BXBX NOVEL Chapter 73 Guilty
'What? Why did he do that?' That was Echidna's thought at the moment she received the slap.
When she collided with the cave wall, she stood up as if nothing had happened, even the mark of Dantalian's palm.
"But what do you think you're doing?" Echidna shouted as she walked towards Dantalian.
"It's you who should do that now. Sit down and think about what you said and did to deserve that slap," Dantalian said, pointing to the ground.
"What do you..." Echidna clenched her fists.
"Shut up and just think about that for now," Dantalian took a step forward, appearing in front of Echidna, saying, "You made a mistake, and you should reflect on it, and I know you don't like that, so get on with it."
'I already gave him what he wanted, so why did he do this... Ahh.' It didn't even take three seconds for Echidna to realize her body was trembling, and her face turned red. 'I was about to do exactly what made me leave home.'
Dantalian sighed in relief. "It seems like you understand, and seriously? Never speak that way about other girls or yourself again."
Echidna surrounded her right fist with wind and punched Dantalian directly in the stomach, sending him flying backward and falling to the ground. "What the hell!" Dantalian punched the ground. "Why did you do that?" Dantalian looked at Echidna with his hand on his stomach.
"I'm returning the favor, and you're a hypocrite. You say this and that, but you did exactly the same to a princess, a princess," Echidna said, raising her hand high and creating a small tornado. "The reward you took was the virginity of a princess, you psychopath."
"Oh, fuck!" Dantalian couldn't do anything. In the end, he was truly in the wrong, and if he ran away, he would only be accepting that everything he said was futile.
'I think I know what caused this whole yandere mess...' Dantalian thought as he saw the tornado coming toward him.
Nine minutes later, the two were out of the water. Echidna looked at herself and then at Dantalian, waving her arm to the side, and a gust of wind hit them, quickly drying them both.
"Hello, this ability is quite useful," Dantalian said, looking at Echidna. "Your body is all dry, no trace of water."
"Please stop staring at me like that," Echidna adjusted her hair.
Dantalian tapped his thighs and said, "Okay, now let's talk about what's important."
"Huh?" Echidna tilted her head to the left. "I think we're done with that topic, aren't we?"
"Oh, of course, the part between us, yes. What I want to talk about is your mother, that bitch," Dantalian said, maintaining a smile.
"If I report this disrespect, I wonder what will happen to you? Hmmm," Echidna placed her hand on her chin, deep in thought.
"You want to be free, don't you? Help me, and she will never force you into anything again," hearing that caught Echidna's attention, and she said, "So you want to turn my mother into your servant, just like you did with Anna?"
"No, not at all. I only want her influence and also carry out a certain revenge," Dantalian explained.
Silence hung in the air for a few seconds until she remembered Freyt
an. "Ohhh, I see. So she belongs to that clan?"
"Exactly. I will leave the physical part to her; I will take care of the rest," Dantalian said, slowly noticing sadness spreading across Echidna's face.
"Freytan... Poor thing, going through something so terrible," Echidna seemed to wipe her eyes, looking at Dantalian and saying, "Alright, let's do it. In the end, we'll kill two birds with one stone."
Dantalian ran his hand over Echidna's face. "Hmm, you don't have a fever, and there don't seem to be any other visible symptoms."
Echidna jumped back. "What are you doing? I didn't give you permission to touch my body yet," Echidna thought, reflecting on what Dantalian had said. "And why did you act so strangely?"
"And you accepted the fact that I'm going to destroy your mother's life so easily," Dantalian said bluntly. "Especially considering it's you."
"She doesn't deserve empathy, that's for sure..." Echidna's eyes began to well up with tears again. "Poor Freytan, it's a miracle she's still standing."
'What the hell is going on? I know that in the story, Marian torments Freytan and makes her life a living hell since she messed with her clan.'
'Let me use the bonus.' A few seconds passed, and all the information about this subject that Noah had seen in his mind was not as aggressive as to constantly endanger her life.
