Chapter 272
Camillo had swung her sword, still in its scabbard, and smashed the stone wall.
Ethan covered his forehead with his rough hand, and Roina’s eyes widened.
“Wow, Camillo is really strong…”
In fact, she had already expected it, given her larger stature than most imperial men and her tightly packed muscles, but seeing it in person, she was much stronger than she had imagined.
As the sound of stones rolling down kurrr hurrduk- followed, Roina cautiously looked at the passage, which could no longer be called a gap. A faint light was visible inside that large hole made of rock. And there,
“Neilla!!”
Neilla and some man, and.
“Count Icardo!!!”
Count Icardo, trapped in a mana crystal, was there.
Kudangtang-! Camillo running towards Count Icardo, Neilla spreading her hands out in front of him to block her, and Ethan subduing the man next to Neilla happened almost simultaneously. Ethan pressed down on the man and said,
“What’s your scheme?”
“Ugh!”
“Let that person go!”
“Do you even know who this person is?”
“I know! He’s Icardo’s son!”
At Neilla’s shrill scream, the sharp-eyed Camillo said,
“Listen, songbird, I’m weak to young girls, but I don’t know if I can overlook you blocking my chance to kill my enemy. Move aside while I’m being nice.”
“Wait, just wait a moment… Please listen to what I have to say.”
Eventually, Neilla spoke, her eyes welling up with tears. Camillo, as if frustrated, muttered damn and slammed her sword down. The huge blade, now unsheathed, shone brightly with the murderous intent of the spell.
Roina said calmly,
“…Explain, Neilla. What on earth is going on?”
Neilla explained for a long time, and Camillo, next to her, had her arms crossed with a serious expression. Ethan, as always, was expressionless, so their faces looked similar for a moment.
“…That’s what happened.”
“Ha.”
Camillo let out a cynical laugh.
“Only now?”
“Yes. Only now.”
At Camillo’s dry reaction, Neilla smiled with a dark expression. It wasn’t like she hadn’t thought that. But what could she do when the visible truth was like this?
“It’s like the hero came to defeat the Demon King, but the Demon King was actually preparing a confession.”
“Shut up-“
For the first time, Camillo showed a sensitive reaction even to Roina and scratched her head roughly. Roina just stared at her blankly.
“But that’s also true, Camillo. The Castrello Kingdom is currently in a state of powerlessness. They need to receive a proper apology and a just trial to move forward.”
“-There’s something I haven’t said yet.”
A suddenly cracked voice was heard. It was the son of Count Icardo, the man who had been staring blankly into the air while being held by Ethan since earlier.
“The subject of this trial must be the representative of Castrello.”
He slowly closed and opened his hollow eyes, which had deep dark circles. He looked very tired, but there was conviction in his words.
“So, I was waiting for you.”
He glanced at the brush that had been taken away by Roina. Roina held that brush tightly. She had thought it was undoubtedly a fragment of primordial magic, but Amor only flickered slightly at this brush and clearly expressed, ‘It’s not the main body.’ To put it simply, this was an object that had been influenced by the fragment of primordial magic. It was even tainted by darkness.
“I thought I could revive my father before the judge arrived… Anyway, if you are the lost royalty of Castrello, you can slaughter us right now. Because you are the ones who are qualified to do so.”
At those words, the surroundings fell into a heavy silence. Camillo looked somewhat uncomfortable, and Neilla seemed flustered and didn’t know what to do.
At that moment, Roina tilted her head and said,
“By the way, how did you come to think that if you draw a picture with this brush, your father can get out of there?”
Roina followed the traces of magic imbued in that brush. And the pictures that this man had drawn. Every single one of them showed traces of magic being activated. But the magic to get the man trapped in the mana crystal out of there, which he mentioned, was not there.
“Huh?”
At Roina’s words, the man continued, dumbfounded.
“That’s… well. I naturally thought that would happen…”
Only then did he seem to become a bit clearer in the head, and his eyes widened.
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