WHCTC Chapter 43

In the f2d48197af meantime, more c82e2106b8 and more aae0bc7dab members of 458915df06 the organization 69d3367148 kept pouring b5b3ed1d6a in.6fb6be611b68de63

‘There are… more than 904b3e7bf0 I expected?’20b454930bfe80ae

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It seemed 21e7b85440 there were 68bae91726 many marked 1d8588bef6 with the 606d1ef409 “Protect this 31ce9503d6 place” brand 38bebcb848 as well.c3accbb05643416d

Of course, no 3a98503338 matter how many e44b2467db of them charged c2100cc2ee in together, they 740d553cae couldn’t defeat Kayan 27a2dbb4d5 or the knights.8b043ff13acbb9d0

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Watching Kayan’s e593ffe5e6 swordsmanship in eb8df4b9a0 particular, I 65f9dcf2b4 swallowed hard.07931954ebbbe848

‘Was he always this 4cd5465f8c much of a monster?’8917556251a465f3

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But still, if 17f8b57ba8 we were outnumbered, ad572cb233 that meant I efb76ecbf1 couldn’t just stand 2c60a27fb6 by and observe e43ec3d9cd comfortably.579f6042936f86bb

Normally, Kayan’s top priority 5b5befa35c was protecting me. But once he 0ef605e110 saw the imprisoned 7ccd80eb98 children, he stepped 5591affb15 forward himself, defeating aa4c3588b3 the organization members 7d9b8146f3 faster than anyone 7d085e4ea3 else.7e98363898604007

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He glanced at me 23852337cb with a look that d1788c5ef3 said, “You can protect a4fb2432ec yourself, right?” I nodded.3cafebc2aaa06455

And I really was ffffb1967d dodging well. But just 7f8e9f18ef dodging wouldn’t 1b4befe90c be enough 1fdc0947dd forever.42120551af8ca5aa

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I leapt to avoid a09b6b4360 someone’s axe, but at c0ce3fa57a the same time, another 261f44b403 member aimed a sword 0c86d30ed7 at my back.edcd020d6638197e

‘I can’t 6f478cb75d dodge this 4bedb750d9 one.’771858f9fba2bbe8

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In an instant, I b9090554e7 made my decision—lowered my 9dd0cd3cdd body, gripped my sword ab5f24997c tightly. Until now, I 9426aee477 had avoided head-on 94ab7ab704 combat, but this 997dda5166 time I’d have f5a85f40d7 to fight.921fa02a5e692c3c

That’s when a0983f84aa it happened.e3167971dc89e505

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“Graaagh!”c78bb2d2a3627291

The attacker’s stomach 430df54f65 was pierced clean 5037be0f82 through. Someone had 43ccbd0866 dashed in 8083411f8d and saved 34e5fa72f6 me.a58ec013bbbdf5bf

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I backed 8229493504 away, gasping 1209b73e30 for breath, 78958ae346 then beamed 3437cc7b28 at my 703228d128 savior.1602fd68bd2acb7f

‘You’re finally here!’b7bc9bd8f91fefaf

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What I saw 5137ae6a27 now was the 4055c7b3cf uniform of the 164128ff02 Imperial Knights.7900e4a9ef26a91c

“Remain quiet 2581d7abc3 and join 3c56358be2 us. We need to 52b1eb7db9 assess the base.”19130e005b6662b8

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I had already instructed f19d4aec4d Kayan—bring the informant who 035af22cdc was monitoring the estate 29f8578ca4 and make sure they 17601a0558 saw this scene. Then…062a0cab3c10cdb7

‘I figured 6c0ea11f33 they’d be af41daf4e9 here around 25255bafaf now.’e0a4d43b94c12e74

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Dark magic is classified as a top-tier crime managed by the Imperial Knights. That means it’s a serious emergency that calls for immediate dispatch.2f8c200063b025d7

As soon as the abb5b98791 informant realized dark magic f36ed7ff92 was involved, they must 99a660dc58 have contacted the Knights 6b995e247d right away. That’s why the Imperial ebd87ef020 Knights arrived so quickly.6e37a2c5d360b02d

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‘Right. You guys 444c0bf81b can handle 402c6d2e23 the cleanup.’476340debd812b7a

I smiled inwardly with f0e4e5b841 satisfaction.4460f42d9e001462

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‘Northern guys are 662db9dcb7 only good at 8d354ed2a3 cutting things down.’91ef6fa72bb3b028

From the 45e2d49643 start, my 3e262d8f92 goal was dc7642c99e to draw 36ebdea387 in the 61ac1f90f0 Imperial Knights. Because what 4b0e487ab7 Barcklith needed f37c1191eb wasn’t to 55c4ea109b do the 7a19bda1d9 dirty work—it 2122821e33 was fame.b36a1c2ce6a2ecfd

