Dear Contract Husband, I Didn't Know You Were Like This? - Chapter 52
“Still the same, not acting its size. Was my descendant really losing to such a creature?”
Maya did not give in.
“I hadn’t awakened yet, so it couldn’t be helped. Actually, I’m honored that you think I did well.”
“Ho, you’ve read my mind. Seems like this lineage has brought forth a proper child.”
They hadn’t spoken for long.
Maya was proud of herself for remembering her life before losing her ego.
‘No, maybe it’s natural.’
After all, that period was the only time Maya had been happy, so perhaps those memories had been firmly embedded in her mind.
“Then try to finish it off.”
Pendragon looked satisfied and then disappeared.
It had returned to being a sword again.
The sword, solely for Maya’s use, gleamed with a blue blade and fit perfectly with Maya’s stature.
“Let’s deal with this creature.”
Maya nodded.
“Okay.”
The sword that had only left minor cuts on the white snake had long been discarded.
‘I did quite well.’
Expressing a kind of mourning, Maya leapt up and swung her sword at the white snake.
It wasn’t just sword energy; the sword contained the unique aura of the Pendragon family and pierced deeply into the white snake’s body.
“How… how is this possible?”
Watching the massive bleeding in its body, the white snake trembled.
“Do you think I would let this go?!”
Throwing out a line like a third-rate villain, the white snake closed the distance at an entirely different speed than before.
It had realized that Maya truly posed a threat to it.
But Maya’s speed was just as fast.
She sliced the white snake in one stroke.
The snake’s tail was severed.
But from that spot, a new tail grew.
“Haha, it’s futile!”
Seeing its tail regrow, the white snake laughed hysterically.
Maya closed her eyes, focused her mind, and swung her sword again.
Pendragon’s sword was as swift and sharp as the wind. Swordplay involved quick responses and agility.
However, speed alone could sometimes be a weakness.
The reason she could only inflict minor cuts on the snake’s body before awakening was due to a lack of power.
‘Now it’s different.’
The awakened Pendragon’s swordplay was no longer just wind but a typhoon. The swift swordplay was now a strength, not a weakness.
Was that all? The sword’s trajectory, too fast for human eyes to follow, carried a heavy force with each swing, as if swinging iron.
Following the trajectory of the sword, cuts were engraved on the white snake’s body.
It wasn’t that it couldn’t dodge.
It was simply that Maya’s speed was much faster.
“It’s the swordsmanship that defeated the Demon King. Such a small fry couldn’t possibly do anything against it.”
There was a thrill in Pendragon’s voice.
Maya felt the same way. Her face, which had been heated by fever just moments ago, now flushed with excitement.
She was reminded of why she wielded her sword.
‘For myself.’
The moment she swung her sword, Maya could be herself.
It didn’t matter the disdainful family or those who looked down on her.
Maya quickly gained the upper hand, and the white snake was defeated.
But its mouth was still alive.
“Foolish human. Don’t you know that killing me brings the resurrection of the Demon King closer!”
Of course, the white snake’s words didn’t impact Maya even slightly.
“Oh, is that so?”
Maya, smiling, started to hack away again.
“I will lead you to ruin!”
Even though it cursed her, Maya was not afraid.
“It doesn’t matter.”
Having faced everything and returned, the Demon King was not frightening.
“If the Demon King returns…”
If the world’s destruction really was nearing.
“I can just kill him.”
In her past life, she became a cruel slaughterer, killing people.
In this life, it would be good to save those she had to lose then.
There is nothing more terrible than repeating one’s past.
Even if he is the Demon King.
“I’m not scared.”
Maya smiled with a sense of relief.
She truly wasn’t afraid.
Not repeating the same mistakes from her previous life was already enough to make this life worthwhile.
With a thud, the body of the white snake fell to the ground.
The mist surrounding them gradually lightened.
The white snake was losing strength.
Maya climbed over the body of the white snake as if climbing a hill.
Eventually reaching the fallen face of the white snake, Maya raised her sword high.
Awakening might restore her energy, but it wouldn’t mend broken bones, so even lifting the sword now was a great strain.
But her mental strength and the power of the Pendragon family made it possible.
“It’s over.”
Thunk.
Maya’s sword pierced the white snake’s eye.
