Chapter 28 – The Reason I Can’t Go Back (1)
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Allen asked in a trembling voice.
“What…?”
Yushin replied to him.
“I decided to stay in the Elf country. The elves’ words that I refused to return home are true.”
“What, what are you talking about… Yushin is the seven swords of the kingdom…”
Can not understand.
I don’t understand.
Tousled her own hair.
Allen said she didn’t know what to do, her eyes quivering as if she were a child who had lost her parents to depend on her.
Then what I did… My anticipation as I went to bed looking forward to seeing you again… My dream that I hoped we would be able to bond with each other when we met again… Then the feelings I’ve had so far What to do…!
“Are you brainwashed? You were threatened by those elves! You said there were subordinates taken to the Elf country! He’s refusing because he’s threatening the lives of his subordinates! Don’t worry, I’ll take responsibility and rescue Yushin’s men…”
“You are right. But that’s not all.”
Yushin told him that he and his men had been sacrificed by the 2nd Prince Alphonse.
Dropped out on the battlefield.
Prince Alphonse drove his allies to their deaths. He deliberately let the elves die.
There was no way the stupid prince could have done it alone. There must be many people behind the scenes. As long as you don’t know their true identity, even if you return to the kingdom, you will only be in danger again. And he revealed that he could not return even for the safety of the remaining men in the elven country.
“Prince Alphonse? I will kill you!”
Allen exclaimed.
The hands holding the handle of the bastard sword were trembling endlessly.
“Did that pig try to kill Yushin? I’m different from the family members who are loyal to the royal family. Anyone who touches Yushin will be killed, even if he is a prince. All you have to do is kill the pig that gets in the way between us.”
Allen’s intent to kill was directed away from the elves and towards Prince Alphonse.
Elves are an indirect factor.
It was Alphonse who planned and instructed everything, and who caused the separation from Yushin.
Even the second prince of the kingdom could never forgive him. Allen said without hesitation that he would kill Alphonse. Judging by her reaction, she said that she would kill Alphonse was completely untrue. She seriously intends to kill the 2 princes.
“You are the Roxfield family, Allen.”
“That’s just fine! Loyalty to the royal family? Sacrifice? Those are the things my father forced me to teach! I have never been loyal to the royal family!”
As long as he can bring Yushin back to the kingdom of Valois, he can do anything.
Prince?
Can kill you right now
There was no reason not to kill him.
If Prince Alphonse was murdered, the prestige and honor of the Roxfield family, who had been loyal to the Valois royal family for generations, would plummet in an instant, but Allen did not care. She only yearns strongly for Yushin to return, to be by her side as she used to be.
“Don’t go, oppa… I’ll do better… So, please…!”
Allen burst into tears.
A voice mixed with crying came out.
Tears began to drip down his white cheeks in drops.
Witnessing this, Ardena couldn’t help but be astonished. That nasty monster shed tears! Standing in front of Yushin, Allen has become a girl with rich emotions. She was afraid only that Yushin would leave her side forever.
“Again, is it because of me? My brother is in trouble again because of me. Did you hate me? I will do well in the future. I will become a more obedient little sister… Please don’t abandon me. I really can’t do without my brother.”
Dropped the bastard sword.
She put the hilt on her own.
And with her trembling hands, she gripped Yushin’s collar pitifully.
Sorrowfully without hesitation.
As she continued to let out her tears, she begged Yushin. She asked me not to abandon her. She asked me to stay by her side until the end. For that, she said she could do anything, and Allen desperately clung to Yushin.
* * *
The first time Allen met her Yushin was when she was seventeen.
She remembers it well.
The person who approached him without hesitation, who was called the mad dog of Roxfield and the fearless monster.
“I am in charge of you. Call me Master from now on.”
Yushin at the time was the 7th seat of the seven swords of the kingdom, and was a newcomer who was named in the seven swords of the kingdom following her teacher, Heinkel.
The newcomer became in charge of education.
It was because there was a request from Troyd Roxfield, Allen’s father and head of the Roxfield family.
Allen has had her expectations from her childhood. The anecdote that she defeated all the elite knights of the Roxfield family in just a week after she learned the sword made the Valois kingdom go wild.
“Yes, then die!”
But her talent had a flaw.
Allen Roxfield’s talent only shines in the killing of life.
She killed her master who taught her swordsmanship.
Following this, she also killed all of the masters employed by the Roxfield family. Her Allen’s talent was thoroughly focused on killing. Should she be called the celestial star (天殺星)? He was like a murder-mad monster. She would risk her life to teach such a monster the sword.
“It’s dangerous if you rush at it blindly.”
But Allen was defeated.
And as soon as her first blow was over, she was lightly subdued by Yushin.
The so-called mad dog of Roxfield was lying on the dirt floor, and Yushin was putting his butt on top of the body of the woman who recklessly attacked. If Allen’s father, Troyd, had seen this, his eyes would have turned upside down.
“I will kill you! Get out of the way right now!!”
“You seem like a hawk.”
Quick!
He struck her on the head with her wooden sword.
However, her Allen’s struggles intensified even more, perhaps making her angry.
Yoo-shin continued to wield her wooden sword at her wild action. That was the first day that Allen Roxfield’s head was broken. Even though her head was cracked and her blood was flowing, Allen did not stop her struggle, and Yoo-shin insisted on trying to see who would win.
“What, do you have any friends?”
