Love Letter From The Future

3. Dragon’s Eye, Human Mind (52)

Suddenly, the howl of the crypt, hanging like a dusk, shook the world.

Dirt fell, and the earthen wall, which seemed solid, began to crack. I couldn’t help but laugh when I saw it.

“… … What did you do.”

Scratching my vocal chords, a snarling question leaked out. However, even with that threatening tone, Mitram only burst into laughter as if he was having fun.

“A good hunter always keeps two traps. If things go wrong, shouldn’t there be at least some way to reset everything?”

At the same time, the string of magical power in Mitram’s hand wriggled and stood up.

The opponent it was aiming for was the princess.

I immediately hit the string of magic with my sword. Along with the noise, the twisted string wrapped around my arm and burned.

I hurriedly shouted at the knight and princess, who were still engrossed.

“I told you to run away right away!”

“That’s right, you might as well run away… … .”

Mitram’s tone when he said that was extremely calm.

However, he couldn’t hide the vague joy and madness that lay underneath. The woman’s mouth was bizarrely elongated.

“This crypt is going to collapse soon.”

As soon as he heard those words, the female knight’s face turned pale. If the crypt collapsed, the fate of the people remaining in it was obvious.

There was only death.

The female knight immediately stumbled and stood up. And just before turning around and running away, she looked back at me with hesitating eyes.

The question she was about to ask flowed out of the princess’s mouth.

“This, Sir Ian… … .”

My body stopped at the gasping voice, that one word that was still not drained.

“Uh, what are you going to do… It’s dangerous, you have to avoid it… … .”

“Your Highness the Princess.”

Only then did my eyes meet the princess’ light gray eyes for the first time.

I gave a faint smile.

“… … I am glad you are alive.”

The vertically torn eyes of the princess opened wide.

She didn’t even move, as if she had become an ice statue. However, the tears welling up were only proving that the girl was a human being with feelings.

Before the princess could even open her mouth, I let out a firm voice.

“leave.”

Of course, those were not the words thrown at the princess.

If that was the case, he wouldn’t have spoken in a commanding tone in the first place.

The female knight bowed her head once with a slightly sad expression on her face. Then, he kicked the ground straight toward the entrance and left.

The sound of footsteps got farther and farther away.

Even then Mitram had no restraints. Rather, the woman whistled, whistling, and even showed the leisure to watch the female knight’s back.

Mitram laughed at my puzzled expression.

“Isn’t it a mismatch anyway? It will be difficult to secure the princess’s eyes safely, and if that’s the case, we’ll have to choose the next best option.”

“The next best thing?”

“You.”

Mitram’s eyes glared at me with a slight heat. If left as it is, it was ready to pierce my body with its eyes.

The corners of her mouth twisted and curled up.

“You are a stumbling block. Not just today, but in the future… So, today I will be satisfied with getting rid of you.”

Hearing that, I couldn’t help but smile bitterly.

It was an overestimation. Even so, it was not a praise worthy of the Dark Priest who planted the test subjects next to the imperial family.

But for now, it was fine.

At the very least, the possibility of Mitram ignoring me and chasing after the princess was significantly reduced. It was not a bad situation for me, who had to protect the princess first.

However, I was a little resentful of that imposing attitude, so I bluffed until the end.

“Can I kill you?”

It was then that the tremors swept through the crypt again with a rumble.

It was the second shake I had, so I didn’t lose my balance again. He just bit his lip and cast a bitter gaze at Mitram.

Mitram muttered blankly and with a hazy look.

“… … It’s not long now.”

“In the crypt, what the hell did you do?”

Instead of answering, the woman gave a faint smile. She covered her mouth and giggled.

“Wasn’t that a little strange? Why is there a crypt under the academy? I could have done more serious work… … .”

With those words, dozens of strands of pure blue magic were scattered.

It was a clear expression of hostility. While moaning, I fixed my grip on the sword.

The arm was not fully healed, and the joint of the ankle was dislocated due to accumulated injuries from the explosion.

By all accounts, there were no positive signs to be found. Even so, the option of not confronting did not exist.

In the first place, even with the broken ankle, I couldn’t properly run away from that monster.

There was only one thing I could do, buy time for the princess to run away.

Mitram spoke in a voice tinged with whitish mania.

“… … Oh, but true. Do you like to dance?”

And as the woman spun around, dozens of strings stood up like living snakes.

Today’s dance partner was an immortal monster that would not die even if it turned to ashes.

**

Dozens of strings shoot out like an awl.

