Actually, Anderson didn’t use much force. It was a bit red, but not enough to make Ainola feel much pain.
Spark saw this clearly.
After Anderson walked far away, the little sprite emerged and said.
“This is what you deserve for your actions.”
“Nonsense!”
Ainola said angrily.
“As an assassin, aren’t those things my job?”
“Your job is to chemically castrate your assassination targets?”
“…”
Faced with this, Ainola couldn’t refute for a moment, so she just knocked her head.
“Hehe~”
“Hehe your big head.”
Spark looked at Ainola helplessly and asked.
“Does it hurt? Need me to cast a healing spell on you?”
“Uh…”
Ainola scratched her cheek and said.
“Not really painful.”
From Ainola’s personal feeling, it wasn’t just not painful, but even… had a strange sense of pleasure.
But of course she couldn’t say that out loud, otherwise how would that be any different from a masochist?
“It’s good that it doesn’t hurt. It’s clear that Anderson really cares about you. If it were me, I’d spank your butt until it blooms.”
Spark said gloatingly, which made Ainola reply unconvinced.
“This was just a momentary slip-up. If it weren’t for that Blackwater Monster, would I have been caught by Anderson?!”
“If it weren’t for Anderson, you’d probably have turned into a puddle of black water by now.”
Faced with this, Ainola couldn’t argue.
Indeed, Anderson had saved her life again. It was impossible not to feel some gratitude.
She liked pleasure, but that didn’t mean she was heartless.
“Now Anderson should be dealing with that Blackwater Monster. So, Ainola, if you want to run, you’d better do it now. If you want to obediently stay as the ‘boss’s wife,’ that’s also fine.”
“Bah! Dream on.”
Ainola naturally wouldn’t stay. She was a Red Sparrow.
Even if Anderson had spanked her, she was still a free bird.
How could she be caged in this birdcage?
“Anderson isn’t here. Isn’t escaping a piece of cake for me?”
Ainola quickly untied all the restraints on her body.
With Spark’s help, these non-magical ropes and handcuffs could do nothing to her.
The room had naturally been sealed with magic by Anderson to prevent her escape, but unfortunately, Ainola shattered all those magical seals with an Anti-magic Stone.
“Anderson probably didn’t expect you to have so many tricks up your sleeve,” Spark said as if it were true. “If he wants to catch you, he’ll have to capture your heart first.”
“Ew… you’re so greasy.”
Hearing Spark’s words, Ainola got goosebumps instantly.
“To be fair, don’t you have any feelings for Anderson? He saved you twice, you know?”
Due to the Suspension Bridge Effect, Ainola did have some feelings for Anderson.
Specifically, being by his side gave her a sense of security where she could let go of everything.
That was also why, after all restraints were removed, Ainola didn’t leave immediately but continued lying on Anderson’s bed.
Because she had been wandering outside for far too long, Ainola had long forgotten the feeling of home.
Since birth, she had lost her mother, and her father was a pleasure-seeking king who didn’t lack for a daughter by his side.
Fortunately, there was a maid who treated her well. If not for her, she might have starved to death long ago.
Later, when her country was destroyed and her family lost, everything and everyone she knew were destroyed. She had to embark on a journey of revenge. But fate played tricks, and she was saved twice by the prince of the Glory Empire, the very one that destroyed everything she had.
“Speaking of which, how is Winona?”
Ainola chose to ignore Spark’s question. Lying on the bed, she thought of the severely injured Winona and asked Spark.
“Aren’t you going to take care of her?”
“Her situation…”
Spark’s expression was complicated. The little sprite said helplessly.
“Her blood is turning black. It seems she’s also been infected with this unknown plague.”
Hearing Spark’s words, Ainola was shocked and quickly said.
“She caught that Black Plague?”
“Yes.”
“No, I have to go see her.”
After all, Winona was her friend. Even though lying on the bed was comfortable, Ainola sat up and prepared to climb out the window.
But when she reached the window, she seemed to remember something, turned back into the room, left a letter for Anderson, and then left.
***
On the other side, Anderson looked at the Blackwater Monster before him and couldn’t help feeling that it was quite troublesome.
This thing’s vitality was too tenacious.
After two consecutive Blazing Sun Flares and nearly an hour of continuous magical bombardment from the Mage Corps, they finally managed to blast the monster into steam.
But the terrifying part was that the rotting smell never subsided.
Of the three squads of Paladins he brought, one squad had already turned into Blackwater Monsters after inhaling too much gas.
Seeing that just as one monster was eliminated, new ones were born, another Temple Knight came over and asked Anderson.
“Judge, what should we do now?”
At this moment, a captain of the Temple Knights came over and said.
“If we continue to waste time here, we’ll only cause more brothers to sacrifice in vain.”
“I know.”
Seeing this, Anderson could only sigh and said to the remaining Temple Knights.
“I will seal off this entire area. Don’t let anyone come near this place.”
For now, this was the only thing they could do.
After returning, he needed to quickly find a way to deal with these monsters. Otherwise, if the plague spread, it would be too late.
“Yes!”
All the Temple Knights saluted and then evacuated the area first.
Anderson thrust his Knight Sword into the ground, and soon a White Light Barrier rose up, covering everything here.
The Black Water’s aura was temporarily sealed off.
After doing all this, Anderson returned to the Temple Knights’ headquarters.
But when he entered the bedroom, he found that Ainola, who had been tied to the bed, was already gone.
Anderson only found a letter on the table.
It read:
“Dear Prince Anderson, just you wait! I will make you pay for this debt. But before that, a friend of mine has been infected with this unknown Black Water Plague. I need to go check on her condition. I hope you will also take this matter seriously. It is definitely not as simple as you think. —Red Sparrow.”