Ch 69
━ Found you.
The white snake opened its huge mouth and laughed mockingly. Aria, her eyes wide with fear, moved away from the carriage, but stopped in surprise when the snake tried to ram its head into it.
Bang—!
“Kyaaak!”
Soon, the carriage tumbled to the ground. Aria, who was inside, hit her shoulder hard against the floor of the carriage.
━ Come out!
“Divine Beast!”
Aria, in fear, called out to the Divine Beast. However, the snake, as if trying to swallow the entire carriage, opened its mouth and approached the passenger compartment of the carriage where Aria was.
“Kyaaaaak!”
It seemed as if the snake’s throat was visible. And the moment she saw the four teeth of the snake above it.
The passenger compartment of the carriage containing her was completely swallowed by the snake.
━ Hahaha.
The snake was lifting its head and wriggling to push what it had swallowed into its body.
It was at that moment.
“The terrible smell is still the same.”
Killian said, drawing his sword and pointing it at the snake.
“If you spit it out now, I’ll pretend I didn’t see it.”
Sss…
The snake glared at Killian with its bright yellow eyes. Being attacked while still digesting was not a pleasant thing.
Moreover, Killian was quite skilled, even though he hid his strength. The white snake knew that well.
That hateful Killian.
He always appeared like this, pretending not to know anything, but acting as if he knew everything.
He must have erased his memories again this time, but he is interfering with my work again. I really wanted to deal with him, but it wasn’t the right time yet, so I couldn’t.
But still, my abilities will still work on Killian for now.
I just need to deal with him appropriately and then manipulate his memories. But I couldn’t help but be angry.
“I’ll count to three.”
The snake glared at Killian with its bright yellow eyes. If it had only taken Aria Dolorein out of the carriage and swallowed her, the snake wouldn’t have hesitated like this.
However, that was the snake’s delusion. If it had tried to take Aria out instead of swallowing the carriage whole, Killian would have attacked the snake immediately. It was because he was trying to strike the snake from behind, but the snake attacked the carriage faster, so he couldn’t.
“Three.”
━ …….
“Two.”
He attacked the snake at two.
━ Keueok!
When he cut the snake in two with his sword, the passenger compartment of the carriage that was being swallowed fell out of the snake’s body with a thud.
━ You, you despicable…!
“Thank you.”
Killian said that and took a stance to attack the snake again. He was a person who knew how to use sword aura, so if he attacked again like this, he could inflict a fatal wound on the snake.
━ You bug!
“Alright.”
He looked at the snake, readjusted his sword, and tried to move his body to charge again.
Bang—!
The snake bit a nearby tree, pulled it out, and threw it. Then Killian, as if it was ridiculous, cut it in half. Then he approached the snake threateningly.
The snake recovered its severed body and charged straight at Killian.
“Ugh…….”
He turned his body as the snake pretended to attack him and veered to the side. At that moment, the snake’s teeth grazed his shoulder.
━ Die, Killian Loenbert!
Then, a strong light burst out from the snake for a moment. He frowned and stood as if protecting the carriage.
But when he opened his eyes, only the carriage remained, and neither the knights nor the coachman nor the horse who had been attacked by the snake were visible.
Only the passenger compartment of the carriage remained.
He breathed a sigh of relief, broke the passenger compartment with his sword, and looked inside. Inside, Aria was there, unconscious.
The snake’s bite mark on his shoulder was burning as if it was being scorched, but he took her out and put his hand under her nose, as if checking if Aria was safe was his priority.
“Hoo.”
He saw that Aria’s breath was fully intact, and then he slung her over his uninjured shoulder. Then, with his sword hanging down, he thought about going back to the temple, but decided it would be better to go to his mansion, so he decided to move there.
“Useless son of a b*tch.”
“I was useful! Who do you think you’re alive thanks to!”
“Didn’t you say you wouldn’t attack first?”
“…….”
The Divine Beast appeared and stuck right next to Killian, following his steps.
“It’s strange. I didn’t even feel any life force, but it attacked.”
“…….”
“Maybe it was trying to deal with both of us because we are both half-contractors?”
“Useless. Really pathetic.”
Killian said mockingly, sweating profusely. It was clear that the Divine Beast had neutralized the snake venom, but it seemed that it hadn’t done it completely, which made him feel unpleasant.
“My energy is insufficient.”
“Is that why the detoxification is incomplete?”
“Yes.”
The Divine Beast quickly read Killian’s thoughts and folded its ears as if dejected. Then it was watching him, trying to accept whatever he said.
But unexpectedly, Killian didn’t say anything.
Then, when they were about to reach the village, he asked.
“What happens to the people who disappeared?”
“Absorption.”
“I see.”
“…….”
“Why did it target Aria?”