Next day,
Yushin asked Allen.
Unfortunately for her, Allen, whom she called the mad dog of Roxfield, had no friends. She had 3 older brothers, but after seeing Allen brutally kill her swordsman masters, her older brothers shunned her younger sister.
“…You don’t have to have friends.”
“I used to think that way too when I was in school. But it wasn’t Lonely is lonely. Even if you say you don’t need friends, in the end you’re lonely.”
Yushin shrugged his shoulders as he said that. Her Allen’s face twisted as if her words had pierced her true heart.
“So what?”
“I’ll be your friend.”
“Friend? You are older than me.”
“Then call me brother.”
“I hate to die.”
Learned swordsmanship from Heinkel, the greatest swordsman in the kingdom.
Yushin, who became the seven swords of the kingdom at the end of his bone-breaking efforts, felt a desire to teach someone like Heinkel.
So he taught Allen.
For Yushin, Allen was her first disciple.
Everyone was against it. Allen Roxfield says she is a freak who likes to kill people by nature. She said that if she taught the monster her sword, she would surely become a disaster and she might threaten the peace of the kingdom.
“I will kill you, Yushin Gilead.”
“Do you remember when we first met? It means that I shouldn’t be out of shape on the subject of having my head broken and salty.”
“I will kill you!”
Allen raised his sword.
She grabbed it with both hands and rushed at Yushin.
There are opponents you can’t win no matter how hard you swing. To Allen, Yushin was a very special and heterogeneous existence.
Even swordsmen with a reputation in the kingdom always fell mercilessly before their own swords. And begged to live. But it wasn’t Yushin. Quite the opposite. Because he thoroughly beat himself up and upped the meds.
“Why are you teaching me?”
“Because your father asked for it.”
After the battle is over,
Allen, who was covered in dirt today, asked. Yushin answered her question without thinking.
“I am a monster! A monster that kills people! I don’t even know why I’m like this. If you come to your senses, you’re killing people. When you raise a sword, your hands are always stained with blood!”
It is definitely a characteristic of the millennium.
Hearing her cries mixed with Allen’s screams, Yushin learned that she was a swordsman who was destined for her Thousand Killing Castle.
However, Yushin did not give up teaching Allen.
Because even Heinkel, my master, did not give up on me who was incurable. He did not give up teaching until the end so that he could become the seven swords of the kingdom. I also thought that I would not stop teaching until this incurable girl ascended to the throne of the Seven Swords of the Kingdom.
“That’s what happens when you don’t handle your talents properly. It’s like a child holding a sharp dagger. If stabbing others with a dagger is scary, learn how to wield a dagger first.”
“That’s easy…”
“Unfortunately, I know a guy like you who almost ruined his life because his talent was at the mercy of him. The teacher who taught him did not give up until the end and taught him. So I will teach you without giving up.”
That someday you will betray me,
I thought I would be on the same track as the other guys who feared calling me a monster.
But this person was different. He genuinely cares for me. It was like the only salvation for me, who was feared and pointed at as a monster. Even my family let me know how I was afraid. It helped me overcome loneliness. And it showed me the possibility.
“Okay, do whatever you want!”
With that sincerity, Allen broke down the last wall that kept him on guard against Yushin.
* * *
Yushin handed Allen a sword that contained her thunderbolt as if he had half snatched it away.
Lightning Sword Karus.
Just as Arlen, the 2nd seat of the Seven Swords of the Kingdom, was bestowed with the Dragon Chaser by the Valois royal family, Karus, the lightning sword, was a renowned sword bestowed by Yushin from the Valois royal family.
Kurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!! The lightning sword responded with a thunderclap. As if welcoming the owner after a long absence, the sound of thunder resounded ceaselessly. The lightning bolts that Allen had emitted were again focused on the lightning sword.
“There will be no need to return to Valois Kingdom again. The Seven Swords of the Kingdom became deserters in an instant.”
Yushin said.
At that, Allen shouted.
“You said you wouldn’t give up on me…!”
“It was a story until you became the Seven Swords of the Kingdom. You did a great job It’s still violent now, but now I can control the murderous intent I was born with.”
Her chest throbbed.
It hurt like someone was cutting out my heart with a sharp dagger.
Allen pressed her chest with one hand.
My heart was beating so loud it felt like it was about to explode. Blood boiled.
The intent to kill (love) began to soar as if it would explode at any moment. Severe love and intent to kill are only a piece of paper apart. Right now, in Allen’s mind, love and intent to kill coexisted.
“There is a child in the country of elves that I am teaching.”
“So what about me? I am also your brother’s disciple! Why are you picking a damn elf and not me?”
“You have already graduated.”
“Whoever wants! I will never give up! I can never give up on my brother! I will never send you to the land of the elves!”
Allen shouted.
She lifted the bastard sword that had fallen on the floor, and with a trembling hand aimed the blade at the nape of Yushin’s neck.
It was Allen who trembled her body.
Yushin, whose blade was aimed directly at her nape, kept her calm, while Allen, who couldn’t hide her quivering eyes, left her greatly confused.
“Okay…?”
Yushin swung her sword.
Her blue thunder-bearing sword swung, cutting off the bastard sword that had been aiming at her nape.
Her thunder roared. She was different from Allen, who handled her thunderbolt while relying solely on her power. Her thunderbolts were swift and sharp. And she burned fiercely.
