‘B-but how? T-there was definitely no one behind me… except… no, it can’t be.’ Not wanting to believe it herself, she slowly turned her head backward.
Alas, subsequently, she caught a glimpse of what she wanted to avoid seeing the most!
The identity of the backstabber was in fact Henna!
She had used one of her double blades to impale her.
“S-Sister H-Henna… but why?”
“I’m sorry, miss. He sent an assassin to poison my little sister in secret. Now, only he has the unique antidote that’s going to work.” A fog of darkness was covering Henna’s expressionless countenance as she uttered those words in a single breath.
“Y-You should’ve just told me that. I m-might have been able to help-“
Barf!
Suddenly, feeling like her stomach was churning, she uncontrollably expelled whatever that was making her uncomfortable. Unfortunately, all that came out was blood.
She was absolutely bewildered, unable to believe that Henna had betrayed her. Alas, the hole in her stomach that sent waves after waves of affliction was repeatedly proving otherwise as it forced her to wake up to the cruel reality in front of her.
“I couldn’t risk her life, miss. She’s the most precious family member I have left and there’s nothing in this world I wouldn’t do for her, even if I had to throw away my loyalty to you.” Despite seemingly disheartened, Henna was the type of person that when she was put in a quandary, after making a decision, she would do so without any second thoughts whatsoever. That’s how resolved of a person she was.
“I-I see… b-but what about me, sob… didn’t you consider me your family as well? I-I thought of you as my s-sister…” By now, the cheeky woman couldn’t stop the tears of grief and abandonment that were pricking at her heart.
Even though the betrayal of Henna, the person she deemed as an important sister, pained her heart even more than the sword that was pricking her back, she still turned toward Ra quickly and powerlessly aimed all her hatred at him. “Y-you! How could you do such a despicable thing? I knew you were a disgusting guy, but I didn’t think you would be this wretched.”
Albeit, her anger and abhorrence seemed to have the opposite effect on Ra who started laughing like a maniac. “Hahahaha… what a moving scene, I might even cry! But thank you for the compliment though, I must be a genius to be able to create such an emotional scene!”
Suddenly, a murderous aura was unleashed from Ra’s frame while a sharp glint was in his pupils. “However, you’re going to die here today without anyone even knowing, so I honestly don’t care about your compliments.”
“You know-” Just as the barbarian Ra was about to say something else, he noticed the veiled lady had gone unconscious.
As a matter of fact, she was feeling so much rage, hatred, pain, despair, and pity due to the backstabbing of Henna, that cheap plan of Ra, and the sword that was making her heart bleed more than her stomach, that she, at last, was pushed to the brink of her limits both mentally and physically as all power left her frame at once and she fainted.
“Huh? She fainted already?” Walking beside her fallen figure in a relaxed manner, Ra kicked her stomach as hard as possible.
BAM!
Seeing no reaction whatsoever, Ra was now certain that she was truly unconscious.
“Huh… should I wake her up before actually torturing her to death?” Just as he mumbled that and was about to proceed to his next course of action, Henna interrupted him.
“There’s someone else you need to take care of. If I go back like this without the miss together with me, he might suspect and even kill me before we even leave the maze.” As the image of Virus materialized in her mindscape, Henna requested Ra to kill Virus as well.
Slap!
“Huh? Why should I care about what happens to you, bitch?” Clearly not bothered about the fate of this lowly traitor, Ra slapped her and replied in annoyance.
The way he was looking at her was as if he was gazing upon nothing but a nuisance now that her use was over.
“Y-you!” Although that immediately angered Henna a great deal, she still coerced herself to ruminate logically before an idea popped into her head, “What if I tell you he’s someone you have a grudge against as well?”
“Oh, go on?” Even though he quite didn’t believe her, Ra still wanted to hear what she had to say.
“Don’t you remember that guy that offended you outside the Invisible Fortress? That guy named Vee. He somehow succeeded in making it into the Invisible Fortress and partied up with us. Yes, I’m talking about him! Now what? Are you sure you want to leave him be?” Grinding her teeth together, Henna questioned.
Initially, she had nothing but resentment toward this monster that had poisoned her sister, however, seeing how he was treating her after all she had done for him, her hatred climbed to an even higher peak.
Beside Ra, hearing Vee’s name, Knightgruella who had remained quiet until now suddenly stepped forward and implored while gnashing his teeth.
“Please, boss. Kill him too, we’ve reached the point where he and I can’t live under the same sky!” Knightgruella humbly begged.
“Huh! Like I wouldn’t have done that without you telling me. I don’t know how he escaped our men outside and actually entered the Invisible Fortress, but it doesn’t matter. What matters is that he’s here.”
“Hmmm! Now that I brood over it more, this is great news actually since I get to kill the bastard with my own hands as well! Hahahaha…”
After cracking up for a while, he, at last, had enough of laughing and commanded Henna with a malicious smirk.
“Bring him to me and I’ll take care of him for you.”
“But before that,” Abruptly dashing toward Henna, he ruthlessly punched Henna a few times.
Wham! Wham! Wham!
“Argh!” He punched her so hard that her face was now smashed and tragic just like that of a pig while blood was dripping from all over it!
“W-What are you doing?! Why would you do that to me!” Henna screamed in anger and even some fear.
“You idiot woman, he would suspect you if you just returned without any injuries whatsoever. Now, you can run back to him and tell him that your miss is in danger and needs your help! Go!”
Grabbing her by the arm, Ra easily tossed her into the gate that led back to the Sphinx.
“Now, we wait.”
…
After Virus left the treasury, the first thing he witnessed was the bloody and anxious countenance of Henna who uttered a few broken words.
“V-Vee… Miss, H-Hel… S-She…”
Immediately grabbing her by the shoulders, Virus’ expression became grave as he urged her to relax first. “Calm down first. Then tell me what happened.”
Afterward, Henna began describing how after Virus had left, they had also picked a room and entered it.
Unfortunately, bad luck had come knocking on their doors since Ra and Knightgruella were waiting for them on the other side.
