"Young, Young Mistress …"
The guards on the other side of the river were startled when they saw Bambiaita preparing to attack Maples. They jumped over the river bank and stood guard beside Bambiaita.
Bambiaeta raised her chin and pointed at Feng Ye, saying, "Let's go.
"Catch him!"
"…"
Maples's eyes glowed with a faint golden light as he looked at Bambiaita. His gaze penetrated her body and looked straight into her soul.
The Divine Eye was an ability to manipulate emotions, and it could also see the inner thoughts of others. It had the ability to read minds. Unless it was someone with the same mental strength level as Maples, it was almost impossible to stop the Divine Eye from reading minds.
Maples' gaze penetrated Bambiaita's soul in an instant. Every corner of her mind was seen clearly, and the images reflected in her mind made Maples raise his brows slightly.
It was the same as his impression of her.
Although the girl in front of him was cute and lively, she was extremely cruel and willful. When she was in a bad mood, she would find handsome men to torture and kill for fun.
Maples even saw some images of himself in Bambiaita's mind. They were very bloody and unsightly.
"How vile."
Maples wasn't angry when he saw those images. Instead, he smiled.
Bambiaita, who was being stared at by Maples, had an inexplicable feeling of being seen through. Her body tensed up inexplicably, and she felt abnormally uncomfortable.
Whoosh! Whoosh!!
At this moment, the guards who received Bambiaita's order looked at each other. After a brief hesitation, they moved separately and surrounded Maples in an instant.
Although Maples looked like a noble, Bambiaita's order had to be carried out. Otherwise, the disobedient guards would have a tragic end.
Whoosh!
When the guards surrounded Maples and were about to attack, Maples suddenly took a step forward and appeared directly in front of Bambiaita.
Bambiaita could only see a blurry shadow flashing by. She didn't see what happened at all. Her pupils contracted violently, and she subconsciously wanted to retreat.
But.
She had just lifted her foot when she felt her clothes being grabbed by someone. Her body shook violently and she couldn't get away from Maples.
Maples calmly reached out and grabbed Bambiaita's clothes in front of her to prevent her from retreating. He then gently lifted her up.
"You …"
Bambiaita revealed a horrified expression. She held a medal in her left hand and extended it. The medal instantly extended out a spirit particle light blade and slashed at Maples's arm.
However, when the Spiritual Particle Light Blade came into contact with Feng Ye's sleeves, it immediately shattered. It was as if a fragile glass had come into contact with a tough steel wall.
It was also at this moment.
Bambiaita noticed that the guards behind her were all strangely frozen in place. After swaying for a bit, they fell to the ground one by one. Their spiritual pressure disappeared.
How could this be!
Bambiaita's body stiffened, and a trace of horror appeared in her eyes. Although her guards weren't very strong, they weren't weak either. They were Quincy, second only to official Knights.
However, in front of Maples, they didn't even see Maples move and they all fell to the ground just like that!
What kind of terrifying strength was this!
Even if it was an official knight, it would be impossible to get rid of all her guards in such a short time. At the very least, one would need to be a head knight to be able to do so!
However, Maples said he wasn't a Knight …
Moreover, Maples gave her a very strange feeling. At close range, he indeed gave her a completely different feeling from a normal Quincy.
"You, you're a Variant Quincy?"
Bambiaita thought of a possibility and asked with a slightly trembling voice.
The power left behind by the Void King permeated every corner of the world. Soul Society had Variant Humans, Hueco Mundo had Variant Voids, and Wandless Empire also had Variant Quincy.
However, compared to Soul Society and Hueco Mundo, the number of Variant Quincy was extremely small. Moreover, as soon as they appeared, they were often treated as' variants' and killed.
The only Variant Quincy that wasn't executed was an existence recognized by Yhwach as a member of the Sterncross Knights. The other Variant Quincy weren't recognized at all!
No wonder!
No wonder the man in front of her said he wasn't a Knight but had such power!
"The power that you understand is indeed flowing through my body."
Maples lifted Bambiaita in the air with one hand and spoke with a calm expression. It was worth mentioning that the noble's clothes were very sturdy. Even under such a pull, they didn't tear.
Bambiaita's eyes revealed fear. Her body trembled, and she could no longer be as calm as before.
"No, I don't know. I don't know anything. Please let me go …"
Every Variant Quincy was regarded as an enemy by all Quincy. Once discovered, they would be collectively besieged and even attracted the Sterncross Knights to take action.
Then, if he were to expose the identity of a mutated Quincy Destroyer alone, it was obvious what would happen next — he would definitely be silenced!
At this moment.
Not to mention that her identity was only a young lady of a noble family, even if she was a descendant of the Sterncross Knights, even if she was a member of the royal family, it was meaningless. In order to hide their identity, Variant Quincy didn't care about any sins!
Maples looked at Bambiaita. When he heard her words, he suddenly revealed a gentle smile and said, "Since you discovered my identity, how can I let you go?"
This gentle smile looked very sunny, but in Bambiaita's eyes, it was as terrifying as a demon opening its huge mouth and revealing its fangs!
"However."
"I won't kill you."
