I was curious about why Dmitri went to the trouble of ordering a female slave to have intimacy with me.
Was it just to make me let my guard down so he could kill me?
Wouldn't it be easier to kill me while I was asleep?
But I soon realized that Dmitri was probably trying to frame me to make me look disgusting in front of Livia.
If my genitals entered the female slave's genitalia, Dmitri would likely wake everyone up, including Livia.
As a result, Dmitri's position as a candidate for Livia's harem would become even more solid.
'But why would he go to all that trouble? I haven't interacted with Livia recently. Well, let's set aside Dmitri's motives for now.'
Shing!
I pulled the sword in my hand from its sheath.
I had realized the weight of the sword in my hand from the start. But still, I was surprised when I raised it in front of my body.
A real sword is indeed different from the toy sword I often use when working as an extra.
Would I be able to use a real sword?
'... Of course I can't.'
Swish-Tap!
I tried to attack.
But Dmitri managed to parry my sword even with a wooden stick.
Not only did he parry, but he also managed to land a punch on my body.
"Is this all you've got?" He spoke in a dismissive yet quiet tone as if afraid of waking the other slaves.
I knew I would lose.
How could a modern human like me be able to wield a real sword when I had only held a kitchen knife in my daily life?!
Were you wondering how I was going to defeat Dmitri?
There was one sword skill that I had learned during my career as an extra.
That skill was the art of getting hit.
Thwack!
Smack!
Even though I kept receiving blows from his staff, it didn't matter.
As an extra, I was often required to take a lot of sword blows from the main actors, but I knew how to minimize the impact of those blows.
Overreaction.
When Dmitri hit me with fifty percent of his power, I reacted as if I had been hit by his one thousand percent power.
I continued to retreat until I reached the limit of Livia's protection from the illusion magic barrier.
Dmitri also realized that I couldn't retreat anymore.
Smirk!
When Dmitri was caught off guard, thinking that I couldn't move further away, I smiled and pulled him out of the protection zone.
"Come with me!"
"S-stop!!!"
As if I were pulling a child's arm, Dmitri's face became panicked.
His pale skin became even paler, like a corpse.
"A-are you wanting us to die together?"
"Sure. Why not?!"
The illusion magic barrier effect was immediately felt in my brain.
Both of our bodies had been rolling around on the ground for a while, but as I lay on my back on the ground, my vision began to look like someone who was heavily intoxicated.
The surrounding forest landscape suddenly changed into an urban landscape.
Low-level illusion magic might only affect the human senses, but it seemed like the illusion magic barrier also affected one's subconscious mind.
When I saw the urban landscape, my mind automatically told me to go to the small studio room where Xiao Ling and I were staying.
Beep!
Just as my body was getting up and running, the sound of a car bell startled me and I automatically backed away.
Stop!
I stopped my body when the Cosnite, which wrapped around my stomach, started to react.
The Cosnite in my stomach glowed and managed to make the urban landscape before me transform back into a forest landscape.
Behind me, there was already a sharp log ready to pierce my body if I stopped my body too late.
Huft~
I let out a sigh of relief.
Not far from me was Dmitri, who was standing with blank eyes.
'It seems like everyone has different illusions.'
Sometimes Dmitri's hands would pose like he was hugging someone else.
A whisper also emerged from his mouth, "I won't let anyone take you, Livia!"
I seemed to know what illusion he was under.
There was an explanation from the script that gave a brief insight into the nature of Livia's harem candidates. They were all obsessed with Livia. They would do anything crazy to be with her.
Just like what I experienced.
Just out of jealousy, Dmitri had gone to the extent of attempting to murder me.
I shuddered as I imagined the chaos that would ensue in this world because of Livia and her would-be harem.
Dmitri's unawareness was my opportunity.
Slash!
I scraped the skin of Dmitri's shoulder with the sword.
I had no intention of killing him so easily.
'Let's return all the pain you've given me.'
Slice! Schlick! Splurch!
Cheek, hand, leg, chest, stomach~ I slashed all parts of her body.
Even if it was his private part, I still slashed it.
My slashes were shallow, but they managed to make him hurt to the point of torment.
All of his body parts turned red as fresh blood soaked the surface of his body.
With each slash, his consciousness would return.
Perhaps because of the pain or because of the external impact, that's why his consciousness was freed from the illusion magic barrier, even though in the next second, he would lose his consciousness again.
When he regained consciousness, he would kneel down, moaning in pain, glare at me, and try to fight back. I gagged his mouth to prevent him from screaming out loud every time I delivered a slash.
If this had been me three months ago, I would have felt sick to my stomach during the torture.
Luckily, I was used to seeing and feeling the horrors of this world with the law of survival of the fittest.
There is only one problem that I currently have.
Will I be able to kill Dmitri?
Do I need to kill him?
A strange turmoil began to plague my mind.
I raised the sword above my head and prepared to slash Dmitri's neck.
I suddenly remembered Xiao Ling's face.
Just as I was losing focus, Dmitri's consciousness suddenly returned without me giving him any external touch.
Slash!
As a result of the shock I experienced, the sword I had raised in the air automatically free-fell downwards, towards the center of Dmitri's face.
Swoosh! Ting!
My sword suddenly stopped in mid-air, just an inch above Dmitri's head.
"Stop, Arthur!"
Coming from the direction where the bonfire was burning was Livia.
A magic circle formed in her hand, indicating that she was using gravity magic to stop my sword in mid-air.
Livia's eyes were filled with anger.
It was as if she were looking at her archenemy.
She approached, squatted in front of Dmitri, picked him up, and gave me a warning message before leaving, "Considering we're from the same village, I'll give you forgiveness this one time only. Next time, I will not hesitate to kill you!"
There was no further conversation between her and me, only silence.
'Do you understand the problem between me and Dmitri?'
'Do you know that he was the first person to try to kill me?'
'Why are you accusing me without finding out the truth?'
"Haa~ F*ck!!!"
Only profanity could come out of my mouth when I saw Livia's behavior.
My mouth widened as if smiling, but my eyes were inexplicably heavy. The wrinkles on my forehead also wouldn't go away, even though I was looking up at the sky as if I were relaxing.
Livia's words somehow triggered my memory of that damn woman, my ex-girlfriend.