The SSS-rank Guide Doesn't Need Saving novel Chapter 88

Chapter 88: Unmasking

Back in the hallway of the imperial palace.

Aisha stared between the two crazy sentinels with a baffled expression on her face. She had already expected Nykos to be out of his mind with the notorious acts that made him infamous, but why the hell was Zeke suddenly saying that he wanted to see her guide him?

Dealing with these two was far more of a headache than she had initially thought. At least, taking care of one was manageable, but two? Haa...

"Let him go for now." Aisha looked toward the poor herald, who was already holding onto his last lifeline. From the way his face had turned purple and his feet twitched, it would take seconds before he said goodbye to this world.

Nykos gazed at her, and for a moment, Aisha thought he’d just crush the herald into a pulp of blood and flesh.

Thud!

The herald landed hapless onto the ground, unconscious. Then, he desperately swallowed air like a fish who had just been taken from water, mouth opened wide and tears and snots already dripping.

Nykos didn’t do anything to hide his disgust before he said, "I did as you asked me to... now do I get a reward?" 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

Aisha stiffened at his words, giving him a look that told him ’What nonsense are you speaking?’, and saw him shrug his shoulders.

"Can’t hurt to try."

He gave her a grin that made him look stunningly beautiful with his silver hair cascading behind his back. Nykos had this sort of appearance that bordered between handsome and beautiful. One could not simply choose one way to describe him at all, as it would do no justice to how devastating his looks could be to a person.

And with him smiling at her like that, it was hard for Aisha to hold his stare, so she decided to focus on the fallen herald.

"Are you alright?" she asked.

"Ughh... hoo.... Hooo.. I—His Majesty will make you pay for this!" The herald struggled to take even breaths, and when he finally got his bearings, his burning eyes glared at Nykos.

Nykos received it with a bored look in his eyes, perceiving the herald’s own rage as nothing but an ant’s frustration at being only able to live because he hadn’t stepped on him.

Aisha moved to crouch beside the herald and asked, "Can you stand up? I still need you to take me to the emperor."

Without being aware of her own behavior, to the herald’s mind, she was just as crazy as the two Sentinels standing beside her. Just how could she ask him to take her to the emperor in his current state?

Zeke intervened as he said, "Do you really want to meet him?"

Aisha nodded. "It’s better I do it now than later."

She could use this situation and avoid meeting the emperor, but how long can she avoid him? Aisha didn’t want to be at his beck and call and make him send his guards over to disturb her normal life. Unless she could leave this world and move to another planet, she had to go at least and meet the emperor once.

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