Chapter 159 - 123: Save me, Knight.

Chapter 159: Chapter 123: Save me, Knight.

’Still, it seems I don’t need to explain anything to Nancy Stuart. She’s just a business arrangement, not my fiancée.’

"Alright, Annie, Dora. I need to get to business now. If you don’t want to be sent back to Blue Moon Territory and Green Shade Territory, go wait outside the carriage."

Dora and Annie, despite their flighty personalities, were not completely disobedient, especially after being threatened with being sent back.

The two had no choice but to leave the carriage, wait outside, and prevent anyone else from trying to have unnecessary conversations with Lian at a time like this.

Anderson curiously asked Kob,

"I saw Miss Annie and Miss Magic Box get out. It looks like the woman from Rose Territory went into Lord Lian’s carriage. Will Lord Lian be alright?"

Kob frowned, holding the reins of his warhorse. "The one who’s going to have a problem is the woman from Rose Territory. Lord Lian never loses out in this regard."

"That’s right. Lord Lian is a man who can conquer even Witches,"

Alex Pool said seriously.

The three of them simultaneously tried to get closer to the carriage to eavesdrop, but their horses would subconsciously panic whenever they approached it. This forced them to retreat in disappointment and follow from a distance.

"What did you do to their horses?"

Annie asked, looking at the Disease Witch Dora beside her.

Dora shrugged. "It’s Status suppression. It’s only normal that they don’t dare approach me."

"Liar. It was a scent."

"Alright, fine. I just spread a scent that makes animals fearful, making them mistake me for a Monster. Haha, it was just a little prank."

Dora laughed like a child, a complete mismatch for her mature and sophisticated appearance.

The corners of Annie’s mouth turned up slightly. She also liked pranks; she was a natural-born rebel.

Inside the carriage, Lian was cleansing the red entry—Heartless—for the Princess of the Fallen Kingdom, Nancy Stuart.

With his Speed, Lian quickly caught the lively and active red entry, all without making any intimate physical contact with Nancy Stuart.

Lian was being exceptionally cautious during this cleansing. Nancy Stuart’s Charm was too unique, and he was afraid that touching her delicate skin might cause some kind of butterfly effect, leading to an unpleasant outcome.

Nancy Stuart also realized she might have misunderstood Lian.

’He’s a gentle, cautious gentleman.’

The moment Lian grasped the red entry, his consciousness was pulled into Nancy Stuart’s personal Illusion Realm.

He saw Nancy Stuart’s original future. She had transformed into a colossal Mermaid Sea Monster, entered the Forbidden Sea, and brought with her countless Monsters in an attempt to devour the entire continent. These Sea Monsters were more powerful than the ones on land, bringing an apocalyptic Nightmare to humanity.

Lian could almost smell the salt and brine of the sea and feel humanity’s insignificance and despair. He took a deep breath.

Then, he saw another of Nancy Stuart’s futures. She was locked in a cage by Mary, subjected to endless torture. Her agonized screams echoed throughout the dungeon. Helplessly, she reached out, calling Lian’s name, but this only invited even more brutal treatment.

Lian felt the dark dampness of the dungeon and Nancy Stuart’s helplessness and despair. He was only an observer, unable to do anything.

After that, he saw yet another future for Nancy Stuart. She was lying beside him, the two of them having done a series of indescribable things. Just as Lian fell asleep, Nancy Stuart took out a dagger and plunged it into his chest.

The Illusion Realm shattered again.

It was the first time Lian had ever seen three completely different futures within a single person’s Illusion Realm.

But he was certain that none of these three futures would come to pass, because he was about to cleanse the red entry hidden within Nancy Stuart.

Finally, the Illusion Realm returned from the future to the present, and then regressed from the present back to Nancy Stuart’s childhood.

It allowed Lian to understand why the entire Stuart line had perished, yet Nancy Stuart was still alive.

Nancy Stuart was the child of Sherman Stuart, the third-generation King of the Stuart Kingdom, and a Merfolk. Her mother vanished without a trace after giving birth to her. Despite this, Sherman Stuart still doted on her, treating her as the apple of his eye. This lasted until Sherman Stuart’s throne was usurped by his younger brother, Newtman Stuart. Newtman Stuart killed Sherman Stuart and imprisoned Nancy Stuart in a dark, underwater dungeon.

It was precisely this coup that allowed the Holy Empire to take advantage of the weakness. The old King led Mary and his army to storm the Stuart Royal Palace, massacring everyone inside. The prisoners in the dungeon were taken as captives. Mary believed that Nancy Stuart, as an unfavored member of the Royal Family, was not important enough to be eliminated. Thus, she kept Nancy by her side and trained her to become a Heartless Spy.

Lian crushed the red entry, [Heartless], and his consciousness withdrew from the Illusion Realm.

[Entry Points +200]

At that same moment, Nancy Stuart heard the sound of her own heartbeat.

THUMP, THUMP, THUMP—

She hadn’t heard the sound of her own heartbeat in a very long time.

Her body did indeed feel a joy of rebirth, but it was different from the sensation a Witch feels when her Magic Power channels are cleansed.

She didn’t experience that feeling that was so intensely similar to pleasure.

Her accelerating heartbeat and quickening breath made Nancy Stuart’s body tremble slightly. This was especially noticeable with those magnificent peaks which, even wrapped in her black-and-white maid dress, could still be partially glimpsed.