Feng Ye looked at Bambiaita and maintained his gentle smile. "For you, death alone won't be enough to erase everything."
Hearing Maples' words, Bambiaita was terrified. She didn't know what Maples was going to do to her, but at the same time, a glimmer of hope rose in her heart. Because as long as she didn't die, there was still a chance to live!
It was very difficult for Variant Quincy to survive in the Wandless Empire. Once discovered and attracted the attention of the Sterncross Knights, then as long as she was still alive, there was a possibility of saving her!
But.
Almost as soon as this thought appeared in her mind, Maples' hand that was grabbing her clothes suddenly pushed forward and instantly pierced through her chest.
As blood splattered everywhere, Maples' hand penetrated her body and appeared behind her. In his palm was a still beating heart.
“！”
Bambiaita's thoughts instantly froze. She felt the power in her body recede like the tide. She fell back and fell to the ground.
Looking at Maples standing there and the heart in Maples' hand, despair, anger, and other emotions emerged in her heart.
Didn't he say he wouldn't kill her?!
Why!
If she was a knight captain, a Sterncross Knight, she would definitely let Maples experience the cruelest and most painful torture in the world before dying … But unfortunately, she didn't have the chance.
Bambiaita's vision gradually fell into darkness.
Maples stood there quietly. His gaze swept past the heart in his palm that gradually stopped beating. He lowered his head and looked at Bambiaita's corpse on the ground.
He said calmly, "This is your first death."
…
Light shone in through the window and onto the warm bed.
Bambiaita was lying there in a loose nightgown. She frowned and gradually opened her eyes, waking up bit by bit.
She felt a slight headache in her daze. She sat up with her hand on her forehead and looked around. She realized that this was not her bedroom but an unfamiliar room.
This is …
Where is this place?
"Wait …"
Bambiaita suddenly felt a headache. Pieces of fragmented memories appeared in her mind and gradually connected.
She saw herself going out to hunt with her guards. She saw herself meeting a man. She saw herself instructing her guards to attack the man. In the end, she saw the man piercing her chest with his hand and taking out her still-beating heart.
“！！！”
The last scene caused her forehead to be covered with sweat in an instant, causing her to gasp violently for a few times. She stretched out her hand to pull open her loose pajamas and looked at her chest.
Her skin was undamaged, and she could not see any wounds. She could also feel that her heart was still lying in her chest, beating normally.
"… A nightmare?"
Bambiaita's chest rose and fell violently. Then, she gradually calmed down. She looked around and said, "But why would I have such a nightmare? Where is this place …"
After determining that the previous situation should be a nightmare, she was slightly relieved. Even though she noticed that this was not her room, she was no longer as afraid as before.
Because she was the eldest daughter of the Bambiaita family, her status was noble. Other than the Sterncross Knights, who stood at the top, even the knight captain of Silver Rack City did not dare to do anything bad to her.
She stood up and looked at the clothes by her bed. She casually took them and put them on. Then, she pushed open the bedroom door and walked out.
"Is anyone here?"
Bambiaita asked in the direction of the corridor.
However, the corridor ahead was empty. There was no one in sight.
Looking out through the window, this seemed to be a villa. Below was an open and spacious courtyard. It seemed that at least an ordinary noble was qualified to live in this place.
However, it should not be a noble family with a high status. Judging from the carpet in the corridor and the decorations on the pillars, it was at most a low-ranking noble.
High-ranking nobles would not use such a low-quality carpet. It was not dignified enough.
"Why is there no one here?"
Bambiaita shouted. After receiving no response, she frowned and sensed the entire manor. In the end, she did not sense anyone's spiritual pressure fluctuations.
The entire manor was deserted as if she was the only one here.
If the hunting scene was a nightmare, then how did she come to this manor before that? This puzzled Bambiaita. She inexplicably felt a little cold as if there was a gloomy aura lingering in her heart.
In any case, in order to figure out what happened, she obviously had to determine where this place was first.
Thinking of this,
Bambiaita took a deep breath, walked forward along the corridor, and came to the staircase. She went down the stairs and soon arrived at the hall on the first floor.
The main door leading to the outside courtyard was open. Just as she was about to walk out, she suddenly noticed from the corner of her eye that there seemed to be a shadow moving in the side hall connected to the spacious hall.
“？！”
Bambiaita was slightly startled.
Although there was an inexplicable chill in her heart, she still subconsciously walked in the direction of the side hall as if she could not control herself.
After a few steps, she came to the main entrance of the side hall and walked in.
What greeted her was a side hall that was smaller than the main hall but very spacious. There was a long table here, and there were about seven or eight plates of food in the corner of the table.
A man was sitting at the table, holding a knife and fork. He gently cut a piece of fried egg and put it into his mouth. At the same time, he looked in her direction and smiled faintly.
"Morning."
The man looked exactly the same as the person who killed her in the nightmare and took out her heart!
Bambiaita's pupils contracted violently. An inexplicable feeling of horror shrouded her heart in an instant, causing her forehead to be covered in cold sweat. Her whole body even shook a little, and she was a little unstable.
The memory in the nightmare overlapped with the scene in front of her.
A fearful thought surged in her heart.
What happened before …
Was it really a dream?!
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