a few paces, Letty unhesitatingly merged with the thunder fairy Jousi hidden within her sword! Immediately, her body, bathed in lightning, rapidly “grew,” ultimately bursting through her military uniform, transforming into a “large” Letty!
In this form, aside from Rasputin, very few people in the Rosia Empire had seen her! But there was no time to care about that, as Letty had a premonition: if she didn’t do something, if she didn’t “remember ” something as the other party said, not to mention herself, this monster dressed in a maid outfit and draped in elf skin would probably “devour” even Rasputin and the others.
So what she needed to do was very simple: take it down! No one could be arrogant in the Rosia Empire!
“Letty, I’ve never seen such a ‘monster.'”
“Why bother with so much! Just go for it, Brit!”
Roughly responding to the thunder fairy’s concerns, Letty charged forward! However, the power of this monster before her… was strangely and dangerously astonishing to the point that it made Letty click her tongue!
“Really… troublesome~”
No matter the bizarre, beast-like actions; the disgusting body; or even her words… they all brought a completely irrational feeling to Letty! Violent, pure, simple, and straightforward—originally, this was the “opponent” that Letty , as a citizen of the Rosian Empire, liked the most. But when these actions exceeded a certain “limit,” it could even be said to be utterly irrational, Letty couldn’t help but feel disgusted and tense.
Let’s not even mention what kind of magic she could wield; just this power… was already beyond Letty’s common sense!
【Boom】
The giant sword struck down, even cracking the frozen ground beneath the snow! The power that could only be described as “disgusting” was something Letty was unwilling to face head-on, yet the monster before her still had the mood to converse with her !
“Ivan Letty, you’re really foolish. Why don’t you think about what you’re doing right now?”
Doing… doing what? I am the Emperor of the Rosian Empire, with tasks as numerous as a small mountain every day! What else could I be doing!? Of course, it’s to make the Rosian Empire…
Make the Rosian Empire better! Since she is that Oquilid’s maid, this monster before me must also be no good! Even now, she is still babbling nonsense!
The flickering lightning was completely absorbed by the monster’s nonsensical chatter. Realizing that it was a creature unafraid of pain and harm, Letty could only retreat repeatedly!
“How pitiful, Oquilid. She hasn’t thought this through at all…”
Thought… thought through?
Thought through what!?
Is this monster in front of me just babbling to distract me, or is it merely giving me a last bit of “thinking” time!?
The previous Oquilid was the same, and this monster is too, always urging me to “think, think.” But what is there to think about!? How could I, staying in the Rosian Empire, possibly know a wanted criminal like him! ? Zousi? Zousi doesn’t know him either!
A brief moment of distraction caused Letty to be pressed into the snow by the monster’s claws!
Her vision tilted, and she heard Rasputin’s shouts as the wolf cavalry charged forward. However… the monster, which still retained some human form, did not immediately act. Instead, it revealed its sharp teeth, a grotesque yet terrifying smile, and said, “Indeed~ coming to the Rosian Empire was a mistake. Since you are of no use to the Rosian Empire and can’t protect anyone~ later… I’ll just ‘eat’ you too~”
What use does my empire have?
No, this is my Rosian Empire, and if I must “do something,” then it is…
“Protect him…”
Because, at ‘that time,’ I said that if I ever encountered danger in the future, I could come to my empire at any time. Bullying him is equivalent to provoking Rosia; whoever lays a hand on him, Rosia will smash their dog head.
“Wah~”
The “claws” that had originally grasped Letty loosened, and when Letty looked over, the monster in front of her seemed to have transformed back into an elf, yawning as it sat in the snow before her.
This sudden change even caused Rasputin, who was almost rushing over, to come to a halt.
In the next moment, Letty was stared at, “It seems like you remembered something. Ah~ how troublesome, why does it have to be at a time like this, just like pulling out halfway through…”
Letty, who had gotten up, quickly knelt back down in the snow, her hands propping her up as she stared blankly at the snow in front of her.
Thinking… ah, it seems like she remembered something. Some things felt very distant, yet they appeared clearly in front of her as if they had just happened recently, after being “unraveled.”
It felt like thoughts had suddenly been stuffed into her mind, but if everything she remembered was true, then didn’t that mean her actions at this moment were simply unreasonable and willful in front of him?
After all, this time, her “willfulness” seemed to have gone a bit too far.
Clenching her fists, Letty raised her head and fixed her gaze on the elf in front of her.
“Where is he?”
Receiving no response, the white-haired elf merely pointed behind her, “He’s waiting for you, though he might not be able to wait much longer, who knows? Anyway, I find it quite troublesome~”
Who cares if you find it troublesome, Letty!
Letty couldn’t even be bothered to respond and immediately got up to run back to Rasputin!
“Hurry! Rasputin! We need to go find him! Big brother is over there!”
“Yes! Lady Letty… uh, who is big brother?”
“Why do you care so much, just go already!”
Letty kicked Rasputin’s backside and then led the wolf cavalry as they rushed forward.
As for the white-haired elf Ludwig, no one bothered with him. Although they didn’t know why the Emperor was no longer fighting with her, since the Emperor wasn’t dealing with her, the wolf cavalry didn’t want to provoke such a dangerous character either.
“Sigh~ Oh, Gilead, is it really worth the time and effort to do something like this?”
“Is it because of the midget complex that we have to make her remember no matter what? Hmm, white stocking midgets are indeed great, but is it really worth risking our lives for that?”
“I don’t understand, it’s so troublesome… why does this time the ‘master’ who pays the salary have so many issues~”
Ludwig, cursing and grumbling, scratched his backside, tossed the giant sword into subspace, and then got up to follow the wolf claw footprints left by Letty and her group.
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