Clutching the waterskin tightly, Gelo discovered the next moment that, for some reason, the wild boar's eyes had suddenly turned red. As though provoked by something, it charged at him even faster.
Gelo's grief and indignation at being killed by a wild boar immediately turned into despair.
Damn it, was he really going to be killed... killed... killed by a wild boar... huh?
What was going on?! Just as Gelo fell into despair, his eyes widened. He saw that the wild boar charging toward him had opened its eyes even wider than his, staring straight past him as though it had seen something unbelievable.
A figure appeared soundlessly, quietly watching the wild boar.
Richard!
The wild boar recognized him, and its body went slightly cold.
Richard had appeared. Could Pandora be far behind? Of course not!
In the blink of an eye, the wild boar saw Pandora appear beside Richard, her face cold as she looked at it.
At that moment, the wild boar felt truly chilled.
H-how could this be? It stared wide-eyed at Pandora, then at the waterskin in Prince Gelo's arms, then at the people around them closing in menacingly. Then it thought of the trail of water that had lured it here all the way.
Th-this-this! An inexplicable thought crashed into its mind like a train, and a terrifying suspicion spread rapidly like ripples across a lake.
Caught off guard and terrified, the wild boar could not help thinking of a "truth" that explained everything before it—t-this was a trap? Had they deliberately used honey-mixed water to lure it out, then planned to beat it senseless? Though the wild boar did not know the term "entrapment," its feelings at that moment were exactly the same.
This was... shameless!
The wild boar cried inwardly. It made a