【Dimiris】The Lost Heir of Cyros

Summary: The additional plot of Chapter 6, the crimson mist, belongs to the rumored small theater.

Side Story: A Life in Chains

(Scene setting: During a tea party with the Byleth and Cyrus family)

Lambert's son found him while drinking tea at the house of Byreth and Selos.Geralt didn't know what to make of the boy who was always glued to her daughter.On the one hand, he was born in Bredade and will always put his daughter's life first; on the other hand, he is the son of Lambert, the hot-blooded and charming jerk who drove Jay Laert has made many of the best and worst choices in life.

"Mr. Geralt." Dimitri greeted him with the same modesty and politeness as Lambert.

"Dimitri." Geralt turned around without moving away from the pillar.Not far from them, Beles was frowning listening to what Fleur had to say, while Leia was chuckling beside her.

"If possible, I would like to have a private talk with you." Dimitri put his hands behind his back and asked politely.

God.This kid is exactly like Blue Bell.

Geralt was not blind.He had discovered early on that the brat had a crush on his daughter.Hell, everyone plus her mother could tell from a mile away, the only one who wasn't aware of it was his own girl, for God's sake.Geralt knows that Byleth is likely to fall in love with a gang member like her mother, Roseline.Hell, his daughter's long hours alone with him would exacerbate that possibility too.Judging from his daughter's recent attitude towards Lambert's son, it is clear that sooner or later the possibility is becoming a reality.

But that doesn't mean Geralt wants to see this scene "early".

"I can't leave my post," Geralt pushed back, knowing it was a weak excuse.

"It's good here." Dimitri said straightly, taking a step forward, the distance between them narrowed, and they could talk secretly without deliberately lowering their voices.

"I heard from Miss that you're a hired killer." That's not what Geralt thought Dimitri wanted to say.

Geralt finally turned to look at Dimitri, seeing the fire in his blue eyes.

"I am." Geralt was unmoved.Dimitri stood close enough to knock him down to wake him up if need be.However, he remembered Lambert's (un)natural powers, and he'd bet a bottle of brandy in his stash that his son had inherited them too.So far, he's had to bear it, trying to understand what Dimitri was trying to say, to figure out where the anger was coming from. "It's the only skill I've ever made for a living, and I've passed everything on to Beleth."

"Then do you know about the car accident four years ago?"

four years ago......

This bastard...

Geralt grabbed Dimitri by the collar and brought him to him in a low growl, "You damn fool, do you doubt that I will kill Lambert?!"

"I don't know if you have done this." Dimitri said coldly, even dismissing Geralt's blatant hostility. "I have nothing for you except that you know my father and Roderick. I know. I don't know why you left without saying goodbye, if you didn't—"

Dimitri stopped suddenly, obviously not wanting to say that much.When Geralt finally understood where his resentment was coming from, it weakened a bit.He gently pushed him away, rubbed his face, and muttered to himself: "Damn, brat."

Dimitri stared at him silently, and Geralt sighed.He looked at Byleth, who was talking to Leia, who smiled softly at her.

How much should he say?

Oh shit.

He does owe Lambert's son a truth.From what I know of Lambert, he definitely didn't leave a letter or anything to explain this shit.

"Loscelyn wants to leave," Geralt said, and Dimitri seemed surprised by his sudden cooperation, and he continued nonchalantly: "We wanted to elope, but Leia found out she was pregnant, and she... ...overjoyed. Leia herself is barren."

This caused Dimitri to look at Leia, and while watching the man smile at Byleth, Geralt continued: "As soon as Leia found out, there was trouble. She was too devoted to our children." Well, fuck, she's the one who wanted to name our baby after her late mother. When Roseline died in childbirth, Leia didn't hesitate to make our baby her heir."

"Fuck it," Geralt recalled the pain and anger he felt at the time. "I just lost the woman I loved the most, and her dear sister just jumped out and set our kids on fire."

"I want to kill her. I feel...if Leia dies, no one will declare an heir. Thetis will take over and our children will be safe. I'm almost there." Geralt looked To Dimitri, he said with a smile: "It turned out that Lambert found out and tied me to the radiator."

"What?" Dimitri's eyes widened, unable to believe that his father would do such a thing.

"Yeah," Geralt recalled with a sneer. "He kicked me in the head with such unbelievable force. I was broken instantly. When I woke up, I was tied up there. Your mother looked like she was crying. A lost dog, because no matter how much she shakes, she can't wake me up."

