"My dear sister, how long are you going to pretend to be asleep?"
The young man tilted his head and stood beside his cousin's bed. He looked at her for a while before answering with a smile. His tone was so soft and sweet that it seemed as if honey could flow out of it, but the sarcasm in his tone was chilling.
Dilferi coughed softly, and a sickly blush appeared on her white cheeks. Her thick eyelashes slowly opened, revealing a pair of bright and clear eyes that stared at her brother. The weakness in the depths of her eyes was difficult to hide, but the flames of hatred were burning.
"What do you want, Akel?"
"You heard what I said before. Don't you know what I want to do?" The young man leaned down and looked into his sister's eyes. "Hand over Yanbao's Ring of Folded Swords, and I'll let you go today."
"What if I say no?" Dilferi looked away with some fear.
The young man sneered, grabbed her chin, and turned her face back. He looked at the face with some greed, the face that belonged to his sister. "Do you think I don't dare to touch you, my dear sister?"
"You're crazy!" Dilferi could see the fanatical possessiveness in her brother's eyes. She didn't know whether it was fear or anger that made her tremble. The girl's face was pale, and at this moment, it was almost transparent, like crystal jade.
"What a perfect masterpiece. That old uncle of mine could actually give birth to a daughter like you."
The young man grinned, and one of his hands moved down and pressed on her chest. "I'll count to three. Tell me where Yanbao's Ring of Folded Swords is, or don't blame me for being rude."
"One."
"Two."
The Countess trembled slightly, but she stubbornly closed her eyes. She knew very well that her brother was not the kind of gentleman who kept his word. If she spoke here, then what awaited her would be a miserable end.
"If you dare to touch me, Akel, you can forget about getting that ring for the rest of your life." Dilferi forced herself to calm down and replied coldly. Yanbao's Ring of the Folded Sword was a keepsake passed down from generation to generation during the Seifer Dynasty. This ring was to the Yanbao family what the Lionheart Sword was to Erouine, and the Flaming Blade was to the Cruz Empire. Without this ring, Count Yanbao would never be legitimate.
"Wrong answer, three." The young man sneered, "My dear sister, you are mistaken about one thing. Do you think this ring is really important to me? The position of Count Yanbao will belong to me sooner or later. It doesn't matter to me whether I have those external items or not. In comparison, I'm more interested in you. "
As he spoke, he tore open the first copper button on Dilferi's chest.
"Ah —!" Dilferi felt a chill in front of her chest. Her snow-white skin was exposed. She couldn't help but scream, "Akel, you're crazy!"
The countess finally felt fear. She struggled violently. But in return, the young man replied somewhat manically, "Yes, I am crazy, my dear sister, but you asked for it!"
As he spoke, he pressed the weak Dilferi back onto the bed. "I'll give you one last chance, Dilferi, the Yanbao family's ring." Akel roared.
"I won't give it to you even if I die, Akel." The countess wept weakly.
"Then you can go die."
But as soon as the young man's voice fell, a cold voice replied, "Yes, I also think that some beasts should die."
"Who!"
The sudden voice made Akel turn around in horror, but he only saw the door behind him fall apart like a piece of paper. A long black sword pierced out of it, and in the next moment, it was already in front of him.
"No," the handsome young man let out a shrill scream, "Damn Anurek, where are you!"
… …
Niya recovered after a short period of unconsciousness. She seemed to be slowly waking up from a long dream. She only remembered that she seemed to have had a nightmare, and in that nightmare, there was a demon she didn't want to see.
A conversation gradually became clear from this dream:
"Brando, after the matter in Ampere Seale, I want to go with you to Tónigel."
"Your Highness …"
"What's wrong, am I not welcome?"
"No, I just feel a little confused. Why would Your Highness suddenly want to go to such a remote place? To be honest, if I could, I would rather stay in Ampere Seale. "
"Because I have a best friend who was secretly abducted back to the territory by a lord. She is my best friend, and she was injured because of me. I have to go and see her."
The man's voice suddenly coughed awkwardly.
Two voices came from afar. The female Knight was stunned for a moment before she realized that it was Her Highness and the Count. So the Count is already awake? She thought, then subconsciously got up and wanted to go out to greet them. She was a little confused as to why she suddenly fell asleep.
But when she moved slightly, she found that her hands were tied behind her back. In fact, her whole body was tied behind her back to a pillar. Niya suddenly woke up, and everything that had happened before seemed to immediately return to her memory.
"Miss Dilferi!" The female Knight couldn't help but call out in a low voice. She suddenly opened her eyes and saw that the door in front of the hall had been pushed open by Brando and Her Highness.
She immediately saw the maid beside them.
And Brando saw the female Knight tied behind her back at a glance. Of course, he still remembered this cow Knight. When he first met Dilferi, he had even exchanged blows with her once. He remembered that the other party should be called Niya, Dilferi's personal Knight.
