I Became a Tyrant’s Maid - Chapter 69

The elf’s kiss was like a kind of blessing.

That’s why elf slaves are so incredibly popular.

Perhaps thanks to the kiss, I felt the stiffness in my body disappear in an instant.

However, I didn’t know this fact, and I didn’t have time to think deeply about it.

“Your Highness?”

I turned my gaze towards the voice with surprised eyes. But before I could, Calix rushed over and grabbed the elf by the collar, throwing him away.

“Your Highness!”

The elf, pushed back by Calix’s sudden attack, hurriedly put on a mask before Calix could see his face.

Calix swung his sword, stained with blood from an unknown source, with a cold expression.

Although the elf quickly raised a shield, blocking the sword strike, Calix gripped his sword again and thrust it down mercilessly.

With a cracking sound, as the magic shield began to crack, Calix, not missing the opportunity, stabbed the shield once more with his sword.

“You bastard,”

“…!”

With a shattering sound, the faint light surrounding the elf completely disappeared.

Calix immediately reached out and grabbed the elf’s hair. Then he threw him to the ground.

Vast amounts of magic power swirled around, making my skin tingle.

The elf wiped the wound on his face, then quickly rolled and rose into the air.

It was like the movement of an acrobat.

“My name, Luminas. Remember it.”

“Where do you think you’re going.”

Calix reached out again. But the elf’s movements were faster.

A golden magic circle enveloped the elf’s entire body, and soon the elf blurred like breaking graphics and disappeared into thin air.

“…”

I tried to go to Calix’s side, but the aura emanating from him forced me to step back.

Calix turned his head sharply and looked at me.

His carefully styled hair was now a mess, and his characteristic red eyes looked fiercer with bloodshot.

“…Where are you going?”

I should ask if he’s okay, I should tell him that it was the elf from the auction house before, but I couldn’t speak.

I felt like I was going to throw up.

“I, ugh, can’t breathe,”

Suddenly, my breath caught, and I grabbed my throat, collapsing to the ground. As I fell, Calix withdrew his fierce aura and hurriedly came to hold my body.

“Are you okay? Damn it, breathe!”

And he shook me vigorously. My head was already aching, and his vigorous shaking made everything spin even more.

“Haa.”

I looked at Calix, clutching my pounding heart.

“Your Highness, what about the princess, and why are you here-“

“You were kidnapped, and you think I’d be with the princess at a time like this?”

Calix shouted.

Ah, I’m a bit touched.

Could it be that he followed immediately after seeing the elf take me away?

But, wait a minute.

“Your Highness, then what about that tamer…?”

“He disappeared into thin air. There seemed to be some kind of magic involved.”

“Magic, you say?”

Calix, regardless of my confusion, stared intently at my lips, then suddenly popped a vein on his forehead and started huffing.

“You… Do you have no attachment to life?”

What nonsense is he spouting now? Not understanding his meaning, I stared at him with wide eyes.

“When a demon beast appears, you’re supposed to run away, not come back. Why did you come back?”

He said sharply, rubbing my lips vigorously with his thumb.

Still not satisfied, he closed his eyes tightly, then opened them and glared at me.

Feeling like I had done something terribly wrong, I shrunk back and mumbled a response.

“Well… I didn’t realize it, but it seems I can’t stand by when I see injustice, Your Highness.”

At my words, Calix laughed incredulously and replied.

“Sure, sure.”

Still crouched down, I glanced at the diary lying haphazardly on the ground.

‘Did he say Luminas?’

Anyway, the elf who called himself Luminas said it was a secret from the Crown Prince, but…

What do I care about an extra’s request?

“Your Highness, I have something urgent to tell you.”

For a moment, I tightly gripped the hem of Calix’s shirt and looked around.

There was no one.

Relieved, I pulled on his shirt and whispered in his ear.

“This incident seems to be the work of elves.”

I saw it in the diary.

It said that elves were a different race that worshipped the sleeping darkness.

Since Kamesis, the current main god of Posnia, is the god of light, wouldn’t Morisias, called the evil god, be the god of darkness? And the elves are still worshipping that god of darkness?

“He clearly saved me and said it was a malfunction of an experiment. He also said it was their mistake.”

What do I care about an extra’s request?

