Lust, like Vengeance, Demands Red 42 The Rabbit Showed His Fangs

Hilda immediately went on her knees and raised her dagger at herself.

But Zhi Rui's eyes reached her own, before she could cut herself and ask for forgiveness, she tremblingly put the dagger on the ground.

Zhi Rui looked back at Shizu, she sighed annoyedly and started to tie Gray she carried him until the pond and put some runes for him no to scape the runes. then she walked back.

As Zhi Rui walked in front of her. Hilda looked at gray bounded beside the pond.

'As he said, If you cannot be free then you have to choose the right tyrant.'

Her times growing up in the village passed through her head.

On the other side of the forest with the barbarians, her father deserted in the middle of the battle against another settlement, as the daughter and wife of a traitor she and her mother were overworked and tortured. Her mother was weak and eventually got sick and without treatment, she died.

but herself, a child alone with cruels adults learned how to sneak around, when she got good enough, she started killing warrior of her own tribe for money, it reached a point where she weakened her tribe so much they were attacked and dominated, the new leaders did not want her near them so word of her dealings spread and she was banned.

She came to the empire at the age of ten and become a mercenary she would usually take simple jobs, and built her image as a mercenary.

She grew strong with time, enough to assassinate for the nobles as a side job. Then she was sighted by the daughter of the general of the empire and was sucked in a whales fight. Then she tried to choose the winning side, crown prince Robert. She though the imperial family was the best option, after all, they are the ruling family but at the last minute, she changed her mind.

But as Zhi Rui approached her, she understood that the last minute does not have value. Hilda looked at Zhi Rui for a second and saw the rank three Shizu behind her and closed her eyes. 'Maybe I can live better in another life.'

"You betrayed me then regretted it, then you betrayed your new master."

Very much like your feline eyes, you act like a cat.

Hilda timidly opened her eyes Zhi Rui had an amused smile as if seeing something cute. Hilda heart rate went wild.

But Zhi Rui's smile disappeared

"But you did betray me. so as your punishment"

Zhi Rui stretched her arms and roughly grabbed Hilda's Chin,

Hilda felt the blood in the blood on her mouth, and the smell of Zhi Rui went through her nose

Zhi Rui brought Hilda's face close to her own and Coldly told her,

"Now, to avoid my cat from dinning in other houses, I have to put a collar on it."

Hilda felt a burnt inside her head, a blood red hot energy spread from her forehead to her inner core, it enveloped it, but it could not get in, Hilda understood. She willingly let it inside herself. and slowly a mark etched itself on her chest. then her core becomes red like the other slaves os Zhi Rui."

"Now that you're my slave, you ever be free of me again." Zhi Rui spoke.

Hilda felt her chest race, she did not avert her eyes from Zhi Rui's deep green abyss.

Zhi Rui brusquely let go of her and walked to the pond, Shizu followed after her.

Prince Julius who was gagged and kept mumbling making a ruckus,

Zhi Rui looked at Shizu, Shizu looked at Julius in disdain and nodded.

Zhi Rui took the gagged of him.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? I'M A PRINCE OF THIS EMPIRE DO YOU THINK YOU CAN GET AWAY WITH KILLING ME!? SHIZU! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!? WE ' HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR YEARS!

"SHUT THE FUCK UP!" Shizu screamed.

Julius looked at her dumbfounded he never saw her like this.

"I watched you do horrendous stuff all around this country even helped you with some of them. I followed your brother's every order. and followed your spoiled ass around, my only comfort was the monotones of the job, but then you and your brother started to annoy me. your childish butthurt bullshit, and your brother's stares at me. I' been with you people of the empire for a while now. And I'm tired. So I thought why not try something new?" Shizu smiled.

Julius was stomped for words he was looking at her but he did not recognize the person."Y-You'll kill me because you're annoyed with us?"

Shizu sighed, "Ugh I know it sounds shallow and all but, you know when there's a rotted part on the fruit and you just cut it off, well being a knight and fallow you around your brother, everything just become the rotted part of my life. so I'm using Zhi Rui to cut it off."

tears came in Julius' eyes he looked at the pond in a daze.

"B-but, you could just ask to leave, as a prince I could allow that."

