The man pointed at Raive holding a kitchen knife in each of her hands. However, both of them were visibly useless now as they were clearly worn out.
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「Raive! Your hands!?」(Bran)
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There was blood dripping from both of her hands.
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「Kehaha! I think you can be grateful that your arm still remains~!」(X)
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It appeared that she was able to defend against the man’s previous attack, but while Raive was able to perfectly avoid being killed with her kitchen knives, but as a result her arm naturally also received damage.
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Thence one could easy understand that this guy was a man of outstanding ability.
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(To that extend………. It may look like this now, but Raive used to teach the ways of sword arts to Leglos and the others in the old days……)(Bran)
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She thought that if it was just an ordinary attack, it wouldn’t have left a single scratch on Raive. However, probably she would easily get injured if that man truly went serious and hit her. Moreover, she already used the kitchen knives as defense in spite of that.
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「Please run away, Branza-sama」(Raive)
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Raive puts a cigar to her lips, not showing even a single sign of pain on her face. Even as she probably feels considerable pain, she apparently still conducted her mind to the well-being of Branza.
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「We can not afford to run away leaving you behind!」(Bran)
「You are the queen! And now we stand against this enemy, but myself and the maid, we will even put our life in line in order to protect our master’s life.」(Ray)
「Raive…… you……….」(Branza)
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Thereupon, a clapping sound can be heard from the man as he applauds her.
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「All right, all right, all~right, splendid splendid~! Thank you for taking part in that terrific deeply moving speech scene~. But, rest assured. I already failed in assassinating her once, but you soon won’t be able to even raise your arm anymore~.」(X) ((Lib))
「As if I’d believe such a thing!」(Ray)
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Raive strongly gripped her kitchen knives still looking worn-out.
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「The truth is~, I just came to do the job. Moreover, killing the queen just entered the plan~」
「…… the plan?」(Branza)
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Branza muttered.
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「I just came here to say hello~. But as I saw your face, I just suddenly felt like stabbing someone~……. Branza King. Or should I say, Branza König-sama~」(X)((Btw “König” is the german word for King. Not that much of a change…))
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Branza made big eyes, her mouth getting dry in an instant.
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「……how do you know the name König? There is only a small handful of people in this country knowing this name…….」(Branza König)
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Raive frowns as she also didn’t know anything about this.
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「Kehaha, didn’t you notice~ it yet~? Even though – hooray – we do meet again for the first time after years~.」(X)
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Thus, as Branza finally discovers some sort of breathtaking information, she gets taken aback.
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「No…….no way…..」(Bran)
「Branza-sama?」(Raive)
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Worrying about Branza being completely shaking, laying bare, Raive called out to her, but Branza is just to preoccupied with motionlessly staring at the man to even think about answering.
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「Kehaha, that’s right, I am me……」(Me) ((seriously, it’s dumb to introduce yourself with “I’m just me.”…….. wait, I did that myself not too long ago…))
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The man raised his arm to remove the hood, exposing his true face to them. And then Branza’s expectation was fulfilled, leaving her at a loss of words similar to terror as her concerns became firm.
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The man had an aloof uni-sex hairstyle, the color being particularly unusual, having black and white spot patterns standing out.
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「…..Kokurou.」(Branza)
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As he heard Branza’s murmur, a grin slowly began to increase on the face of the man called Kokurou.