When Egil returned to the barracks with his prey, even the most hard-hearted dwarven warriors were too embarrassed to shout at her.

Because it's so miserable. Artoria's whole body is thin and out of shape in this chase game. It looked like it could float up when the wind blew. Let almost all the Vikings and dwarven warriors wonder: Is this really the King Arthur? There are soldiers who participated in the battle on the banks of the Thames, and they shook their heads again and again, and they didn't want to believe that this little girl who was obviously abused and was about to starve to death was the demon god who was bleeding from his own coalition army when he was single-handedly killed.

Of course, whether they believe it or not, Egil believed it anyway. It's another beautiful day, and it's snowing heavily in England in November. The time of belonging to the Nordic race has come. This is the time of day for the Vikings to fight - not to say how much of a bonus the snow combat can bring to the Vikings - and the Dwarves. Rather, it is that fighting in the snow can cause great inconvenience to their enemies. For the Vikings, it was very lighthearted.

But Egil was still recuperating - or rather, Artoria. The man who was nominally "invited" by Egil to be a "guest" here is still recuperating.

Maybe it's because the days of starvation and suffering are too impressive. So after Artoria came to her senses, her attachment to food began to increase. She had to eat a lot at every meal, and it was because of this that Artoria recovered quite well. Now the little face is as smooth as before, and the skin is fair and shiny (Egir found out when he 'helped' Artoria wipe his body).

If the steel chains that were tied to her body were untied, she would surely return to her vigorous state. Egil thought this as he fed Artoria food so that he could bond with his pet...... Immediately after that, the movement slowed down a little. The hand retracted a little slower, and then it was bitten.

It bleeds.

Forget it, I'll make you bleed in the future. Just report it back and report it.

Egil thought as he sucked on his fingers. At the same time, he reached out his other hand and touched Artoria's hair.

- I almost got bitten again.

It's really dangerous, although she's already secured to the bed with a chain from the system. But when it comes to it, it's not just her hands and feet that can be used as weapons. Egil thought as she took the bread and ate it herself—and then saw Artoria glaring at her.

"If you don't speak, even if you look at me with such sincere eyes, I won't understand. Egil said to Artoria.

“...... Also, too. "It's as loud as a mosquito.

"Louder, I can't hear you. Egil said as he put his hand to his ear and trumpeted as he approached—within the limits of making sure he wouldn't be bitten—as he preached.

“......”

Anyway, the self-esteem of being a king is still there, and in the face of such shameless behavior of Egil, Artoria reciprocated with cold contempt. Silent.

Still.

Egir then retracted his head, and then deliberately made the sound of eating bread loud. Later, he observed that Artoria deliberately pretended to be dismissive, but secretly swallowed and snickered.

In the end, Artoria still did not relent, so Egil walked out without hesitation, and ordered the soldiers guarding the room: "Don't give her any food or water. In this way, it was decided to starve her for two days before speaking.

After that, Egil returned to a normal life, after giving an account to Wald, returning with an army of 8,500 dwarves (some of whom were prisoners of war who had rebelled) and 5,000 Viking warriors to garrison the city of York. Egil led his army south to Nottingham, and in the cold climate, the Trent River froze, and Egil crossed the river without much effort, and then crushed Edward IV's patchwork army of 20,000 in a battle under the city of London.

This period of time was a little longer than Egil had imagined. Three days in total - almost four days. Egil, on the other hand, is the type of person who "forgets about things that are not too important when he gets busy". In other words, Egil had completely forgotten about feeding a big cat.

Artoria almost died again.

"But, even if I forget, you should remember it, right?" Why don't you remind me a little?" and Egil continued to shirk his responsibilities. While feeding Artoria with cereal, he blamed the system elves for this.

"Because a man once told me that my responsibility was to answer questions when he asked. Don't meddle with other superfluous things. The system elf replied leisurely.

"Eh, who?" asked Egil, surprised.

