Chapter 104: – The Lord Is With Us (25)

༺ The Lord Is With Us (25) ༻

Even a child grew angry when someone spoke ill of their parents.

While it might stem from their love for their parents, such behavior was primarily driven by their instinct to protect the person they strongly trusted to protect them.

For instance, it was common for a disciple to get angry if someone insulted their master, or for the people to get riled up when foreigners insulted their lord.

The era they lived in also played a role – it was expected for subordinates to offer unconditional obedience.

Unconditional obedience was often associated with blind faith. In a world where such a way of life was natural, it was inevitable for subordinates to be hypersensitive when it came to someone criticizing their superiors.

While it was inevitable that horrible superiors were criticized, it was typically confined to the people under that particular superior.

Nothing good came out of an outsider criticizing another’s superior.

As such, Elsie believed her rage was justified.

To Elsie, Ian was someone who had validated her other fragile self that she kept hidden from others. Not only that, he had protected her at the risk of his own life.

Elsie had also admired his strength for a while. That was why it was inevitable for her to explode out in anger as Delphine’s continuous insults continued to grate on her nerves.

Elsie’s mind went cold as her heartbeat automatically slowed from her years of practical battle experience.

On the other hand, Delphine was still shocked. It was extremely rare for her to be so dumbfounded. As the heiress of the Yurdina, she, along with everyone present, had never imagined that she would fall victim to such humiliation.

Sensing the tension in the air, some of the children had run off to fetch the adults, and now, the two men, Leto and Gilford, stood frozen, shocked by the scene unfolding before their eyes.

Their only thought was that the situation was literally how the children had described it, and it was impossible to turn back time to retrieve the water that was thrown at Delphine’s face.

Suddenly, a crackling, blue ball of energy formed in Elsie’s hand, and sensing Elsie’s murderous intent, Delphine’s hand instinctively went to her waist.

Delphine drew her sword at the speed of light, but as soon as she did, a thin lightning whip wrapped around her and constricted her upper body with a resounding clap.

The whip was at most magic of the first-circle as it was impossible to cast higher-leveled magic in such a short amount of time. It was the same even for a senior wizard of the fifth-circle