Pardon the Abduction, Holy Knight - It's an Emergency - Chapter 1.4

“Isn’t there any other good method besides that? Like erasing Adriel’s memory. Or a way to make him swear an oath not to kill you and me.”

“You want to erase Adriel’s memory, master? Kekeke. Wit knows. A way to erase memories.”

“Really? How?”

“You can ask Wit’s king. Wit’s king can touch humans’ memories, master.”

“Wit’s king… More importantly, who is ‘Wit’?”

“Wit is me. I am Wit. Kekeke. The king told us not to tell our names to humans. But I’ll tell you because you’re my woman. Kekeke.”

“……”

Being called ‘my woman’ by this creature made me feel really strange.

Usually, when you look at possessed protagonists, they get involved with handsome men, but what about me? A skeleton ending right from the start?

“Uh… never mind that. Then, Wit. Can you ask your king? To erase just a small part of Adriel’s memory, I mean.”

“That’s not possible, master.”

“Why?”

“Wit doesn’t know where the king is.”

…Then why did you tell me that story?

“More importantly, master, do you like it here? If you like it, shall we live here with Wit?”

“Stop saying strange things now and go away. Let me think alone for a while.”

“Masteeer….”

As I waved my hand weakly, Wit grumbled discontentedly.

“Master only thinks about Adriel. Wit doesn’t like that. So I’ll tell you a method.”

“…What is it?”

“Among my siblings, there’s a fairy of contracts.”

“Fairy? Not demon?”

“Wit is not a demon!”

“Really? But Adriel was saying that you were a demon.”

“Adriel is stupid and doesn’t know anything! The king said we are fairies! So Wit is a fairy!”

Wit reacted sharply, bristling at the word demon.

“Well, alright. Anyway, so there’s this fairy of contracts, and?”

I sheepishly scratched my head and quickly changed the subject.

Fortunately, it seemed to work as Wit calmed down and looked up at me, holding my knee.

“With that guy’s power, we can prevent Adriel from even touching you and Wit, master.”

“Really?”

“Yes! That guy has a nasty personality. But he’s skilled. It’s thanks to him that you and Wit could make a contract in the first place.”

I gulped.

I must find that fairy later and ask him to end the contract with the skeleton.

Making that promise to myself, I grabbed Wit’s tiny hand.

“Skeleton! No, Wit! Then I have a favor to ask!”

“Kekeke. Wit is happy when the master is happy! Wait just a moment! I’ll be right back!”

As I excitedly shook Wit’s hand up and down, Wit smiled happily and then flew out the window in an instant.

What on earth is that guy…?

I stared blankly at Wit’s retreating figure and then got up from the chair.

“Then I’ll look around the house until Wit returns.”

I didn’t need to worry about Adriel waking up while Wit was gone.

Wit said he had cast a spell to prevent Adriel from moving freely.

“There’s a kitchen, so for dinner… Ah, that.”

It was when I was about to leave the bedroom, pondering what to eat for dinner.

Suddenly, the love potion on the bedside table caught my eye.

“This was the love potion, right?”

I still vividly remember Wit’s evil grin as he said that if Adriel drank this, he would become a dog obedient to Rosemary for life.

“Hmm….”

Clunk. My mind started racing quickly.

“If I use this well, it could be quite good, couldn’t it?”

***

“Here.”

I handed a paper to Adriel, who was sitting at the dining table.

“……”

“……”

Adriel stared at the paper with a cold face for a long time, not even looking at me.

How long had it been like that?

Finally, his mouth, which seemed like it would never open, did.

“What is this?”

“Would you like to read it?”

At my suggestion, Adriel snatched the paper with an irritated face.

“Holy Knight Adriel of the Temple swears not to harm Rosemary Ferial and her contractor Wit in exchange for his release. If violated, Adriel will be stripped of his knighthood and become Rosemary’s unpaid exclusive servant… What are you trying to do, My Lady?”

“Please read the rest of the clauses carefully and just sign at the bottom.”

I handed him a pen and added:

“By the way, this is a magical contract, so if you break it, you’ll end up working as a slave under me for life regardless of your will, Sir Knight. So it’s better not to think about just signing and not keeping it. Oh, and when signing, a little blood is needed…”

Adriel looked down at the pen I was handing him with an expressionless face.

“My Lady.”

He finally raised his gaze to meet my eyes after such a frightening silence.

“Do you have no minimum conscience?”

“……”

It was a question that truly left me speechless.

Well, from Adriel’s perspective, it must be bewildering.

First I kidnapped him as I pleased, and now offering to release him with this strange contract.

“Think as you like.”

But I can’t help it.

“If I had such a thing, would I have thought of kidnapping you in the first place, Sir Knight?”

I don’t want to die for something I didn’t even do.

Adriel’s fine brow furrowed at my brazen attitude.

“Is this the love you’ve been talking about so much?”

“……”

“If so, your love is utterly disgusting.”

If it were the real Rosemary, she would have been quite hurt by those words, right?

But I just blinked indifferently.

Observing my reaction, Adriel’s expression darkened further, his sneer revealing that my response had fallen short of his expectations.

“Let me be more honest. I disliked you from the beginning. I found you repulsive, coming to the temple every single day and spouting pathetic love nonsense.”

Listening to those words, I had a thought.

Perhaps the original Rosemary was someone who had never been loved by anyone.

Not by her family. Not even by the man she truly loved.

“Sir Knight. I can promise you this if nothing else. If you just sign this, I will never make such pathetic confessions to you again. I won’t even appear before you from now on.”

Adriel bit his red lips at my dry response.

“Do you think I can believe such words now?”

“Yes. I thought you might think that way so in the middle of that contract…”

“Listen carefully. There will never be a time when I love you.”

“…If you look at the contract clause…”

“Even if I were to be captured by demons.”

“……”

“I’m saying I’d rather love a monster than love you.”

Ah. I get it, okay?

What is this? He’s not a drunk boss repeating the same thing at a company dinner.

If I left him like this, I’d have to listen to him saying he hates me all night long.

Bang-!

“Enough.”

“…!”

Thinking I should cut it off here, I slammed my fist on the table.

Adriel, who had been grinding his teeth in anger, showed a startled expression.