The Killer’s Otherworld - Chapter 69



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069. Blood Feast (1)

Regardless of her mood, the eyes of the banquet hall were focused on her. The only daughter of the duke’s family, a girl born with misfortune, the reality of a fallen noble. There were many adjectives that could not help but be focused on, but the common mood was laughter.

The sense of superiority in looking at someone who is inferior to you, the joy of looking down on someone who is in a position you would not dare to look up to. There is nothing more enjoyable and interesting than seeing others ruined. It is the ugly side of human nature.

Rachel straightened her back even as she was receiving those hundreds of pairs of eyes on her whole body. Her straight back and straight neck made Icarone, who was standing behind her, look like a child left on the water’s edge. However, he could see her small but firm will to never give up.

“Look at that. He came to the banquet wearing a mask.”

“That kind of senseless thing… How can you call that an escort?”

“Looks like there aren’t any articles left for the Duke’s household to use. Tsk tsk.”

Their voices were so audible that they didn’t even need to be used to hearing them. That meant Rachel could hear them too. They weren’t the daughter of a duke, but the knights who were insulting her, so it felt like they could do it so openly. It was a cheap provocation that was so low-level considering that they were all children of a noble family. It was strange to think that they would fall for it…

-Ugh.

Icarone tilted his head. It wasn’t Requille next to him. The sound was clearly coming from diagonally ahead. To be exact, from a girl who was only a handful of inches tall right in front of him. Rachel was trembling. For some reason, her once so proud and dignified face was now so hardened that it was noticeable even from afar.

-Bam.

Icarone gently wrapped his arm around her shoulder. The warmth radiating from there brought Rachel back to her senses.

“Don’t waste your energy unnecessarily and move forward.”

His blunt hands and words firmly hold the unsteady legs. Yes, more than anyone else, Friel… … must be calm and confident in front of that human. Rachel straightened her back and resumed her steps that had stopped.

-Crunch, crunch.

Before she knew it, the only sound she could hear was the sound of her own heels. One step, one step. She had not realized that the end of the banquet hall was this far. When she was much shorter than she is now, when she ran toward her father, it had been so short… … .

And before his eyes, a fearsome being, not his father, welcomed him with open arms. A man with thin eyebrows that were slightly curved, eyes that were slanted to the side, a long face with sunken cheeks, and a sharp expression slowly opened his mouth.

“Welcome, my lovely nephew. I’ve waited so long for you.”

Rachel smiled faintly and lifted the ends of her dress to wave goodbye. Friel awkwardly folded her outstretched hands and smiled at the other guests behind her.

“I used to hug him often, but now that he’s grown up, he gets embarrassed. Hahaha.”

“Haha, you’re all grown up now, you know.”

Friel turned around again and took a deep breath.

“Now! Everyone, even though she has not been able to overcome difficulties, the wise daughter of my beloved brother, Rachel, the main character of today, has come. I thank you all for accepting the invitation and making this place shine, and I hope you enjoy today to the fullest!”

-Wooooow~!

Old-fashioned and cheerful music began to play along with the magnificent sound. People began to dance one by one to the rhythm of the music.

Rachel couldn’t help but smile bitterly. Her uncle’s thoroughness and cunning were evident as he let her know that her father was still uncomfortable when introducing himself, and he shunned any nobles who might be friendly to her, subtly hinting that there was something to see today.

He doesn’t make a single gesture or say a single word in vain.

Can you deal with someone like that just because you’ve read a few books? If you tell them you were wrong and that you’ll submit, will they leave you at ease? No. I’ve done that enough, but the result is the same. If I lose, is this really the beginning of hell?

Rachel felt frustrated and got up from her seat. As she was walking to the window in the corner of the banquet hall, other nobles approached her.

“I am Mittel, the daughter of Count Peridel.”

“I am the young daughter of Baron Hugues, Spien.”

“Oh, yes. I am Rachel, the daughter of Duke Leond.”

Rachel bowed her head slightly and received their greetings. The two women, dressed in red and white dresses, boasted beauty as outstanding as Rachel. However, their eyes were filled with ‘cunning.’

“Young lady, are you having a hard time? Why did that smart Duke end up like that…….”

“So. I heard you hit maids, butlers, and even young ladies. Do you have any cuts on yourself?”

The woman who introduced herself as Spien lightly touched Rachel’s dress and asked her questions while looking around. It was something unimaginable considering the ‘gap’ between a count and a duke. However, Rachel smiled awkwardly and said nothing. Icarone was busy holding on to Requille, who was growling beside her.

She was also in a difficult situation. Rachel was wise, but she had no social experience like this. She had only learned from books, but there was no story of when something like this happened. Even in all those books, this was something that was impossible to imagine… … .

