"That's..."
"A d-dragon?!"
"Holy Light!"
"Oh no!"
"I remember now! He's that Apostle who appeared during the great battle outside Wyndham that day—the one who could turn into a dragon! Guts is in danger!"
"Quick!"
"Everyone, go help him!!"
At that moment, Farnese saw Guts, who had been gaining the upper hand, on the verge of winning their battle—only for his opponent to turn into a huge, terrifying crystal dragon as if cheating. She cried out again, then drew her sword and prepared to spur her horse forward without a second thought, rushing to his aid.
In her eyes, the enemy had clearly already lost, yet now he'd transformed as if he were breaking the rules and cheating—and into a gigantic monster, no less. It was completely unfair to Guts. They had to intervene and help him.
"Milady..."
"You can't."
But before Farnese could charge out, Serpico, her aide and servant, reached out and grabbed her reins once more, shaking his head.
"??"
"You...!"
Seeing Serpico's expression, then looking at the officers around her, Farnese noticed that although they were just as tense and worried, their faces were much like Serpico's. They showed no sign of going to help, as she wanted to. Panic seized her, and she shouted:
"Why?!"
"If we do nothing, Guts will die!"
"You know that!"
"He's our commander!!!"
As far as Farnese was concerned, although the two sides were indeed fighting a duel, things had become terribly unfair. There was no reason for the duel to continue, and they had no need to abide by rules that were no longer fair!
Besides, at that moment Farnese only wanted to "take her side, not the side of reason." She didn't care about any rules. She just wanted to save Guts first. What anyone else thought or