episode_0046

A cabin in the mountains.

There, Erickson stared blankly at the ceiling pattern.

“… It’s quiet.”

stillness.

After Eren left, at first he was enjoying his freedom. Should I say that I have escaped childcare?

There is no need to bother training or there is no one to care about.

Really, it was freeing.

For the first time in a while, I realized that I was comfortable alone.

but-.

That didn’t last long either.

Since there was no one to prepare food for me, I had to cook it myself.

It was tasteless.

It’s only now that I’ve gotten used to it and have developed decent skills.

I hadn’t cooked my own food in years.

I didn’t become good at cooking, I just got used to it again.

“… It did. Originally, being alone was like this.”

Several years already.

Eren joined the rebels and became alone, but he never got used to it.

Fortunately, Eren came to visit me occasionally.

Now that I’m in charge of a big mission, I can’t come at all.

For some reason, Erickson was starting to feel lonely.

So alone.

While pondering my loneliness.

Someone knocked on the cabin door.

“General, it’s me!”

“… Esther?”

Erickson occasionally corresponded with her.

It was mainly a story about Eren’s current situation.

Anyway, I couldn’t understand.

“Why did you come here?”

Esther is the leader of the rebels.

Because it was a place where I couldn’t move easily.

“I’ll go in and talk. Open the door?”

“Sure.”

Esther opened the door and entered Erickson’s cabin.

Esther frowned.

“I think you’re a little thin… ?”

“… No.”

“They say that if you are lonely, you will start to lose weight. It was true.”

“I am not lonely. Rather, I feel refreshed.”

“Hmm… Let’s put it that way.”

Esther sits in front of Erickson.

Erickson asked her about her purpose for coming here.

“So, why did you come to see me? If you’re talking about recruiting me as a rebel… !”

“No.”

Esther shook her head.

It was Esther, who had given up long ago, who recruited Erikson to join the rebels.

And since there were great talents anyway, there was no need.

“Just, Eren asked me to.”

“Please… What kind of request?”

Esther bowed her head.

Although Erickson couldn’t see it, his cheeks were red. It was because I remembered what Eren said.

Eren’s words asking him to take care of his teacher.

Moreover, it was a nuance that seemed to understand his feelings.

“Oh, it’s nothing. just… It was something like asking for a favor from the general.”

“Hmm… , Is that why you came here?”

“Yes! The general is bored anyway.”

“That’s right. but… ”

Erickson looked at Esther intently.

She is the leader of the rebels.

“There’s no way you’re free, right?”

Therefore, it was normal for Esther not to be able to be idle. Even now, the situation is changing all the time.

Ericsson’s interrogative attitude…

Esther also became serious.

It was to give trust to the teacher who had entrusted his student to him.

“Hmm… That’s right. Not now.”

Esther told Erickson about the current situation and current operations. Ericsson frowned when he heard this.

“… Do you think that is true?”

“Yes. To be precise, this is what Eren understands. Anyway, we’ve finished the preparations, and Eren has to do the rest.”

“Hmm… By the way, it seems like confidential information, but is it okay to tell this to someone like me?”

“… That’s not possible. You definitely don’t plan on going around bragging, do you?”

Esther changes into a playful attitude again.

Erickson wrinkled his expression and answered.

“Don’t worry.”

It was a useless worry.

Esther knew this from the beginning and was joking.

A moment of silence.

Esther opened her mouth again to break this silence.

“… ah! But how did you meet Eren, General?”

“He just came looking for me.”

“Hmm… . It’s boring.”

“Rather, I would like to ask. Why did you accept the leader of the rebels?”

Erickson couldn’t understand.

The Esther she knows. Considering the temperament of Esther, who was his subordinate, he could not understand the position of leader of the rebels.

Joined the rebels.

That would be the Maginot Line.

Esther was never a great person to hold the position of captain.

Moment-.

Esther’s expression became very gloomy.

“That… . Well, it may sound funny, but I also want to take revenge.”

Erickson narrowed his eyes at the word ‘revenge’.

At the same time, it was impossible to understand.

Esther. She’s taking revenge. It was hard to even imagine.

“… Do you remember? There was someone I truly cared for.”

Esther’s eyes became faint.

Old memories.

A woman was pictured in Esther’s mind.

The youngest member of the kingdom’s duke family.

It was cute, but infinitely pitiful. Although his body was weak, his will was stronger than anyone else’s. There wasn’t much of an age difference between me and Esther.

That’s why we became friends.

“I remember. If you’re talking about the lady who came to visit at random times.”

