Chapter 228.

“Why ……?”

I looked blankly at the place where the dragon had trampled. The mind was a mess. I thought why did Ikris do such an act, and thought he was from Iben’s side, why was he only looking at this. After recovering his strength with the potion, his mind was still spinning. Aren’t the male leads not going to die? Male leads don’t die no matter what they do.

Although I’ve realized countless times that this is reality, I’m unfamiliar with all the situations, only unfamiliar.

A belated fear welled up.

The dragon that trampled on Ikris roared and flew again. It was certain that damnation would not end until the dragon and Ebon were slain.

I opened my mouth warily and chanted the spell that rose around the mirror like an obligation. The fiery atmosphere welled up under my neck once more.

“Levati…oooh!”

It was then. The moment I had just opened my mouth, someone gagged me.

“Now that sounds like it won’t work, save it!”

It was Callisto.

“Hoo-hoo!”

“Shit!”

He looked at the dragon that had bent its direction and started flying towards us again, and broke into a rude yell, jerking me around. “I, Your Highness.”

“Hold back even if you shake!”

The Crown Prince put me on his shoulders like luggage and ran off recklessly. I don’t know who he snatched it from, but he crossed the thick battlefield with a crude sword.

Slashing his enemies with one hand and trampling on fallen corpses, the running man finally reached the bottom of the spire. Because he put me down, the view was scrambled over. Between the disorganized vision, the dragon launched a ball of rock at the ground.

“Ahhhhhh!”

The sounds of human howls and moans of pain echoed vividly. Breathing became ragged. The Crown Prince grabbed my face violently with both hands.

“Look at me, male daughter. You cannot relax your mind now.”

He lifted my head stiffly and met my eyes. The reddish pupils reflected my jaded expression.

“…… Your Highness.”

I whispered like a scream.

“I’m afraid.”

I was afraid of failing and you dying in vain. But then. Callisto replied with a straight face.

“So am I.”

“…… Yes?”

“I was afraid too.”

An air of absurdity rose in his drowsy mind. No, don’t you usually say words to encourage courage at times like this?

“Is your highness …… also?”

Asked back in a trembling voice, he frowned as he answered.

“Knowing that something else of that sort is buried underneath where I grew up, why are you still afraid?”

“Because it’s in front of you, so bear with it, shiver in your heart.”

“Really …… that’s amazing.”

It was genuine. The Callisto I saw really looked like someone who didn’t care.

“I don’t know that I can really deal with Iben.”

I couldn’t help but speak from my heart when faced with a man who was being held by Ikris with a knife but stood like Tarzan.

“Even if I win will …… the dragon really die?” Everything was just a guess, there was no certainty.

“What if the dragon doesn’t die after breaking the mirror and killing Iben?”

Winter didn’t even tell me about this scenario. Confusion came endlessly.

At that time. “Don’t ruminate, just think about why you’re doing this.” The Crown Prince pinched both my cheeks as if giving me a slap.

“Ah ……”

“Something you told me in the Aquinas. Hmm?” His words vividly surfaced things forgotten like lies.

“Why am I doing this?”

To scramble to survive, to get home. To finish college and to fulfill my dream of becoming an archaeologist.

Before going back, I wanted to create a safe world for Callisto, who wanted to become a flawless emperor.

“Even if you fail at everything, it’s okay. I’ll fix it for you.” Callisto literally said in a tone of teeth everything is no big deal. I cried back. “Your highness, how does your highness ……”

“No matter what.”

At that moment, seeing him who answered confidently without any basis.