“Your Highness, I have something urgent to tell you.”

For a moment, I tightly gripped the hem of Calix’s shirt and looked around.

There was no one.

Relieved, I pulled on his shirt and whispered in his ear.

“This incident seems to be the work of elves.”

I saw it in the diary.

It said that elves were a different race that worshipped the sleeping darkness.

Since Kamesis, the current main god of Posnia, is the god of light, wouldn’t Morisias, called the evil god, be the god of darkness? And the elves are still worshipping that god of darkness?

“He clearly saved me and said it was a malfunction of an experiment. He also said it was our mistake.”

I swallowed the saliva pooled in my dry mouth and uttered the most important words.

“And he said to keep it a secret from Your Highness.”

At my words, Calix stared blankly into space for a moment, then turned his head sharply to face me.

“The elf clearly said it was a secret, yet you immediately tell me?”

Calix asked, as if in disbelief.

“Well, that elf Luminas and I are nothing to each other, and Your Highness is the lord I must serve.”

It was such an obvious fact.

“Still, you should be careful as it could be false information.”

At my words, Calix heaved a deep sigh.

“Then it’s certain that the elves dealt with that tamer too. That’s a relief. We’re free from Posnia’s responsibility.”

However, contrary to his words, he clenched his fist tightly and frowned, staring into the empty space where the elf had disappeared.

“And in another sense, the situation has become a mess.”

Calix’s fingers tapped the sword handle.

“Research and mistakes… This only means that the elves are researching demonic energy.”

Calix stood up abruptly and looked down at me as he spoke.

“Do you know how demonic energy works?”

I shook my head.

“Demonic energy is like fragments of the sealed dark god Morisias.”

Calix began to tell the mythological story with a serious expression.

According to him, Morisias scatters his fragments to stir up and cause the original resentment of living beings to go berserk, in preparation for his eventual resurrection.

“The more intelligent the medium, the more dangerous it is.”

Calix’s assumption was that the elves are currently experimenting with demonic energy for the resurrection of their god.

In the process, demonic energy accidentally escaped and possessed one of the tamer groups with strong original resentment.

And then, the rampage.

Of course, from my perspective, it wasn’t a story that felt so serious.

Having lived in an ordinary world all my life, talk of dark gods and light gods seemed like grasping at straws, even though I had seen magic, monsters, and demon beasts with my own eyes.

Isn’t the concept of gods entirely different?

“Anyway, we’ll think about that when we return to Posnia. Our return schedule will be moved up sooner than expected.”

***

The princess’s drawing room was very quiet.

I quietly bowed my head behind Calix.

“You’ve come.”

Nominally, it was a date due to Calix’s expression of interest.

In reality, it was a negotiation scene.

I couldn’t enter the dining room, so I didn’t know, but Calix had obtained a private audience with the princess under the pretext of a marriage proposal.

Of course, the empire’s side couldn’t help but welcome Calix’s interest.

Even if he was a crown prince in name only, he was still royalty from Posnia, the only rival country.

“Frankly, I don’t understand why I should cooperate with you, Crown Prince.”

“If you hear the conditions, you might change your mind.”

Calix smiled at the princess, and I immediately opened an elegant velvet jewelry box and presented it to Calix.

Calix took out the contents of the jewelry box and rolled it in his hand as he spoke.

“As the princess, you should know what this is.”

“…!”

The princess looked at Calix with a surprised face but quickly composed herself, folding her arms as she answered.

“It’s a crystal.”

“A dragon’s crystal, no less.”

To this, the princess smirked as if mocking and asked.

“But why should I trust you, Crown Prince, to make a deal?”

To the princess’s words, Calix also smirked and replied.

“I know that the princess is a magician.”

“Well, that’s a fact known to those who should know. You’ve done your research.”

Clack, Calix put down the Leviathan’s crystal on the table and pushed it towards the princess.

“Become the Emperor. You were planning to invest in magic once you became Emperor anyway, weren’t you?”

And with a confident smile, he continued.

“I’ll make that investment.”

At Calix’s words, I placed the box on the table with the back side visible. So that the ‘Arcadion’ logo could be seen.

“…No way.”

The princess looked at Calix, seeming a bit surprised.

“And support you. I’ll be your best card.”