Oh, you want a reward

"What are you?"

I looked into the girl's striking blue eyes. I knew the answer to who I am, but I didn't understand what she had meant when she asked me that question.

"I don't understand the context, but I am just Savina."

Not a red or a Cox. I was just Savina because I didn't have to explain the meaning of Cox.

"Commoner." She ran her fingers through her hair, moving the dark strands of her hair away from her face. Her sharp eyes narrowed on me. "Perhaps, you had magic in your lineage."

So, who was this crackpot? I was polite enough to introduce myself first and she was acting like some queen.

I studied her clothes. She was wearing a Victorian-era hybrid dress. Maybe she was the queen or something. It was better not to offend her.

Only God knows how many hardships I have created for myself because of my uncontrollable tongue.

Patience, I told myself in my head. Since I saved her life, she would be grateful to me. Wouldn't she?

"You will do." Meanwhile, she was studying me like a predator. "You are a little skinny. But I don't have any choice."

Red alert!

My gut was screaming at me that this woman wasn't any good. But it was too late in its evaluation. Before I could move, the woman grappled my throat.

I didn't want to die. Not like this. If I died here, my family would never know what happened to me. I folded my fingers into a fist and hit her cheekbone.

Crack!

"Ow! Ow! Ow!" I screamed. My fingers were throbbing with pain. I couldn't move my fingers except for my thumb.

But the woman let go of my throat. She was rubbing her cheek with dangerous fury in her eyes. I didn't want to know what was going inside her head. My fingers were broken. Was she made of titanium? Metal woman?

Maybe my cheat was getting killed by people for no good reasons.

"If I didn't need you, I would have killed you for this offence," She hissed at me.

I should have kicked her face. "I saved your life. How could you talk about killing me?"

"Oh, you want a reward." The corner of her lips curled up into a sinister smile. "I will give you one."

Time to run!

But the woman was faster than me. She grabbed my hair and pulled me back. I was ready to kick her this time. However, nothing ever went how I wanted it to be. I had to slip on some wet rocks and fall on the ground, hitting my head on rocks.

My ears were ringing. I heard her laughing. Her figure was vibrating like a pendulum. Maybe there were three or four of her.

She asked me a question. I didn't understand. I touched the back of my head and felt my warm blood.

That was it. I was dying again.

"Fuck yourself." I showed her my middle finger before I 'died'.

However, death didn't greet me. It was only a concussion and I was being a dramatic idiot.

"Your royal highness, we found a survivor!"

I regained my consciousness when a soldier was shouting at the top of his lungs. I recognized the voice. So, I knew that I was doomed. His royal highness was Prince Dante who was going to be an evil emperor.

By then, I was sure that my cheat was bad luck.

One way or another, I kept running into him.

If I managed to escape, I would get a concussion to meet him again.

It must be the author's doing. I was sure that he gave me some jinx that involved meeting the man who would kill me again and again.

I saw the same faces again -- the commander, the soldiers, and the damned emperor. The current emperor wasn't him but he would always be the emperor in my head.

Damn!