"No, please!"
A cold flash approached. Watching the dagger draw closer and closer to his body, Xifade scrambled backward in blind terror, using both hands and feet. At that moment, he retained not a shred of a king's dignity—survival had become his sole preoccupation.
What Xifade did not realize, however, was that the ruler of the Kingdom of Katariku before him was no longer the former Catania, but a man consumed by a desire for vengeance.
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