"Cut your veins!" said Skeleton Crow to Ying Hua. "Cut until you bleed." He didn't give her pause to digest what he really wanted.
"Cutting a vein?" In an instant, she gasped in surprise. Not yet receiving a knife from him, she chose instead to take two steps back regularly.
One of his eyebrows rose as his eyes looked at her legs. "Does that mean you chose to back off before fighting?" While lowering the knife from his hand.
"Because I don't know what you mean. Why do I have to cut my veins? I could die if I did. Instead of saving Prince Dwei, I could end up dying here and then he can't be helped at all."
"How can you be sure that he won't be saved if you die? As if you believe, only you can save him?" After a long silence, he then burst out laughing.
Luckily the room had soundproofing installed. So, none of the maids heard their voices.
