Chapter 175 – Crossed Minds (8)
I knew that one day I would get caught.
Esily Pelgarin. Because he thought that as long as the woman in front of him stood by Theo Rad, she wouldn’t be able to keep the lie for long.
Even so, the elf didn’t tell Theorad that his spirit had returned. It was because the anxiety that Theorard might leave him the moment he told the truth remained in his heart.
“I thought it would be fine for a day or so… ” She said. ….”
I wanted to feel Theorard’s kindness of his. He wanted to be in Theo Rad’s arms and hear his old stories of him. He wanted to receive affection that he had never been able to reach even though he wanted to.
That’s why he hid the fact that his mind his had returned. Theorard, like an idiot, didn’t know that and treated the elf with utmost sincerity.
I was happy. It was because the warmth of a warm hand was more sweet than the pain of guilt for deceiving Theorad. However, the next day, the elf’s thoughts gradually changed.
“I was going to talk. By the way…….”
On the next day, Theorard came as always. With a fairy tale book in his hand, he approached me, giving off a faint scent of soap.
When Theorard, who had opened the bookshelf, was about to read a fairy tale, the elf, unable to overcome the remorse of conscience, tried to tell the truth that his spirit had returned.
However, his open mouth could not bring out the truth. It was because the question that lingered in his head like a nightmare haunted the elf relentlessly.
—I wonder if I have the right to stay by Theorad’s side.
The elf went to Theorard to see if he could keep the promise he had made in the past. He persistently tormented Theo Rad by playing a slave.
Because you are evil Because he’s a villain who will fall someday. So, hurry up and show your true colors, and I belittle Theorard in every way.
But Theorard was not corrupted. Despite many hardships, Theo Rad put the safety of his family members and those around him first.
‘And yet I…….’
In the past, he blindly trusted Theorard, who had appeared as a villain, and did not stop bullying him. He treated Theorad as a toy and acted as he pleased.
After many conflicts, the elf realized that it was wrong and that it was a misunderstanding alone. The day Theo Rad was shot down by the arrows of the assassins, he felt keenly that he had lost the bet.
As a result, the elf gave Theorad an indelible wound. It was not enough that he had lost the bet, and he had reigned over Theorard as evil.
“Sorry….”
So the elf couldn’t stay by Theorad’s side. The moment he said he had come to his senses, Theo Rad would not have a single reason to dispute his words.
That made the elf anxious. He was afraid that Theorard would tell him to return to the Great Grove. Finding no words to say no to, he feared that he might be separated from Theorard forever.
That’s why I couldn’t finish acting as a child. As a child, he could have lived by Theo Rad’s side if he had justified that he had not returned to his senses.
Like that, the elf, devoured by selfishness, lived as a child for four days. Despite the fact that he is aware of the fact that he is committing another wrong.
“I’m really sorry…”
A single tear ran down the elf’s eyes. He didn’t want to cry on the wrong subject. I didn’t close my eyes on purpose, but I couldn’t help the tears flowing.
The silently sobbing elf closed his eyes and wiped away the tears. As Shili watched her in front of her, she felt an unprecedented feeling and dropped the document she was holding in her hand.
I tried putting together the words the elf spewed out like paragraphs, but I couldn’t figure out what he was saying. However, the elf’s apology came as quite a shock to Essilly.
“Why…”
Feelings of desolation were draining the strength of the whole body. On the subject of tormenting Theorard so tenaciously, this side wasn’t even ready to forgive, so why did they apologize first?
It was a bitterly selfish apology. Anger swelled within him to the point where he wanted to scream what he was saying now.
“Without you…… !”
Theorard would not have been caught up in all sorts of incidents. He would n’t have been attacked by the assassins, and Lord Vaynon would n’t have risked his life to protect the family members of the manor.
As the head of the Deharm family, Theorard must have spent the rest of his life without any ups and downs. Esily had the confidence and ability to make Theorad happy.
But the elf ruined everything. Reigning as an out-of-the-ordinary evil and playing with Theorard as he pleases, he created a twist in Theorard’s life and made Essilie lust for power.
“After making everyone’s life difficult, why…….”
Of course, I know that all of this isn’t just the elves’ fault. Essilly knew that the elves were not the only ones at fault in the cobweb-like causality.
He was just unleashing his anger on the elf. It’s really pathetic and stupid. Esily, who had managed to calm her anger her, calmed down.
“…… Listen carefully.”
Because I didn’t come here to argue. Solving the problems at hand was a priority.
“I am not here to have a chat with you. For example…… I’m here to ask for your cooperation.”
“Cooperation……?”
“Okay. If you’re truly sorry for your sins, help protect Theorad. So ask for forgiveness.”
A mere apology has no power. If you are serious about sin, get off your feet. The elf, understanding Esili’s meaning of her, raised his head.
