But it seemed her ability could see through the end result, as if it could either kill her or just leave small injuries, indirectly implying that Regina could feel the pain beforehand every time an attack was predicted.
A significant drawback when facing multiple attacks, but right now, after noticing how she judged him as intellectual from that single moment when he used her strategy against her, it proved how strong her mental power was, indirectly covering up her drawback.
“Interesting.”
Another soft voice reverted, making him snap out of his thoughts, prompting him to turn towards the individual who seemed to be looking at him with a visible shine in her eyes.
‘Don’t know why, but I am sure I will start hating that word,’ turning his gaze again towards Regina, Ryuk ignored Drishti, whose eyes were fixed on him, while feeling curious once more about the way he understood Regina’s skill.
After all, he can’t attack Regina just in advance without knowing about her ability.
“Miss Regina, why not we come down to business?” With a smile forming on his face, Ryuk’s narrowed eyes seemed to give Regina a bad feeling. But still, after she wholeheartedly accepted him as her liege, there was no reason to regret it now.
“Yes, of course, my liege,” slowly lifting her head, she moved towards the box she had brought, picking it up before placing it on the table in the middle of both sofas where Ryuk and she took their seats.
“Hm, never expected a scammer like you to do this, Regina,” Drishti’s cold gaze was evident of her losses at the hands of this woman, while fixed on the red wooden box shrouded by runic inscriptions to protect the thing within.
“Lady Drishti, I will return your one trillion Gold coins for my Battleship loss,” Regina, unlike her usual calm behavior, seemed to avoid giving a bad first impression in front of her Liege, someone whom she wanted to serve.
‘Is she insane?’ Ryuk could clearly see the thing inside the box was containing something which seemed insane from his perspective; it was a soul fragment.
A soul embodies one’s consciousness, emotions, and spiritual power, but one thing that made a soul different from the vessel was its nature, which was purer and made of indivisible energy.
Meaning cutting one’s soul fragment will cause a pain which will be ten times the one inflicted by the Enslavement Grimoire, which targets the physical body, and also there was no way to cut someone’s soul fragment.
‘Wait, System, scan if that poison corroding her soul isn’t helping her instead of harming,’ Ryuk knew what was the meaning of him being offered a soul fragment of someone.
The first thing was, it was unbelievable, and the second thing was, he couldn’t understand how someone could blindly trust him.
It was akin to giving one’s life, added with cutting the path of reincarnation—a symbol of serving even in the afterlife, always and forever.
Being frank, it was overkill.
He really felt confused about the way to react in this situation.
He met her just today, and she was offering herself to him, not only her physical body but her soul too. So, he respected her.
[Scanning…]
DING!
[Host, you are right. It seems the poison is filling the soul’s gap by using Corrosion.]
‘Sigh,’ Ryuk leaned forward while supporting his chin with interlocked fingers with elbows placed on his thighs, deeply thinking about the way he should react in this situation.
The value was just too high for him to accept it just like that, and confusion about why she would do something like this made him inquire in that position with a low tone, “Why are you going this far?”
“I want to serve you, my Liege, with complete loyalty. And knowing about our first meeting, which was enough to prevent you from trusting me, I needed something valuable enough to show my determination,” Regina’s gaze was fixed on the man in front of her, revealing her thoughts while many thoughts revolved inside her mind, making her think about his decisions and the possibilities of rejection.
“Sword Valley and their traditions, definitely enough of a reason for me to stay away from them,” Drishti’s eyes also fell on the box, which definitely held something of great value.
After all, who except her would know the true value of something like a soul fragment?
This was also the reason why she didn’t get along with people of Sword Valley due to their complete submission to a single master.
It was the same as giving away your freedom to someone else, who could easily treat you worse than a slave.
At least slaves could escape their misery by falling into the reincarnation cycle, unlike those who even submitted their souls.
Hearing Drishti’s words, Ryuk, who was still battling with the decision of acceptance, understood the reason for Regina’s behavior regarding the traditional teachings of Sword Valley.
He knew about Regina’s complete submission; he couldn’t reject it and hurt her—one needs to have reached their limit to propose something like this.
But it was just too much of a burden.
He could always enslave someone, but when someone themselves wanted to submit, how should he react?
His eyes closed before slowly opening, revealing amber hues, with him finally reaching his decision. He inquired, “Why me?”
“My Liege, maybe due to your battle with Lady Drishti, you don’t know, but you are the only Legendary Ranker at the mere age of 17 in the history of Blue Star,” Regina revealed. She didn’t randomly select someone to serve, but after doing in-depth research, she had reached this conclusion after understanding the Master he was about to serve. “There are just many things which solidify my will to serve you.”
Noticing Ryuk’s narrowed gaze, which still wanted to hear more, Regina continued, “At the age of eleven, you killed two Legendary Rankers. It doesn’t matter if you used a Heaven-grade Artifact, but those people were true veterans.”
‘!?’
‘She knows too,’ Ryuk’s eyes held surprise, understanding that not only Drishti but Regina too was aware of him possessing such an artifact, making her image rise in his mind.
Someone who was smart, strong, had leadership qualities, and above everything had complete loyalty—not someone he could find easily but…
“I can’t accept this, Regina.” He was not going to have something like this which would just make him feel burdened.
It was normal to look down on someone whose life is in your hand.
It was the truth, just like slaves. They aren’t looked down upon because of their status but just because their life doesn’t have any value.
“I understand.” Regina slowly stood from her seat, holding the box while preparing to leave, feeling somewhat broken from within. It may seem to others as if it held very low value.
But in reality, Swords are made to be served, and if they don’t, they get discarded—a teaching taught in Sword Valley to every disciple.
“Where are you going, Regina?” Ryuk firmly stated, causing Regina to stop in her path before turning towards him.
“Y-yes, My Liege.” Even after being rejected, for her, the Liege was already decided, and it could not be changed.
(24 March)– Check out Discord, guys, I just uploaded Illustration of Regina and Drishti on it.
