I slowly raised my head and looked at the masked man again.
It was a Nike from a time I had never seen before the regression.
Maybe sixteen.
Now at an age where he has just become an adult.
It was natural that he, who had lost his memory while regressing, would not recognize me.
Yes, it was obvious... but it broke my heart that he didn't even glance at me.
I didn't want to be confirmed like this, that he forgot me...
“Who is the person with the ability to cooperate, and where is he now?”
“W-Was it sent by the imperial family? I only told the imperial family where I was... Why! Why on earth did the imperial family betray us... Hah!”
Nike put strength into the sword aimed at Gustav's neck.
“Just answer the questions I ask.”
“Hey, hey! Don’t do that! Don’t do that! I’ll tell you. I’ll tell you...”
As Luna cried, Nike turned to her.
“No, let’s start with something else.”
And he nodded at me.
"Is the child a test subject? It can't be just one, so where are the rest?"
Even though he didn't look at me, it seemed like he was worried about me.
Because Nike is that kind of man.
"No! There are no children. Trust me. We couldn't go that far... We tried to experiment on ourselves, on our own bodies..."
“Yes, it’s true! We said we didn’t have children!”
A researcher intervened and shouted in frustration.
“Then this child.”
“That, that...”
Luna said with trembling lips.
“Uh, first of all, the person we were going to experiment with... was excommunicated from the Wassenberg family. His name is, uh, Ryan Wassenberg...”
“Where is he?”
“He’s not here. I haven’t been able to get his cooperation yet. This, this kid...”
Luna looked back at me and said.
"It's his daughter. If Ryan Wassenberg were to come here... I was planning to take his daughter hostage and force him to cooperate."
At those words, Nike immediately froze.
The eyes that finally looked at me grew wide.
The blue eyes were shaking helplessly.
'You must be embarrassed. You couldn't have imagined that I would act so fearlessly.'
I have a rough idea of the situation.
Unlike in the past, the Imperial Family has no intention of resuming experiments on transplanting supernatural powers.
So, they pretended to cooperate with Gustav, found out the base, and sent Nike to cover up the experimental base first.
'Before I got caught in Wassenberg.'
A past where an experiment was attempted secretly, and all of Konrad's innocent people died...
It was a wise decision by the royal family, who would not forget the disaster that day.
But what I didn't expect was...
'I didn't know that people with superpowers would be kidnapped or threatened.'
If any superpowered individuals cooperated with the experiment, they would likely harbor resentment against the family. Therefore, they would have volunteered to participate, amicably...
'I guess you thought so.'
Then, we can just identify the person with that ability and then quietly cover up the experiment...
'I must have judged it that way.'
But Nike's expectations were off, and the plan went completely awry.
The action has already taken place.
A situation where they dared to kidnap the daughter of a person with superpowers. And what if that person was Ryan Wassenberg, the man responsible for the Konrad massacre twelve years ago?
How will you handle his anger?
At that time.
“Hawk.”
Another masked man came down into the basement.
Hawk...?
I've heard of it. It was the code name used to call Nike when he was the leader of a secret organization that handled imperial affairs behind the scenes.
‘It really is Nike...’
Even though I knew exactly who he was, I still got emotional.
"The above situation has been dealt with. No one has followed suit."
“...”
Even to her subordinate's words, Nike did not respond and just stared at me.
His mind must be in turmoil right now, wondering how to resolve this situation.
“Hawk?”
“...That person with supernatural powers? Does he know that his daughter was kidnapped because of this experiment?”
Nike asked Luna. She shook her head.
“Not yet. I just kidnapped his daughter and left a note telling him to come here.”
“What, what did you say?”
The masked man who had just appeared was surprised by the conversation between the two people.
"Hawk! What does this mean? Are you trying to threaten these crazy people, rather than allying with them?"
I knew who that man was because his speech was like a fingerprint.
‘Rainer...’
Nike's best friend.
And after I became lovers with Nike, there was no doubt that it was Rainer who was friendly with me without any hesitation.
“...Sob.”
I couldn't stand it because the people I wanted to see kept popping up.
In the end, I cried...
Everyone looked at me.
I met Nike's eyes.
It wasn't that I was crying out of fear, but he would think that a child who didn't know anything was crying out of fear.
‘Even now, killing me would be the wisest choice...’
Luckily, Ryan doesn't know that they're trying to 'experiment'.
But his daughter knows the situation.
Even though I don't know exactly, I was dragged here and heard a lot of things I shouldn't have heard, like experiments and such.
If they send her back quietly, the child, who doesn't know anything, will naturally tell everything to her father.
The horrific tragedy of 12 years ago, the Konrad Massacre. The fuse that triggered it all: the supernatural transplant experiment. To keep the fact that there were attempts to resume that experiment hidden from the demonic supernatural beings...
Nike, it's wise to kill me.
If you can't do that, at least make sure I never see Ryan again so I can't say anything nonsensical to my father.
But I know.
Nike is a man who would never make such a choice.
