Livia, who had seemed tearful at Zagnac’s phrases, smiled brightly. Her smile appeared to have discovered the sunshine of life, although Azela, who heard him from behind her, couldn’t bear to smile.

Despite the fact that she pushed his again and instructed him to do it, she couldn’t fake that it was nothing and even smile. Princess Livia, who was smiling brightly, gazed at her with a sorry face, however even at that second, Azela couldn’t smile.

“It’s okay, so keep exterior.”

Having invited Livia to the dinner desk, Zagnac spoke to Azela in a candy voice.

Despite the fact that it was his consideration in the direction of Azela to not let her hear the wedding discuss, Azela misplaced her smile as soon as once more. However nonetheless, she couldn’t present displeasure, so she needed to nod her head and stroll out of the eating room with the lightest potential step.

The intimate night time shared by the 2 of them introduced laughter. The laughter heard by means of the closed door turned a sword and stabbed her within the chest.

“…That’s what you instructed him to do, Azela.”

Azela, who was stamping her foot for no motive, murmured quietly to herself. Was she being immodest? Even when she requested him to marry Princess Livia, she might need thought that in part of her coronary heart, he was going to say, ‘No, I don’t need to depart you alone!’

…Maybe, she wished to check him.

“Miss.”

As she continued to faucet her toes, Baharf got here calling her. Baharf’s face, as he checked out Azela, seemed pitiful. In contrast to Zagnac, who had no sense, he was quick-witted and knew all the pieces.

“In case you are hungry, can I put together a meal for you?”

Azela quietly shook her head at that query.

It was clear that if she ate something on this state, she would simply be nauseous. Seeing her press her finger on her abdomen, Baharf stood again, realizing that his query had been answered.

“Hahaha.”

Zagnac’s loud laughter may very well be heard by means of the closed eating room door. It was tough for Azela to face guard in entrance of the eating room and take heed to him and Livia snort. If an murderer got here in at a time like this, she would relatively vent her anger to her coronary heart’s content material.

Azela tapped her foot once more.

At that second…

“….!”

It appeared that what she wished for turned a actuality.

Noticing an disagreeable determine crawling by means of the mansion like a snake crawling, Azela grabbed the hilt of her sword. Princess Livia was additionally right here, so it was unknown whether or not the intruder was concentrating on Zagnac or Livia.

Even when they had been concentrating on Livia, she was now a visitor invited by Duke Ferial. Not solely that, however she was a member of the imperial household. Nonetheless, as an alternative of a full-fledged escort knight, she introduced just one low-ranking knight who was simply all in favour of passing the time, so it was additionally Azela’s obligation to guard her.

“Keep right here.”

After spitting quick phrases to the low-ranking knight who couldn’t learn the state of affairs and spat out boring yawns, she grabbed the deal with of her sword and moved rapidly.

The place the place there was a presence was the backyard.

Azela scrambled towards the backyard and took maintain of the deal with of her sword. The backyard was quiet. It was as nonetheless as if even the air was holding its breath. She couldn’t really feel something that had been creeping round her simply now.

‘Right here it’s…’

It meant that the murderer was additionally holding their breath right here. As she surveyed her environment, Azela drew her sword very evenly in order that anytime, wherever, irrespective of who popped out, she might reduce it directly.

And shortly, footsteps got here, and an murderer with a sword jumped out from behind.

“….!”

Azela drew her sword in a single breath, and earlier than the murderer’s sword might attain her, she reduce the murderer’s throat with out hesitation.

Blood splattering like a fountain drenched her face, and earlier than she might wipe it off, one other murderer jumped out from the precise. When she jumped to the aspect and swung her sword once more, pink blood stained the inexperienced sprouts that bloomed within the backyard.

“What number of of them are there?!”

There have been by no means greater than three, maybe they determined to compete with high quality since there was no finish to the attacking assassins even because the corpses within the backyard piled up.

Azela stopped and began to learn the indicators. She had reduce down three. There was one other one standing in entrance of her and one hiding its presence.

