The Retribution of the Ice Cold Maiden

25 - Do you know what this is?

"Grrraaagghh.....!!!" Trash screamed as his arm bones shattered. Sweat dripped from his forehead and he clenched his now limp arm. Whenever he tried to move it, a cracking sound came and a spike of pain overwhelmed him making his breathing ragged.

"Hiiekkk...!!" The sight made Grant cower in fear as he took a step back. He turned to look at Selena who did not seem bothered by the sight even a little bit.

"She... monster..." Grant mumbled under his breath but did not say it out loud in fear of attracting Selena's wrath. However, somehow it seems she still heard it as she turned her attention towards Grant that made him almost wet himself.

"Do you think I am being excessive?" She asked calmly.

"I-I..." Grant was too terrified to reply.

To that Selena calmly turned her gaze to the writhing Trash in front of her and said,

"He comes into my home, threatens me to forcefully accept an unfair deal, and blackmails me with my brother's life when I refuse. To be frank, I feel like I am not being excessive enough..."

"YOU ARE COURTING DEATH...!!" Trash bellowed as he got up on his feet with extreme difficulty. He then removed his glove and showed the communication ring.

"Do you know what this is?! With this ring, I can send messages to long distances. Right now, I sent a message to my men to cripple your brother. Kneel down and apologize to me right now otherwise, I am not responsible if the boy dies...!!"

Guard Rhys tensed up at that. He did not expect the goon to have such an artifact. He turned his attention towards Selena only to see her nonchalantly looking back at him.

"You heard the man, he wants to kneel down and apologize to me. Help him with that, will you?"

Guard Rhys froze for a second but realized that Selena probably had a plan so he did what was told.

"Wait, What? I was saying you should----" WHAM...!! A heavy kick landed on Trash's stomach again and he jumped slightly in the air due to the force of the impact. He crashed on the ground and knelt out of sheer pain.

'Does this girl have a hearing problem? I said you need to bow before me. When the hell did we change roles?' Trash struggled as he looked at Selena. The latter was still expressionless as ever. He suddenly had a thought.

'It can't be... Does she want her brother to be crippled? But why... unless... she wants to become the sole heiress to the manor. Damn it, I completely misread the situation. She's using me to take care of the competition. This woman is more cold-hearted than I thought. No, this won't do, if this continued, I will lose my life here and the girl will be crowned a hero for killing her brother's assailant.'

"Lady Selena... urk... my name is... Urak Blade, I am the leader of the Black Roots underground organization. If you kill me, my entire organization will come after you. Are you prepared for such a retaliation?"

Urak saw Selena's eyes narrow at that. However, her expressions immediately calmed down as if someone told her something reassuring.

"Urak, is it? Don't worry, I am not going to kill you..." Selena replied.

"That's good. You are smarter than I----"

"After all, why should I kill you when I can simply capture and hand you over to the Royal Family? I think there must a pretty good reward since you said it yourself that you are a wanted criminal."

Urak froze. He did not consider this possibility at all. But frankly, it was not his mistake. He honestly did not expect a 16-year-old girl to corner him with an old man whose fighting prowess was leagues above him. He really wanted to strangle his people who worked in the information network.