"-- it's your own !!!"

Of course, Egil would never admit such a thing. In other words, this junk memory has long been deleted by his brain, which is very different from that of ordinary people.

But that's not the point.

The point is that Artoria, who came to life again, looked at Egil with very complicated eyes. Took the initiative to speak.

"Why do you want to do this to me, if it's for revenge, isn't there a better way?"

"No, no, no—you seem to be slightly misunderstood—don't bite my hand. Egil said, "The reason why I am so attached to you is because I love you." ”

"......" Artoria paused for a moment, then asked, "Are you kidding?"

"I did tell a lot of lies and deceived a lot of people. But this time I promise that everything I say is true. Come-look me in the eye. ”

"......" Artoria stared into Egil's eyes. But completely, nothing can be seen. His eyes were like endless depths of darkness. It's as if everything is being absorbed.

Artoria sighed secretly in her heart, knowing that she might not be able to escape this man in her life.

"Indeed, do you think you can escape?" At this moment, Egil became agitated, and then hugged Artoria's body.

"You are my prey, my trophy, my own. From skin to marrow, from life to soul - it's all mine. In this way, Egil asserted his sovereignty over Artoria. Completely ignoring the girl's extremely stiff body.,And the eyes that are getting worse and worse.。

"So—"

"-Are you an idiot?!"

Immediately afterwards, because of this period of cultivation, Artoria had recovered the extremely terrifying power she had before-under the stimulation of such a stirring mind, she actually broke the shackles produced by the system at once. Then he kicked Egil.

However, miscalculated-

At this moment, Egil's movements were swift and nimble, like a lone wolf in the night, and in an instant, he flashed Artoria's kick, followed by a sideways and punched over.

"How is that possible?!" Listening to the swift sound of breaking the air in her ears, Artoria's heart was shocked, and she thought to herself, "How can this madman be so powerful in such a short time?"

"So, that's the power of love!! "Seeing the other person's speed drop in astonishment. Egil immediately seized the opportunity, and with no feeling of pity at all, he whipped Artoria directly away. At the same time, for some reason, Egil himself spat out a mouthful of old blood as if he had been kicked hard.

Rewind the clock to five days ago.

Egil tea rice is not thought of

"So, it's not impossible to keep her locked up like this all the time. But there is a contingency for everything. If that girl breaks free, she must have the strength to resist her, right?"

"So, as long as it takes about a year to live beyond her level. The system elf said, "Of course, the special armor and weapons with their own effects have to be exchanged separately. ”

"It's too expensive. Egil replied without hesitation.

"Then let's just kill her. That way you don't have to worry about it. The system elf then asked.

"Do you think I've gone to such great lengths to get her back just for fun? Egil said this, and then searched and searched and searched. In the end, the hard work paid off, and he found an item that was very suitable for this situation.

Libra Ring: Function, which increases (or decreases) the wearer's combat power to a level equal to that of the opponent's hand. Worth 50k. In other words, when you fight the demon king with a ring, you have the combat power of the demon king level. When you fight against a slime, you have the combat power of a slime. Speaking of which, this thing is in a sense comparable to an artifact.

That is, 50,000 bonds. Egil checked his inventory a little, after a lot of conscription and construction, the bonds and gold have shrunk to varying degrees, but if there are only 50,000, it can barely be obtained.

But Egil was still not satisfied.

So, he chose another one: the Libra Ring (deteriorated version), which has the same general effect as the genuine Libra Ring, but has a special negative effect: how much damage you inflict on the other party, then how much damage you will suffer. Worth 5k.

"Ten times cheaper, bastard!"

So, Egil decisively bought the ring, and happily stayed on his hand, looking at the fluorescent flowing monkey ring very happily.

This is the truth of Egil's own blood after kicking Artoria out with a whip leg. It's just that......

――Is your love a stall worth only one-tenth of the value of the genuine one?

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