Of the 5, solely two remained.

“When you’re going to assault, assault all of sudden.”

She modified her grip on the sword. The one which had been hiding appeared together with different assassins at her phrases. When the murderer who had been hiding appeared, the murderer who had attacked first seemed misplaced.

“It looks like the 2 of you met for the primary time.”

This had occurred earlier than when Benjamin got here as an murderer. Even then, it was clear that the assassins weren’t despatched by the identical individual.

It was the identical this time, too.

She glanced at them alternately as she gripped her sword tightly earlier than working first to the dazed murderer. It was positively tough for her to cope with each on the similar time, however she didn’t have to fret about who else may pop up.

Azela swung her sword to her coronary heart’s content material.

‘…This one is weak.’

The swordsmanship of the murderer, who was shocked, and who was in the identical celebration because the three who died earlier, was poor.

Nonetheless.

‘This aspect is stronger.’

The later murderer who got here alone to assault had fairly robust swordsmanship.

If one aspect will need to have been despatched by the Emperor, then who was the opposite aspect? Chises? Daniel? Sylvia? There weren’t one or two locations that may very well be concerned. Azela thought as she thrust her sword into the chest of the weaker murderer.

And simply then, one other murderer’s sword reduce deep into her again.

“Kuht!”

It was the results of a quick carelessness. Azela, who even dropped her sword because of the shock, evaded the place with a fast ahead roll. It was momentary, however it was clear that if she hadn’t evaded, she would have been stabbed within the coronary heart.

A thick chilly sweat ran down her brow.

‘I’ll die.’

The opponent was wonderful. In fact, there was additionally the place she was caught off guard, but when she didn’t concentrate, she would die instantly. She couldn’t see how a lot blood was flowing or how deep the wound was, however her again felt as if it was burning.

A bitter style swirled in her mouth.

“How might you let go of the sword? It’s a lifeline.”

The murderer who kicked her sword into the nook laughed. Wanting on the discarded sword within the nook, Azela bit her decrease lip arduous. The murderer was proper. It was her personal mistake that she dropped the sword, startled for the time being’s ache.

‘I nonetheless lack apply… to let go of the sword.’

Pondering that, Azela frowned and glanced at her discarded sword within the nook. Though she puzzled if she might go to select it up, it was apparent that she would get reduce or die whereas making an attempt to select it up.

Right here, there was no different manner than to pull the time and make the opponent vigilant. Azela, who let loose a breath, requested.

“Did you come to kill Duke Ferial?”

“…Duke Ferial? Ah, that is the mansion of Duke Ferial.”

He tilted his head and shrugged his shoulders. Judging from what he was saying, it appeared that Zagnac was not his goal.

Then…

“…To kill Princess Livia?”

“Oh, it seems to be like Princess Livia is right here too. It seems to be like I made a great go to throughout the night when essential folks gathered.”

He didn’t even know that Princess Livia was visiting this place at present…

Azela shook her head, hiding her shock. It occurred to her that possibly not all of the assassins who had lately come had been ordered to kill Zagnac.

‘…No manner.’

She thought, however Azela shook her head. The murderer swung his sword first earlier than she requested the subsequent query.

“Azela Vellista, I’ve come to kill you.”

What she had hoped for had turn into a actuality.

Despite the fact that she thought everybody had come to kill Zagnac, it didn’t appear to be the case. It was apparent that Daniel or Sylvia would attempt to kill her and never Zagnac. Why couldn’t she have considered it? She merely thought they had been all assassins despatched by the Emperor.

“Who despatched you? Daniel? Sylvia?”

Azela requested as she crept in the direction of the discarded sword. In any case, the one approach to finish this combat was with a sword in her hand.

“Nicely. I solely obtained a request, so I don’t even know who the requester is, whether or not it’s a lady or a person.”

“….”

“Judging from the truth that there are various folks you may guess right here and there, it appears that you’ve been hated fairly a bit.”

“That’s true.”