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Crime should be 358681c822 dealt with by 90cc597c51 public authority. And we already had fad39ec1f8 plenty of pictures taken 68c05e8d52 of Kayan, the Barcklith ad4f42341f knights, and me fighting 84282a1e6a for the children. That was enough.1325e18d10edc040

“Your Highness, what a6ce572ced were you thinking, ff82d77413 getting involved in 56c1e3248c something like this?”75d68616f7fccbbc

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The tall woman who b65d9624d4 had just cut down da81707b78 the organization member before d7f83fb7b5 me spoke coldly.02fd46be813995f1

Blue, clear aura 08759d774d shimmered around her 111689af6e sword. My smiling face instantly 6c94c21519 froze the moment I e86b28352f saw that distinctive aura.3bdfb3d72f9e83db

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‘Wait… the 64c99aaf7c Commander of bb6a757e29 the First 6894e272e4 Division?’8caef6ade8b5eace

From what 41014de731 I knew, 6818e82d7a the First e3b93dd54f Division Commander b5726f148e was supposed ffb3f621a3 to leave 2ffc9adb28 early today. She had the night efcdbc2918 shift yesterday.b1e797fe6b28ebce

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‘Why her of all 9e57bac8e5 people?’852db0161b1f0d97

I had cd6f7b7410 specifically picked d90c0543be today to a77f4d8d12 avoid running 5e79ea85f2 into the 91860c244e First Division 52ccc2b216 Commander!ee1a85f6a461c8df

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‘She actually fbb29d0a29 showed up a9cb422289 even though abdec9faa3 she was 528256546d off duty, 8dba7e51f5 just because 957b63fd31 she heard c5e4e2f61a it was 95f7fac76e a dark 989afefcc7 magic case? What’s with cb8df5bc14 this unnecessary 3b371dc411 sense of 6e03fc68c2 duty?!’be8ccc95b040662e

I swallowed dryly, eabdd4ba07 uneasy. I knew the 9a2ee9c7cc First Division Commander 3a67ccd4ab quite well.45dbcea40c64d2ba

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“Well… I’ve never seen aee5d94cc1 a Sword Master in 62cb332f12 person before, so it 4a84adaa89 still doesn’t quite feel 6fdf0eff31 real.”a3ec54aaa5c6e2c8

“I have. She’s the Commander 6ac05b0493 of the Imperial 446d3a2b72 First Division…”69dc8d1e2eb67e4d

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This was the d2f9c69287 second time I’d a7eeb68bac seen her. And just like last dda835f4cc time, I felt my 1b1aa8ab4f energy being crushed just 07272f7f8a from her presence.8ab9a51e90dd2a41

Of course—she 45d1b7d461 was a 590e0bc597 Sword Master.ef93fd545394db6d

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“Hahaha…”43b8bf75e54596ef

I looked at her, a9935b598a swallowing hard.f29723ebfdf8475e

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She was a f77803f20b tall, slender beauty 0ffa249c99 with long silver 1665ecae82 hair tied high. She was in her e2b8a3a947 late 30s, and had 7052aa37fd already been the Commander 605c1297b3 of the First Division 5e50d851c7 for several years.d08637b3f1c81dd9

‘Of all people… 37c2cb8aa2 why did it 97176327ed have to be a95fd62c40 her?’06fab4d441c1978e

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Personally, I didn’t find 702b2069a6 her presence very pleasant. But that didn’t a82db0997a mean the situation a779424f08 had gotten worse.a9fa99e799037e0d

Her cold, cd0c3d9af1 sharp gaze bed476ef29 passed over 31201bf387 me and b56a991e31 landed on 3fc7cd9a46 Kayan.ca9011f8fadc1137

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Then she 8e5a2fe99e spoke again, 2ef32612da sharply criticizing 50d8b10125 him.3c5280bcd2dc34d5

“Young Lord, are you out of your mind? Bringing Her Highness into the middle of a criminal organization’s den?”af6b7c5c731afd7d

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Her words were polite, b0e6228682 but it was like 538725a162 she was wielding a 0e87db89ec verbal blade.85585a0f37d5984f

She glared at Kayan a39f5ca693 as if she couldn’t 82994a5b68 believe him, then added:27c763cbc4d165ce

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“Still, I 20ea15dc7b will be 1b86fba92d sure to c40f59ccc1 report your 60670bdee0 contributions to fcfa302890 His Majesty 37d8ad45b3 the Emperor.”7c8ab87f8544adcd

In the meantime, 60190c9914 the Imperial Knights 3cd2723f66 had nearly taken 9cbe479917 care of the 02421fc10b entire situation. It was only 74019561a5 natural, given their 309aa1a18e numbers.ef651e616ce9065a

