Iron Blood Earl Riccianne

Ow! Ow!

As Lycaen leaps off the saddle, a large fox's teeth make a eerie noise.

Hee hee hee hee!

Lycaen's riding horse bursts into tears, his front foot lifting, and he slumps to his side, frowning. The fox's teeth on the spot where Lycaen disappeared bit the horse's neck.

“Poison!”

A bewildering cry erupts from Caith's mouth. Even if a beast bites you, you can't die all at once. A dark red blood stalk that suddenly foamed and sprayed from a bite. I had no choice but to remind myself of the poison.

Sheik! Sheik!

The King and Caith's arrows split the air. However, the fox dodges two arrows lightly, then strikes back at Lycaen once more.

“You can't be a monster! ”

Lycaen smashes the head of a fox with a fist. No, I tried to hit him.

Whirlyric!

The fox, however, turns away from Lycaen's fist, sneaking away from the air. And instead of finishing there, he raised his sharp fangs at Lycaen.

“Suck!”

Lycaen quickly recalls that his teeth might be poisoned, and pulls back.

Glug-ug-ug!

The fox bites the air again, drooling excitedly and staring at Lycaen.

“Your Majesty!"

“You're all right!”

Proximity knights, who investigated the situation later, rush to this direction with long sword drawn.

Shhh!

Long Sword of the proximal knight arrives first, splitting the air.

Enemies!

“Shhh!”

The first knight, who was careless when he saw that he was a fox, collapsed screaming, biting his arm off. And like the horse, I foamed up and saved myself. He bled dark red in the wound.

“What a poison! ”

Caith raises his scream and pulls back at the protest again. Meanwhile, the other three proximal knights swing their swords at the fox.

And Caith had to witness what a frightening sight it was.

Chae-yeon!

As soon as the fox bites the flying sword with his teeth, Long Sword's body was thrown out in two cavities. And in an instant, another proximal knight fell to his death.

“Deo, where the hell did that monster come from?! ”

Lycaen bellows and blows away.

As soon as the fox sees Lycaen approaching, Caith's arrow flies toward the fox as he prepares to take another leap.

Smash!

But where there was an arrow, there was a fox on the ground. The fox has been sneaking away and avoiding Lycaen for some time.

Meanwhile, Lycaen is picking up Long Sword from the proximal knight who first died.

“Phew, Phew! ”

You rapidly pick up your breath and pull the air out of your hypogastric cavity. Hot energy that spreads throughout the body in an instant. At the same time, a red glow rises from Lycaen's long sword.

The blade of error, the sword of blood, is originally a middle-aged aerial, so it should be called the steel of the sword. Lycaen pulled out the sword, which he thought would never be caught in the ordinary way.

Grrr! Grrrrr!

An even more excited fox bursts into fierce tears, noticing that Lycaen has a weapon in her hand.

At the same time, Lycaen blew up.

A relaxing walk out like a mountain volcano. A sword that draws the same slow trajectory. I could feel his frustration.

And at that moment, the fox hit the ground.

Kuaang!

A crooked agari bursts into a bizarre roar and digs into Lycaen's arms. And a red glow by blocking the fox's path.

Again, the fox flips from the air, aiming for Lycaen's neck. However, Lycaen's black ship was being swept away by a fox.

A madly slow sword suddenly appeared under the fox's belly.

The Kaise I was looking at was strange enough to rub my eyes without my knowledge.

And a red orb blade that cuts a fox's belly open!

Kyahhhh!

The fox falls to the ground and thumps fiercely. As a result, my intestines poured out from a split ship. Nevertheless, the fox does not die but stops moving after a long time of luminescence.

“Where did these monsters come from? ”

The king asked with an unbelievable face. The king enjoys hunting, not just in his hunting grounds, but in mountains and forests across the Brent Kingdom. But I've never seen a monster like a fox, but not like a fox at all.

“Phew!”

Lycaen, who took his breath, hands Long Sword over to the proximal knight, then approaches the king.

“I don't know what kind of monster this is, but one thing is certain. ”

“Hmm?"

“They were after me. ”

What just happened was not something that could happen naturally. An event artificially created by someone. And it wasn't that hard to guess who it was.

Lycaen speaks quietly to the king.

“Your Majesty, I've already told you that I will be your weapon... but I'm going to break it once and tell you what I think. ”

The king nods in curiosity.

“Speak.”

“Yes, that monster was after me... But if it was the monster who was after you, what sin would it have committed?" ”

The king notices something meaningful and waits for Lycaen's next words.

“Don't you have a hunting dog who wants to bite your master? I think it's time to give up the evil hound that bites the owner... ”

A cold smile appeared on the king's face. Then he nodded slowly.

“You don't need a hound waving its teeth at its owner because it doesn't pet you. But throwing it away isn't the only thing that's good. Sometimes it is a good way to pull out your teeth and get yourself full. ”

* * *

The Hunting Competition came to an abrupt conclusion with the recent attempts to close the Sea of Kings.

The fact that a beast should have appeared at the Hunting Ground and attacked the king may be seen as someone behind the conspiracy.

Of course, nothing is certain. However, what is important in the current situation is the fact that the king was attacked by a highly suspicious attack.

Of course, the suspected person was all the nobles and servants who participated in the hunting contest. They've all been annihilated in the Starpalace within the castle.

And the only two people to escape their pension from the hunting grounds. It was Lycaen and Caith. No doubt because he risked his life to protect the king and defeated the monsters.

Everything, of course, was a script created by the King, Ricaien and Caith.

“By the way, why do you reject His Majesty's proposal so much? It's a good opportunity, actually. ”

On the way back, Caith asked me with a look on his face that he really couldn't understand. Due to the nature of the king he knows, it is very rare to make the same offer twice.

Lycaen smiles and asks.

“Why? Too bad? ”

“Tsk, that's a shame, to be honest. I was disgusted by Agnes' marriage, but if you accept the offer, it's a natural cover-up. Thanks to you, it's still a long way to go to defend Anness, even if you refuse the offer. ”

“Then why didn't you take the offer? ”

“Tsk, I don't like you. How could I?

“There's nothing you can do. ”

Caith frowns and says.

“Erai, you bastard. All right, all right. Why did you really refuse, anyway? ”

Lycaen said with a serious look to Cais, who asked the original question again.

“What did I tell you before? ”

“You said it was gross.”

“Yes, it's very strange. And the truth is... ”

“Yes? Is there another reason? ”

Caith, who thought it couldn't be because he was simply uncomfortable, was looking for an answer with a gleam in his eyes.

“It's the difference between a hound and a knife. ”

“Huh?"

“When the rabbit hunt is over, the hounds are boiled, but the knives are stored in storage. ”

“What? Boil a hound? Why?”

Caith asks with a silly look. Boiling a hound for Caith, who doesn't know the Middle East's words or culture, is completely incomprehensible. However, Riccianne turned to the topic without further explanation.

“By the way, I told you before. ”

“Huh?"

“You're the only one who has friends. ”

“Oh, yeah. Why would you say that? ”

“Come to think of it, I have another friend. ”

“Huh?! ”

Leaning toward Caith, who does not know the language, Lycaen smiles deeply.

“I'll see you next time. ”

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