“Kill him right now!”

 

The cry of Emperor Carlos.

 

Before that, Merlin lunged at Mephisto and swung her sword.

 

Swoop!

 

A sharp swordsman aimed at Mephisto.

 

chin.

 

Mephisto grabbed the nimble blade with only his fingers.

 

I couldn’t believe it. Merlin’s eyes widened.

 

But Merlin’s judgment was quick. She gave up her sword and turned to deliver a powerful kick.

 

However, even that, Mephisto lightly caught it with his hand and blocked it.

 

through!

 

Quaang!!

 

“Keep it off!!”

 

Heavy dark magic enveloped Merlin, exploding from her abdomen.

 

Merlin’s body bounced off the floor and crashed into a wall. convulsive body. A large amount of blood flowed from her mouth and stomach. No matter how much I tried to move, I couldn’t keep my balance and stand up.

 

Mephisto smiled at Emperor Carlos.

 

[There is no ice Empror~ Who is killing whom? If you ignore me like that, will I get hurt too?]

 

“Four years… , Are you aiming for the time when Bingje is trapped in that castle?”

 

[answer! What if I’m rude? No matter how much I am, Ice Festival is scary! It’s good for your mental health not to deal with those monsters. Then, Princess Snow White?]

 

Mephisto smiled eerily as he looked at White.

 

[Now that the watch is useless, I am still responsible for sending you to hell.]

 

“What are you saying now… ?”

 

[Because I signed a contract with your mother!]

 

White’s trembling stopped.

 

mother’s contractor. I had already heard of its existence since the Alice incident.

 

“It was you… .”

 

There was anger in that low voice.

 

Quagga River!

 

The attacking knights and wizards were blown away by Mephisto’s dark magic, vomiting blood.

 

An existence that even the elites of the kingdom can’t even use their hands on.

 

The power of Mephisto, the agent of evil spirits, was difficult for most humans to catch up with.

 

“Is there anyone else out there!!”

 

[Everyone is sleeping soundly, don’t wake me up, right?]

 

“This reckless b*tch… !”

 

[Isn’t that the wrong word? I took a look at it because I was in a hurry, but I can’t thank you. I’m sorry.]

 

All the imperial troops in the hallway were knocked out by Mephisto.

 

Mephisto slowly approaches White.

 

White looked in vain at the approaching death.

 

I remembered why my mother tried to assassinate her. It was so absurd that I believed it to be a lie for a while.

 

It was the jealousy he felt when he thought his daughter was prettier than himself.

 

And that absurd feeling persisted with White even after his mother’s death.

 

Because of that, White felt a stronger sense of collapse than fear.

 

[I was powerless when there was an ice festival. But not now.]

 

“… … .”

 

Mephisto sat down on one knee, lifted White’s chin, and met his eyes closely.

 

The demon’s eyes were terribly deformed, but they also retained a unique sense of aesthetics.

 

“white!”

 

As Emperor Carlos tried to attack, Mephisto stretched out his arms imbued with dark magic toward him.

 

Emperor Carlos had to grit his teeth and stop.

 

[Snow White… . You are also the most beautiful human being in the world. Your death must be a painful thing for humans. Alas, what a sad thing… .]

 

“It’s strange.”

 

[…] yes?]

 

Suddenly, a question popped into White’s mind.

 

So far, Mephisto has not been able to approach White because of Isaac, but now that Isaac is captured by the iron fairy, he can move relatively freely.

 

This could be estimated from the past Alice incident and from Mephisto’s words earlier.

 

If so, how did Mephisto know that things would turn out this way?

 

How did the one who was chased by Isaac’s troops come here at the right time, as if he had been waiting for Isaac?

 

“How did you know it would turn out like this? … Do you have a partner?”

 

fellow trader.

 

At those words, Mephisto grinned.

 

[Be great. How can you be so noble in the face of death? Your beauty shines brightly.]

 

“Princess White… !”

 

The sound of boiling blood. Merlin screamed White’s name through her bloody mouth, and tried to crawl towards White, crawling on the floor.

 

My nails are all chipped. There was an excruciating pain all over the body. However, even if I ignored it and tried to move forward somehow, Merlin’s body, which was eroded by the dark magic, did not move as intended.

 

Mephisto grabbed White’s head with his long-fingered hand. Dark magic rose like smoke in his hand.

 

White gently closed his eyes.

 

All of a sudden, the messy past passed through my mind.

 

In an attempt to assassinate his mother, the young White bit off a poisoned apple.

 

Little White, who was slowly dying, stared at the sky through the trees. Consciousness that went away. Two lifeless eyes witnessed death descending from the sky.

 

It was so radiant and beautiful that White stretched out her feeble arms toward the sky.

 

‘What are you doing?’

 

Isaac appeared in the memories of his childhood as he lay in the grass and died.

 

Isaac looked down at White and asked.

