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Everyone fell silent as Perserque spoke.
“Are you hurt anywhere?” Davey asked calmly. She sighed before responding.
- “I think you need to have a little more faith in me.”
“Even if you could split a planet with a single stomp, I couldn’t help but worry about you,” Davey replied.
- …
There was a pause before she spoke again.
- “Sorry. I’ll explain everything more clearly next time, so don’t worry.”
Hearing the frustration in her low-toned voice, Davey threw the dagger he had taken from Pocket Plane straight at Duke Neto La Lili, who was trying to crawl away.
“Gaaa!!”
The dagger pierced the Duke's leg, making him collapse to the floor. He gritted his teeth, eyes bloodshot, but didn’t scream.
“Where do you think you’re going?” Davey taunted.
"A-Arrest him!" Marquis Peiltris belatedly shouted after coming to his senses. The soldiers subsequently subdued him, made easier when he was still weak and tightly clenching his teeth in pain.
“How is this possible… I fed her a drug that disrupts her mana flow…”
He seemed bewildered, unable to comprehend why Perserque was unharmed.
She had lost the authority of the Abyss, and Illyna’s power came from mana. Even Aeria, who possessed a small amount of spirit mana, should have been vulnerable to poisons that interfered with mana as they were designed to subdue elementalists.
The Duke had been counting on the fact that before coming to the trial, he had drugged Perserque, Illyna, and Aeria to capture them. But reality didn't quite go according to his ideal plan.
“Hey, psychopath,” Davey said calmly as he walked up to the Duke. He grabbed him by the collar with a cold smile.
“I’m just a simple man who worries too much.”
“...”
“If there had been any real problem with...
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