The Villain Of The Horror Game Dreams Of The Heroine Every Night - Chapter 117
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Chapter 117
In an instant, Leonhardt found himself unable to answer.
Celine’s words echoed in his ears, and a fiery sensation continued to swirl throughout his body. If he opened his mouth, it felt like his heart might leap out.
However, Celine, with shining eyes as she awaited a response, made Leonhardt move his mouth.
“Is it really…..oka”
Celine nodded.
In reality, Celine wanted to ask Leonhardt.
What was causing him such anxiety, and what exactly was making him hesitate…
But Celine knew that directly asking Leonhardt would only make him uncomfortable.
Suddenly, Leonhardt’s touch came on her cheek.
He gently caressed Celine’s cheek with his rough hands, as if she were a delicate autumn leaf that would crumble if he exerted too much force.
“Celine.”
Leonhardt whispered.
“If we go back to the North… there’s something I want to say.”
“We were in the North just yesterday.”
“I couldn’t say it back then.”
Leonhardt slowly withdrew his hand from Celine.
“Let’s go. He’s very close.”
As Leonhardt approached the location where Lute Dave was, his face hardened.
The mark he had left on Lute Dave wasn’t particularly remarkable.
Nevertheless, the fact that his presence felt so strong meant that Lute Dave was up to something unusual.
Celine fell into deep thought after hearing the explanation.
“Could it be that he wants to become a warlock like Lute Carl?”
“That’s probably not it.”
Leonhardt shook his head.
“Just like what you saw back then, just saying you want to become a warlock doesn’t make it happen.”
“Lute Dave might be able to do it.”
“If that were the case, he would have become a warlock when he first came into contact with Cordelia.”
Celine nodded.
“You can’t feel the black magic aura, can you?”
“I’m not sure about that.”
It didn’t take long for them to locate the position of the mark.
Celine froze when she spotted Lute Dave.
He was staring at a fixed point without the slightest movement, his face pale as if all his vitality had drained away.
He resembled more a corpse or a wax figure than a person.
“Lute Dave.”
Leonhardt called him coldly, but Lute Dave showed no reaction.
“Lute Dave?”
Even Celine’s somewhat worried question received no response.
Leonhardt drew Rashir.
After a moment, a small cracking sound came, and a strong flow of magic began to swirl around Celine.
‘It’s a barrier.’
Celine realized.
The reason why no one had noticed such a powerful magic except Leonhardt, who had personally engraved the mark, was that a barrier had been cast.
Just like Cordelia did in County Sharpe, he set a barrier.
She couldn’t sense the warlock’s aura in the swirling flow of intense magic surrounding Lute Dave’s body.
However, there is no reason other than a sinister one for secretly casting a barrier in Livron Castle and unfolding such a massive magic.
Finally, Lute Dave’s gaze fell on them.
“….How.”
“I engraved a mark.”
Leonhardt aimed Rashir at Lute Dave’s throat.
Startled, Lute Dave grabbed his neck and, screamed as if he was burned, before letting go in an instant.
“Now, will you tell us your purpose?”
“….”
Lute Dave remained silent.
Celine tilted her head.
Unlike many warlocks they had faced so far, there was no hostility felt from Lute Dave.
‘Why?’
That was not the only strange thing.
Lute Dave was rather servile when his identity was exposed in County Sharpe.
He had the determination to do anything to survive.
But now, the Lute Dave in front of them…
Celine recognized that look.
She had once been like that too.
‘One who waits for death.’
Celine was about to tell Leonhardt about this fact, but Leonhardt was one step ahead.
He confidently walked forward, nullifying the magic around Lute Dave with Rashir and swiftly subduing him.
It was when Celine was going to breathe a sigh of relief.
Lute Dave’s magic, which she thought had completely disappeared due to Leonhardt, resurrected entirely without the slightest influence.
“Leonhardt!”
Celine rushed forward, but she was blocked by the newly created barrier.
‘How…!’
Leonhardt had already completely destroyed Lute Dave’s magic and the barrier as well. There was no way Lute Dave, who was completely subdued on the ground, could suddenly activate a magic that required a long casting time.
‘There’s another wizard.’
Celine bit her lip.
Fortunately, the newly cast spell didn’t seem to be black magic, but it was still an enemy.
Celine also noticed that the new barrier, unlike the previous one, was not as robust.
She shouted beyond the barrier.
“Leonhardt. Kill that person.’
“…?”
Leonhardt, looking a bit confused, turned to Celine and tilted his head.
Celine stomped her foot.
In reality, Celine didn’t want Leonhardt to break his belief of not killing humans other than warlocks by killing Lute Dave.
However, now was the time when, at the very least, they had to pretend to be killers.
To draw out the accomplice.
Celine tried again.