She nodded with a forced smile.

“Oh, yes, I’m fine. Thank you for your concern…….”

Rachel barely managed to keep herself together as she tried to pass between them, even the Baron’s daughter openly ignoring her. At that moment, their eyes exchanged quick glances.

-Booooow.

“Wow!”

“Oh my god!”

The loud voices of the two women drew all the attention in the banquet hall. There was Rachel, with half of her skirt blown off, exposing her pure white thighs. A woman named Mittel had stepped on Rachel’s dress as if her feet were crossed. The men gulped, and the women sneered coldly.

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“What, what’s going on…….”

“Oh my…… It’s so delicious.”

“Arthur, I told you not to even look at a persimmon that you can’t eat.”

“I don’t know that.”

Rachel’s ears were not even aware of the men’s lewd stories.

“This is…….”

I couldn’t continue speaking. My mind was going crazy.

Is it a wise choice to let this go? Is there a wise choice to do anything here in the first place? If I don’t put up with it, what should I do? What should I do as the only daughter of a fallen duke, who holds the unprecedented title, and is it a good example for others?

My body trembled. A tiger with only skin, who must take for granted the absurd. Why did I hire a mercenary for so much money? It wasn’t like other knights were asking for a duel, and if something like this happened, there was nothing he could do. Isn’t it within the expected range? No, it is. I’ve imagined countless more absurd things. But I’ve come here determined to endure and overcome.

What on earth can I win… … .

My mind started to spin and my vision went dark. No, truly, something black was covering my eyes.

“uh…….”

-Shararak.

A sinister hand tightened around my waist. I lowered my head and looked down to see that the black coat was tied around my waist with the arms covering the torn part of my dress. It was so tightly tied that it was hard to breathe, but I didn’t have the presence of mind to pay attention to such things.

His voice was dry in her ears, but infinitely sweet and languid to her.

“This kind of thing…….”

“Huh? ……Ugh!”

Rachel swallowed the air as she was tugged again, as if the knot had not been tied yet. The man who had been indifferently tightening the girl’s waist, Icarone, slowly stood up, placed his large hand on her head, and opened his mouth.

“You don’t have to put up with it.”

I don’t know when, but I heard these words once. My heart calmed down as if under a spell. Rachel looked up at Icarone with eyes full of meaning.

It’s the same as when I first got off the carriage. The indifferently sunken eyes, the cynical expression, the dangerous aura of unknown origin. And there’s something primordially laid out in the middle of it all. It’s a sense of leisure that can’t be hidden even in the way he speaks, his expression, and his gait.

As if nothing could make him impatient… Where does that composure come from? His background? Money? No matter how much I think about it, the only reason I can think of is his skills. Even if he is a mercenary who can easily subdue Mateo, this is where the top 1% of the kingdom’s most successful knights gather. It is a dangerous place where there are many knights who can subdue someone like Mateo with just one move.

But for some reason, when he stands behind me, my mind becomes more at ease.

As Icarone took a step forward, the two women’s escort knights also hurriedly stepped forward. At that sight, they let out a snicker and opened their mouths.

“A noble who loves class stepped on and tore the hem of the skirt of the duke’s daughter, who is at the top of the food chain, so in order to establish a proper class society, it would not be enough to tear off his own leg, but by the grace of the young lady, the escort knight will be punished instead. Any objections?”

“Uh…hmm?”

“That guy!”

The people around her, as well as the Baron’s daughter Spien, are having a hard time understanding her current actions and can only be at a loss. The scene where the escort knight places his hand on his master’s head, or the way he speaks informally to her and threatens to punish her, are actions that are not acceptable in the world she lives in.

“Then I will assume it doesn’t exist and begin punishing those who do not show courtesy to those of higher rank.”

“Uh, uh…….”

As soon as he finished speaking, he strode towards the escort knight. The escort knight greeted him in an awkward posture, considering that his opponent was bare-handed, and he was hesitating whether or not to draw his sword.

-Thud thud!

“Cough!”

I felt a sharp pain in both ankles and my legs were spread apart.

“You should have abandoned your chivalry when you chose a master like this.”

The escort knight realized belatedly what this meant. It was a sarcastic remark about not drawing his sword. Yes, he regrets it now.

But… … Then could it have been stopped?

-Snap!

“Kuaaaah!”

A scream echoed throughout the banquet hall. One of the knight’s ankles was broken in a way that it could not be bent.

“That would be fortunate. It would be better to have no feet than to step on the skirt of the Duke’s daughter.”

-Ouch!

“Ugh!”

Icarone continued, placing his hand on the knight’s head as he screamed in excruciating pain in both his ankles.

“Tell your dull and foolish master that I spared him out of pity. What does it mean that your king sent you first?”

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