Protagonist! Please Stay Away from Me!
Chapter 64: Battle of White River

Chapter 64: Battle of White River

Sharon’s POV—

I have covered myself with a hood. Just a few moments before, I sneaked past the knights which were there for my protection. Pristine’s behaviour was confusing. Honestly, I can’t trust her just like that. I have seen her obsession beforehand and I don’t plan to suffer due to it.

[Host, where are we heading towards?]

’I think we should meet the last heroine. It would be good if we meet her as well.’

[Are you sure? You know what kind of person she is.]

’She isn’t a human, that’s for sure. I know it’s an uncharted territory but... I am kind of excited for this.’

[... You are excited to meet the queen of demons? I suggest you don’t do this. You know it very well that she might have something on you.]

’Elves are not demi-humans, and they are certainly not demons. Look, we have two options. Either let her fall in protagonist’s charm or, scoop in and charm her instead.’

[But it’s dangerous!]

The system insisted. It’s dangerous and I know it may backfire on me if I don’t handle it properly. But it’s the best I can do. She isn’t going to come to my palace in a silver platter, is she? And I don’t think anything bad will happen, right?

’I am touched by your concern but I don’t have any other choice. I am working to my best ability. I am trying to develop a better image of me in the public domain. In this budget, I will target a specific group of nobles. I am loitering around with the heroines. I am doing everything to avoid my fate. Yet, sometimes it... feels that whatever I do will amount to nothing.’

[I don’t think so.]

Its words were crisp and clear. I was astonished by his clarity.

’Why?’

[It’s because when I had given you the two choices, you chose the most difficult one. You could have just resigned to your fate. Fighting against one’s fate is not something anyone can do.]

’Fighting the fate? It’s been a long time and I haven’t had a glimpse of my so-called enemy. I don’t know how this world’s ’will’ work. The heroines are just unpredictable. Pristine was kind of within my prediction range but now she is even becoming weird like the others.’

[Is this what you feel?]

’Yes. I do. No one knows what I am going through. My every action borderline between humanity and saving myself. Why can I kill people without having any guilt? Is it because of my predecessor? I don’t know. Everything feels a lie. It’s like I am trying to strike down an invisible opponent.’

[Is it because of Pristine that you feel like this?]

’I guess so. The moment she asked me to become friends with her again made me tremble with anger. For a moment... I believed it was my own emotion rather than my predecessor.’

[... I don’t think that’s possible. Host, I am certain you like this because you are the author of this world.]

I nodded my head.

’You are right. It’s just what I feel.’

[So, are you going to go there?]

’Yes. After this, the only one I will have to lookout for is Pristine. Suroralia is still an unknown element.’

Aerila Tonserifei is the last heroine of this world. She is the queen of demons. She had a very specific hatred towards the protagonist. Her involvement with Kelshin was more in the lines of politics. But that’s what they wanted everyone to see. The reality was different. Like every other story, humans and demons were enemies and hated each other. When she inherited the throne, her goal became to end this feud between these two species. The Demihripe kingdom was destroyed due to this feud between demons and humans. As demi-humans didn’t belong to any of these species, none of the two groups even tried to help them.

But this is not the main issue here. OG’s or my grandfather killed Aerila’s parents in the last war. ’Battle of White River,’ was the name of war that was fought between the Charatshore empire and the demon world. In the novel, this became the second factor for her alignment with the protagonist. All-in-all, she hates me.

Why am I going to her then? The answer is very simple. As the demon queen, unlike our world where both genders are called emperors, she has a command over 100,000 soldiers. Whereas, I had a command over 50,000 soldiers. I think now you know who has more manpower. For a mutiny, you need a large number of people to help you with. But not many humans would help him in this ’noble’ task. So, he sought the help of the demon queen. With the two conditions, she signed a deal with him.

Having the protagonist strike a deal with her means one thing. I will lose the battle, if that ever happens. In the novel, the demon army helped him in defeating the imperial soldiers, who were standing with OG to the very last. Aerila had once wish. She wanted OG to suffer. ’I wanted to hurt her myself.’ This was her only regret. Even if I tried to mask with enthusiasm, I couldn’t control the frequent tremors that my whole body is experiencing with.

I have to meet her myself and try to stop this. I have to secure her alignment for myself. Also, it’s not like I can kill her. The enraged army will simply attack me and if by any chance, they fall into the protagonist’s hands then... game over.

I took a left turn and entered a very narrow road which led to a medium-sized building. There some people standing outside it.

"Hello there!"

"Is that a woman?"

"From the built, I can say it’s a woman. But the hood is covering the entire body."

"Hey! You should remove your hood and let us see your face."

"Are you feeling shy?"

"Hey! Listen! Let’s talk?"

I ignored their useless conversation attempts and entered the building, which is called ’The Obver Guild.’

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