Chapter 10

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The main character is bad.

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“Grab!”

There was a sudden push of hands that shrieked Lucelle. He extended his hands and cut off Lucelle’s staff, and stuck out his feet and in between Lucelle’s legs. As he choked the cane onto Lucelle’s neck, which made Lucelle stumble a few times. Ajin blocked her mouth with his right hand.

“Lucelle!”

The screams that came from behind was caused by Carls, who was looking back and forth. Ajin squeezed Lucelle’s neck with her staff, pressing his hand tightly against her mouth. Lucelle struggled, but he pressed hard on the cane that was on her forearms, the pressure on her neck strengthened, made her face white as sheet of paper.

“Shh!”

Ajin whispered as she watched Carls shout. It was a bleak voice, but Carls wasn’t stupid enough not to know what was happening. Carls then looked for Ajin, who was recognized by Lucelle, hesitating with a look of astonishment.

“A-Ajin…”

Ajin, who had just had a friendly smile, had no longer ghad that smile . His loose eyes tightened, and the drooping eyebrows rose and his aura completely changed. Ajin twisted his lips, smiled and took a step back.

“Come on!”

As he stepped back, her throat was severely chocked and Lucelle made a stifling sound. Ajin was displeased with Lucelle’s saliva touching his palm, but that didn’t loosen his strength. He put more force on Lucelle’s mouth and closed it with his hand.

“You look surprised. Don’t make such a face. I feel like I’m going to be weak.”

Ajin kicked the shivering Lucelle with his knee. The screams that Lucelle screamed were blocked by Ajin’s hand, but her limp body that tried to get up instead staggered and fell. Ajin didn’t try to help Lucelle, so Lucelle’s gesture to fall only brought her into further strangle on her.

“Lucelle!”

“Be quiet.”

Carls screamed, and Ajin warned in a quiet voice. He kicked Lucelle that once again, looking at her red-hot ears. A liquid touched the back of his hand. Sweat, no it was tears. He couldn’t see Lucelle’s face when he was holding her back.

Carl saw them and drew his sword.

“Think rationally, Carls. Why did I bother to catch hostages without killing them immediately?”

Ajin raised his lips and laughed. At the question, Carl hesitated and lowered his sword. The hostage was taken because there was something he wanted. Without such a thing, he wouldn’t have done such a nuisance and would have killed her at once.

“What the hell is wrong with you?”

Carl stammered as he looked at Ajin, who completely changed. Ajin, just a while ago, had thin smile, used honorific language. But not now, he was smiling, but the smile Ajin made was so different from what he had seen the very first time.

“What do you mean? I thought there was no reason to act like this.”

“That’s not…”

“I don’t think I have to make you understand. Put your sword down.”

Whispering, Ajin tightened his hands unto Lucelle’s throat more strongly. Lucelle struggled even more, but there was no way to boost her internal strength either. She was not a wizard, but a girl who has indefinite position as an apprentice. To implement magic in the first, you need the arrangement and casting of mana, and a medium of collecting mana. The staff, her medium, was taken away, and her mouth was shut in order to reciting castings. Instead, it was squeezed in her neck to disperse the concentration to arrange the mana. If that happens, the girl in front of you is nothing more than an ordinary girl, not a wizard. It is easy for an adult man to overpower a girl, even if there is no body that has become stronger due to a thrombosis.

“On the ground.”

Ajin whispered as he watched the sword-edge drop down to the ground. With those words, Carls shook his shoulders, and put his sword on the ground. As he stood up with empty hands, Carls shooked his head desperately. He didn’t know what that bastard wants, but as he’s taken hostage, he might be thinking about what to do right now. So once he does what he was told to do, he could take the opportunity to rescue Lucelle… Carl’s face was distorted.

“I’ll kill you. I will kill you for sure.”

“You’re a good listener.”

Looking at Carl’s standing face with his sword down, Ajin laughed while he revealed his teeth.

“Disarmed, but that’s not enough.” Ajin continued to order.

“Kneel down on that spot. And come here. Ten steps will do.”

The order forced Carls to oblige. He clenched his teeth, touching the ground and kneeled. He moved towards Ajin, he crawled on the ground with his knees. It was embarrassing. It was humiliating. While he crawled, Carls’ head was filled with those kinds of thoughts. He is a son of a knight. His honorable father had self-educated knights that were under him. He hasn’t brought any good news to him, but he never thought he’d be humiliated and would be made to crawl on his knees.

‘I can’t help it!’

“It is… it is my childhood friend, Lucelle, is being held hostage.” My father told me that knights should protect and prioritize Ladies. Lucelle is the woman Carl had held in his heart since childhood. She wasn’t a eulogy of a noblewoman, but Carls liked Lucelle, who played with him since childhood. He can bear the humiliation of the moment if it is to save Lucelle.

“Okay. Stop there.”

Ajin giggled as he tightened his grip on Carls’ head. Once the inner power used was filled up, his remaining energy flowed as excess power. Looking at his rising stamina and the total amount of his inner workings, Ajin smiled faintly.

I’m glad I picked the energy drain.

Looking at Carls’ hair, which had lost color and was flabby, Ajin truly thought so.