episode_0055
by fnovelpia“···Phew.”
A woman with shiny green hair was straightening her posture and continuously taking deep breaths. The youngest daughter of the Wetzler family. It was Arrieta.
In his hand was a small piece of paper. It was a letter to be sent to Revan, telling him to save himself.
The person who will secretly send the letter has already been arranged. All that remains is to hand over the memo at dawn.
But for some reason, Arrieta’s heart was filled with ominousness. To calm the ominous feeling, I tried drinking tea and briefly soaking in the bath, but there was no sign of improvement.
While Arrieta was tensing up, a maid came in and bowed her head.
“Lady. I am a guest.”
“···What?”
Arrieta’s voice was sharp and nervous. I didn’t even prepare distortion magic, thinking I would stay away for a while anyway. Above all, an unannounced visit at such a late night. It was impolite in many ways.
“Send it back. What happened at this time in the first place…”
“That, that…”
“······?”
The maid who entered the room was fidgeting, rubbing her hands here and there.
She was a maid whom Arrieta selected after personally interviewing her and looking into her background. Mouth heavy and faithful.
Even though such a maid was given clear orders, she just stood still. ha. Arrieta sighed and asked.
“Who is this?”
“···The head of the family has arrived.”
“···What?”
Arrieta’s face hardened when she heard the identity of the unannounced guest. It was an unexpected and unwanted guest.
Worst of all, they attacked while planning to secretly send a messenger to Revan. It was suspicious and ominous.
However, there was no option to leave the door open. In the current situation, it was dangerous to even show even the slightest hostility to Antonio.
“Okay. Ask them to wait in the reception room.”
“···Yes. Miss.”
Nod. The maid bowed deeply, opened the door, and left. There was no time. Arrieta as fast as possible. After doing the bare minimum of dressing up, I headed to the living room.
“···Matriarch? What’s going on at this time… Um. Avid? It’s been a while.”
“······.”
Abid, who was standing next to Antonio, who was sitting on a chair, bowed his head. Abid was the one person in the Wetzlar family who cared about Arrieta.
“But why is that sack-”
“Arrieta. I have something to say.”
Antonio interrupted the conversation and stood up from his chair. Then he glanced towards the inside of the mansion.
“I want to go to your room. Are you okay?”
“···If you have something to say, shouldn’t you just say it here?”
“Because it’s a secret story. If possible, I wish there were no eyes to see.”
“······.’
Of course, Arrieta did not want Antonio in her room. Although all important information was secretly hidden, we had no idea what was going to happen.
More than anything, I hated having that idiot in my space. But it is impossible to refuse in the current situation.
“I understand. Follow me.”
In the end, Arrieta bowed her head and guided Antonio to her room.
***
“What is this? Why are all the curtains drawn?”
“That’s…”
“All the windows are closed. If you do this, you will get sick. I have to live with some ventilation.”
Antonio came in through the open door with a loud bang and made various comments about the room. Arrieta’s heart rotted as she heard those words.
‘Who made the room look like this?’
Fortunately, the composure I had developed over the years hid my discomfort. Slurp. Antonio settled down on the sofa in one corner of the room.
“Arrieta?”
“Yes. The head of the family.”
“When I told you to call me brother…”
Tsk. Antonio clicked his tongue briefly and gestured. Abid confirmed the signal and pointed the sack he was carrying on his shoulder to the floor.
Tup. From the open sack, something skinny fell to the floor. I couldn’t see anything because I didn’t turn on the lights and even drew the curtains, but I could tell that it was something out of the ordinary.
“Hmm. Is it so dark you can’t see?”
Thrung – Antonio muttered for a moment and pulled the sword from Abid’s waist. This was because the sword he originally used was shattered in Revan’s hands. Arrieta’s shoulders shook at the friction sound.
Antonio frowned for a moment and breathed mana into his drawn sword. Hwaak – Blue energy began to erupt from the sword. It was sword energy.
“ character. Can you see it now?”
The level that many prosecutors aim for was being used as a substitute for a lantern. However, Arrieta frowned at that behavior for a moment.
“···?”
Arrieta was able to see thanks to the sword energy that illuminated the room. Something fell out of the sack.
“How about it?”
“······.”
It was a body that had dried out like firewood in the fall. The face of the recently deceased body was stained with pain, as there were no signs of decomposition.
“···What is your intention?”
“Hmm. Didn’t you notice?”
Smiling slightly, Antonio brought his sword closer to the corpse. Eventually, when she was able to confirm the color of the face, Arrieta made a dumbfounded sound without even realizing it.
“···Ah?”
When Antonio heard that sound, he felt a sense of déjà vu for the first time in a long time. Arrieta’s face was becoming similar to the one she had when her doll was taken from her as a child.
Antonio moved his mouth as he looked at Arrieta’s face, which was gradually becoming colder. Two letters to drive a wedge.
“Revan.”
