Chapter 140 - Holy Mary! Holy Father and Saint!

“Lady Rudbeckia!”

A papal guard who had quickly approached me supported me and helped me stand up.

I pushed him away and ran towards the window with broken glass.

It seemed that I had lost my mind for a moment.

Beyond the window, I could only see the familiar surroundings of the Vatican and the square.

It was just the usual scenery of Romagna.

However, the surroundings that had been bathed in the golden sunlight of the afternoon were now shrouded in a creepy and ominous darkness.

It was as if they were trapped in a huge shadow…

Could this phenomenon be related to something? Perhaps an unexpected natural disaster…

As I slowly raised my head to look up, someone behind me grabbed my shoulder.

“Come this way.”

Cesare, who was trying to pull me away with the guards, made a shiver run down my spine.

“Come here…”

“Don’t touch me!”

“Lady Rudbeckia, what on earth are you doing?”

“Let go of me, you crazy man…! Aah!”

I screamed as I struggled, but the man paid me no attention and continued dragging me away.

For a moment, everything was still.

It seemed that all movement around me had stopped.

I could feel the stares of people staring at me.

It was the moment when I felt like I was being stared at by people looking at a crazy woman.

It felt like the entire universe was screaming with me.

And I, ah, I knew that sound.

I knew it too well.

No matter how much it had changed, I could immediately recognize it.

An incredibly massive and transcendental being, making a very pleasant and delightful sound as it announced its presence.

[Kryaaaaaaah!]

The floor, walls, and ceiling seemed to be shaking as if an earthquake had occurred.

The last time I saw the Frost Dragon, it was about the size of a monster from a previous life movie.

I didn’t know how to describe it now. It was beyond my imagination.

Anyway, taking advantage of everyone momentarily being stunned and dazed, I started to run.

“Ruby!”

“Aaaaah!”

[Kryaaaaaaah!]

Thump! The surrounding scenery shook once again.

The sound of buildings walls bursting, splitting, and crumbling was too much to handle.

“Holy Mary! Holy Father and Saint!”

“Saint Andalouse! Saint Nicholas!”

Amidst the chaos, I tried my best to shake off the people who were faithfully chasing after me and get out of there as soon as possible.

The balcony, what I was looking for was the open balcony.

“Ruby, stop! Stop right now!”

“Don’t come any closer!”

No matter how hard I tried, it was impossible to shake off Cesare.

It was becoming truly insane as the distance between us became smaller and smaller.

Why didn’t I think about the balcony before today!

I quickly turned towards the inside of the hallway. And from there, I started to run up the stairs. The pursuer followed suit.

“There’s nowhere for you to run! There’s nowhere for you to go except me!”

“Shut up! You’re the one with nowhere to go! I never want to see you again! I don’t want to face you ever again!”

Crack!

The walls exploded and the stairs shot up.

The long winding stairs collapsed and fell together. Our bodies were thrown into the air, and then a loud crash followed by a strong wind made us fall to one side.

“Aaaah!”

I thought I was falling into the darkness, but I hit the slope, which collapsed and I slid down. All sorts of debris were mixed in. As soon as the slope ended, I stretched out my legs and bounced up instead of fainting.

“Catch her!”

“Lady Rudbeckia!”

I don’t know if I’m amazing or if they are amazing. These crazy guys won’t give up!

I couldn’t catch my breath at the sight of them, who were faithfully approaching me, maybe because of oxygen deprivation or the commotion just now.

Despite my legs shaking, I had to go.

Maybe all of this is just a lightning-fast illusion, or maybe my reality is an escapist delusion…

In that situation, there was no time to properly examine the surroundings.

Even what was spread out on the ground…

“If you keep doing this, it’s going to be a problem…!”

“Aaaah!”

Suddenly, a strong hand grabbed my hair from behind and pulled me back. At the same time, my foot caught on something and my body jerked forward and stumbled.

My face hit something hard, like a pillar, and my whole body was buried in it. For a moment, I heard nothing.

Something was strange.

I thought I would be pulled back with my hair still in the grip of the strong hand, but the owner of the hand that held my head in place seemed to have frozen in place and didn’t even move a muscle.

I slowly opened my eyes, still buried in what seemed to be a pillar. Then, I realized that the person who had knocked me down was none other than a guard.

What on earth happened?

As confusion and doubt filled my mind, my head automatically tilted upwards.

“Uh…”

“…”

And then, I couldn’t say anything anymore.

The other person, or rather the man whose chest I was buried in, and whom I thought was a pillar, seemed to be in the same state. We just stared blankly at each other.

I could see his sparkling silver hair, his red eyes, his cold and elegant face, everything…

My heart started to beat faster and faster.

No, I was almost going crazy.

“You…”

Tears of relief, joy, happiness, and everything else burst out of her at the unbelievable sight.

“You…”

* * *

It was then that our protagonist, slowly parting his lips, suddenly shifted his gaze behind me.

For a moment, I wondered what this brat was staring at without seeing me in this situation, but I was reminded a step late of the presence of the guards who had faithfully followed me.

Izek, who was gazing at my back, suddenly moved past me.

To be precise, he grabbed the short hair of the guard who had been out of his mind as much as we were.

Then, without hesitation, he sent him flying over to the wall!

“Duchess!”

Finally, I felt the liberation of my hair, and at the same time, several arms quickly supported my staggering body.

Great and magnificent paladins of the North, please tell me that I’m not dreaming right now, ahhhh.

I turned around, still being thrown around in the arms of the joyful knights.

However, someone covered my eyes with their palm, and I couldn’t see anything.

All I could hear was the terrible sound of thumping and the noisy screams of the knights.

“You son of a b*tch, what are you doing with your sword! You are paladins! As knights, no, as humans, we must show hospitality…”.

“Ah, I have a weak stomach! I can understand stabbing them, but messing with their faces like that… Hey! The Duchess is watching!”

I wasn’t actually watching, but the commentary was so vivid that it was as if I was.

If that was the case, why cover my eyes?

And why was everyone dressed like an assassin again?

Finally, the terrifying sound of flesh being crushed stopped and the hand covering my eyes was removed.

I had decided not to be surprised by whatever terrible disaster unfolded before me.

“Iz…!”

[Kryaaaaaaa!]

Of all moments, the roar of a dragon cub interrupted our reunion.

My hero, who was lifting me up, abruptly stopped and then, after a moment, put me down and turned away.

I followed his gaze.

There, standing relatively unscathed amidst the chaos, was Cesare.

I couldn’t tell when he had arrived there.

Cesare and Izek faced each other.

The blazing dark blue eyes and icy red eyes collided fiercely.

“It’s ironic that a Paladin invades the Vatican with Satan’s spawn.”

“You thought you’re the only one who could do sorcery?”

“You’re not a true Paladin. It’s clear just from your actions.”

“You’re not a true knight either. You didn’t come here as one.”

With a clang, the blades on both sides glinted a bright red.

What kind of ending to this play could have been imagined?

Although they we

re never evenly matched to begin with…

As soon as my eyes involuntarily closed, the ones who had just passed me completely turned their bodies around.

“Oh, Duchess, we were looking for you here! Are you alright… Why, why are you crying?”

“I, I’m, I’m just so happy….”

Ivan and Ruve, who were staring at me with blank eyes, smiled in unison.

“But how did you all get here so quickly? I heard that….”

“We rode on that lizard.”

“What… rode on it?”

“We had a hard time, but it was unexpectedly worth it.”

I just opened my mouth and stared at them.

Oh my, paladins from the northern regions who flew all the way to Romagna on a frost dragon.

This was a plot twist that I couldn’t even imagine.