“…… Tell me. Who attacked Theorard?”
A lively life blooms in the red eyes wet with water. There was a glimpse of his determination to kill all those who attacked Theorard.
However, it is incomplete and clumsy. No one can be protected by prioritizing emotions. Esily looked down at the elf with reddened eyes and sighed.
“According to the information I have gathered, Prince Leonhard ordered his subordinate organization his, the Black Dog, to lead the attack on Lord Theorad.”
“Then I will take that prince-“
“Wrong.”
Esily turned around and looked out of her window. A little bit stronger rain was blowing with the wind.
“The war is imminent. If the prince is assassinated at this point, there is a possibility that the ceremony will be delayed or the opening of the war itself will be canceled. Then all plans go awry. It means that Princess Benelia will lose her chance and collapse.”
“Why…….”
“Like it or not, Sir Theorard was on a boat with Princess Benelia. If it was a mistake to keep running into each other in the Magic Tower, it must have been a mistake. Since the press made it a foregone fact that Sir Theorard and Princess Benelia held hands, I had no time to do anything about it.”
After Benelia fell, it was Theorard’s turn. No matter how much the elf was by his side, there was no guarantee that Theorad, who turned the imperial family into an enemy, would be safe.
“So you have to play against a group that can attack and not get hurt. And in a slightly special way…….”
After taking her eyes off the window, Esily turned to the elf.
“If possible, disguise yourself as Sir Theorard and destroy the stronghold of the Black Dogs, a secret organization raised by Prince Leonhard. In the most flashy and violent way possible.”
“Are you saying leave a witness?”
“Right. If Sir Theorard cements the image of a person close to the archmage, no one will dare to take on the assassination request. It also doubles as a direct warning to Prince Leonhard.”
It could kill you, but it doesn’t. So be careful with your behavior. It is certain that the bodies of the killers will be handed down as a warning.
Even so, Leonhard will not be able to take any action.
The moment he tried to put pressure on the Deharm family under the pretext of the black dog being smashed, it was like confessing that he had frequently committed dirty work using a private organization made up of killers.
So, Leonhard has no choice but to keep his eyes open and watch as his limbs are cut off. It happened on the eve of the war, so it is clear that he will not even be able to deal with it separately.
For an enemy, it is like burning yourself to death, and for an ally, it is like poking at the enemy’s loophole and only taking advantage of it.
If the operation succeeds, Theorad’s safety will be guaranteed until the war.
He had no distance to refute the sweeping plan. The elf, who recalled Esili’s words in his head, nodded his head openly.
“Okay. Tell me the location…….”
“I hid a document detailing the location in my room. I’ll bring it, so wait a moment.”
Esily walks towards the door. Before she could take a few steps, Essilie came to a halt in a daze. It was because the words he could not bear to get out of his mouth her rose to the roof of his mouth her.
He knew that the words hurt the elves. He sensed that he shouldn’t have said it. But sometimes emotions trump reason.
“Please. When all of this is over…….”
Ashley looked back. I see the elf, who has risen from his seat her, looking at me with various emotions.
His throat his is sore as if a thorn had sprouted from it. After hesitating several times, Silly spat out his words her.
“…… Please leave Theorard.”
The elf’s eyes widened. The elf, who had been stiff like a frightened flying beast, took a step back. As if facing a beast in front of his eyes, his breath his was selling.
Two feet, three feet, four feet…… Now that’s the limit He continues to pull his foot back, but his heel just touches the wall. The window, which is firmly blocking the wind and rain, shakes like the heart of an elf.
“Ah, ugh…….”
I felt like throwing up. Tears welled up on their own, and both hands, having lost where to go, clung to the window sill like an idiot. The elf, barely holding back her nausea, tries to calm her breathing.
A chill rises from the rough exhaled breath. Unbridled mana flowed all over her, freezing everything around her.
The elf, who noticed the phenomenon belatedly, hurriedly saved her mana her. She raised her trembling hand and closed her mouth, waiting for her beating heart to settle.
“…….”
The passing of time feels terribly slow. Not knowing what to say to her Esily, the elf, who was holding her chest her, managed to raise her head.
“Sorry.”
She tries to lift the corners of her mouth and smiles. However, the smile did not last long. Like a single dandelion seed in a typhoon, it disappeared in an instant.
“So, please. Please….”
Sadness fills the place where the smile disappears. The naturally lowered view showed Essilie’s toes. She couldn’t see it properly because even that quickly faded.
“I, Theorard…….”
Falling tears wet the floor.
She couldn’t lie anymore. The elf, reflecting on her own feelings of her, opened her lips in her sobs.
“…… I love you.”
The untimely confession became a sorrowful tone and took over the room.
