Escape from the evil lady (GL)
Chapter 142 - 3. Asking for a Favor

Chapter 142: Chapter 3. Asking for a Favor

A tall man with disheveled dark hair, dressed in symbolic dark armor, looked at me calmly, standing outside.

To my own surprise, I also met his gaze without much emotion.

No, well, what else could I do?

I assumed that sooner or later it could happen, and this moment has come. The Crown Princess’s subordinates actually found me. And now that I had nowhere to run anyway, I took everything that happened for granted.

In such a situation, I could only accept it and take a deep breath. In the end, I just had to accept my inevitable future.

«Lady de Walt, may I help you out?» Meanwhile, the knight coldly addressed me.

— .....

I cleared my throat involuntarily.

— No, that’s not necessary... I can handle it on my own.

After the commander of the Dark Host offered me his service, I politely declined it. And then I still had to get out of the carriage, where I was faced with an equally unexpected sight. Although I expected Jacob Osman to arrive here with a whole squad of Dark Warriors, but in reality... There was no one else here but him.

«How is this possible...?»

However, the knights of the Imperial Army were all defeated and lying on the ground injured or unconscious. For a moment, I couldn’t even believe my eyes.

I couldn’t believe that even if it was Kaena de Ronan’s most trusted subordinate, he could actually handle all these people on his own. After all, was he really an ordinary person?

Besides, because of everything that had happened, I was also a little worried.

In particular, the blood-red grass everywhere raised a lot of anxiety in me.

The thought that innocent people might have suffered unfairly because of me again gnawed at me much more than if I had actually suffered real physical damage. Besides, since they were the main character’s trusted people, I felt even more guilty towards her.

«They’re not...» I said warily, fearing the worst scenario.

But to my endless surprise, the knight in dark armor only shook his head, as if anticipating my thoughts.

«You don’t have to worry about it. The wounds I inflicted on them during the battle were not fatal,» he announced coldly.

«Really?»

I involuntarily opened and closed my mouth in amazement, as I couldn’t believe that this cold-blooded thug could actually spare these people.

— Even though these are the soldiers of the Imperial Army that we are feuding with, but today I had no intention of killing anyone. Besides, that’s not why I came here.

«....»

When I recovered a little and regained my voice, I immediately asked again:

— And why did you come here? Really... In order to bring me back?

Jacob Osman gave me a look that made my skin go cold. However, his next sentence surprised me even more.

— You’re wrong.

— what? Really...?

If this person didn’t come here to make me a prisoner of the Heilos Residence again, then...

«Then why are you here...?» I couldn’t resist asking.

When I asked this question, I did it at my own risk in the first place. After all, the expected answer would have been to kill me. But...

At that moment, the knight suddenly brought up a completely unexpected topic in the conversation, which had nothing to do with what was happening now.

He said slowly, «You may have heard that Her Highness is currently engaged in battles on the border, so I only came here to ask you something.»

I stared at him absently.

«Ask...?»

Jacob Osman hesitated for a moment, waiting for a pause before continuing his speech:

— ...Lady de Walt. Could you go to the border and convince Her Highness to end this war and come back?

«!!!»

It was completely unexpected for me to hear something like that, so I even had some doubts about how correctly I heard everything. Nevertheless, voicing his request out loud, the man looked quite serious, which eventually made me put all doubts aside.

Finally, I bothered to clarify:

«Sir Jacob, what are you talking about...?»

Hesitating, the Knight of the Dark Host involuntarily lowered his gaze at his next words.

«I suspect that this war might not end well for Her Highness...» he said softly, «so I think she should return as soon as possible.

«....»

«Hmm? And what exactly does that mean?»

Although I didn’t quite understand what exactly the villainess’s subordinate meant by this, but at the moment I found it necessary to ask something completely different.

«But in that case, why did you come to me for this?» I couldn’t help but wonder, «Why don’t you do it yourself?»

Jacob Osman looked at me seriously before saying:

— Because I know that Her Highness won’t listen to me anyway. The only person whose words can affect her... It’s just you, Lady de Walt.

I frowned involuntarily.

«But why should I do that?»

Although I was in a rather risky position at the moment, but even so, I couldn’t just mindlessly follow the knight’s will. After all, it wasn’t about any other person, namely the main villain.

Why would I have to travel to the other side of the empire just to do this?

However, after my words, the knight’s dark eyes flashed dangerously.

«After all that Her Highness has already done for you, can’t you even do her this one favor?» He declared, clenching his fists.

«Did you do it for me?» I chuckled softly, «Sir Jacob... Do you really think that just because Her Highness treated me well, I can just forget about what happened?

The nightmares of that bloodshed in the Duchy of de Walt still haunted me from time to time. Although I couldn’t deny that in her residence, the villainess really treated me better than I expected, and even made me her bride, but... Even so, I wasn’t going to turn a blind eye to what had happened. After all, it would be unfair to the victims, and even to my father.

But at that moment, after a short silence, the knight uttered something completely unexpected:

— Lady de Walt, you see this situation only from your side. But... Have you ever thought about the fact that in fact everything may not be as it seems to you?

I frowned.

— what? What do you mean?

«What are you talking about...?» my voice involuntarily reflected excitement.

Jacob Osman continued:

— Did you know that on the eve of that evening at the de Walt residence, Her Highness had already met with the Duke in person?

«.....»

This was information that I had definitely not heard of before, and therefore my excitement only continued to increase.

— what? — I asked, — But why?

However, instead of a proper answer, the Knight of the Dark Host only stated:

«And that, if you want, you can find out from Her Highness yourself.»

«....»

I involuntarily clenched my fists at the moment when the subordinate of the main villain literally left me no other choice.