Chapter 181: Eyes of a Dragon and the Human Heart (45)

༺ Eyes of a Dragon and the Human Heart (45) ༻

“…Stay back!”

A scream tore out of Cien’s throat as the head maid stepped forward.

Advanced magic began to form in her hands.

Although she was a first-year student, she was at the top of her class within the Magic Department and had outstanding combat ability.

Yet, the head maid merely tilted her head, still seemingly puzzled without understanding the situation. Coming to a stop, a faint voice leaked out as she murmured, but soon, even her voice became eerily twisted as she began stuttering like a broken record.

“W-why, why? W-Why is e-e-everyone? Eee– H-How- uuuhii! ah… aaaaah- hiii-KKAAAAAAAAAAAH!”

Then, spasming with violent convulsions, the head maid clutched at her throat as if overtaken by a seizure while her limbs twisted into unnatural angles with gruesome noises.

It was an abnormal sight.

Tears welled up in Cien’s eyes upon witnessing such a grotesque scene for the first time. She had only just become a young adult, and she did not have the mental fortitude to remain calm in the face of closely looming danger.

After creaking and jerking a while longer, the head maid’s body found its calm once more.

The atmosphere took a drastic turn.

If the head maid gave off a soft, gentle air until now, she now exuded an inexplicably sinister chill.

Her head, which had been bent back, sharply jerked forward once more.

Her brown eyes gleamed with a faintly bloody glint, and her mouth distorted into an eerily wide smile.

“Pleased to meet you for the first time, Your Imperial Highness.”

Her voice sounded as if it had forcibly clawed up her lungs.