While Zhao Si and the others were mocking Ranni, Ranni was cursing Zhao Si.
He had ruined her grand plan, after all.
Blaidd kept apologizing to Ranni, not just because of Zhao Si, but also because the Bloodhound Knight had escaped.
"Princess, it was all my fault." Blaidd knelt with his head lowered.
"Forget it. Blaming you serves no purpose." With her back to Blaidd, Ranni gazed out the window and sighed softly.
Hearing Ranni say that only made Blaidd feel worse.
Their only Destined Death was gone, more than half the Black Knife Assassins had been lost, and both their leader and the Chief's Daughter had died.
It was truly awful.
Now Radahn, their strongest fighter, had lost all his drive, while Rykard had never been much help to begin with.
Her dream was slipping further and further away.
"According to our intelligence, Miquella must have taken Maliketh away. Perhaps..." Blaidd really was prepared to take drastic measures.
"The Great Gene Era"
"Are you going to the Haligtree? Can you sneak into the Haligtree and steal Destined Death?" Ranni asked without even turning her head.
She was not actually blaming Blaidd, nor did she truly want him to do that.
But once she spoke those words, they ran contrary to her intentions.
No matter how one heard them, they sounded like a rebuke to Blaidd.
Blaidd's wolf ears twitched twice. He felt particularly miserable.
Under these circumstances, it would not have been surprising if Blaidd offered to atone with his life.
Ranni said, "When you have time, track down that Bloodhound Knight."
Her meaning was clear. She said "track down," but what she really wanted was the traitor's life.
The demand was perfectly reasonable, and Blaidd accepted it. "Yes!"
But he did not leave to carry it out immediately,