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Without the slightest warning, without even the tiniest bit of buildup, the head of a Bloodfiend noble had been simply and cleanly plucked off.
Standing nearby while eating candy, Karon had only managed to catch Edith's microexpression when Nio placed a hand on her shoulder. His mind had still been analyzing the matter as yet another trite story of a younger sister secretly loving her brother-in-law.
He had never expected that Nio had placed his hand there only to make it easier and faster to take her head off a moment later. He had killed a man's daughter right in front of him. Not only that, Nio could still speak as though nothing had happened, as though he was utterly unbothered.
The sheer brutality of the image was suffocating. For a moment, Karon found himself unable to imagine which was the real Nio. One moment he had been the cautious clerk following Deputy Director Mion around. The next, he had been a captain sitting behind his desk, stuffing Karon with a pot of cheap chicken soup before handing him an even cheaper ring. Now, he was a man commanding an elite squad of the Whip of Order, and had casually ripped off the head of the daughter of the very person he was ordered to protect, just to send her to the grave with his lover.
Karon unconsciously rubbed his ring with a fingertip, feeling its presence. Who, exactly, is the one truly wearing a mask?
Thump!
Because the head had been removed too quickly, Edith's headless body remained standing for quite a while before finally losing its balance and toppling backward to the floor.
She was dead, truly dead. The severed neck was pitch-black, which meant the blade had been coated with a horrifying poison. Even if Bloodfiends were said to possess extremely strong regenerative abilities, there was no way any miracle could happen to reverse this damage.
Dinkom and Pike instinctively moved closer to each other, as though only the other's presence could give them a little warmth at a time like this.
The two bodyguards who had accompanied Edith immediately entered a bloodthirsty state, baring their fangs....
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