“Bang!”
The instant Rockto finished speaking, a small cracking sound echoed.
It was the sound of a teacup being crushed.
Shien Buztout suddenly crushed the teacup in his hand, sending tea and fragments flying.
“Whoosh!”
Lilith, sitting in Shien’s lap, immediately waved her small hand, and the evil aura surging from her palm blew away the tea and fragments.
However, the terrifying pressure suddenly emanating from Shien couldn’t be blown away.
Shien froze.
But the pressure emanating from him became more and more terrifying, making Rockto’s pupils constrict and Tilly’s face fill with shock.
This terrifying pressure came and went quickly.
In the blink of an eye, the pressure dissipated as if it had never appeared, and everything returned to calm.
However, for some reason, even though the pressure was gone, the air in the reception hall seemed heavier than before.
“A trap?”
Shien murmured.
His voice was ice-cold.
“…It should be.” Rockto tried to observe Shien’s expression under the hood, softening his tone, “If nothing unexpected happened, this should be a trap set by the Imperial Consort. Using her departure as bait, she lured Diere Elvenbein out, then instructed the Raifurut family to ambush her.”
The Imperial Consort had been targeting Diere for some reason. Knowing that Diere had come to the Imperial Capital, disguised as a thief, and had been entering and exiting various noble houses, she would definitely try to lure Diere out.
Coincidentally, Diere was looking for something in the Imperial Capital. Even after searching so many noble houses without finding it, she would naturally suspect that it was in the Imperial Palace.
But no matter how skilled Diere was, she couldn’t possibly infiltrate the Imperial Palace successfully.
Diere was only sixteen years old this year, and her level wasn’t even seventy. Although she was a burst-type warrior, she wasn’t an assassin or a thief specializing in stealth.
With her speed, infiltrating some noble houses wasn’t too difficult, but even so, Diere had been discovered several times, earning her the title of a righteous phantom thief.
Under such circumstances, how could Diere, with her abilities, sneak into the heavily guarded Imperial Palace, protected by barriers, to steal something?
Therefore, Diere definitely couldn’t enter the Imperial Palace.
This was probably why Diere had been in the Imperial Capital for a whole month without finding what she was looking for.
And the Imperial Consort seemed to have anticipated this, deliberately leaving the Imperial Capital to create an opening in the Imperial Palace’s defenses, luring Diere out, and then using the Raifurut family to ambush her.
Because of this, Diere fell into the Raifurut family’s ambush and was seriously injured.
“I heard that she couldn’t escape from the Imperial Palace. She was surrounded by the Raifurut family’s elite troops and ambushed by the Royal Knights. With her strength, she couldn’t escape at all.”
Rockto said.
“But when Diere Elvenbein was seriously injured, she suddenly disappeared as if she had merged into space.”
Hearing this, Shien understood how Diere was saved.
It must have been Leisha.
With that Spatial Magician’s abilities, entering the Imperial Palace was a piece of cake.
Taking Diere away was also easy for her.
(The decision to bring her along was the right one.)
Shien thought silently.
At the same time, he was relieved.
Since Leisha was with her, Diere should be fine.
Although Leisha’s level wasn’t high, not yet above eighty, her magical skills were quite impressive. She not only knew the extremely rare Spatial Magic, but also the incredibly destructive Gravity Magic. Coupled with her Unique Skill, which seemed to allow her to use lower-level magic of various elements, she was a true magic expert. The types and amount of magic she could use definitely far surpassed Shien’s.
Such a Leisha naturally had ways to heal Diere’s injuries.
…Hopefully.
Shien could only hope so.
However…
“Raifurut…”
A cold glint flashed in Shien’s eyes.
He already had a very bad impression of this family.
This time, they had completely angered him.
And since Shien was angered, they would suffer the consequences.
Especially Wolram Raifurut.
This person had been added to Shien’s kill list.
Especially since Rockto added,