For You In The Cage

y Yulif’s side, shouldn’t she be able to laugh at his own side as well.
No, it had to be.

“I don’t know what to think.
I brought you all the way here on purpose and let you listen to the songs of your fellow countrymen.
Did you not like the song? Should we kill her right now because she dirtied our ears with her insignificant skills? Will you feel better then?”

Canaren was appalled by Deltinus.

He was a terribly egocentric human being who could only think of himself.
How could he be this twisted?

She straightened her back and stared at Deltinus calmly with direct, unbroken eyes.

‘I can’t lose to a person like this.’

A round thing flew towards Deltinus’ face.
It was Yulif’s pocket watch.
Canaren wrapped the strap tied to the watch around her hand and threw the watch like a pendulum.

A red spark flew out of the pocket watch that struck Deltinus’ forehead.

“Argh!”

It felt as if the flames were seeping in and burning his eyes.
It was a pain that he couldn’t get used to even if he had suffered it once.

Deltinus fell to the floor with a shriek.
Canaren looked down at him and sighed heavily.

‘I’m not your bird.
You have no right to demean or insult me ​​or that person.
Don’t take other people’s misfortunes and despair as a joke.’

Instead of saying the words running through her mind, she let it pour out of her gaze.
Then, with a trembling hand, she grabbed Yulif’s arm.

「Go quickly.
I don’t want to be here.」

Canaren’s will was her own.
But before Yulif could open the door, the door opened first.

The knights who were guarding the gates had heard the screams and came in.
They found Deltinus lying on the floor.

Deltinus was gripped with maddening rage.

When Canaren was first caught in the Hwira village, she was not like this.
She was terrified and trembling, and she always tried to somehow escape.

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It was clear now that she had been tainted by staying with that arrogant Yulif.

Moderate rebellion was seductive, but excessive resistance was only irritating.
Also, this friendly method was not suitable for her.
He needed to make sure that he imprinted onto her who her owner truly was.

He didn’t want to win a bet or anything like that.
From the moment Canaren separated from him once and for all, betting was just a means to keep Canaren in the Imperial Palace.

‘You are mine! I will never hand you over to Yulif!’

Deltinus clasped his forehead and screamed with malice.

“You dare hurt me? Come on, I’ll take it in front of the Duke.
Catch that girl and bring her back now!”

As soon as he heard Deltinus’ evil words, Yulif lost his mind.

“Ah, argh, Your Majesty!”

“We cannot move.”

The knights, whose faces had turned white, dropped their weapons at the same time.
The sound of falling metal resounded.

“What the hell are you doing…”

The violent sound of bending iron stopped Deltinus’ mouth.

Yulif took Canaren’s hand and took a step forward.
His hand, wielding his magic power, shone blue.

An invisible force pressed down on Deltinus.
It was the same power that made the knights kneel and drop their weapons.

It’s not the kind of magic that Yulif was proud of.
Even pure magic could become a destructive force the moment it passes through his hand.

“Would you mind clearing the way?”

“…Were you planning on doing this from the beginning?”

“There is no reason to answer.”

As Yulif clenched his empty hand, the half-folded weapons crumpled like paper.
The knights lowered their heads under the sense of suffocating pressure.

Yulif wanted to protect Canaren’s heart, who overcame fear and squeezed courage.
He wanted to show that that one step can change a lot.
Only then will she be able to keep moving forward without losing her courage.

No.
Actually, it was an excuse.
Yulif wanted to kill Deltinus right away.

He wanted to brutally get rid of him from this place, who insulted Canaren with dirty words that were hard to put into his mouth.

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But he couldn’t.

“Yeah, try it.
No matter what you do, you won’t have Canaren.
As long as the oath exists! It belongs to this man, me!”

Deltinus believed in the oath and screamed like crazy.

His handsome brother could never harm him.
He could never refuse orders.
That was the power of the oath.

“Even if I break the bird’s wings and twist its neck, I won’t let you have it.”

What Deltinus had said stuck in his ears.

Yulif’s eyes, in which coldness had subsided, were supremely calm and still.
His completely dead eyes, without any emotion, were eerie.

“You still think I won’t be able to kill Your Majesty?”

The pure murderous intent that Yulif exuded permeated through his skin.
It wasn’t something that could be hidden.
It was out of control due to the anger that had crossed its limits.

He clenched his molars while looking at Deltinus, his teeth trembling.

In the face of overwhelming strength, status and bloodlines were useless.
The survival instinct to live and survive filled Deltinus’ head.

“You’re a fool.”

With a brief insult, a sword flew and pierced the area between Deltinus’ legs.
It was the sword that Yulif took from the knight.

He was warning him that If he treated Canaren with disrespect and hurt her, he would do worse.
There were many other ways to instill a sense of defeat and humiliation without touching his body, but he chose this method on purpose.

Indeed, Deltinus’ expression was worth seeing.
He was looking down at the floor where the sword was pierced with unfocused eyes.
His weak legs trembled as if they were convulsing.

The pride he had built up by being at the top of everyone and acting his own way must have been shattered.
Deltinus will never forget what happened today, for the rest of his life.
Yulif wanted to go one step further to make Deltinus think of him every time he saw his own face.

“Sorry for making a fuss.
Have fun watching.”

Yulif carefully escorted Canaren.
Canaren left the grandstand, walking among the wriggling knights while leaning on Yulif.

Deltinus had no choice but to watch the backs of the two people moving away from him.

Even after the two disappeared, his body did not listen for a long time.
He had the illusion of a throbbing sensation between his legs that the sword had barely passed.

‘Is this real? It can’t be.
I… Have I been insulted by Yulif in front of garbage?’

Deltinus could not accept this disastrous and complete defeat.

He raised his nails and scraped the floor.
His nails broke and his blood dripped, but he didn’t care.