Chapter 39: Actually......
I touched my forehead and there was no tingling sensation. www.biquge.info it seems that the injuries caused to me by the Komoda dragon lizard have healed, and I don't even feel the sunken scar.
I wanted to move my feet and get up, but my right foot was about to be raised, and the chains on my ankles were an obstacle to that movement.
The chain is made of a very strong material, with an elliptical link at the other end attached to a metal ball. The weight of the metal balls was much heavier than the metal lampposts I had picked up and fought, and although it was still within the range of the load if I dragged it hard, I would lose my mobility and potentially injure my ankles.
It seems that a lot of things have happened during my slumber, and what is it that has caused me to be treated like this?
Luz let me, a menacing monster, roam around without permission. Her behavior itself would have been criticized or stopped by the people on the sidelines, and even if she had been allowed to let Luz do so, she didn't restrain me when she took me outside, and let me go at will...... The realization of how much my freedom is terrifying to human beings, Luz doesn't seem to take it to heart, and in the face of the source of my panic, she does not run away, and is uncharacteristically very close to me.
Luz is truly a wonderful human being...... No, maybe it's because she's a wonderful human being, a wonderful "special being," and she understands that I'm in a similar situation to hers, so I treat them as partners and treat each other with equal values.
If that's what Luz had in mind...... So, am I out of the comfort zone that Luz put on me now?
"Whoa——!
The strange sound of the tent zipper breaking the silent space where I was thinking alone.
A thick light peeked through the gap in the tent curtain, and the glare light hit me as if it was deliberately blocking my vision.
"I noticed movement and came to investigate, and it turned out that you had woken up. 」
"I...... Lotus?"
It was the first time I had a one-on-one conversation with that neutral teenager, and I felt flinched from such a situation. I didn't understand why I cowered at a seemingly non-threatening human, my instinct was to be wary of him for no reason.
This is different from the situation where I am wary of strangers, and those are things that I subjectively do on the premise that the other person will hurt me. But this time, the young man, who never smiled in front of me, tempted me to passively guard against his presence.
"My master, Luz, is asleep right now, and she doesn't see anyone while she sleeps, but she tells me to make sure you're safe. 」
I looked down at the cold instruments that bound my hands and feet, and my brow squeezed out a few deep marks.
"Luz did ask me to make sure you were safe, but she didn't order you to be restricted. My master is confident that you will not run away, and will follow her obediently. Her trust in you can be described as persistent. Therefore, it was the old woman Bebel's idea who ordered you to be bound. Bebel doesn't want you to run away, she thinks you are the property of the company, and she is afraid of your power. Restraints must be placed around you for Bebel to feel at ease. 」
I stared silently at the young man who spoke without inflinction. His eyes were so deep that they seemed to be bottomless black holes that didn't reflect light.
Those soulless eyes grabbed my young figure. Just like that, there is an indescribable sense of abnormality. It felt like my presence was an obstacle in his eyes, and I shouldn't be in front of him.
Elaine didn't speak again, just stared at me quietly.
Her breathing was unusually slow, and the air around her seemed to slow down to match his pace. However, my mood gradually became impetuous.
"I ....... 」
Elaine opened her mouth to break the silence.
"Actually...... I want to ...... now Kill you. 」
He uttered the words in a flat tone.
"Bebel and I think it's very dangerous to make noises like yours. Moreover, after watching the fighting skills between you and the Komoda dragon lizard just now, I am even more sure that you are indeed extremely dangerous. Had it not been for my master's order, I would have secretly removed you while she was asleep. However, my master must have anticipated my intentions and deliberately asked me to protect you, so as to prevent me from harming you. 」
Elaine remained calm at all times, her eyes not dodging, not evasive, staring at me head-on and saying dangerous lines.
He felt that he had killed me, and he was not sure that he would complete it when he actually took action, but the intention revealed to me in his eyes was as if he was sure that he would fail, but he would never give up easily.
"Ah......!"
Elaine stretched out her right hand. I realized that it was aimed at my neck, and his nails had touched the skin of my neck. I didn't have time to make the reflex to dodge, and although that kind of thing could be done in a second, my carelessness allowed my life to hang on the roof beam at that moment.
However, Elaine did not move further, and after touching my fingertips for a moment, she retracted back into his chest.
His right hand rests on a tie that lies in a deep sea blue hue, and his left hand protects it. For some reason, the nail between my right finger was stained with bright red blood.
"The King's ...... Is it brilliant? really disgusting "black light"...... It was another disgusting obstacle ...... Luz had given me. 」
Elaine silently left the tent with her injured hand in her hands, the words she left behind echoed in my head. I don't really understand emotions like that, but I seem to feel what Elaine felt when she said those words.
Those words were full of unwillingness.
Those words were mixed with a thick sense of mourning.
And I only understood from Luz's mouth afterwards why that mourning sprouted in Elaine's heart.
I lost consciousness during that race under the attack of the Komoda dragon lizard, but after that, the Komoda dragon lizard did not stop attacking.