Three...

I was taken hostage by a demon. His claws on my neck, if try to something I'm dead for sure. I said that he can kill me cause if he do that then Allan can easily take him down as there will be no pressure upon him... But deep down in my heart, I thought that Allan will find some way to save me. His expression were back to normal as they were not as horrifying as they were when he was fighting against the Terlon.

I believed that he can protect me but even if he wouldn't able to, it's fine, cuz he had already saved my life once and he also fight this demon for us, so...

At least that's what I thought but,

"Kill her. It's ok, I'm not a kind person who will sacrifice his life for others. My life is much important to me so just go ahead and kill her."

"W-WHAT? DON'T YOU CARE ABOUT HER?! SHE IS PRINCESS OF THIS KINGDOM, ISN'T SHE, YOU SHOULD TRY TO PROTECT HER!"

"Protecting her you say while you yourself has taken her hostage, it's funny... Sorry, but my own life is much important to me then others."

"I'M TELLING YOU THAT IF YOU PROVOKE ME, I WOULDN'T HESITATE."

Terlon, the demon, whose hands were on my throat, slightly cut it.

A drop of blood fall on the ground.

"So don't. I'm not saying you to not hesitate, you can do whatever you want I don't care."

With that, my last hope of being saved, lost... The ray of light in sky was completely vanished and clouds covered the whole sky.

Allan turned his back.

"You can to do whatever you want, I'm leaving. Fighting you is no fun."

I hung my head. Staring the floor, a drop of tear fall from my eye.

𝘐 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘢𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘪𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴... 𝘐... 𝘐... 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘐 𝘥𝘰? 𝘐'𝘮... 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘬...

No one likes to die. Everyone has a desire to live, so did I, but... What else can I do?

"A-Allan, what are you doing?! Save my daughter!"

"Why should I, Mr. King? Don't you see, he wants my head in order to release her? Why should I give away my life in order to protect a stranger?"

!

𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳? 𝘈𝘮 𝘐 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘩𝘪𝘮?... 𝘐𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦?... 𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩, 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵... 𝘞𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘦?

𝘞𝘦 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘰... 𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘺𝘦𝘴... 𝘞𝘩𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘴 𝘮𝘦... 𝘐 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘐 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘪𝘤𝘦...

𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘪𝘧 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳... 𝘏𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧𝘪𝘴𝘩, 𝘪𝘴𝘯'𝘵 𝘩𝘦?

I tried to smile but wasn't able to.

Tears fall on the floor, but I was still holding them back. Should I stop holding them back and let them flow...?

Nah, it would worst after acting so cool and all, but I still...

"HEH, SO YOU'RE ABANDONING HER?"

"Think whatever you wish to, I have completely lost my interest in this kingdom..."

"ALLANNN!! You coward! You're running away like that." My father grabbed Allan's collar.

Watching this, Allan released an aura full of killing intents as he said,

"Oi, old man. I have no interest in saving your daughter but... Aren't you acting quite courageous? Heh, you wanna die?" Allan threatened my father but father didn't go back. Putting up his all courage, he looked into Allan's eyes. Though, it was clear that his hands were trembling in fear.

I can even feel Terlon shaking as he felt Allan's aura, full of bloodlust.

Allan raised his hand in air as if about to attack my father, but no one was able to react upon that. No, it was the instinct...

Our instincts were crying... Screaming... Yelling at us to run and find some place to hide if you want to save your life.

Pressure was to intense that we weren't able to move a single muscle. But still,

"A-Are you going back on your words?!"

"Huh?"

"D-Didn't you agree to be Lucia's knight?! To protect her?!"

"...Heh, now you have said it,"

Allan slap my father's hand to release his collar.

He then turned back to us.

"Sorry Terlon. As you can see, it's my duty to protect that Princess, so..."

!

Allan expression changed again. They were same as before.

Those furious eyes... That smile that can even scare the devil, no, maybe even the...

That look on his face... It was clear that he could kill anyone who will stand in way without a bit mercy...

He was making that face again,

"𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮"

Allan started walking towards us, step by step.

Terlon was trembling in fear, he took a step back while drag me with him in fear.

"H-HEY, DON'T GET ANY CLOSER O-OR... OR I WILL KILL HER."

"Didn't I said it earlier, JUST KILL HER ALREADY."

Allan was emitting an immense amount of energy, I have never seen before.

"But if you do kill her, then I wouldn't need to hold back myself and then... I CAN KILL NO, MURDER YOU BRUTALLY BY MYSELF."

"Just leave her and I promise that I'll spare your life,"

Allan make an offer to Terlon.

Terlon who was shivering in fear, gulped.

"A-ALRIGHT, I-I ACCEPT YOUR OFFER. I'LL RELEASE HER SO-!"

"Too late,"

At that very moment, Allan disappeared from our sight and then,

"You know, you're not the only one who knows how to teleport." Appeared right beside us, putting his left hand on Terlon's shoulder.

𝘏𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘭𝘴𝘰 𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯!? 𝘚𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘭𝘺, 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵...

Allan then whispered only one word in Terlon's ear,

"... Three."

𝘽𝙐𝙐𝙍𝙍𝙎𝙎𝙏𝙏𝙏𝙏

------------------------

As I whispered that one word, Terlon fell into the depth of fear. Before he could understand anything or can react, I put my left hand on his head, and then crushed it.

Blood was everywhere in air as few drop fell on Lucia's face also.

Then I pulled Lucia by my side and used my right hand to dispose Terlon's body.

I put my hand on his back and then release an energy attack to turn his body in to dust.

I looked over Lucia. She was stiffened as I wipe the blood on her cheek with my thumb.

"You alright?"

She nodded in response, haven't uttered a word.

My expressions were scary, the moment I realize that I was making that face again, I quickly composed myself.

After few seconds, Lucia came back to her senses as she said,

"...Th-Thank you. You saved my life again, I will-!"

𝙎𝙇𝘼𝘼𝘼𝙋𝙋𝙋𝙋𝙋𝙋𝙋𝙋

A voice echoed in the whole room.

Lucia was stunned, as she put her hand on her cheek and slowly turned towards me.

. . . . .