"Look at you, blinded by love!"

Hereth sneered at Aleshia's face. Her voice had a tinge of mockery in it.

"Love?"

Aleshia immediately became confused by her words. There was not a moment in this journey that she was blinded by love.

"If you aren't in love, why aren't you killing him then!? That man must have tricked you! Let me go! I'll decapitate him for you!"

Hereth struggled from Aleshia's hold intensely. Her eyes were even more bloodshot than before.

"Don't you dare!! Hereth, even if I knew you since I was 8 years old, I would not sit back and let you do as you like!"

Aleshia gripped at Hereth's collar tighter and she pulled her closer to her face. Anger was brimming inside Aleshia. Hereth was interfering with her life and it may even kill her. Once Hereth succeeds and kills Lawrend, she will also be dead.

"Shiana! Listen to yourself! If that is not love, I don't know what is!"

Hereth's eyes became more bloodshot and fierce when she mentioned the word 'love'. It was like something about it was making her agitated.

"I'm not in love."

Aleshia replied solemnly with no emotion on her face. Although she trusts Lawrend quite a bit, it was still not at the level that she was in love with him.

"Heh, let's see."

Suddenly, Hereth threw a white powder at Aleshia's face, blinding her.

"Agh!"

Aleshia screamed in discomfort and held her eyes. This, in turn, gave Hereth the freedom that she needed.

"Come here, little boy!"

Hereth looked down under the carriage seat where she last saw Lawrend. To her surprise, he was not there. In instinct, she turned around.

"I'm not an idiot to stay in the same place!"

Lawrend seems like he had a lot of pent-up anger about being called an idiot. Who knows where it came from? [Author's Note: I'm looking at you, Reader.]

Lawrend touched her chest with his right hand as it was the biggest and closest part of her body to him before he shouted with great fervor.

"Shock Arc!"

Lawrend had already been prepared. When he saw his chance, he chanted under his breath as fast as he could.

'I hope this works!'

Lawrend knew from the memories that he got that electricity is more easily conducted when you are in skin-to-skin contact with someone.

The lightning mana inside his hand burst forth, and as if there were no barriers, the lightning mana traveled out of his hand and into her body.

And with wide eyes, Hereth felt a strong current enter her body. It was like her insides were opened and slapped with a whip. It was an excruciating feeling. Then it reached her brain; without any suspense, she was cooked alive. All of this happened in under a millisecond.

Lawrend panted heavily and sat on the carriage seat before resting his back. He looked at her dead body silently. This time, it was not just a goblin. It was a woman.

"I still don't feel anything…"

Lawrend touched his rapidly beating heart in unease. Aside from nervousness, he didn't feel despondent to see her dead. It was an alien feeling to Lawrend. It was similar to what he felt when he saw the scene of the gory bloody parts of the goblins falling from the sky inside his head.

"Y-Young Master…"

Aleshia looked at Lawrend with her reddened eyes. The powder that hit her eyes irritated it, turning her eyes red. Right now her heart is rapidly beating in anxiety. What if Lawrend goes crazy again? She couldn't help but think of that.

"I'm okay, Aleshia."

Lawrend turned his head towards her and smiled at her in assurance. It was not fun killing someone, that, he was sure. But when he saw Aleshia's appearance, he felt a pang in his heart.

"I'm relieved, Young Master."

Aleshia felt that it was weird that Lawrend didn't react that much when he killed someone with his own hands. Maybe it was because the trauma from last time affected him. Or it could be that he knew that it was something that he got to do no matter what.

"Are your eyes okay?"

Lawrend asked her in worry. He was okay, just tired from casting a spell, but her eyes were so red that he couldn't help but worry.

"It's just cornstarch, Young Master. I just didn't expect her to do that. I still have a lot to learn as an assassin."

Aleshia sighed in defeat. For her, it was the most embarrassing thing to happen to her as an assassin. She let her guard down and allowed her enemy to blind her eyes temporarily.

"That's a relief then."

Lawrend slumped his back more freely after hearing her words.

"Huh? You seem to be concerned about me, Young Master?"

Aleshia asked in confusion. He never did that before.

"Of course, you're my maid after all."

Lawrend gave her a wide grin. It was something to ease his tense body that was still running on adrenaline.

"Your maid…"

Aleshia murmured with a blank expression. She didn't think that Lawrend would be so concerned about her just because she was his maid. It honestly made her quite happy.

"Are you okay?"

Lawrend couldn't help but ask her after seeing her stare into his face blankly.

"I-I'm fine. Right, Young Master, why don't we remove the b-blood contract now?"

Aleshia stuttered in embarrassment. She knew what her words meant. But if it could ease this guilt that was building inside her heart. She doesn't think that it's that bad. It was just a kiss. Nothing special about it. Yep, nothing special. It's not like she's gonna get pregnant with one.

"W-Why?"

Lawrend stuttered as he gulped a mouthful of his saliva. It was hard to think straight when a beautiful girl just offered herself to kiss you.

"I think I can trust you, Young Master. Let me work for you with sincerity."

Aleshia felt her emotions welling up with her words. It somehow felt refreshing to be the one doing this. She felt like she was being true to Lawrend for once.