“It’s because both of you are incomplete contractors. One of you needs to become a complete contractor quickly.”
The Divine Beast had also been watching the snake at the temple and secretly following it, so it didn’t know what Aria had done. Even last night, it had transformed into Killian to avoid being caught when Killian left his post.
Killian wondered if anyone had seen the snake that attacked Aria.
“Even if there are witnesses, they won’t remember anyway.”
“…….”
The Divine Beast, reading Killian’s thoughts, said that.
“And you have to pretend you forgot too.”
“…….”
“You know.”
“Yes.”
Killian frowned as if dissatisfied and walked on, ignoring his shoulder that was being poisoned. He was worried about Aria, who was dangling on his shoulder, unconscious, and somehow it was hard for him to breathe.
“I won’t be able to appear for two days either.”
“…….”
“I used up all my energy.”
“I will make sure to replenish it soon.”
“I’ll look forward to it.”
After saying that, the Divine Beast disappeared. Killian was annoyed by the poison, but he couldn’t put Aria down, so he hurried on.
◈◈◈
“Hup.”
When Aria opened her eyes, she saw a canopy she had never seen before. A purple banner and gold patterns, different from the canopy of the Dolorein Estate.
It was probably.
“Are you awake?”
“Kyaaaaak!”
Aria screamed when she saw Killian standing naked next to her. And she checked inside the sheet to see if she was properly dressed.
“M-my clothes, clothes……!”
“What do you mean by that?”
Killian, pretending not to understand even though he did, teased her and moved closer.
“My clothes! Where are my clothes!”
“I took them off to check if you had any injuries.”
“That’s what a doctor does……! You’re crazy!”
“Yes. You were beautiful.”
Aria realized that she wasn’t wearing a single thread under the sheet and was surprised, pulling the sheet up. When she tried to move her body to get away from Killian, who was approaching her threateningly, he grabbed her shoulder and said.
“You don’t seem to have any injuries.”
“Ah…….”
She remembered being swallowed by a huge snake at the end.
“I had a strange dream…….”
“Do you think it was a dream?”
“Ah…….”
Aria touched her cheek with her hand and turned her head away from Killian, who was approaching as if to kiss her.
“I saved you, Aria.”
“Yes……?”
Come to think of it, there was something like a beast’s bite mark on his shoulder. A hole pierced through the front and back, like a snake bite, and a scar that had turned black.
“Could it be that snake……!”
“Yes.”
“Are you okay?”
“No. It feels like I’m going to die from the pain, but I think I’ll feel better if you kiss me.”
“That’s ridiculous……!”
“Can’t you give a kiss to your savior? I got hurt like this fighting that snake. I almost died.”
“Ah…….”
He said that and kissed Aria as she rolled her eyes.
“Mmm…….”
She was confused and embarrassed, but. Seeing his black scar and his body sweating in front of her, she couldn’t refuse. It really seemed like he got hurt because of her.
The snake that swallowed me.
If it was Killian who took me out of the snake’s belly and brought me here.
“Huu…….”
She trembled because of Killian, who was freely playing with her mouth and applying saliva, without even having time to think. He tried to pull down the sheet between her and him. But Aria was holding the sheet very tightly so he couldn’t.
“Hup!”
Aria bit Killian’s tongue as he applied more force.
“You’re really too much. I risked my life to save you, but you’re pushing me away like this.”
“Give me my clothes!”
“The clothes are in the laundry room. The clothes Aria was wearing melted because of the snake’s stomach acid.”
“Ah…… Really?”
“Yes.”
It was a lie.
He knew that she had no injuries just from seeing Aria’s intact clothes, but he had deliberately kept her naked. Actually, he didn’t take them off to do anything, he was just curious about her reaction when she looked embarrassed.
“I see……. I’m sorry for misunderstanding, Killian.”
However, as she accepted it willingly and spoke so innocently, his conscience began to p*ick him. His conscience had now become completely round, so there was no reason for it to be pricked by most lies.
Aria was looking at him as if she was truly grateful, so it seemed that his rounded conscience was about to become sharp again.
“If you’re grateful, I’d like you to repay me with your body.”
“Yes, I will definitely repay Killian. I will definitely save you when you’re in danger.”
“…….”
That wasn’t what he meant, but she said it sincerely, which made him feel strange. What he meant was to repay him in the bedroom, but it was as if she was saying that she would save him in an emergency.
“Can I receive it now?”
“But Killian isn’t in danger right now?”
“…….”
Even though he spoke as if he was flirting again, Aria only spoke as if she really didn’t know.
“That’s not what I meant by repaying me.”
“Then what do you mean?”
“I mean this.”
He knocked her body onto the bed and kissed Aria’s cheek.
“The debt repaid on the bed is like this.”