"Mom..." Dimitri whispered.He never met his mother, and a serious illness took her life a few months after birth.He only knew his stepmother as long as he could remember.

"I begged her to let me go, but your mother said that Blue Bell asked her to come and watch, and they would let me live." He sighed and said sadly: "I thought he was going to inform Leia, let the whole The family came after me. I conspired to assassinate the leader of Seros, this kind of thing is enough to be on the blacklist of Faerghus."

"When morning came, Lambert came back. He...smells of smoke." Geralt took a deep breath, and was about to speak when his voice became hoarse. "He told me there was a fire in Gargul Mach. He said...my daughter died."

Dimitri just stared at Geralt inexplicably.If his daughter died... who was Byleth?

"I was snarling at him, trying to snap his throat with my teeth. That damn chain had me just a few feet away from him." Geralt took a deep breath, calming himself, "Lea is Found me in this situation. Lambert seemed to tell her that he knew I couldn't take it and tied me to a radiator after the news leaked out. He was right. I freaked out when I saw Leia Calling it her fault, my daughter died because of her, I even yelled that I was going to cut her neck."

Dimitri was now surprised that Geralt's head was still attached to his neck.Leia has been known to be harsh on those who dare insult or threaten her.Geralt seemed to know what he was thinking, and continued: "Reya didn't kill me, maybe it was because he was considerate of my feelings, or Thetis pleaded. I don't know, I only know that when I left the family the next day , no one is stopping me."

Geralt took a deep breath, "A month later, Lambert came to see me in Palmyra. I knew he kept track of my movements, but I didn't expect him to come eventually. The last time I saw him, I said many ... irrevocable things to him."

"He's just standing there, like fucking in his own house..." Geralt's eyes watered, "Hold Byrice in his arms."

Dimitri could only stare at Geralt and continue to pour the beans: "That damn bastard planned the whole thing. He didn't tell me anything, just to break me. So that Leia believed my innocence. But I still hate him, I hate him for doing it, I hate him for making me believe I lost my daughter within days of losing my wife, I hate him for lying to me, I hate him for lying to me for a whole fucking month."

"I..." Geralt looked at Dimitri and admitted with a sigh of emotion: "I am also grateful to him. For this desperate plan. That damn bastard planned it in a few hours The whole thing, and I know he did it alone, because if Rodricourt knew, he would have stopped him."

He wiped his eyes, looked away and continued, "He gave me a bag full of cash and told me to run away. He even forged new IDs for me and Byleth."

"I accepted." He stared at his daughter, "I took the money and took my daughter away. Even though we settled in Lumier Village ten years later, we never contacted him, and he never contacted me. He risked his life to save me and my daughter...the only thing I can do is keep her safe and keep her away from everything related to Cyrus. That is, that is the last time I see Blue Bell gone."

"So when asked if I killed Lambert, the only reason you didn't get hit by me is..." Geralt turned and stared at him: "You're that idiot's child But, I swear to God, if you say that again, I'll punch you in the face and my daughter won't see your smirk for months."

Dimitri watched Geralt silently for a moment, then turned sideways.Staring at the floor and whispering, "I'm sorry."

Geralt sighed and said, "I understand how you feel, boy. Trust me. Shit, when I was a killer, I was always asking around to see what the old men knew."

Dimitri stared at him again and asked, "And then?"

"Not yet," Geralt confessed, "but I haven't exhausted all means yet."

"Great."

...that statement is a bit strange.

Geralt looked at Dimitri, and the young man ordered, "Let me know as soon as you find out."

Hold.

He knew the look.Hell, he's seen it on a lot of faces.

"Son, it's not my place to say it, but it's going to be painful if you keep letting the desire for revenge rule your life," said Gerald gravely.

"I don't care what happens to me." Dimitri's voice was full of inexplicable anger, and his eyes slowly revealed a crazy color, just as his paranoid look told: "That's what should have been dedicated to the dead. sacrifice."

Rumor: Conspirator muses

(Scene setting: in the chaos of water battle)

Claude manages to escape the spray from all directions, but is already drenched.The yellow and black swimming trunks cling to him uncomfortably, and he has to endure the bad feeling of the sun burning on his body.

God, Hilda wanted a day off, and Claude came begging her to heal her sunburn.

Claude was delighted to find that Raphael was in the same situation as him.

