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I dived too hard and got a little bit of lake water in my mouth.
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......It's okay, isn't it? I don't think this much will kill me. I'm usually extremely healthy.
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Kii swims with beautiful form, her thin, transparent wings tucked neatly and compactly into her back.
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Keres and Captain Marius are swimming in a less than flattering manner, frantically moving their arms and legs. After all that running, it's torture to have to hold your breath again. It's a crying shame.
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Victor is frowning a little, but showing some composure.
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I wonder what his physical capabilities are. I want every scientist in the world to find out. If he dies, he'll be dissected for sure.
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I'm trying to follow the fairy, but there's no way out. The weird skull thing isn't chasing me anymore, but now I'm in a battle with myself.
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Not being able to breathe is truly hell. It seems to me that the most important thing for our survival is to take in oxygen.
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I wonder if we're there yet: .......
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I heard the fairy's clear voice, as if she had read my thoughts.
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I wonder how much more is a little while for the fairy.
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I wonder how much longer it would be for the fairy... I must have lost a lot of energy from the dive earlier, and I'm reaching my limit. Besides, I've used a lot of magic power. I'm almost out of energy.
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While I'm thinking about that, suddenly a terrible shock enters my head.
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What is this? It's like someone is hitting me as hard as he can.
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My vision is distorted. I feel sick. You try your best to suppress the feeling that you are about to vomit. I suddenly feel heavy and can't swim well.
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Victor is the first to notice my condition. He seemed to sense that I had inhaled the poison in an instant, and his brow wrinkled a little as if he wanted to say, "d*mn it.
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Oh, maybe this is the end of my life.
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I've only spent a short time with him, but I know his character. He abandons his soldiers without mercy.
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I'm just a pawn in his plot to become king. I wonder if I will die here as Jude did on his way.
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............ when I'm not yet a bad girl?
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I can't die here. I open my eyes, feeling as if I'm about to faint.
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I'm lucky I'm in a strange lake where I don't inhale poison from my eyes.
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As I'm thinking this, suddenly Victor comes towards me. He squeezes me in a tight grip.
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What? What is going on?
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Keres and Captain Marius are also swimming, surprised at his behavior. You don't think that prince is going to save me, do you?
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With me in his arms, he moves forward, chasing after the fairies.
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...... Am I already dead? Does this mean I'm going to heaven?
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No, but I still can't breathe and I'm in pain. ...... I know it's real and Victor is risking his life to save me.
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I can't believe it. And where the hell do I find the strength?
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Maybe Victor is one of the fairies. That's how extraordinary he is.
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I can see that the surface of the water is almost there. There is a glimmer of sunlight in the dirty, dingy water. We all make one last frantic movement up to the surface.
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If we can make it through this point, we will make it back alive. I feel as if I am witnessing the moment of clinging to life and struggling for it.
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With a bang, my face is suddenly released from the water, and my body inhales a large amount of air.
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I inhale well, trying not to drink the water. Lieutenant Neil rushes over to me with a towel, looking panicked.
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Victor lies down roughly on the dirty ground with me in his arms. We all fall down with a thud, breathing hard.
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Only the sound of huffing and puffing echoes through the woods.
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"We made it back alive!
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Captain Marius mutters quietly.
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What a tough ordeal it really was. I'm feeling sick, like I'm about to die, but I'm not dead yet.
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"I guess Jude didn't make it..."
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Kate's slightly low voice gave away her second-in-command Neil, Grandpa, and Mark.
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Victor took the towel from Vice Captain Neil and wiped his face roughly, then opened his mouth.
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"Don't think about the dead ones anymore."
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I can't help but think how angry Liz would have been at those words.
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No one here is saying anything to him. It's not that he's a prince and they won't stand up to him.
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We all know that Victor cares about his men, even if his words seem cold. We cannot blame him for the death of Jurd because of his greed.
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"How, how did you save me?"
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I asked him that for sure as I fell down, breathing hard, but looking straight at him.
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