I Became the Dark Wizard Who Rules Over the Heroines

93 – Compromise-8

“Pfft!”

Katharine reflexively threw Carbossa away.

No matter how strong Carbossa was, Katharine was not weak enough to be left helpless by her surprise attack

For a moment, I was just embarrassed. It just showed a gap.

But the confusion in her mind did not go away at all. On the contrary, it only grew bigger and shook her heart.

“…Why?”

“Why do you think that is?”

Perhaps the opportunity that just occurred was one that Carbossa could only have once in his life.

They are enemies. It wouldn’t have been strange to cut off her head her right away.

Now that ‘Kazot’s cause’ has been erased from Carbossa’s mind, there will be nothing left for her other than killing Katharine.

For that, everything could have been burned. Walking all the way here with a body that was no different from a corpse was definitely for that reason.

Nevertheless.

Katharine touched the small wound on her neck.

Her blood flowed out. If she had been stabbed just a little deeper, she would have died.

For that burnt-out elf, it was an opportunity. It was the only time allowed to Carbossa.

It definitely stopped. Katharine knew her own limitations.

Luckily, she didn’t have any weak illusions that she could react and unleash her magic ‘at the exact moment the blade pierced her neck.’

“Think about it. Why do you think this is?”

Katharine looked at Wade.

If there is a variable, it would be his intervention. But still, he was sweeping his shocked chest without doing anything.

‘Is it… Out of control?’

It was strange. According to her calculations, he should have gained complete control over Carbossa.

But he didn’t do anything.

‘No way…’

It was a possibility I had never thought about. It was something she would never do. Even though she knows Karbo.

However, she had no choice but to admit it now.

“You probably wanted to kill him…?”

It wasn’t killed. Despite having the perfect opportunity in front of her, Carbossa saved Katharine’s life her her her her.

“Don’t you want to kill me? Yes, I want to kill you! Even now! Just thinking about what you did… Just thinking about it! Anger wells up in my head! I would give everything for just that, Enough to burn!”

That was a scream.

It was a despairing lament uttered helplessly by burned-out vocal cords. It was a runaway of emotions created by a chaotic mixture of hatred and desire.

However, Carbossa did not do that.

“Still, still…”

She took a step closer.

“For the sake of the world, for the sake of the remaining children… If you have to stay alive, I can’t bear to do it…”

“It’s funny. You said you would burn the whole world down, and now you’ve come?”

“You failed, that’s…”

Endless resignation permeated Carbossa’s voice her. She felt despair that she had not achieved her goal.

It cannot be erased with nothing. You can’t burn everything.

The pain and despair that the elves felt at that time cannot be presented to all the people in this world who looked on indifferently, or even to the person who created that tragedy.

Nevertheless, Carbossa gave up. She acknowledged that she couldn’t set the world on fire.

“When I think about my heart… When I think about my current feelings… I want to burn you a hundred times, even a thousand times…”

Nevertheless, she did not give in. After she realized that the road was blocked, she just took a different route.

“I am an elf … An elder who is more noble than anyone else and must sacrifice everything for his people.”

The body that spoke those words were damaged to a level that would make it difficult for anyone to describe it as an ‘elf’.

Her skin was all burnt black. Black magic energy seeped into her muscles, staining them with darkness.

Her neck was half hoarse, and her eyes were shaking.

It was in such a state of corruption that it was difficult to find any sense of nobility. She was Car Bossa, who fell into a pit of sin covered with demonic energy.

“I can endure… I can endure, if it’s for the greater good!”

Katharine couldn’t understand.

She would have understood if that elf had lunged at her to kill her, if he had lunged at her with the spirit of her prey ready to eat her hunter. She could have admitted it.

But what she received was mercy.

“Ugh…”

You shouldn’t panic. The reason why Carbossa was able to crawl like that and be here was because Wade’s power she was involved.

All of this may be an act. It may be a dirty trick.