It wasn't his fault he forgot to bring sunscreen.Hilda took all the bottles and gave them to the other girls.

Including the honorable Lord Beles Cyros...

God.No one with a bright mind would put another layer of sunscreen on her skin, and her skin was shining in the sun with the white bikini.

Poor Dimitri almost fell in the mud on his way to build a shed and parasol.

Speaking of this little friend of the same age...

Dimitri chose to sit under a thin blanket under an umbrella on the beach, wearing a light blue gown and dark blue swimming trunks that reached his knees.

To die, just looking at it makes Claude sweat profusely.

Including his blatant and childish love eyes towards the little lady, it is really cute and sad.

Seeing him alone, Claude rushed to him.Finally, she stopped in front of him and smiled, blocking his view of the little lady.Dimitri frowned in dissatisfaction, and put his hands on his waist.Claude felt the drops of water and sweat falling on his palms, but he asked indifferently, "What are you doing sitting here alone, Your Highness?"

He withdrew to one side and joked, "You don't want to play with other people."

Dimitri immediately returned to the state of obsessing over Beles, and Claude couldn't help saying: "Miss doesn't care if you get wet."

Dimitri, miraculously, realized what Claude was implying, blushing as if he had sunburned his brain, and shouted at him: "Claude!"

Claude giggled and shook his head, making a face at Dimitri, splashing water from his hair, making Dimitri imagine a wet dog being shaken dry.When Claude felt that his body was dry, he sat next to Dimitri and watched other people frolicking in the sea.

The little lady is following Felix's instructions to bypass Leonie, but Leonie insists on guarding Sylvain.It's not that Leonie likes Sylvain, it's absolutely impossible.Leonie has always been a competitive person, and Missy seems to be her...rival?

"Seriously, Dimitri, you should end." Claude leaned back and stabilized his body with his hands as he said, "I believe that with your strength, the little lady will be able to drown Sylvain in one fell swoop. "

Dimitri smiled and retorted: "I think it would be good to leave it to Felix."

Claude, perhaps subconsciously observing everyone, noticed Dimitri tugging at his left sleeve.He tilted his head slightly to hide his searching gaze for Dimitri, and to uncover what Dimitri's impeccable suit had been hiding all along.

There was an ugly scar on the collar of his shirt.

A bullet wound that has healed.

Oh.

Claude really wanted to thump his forehead, he forgot an important fact about Dimitri.

Members of the Faerghus branch are known for their battered flesh, and one need only look at Sylvain and Dudu to attest to that.Tsk, Ingrid also has a scar on her back, it's not very obvious, and it's about to disappear.However, if you look closely enough, you can still see the raised part of the scar.

Not that Kouros was only staring at Ingrid's back.

...just staring at her.

Mercedes and Janet have almost no blemishes on their skin, but that's mostly because they don't go to the front lines.There were only a few small marks on Felix, for the Frarudarius family was known to be a bunch of lithe and quick whores.

They wear their scars proudly.The men and women of Faerghus see their scars as a badge of honor for their allegiance to the Chapter and to Cyros.

Claude has never understood Faggas's loyalty, and he still doesn't like Seiros.

But Dimitri's scar...

Things are a little different.

Dimitri's scar was from four years ago.

A constant reminder of the day he survived...the day he lost his parents and close friends...

Claude rubbed the back of his head, not knowing what to do, now he wants to understand why Dimitri only wears long sleeves.Then invite everyone to the beach and act like a jerk yourself.

Then again, has Dimitri ever heard of this amazing invention called a swimsuit?Many surfers wear them, and there are even long-sleeved versions.

...forget it.

Claude couldn't imagine Dimitri going surfing at all.

He was about to ask Dimitri if he could surf (probably not) when he noticed that the little lady had been watching them.

No.

She was looking at Dimitri.

Claude opened his mouth and laughed: "Oh, you and the little lady, huh?"

"Miss and I?" Dimitri frowned as he stared at Claude.

"Okay, okay, you're not an idiot." Claude shrugged, and added briskly: "Idiot, it's possible. An idiot, it's not yet."

"I think you're cursing me, but I'm not sure," Dimitri commented, narrowing his eyes.

"I promise I'm not scolding you." Claude argued, "I mean, you're so smart, you must have noticed that the young lady likes you."

Dimitri's face was wrong again, and instead of looking at Claude, he stared at the blanket on his lap and whispered, "I don't quite understand what you mean."