"But what's going on?" His face immediately changed.
"What the hell is going on?" Her Highness also turned around and questioned the maid.
Before they entered the courtyard outside, they saw the maid standing outside with a pale face, but when they asked her what happened, she couldn't answer. He and Princess Gryphine realized that something was wrong and hurried over. They didn't even knock on the door and directly opened it. They didn't expect to see such a scene as soon as they opened the door.
Brando rushed to Niya's side, helped the female Knight untie the ropes on her body, and then took off the cloth ball stuffed in her mouth. Niya felt that the foreign object in her mouth was gone, and before she could catch her breath, she immediately shouted to Brando, "Mr. Brando, quickly go and save Miss Dilferi!"
"Where is she? What happened? "Brando's face changed.
After he and the princess left Lucretia's weapon and armor shop, they also came to visit the Countess on the spur of the moment. Her Highness mentioned that Dilferi's condition wasn't too good. Forcefully using the Devil Armband had greatly overdrawn her life. Although she saved her life in the end, it was likely that she would have to spend the rest of her life in a wheelchair.
Brando originally wanted to comfort the Countess. In fact, he had already expected this outcome. The Devil King wasn't someone that could be controlled by just anyone. At that time, everyone thought that they were going to die, so they rashly let Dilferi use this method. But they didn't expect that the one who was left with the greatest injury after the battle was this girl from Yanbao.
But in Brando's view, this wasn't irreparable. At least the legendary Fountain of Life in the Black Forest could perfectly solve this problem. Of course, the Fountain of Life was just an illusory legend to the average person, but it wasn't necessarily so for him. Brando felt that as long as he waited a little longer, it wasn't impossible to enter the Black Forest to find the Fountain of Life.
Of course, before that, he felt that he needed to calm Dilferi down.
But he didn't expect to encounter such a situation as soon as he arrived.
In fact, before Nia spoke, Brando more or less guessed who the enemy was. There were only three forces that could cause trouble for the Countess now. The first was the Devil King, but the Devil King's revenge wouldn't come so quickly. Besides, even if the King of Chaos wanted revenge, he would first look for him and not the Countess.
Then there was the Holy Cathedral of Fire. But using demonic spells could be a big or small matter, and the Holy Cathedral of Fire obviously wouldn't slap themselves in the face at this juncture. Besides, they wouldn't use such underhanded means. Kidnapping a noble? If word got out, the Holy Cathedral of Fire could close down in the future.
Then, the only thing left could only be a power struggle within the Yanbao family. In fact, as early as when he sneaked into the manor and first met Dilferi, Brando realized that there might be a problem with Yanbao. Otherwise, they wouldn't have let a girl like Dilferi come to such a place to represent Count Yanbao, and even bring along the strongest fighting force within Yanbao.
But what he didn't expect was that the moment the war of Ampere Seale ended, those reckless nobles came to cause trouble for him. And they directly attacked Dilferi.
The anger in Brando's heart burned fiercely.
"Miss is in her room on the second floor, and someone wants to harm her-!"
"Which room is her room?" The female Knight's words were interrupted by Brando before she could finish. The young lord's cold tone startled Nia slightly. She probably didn't understand why the other party was so angry.
In her opinion, Brando was one of the culprits who caused Dilferi to become like this. She didn't have a good impression of Brando, but now she had to answer weakly, "She's in the third room from the left upstairs, Count, please hurry up and help Miss …"
Before the female Knight finished her weak words, Brando's Halran Gaia was already out of its sheath, and the dark blade reflected a slight chill in her heart. She could feel the murderous intent emanating from the young lord, and in the next moment, Brando disappeared in front of her.
Cruz's Flash Strike Sword Art.
Brando was using Flash Strike Sword Art. He swung his sword backhandedly at a pillar on the second floor's suspended corridor, and cut it in half along with his sword. Then he passed through it and landed steadily on the corridor.
The door to Dilferi's room was already in front of him.
But it was at this time that Brando's sharp hearing allowed him to hear the last conversation between Akel and Dilferi. It would have been better if he didn't hear it, but once he heard it, Brando almost went crazy.
Is this still a human?
Although he already knew some of the unbearable rumors about Erouine among the nobles, he couldn't believe that he could do such a thing to his sister as an elder brother. Whether it was the half of Brando's soul that was a modern person or the heart of a simple young man from Bucce, he absolutely couldn't accept it.
His heart was cold, and he probably only felt this angry when he saw what Graudin did in Abies Castle. The element of space solidified with its owner's anger, and before Brando could even draw his sword, a white frost bloomed in all directions with him as the center.
Brando swung his sword forward.
The door suddenly fell apart, and then he saw the inexplicably shocked face. Although handsome, it was as ugly as a demon.
… …
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