The dragon’s howl suddenly approached, and dark shadows appeared around the spire.
“Listen carefully, male female. You say that if you get rid of the mirror, the dragon will die as well, but I see it as two things.”
Looking behind him Callisto said with a stern face.
“Remove the mirror and remove the fangs embedded in the dragon’s chest.”
“What ……”
His words reflexively turned my eyes to the dragon’s I suddenly remembered. Presumably, Liben was pinned in the dragon’s chest, resurrected “the canine tooth of the golden dragon.” The Crown Prince advocated removing it.
“No, it’s too dangerous!”
I shook my head hastily. But Callisto replied firmly.
“Anyway, you have to buy time until you finish off Leila. How many pills are left now? You can’t deal with dragons until whenever.”
“Ha, but ……”
“Get up there. I’ll be done soon, following you. “Your Highness.”
Callisto pushes my back to the entrance of the tower. I know his words are all right, but it’s not easy to fall off my feet. The grisly, bleeding remnants of Ikris always come to mind.
“Don’t worry.”
As if seeing me like that, Callisto grinned.” Ah, you gave me this.”
With a snap, he tapped his right earlobe. The red ruby on the earlobe was seen. It’s the gem that contains the cure I sent. It was amazing to see that one, and the mood calmed.
“I’ll go.”
I seem to have made up my mind and talk back. As long as I have that, I won’t die even if I get hurt.
“Take care of your body.”
The greeting was brief. After saying that one sentence, he turned away from me violently. Shooting wildly, he dangled from the dragon’s claws in order to avoid the fireball and climbed up, and I ended up turning backwards as well. It’s worth noting that the spire is made up of endless stairs. Panting, I began to climb. Through the window, I could see the Crown Prince in peril, staggering, but he desperately looked up the stairs and ran.
In an attempt to shake off the human riding on its back, the dragon twisted its body carelessly. There was a clunk and a rumble! Its massive claws and tail swept thrillingly over the spire, the outer walls shattering, and it climbed, and climbed, for how long, on the jostling steps.
Finally the end was in sight. It was used as a surveillance post, and there was only one small, empty room at the top of the spire.
Iben sat slumped against the drilled-through window, looking out with an amused expression. Treasuring the mirror that emitted blue light.” Are you here?”
She glanced at me and gave me a bright greeting. The rest of the dogs had worked hard to climb up here, and that laid-back look pissed me off. I panted gruffly.
“Ho, ho …… is all the hide and seek over?”
“If you mean gathering mice, it’s still going on.” Iben smiled sweetly and jumped down from the window frame.
“I’m not dead, I got here, Penelope. I expected you to escape, as I did before, what a surprise.”
I held my breath for a moment to calm my agitated heart, and then bit out in a suppressed voice.
“Why did you kill Ikris?”
The first thing I wanted to ask when I saw Iben. Why did you kill the male lead.
Wasn’t that also the heroine. Even at the end of the story to let the world end, but also kill the bad guys, fight for everyone’s love of the victor? But why ……
“Me, Ikris?”
But in response to my question, Iben made an exaggerated expression of surprise and immediately burst out laughing.
“Aha! No, Penelope. Ikris is not me, you killed him.” Iben laughed so hard that tears oozed out of his eyes, and added.
“Because of you, stabbed to death by the dragon’s claws.”
“The dragon was under your control. Just stop it in the middle, why ……!”
“What about you?”
Suddenly interrupting me, Iben asked back.
“Why don’t you love him and let him fly around like a moth?”
“…… What?”
“Even if it’s not true, just tell him you like it and you’ll get what you want.”
“Why don’t you follow that easy method?”
Iben said with an ignorant expression, and I clenched my teeth.
“So that’s it.”
Her actions in difficult mode surfaced like a panorama. Whispering brainwashing and false love, using the male lead, and killing everyone when their happiness peaked.
“Because I’m not like you.”
The answer was simple. Instead of using Icklis, the reason and purpose were different from Iben’s.
“Until the end, I wasn’t going to eat and kill with lies, so isn’t it only natural to stop?”
“Calm down.”
Clenching his teeth and racking his brain, after hearing my words, Liben shrugged his shoulders and said to me as if he was joking.
“What, thanks to that, it’s fun to get up.”
“You like people dying and getting hurt? Is it fun for people you brainwashed to play in your hands and get killed!”
“That’s certainly fun too. But ……”
At the sound of my sobbing, the woman’s mouth cracked at the corners like she was touching her ears and smiled.
“It’s so funny that you, who used to die as easily as nothingness, are still alive, clinging to vain hopes and struggling like a beggar, that I think you’re going to die.
“I don’t even know when I’m about to die, even as other human lives languish. Lament it.”
Iben hummed like a song. Obviously words said to provoke me. But strangely, the mind gradually calmed down.
“You …… are disgusting.”
I knew Iben’s true identity, but I wasn’t able to let go of the fact that she was the “main girl”. No matter what I did, the Mistress of Difficult Mode would be noticed and loved anyway. But letting go of that compulsive thought made everything easier.
“I know. I know you’re not your usual crazy self, so ……”
“It ends here.”
It was only now that Iben was seen again. Not the heroine, but the antagonist.
“Laclerc!”
I call out the spell straight away. Ee! Several fist-like balls of light appeared somewhere and were quickly shot at Iben. It was a magic chosen based on previous memories because of the narrow location.
But Iben until then, she just stood and looked at me with a marvelous smile without taking any action. “What ……!”
The reason was soon known. The chunks of light I shot were sucked into the mirror Iben was holding.
“What to do? How is ancient magic going to stop me now?” She cocked her head and laughed outlandishly. What.
“Why magic ……”
I froze with wide eyes. I’d heard that shards weren’t easy to kill when they were finished, but never thought an attack would be useless. The mirror of Iben of the ancient magic I shot was swallowed, emitting an intense blue light like the deep sea. After a while, as the light peaked, a sinister gleam flashed in Ibn’s eyes.
“…… Dick Preckhon.”
Iben recited something eerily. Instinctively, the danger alarm sounded. Having an ominous feeling, I jumped up from the side first.
“Ugh!”
While rolling on the floor like a fall, blue lasers appeared in the mirror. Clunk!
“Crazy ……”
I gasped as I looked at where my head had just been. The wall that the laser had shot into was shot through and you could look out.
“This dog’s cheating system!”