Claude snorted and patted him on the back twice.When Dimitri straightened up to look at him, Claude said, "Everyone noticed that you two were staring intensely at each other. Hilda said it, not me."

"Is there?" Dimitri murmured.

"Little brother. There is a bet on the Internet, initiated by Listia." As Claude said, Dimitri's eyes gradually widened. "Wow, most of the bets are on Farghus. I didn't know Felix's father was so rich."

"What?" Dimitri's voice rose, and Claude laughed.

"Yes, yes. I bet on Valentine's Day, which is tomorrow. So." Claude asked without a trace of sincerity, "At least give me a third base, okay?"

"Unless..." Claude leaned forward and whispered, "You already KISS?"

Dimitri's entire face was flushed, and Kouros knew he wasn't.But that didn't stop him from continuing to tease Dimitri, reciting lines from a vulgar romance novel Hilda bought: "Oh, Dimitri, you idiot. You tasted those sweet lips --"

"Shut up, Claude!" Dimitri ordered, "Miss is definitely not a piece of meat that you can covet. She is a beautiful lady worthy of your respect. Of course, although she is not good at expressing her emotions— —”

Claude's eyes were piercing and his smile was so bright, he stared at the incoherent Dimitri like watching a train derail.

"——makes her look like a delicate and cold porcelain doll. However, she looks good when she smiles! When I see her smile, I always feel a sense of gaining life in my heart."

Claude died of joy.

"Plus she is kind and caring. Does everything she can to help us even if she doesn't understand how we operate. And! She is a very fast learner. Just the other day she did my uncle's work for two weeks in less than an hour ! Rodriguez checked and it came out perfect."

God.He is still going on.

"By then! Miss will definitely become the great leader of Seros!" Dimitri's smile suddenly dimmed, his eyes gradually filled with haze, and Claude frowned. "By then..."

"I'm just the Cyros family..." Dimitri whispered softly: "Dimitri from the Faggus branch..."

Is he... serious?

Claude suddenly finds himself a supporting character in Hilda's vulgar romance novel.

"Come on, Dimitri." Claude patted him on the back again and said, "Just because she's going to be our leader doesn't mean your relationship with each other will change."

Ouch, Lugu killed people.

The well-informed Claude knows again...

Lugu once had a tryst with the leader of Cyrus (Tsk, the leader at the time called Lugu the "Blue Lion King". Some people think that this is not even a relationship, and they are almost engaged in an open and honest engagement.) Adrestia The leader of the group took this as an excuse for Seiros to take over the branch, forcing Lugu and his cronies to leave.Selos agreed, and the Faerghus branch was born.Since then, there has been constant friction between the two branches. Adrestia often yells "You are biased!" Farghus retorts, "Your mother!", while the Seiros family just sits on the sofa and eats popcorn, as if This is not a basket they poked out.

Claude is convinced that there is no soap opera more dramatic and worth seeing than this.Must see.

"Then why don't you become a member of Cyros." Claude suggested perfunctorily.

"What?!" Dimitri stared at Claude, as if he had just told himself that Santa wasn't real.

"That's what Geralt did." Kouros reminded him, "In my opinion, you might as well give up the inheritance of Faerghus and join Cyros. Think about it, when you get married, she won't be able to With your last name."

"Knot-ah-I-"

Dimitri seemed to be only one step away from having a heart attack, so Claude slowed down a bit: "Alright, alright, although you haven't dated yet, it's not a bad thing to plan for the future. Please, You two are clearly in love. Everyone knows it and is waiting for you to speak up."

Claude stared at Dimitri seriously, and asked, "Don't you think you should at least fight for your respective futures for a while?"

Dimitri lowered his head again, muttering to himself: "Fagas always needs Bredade to lead..."

"Your uncle is a Bredade," Claude reminded.

A smile hung on the corner of Dimitri's mouth: "Well, let him do the math."

Claude grinned: "In my opinion, she is still far from being a leader. Why don't you use this time to get along? If you can't get along, well, you won't be embarrassed when she returns to Seros in the future. But If it becomes..."

Claude looked at Dimitri and said softly, "I will be happy for you, you two deserve happiness."

"Claude." Dimitri stared at him silently for a long, long time, and wanted to shrink back halfway.But he had a gentle smile on his face when he finally said "okay", "I'd like to try... it won't hurt..."