Echidna snapped her fingers, and Dantalian snapped back to reality, looking at Echidna as she snapped her fingers and touched his face to wake him up. "Dantalian, wake up! What happened? Did you run out of mana?"
Dantalian held Echidna's hand and said, "No, I was just thinking about something that left me curious."
"Oh? What would that be? If I know and can say it, I don't mind telling you," Echidna said, jumping back to create some distance between her and Dantalian.
'I better be careful. For now, I can't let him catch me off guard again.' Echidna raised the hand that Dantalian had held up to her nose. 'His scent is good, better than I've ever smelled before... Could it be because the way I see him has changed?'
Before, she saw Dantalian as a heartless monster who abused women, but now she sees him as an oblivious pervert.
"It's something personal, so let's just leave it. You wouldn't tell me anyway," Dantalian said.
Echidna looked into Dantalian's eyes, and it was clear as day.
"Ask me the question. I'll let this one pass to make up for the way I acted towards you..."
"Oh, really? What a good girl," Dantalian said, clenching his fists.
"You better shut up, the typhoons weren't even that strong," Echidna retorted, looking at the other person. "And it's your fault for what you did to Anna."
"What happened in the past then? I know about the source of Freytan's anger towards her mother, but I don't know the details," Dantalian's question almost made Echidna's ears bleed.
"No... Even if I wanted to break the rules... I can't," Echidna said, breaking the sentence into pieces, concluding with, "Mother... insane."
Dantalian pondered on this, remembering some out-of-game content from one of the books that told the stories of other game characters, including a character who was an exorcist and mentioned the seal of insects. "My goodness... Your mother is truly insane."
"I'm glad you understand..." Echidna said, breathing a sigh of relief.
"You're really good at this. Maybe we should play a divination game with the other girls?" Dantalian said, patting Echidna's head, and she accepted the affection. 'It's nice to be praised sometimes. I'll let this one pass.'
"And now, what will we do about Dantalian?" Echidna asked, keeping her eyes closed.
"First
, we need to wait for the girls to wake up. After that, we'll enjoy a good meal, and then we'll return. Enough time must have passed for the seed I planted to sprout," Dantalian replied.
"If you already have a plan in motion, why do you need me?" Echidna asked.
"Oh, about that, this is just the first phase of dissemination. It's the easiest of all, hahaha, but it's also the most time-consuming."
Echidna pondered the possibilities of this revenge plan, then spoke, "That didn't answer my question; it only created more doubts."
"In short, you will be one of the main players in Phase Two: the capture."
"Ah, so I'll be a helpless damsel? If that's the case, it's better to give up. Either way, my mother would find a way to make everyone favor her through the tragedy that is happening," Echidna said, performing in a dramatic and exaggerated manner.
"Don't worry about that. She doesn't care about you, but she cares about what you can bring, right? And now my value has doubled since I've saved two areas," Dantalian held Echidna's hand and said, "Would you accept being my fake reward?"
Echidna thought for a moment about the pros and cons of this situation. In the end, she arrived at an answer quite quickly. "I hope you don't disappoint me."
"I won't, except for Marian, everyone will be happy," Dantalian kissed Echidna's hand.
'If it weren't for what I've seen of him, I could consider him minimally sufficient for me,' Echidna extended her arms, pointing to the castle. "Shall we? And of course, you go first."
Dantalian snapped his fingers. "You're quite clever."
Meanwhile, in the castle, Anna had already woken up and left the room, trying not to wake anyone else. She went to the kitchen and saw the cooks doing their work. She said, "I want to make breakfast for Lord Dantalian."
The maids looked at each other and sighed. "Go ahead, help the princess," one of the maids said.
"Leave it to me," the youngest maid responded.
Anna's face filled with joy, and she hopped around a little. "So, can I really do it? You'll let me?"
"Yes, miss, but first, you need to know that you can't touch anything sharp or get too close to the stove, understood?" the youngest maid said.
"Of course, no problem. Let's do it then."