All Chapters of I Returned to Kill Monsters, and Created the Worst One: Chapter 41 - Chapter 50

Elara VeyneI was running.I didn’t know for how long, but my feet hurt, the air burned inside my lungs, and the corridors seemed to stretch farther every time I thought I was close to the exit.Unfortunately, I knew that place.That was the first truly conscious thought I managed to have.I knew those walls, the windows with too many bars, the smell of alchemical products, and the doors that never opened when I needed them to.“No…” I murmured as I searched for a way out.My heart began beating even faster.That wasn’t possible. I wasn’t there anymore.I was in Namarra, thousands of kilometers away. I had crossed the desert and reached Azhareth.I remembered that perfectly.I was in a safe room, so why?This… was already over.I turned down a corridor and felt a hand grab my hair.A scream escaped my throat.“Aaah!”My body was yanked backward so hard that I lost my balance. I fell to my knees, tried to brace myself with my hands, and was thrown against the floor before I could even

Elara VeyneWhen I got up, the sky was still dark.I sat on the bed for some time, holding the sheet between my fingers and watching a pale strip of light begin to appear beyond the curtains.My eyes still burned. I hadn’t managed to sleep at all…I felt the discomfort in my chest, and it wasn’t exactly because of the nightmare. I had already had so many, even though that had been one of the worst.What bothered me was knowing that, after everything, Gideon could still get inside my head and hurt me from within.Even after my death, kilometers away and without knowing where I was.My fist closed tightly around the sheet, and I heard the fabric stretch.That… would only end when I destroyed all of them.When I killed Gideon personally, when I buried every one of those monsters and made sure they would never rise again to haunt me.My chest tightened, that helplessness of still not being able to do anything pressing inside me.A tear slipped down before I could stop it.I wiped it away a

Elara Veyne“I need to talk to you about something.”Kian continued watching me.My hand moved slowly over his thigh while mana spread through the channels, cleaning them. He was so relaxed that for a moment he almost seemed like a different man.“Tomorrow I need to spend the day in Namarra. I have some things to take care of.”I looked up.His expression had changed completely.The calm vanished.His shoulders went rigid, his eyes opened wider, and the red in them seemed to deepen all at once.I continued before his reaction distracted me.“I need to pick up correspondence that arrived from Aldervane. An acquaintance said it’s important and asked me to go personally, so tomorrow I won’t be able to—”“No.”I stopped.“Excuse me?”Kian didn’t move.“You’re not going.”I blinked a few times.Maybe I had misunderstood.“I just said I need to—”“I said no.”His voice remained low, but all the tension in the room returned.My irritation came with it.“And I heard you. I just don’t understa

Elara VeyneI left before dawn.And while I packed my bag, I realized there really wasn’t much to take.A change of clothes, money, two vials I preferred to keep with me in case something went wrong, a small blade, and the basics I would need to spend one night away if it actually came to that.In short: enough to handle something in Namarra, not enough to flee the kingdom.Although, considering my ability to turn simple tasks into unnecessarily large problems, maybe I should have packed enough provisions for a week.I closed the bag and slung it over my shoulder.When I opened the door, my eyes automatically went to Kian’s.It was closed.I stared at it for a moment.The better that man got, the stranger he seemed to become.I had gone into his chambers to treat his legs and walked out after discovering that, besides the wolf apparently liking my hands far too much, it also didn’t appreciate the idea of me spending a night away.I still had no idea what to do with that information.Ma

Elara VeyneJust like my heartbeat.I reached the end of a low building and turned sharply into a passage between two warehouses.As soon as I was out of the main street, I ran with everything I had.I heard the footsteps behind me. There was no longer any attempt to hide them.Damn...I ran faster.The bag struck against my hip as I crossed the narrow passage. The uneven ground nearly made me trip, but I managed to reach the other end.When I turned, I saw that a cart was blocking half the street.I went the other way.Then those footsteps grew closer.I needed people. I needed to get back to a busy avenue, quickly.I turned right.That was my mistake.The street ended a few meters ahead, blocked by a high wall between two warehouses.I stopped so abruptly that my bag slipped from my shoulder."Shit..."Maybe I really should start carrying maps.I turned around.The man was already at the entrance to the street.I felt my extremities turn cold. We were facing each other now.I could