“There’s someone else! We don’t have time!”
“…!”
This time, it didn’t take him long to understand her words.
Leonhardt’s body stiffened for a moment, and Rashir, aiming for Lute Dave’s neck, descended in a straight line, before hitting the ground.
A strange voice cut through the sky.
“Stop!”
Along with the breaking sound of the barrier, something cold and heavy was felt on Celine’s back.
Celine casually turned her head to see the person who had put a knife to her back.
‘…?’
Celine was a bit surprised.
The young man, who seemed to have never killed anyone before, was trembling and avoiding her gaze.
Celine frowned.
‘Too young?’
Upon closer inspection, the boy looked tall like a man, but he looked not even sixteen. But the powerful magic emanating from him indicated that he was by no means an opponent to be taken lightly.
Celine recalled Baron Elmer’s residence.
Back then, it was fine to die and come back to life, but now she had only one life given to her.
She decided not to take any action and stayed still.
Leonhardt looked at the boy with a somewhat disdainful expression.
If he possessed this level of magical power, he would likely hold a significant position in any family. Judging by his age, there was a high probability that he was tricked by Lute Dave, but it could not avoid punishment.
Leonhardt slowly spoke.
“Lower your sword.”
“….”
The boy remained silent, keeping his mouth shut.
Leonhardt considered that Lute Dave and this boy might be plotting something.
‘Their goal is to buy time.’
If that were the case, resolving this through conversation seemed to be the only way to help them.
“Lower your sword immediately. Otherwise, I will kill this person.”
“Then Lute, Lute Celine too…!”
But the boy couldn’t finish his sentence.
Celine, exploding her magic, freed her body from the boy’s grasp.
Leonhardt didn’t miss the fact that the flow of magic flowing around was subtly changed by Celine’s intervention.
His expressionless face twitched ever so slightly.
‘Not good.’
For dealing with an unspecified number of targets, such delicate and complex magic wasn’t necessary.
This magic was aimed at an extremely small part of the target.
More precisely… just one person.
‘Assassination.’
Having reached a conclusion, Leonhardt didn’t hesitate any longer.
Glancing at Celine, who had already moved to a safe place, Leonhardt conjured flames with Rashir to absorb Lute Dave’s magic. Then, he approached the boy.
“What’s your name?”
“I won’t tell you anything!”
Leonhardt preferred to know the identity before interrogation, but given the circumstances, he decided to expedite things.
“Boy, retract your magic. It’s already tainted by Celine. There’s a high chance it’ll target someone other than your intended victim.”
“…”
“Even if your magic succeeds, you, as well as this person, will all die. If you withdraw now, I’ll ensure a lighter punishment.”
Leonhardt felt a twinge of guilt.
He was lying through his teeth.
Even if this incident were to conclude without any issues, the boy would never see the sunlight as a free person again. However, the boy’s response was unexpected.
“My family, they’re all dead. Even my relatives.”
“…?”
Leonhardt blinked.
‘The child of a traitor?’
If an entire family was wiped by someone residing in Livron Castle, there was no other explanation than them being from a family that committed treason.
‘But why would Lute Dave…?’
As far as he knew, Lute Dave had been serving County Sharpe. There was no reason for him to ally with the child of a mere traitor.
“If you’re hiding something…”
“There’s nothing to hide! Everyone in the South knows that the imperial forces sent reinforcements to kill everyone in the South!”
A heavy silence fell.
Celine and Leonhardt stared blankly at the boy, forgetting what they were about to say.
The connection between Lute Dave and the nameless boy revealed a painful truth under the sunlight.
Because of long-standing resentment, neither the emperor nor the crown prince sent reinforcements when County Sharpe was suffering under the boss monster.
They even lightly dismissed the support request sent by the late Count Sharpe at the cost of his life.
‘Then, the target of this assassination magic is…’
Leonhardt easily found the answer.
It must have been aimed at either the emperor or the crown prince.
Regardless, they were responsible for drying up County Sharpe and destroying them.
‘So they thought it didn’t matter if the magic was slightly distorted.’
Even if specific elements were altered by Celine’s magic, it’s essence of targeting the imperial family remained unchanged.
Leonhardt gulped.
If he had experienced what they had…
‘Perhaps I would have committed even more horrifying acts.’
The emotions harbored by them towards the imperial family weren’t just simple vengeance.
Helplessly witnessing the death of their families.
After defeating the monsters, their lives had returned to a peaceful state as if nothing had happened, fueling their resentment toward the now seemingly serene County Sharpe.
Above all…The sense of betrayal when the imperial family they believed in and served intentionally abandoned them.
Among these emotions, Leonhardt found none that he could criticize.
He closed his eyes.
When he opened them again, he knew he had a duty to fulfill.
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