“······.”
Hmm. Arrieta felt as if all the air had escaped her lungs. My throat feels sore and my tongue becomes stiff. My legs were shaking and my eyes were constantly vibrating.
I wasn’t just surprised by a corpse or something. This is Arrieta, who routinely dissects demonic beasts. I wasn’t the type of person to be shocked like this.
However, it was easy to find out who had created the twisted corpse in front of him. His own servant and companion. And the man I decided to keep by my side in the future.
“···Le, what did you do to Revan?”
Clap and flutter. Finally, Arrieta’s body collapsed. My trembling legs had no strength to support my body.
In that situation, with her body touching the floor, Arrieta’s trembling hands were holding on to Antonio’s trouser legs. As if he wanted to beg for something.
“···H.”
Seeing that servile appearance, a bright smile finally appeared on Antonio’s lips. Without paying any attention to Abid’s face hardening next to me.
Of course, he failed to kill Revan. But Revan will never come to Arrieta again. Antonio reached into his inventory, took out something, and threw it on the floor.
Kaang! Something made of metal hit the floor, bounced, and landed in front of Arrieta. A sword blade smashed into an ornate handle. It was a familiar shape.
It’s “. Revan, that bastard is very powerful. I never thought I could swing an ax made of black iron like that. This is also a pretty famous sword… but it shattered like a plate.”
“······.”
“Uhm… I don’t have anything that can be called a keepsake. I’ll give you this at least.”
Tuk. Antonio opened Arrieta’s clenched fist and handed her something. Toouk. Arrieta, who was moving like a doll with broken strings, lowered her head.
“······.”
What Antonio gave Arrieta’s hand was the hem of a coat that had been cut off by the masks. This is a coat that he personally gave as a gift. Arrieta’s eyes began to water.
‘Good thing you brought it.’
Antonio felt proud of himself, saying that it was worth it to stoop down and secretly collect the piece of cloth that had fallen on the floor.
“It must have been quite precious. I didn’t know you would try so hard to hide it.”
“···Uh, how?”
“Hmm. I went to Rono’s lab. I already knew the relationship between you and Revan well.”
Rono. Arrieta’s eyes went blank at those two letters. Arrieta asked, somehow moving her throat, which was as rough as a grain of desert sand.
“Researchers…?”
“Hmm. I don’t know. They told me to keep quiet, but I didn’t tell them what to do. If our family’s private soldiers had mercy, they would have survived.”
“Yes, yes…?”
“Well… I remember a friend named Carter. He looked me in the eye and started screaming loudly. I sent that friend myself.”
“···Ah, ah.”
Not the family that ostracized him. In fact, it was a declaration that even the place they thought was their original home was destroyed. Arrieta covered both her ears with her palms at the calm voice. It was an action that came from an unwillingness to face reality.
“Arrieta?”
“Inhale, heeup-”
“Huh? Are you crying?”
Before I knew it, tears were flowing from Arrieta’s eyes. Like a broken faucet, the tears showed no sign of stopping.
Antonio approached Arrieta, who was lying on the floor shedding tears.
“A. Arietta. Even though this happens, reality does not change. Huh?”
“Ugh- Black. Turn off-”
Antonio forcibly removed Arrieta’s hand that was covering her ears. Arrieta shook her head desperately, but it seemed like she had no strength left to resist.
This was a satisfying play. Thinking like that, Antonio got up on one knee and dusted himself off.
“Well, everything I said could be a lie, right? Do you know anything? That Revan army will appear to you.”
“······.”
“Then, I’ll go now! There is a limit to how much I can endure being pecked and burned by my family’s elders. See you next time, Arietta! I hope you become a more obedient little sister then!”
After saying hello in a bright voice, Antonio walked out of the mansion. There was a joy and lightness in those steps that could not be hidden.
“······.”
Even though Antonio left, Arrieta was still shedding tears with her head bowed to the floor. The maids who discovered this somehow put Arrieta on the bed and wiped her eyes.
Still, a small expectation remained in Arrieta’s heart. I wonder if Revan is alive. Could it be Antonio’s trick? That expectation.
But even when the sun rises. Even after a day. Even after two days, Revan never showed up. The only answer from Xeorp was that he did not know Revan’s whereabouts.
“···Hehe.”
Arietta let out a dry, self-deprecating laugh and hid herself under the blanket. Like a turtle hiding in its shell.
I wish I knew it would be like this. Why did they hide everything? If I had known that we would break up like this anyway. Wouldn’t it have been better to confess everything honestly? Everything, including your own mind.
But no answer comes back from the dead. Arrieta knew that very well. Because I’m not stupid. Arrieta’s brilliant mind declared in her head that it was all over.
“···H.”
In the end, Arrieta wrapped herself in a blanket and forced her eyes to close. fall asleep wake up Even so, I desperately closed my eyes again. I hope Revan comes to visit me, even in my dreams.
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