Goodbye, Saintess. Novel

---- Chapter 565 "You haven't earned the right to know," the hitman snickered. " Remember this, Sebastian Grimwald. Your beautiful bodyguard might be a beast, but even beasts go to sleep sometimes, don't they?" Sweat rolled down my skin. "Get him! We can't let him escape!" Byleth hesitated. The man shot a meaningful look at her. "Good luck." He vaulted through the window even though we were several stories up. He vanished as if swallowed by the night. | sank back into my chair, breathing hard.

"God, why didn't you try to stop him?" Now that he had slipped away, | had to worry about him showing up in my life for the rest of my days. Why had she not moved? She never froze like that. Suddenly, the closet slammed open. A black blur shot out. He went straight at me. No words. No warning. His dagger flashed before my eyes. | could not have reacted in time. ---- Byleth spun around and severed his wrist with one clean swing of her dagger. She kicked the weapon aside and pinned him to the floor. "You thought | didn't know, did you?" she sneered. Realization hit me. "You... You knew!

How many are there?" "Two, but | can still feel that killing intent. It's not over yet." The first hitman slipped back inside through the window. While she held the second one down, he fired another silver needle. "A pincer attack? You think | can't catch you?" She let out a sharp sneer. She drove her dagger through the second hitman's spinal cord at the base of his neck. Before he could cry out, she blurred forward and deflected every needle in the air. "Impossible! You're... How could you be-" "Save it. You're done," she cut him off and struck.

He fell in less than five seconds, his spinal cord punctured like the other man's. Once she confirmed that the threats were gone, Byleth said, " You're safe now, Boss." ---- Relief flooded through me. "God, you're incredible, Byleth. You're probably the only reason I can sleep soundly these days."