The Gap Between You and Me - Chapter 149

She should’ve asked for a lantern.

Herietta regretted it belatedly, but felt something sticky on her palm.

What is this?

Herietta lifted her hand from the windowsill and checked her palm. Soon, she was horrified.

“!”

Red blood was smeared on Herietta’s palm, spread out under the moonlight.

She hurriedly looked around the window and saw that there was blood on the floor as well as the window sill.

How the hell did this…… ?

Herietta was extremely confused looking at the sea of blood spreading in front of her, but she felt a strange presence behind her.

A gasping breath. The sound of clothes brushing.

No way.

“The owner of this room…… Where is it?”

Breaking the suffocating silence, someone spoke to her.

“The Prince of Velicia…… Where is he now?”

The voice was full of hostility, without the slightest hint of goodwill.

Herietta slowly turned around. And there was a man standing right next to the door.

Her whole body stiffened. Her heart started pounding and throbbing.

Hiding in the dark, the man’s face was invisible. Only the vague shape was visible. Even so, Herietta was able to recognize him.

The commander who led the Kustan Army.

The Black Knight who aimed his sword at Bernard.

It was that man.

Hadn’t the Kustan army all retreated to their homeland?

Herietta rolled her eyes, trying to calm her quivering heart.

Did he come under the cover of darkness to assassinate Bernard?

Was it all a lie that the Kustan army had retreated?

The questions running through her mind came one after another. She looked around the room, but it seemed that there was only that man, the intruder.

Why? She didn’t understand at all. Kustan clearly had an advantage over Velicia. They were able to press Velicia well enough without using such an extreme method.

Even if this man was confident in his skills. But to think of jumping into enemy territory all alone? It’s like…….

Thump. With a heavy sound, the man took a step towards Herietta.

“You there.”

He spoke to Herietta once again. Surprised by that, she reflexively faltered and took a step back from him. Even so, she remembered the dagger she was carrying in her arms and quickly tried to pull it out.

“If you just…… answer me…… I won’t harm…….”

His body trembled as he spoke sparsely in a murmur. Kaang. His sword plunged into the floor with a dull sound. It seemed that he intended to use it to support his body as he was about to lose his balance and fall.

But that alone was not enough. He swayed precariously and eventually fell to the floor, collapsing. The sword in his hand also fell beside him, making a loud noise.

“…….”

Herietta was very taken aback by the unexpected development. Why did the man who was standing still suddenly fall down? She wondered if he was playing a clever trick, but she soon realized he wasn’t. His rough, irregular breathing came into her ears.

Splat. Herietta stepped on a puddle on the floor. Unknowingly, she lowered her head to check underneath, and noticed that it was blood, the one she had seen earlier. Her gaze returned to the man lying on the floor.

Then this blood is of that man’s…….

Only then did Herietta realize.

The reason why Jonathan urgently came to Bernard at such a late hour.

The reason why Bernard sent Herietta to his room, which was heavily guarded.

The reason why the man who broke into the fortress collapsed on the floor bleeding like this.

It was as if the scattered puzzle pieces were fitting into place one by one.

She should call…… someone.

Herietta gulped. By now, many Velicia soldiers, including Bernard, should have been looking for this man. So she had to go out and let them know that this man was here.

But.

Herietta’s eyes darkened as she looked at the man. Only his hard breathing and suppressed groans could be heard intermittently. He lay helplessly limp on the floor.

Will there ever be a better opportunity for her to get revenge on the man?

Because of the soldiers this man led, her younger brother died on the battlefield.

Because the soldiers this man led reached Brimdel Castle first, she lost the chance to avenge her family forever.

Because the soldiers this man led were not satisfied with that and crossed the border of Velicia, her benefactor’s country was trampled mercilessly.

All because of this cruel, unscrupulous man who fell before his eyes.

Herietta gritted her teeth.

She knew that her way of thinking was wrong. He and she just met in the wrong way at the wrong time. As a knight of Kustan, she knew that he also had a position of his own. It’s not that she doesn’t know that.

However, a hot fire was burning in Herietta’s heart. A fire of hatred that cannot be put out without punishing someone. Now that the target of revenge has disappeared in front of her, the hatred that has lost its destination has spread wildly like an uncontrollable wildfire.

And now, at the end, only this man in front of her remained.

If the Velician army captured him, all decision-making rights for him would fall into their hands.

If later, through trial, he becomes a slave.

If his limbs are cut off.

If he gets a death sentence.

If so, will she be satisfied with the result herself?

Herietta wasn’t even sure of it herself.

After thinking about it for a long time, she took out her dagger and raised it. Then she held it in her hand and moved her steps cautiously toward the man who seemed half-fainted. As she approached him, little by little the shadowy outline of the man became clearer.

The man was wearing a mask. Perhaps in order to melt into the darkness as well as possible, all other parts except for his eyes were wrapped in black clothes. He had long sword scars all over his body, probably because he had already been attacked several times while he came here.

The man was gasping for breath as if he would stop breathing at any moment. The stench of his blood stung her nostrils. Herietta frowned at the man’s condition, which looked much worse than she thought. It was amazing that he was able to come this far in this condition.

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