That he is of such a nature that he cannot kill a child or separate her from her father.
“Dad probably doesn’t know I’ve been kidnapped yet. So, please bring me back before he finds out.”
I wiped my tears and said.
"Then, I won't say anything about being kidnapped, or about what I heard here today."
“...”
Nike stared at me with wavering eyes. The thought was fleeting. He immediately grabbed my arm and helped me up.
“Hawk!”
Rainer stopped Nike from taking me out of the basement.
“Are you crazy?”
“You stay here. I’ll be back soon.”
“Surely you’re not going to listen to this kid right now, are you?”
“Get out of the way. There’s no time.”
“Hawk!”
Nike took me outside.
Behind the base stood two black horses. Nike placed me on one of them and climbed onto the back.
The series of actions was quick and uncluttered.
“Is your residence in Belzer?”
How did you know? I was curious, but didn't have time to look into it in detail.
"I indeed have a house there, but I'm staying in Koenig right now. It's the largest inn right in front of the dock."
Nike immediately rode away.
As we ran, I felt the warmth I'd longed for on my back. A familiar hand wrapped around me from behind. The unchanging scent of his body.
Tears welled up in my eyes. This time, I couldn't hold them back; I just cried. A child suddenly kidnapped in the middle of the night has every reason to cry. I don't think he'll find that strange.
Nike froze every time I sobbed loudly. He tightened his grip on the reins and held me from behind, soothing me.
It's okay.
I'll take you to Dad.
I won't hurt you.
You're really going to my dad.
So, with those clumsy, incoherent words that reassure the child...
'Fool.'
He was consistent, then and now.
Even though he knows that sending me alive is a big risk, he does it.
It was he who made me regress to save me.
He even told me a secret that cost him his life to prove that he loved me.
Wow, this is really stupid...
I loved this guy because he was such a fool.
“Is this it?”
"Yes..."
We arrived at our destination before we knew it.
Nike stopped in an alley a little way from the building and let me off.
“Thank you for saving my life.”
I brought out the words I had prepared to reassure him.
"Don't worry at all. Absolutely not. I swear to God I won't tell anyone what happened today."
“...”
Nike looked at me for a moment and then mounted his horse.
“Oh, wait a minute...”
I absentmindedly grabbed his trouser leg. Nike, mounted on horseback, masked, with only his eyes visible, looked down at me.
I want to see your face.
But that won't work. Instead, I said it without thinking.
“Yes, just wait a minute. Five minutes, no, just one minute. Please.”
And without even hearing his answer, I went into the inn.
It was a Nike from a time I had never seen before the regression.
Maybe sixteen.
Now at an age where he has just become an adult.
It was natural that he, who had lost his memory while regressing, would not recognize me.
Yes, it was obvious... but it broke my heart that he didn't even glance at me.
I didn't want to be confirmed like this, that he forgot me...
“Who is the person with the ability to cooperate, and where is he now?”
“W-Was it sent by the imperial family? I only told the imperial family where I was... Why! Why on earth did the imperial family betray us... Hah!”
Nike put strength into the sword aimed at Gustav's neck.
“Just answer the questions I ask.”
“Hey, hey! Don’t do that! Don’t do that! I’ll tell you. I’ll tell you...”
As Luna cried, Nike turned to her.
“No, let’s start with something else.”
And he nodded at me.
"Is the child a test subject? It can't be just one, so where are the rest?"
Even though he didn't look at me, it seemed like he was worried about me.
Because Nike is that kind of man.
"No! There are no children. Trust me. We couldn't go that far... We tried to experiment on ourselves, on our own bodies..."
“Yes, it’s true! We said we didn’t have children!”
A researcher intervened and shouted in frustration.
“Then this child.”
“That, that...”
Luna said with trembling lips.
“Uh, first of all, the person we were going to experiment with... was excommunicated from the Wassenberg family. His name is, uh, Ryan Wassenberg...”
“Where is he?”
“He’s not here. I haven’t been able to get his cooperation yet. This, this kid...”
Luna looked back at me and said.
"It's his daughter. If Ryan Wassenberg were to come here... I was planning to take his daughter hostage and force him to cooperate."
At those words, Nike immediately froze.
The eyes that finally looked at me grew wide.
The blue eyes were shaking helplessly.
'You must be embarrassed. You couldn't have imagined that I would act so fearlessly.'
I have a rough idea of the situation.
Unlike in the past, the Imperial Family has no intention of resuming experiments on transplanting supernatural powers.
So, they pretended to cooperate with Gustav, found out the base, and sent Nike to cover up the experimental base first.
'Before I got caught in Wassenberg.'
A past where an experiment was attempted secretly, and all of Konrad's innocent people died...
It was a wise decision by the royal family, who would not forget the disaster that day.
But what I didn't expect was...
'I didn't know that people with superpowers would be kidnapped or threatened.'
If any superpowered individuals cooperated with the experiment, they would likely harbor resentment against the family. Therefore, they would have volunteered to participate, amicably...
