"And that's the gist of it~ Does that answer your question?"
Medea smiled brightly at his partner while dancing in the village square, brightened by the festive pyre in the depths of the night.
"...yhu... yhu did all of fthis bechause... bechause Denhis pushed yhu...?"
The brown-haired girl with a flower crown made out of daisies asked as blood was pouring out of the corners of her mouth.
"Of course~! Not only did your fiance have the audacity to agree to attempt to harm the noble young lady Zorivia Rotteloss, but he had to put his hands on me?! Massacring his entire village and torturing his fiance is the least I could do~!"
Medea laughed jovially, appearing the happiest he had in a long time.
"Yhu... monsther... d-demhon...!"
The girl's jaw trembled as she cried out, unable to muster any strength.
Her lack of resistance wasn't caused by fear or anything silly like that.
The powerless state she was in was simply caused by having most of her tendons sliced apart, rendering her limp like a dead fish.
"Yes~! Curse me more! Despair more~! Because of my new plaything being so adorably obedient, I was robbed of tormenting her and breaking her mind~!"
The black-haired man cheered out, leading the powerless girl in a morbid waltz as the stench of the brightly burning corpses filled the air with nauseating sweetness.
"That said... your lover boy is late... my new plaything did knock him out after he pushed me, and I did slice his wrist open during the commotion -although that was on reflex - but it's not an excuse for being so tardy, right?"
Medea's smile subsided to merely a smirk as he looked over his shoulder before pouting and shaking his head at the girl whose eyes were becoming more and more hazy.
"Hmhm~!"
Medea chuckled and began spinning together with the girl in the rhythm of the nonexistent music...
Round and round and round and round...
All the way until her eyes rolled up and her head leaned back loosely, giving out to the centrifugal force.
"Pffft~! Ahahahahahahahahahahahaha~!"
Seeing that, Medea burst out in laughter and started spinning even faster.
"SALIE!"
Until the desperate scream tore through the night, and a valiant young knight rushed into the circle of light provided by the burial pyre.
"Aha~!"
*thump*
Medea gasped with child-like excitement and released the girl's body like a spinning top, sending her right into the burning structure.
The girl's body got stuck between the wood and charred limbs of her family and neighbors, and the flames began calming her immediately, starting with her hair, the flower crown, and her linen dress.
"SALIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
"Thank you, thank you~!"
The young knight howled in pure terror, losing his mind and rushing towards his beloved, passing right by the black-haired man who was bowing down like an actor after a spectacular play receiving a standing ovation.
*shing*
"GAH...!"
*THUMP*
But at the short moment that Denis was right beside Medea, a knife appeared in the black-haired man's hand and ended up slicing the fabric and flesh behind the fledgling knight's knee, causing him to instantly kiss the ground, and tumble into the mud, fall short of his fiancee by just a few feet.
"Hmhm~! Now you're in a hurry, huh? I see, I see~!"
Medea straightened his back and hummed, watching the droplet of blood sliding down the edge of his knife.
"Salie...! SALIE!"
The young knight must have lost it completely as he paid no mind to Medea's words and instead began to crawl towards the pyre, searing off the flesh of his beloved.
"Tsk. Tsk. Tsk. What a bad child. Only calling out to your girl? What about your parents and siblings? They are over there, too... somewhere in that general area, that is. I wasn't paying too much attention when we were piling them up~"
"...!"
Medea clicked his tongue while turning towards the fallen knight and wagged his finger at him, causing the youngster to flinch.
"That's right~! Unfilial! Unfilail~!"
Medea chanted, clapping his hands happily as he walked over the stunned knight, with the knife no longer anywhere in sight.
"What? Did you think that the villagers would stand by without doing anything while I played around with your fiancee? Well... You're right~!"
"...?!"
The black-haired man asked with a wild grin and bounced from excitement while the young knight managed to roll to the side to stare at him in terror.
"There was an attempt of resistance, but everyone completely lost guts after I poked a few holes in Salie's father and older brother~! But I and some of my lovely friends dragged them out anyway and allowed them to share the warmth around~! Ahaha~! I mean, just look at them! Can't get closer and warmer than that~!"
Medea couldn't contain how blissful he felt at the moment and did a little happy dance while the petrified knight couldn't take his eyes away from him.
"...hey... why aren't you doing something...? Stop spoiling the fun and struggle!"
*WHAM*
"!!!"
Then, all of a sudden, Medea's expression turned serious, and he asked in a cold voice before kicking the knight in the stomach, causing him to roll away from the pyre.
"Hey."
*WHAM*
"Hey. Hey. Hey."
*WHAM* *WHAM* *WHAM*
Medea closed the distance again and called out to the knight, stomping on him after every single word.
"Look. She's burning. Your woman is going to end up as a charcoal unless you will do something. What are you doing, just relaxing on the ground? Did you hit your head too hard? You didn't lose enough blood to act so dumbfounded!"
Medea scoffed coldly, crouching down by the knight and grabbing him by the hair.
"See? Salie bled out thiiiiiis much before she finally passed out. All of this mud is thanks to our little dance."
Medea lifted Denis's head and waved his hand, showcasing the muddy ground around the pyre, giving off a strong rusty stench.
"...S...Salie..."
"..."
The knight cried out without even attempting to break free or do anything anymore, making them look in Medea's eyes grow even colder.
"...that's it...? THAT'S IT?!"
After waiting for a full minute, Medea gasped, utterly baffled.
"..."
"...you useless trash..."
And without any answer from the youngster, the black-haired man gritted his teeth and changed his grip.
"...!"
*WHAM*
Before the knight knew what was going on, he was flung right into the embrace of his fiance, straight into the fire.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!"
*rumble*
"..."
He cried out one last time before the entire structure crumbled on top of him while Medea watched it all in great disappointment.