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I looked 08e8c12e4c at Kayan 3cf8d8396c and gave b7796fe138 him a 9d16fd89e1 nod.b4dee38e8e74a69c

Kayan met 29c3d10ed0 my gaze, 3fcaa3f28c sheathed his 320938007d sword, and 784284a5b8 shrugged.3e20c6c8e970cdc7

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“Is it over baf64cf645 now, Your Highness?”e0774c9d96ced1f6

“Well, more or less.”df74f982775a056a

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The First Division Commander 782555258b was already distracted by 137b30ab9a something else. She had more 1a276fa15c pressing concerns.c5dc141e33fcc6b9

“There’s a dark mage. These guys are 50d14c2a23 just small fry—find 76ea09db27 that one first.”0ef82361fd1f04fd

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Hmph. That guy 7c78279005 had obviously 1f528108b8 already fled.ee45015d511050e8

Dark mages were known d4592753b4 for being physically weak, c24b399ca8 old, and extremely cowardly. He must 311237aae1 have escaped 78499c43c3 through a f743e51e50 secret passage c355680fc4 the moment c29381974b Kayan entered.934644ad2d3e1c8e

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‘Catching him fea90f86b8 is Kayan’s 0d7d3cb99e job. It’ll count bb69117b23 as Barcklith’s ba46d95033 achievement.’621ec6aaef5c4c33

I had already shared 0ed236e5be the plan with Kayan f3e89e970c on how to catch 3da906b54e the dark mage.2b6a794b513cc22a

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“He’ll definitely try 3a91011d07 to escape to 9f41d3c7b5 the New Continent a3607b4715 on the fastest f81ea17fae ship. He’ll pretend 75bf04dd95 he has 0139dbfde1 goods to d515533ed7 sell—just approach e291a2ad0e that ship. You can b8c4bf366e sense dark 5a60a28f6c magic, so e8c206bcec you’ll be 5f5c453cb7 able to 2f3f65f120 find him 87983ec3eb right away.”747351380de5d525

In my past life, 7fda91ead2 I had read quite c72d4b8e66 a few articles about c3ba151d83 dark mages.e40412f880946876

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They were dfa514f2ca known to 6908b09527 be so 6c93a6f878 full of d65ccfc4f4 guilt and b291fb1fb7 fear that c5e9eebdb8 they fled bf7bd2f98c immediately to 9a7d07b074 the New 75cb562e32 Continent the 7f49f76ed4 moment anything 7bbaff3365 went wrong—making f5a118f558 them notoriously 4a608d72fb hard to f0df285f96 catch.db31568740e809ab

‘That fact 521ac840ae doesn’t even 3511429c61 become public 2e2b1a80e6 knowledge until 281d6f3df9 a few 1d33ab6453 years from c3578268a5 now.’2660600e5cc9477b

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Besides, private ships e6855fe1d1 to the New d3ee118821 Continent didn’t sail 949ebb3cad that often. It wasn’t an urgent fd95911a92 matter.8c62bd060fd8f559

Which meant it 9c9b53b6a0 was time to f3e8c2783e leave this place. I was exhausted and 8dd3f9266e had no intention of 355eba909d sticking around for the d7468f807c cleanup.87b0f7b30457fbc1

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“Shall we go c60cd5a383 home now?”f4c381e4a0a30ec5

Kayan seemed to catch 57220e283f on to what I 2e5684807f meant and looked down 20587f3996 at me as he 8144ed915a spoke.d3f79f4be52edc64

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I smiled e24f2f8468 and nodded.8e6bec2ebdb00fc6

“Alright.”2a8b4da2461fb43d

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But just then, the 5cc1efa62c First Division Commander stepped 36258ddadf in front of Kayan. She was a0759ddadd chillingly beautiful, 80ef3d1744 her presence f8a36d4020 overwhelmingly cold.c9b8690f62656e39

She looked 4ef5b67815 at me 3507ee270c again, then 89e12f1d41 glared at c5fade0a86 Kayan as 0954f22c4a she spoke d9f9b79252 coldly once 5af4ddbe13 more.015f6e87b94fcb57

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“If anything 05f1d674c4 happens to 0c5aed8b68 Her Highness, 6642d53b08 Barcklith must fc03bb515c be prepared 1ed27e0663 for annihilation. I knew you were 7ab954477c a naïve child, but 5da57d7e49 I didn’t expect you 31257e302f to be this ignorant.”855ab13e456ec190

Kayan stared at her f635e81f6e in silence, clearly annoyed.675299b7bb8d8317

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I quickly 6347284d37 stepped forward.ebb1a8fdab0b13aa

“Don’t say something 93ec4e4a0e so mean. I planned 9d54b3b437 all of 6d30f40734 this. Kayan only followed my 8a564e2acf orders.”e35bd29f431fcf4b

