Kishian, who had been quietly slicing meat like me, stopped his hand.
He paused and looked at me.
"I want to go back with you, of course."
"..."
"In my heart, I want to go back with you and make sure that you don't leave my side again. You can't imagine how I lived without you."
"...Did you miss me?"
"Longing... It wasn't a feeling that could be defined simply by those words."
Sure thing? A faint word came out of his teeth.
"It was painful for me."
I could feel it right away when I heard the answer he threw out.
How much pain he felt was summed up in that one word.
The person who said such a thing moved the coolware with a calm face.
"Regret, regret, regret... I was left alone and kept thinking the same thing over and over again. If I had made a little effort to understand you, this wouldn't have happened."
"..."
"So I really want to take you right now. I want to take you and put you in the depths of the mansion so that no one else can see you, so that I can enjoy you alone. But I can't do that."
He teased the dishes as if he didn't care, and then he raised his gaze and stared at me.
"If I do such an ugly thing, you won't laugh at me again."
I nodded silently
He was right.
If he tries to take my hands on him as he once did, I will not be able to love him.
Kishian nodded and smiled as if he knew it was going to happen.
"I'll wait. Until you're ready."
What happens if I say I won't go back even though he's been waiting?
I suddenly wondered about that.
Would he still retire without saying a word and return to the Grand Duchy alone?
Should I go back and live with regret for the rest of my life?
It was then. Suddenly, there was an uproar at the entrance.
"Let this go! What are you guys!! What are you doing!!"
I peeked my head out of the curtain and saw three burly men holding a man who was eating.
The man, who was suddenly taken captive, panicked and shouted for him to let go, but the men didn't even pretend to listen.
With his hands quickly twitching, he tied the man with a rope and forced him to stand up.
What's the situation? While I was wondering. Kishian said,
"It's the Imperial Army."
"Imperial Army? Did Letie bring it?"
He nodded and explained my question.
"I think you know about it, but the Princess is hunting down the polluted people around here."
"..."
"The man who is being taken away right now must have been reported by someone. It shows signs of contamination. That's why the Imperial Army came out to catch him."
My appetite disappeared quickly.
I knew that Letie was doing such a thing, but I couldn't help but be shocked to see it myself.
I stammered with my sore lips.
"Letie... Is she really going to cure the pollution?"
"Yes. They said they were taking him for that purpose. It seems like they're failing all the time."
"Then what about the people who were taken away..."
"Either you are used as a test subject by the Princess, and you are either maimed or you die. I've heard that they're doing all sorts of weird things to cure pollution. I heard that they even pull out the red eyeballs."
More specific stories came from the Kishian that had not been heard from the Duke of Hersen.
Pulling out an eyeball.
There was no way that pollution could be cured by such an act.
The eyes of the contaminated turned red, but that was only part of the symptoms.
Pulling out the eyes does not make the magic in the body disappear.
"Then you can't do it. We have to stop it now."
I unknowingly stood up to help the person who was being dragged away.
At that moment, Kishian grabbed me by the wrist and sat me back down.
"The Emperor is looking for you. If you appear in front of the Imperial Army now, you might be taken to the Imperial Palace."
"Then what do you do? If you leave him like that, what about him..."
"Do you want to save him?"
Isn't it natural?
No matter how ignorant you are, an innocent person looks like they're going to be horribly wronged.
Kishian seemed to think about it and stood up.
"Sit down. I'll solve it."
There was no time to dry.
He left me and went outside.
It seemed that the man was following the direction he had been taken.
Afterwards, there was a dizzying sound of screams and smashing sounds outside.
He came back about ten minutes later.
"What happened?"
"I've solved it well. The soldiers were knocked out and put away in the corner, and those who were caught were released."
I was finally relieved.
It was a little bit of stopping Letie's evil deeds.
But if I left it like this, she would definitely look for another victim.
We had to find a way to stop it.
While I was thinking about it, he said.
"I need to move my seat."
"Seat?"