"Good job!" Claude cheered him up, and this time, he put his arm on his shoulder, bringing the distance between them closer. "What's the plan? When are you going to ask her? You can talk on the first date, you know? Thinking about the way the two of you stare at each other, it's going to be exhausting without a kiss."

"It's definitely not Valentine's Day." Dimitri said in a very cold voice, which made Claude very dissatisfied.

"Come on you!" Claude yelled.Dimitri smirked and turned his eyes back to the beach, which made him chuckle again.

He didn't know if the two were compatible or not.But he watched the eye contact between the two, the way the two got along.If they didn't fall in love, they must have stepped into hell.

If it is really successful, if Dimitri gives up the succession of Faerghus and joins Cyros...

Well, then he can have a good move, can't he?

Side Story: The End of Unfinished Dreams

(Set-up: Byleth and the Cyrus family have dinner on Valentine's night.)

Dimitri felt that everyone looked at him strangely.For a whole day, Dimitri and Beles pretended nothing happened, except for smiling at each other, which made Du Du think it was very funny. (Dimitri confesses everything to Du Du, in order for him to make sure everything is perfect for tonight.) Ingrid looks at them quizzically; Felix is ​​not pleased with Dimitri's look. Smiley, left early in the morning, presumably to inspect Vollardarius and Gortier; Mercedes seemed to see through everything (tsk, must be Dudu) but she kept it a secret; Ash and Yani Dimitri was as perplexed as Ingrid, but Dimitri was unperturbed and smiled vaguely.

Thank goodness his lucky star Shirvan is not around, because he has a lot of "schedule" today. (This man is always busy every Valentine's Day, and everyone is familiar with it.)

Dudu and Ingrid had to watch Dimitri stand outside when Byleth and Alois went to Serros's for dinner.He just stood there... with a smile on his face, until Roderick came down himself and told him to go back.

in a few hours...

Ingrid had resigned earlier, and Du Du had left to make sure that the roof garden was in order.

Absolutely...would be perfect.

More perfect than their first dance...

"Nephew." Ruphas sighed and shouted, watching Dimitri staring at the table with a smile on his face.The document in front of him was about Cornelia's latest merchandise loss, so it was definitely not something he could laugh at. "You just... go."

"What?" Dimitri finally came back to his senses, staring at Ruphas with wide eyes.

"Obviously, your heart is elsewhere." Ruphas saw Rodrigo glaring at him across the tables. "Rodligu and I can deal with the urgent documents tonight, so you can go and prepare for the date with Lord Beles."

"Who told me about the date??" Dimitri said angrily, Rodriguez shook his head, and Ruphas sighed.

"Nephew, let's not be blind." Rufus reminded: "Just make sure that you and her first kiss are in the car."

"Rufus!" Rodrigo scolded, "Take her to the opera next time."

His lips curled into a mocking grin, and he added: "And kiss her."

Rufus laughed and said, "You bet you're kissing in an opera house? Damn, it sounds like something Lambert would do!"

Rodriguez shrugged, smiled and returned to his work.

Dimitri could only watch them both in silence.His uncle hadn't mentioned his father since that day, and it was... weird to see him laughing and getting along with Rodriguez.

Ruphas turned to Dimitri and urged, "Go, nephew. Leave this place to us."

"I—" Dimitri didn't know how to answer, and turned to Rodriguez.Roderick smiled at him and nodded.Dimitri also smiled, and said to Ruphas, "Thank you, Uncle."

"Okay, okay." Rufus waved his hand contemptuously and said gruffly, "Just don't wait for a girl to freeze yourself to death like that old guy."

Rodrigo coughed to cover his laughter, and Dimitri froze just as he was about to ask his father why, when suddenly the door was knocked open and a young man staggered in. "Boss! Boss!"

"What's the matter? Calm down." Rodriguez became alert immediately, and walked towards the man to help him up.

The young man grabbed Rodlygu's arm and shouted, "Gargu Mach has been bombed!"

Time seemed to stand still because of this sentence.Dimitri could barely hear Ruphas' voice, yelling, "What the fuck are you talking about?! If you're fucking kidding me—"

It's a joke.

right.Must be a joke.

Garreg Mach couldn't be blown up.They have the most robust security facilities.

She is safe.She is safe.She must be safe.

Just a prank--

"No, this is absolutely true." A cold female voice drilled into Dimitri's head.He turned his head to the source of the sound and saw Cornelia enter the room, with two men standing beside her.