 

‘White Princess?’

 

Merlin appears next to Isaac, giving White a worried look.

 

Lastly, it would have been nice if we could have had a good talk.

 

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Looking back, I wouldn’t have been so sad if we had shared a small talk that I wouldn’t even remember.

 

‘I’m sorry I couldn’t help, senior Isaac.’

 

At this moment, White was only feeling regret and sorry.

 

“Stop!!”

 

Emperor Carlos shouted at his throat.

 

It was then.

 

Kwaaang!!

 

The outer wall near the window broke through and someone flew in at great speed.

 

In an instant, the cold ax blade aimed at Mephisto.

 

[…] … !!]

 

sereung!!

 

The ax blade cut through the air. Mephisto immediately escaped from White and slipped backwards, narrowly avoiding the ax blade.

 

Everyone in the room looked at the figure in the hooded cloak holding a large two-handed axe.

 

As the figure threw off his cloak, a tall woman with light blue hair appeared. His face was marked with long, prominent scars.

 

Mephisto frowned.

 

The woman with light blue hair radiated cold air all over her body and laughed wildly at Mephisto.

 

“Surely, did the lord anticipate all of this situation!”

 

[you are?]

 

“Azabel Silverwolf!”

 

Through the perforated outer wall, three more figures in hooded cloaks entered.

 

They all took off their hoods.

 

Dorhan, a big white tiger beast.

 

The bald brawler, Karius Alsab.

 

Erich Leverens, a female magician with a face flushed red from drunkenness.

 

Each of them was a corps commander in Dupendorf.

 

“He who serves Sir Isaac, the lord of Dupendorf.”

 

Azabel prepared for battle, wielding a two-handed axe.

 

Given their hooded cloaks, it was easy for anyone to know that they had been infiltrating Aldrek.

 

White, Emperor Carlos, and Merlin looked at the corps commanders in Dupendorf. My head was confused as to what it was.

 

“hehehehe, hey.”

 

Erich waved his hand slightly.

 

Wooo!!

 

An ice magic circle developed behind Mephisto, and at the same time an ice pillar soared and sent Mephisto flying.

 

A strong wind blew all around. Mephisto didn’t take much damage, but he couldn’t avoid being thrown out of the building like a ball.

 

Wow!!

 

Dorhan, the white tiger beast, flew towards Mephisto, who was flying in the air, and vigorously swung his huge fist covered with ice gloves.

 

With the sound of something breaking, Mephisto’s body cut through the air towards the iron sea, making a violent sound.

 

The other Dupendorf corps commanders also tried to attack Mephisto all at once, coming out of the building through the perforated outer wall.

 

“Wait!”

 

It was before Azabel escaped through the open outer wall.

 

Azabel stopped at White’s cry.

 

“You guys are on the side of senior Isaac… ? What happened?”

 

“Princess Snowwhite, the lord told me to protect you.”

 

“yes… ?”

 

Azabel looked at White and smiled, revealing fanged white teeth.

 

─ ‘This is the message from the lord. The demon Mephisto colluded with the Elyos, and Mephisto is highly likely to aim for the Snow White Princess in the future. So, the former corps commander, follow my instructions.’

 

Infiltrate Old Trek and protect Snow White.

 

“Well, I guess you can look at it like this. The lord says he values you.”

 

Azabel left those words and threw herself through the hole in the outer wall.

 

Inside the room where the wind blows.

 

Merlin, who had somehow crawled bloody, reached White.

 

Emperor Carlos hugged White, asking if he was okay. But White couldn’t hear anything.

 

White looked at Merlin’s relieved face.

 

I looked around again and raised my hands.

 

“Ahhh… .”

 

Both hands trembled.

 

It reminded me of a time when I was accepting death. He said that if he hated his mother that much, he would surely be a bad child.

 

When she gave up on life, her eyes only looked at the brilliant light that came down from the sky.

 

Suddenly, she heard a bird chirping and turned her head to see beautiful, colorful flowers.

 

It is what you feel in the moment. He said the world was so beautiful.

 

White grabbed the grass with his hands that had turned blue, and tried to survive somehow. So that the light coming down from the sky is colorless.

 

As if responding to that earnestness, dwarves who looked like girls found White and helped her.

 

White had to fall into a deep sleep until he was detoxified.

 

The price of trusting people was so heavy.

 

Even so, White tried to give people affection.

 

Maybe that’s my own revenge for my mother who tried to plunge me into hell.

 

but empty-handed

 

There will be nothing left.

 

I thought so, but when I turned around, I saw people guarding my back.

 

Among them, a blue-silver haired man looked at White and asked if he was okay.

 

That face resembled the one he had back then, comforting himself when he was carried away after sparring with the shrine maiden.

 

White covered his face with both hands. Her shoulders trembled.

 

He barely held back the sound of sobbing, but for a long time, White couldn’t raise his head.