"I have knocked out three soldiers, and the imperial Army will soon come. If any of them recognize your face, I'll be in trouble. Do you have any magic tools? It changes your appearance."
"There was, but now it's gone. Because the magic power is exhausted..."
The ring I had was consumable.
I used it sparingly, but in the end, all the magic power was used up, and I couldn't use it right away.
Kishian said in a troubled tone.
"Then we have no choice but to flee before the soldiers arrive. The Emperor is desperately looking for you, and when he finds out you're here, he'll go on a rampage to get you back."
"Desperately looking for me? Why?"
I knew my father was looking for me.
I had seen the missing flyers from the imperial family.
However, I thought it was just a show-and-tell behavior.
"My father can't find me like that... It would look strange if he let go of his daughter when I was gone, so didn't he just pretend to look for me?"
"Nope. The Emperor is looking for you with his life. He knows you're real."
"What?"
"It means that even the unsuspecting human finally knows that you are the real savior. Let's get out of here and talk about it."
As he said, I couldn't wait long, so I got up and left the restaurant in a hurry.
Fortunately, I didn't encounter the Imperial Army.
***
The news of the attack on the three soldiers soon reached Letie's ears.
Letie, who was waiting for the arrival of a new polluter, was stunned by the unexpected news.
"Who dares to be a soldier of the imperial family..."
Until now, it was easy to bring in polluters.
Viscount Gottlief, who ruled the Viscounty, was also quite cooperative, and there was a monster nearby that caused powerful mental pollution, so it was a perfect environment for researching pollution treatment.
So she was embarrassed by the unexpected situation.
"What is the face of the criminal?"
"He said he didn't see it properly. Because he was attacked so quickly..."
After hearing the soldier's report, Letie's eyebrows wrinkled even deeper.
After that, she gave the order without loosening her expression.
"Make sure the culprit is caught, and you should hurry to find other polluters, because there are only a few tainters left."
"Yes, Your Highness."
The soldier withdrew, leaving Letie alone and sighing.
She tried her best to find a way to cure the pollution.
She did not hesitate to do things that seemed a little unethical in the eyes of others.
Somehow, at all costs, she had to figure out how to cure the contamination.
"It means that the capital was safe because of Elona, not you. Not only that, but t e child also has the power to purify the Magic. I can't know this much."
The Emperor had said. Elona has the power to purify Magic.
Therefore, Elona must be the true savior.
Therefore, Letie has no power.
'No, I can do it too. There's no way I can't do what Elona can do.'
She could not agree with her father, who said that Elona was the true savior.
How could such a thing be possible?
Everyone in the world is praising Letie as a savior.
So Letie had to do it.
She couldn't stand by and watch the truth that she had believed all her life without a single doubt being twisted.
'You'll regret distrusting me. I'll make it so.'
Burning with revenge against her father, who had changed his attitude in an instant, Letie stood up.
There were still a few polluters still breathing.
In order to find a cure for contamination as soon as possible, it was necessary to resume experiments on them.
***
After leaving the restaurant, we did not return to the mercenary group's residence.
Since the Imperial army was in a state of flux, I was worried that if I went back as it was, a spark might fly to the mercenary group.
So I watched the situation at a nearby inn until morning, and when I found it safe, I decided to return to my residence at that time.
In other words, I had no choice but to spend the night with Kishian.
I was worried that it would be awkward to spend the night with someone I had broken up with... It was actually quite awkward.
We agreed to sleep in the same room for safety, so we couldn't be separated.
I washed up first, put on my clothes, and sat down on the bed with a firm gesture.
Soon after, Kishian also came out of the bathroom after taking a shower.
He smiled when he saw me sitting in a stiff position.
"You don't have to be nervous. I won't do anything until you let me do it."
But why do you take off your clothes?
I held back the urge to ask.
Unlike me, who came out of the bathroom with all my clothes on, Kishian only wore a towel.
I was quite embarrassed because I kept looking at that place without even realizing it.
Meanwhile, he slowly approached me and asked.
"If it's uncomfortable, will I sleep on the floor?"
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