Two of her men aimed their pistols at them.

"Fuck? Cornelia?" Ruphas growled angrily.

"Be quiet, you waste of air." Cornelia clapped her hands, and another man walked into the room holding a notebook.A live video showing a young woman sitting in an office.

It's Edelgard.

"About 10 minutes ago, Gargul Mach was bombed." Edelgard declared in a steady and calm tone, "Adestia is responsible for this incident. This is me, Adeste An order from Edelgard von Fresberg, the new leader of Asia."

Dimitri couldn't breathe.

what?

What did she just say?

"For generations, the Cyros family has prospered because of our hard work. The Cyros have treated us as slaves and enjoyed the rewards. If we choose to refuse, we will be punished. If we choose to obey, we will get nothing in return. "

Edelgard's voice filled the room clearly, but to Dimitri it sounded like she was speaking underwater.

"It's unbearable. We have made up our minds. This is the last time the Cyros family steps on us. As of today, Adrestia, refuse to submit to the will of the Cyros family!"

"The branch of Adrestia no longer exists. At this very moment, we are the Fresberg family."

Edelgard declared: "From today onwards, we will retake Fordora from the tyrants of House Seros."

"My dear members of the branch..." Edelgard stood up and stretched out her hand to the camera, "Join me and show our freedom to the corrupt Cyros family, join us, let us unite Fordra."

"If not..." Edelgard's eyes became harsh, and his tone was also cold, "Continue to cling to the dead branches of Cyros, and the Fresberg family will definitely destroy you."

"You will have a day to think about your future."

Edelgard spread her arms out, parallel to her shoulders.

"Succumb to the oppression of the Selos family, or join me in creating a new dawn for Fordora?"

The video ends here, pausing on Edelgard's face.Everyone fell silent, and Rodrigo was the first to react, shouting: "The Adrestia branch bombed Garreg Mach?!"

"It's the Fresberg family." Cornelia lazily corrected before Rodriguez could speak. "The 'Serros family' no longer exists. Our family has confirmed that all members of the Seros family are dead."

"Our family—" Rufus repeated, slamming his hands on the table angrily, and when he yelled "You bitch!", the papers slammed into the air. "You dare to betray Faerghus?!"

Cornelia shook her hair while laughing, "Betrayal? You can't betray someone who has never sworn allegiance. I think the dead blue Bell is the only one with a brain in this family."

Cornelia's mouth curled into a vicious smile and added, "Ha, that's why we had to kill him."

Rodrigues and Ruphas were dumbfounded by her words.

Dimitri turned to look at Cornelia, and heard himself ask, "You...killed my parents?"

"Parents? Oh, no, my dear young master." Cornelia said pretentiously, "The attack was only aimed at you and your dear father. Patricia is still alive."

"Is she...alive...?" Dimitri repeated, not sure if he could still hear.

"Of course, how can you do things like framing your collaborators?" Cornelia giggled triumphantly, "Even though she left Lord Edelgard's father, she still loves herself daughter."

She walked up to Dimitri, lifted his chin with her forefinger, and forced him to look at her: "Patricia never loved you, nor your poor old father. She married Fara Just trying to help our cause, Jas."

"You did it," Dimitri repeated blankly.

"Hey, poor dear. I heard that your only mother doesn't love you at all. You are just a nuisance. She pretended to be a house-drinking game to cheat you. This must be difficult for people to accept." Cornelie Ya leaned forward, admiring Dimitri's expression.Rodrigo walked towards Dimitri, but Cornelia's men pointed their guns at his chest, and Rodrigo was forced to stop, glaring at the man.Cornelia continued: "Forthardt von Arlander ordered Patricia to seduce Lambert, so we can send the two of you on the road together."

"Fuck you!" shouted Ruphas, suddenly pulling his pistol out of his suit.

Shots rang out across the room, and Ruphas fell to his knees, screaming in pain and frustration.His right shoulder was bleeding profusely and the gun fell to the ground.

"It's so sad." Cornelia sneered, and turned her attention to the motionless Bredade beside her.She smiled brightly at Rodriguez, and said in a low voice, "If it wasn't for that stupid kid Vollardarius, you would have died long ago."

Rodrigo trembled with anger, and stared at Cornelia fiercely.

"So those bikers...are from Adestia?" Dimitri asked with a sinking face.

Cornelia giggled and stretched her arms