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Chapter 152: For What Purpose(5)
“Welco, Young master……”
Returning to my room after finishing the conversation with the master, Brian, who was still awake, greeted .
“What about Nana?”
“She just fell asleep with Emily just now. She seed very happy, probably because she enjoyed the dinner.”
With that, I approached Nana’s room and quietly opened the door.
-Snoring
She was sound asleep, so deeply that no one would notice even if soone carried her away.
The leader might think that I rescued Nana from the dinsional space, but that’s not true.
She had already manifested the magic of the dragon and escaped from the dinsional space before I arrived.
Luckily, she didn’t go far, so I could find her nearby, but when I found her, she wasn’t in a normal state.
She was crying and making a fuss, saying sorry to .
It took quite an effort to calm her down.
Having a talent to break the boundaries of dinsional space from the beginning.
That’s why I realize once again that lineage is not important for no reason.
Next to her, Emily, who was holding her hand affectionately, was also asleep.
She used to tremble in fear under the blanket, but now she could pass as a mother if soone saw her.
Carefully, I closed the door so as not to wake them up.
“Did you finish your conversation with Lady Silica well?”
“Well, more or less. You’ve worked hard too. Your face is swollen……”
“I-Is it?”
With the thought of giving him so demonic monster’s blood for his body soon, I turned around.
“I’m sorry, Young master!”
-Thump!
I was startled by a strange sound and when I turned around, Brian was kneeling and bowing his head to .
I was so confused that I just blinked my eyes.
“W-What are you doing?”
“I should have taken care of Nana while you weren’t here… But I was lacking, so I couldn’t do anything. I’m really sorry…!”
Sorry?
What’s he sorry about?
Why is he apologizing to ?
If anything, shouldn’t I be the one apologizing?
I left irresponsibly, searching for information that wasn’t even certain, why should I be the one receiving apologies?
It was an awkward situation in many ways.
“Get up.”
Despite my firm command, Brian didn’t seem to show any sign of getting up.
“Don’t make tell you twice.”
-Snap!
He suddenly got up as if to say when did that happen.
Seeing his face, which was much haggard than before I left, I could guess that he had been through a lot emotionally during that ti.
I never thought I’d say these words in my life.
“I’m sorry.”
“What?”
He blinked as if he misheard.
“I unintentionally made you suffer, making you serve a foolish master. I apologize……”
He froze like a soulless body.
At least give a response.
This guy is really nerve-racking……
“Rest. I’ll be back.”
“W-Where are you going?”
“To drink……”
Where else would I go on this night?
Despite having been part of my routine for two years,
I’ve never felt as heavy as I do today.
Not a single sound of insects in the empty surroundings.
Feeling lazy, I slumped down on the bench in front of .
[Why is your face full of worries again?]
“That’s exactly it.”
As if to agree with Kaeram’s words, a deep sigh burst out from within.
[Where did that passionate determination to suppress the power of the 9th star go? You’ve beco like a soaked doll, all torn apart?]
Normally, she would have poked around bothering , but today she quietly sat next to without any complaints.
Did my body beco heavier as the things I had to protect increased?
In my previous life, when I heard those words from the leader, I couldn’t empathize at all.
Because back then, I didn’t think I had anything to protect.
With my body barely able to move, who would I have paid attention to?
I thought such a thing would never happen again.
Until that devil took my life.
Even after returning, I thought I had nothing to lose.
Now, if even one person disappears, I feel like my body will twist imdiately.
“How did I end up like this?”
It was more of a question than a lant.
Having lived like an emotionless shadow, not even receiving human treatnt, I never imagined I would have such ordinary emotional concerns.
[Yeah. I also have no idea how I ended up like this.]
Kaeram responded to my words with a smirk.
It doesn’t seem too far away.
The mont I break free from the academy, which protected my current status.
* * *
Lundel, the god of light bringing the light of peace to the continent through the bright sun floating in the sky.
Under the statue exuding elegance and nobility,
A woman with untainted pure white hair facing the statue was offering a sacred prayer.
-Thud
After a while, familiar footsteps could be heard from behind, and the woman gently opened her eyes, offering a faint smile at the sa ti.
“You’ve been busy lately, haven’t you? Aschel……”
“……”
“I heard you’ve been wandering around various ruins from the ancient era in the empire recently? Did you co across so treasure you wanted to find?”
The owner of the footsteps kept smiling without saying a word.
“Prince Louisnel seems to be very worried about you. But you’re friends before being a prince, so shouldn’t you at least show your face?”
“You’re being an……”
“I misspoke. To the rational and pragmatic Aschel, being called a friend…… Apparently, you’ve been hanging out with Princess Violet quite often these days?”
Aschel just smiled, not responding to her words.
