Chapter 127

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“Oh, what’s the matter? Ray, obey my command. You drank my blood, right?” His Highness Naaotto said and laughed boldly.

I slowly looked at Edward.

Edward was watching me, smiling.

“I’d be happy to die by your hand, Rachel,” Edward said, “But before you do that, answer me this. Why is Highness Naaotto calling you by a loving nickname?”

Edward smiled as he asked me this, but there was absolutely no humor in his eyes.

Hmm? Was he upset that His Highness Naaotto so casually calling me by a nickname? Hold on, I kind of needed him to be worrying about my survival at the moment.

“Hahaha,” His Highness Naaotto laughed and said, “I will give you the answer to your question as a souvenir from the underworld. It’s because Ray belongs to me. Because she is my wife.”

“Wha!? Rachel hasn’t married anyone yet!!” Makoto said.

“Edward-sama!!” I cried. This was getting off track.

Edward, upon hearing the word “wife”, rose to his feet. Then, he readied his sword and headed towards His Highness Naaotto.

“Hold on a second. Ray, kill this man,” His Highness Naaotto commanded me.

I didn’t want to kill Edward. I want to protect him. Why would I have to obey the orders of His Highness Naaotto, anyway?

“Ray! What are you doing!!” His Highness Naaotto said.

I took a sharp breath in as His Highness Naaotto’s voice finally registered in my ears.

Despite being so demandingly ordered by His Highness Naaotto, not a single part of me felt an urge to kill Edward. Was it possible that His Highness Naaotto’s blood had no effect on me? As I got to my feet, I took a cold glance at His Highness Naaotto. [Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]

“You’ve finally gotten up. Ray. Hurry up and kill that man before you.” His Highness Naaotto said he was cooly dodging the flurry of slashes Edward threw at him.

I ran forward and forcefully hugged Edward from behind.

“Rachel!?” Edward raised his voice in surprise.　 Edward turned around, and I held his face in place as I kissed him.

I saw Edward, eyes wide in shock. At that opportune moment, I grabbed and took the sword that was gripped in Edward’s hand.

“…Ray. I can’t overlook the fact that you just kissed another man. I will punish you for that later. Since you’ve taken his sword, use that to kill him at once,” His Highness Naaotto said, smiling in delight.

A punishment from His Highness Naaotto was a ridiculous concept. I readied the sword and glared at Edward.

“I’d be glad to die by your hand, Rachel,” Edward said, and smiled.

Hey, Edward. Don’t you understand what is about to happen to me after I’m done killing you?  I thought.

“Edward-sama! Prepare to die!!” I said.

“Whoa,” he said. I had slashed at Edward with the sword, but he dodged it. What had happened to his speech about being glad to die by my hand?

But, with that, I finally understood. Edward had no intention to be killed. Which means, Edward had probably realized, too. The fact was, I wasn’t being controlled by His Highness Naaotto at all. Edward was acting like he hadn’t realized this, though.

I slashed again at the dodging Edward. He evaded yet again. He met my eyes and threw me a little grin. I returned the smirk.

“Running around, trying to escape,  are you… Why don’t I lend a helping hand.” His Highness Naaotto said, and swiftly restrained Edward, “Ray. Even an incompetent fool like you should be able to kill this man, no?”

“Kill him!!” he commanded.

I grinned at His Highness Naaotto gently. Edward thrashed about to get away from His Highness Naaotto.

“Edward-sama. Thrashing about like that is dangerous. You’ll hurt yourself against His Highness Naaotto,” I told him. Edward smirked and suddenly stopped moving against His Highness Naaotto.

“You’re right,” Edward said, “I can’t escape, at this point. Come on, let’s go.”

“Alright. Are you ready?” I asked. I readied my sword against Edward. I feinted an attack on Edward, and then instead, swung the blade with all my might against His Highness Naaotto.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]