“Funny… That’s right. Even if I respect your wishes, even if we take down Kazot together… What happens next?”

I knew it. Fighting further here is nothing more than meaningless self-destruction.

It was all in vain. Even if you win, there is no way you can continue the next fight with a wounded and exhausted body.

Erst will decline, and she will not be able to fulfill her duties as the head of the family.

However, giving in now didn’t mean anything would change.

“This destruction, this magic. Someone will have to take responsibility.”

She didn’t feel unfair. She had no reason to do it.

It’s what she did, and it’s something she has to endure. Nevertheless, she couldn’t admit it.

It is clearly unreasonable for a hunter to hunt a wild boar that is living well in the forest. But, you can’t do it.

It must be proven by victory.

“It might be a little difficult… But if I just take you down… I’ll be able to gain fear again.”

You can regain the awe and fear you once lost. You can remain as a ‘warlock with no choice but to negotiate’ to the empire.

Without that, I couldn’t do anything.

“Or are you going to at least rebuke this crime for me, Wade?”

Katharine glanced at Carbossa from the corner of her eye, looked into Wade’s eyes and spoke confidently.

Her body was trembling and her breathing was rapid. Nevertheless, she could not lose her dignity.

There were things she, neither he nor she, could compromise.

The essence should not be obscured by lame and hypocritical concessions or compromises. Even if you say this and that, you can’t possibly admit this.

Even the slightest damage will not be caused.

But time is important. She suppressed the magic energy leaking out as much as possible and prepared a barrage of black magic as soon as he announced his intention to refuse.

Katharine caught her breath and cast her spell. A fatal spell that can threaten his life with just one signal.

‘…I can’t do it.’

The possibility was small. Perhaps, this will be the last resistance.

But Katharine accepted that she had no choice but to wait for his answer.

“Okay.”

“What? What… Ugh, ugh!”

The black magic that was waiting to be released in her hand tangled in a mess, unable to explode or stop.

Wade blocked it like nothing happened.

“I’ll just hand it over to Kazot, okay?”

“Who do you think would believe that? As you know, I have already contacted the local nobles!”

The moment Katharine fails to secure her fears, numerous whistle-blowing of hers will follow. Numerous nobles will testify as to what kind of warlock cast that terrifying spell.

“What is that? There are only a few nobles who have seen your face, but there are far more people who have seen me saving people.”

However, at least in what happened tonight, Wade was completely innocent.

It wasn’t just a few people in the secret room who saw his face his his his. Many people saw him risking his life to evacuate people, and him fighting.

“Just like that-“

“I’ll try to convince the princess somehow. I don’t know if I’ll succeed or not, but if I try hard, I can do anything.”

If you have power, you can do anything.

Even if Katharine is the one who is convinced that she did this, she can’t open her mouth if Wade takes her risk and strongly asserts her innocence.

If you touch it wrongly, you will turn into enemies between a powerful warlock who can use ‘such magic’ and an even more powerful warlock who can block ‘such magic’.

“But, how can I believe it…”

“Babe!!!”

Kelin forced her limp feet to move and approach Katharine.

Katharine reflexively looked into her eyes. She took a step back.

“Please… “

There was no fear in Kelin’s eyes. There was no fear or reverence for Catherine.

It was eyes she had seen many times. She couldn’t even fathom how much effort Katharine had put into putting fear in her eyes.

“Kel…Lin?”

But Catherine felt something different. To be precise, she acquired information that she had seen dozens of times but she had not realized, something that her eyes could see but her mind could not perceive.

What kind of emotions were there in Kelin’s eyes when fear and fear had disappeared.

“You shouldn’t hurt yourself over meaningless things… In fights like that…”

Gratitude toward the owner who took her in, friendship with girls of her own age who can sympathize with her.

Kellin’s eyes showed loyalty to Katharine, not Kelin himself.

The fear and fear towards Katharine disappeared in her eyes.