“But your face doesn’t look very happy considering it’s been a while since you visited. It seems like you reluctantly ca here after wandering around everywhere and finding no results?”
“Would I do that? I just didn’t want to cause trouble for the saint.”
“That’s even more regrettable! Can’t you share your worries a bit? We’re not strangers who don’t know each other’s secrets……”
Despite the saint’s persistent probing, Aschel maintained his unwavering smile.
“So, did you find what you were looking for? If you did, you wouldn’t have co to see .”
Aschel responded with a silence filled with affirmation.
“In fact, there’s nothing I can do for you if you’ve co here. Even if I pray diligently every day like this, Lundel doesn’t respond at all. Just like Aschel, keeping his mouth shut……”
Finally standing up from her seat, the saint turned around quietly.
“But you’re quite lucky. I don’t know who it’s for yet, but I heard a revelation from him last night.”
“……!”
Aschel’s smile shook for the first ti.
“Did you hear the voice of Lundel?”
“Yes! It was surprising for too. Even when the demon army invaded, Lundel, who remained silent, now suddenly delivered a revelation. What darkness could he have seen on this peaceful continent?”
Aschel’s gaze, which had suddenly changed, looked at the saint with hostility.
“Don’t glare at like that, Aschel. I have no intention of hiding what I know from you. Lundel wouldn’t want it either……”
Slowly and secretly.
The saint approached Aschel.
The two were suddenly so close that their lips almost touched.
The saint gently brushed his face like a sculpture with her hand, then whispered softly as she kissed his ear.
“O seeker of the light of truth. Do not forget that darkness always coexists with light. If you recall that mont buried in your past mories, surely you will find what you seek……”
A revelation as enigmatic as ever.
However, the ti it took to interpret it was not long.
As the saint’s lips delivering the revelation parted and she gave him a charming smile, lost in thought.
“……”
A bright smile appeared on Aschel’s lips.
It was not the false smile he had always shown to conceal his true feelings, but a smile filled with genuine joy that erged from within him.
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-Bang!
Unable to contain his boiling anger, Prince Fabian slamd the desk hard.
In front of him, his younger brother, Prince Nerobian, frowned as he grabbed his head.
“You said you’d make sure, Fabian! Who did you send that made things co to this?”
“Did I think it would turn out like this? I picked the most reliable ones from the rcenary guild! Even put in so with special tastes……”
The two brothers sent assassins to the academy to assassinate Cyan Vert, the fiancé of Princess Arin.
But the result was grueso.
Instead of the news they had hoped for, of a successful assassination, they received a completely unexpected and terrible news.
“And Arin happened to find them again. That useless woman……”
Nerobian cursed Arin, who had discovered the scene, as if grinding his teeth.
“Now that it’s co to this, we need to cut off any loose ends! No one must know that we’re involved in this!”
“No need to say it! Our traces are already……”
“Princess Violet has arrived!”
Amidst serious conversations for handling the situation, an uninvited guest appeared.
The two brothers were suspicious of the unexpected visit.
“W-Why did Princess Violet suddenly…?”
Despite not giving approval orders yet, the door opened, and Princess Violet entered.
“What secret conversation were you having that made your expressions freeze as soon as I arrived?”
Exchanging glances, the brothers reluctantly welcod her.
“What brings you here?”
“Must there always be a reason for to co? I just thought of having a chat with my brothers.”
“Isn’t it unlike you to act like this? We’re not on such friendly terms to just chat.”
Nerobian bluntly expressed his discomfort.
“Yeah, but still, we share the sa blood. Why can’t we get along? It’s so tragic to see us causing each other misery when even the smallest acts of kindness between us would be enough. It’s truly lantable.”
“W-What are you saying?”
“Why did you send people to the academy?”
“……!”
“Were you trying to kill Cyan Vert, Arin’s fiancé? And then plan to pin it on and my brother?”
The pupils of the two brothers, unable to control their expressions, shook violently.
“But it seems things didn’t go well, did they? rcenaries sent to deal with it were found dead. What on earth is going on?”
“W-What are you talking about…?”
Nerobian tried to deny it hastily, but not even a coherent denial ca out.
Violet smiled brightly as if finding her younger brothers’ reactions cute.
“How devastated do you think His Majesty would be if he knew the truth? Just imagining him being engulfed in shock is already breaking my heart.”
“W-What do you want?”
Fabian, the one who grasped the situation the quickest, managed to ask with a trembling voice.
“I heard that Arin was the first to find the scene. How shocked must that young and delicate child have been? As her family, shouldn’t we at least comfort her?”
Perhaps they anticipated what would co out of her mouth?
The two brothers barely managed to swallow their dry saliva.
“Shall we go for a stroll to the academy to relive our old mories?”
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