Chapter 147 – The Road to the Destination (6)
Time passed.
There were so many different incidents that it was difficult to count.
Despite the difficult journey, the two persevered.
It was possible because we were together.
Experience makes a person mature and skilled.
The fledgling boy became a full-fledged man, and the unskilled girl grew up to be a mature woman.
It was the right thing to do, and it was the right thing to do.
The woman who grew up like that stared at her foolish and single-minded man.
A woman, to Edelis, she is the most precious thing.
She is an understanding person and companion who knows all about her own inner circumstances.
And he swore to keep it for the rest of his life.
“Leon.”
The honorific title was omitted.
It will be because of the emotions.
Or maybe it just means you’re desperate for him.
Ah.
It was a man who walked on all fours.
Why was he so impatient that he couldn’t sacrifice all the people he loved?
Even if he didn’t step out directly, the hero would eventually manage to get rid of those demons.
Do you feel some kind of responsibility?
Or simple vengeance?
Whatever it is, it’s nothing more than dangerous bravado.
Don’t want to send
But he also knows that he is the one who can’t break that stubbornness.
If he was going to be so reckless, wouldn’t it be better for him to take him too?
Why are you obsessing over useless?
Those emotions spilled out of his mouth.
“Why can’t I?”
He had a fragile inside that he didn’t want to show to him.
I wanted to hold on to him even while showing my own weakness.
I wanted to do it together.
“Because you are more important than my life.”
I thought it was a lame excuse.
Edelis raised his voice.
“I, do you know that I am not!”
Leon silently shook his head.
“Know. That’s why I sneaked out.”
“… Who is you!”
“Sorry.”
It was an apple.
It was an apology that Edelis did not want to receive.
Rather, he hoped that he would invite me to go with him.
However, you know very well that he is not that kind of person.
Rather than endangering someone dear to him, he was a man who sacrificed himself.
Edelis stared at her prince.
I met his blue eyes filled with worry and concern.
Since when
It became a position to be protected from a position to be protected.
It made me angry and angry.
Where did the knight’s resolve, pride, and resolve all go?
The one who adores it is brutally brutal.
“Please don’t force yourself and go back, Ethel.”
What does this feel like?
It was the sensation that the ground he stepped on was shattering into pieces.
It was the feeling of falling endlessly into the abyss.
A woman named Edelis has been patient.
She has always been patient and suppressed.
Even when I was notified of my kind father’s death.
Even when she stood by her mother’s deathbed, who was deteriorating day by day.
Even when Ravi, a trustworthy nanny, died in place of a resentful person.
She has endured it to the end.
If so, wouldn’t it be fair to let them hold at least a little happiness?
That’s what it should be!
But now, even the person who has been yearning for half a lifetime is about to leave.
Leaving yourself alone.
I felt like going crazy.
What was the promise for, what was the oath?
Wasn’t it to protect reality so that it would no longer take someone precious from you?
See it together
In the end you will miss it again.
The world doesn’t work like this.
Edelis shook her head.
“What if I don’t like me?”
When Leon had to choose an escort knight, there were many other outstanding knights.
Even so, he is a man who chose himself.
He didn’t show it even though he was stigmatized for the width of a woman’s skirt.
There has never been a time when it wasn’t hard.
It was always a walk on thin ice.
That’s how much they supported each other and endured it.
I thought it was a debt relationship tied up in the name of mutual trust.
I thought so until he left so cowardly.
“It’s not okay.”
I wanted to shed the primary criticism right away.
I wanted to pinpoint your ugly behavior.
However, what came out of Edelis’ mouth was just an overly clichéd phrase.
“I am your knight.”
“I know.”
“It is my duty and my right to assist my lord, even if I have to burn my life.”
One word, one word.
How does Leon feel about Edelis, who speaks with great force?
“Don’t say that. Because I’m sick of it.”
Leon was also fed up with sacrifices.
Didn’t he beat himself up because he didn’t want to lose any more?
So that I can protect it with this hand, so that I don’t miss it anymore.
“That’s what I meant.”
“Your temper is really bad.”
“It may not be as bad as when you were younger. Besides, you didn’t think that I would be happy even if I was left alone in the royal family. I am a lowly knight, not a royal knight. Don’t you know that I have no place to attach to the royal family?”
Drew a sharp line.