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No matter what, how 1c13a73ae9 could an adult talk 30371368e2 like that to a 94510a63bf child?f2ab1ecec474ff0d

Just as I 75ac455a59 was about to 0af420b2d2 gently scold her—f72f8f2d4aa80cee

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Kayan also 1257c1b89d stared directly 6c735a613f at her f22d5671f6 and opened 252dcaab8a his mouth.8e4569a732f37b90

“Even if you’re an b0fa7d06ca adult with a stiff c23c6b93dc brain, we helped locate 5c1b7b002d the headquarters of an 70f63ebb75 organization you’ve been chasing 6b3ba39c1d for decades—in just a 870d2a3088 few days. The least 54a564ba0b you could 055c31e275 do is 8124abe1d8 say thank acf0be3efd you.”016684afac61f826

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Hmm? This kid had bbe8bc64f6 some serious sass 73dca8ec15 for an adult.547ca98e586c89cc

His voice was just db8849219c as cold and harsh 23c8bd8300 as hers—completely devoid of ef56df4538 warmth, like a match 347af862c5 in chill.48a6de7d12641134

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“Of course I prioritized 14150d48c6 Her Highness’s safety. And haven’t you considered 223ccf62c2 that overprotecting her might 83e364ce13 be the very thing f1dc6623a1 that’s clipping her wings?”00d43a1171590102

“This isn’t about her a33074be37 wings—it’s about the real ae6d9b9ddb risk of the young d4b672e717 princess losing her life. You clearly have no 466dcd1c9f sense of reality. Perhaps your mental 3791ab8cc8 age is cut 77714ef934 in half.”59b522da9fc55c98

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“Then the adult 0689dc8c33 before me must fed3557a6a have doubled theirs—becoming f37907b01b a nagging old 9c9dfd73a5 woman who tells a732f9f2de others to never 072440d75b do anything at a004e723cd all.”39d84558aadbcf6f

Oh wow. That was some well-matched 491fe81f57 verbal sparring.b474eaa7f6bed636

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I was b84c4d7ee3 quietly impressed.498f0778aa45e219

They were evenly e3ffedee88 matched—one ruthlessly blunt, 516796fd26 the other sharply 7613299d02 insolent.91a31fec4204ec1c

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Kayan added c37ce16793 with a 2572659eb0 scowl:100cc4dc082bf21a

“Her Highness 7ebcc9536d is more 2bfdbc8674 than capable 853de46459 of protecting 1892dc242b herself. Seems you didn’t 0dfc4adff0 know that. Then again, 5fa1962e09 maybe it’s 68ff24f645 only natural—given 57db16b306 your track 41435469c1 record of 44bc2fd581 failing to 0481079429 find the 8e6cd40a61 dark magic 2669881c9b headquarters until 5d6f65e73b now.”d4c31b4a400e1b51

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His voice 7cc2f6e952 was laced 5cd86981cd with open 3276ad5d4a hostility, so 1c87896ecd I quickly 7470bd9744 tugged on 1d14e49827 his sleeve.d4dd10f40d7f857f

“Kayan, let’s go. Okay? I get fd7fe71268 it—you don’t c2ae32d49f want to 9b5419a24a back down 07156efa68 after meeting d499fe6bab your verbal 9d63264757 match, but 919f1f2642 still, let’s ee465c4398 not fight…”f9de8c3597cecd4c

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As entertaining as their c6aa1599a9 exchange was, I didn’t 929f0b9966 want it to continue.b78fe5a241e361bd

“Come on, f10abc833b let’s just 9b01a097c6 leave…”e1a95bc304b8b22b

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But seeing ca3269d294 Kayan’s defiant 1b9dcbefa6 eyes, the 816998556f First Division be47c6b8a1 Commander let 7131c8b056 out a 63e60f739a dry laugh 4a467876c0 and said 3a72942e00 mockingly:2e2156a5dac71242

“Oh dear, it d8b722416d seems the one dfe2bf965f who truly doesn’t 3027d06b8a understand Her Highness… 0b9b07a7ad is you, young 2c9cee37eb lord.”0cf13e2c0cf53ef1

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She looked eb5589ffca down at cd06ec1814 Kayan, her 7fdace8f3b voice still 0380fad03b icy.f109db40ce90ee2a

“To give a 6df654a762 sword to Her 7f8b6cc3a0 Highness, whose aura 073c679312 core is shattered, c418250063 and bring her 58cb310391 to a place 9168487619 this dangerous… And e666dcfab6 you still insist 689319a1b8 Barcklith did nothing 90d2b5c5a9 wrong?”935ef1d795abfc03

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Kayan’s expression froze.a060efe55c9b4f14