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The chain's unique, inorganic coolness seeped through the fabric. I sighed and twisted my body from side to side.
"Stop doing useless things. The chain is a relic. Surely you've heard of Vine's Chain, right?"
"This is my first time hearing of it," I replied.
"If you behave, you won't get hurt."
His words suggested he had no intention of killing me. But for some reason, that fact didn't sit well with me.
A heavy voice rumbled from beneath the ground. "What are you two talking about?"
The man who had grabbed my ankles emerged from the dirt. Oddly, he wasn't wearing a robe. His head was shaved clean, and his rock-like physique rivaled Hariba's swollen, muscular frame.
Ugh, what a repulsive face.
His face suited a mercenary or bandit more than an assassin. That unpleasant visage turned toward me.
"You're not seriously thinking of taking this brat away, are you?" he demanded.
"That's the plan," the mysterious man replied.
"I object. He has only received one blessing. He's useless—even...



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