I’m the only one who’s subordinated to you
Since it came out so strong, Leon had no choice but to say something he didn’t want to hear.
“I am stronger now. Edelis, you could be a stumbling block.”
“Are you saying I am unnecessary?”
Leon averted his gaze.
“It is true.”
It must have been a painful word to answer.
But it won’t be as painful as hearing it.
I meant to say that you were in the way.
Edelis bit her lip.
“Even if you consider me a saboteur, I am still your knight.”
“It’s a decision I made because I didn’t want to lose you. Understand me.”
“Understanding? Why do you say to understand? What’s the value of a knife that can’t be used?”
“You are different from Carl. It is worth it just for its existence.”
Edelis moved towards Leon.
It was a gait that seemed frail and feeble, uncharacteristic of a knight.
Were you this small?
While Leon was lost in emotion, a cold voice rang out.
“I am not an ornament of inferiority.”
“Yes, Ethel is not a decoration. He is the person I admire.”
“… You have become savvy.”
Leon shrugged her shoulders.
“Yeah.”
“Even if you refuse, I will follow Leon. Of my pure will.”
“I can’t do it, this is an order.”
White flames soar in silver eyes.
It was furious.
“Even if you ignore my feelings and trample on them?”
“If you must, then you will.”
“You are self-righteous.”
“Know.”
“Then I just have to be self-righteous.”
“What?”
Edelis tossed her insignia from her own chest to the ground in her herd.
“I give up my position. I am no longer your knight or anything.”
“Ethel, you.”
“Now there is no place to belong. So my way is my own.”
“… Do you really have to do that?”
“On the contrary, I would ask. What is the reason Leon is doing that?”
“He’s a bad guy who gets you and me into a trap and sells him. I don’t think he can move forward unless I finish him with my hand.”
Leon remembered his demons.
If only he had been in trouble, he wouldn’t have been so angry.
But he also touched people he shouldn’t have touched.
Then he made a promise.
I swore that I would defeat him with my own hands no matter what.
It was Edelis who read the clear hostility towards the demons in Leon’s face.
Understanding goes.
I understand, but
However, at the end of the day, I couldn’t understand it, saying, “Ah, is that so?”
“Do people really have to go forward? I’m fine just being with the lows. It is satisfying just to feel your voice and warmth in the fierce daily life. What if we are in danger due to the impure intentions of others, aren’t we still alive like this? Can’t we feel at peace while looking at each other? You don’t have to risk yourself, do you?”
“How do I know if he will do more harm than good?”
“So, isn’t there a hero! Aren’t you a hero for that!”
It’s not yours.
Leon looked bitterly at Edelis saying that.
“I don’t want to give my share to him.”
“Don’t pack fancy. After all, it’s forced!”
“You know. Still, this is undeniable. What if you get cursed again?”
What Edelis couldn’t say otherwise was because she had already been cursed once before.
Conversely, sparks flew from Leon’s eyes.
“What if there were no saints around like now? It’s a shame because I was lucky, originally, I should have lost you. No one can guarantee that this won’t happen forever. If the same thing happens again, then I’ll suck my finger and watch you writhe in pain? It’s been hell enough already! Twice is a requirement!”
“What about my heart? My heart watching you get into trouble!”
The voices of men and women oppose each other.
It was a voice so loud that I wondered if even the warriors could hear it.
After clearing her throat, Leon responded calmly with a calmer voice.
“There is no room for rethinking this. Edelis. Even if you give up your knighthood.”
The title that came out of his mouth was no longer Ethel.
He was the one expressing his disapproval.
He is like a stubborn man to the end.
“Haha, ahahaha.”
It was a passionate laugh.
Edelis couldn’t think of a way to defeat the headstrong prince.
Yes, it will be something like this after all.
A person who only loses forgets how to preserve something.
It’s a law to compromise with reality rather than being forced to the situation.
Originally, this would be the time to step back.
Sureureung.
A smooth metal sound resonates.
Edelis drew her sword.
And without a moment’s hesitation, he swung it.
Towards yourself.
Caang!
At some point, Leon’s sword, which came out, blocked it.
“What are you doing?”
It looked quite shaken.
I guess so.
About to slit his throat right in front of his eyes.
“If Leon doesn’t take me, he’d rather die.”
“… Do you know what you are doing?”
Edelis gave a dark smile.
“If you want to lose me, do as you please.”
It was Leon who had a headache.