'I guess you thought so.'
Then, we can just identify the person with that ability and then quietly cover up the experiment...
'I must have judged it that way.'
But Nike's expectations were off, and the plan went completely awry.
The action has already taken place.
A situation where they dared to kidnap the daughter of a person with superpowers. And what if that person was Ryan Wassenberg, the man responsible for the Konrad massacre twelve years ago?
How will you handle his anger?
At that time.
“Hawk.”
Another masked man came down into the basement.
Hawk...?
I've heard of it. It was the code name used to call Nike when he was the leader of a secret organization that handled imperial affairs behind the scenes.
‘It really is Nike...’
Even though I knew exactly who he was, I still got emotional.
"The above situation has been dealt with. No one has followed suit."
“...”
Even to her subordinate's words, Nike did not respond and just stared at me.
His mind must be in turmoil right now, wondering how to resolve this situation.
“Hawk?”
“...That person with supernatural powers? Does he know that his daughter was kidnapped because of this experiment?”
Nike asked Luna. She shook her head.
“Not yet. I just kidnapped his daughter and left a note telling him to come here.”
“What, what did you say?”
The masked man who had just appeared was surprised by the conversation between the two people.
"Hawk! What does this mean? Are you trying to threaten these crazy people, rather than allying with them?"
I knew who that man was because his speech was like a fingerprint.
‘Rainer...’
Nike's best friend.
And after I became lovers with Nike, there was no doubt that it was Rainer who was friendly with me without any hesitation.
“...Sob.”
I couldn't stand it because the people I wanted to see kept popping up.
In the end, I cried...
Everyone looked at me.
I met Nike's eyes.
It wasn't that I was crying out of fear, but he would think that a child who didn't know anything was crying out of fear.
‘Even now, killing me would be the wisest choice...’
Luckily, Ryan doesn't know that they're trying to 'experiment'.
But his daughter knows the situation.
Even though I don't know exactly, I was dragged here and heard a lot of things I shouldn't have heard, like experiments and such.
If they send her back quietly, the child, who doesn't know anything, will naturally tell everything to her father.
The horrific tragedy of 12 years ago, the Konrad Massacre. The fuse that triggered it all: the supernatural transplant experiment. To keep the fact that there were attempts to resume that experiment hidden from the demonic supernatural beings...
Nike, it's wise to kill me.
If you can't do that, at least make sure I never see Ryan again so I can't say anything nonsensical to my father.
But I know.
Nike is a man who would never make such a choice.
That he is of such a nature that he cannot kill a child or separate her from her father.
“Dad probably doesn’t know I’ve been kidnapped yet. So, please bring me back before he finds out.”
I wiped my tears and said.
"Then, I won't say anything about being kidnapped, or about what I heard here today."
“...”
Nike stared at me with wavering eyes. The thought was fleeting. He immediately grabbed my arm and helped me up.
“Hawk!”
Rainer stopped Nike from taking me out of the basement.
“Are you crazy?”
“You stay here. I’ll be back soon.”
“Surely you’re not going to listen to this kid right now, are you?”
“Get out of the way. There’s no time.”
“Hawk!”
Nike took me outside.
Behind the base stood two black horses. Nike placed me on one of them and climbed onto the back.
The series of actions was quick and uncluttered.
“Is your residence in Belzer?”
How did you know? I was curious, but didn't have time to look into it in detail.
"I indeed have a house there, but I'm staying in Koenig right now. It's the largest inn right in front of the dock."
Nike immediately rode away.
As we ran, I felt the warmth I'd longed for on my back. A familiar hand wrapped around me from behind. The unchanging scent of his body.
Tears welled up in my eyes. This time, I couldn't hold them back; I just cried. A child suddenly kidnapped in the middle of the night has every reason to cry. I don't think he'll find that strange.
Nike froze every time I sobbed loudly. He tightened his grip on the reins and held me from behind, soothing me.
It's okay.
I'll take you to Dad.
I won't hurt you.
You're really going to my dad.
So, with those clumsy, incoherent words that reassure the child...
'Fool.'
He was consistent, then and now.
Even though he knows that sending me alive is a big risk, he does it.
It was he who made me regress to save me.
He even told me a secret that cost him his life to prove that he loved me.
Wow, this is really stupid...
I loved this guy because he was such a fool.
“Is this it?”
"Yes..."
We arrived at our destination before we knew it.
Nike stopped in an alley a little way from the building and let me off.
“Thank you for saving my life.”
I brought out the words I had prepared to reassure him.
"Don't worry at all. Absolutely not. I swear to God I won't tell anyone what happened today."
“...”
Nike looked at me for a moment and then mounted his horse.
“Oh, wait a minute...”
I absentmindedly grabbed his trouser leg. Nike, mounted on horseback, masked, with only his eyes visible, looked down at me.
I want to see your face.
But that won't work. Instead, I said it without thinking.
“Yes, just wait a minute. Five minutes, no, just one minute. Please.”
And without even hearing his answer, I went into the inn.
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