It has long since exceeded the number that can be countered with one sword. I had no choice but to hold the sword in one hand and the ax in the other.

The blades, swung at high speed, ground the threads of magical power like a skillful weaver’s loom.

Even so, I couldn’t help the few threads that had bounced off and dug into my limbs.

The calf area was pierced again with a booming sound.

I took a couple of steps back with a light moan.

Perhaps because I was used to it, even the bitter pain didn’t give me much inspiration. My vision blurred, and my senses became increasingly sensitive.

The string of magic is fired again. I chose not to block it now, but rather to squeeze the string.

The scorching magical blade dug into my hand. Gritting my teeth, I pulled the string and put it on my back.

It was an all-out counterattack.

With a bang, Mitram’s body plunged to the ground like a fish caught on a hook.

Even so, Mitram burst into laughter.

The intervals between the shaking of the crypt were getting shorter and shorter.

There was only a pile of dirt that had fallen from the ceiling. The walls of the crypt, which seemed stable, protruded here and there and spewed out the contents.

Instinct and reason sounded the alarm at the same time.

collapse is imminent

However, Mitram shook his head a few times to shake off the shock of being hit by the ground, and then only smiled leisurely.

“Ian Perkus, why are you denying it?”

“… … what?”

Panting, I asked in response.

Actually, I wasn’t particularly interested in what Mitram said. However, if given a little time to breathe, it was not difficult to say a few words together.

There’s no way he didn’t know what that was, but Mitram’s smile grew thicker.

“You mean, are you very angry?”

Then, Mitram thumped, forcibly fixing his head, which was tilted at a right angle before he knew it. As if he felt a little more at ease, he sighed and continued talking.

“Aristocrats are usually stupid. In fact, I am going to explain that I know the world better than anyone else by relying on outdated thinking on the subject, who is more bound by rules and customs than anyone else… They don’t understand the cause. Because my brain is already hardened like that.”

Bullsh*t!

There was a shock wave and the hatchet was fired. A blow at supersonic speed, where not even the sound of piercing could be heard, was fired in a pure white trajectory.

But Mitram did not stop.

He just laughed and induced his head to be cut off.

Pak, blood gushed out and Mitram’s head floated into the air.

The blue string of magical power that connects the neck and head pulls on each other like the thread that makes up a silkworm’s cocoon.

At the moment the two fleshes met, Mitram’s mouth began to spit out words again.

There was no answer unless I cut off that string of magical power.

At least with my aura now, there was no answer. It was a string of strength that could only be severed by hitting it several times.

Panting, I raised my hand and snatched the hatchet back with a thud.

Mitram showed a composure befitting a strong man.

He giggled and continued persuasion.

“Is that why you are angry?”

Mitram takes a step closer.

I gritted my teeth and threw the hatchet away again.

Pak, blood splashed out, and the result was the same.

The hatchet returned and Mitram took another step.

“You idiots with no skills! Because you can’t even figure out the subject and act on your own, you get hurt and suffer every day. Even if you didn’t… … !”

I ran and thrust the blade into its mouth.

Blood dripped from his gaping mouth. Even so, my unsatisfied hand struck down the hatchet frantically.

Pak, Pak, Pak!

The sound of the fragments splashing mixed with the blood was louder than the sound of the hatchet being slammed into the flesh.

First blood, then flesh, then bone marrow, and even the eyeballs bulged out.

Mitram’s laughter did not stop until then.

“Kuk, keuek… Quit-quick-quick! That, but… Hehe, even if it wasn’t! What makes you sick… Keck, would there have been? Whoa, whoa… Hehehehehe!”

Mitram’s gait did not stop.

He dug into my arms before I knew it, and with a light gesture, he grabbed my arm and slammed my body to the ground.

A thump, along with a shockwave, thumped, and blood gushed out of my mouth.

The effective hit itself was a situation where I fed dozens of times more.

I only knew that if I hit it down several times, even the strongest string of magical power would break. However, it was soon revealed that the judgment was wrong.

The string of magical power connecting Mitram’s body parts was replaying in real time.

It was impossible to sever that connection unless it was cut off at once. This also meant that Mitram, who took on the body of another person, was practically immortal.

Because in order to cut a string of magical power with that density, you had to reach at least expert level.

Mitram whispered in my ear with his slowly regenerating mouth as I struggled like a fit, sinking into the ground.

“… … Do you want to win?”

That voice, which had suddenly been lodged in my brain, was digging into the depths of my desire.