Shizu looked a the boy, I'm a knight that swore an oath, and besides, you might do that, but your brother, is hinting to bed me for a few days now, even Gray came with passive aggressive messages to me. so I thought, that might as well, change airs and try to do something else.

Julius looked at Gray, dazedly he nodded in confirmation.

"B-But, why do this to me? I mean bad or wrong you laughed with me and walked with me through all. or is it that you hated what I did?

Shizu cringed at the whining tone, she distanced herself with a step back then frowned trying to find the better choice of words

"Not really. it's just that by chance you're the guy at the plan, and I'm changing sides so you're the guy I have to cut the throat. that kind of thing."

Julius was almost lifeless he whispered the last question.

"Don't you feel anything for killing me?

Shizu shrugged her shoulders "You're part of the rotten part of my life. I do feel relief."

Julius silently cried.

Shizu cringed and went away.

'What a heartless woman' Zhi Rui thought.

'But to grow this emotionally detached of things, who knows what happened to her. such a beautiful and talented person, shouldn't have to suffer until such point."Zhi Rui sighed and shook her head.

Then she took the people who had bled every drop of blood and threw them on the corpse pile. she then and took a woman and a child.

Gray watched as Zhi Rui cut his wife and son's necks. he followed the blood as it kept filling the pond.

"I this all I have to do?" Zhi Ru spoke aloud

The people were confused about who she spoke to. but a voice answered, and everyone listened

(Yes, The core is the essence of the spirit, and the blood contains the essence of the core. you bathe yourself in blood to activate the spell, then you'll be able to manipulate to see the sacrifice's spirits, then you fuse it with your own, transforming and healing your core. then you can safely find me somebody else's body to occupy.)

"Everybody around heard the voice. they looked at her as if she was a demon herself."

Zhi Rui ignored them.

Suddenly Julius started laughing

'That voice is the one who told me to feed her the ethereal lily, now that he thought about it, his elder brother asked them to force her to do the spell, but she's doing it voluntarily, obviously, she's being played by it'

Julius laughed madly. He looked at Zhi Rui." you're gonna die! die!!"

Zhi Rui ignored him and turned around at the sound of steps coming.

In a white dress, an elegant and extremely beautiful woman walked in with a topless wild looking Izaya.

Zhi Rui smiled at them. "How did it went?"

"Izaya frowned at the smell of blood and answered.

"I set fires in a way that the smoke will go all around the city, the batch of drugs we did in a rush was barely enough, but I was still able to throw them at the public wells and put it on the soldier's rations. in around half hour it'll take effect, and the slaves are preparing to rile the drugged people up. The slums will be completely crazy if the slaves can bring together at least some thousands then the city will be upside down."

Zhi Rui turned to Zhun Xuying

"I'll wait for when Lei gu is on the edge, then I'll trap her." Zhun Xuying spoke gently.

Zhi Rui smiled at that "You already learned how to spoke and act there."

Zhun Xuying nodded, still with her smile.

Gray who had lifeless eyes until now opened them wide, he looked at Zhi Rui. "W-What are you doing!?"

Zhi Rui turned to him, smiling gently like Zhun Xuying.

"Two things, I'm destroying more than half the business in this city.

and forever jeopardizing the imperial standing with the light sect as well as this continent."

Gray started trembling, "B-but that will kill hundreds of thousands of people this isn't power dispute anymore this is plain Genocide! these drugged people more than half of it will die! and you want to destroy the commerce!? that's just destroying the country!"

Smiling gently, Zhi Rui looked at gray's eyes.

"Yes, and not more than half, but all of them will probably die and the one to be blamed will be your Prince Robert."

Zhi Rui saw Julius and Gray's surprise with mirth. Then she continued

"He'll be blamed for trying to create a drug that was banished from the world for its noxiousness, as well as the mishandling of it. Causing the tragedy that is soon to hit the people. and while the royal family deals with accusations and the warines of every empire and righteous sect near this country. The one who'll help the country recover from such tragedy will be this saint-like maiden who created the community center."

Zhi Rui smiled beautifully.

"Y-you, H-how could s-someone?" Gray looked ghastly.

Zhi Rui had a fire in her eyes.

He gave up. he just stayed still, he did not wanna know anymore.

'This is madness. pure madness, we should've been more cautious.'

Chapter end