Esther nodded.

A young lady who came to visit every now and then.

release.

“He was more important to me than anyone else.”

Even though I belong to the Kingdom Knights, I wanted to one day protect Lilith by her side. That was Esther.

If a knight serves only one lord in his life.

The lord Esther chose was Lilith.

but-.

Lilith could not be a lord. Because his body was so weak, it was impossible to climb on top of the peacock.

And the biggest reason.

Lilith herself did not want it.

She wanted to leave the duchy and be free.

He wanted to become a duke and travel the world rather than rule over a territory.

And then in the end-.

She ran away from home, and it was Esther who helped her.

‘That’s enough now. Now I’ll go alone.’

‘… But it’s dangerous out there.’

‘are you okay! And thank you!’

And so Lilith left.

Afterwards, the kingdom was almost ruined due to the incident with Ericson, and a few years later -.

Esther sets out to find Lilith.

Soon I heard the news of her death.

And I also heard another news.

The news that Lilith had a husband and a child.

Ericsson was also a little embarrassed by this news.

“… Lilith started a family?”

His embarrassment was natural.

Erickson stole all of my royal family’s blood. Therefore, there was no existing royal blood in the kingdom at all.

but-.

There was one person who inherited the blood of the existing royal family.

release. Lilith’s mother who died when she was young.

Her mother, the second duchess, was a royal.

That means -.

“… There was a child left with legitimacy.”

It was Erickson who felt a little regret for what he had done. For some reason, it felt comforting just to know that there were survivors left in the royal family.

Of course, the royal family had no intention of forgiving the sins they committed by being deceived by the cultists.

“No. None.”

“Hmm? Didn’t you just say that? I have a husband and a child.”

Esther shook her head.

I didn’t go there on purpose.

I’m afraid I’ll be a nuisance to the dead Lilith for no reason.

Then later-.

Esther, who joined the rebels, heard strange news and approached her husband.

The content is that the church is suspicious.

I had told this to my husband.

The story is that the Black Knight is preparing something.

To be honest, it was a very touching topic, so I ended up just giving a warning.

And after some time.

“Everyone was annihilated. Starting with her husband and the child.”

“Who on earth… !”

“Denomination.”

The reason why Esther rose to the position of captain.

It was for revenge.

To avenge Lilith.

“Is that so.”

“… ah! Don’t think about saying anything to me out of revenge. It’s my choice, and I’m not a student.”

“… I know.”

And suddenly-.

Esther remembered one thing.

‘… Why do I keep remembering my husband every time I see Eren?’

At the same time, the image of Lilith also came to mind.

Moment-.

Esther began to feel as if a puzzle was being put together in her head.

“Well, but… Since when did Eren come to be here?”

Esther was gradually moving towards the truth.

***

Should I say that talent is truly a scary thing?

A week at Richard’s Territory.

In just one week, the warrior’s skills improved greatly. How was it possible to have such a tree and grow it like this?

It was truly absurd.

The hero’s teacher. Was it Wooliver?

Anyway, I could roughly understand his purpose.

at last-.

The church’s position was as follows.

‘They want the hero to be defeated by the devil.’

Maybe it was natural.

The denomination is in decline. Isn’t this a great opportunity? An event that gives them strength.

It was clear that he recognized the Demon King to that extent.

however-.

It is difficult to revive a denomination that has been declining in just a few years.

I guess he wanted to pass the time somehow.

And that-.

‘It’s the hero’s defeat.’

If the warrior is defeated, it is clear that the church will become even more powerful. Because there must be a definite threat called the Demon Lord.

Also, you just have to select a new hero.

So in the end-.

Contrary to the church’s intentions, defeating the Demon King is for the rebels.

“Now, let’s go.”

The hero announced his departure and got into the carriage.

Lord Richard even shed tears as he sent us off.

however-.

I felt strange.

The reason it became so strange.

that-.

“… are you okay. I can do it alone.”

He stood by the saint’s side as she boarded the carriage.

however-.

This was because the saint said this to me in a cold tone. I was watching over it at the request of Archbishop Porsipia.

You push me away like this.

Rather, it felt like I had suddenly become cold.

No, not too long ago, to be exact.

It probably started the day after the first trial.

I thought for a moment.

‘Did I do something wrong that day?’

Not really… What I remember.

no way?

‘Because I wiped away your tears back then?’

It was absurd.

I can’t believe I’m being treated coldly for this reason.

I didn’t think I hated it this much in the first place.

Really. I don’t know how women feel.