Chimera (2)
“Will Kaden accept that?”
“I don’t know. But I want to try.”
“……”
Liana and Asena were sitting in the corner of the room, talking secretly.
Pryster’s estate, where many had left, was so empty that they were careful that his voice might echo.
Liana was not looking at Asena.
Asena could understand Liana like that. At the same time, Cayden couldn’t let go.
“……i get it.”
After a long wait, Liana said quietly.
“…..Thank you.”
Asena finished persuasion, and immediately got up from her seat.
Before leaving the door, she thanked Liana once more and exited the hallway.
Again, the cold corridor returns.
When Kaden disappeared, her world lost its light. A colder, darker world came to her.
She was holding on to the thought of Cayden’s return.
As all the families gathered were families with a knack for warfare, he had no choice but to trust that they would take good care of his brother.
…Of course, I didn’t know how long I had to wait. In this hopeless wait, she had to miss his warmth again.
Suddenly, she imagined what would have happened had he not walked into her life.
…Probably, it seemed that he lived unaware of human emotions.
It was Kaden who brought the dying positive emotions back to life.
Expectation. trust. pleasure. From happiness…. Excitement. trance. excitement. up to love.
He would not know how much he had changed himself to be in this world.
.
.
.
Asena then set off to find Daisy.
It wasn’t that easy to find her. Right after dinner with Liana, Daisy was determined to do something, or she worked like a maid.
If there was anything she could help, she went out with her arms outstretched, and as a result, she began to receive a lot of love from her family members.
When she was preparing for war, she mainly took Kayden, but now that they’re gone, she’s been working hard on chores.
“daisy.”
Asena was able to find Daisy at the stream outside the estate.
Several maids followed Asena.
Daisy is smiling while doing laundry with the other maids, and when Asena appears, she gets up, wiping the soap off her face.
“…Asena.”
The attendants, who were washing the laundry next to Daisy, shook their heads in amazement.
Daisy, who she was close to, suddenly realized that she was a person who could converse with her headmaster in a semi-verbal language.
“Daisy, I have something to tell you.”
****
Daisy laid the laundry, untied the cloth tied to her head, and followed Asena.
Asena’s servants spread a mat where Asena requested, and the two nobles sat on it and faced each other.
Daisy was the first to speak.
“…Have you heard of Kaden?”
“……”
Asena shook her head.
“…the war may… be going on right now. We have to wait a little longer for the news to come.”
“……”
“I didn’t come to talk about that.”
“…Asena, if it’s about Naita Forest…I’m reflecting…Forgive me just once-”
“-It’s not even that.”
Daisy’s eyes, which had been showing more and more gloomy eyes, opened again.
If it was about the Naita Forest where Cayden disappeared, Asena had nothing to say. Now that Kaden came back alive, I didn’t mean to say anything about it.
Asena felt Daisy’s gaze and asked straight away.
“…Daisy, is it right that you can marry your brother?”
“…….uh?”
Daisy’s expression darkened again. A drop of sweat ran down her forehead, probably from the heat while doing the laundry.
“…Grandma and my brother…that’s right. But I don’t think your father wants my brother who is a commoner. no?”
Daisy couldn’t find anything to say about him. She stutters and expresses her urgency.
“Ah… your father made a mistake. When Cayden returns to Pryster-”
“-Brother doesn’t come back to Freister.”
Asena said firmly. It was one of several decisions she made through long conversations with her grandmother.
At first, Cayden didn’t seem to want to come back…and there was an alternative.
“…don’t come back to Freister, Daisy.”
She repeated it once more.
“…….ah.”
Daisy’s eyes wander and tremble.
Asena seemed unwilling to show it, but Daisy could also feel how different she was with Kayden’s presence.
Asena can’t move around when Kaden is present, but without him… she was resolute and fierce.
Daisy tried to find something to say again.
“…that’s okay, though.”
“why?”
“…ah… your father is not the kind of person who will repeat the mistake he made to Mrs. Lee… Liana twice. So… you will no longer oppose marriage.”
“What mistake are you talking about?”
“……So…the act of going against the will of Mrs. Liana….”
“How will your father go against your grandmother’s heart from now on?”
“….uh? If we return the marriage to what it was… Then…”
As Daisy spoke, she could see that things were going awry.
Asena opened her mouth to speak of her anxiety.
“…Grandma wants this marriage to be broken. I can’t do that because I’m trying to understand my brother’s heart.”
“……”
“If the family members agree and make the marriage a non-existent thing… Wouldn’t that be a good thing?”
Daisy’s eyes lost focus. Her mouth froze and closed repeatedly, but no words came out. Daisy, too, had something to do with it.
Asena looked at her like that, and felt a strange feeling.
This is what Asena originally wanted. Even though he knew he didn’t deserve this, his ugly and selfish heart wanted this sight.
The fall of the woman who wanted to have an older brother.
The look of despair when he said that he couldn’t be with him.
How disgusting she was, Asena herself knew well. Even so, there was nothing she could do about her heart, regardless of her will.
Because she still wanted to monopolize Kaden.
But… in the end, Asena sighed. Squeeze your mind and spit out what you have to say. All of this was for myself.
It was he who had to lower his posture.
“…can I help you?”
“….What?”
“…and I’ll help you get married…”
Daisy tried to bite the lure, but once again confirmed who was handing the bait.
Asena Fryster.
As much as she loved Cayden, she wasn’t the kind of person who would bring these words out for free.
Sure enough, Asena says.
“…but I need your help too.”
Daisy hesitated and opened her mouth. It didn’t seem like there were any other options.
“…any help…?”
Asena takes her time this time too. She, too, seemed to be a difficult word to bring out easily.
“……If you accept more women than Judy, please understand.”
“……”
Daisy could quickly guess who the other woman Asena was talking about was.
It’s easy to understand why she’s doing this. All the puzzles will fit together.
Daisy evoked the feelings she had for Asena in the past.
Facing the crisis of their recent divorce, I was able to empathize with the women who had separated from Cayden. Through the pain I felt then… I felt sorry for the twins.
As much as she felt that way, Daisy, who had been under pressure until just before, was now able to take off her eyelids and look straight at Asena.
It was Asena who made bold proposals, but there was an inherent earnestness in it. From the previously unseen trembling of his eyes, to his hands that were filled with strength.
Asena is now helping herself… and asking for permission.
As a woman, she didn’t know who Kaden loved the most, but as a person, Daisy knew who Kaden loved the most.
Such Cayden’s treasure was what he was asking for.
“…what will you do?”
she asks
Daisy took one more step and asked about Asena’s plan.
“…what’s the plan…?”
Asena slowly showed her hand.
“….for my brother….I want to start a new family.”
****
In the midst of the chaos of war, my eyes watched the war.
In the end, no matter how different the power is, the enemy also carries weapons that can kill people.
Although it was overwhelming, Pryster’s soldiers also fell one by one.
Among them was a servant of Lawrence, who raised morale by waving flags.
“Dale!!ね…!”
Lawrence mourned the death of a young man in a very fleeting moment… and then took over the flag of Freister, who was falling with him, and raised it high.
At the same time, he raises his voice and raises the morale of the soldiers who might fall.
“Almost conquered everything!! Give me a little bit more strength!!”
Hearing his voice on the bloody front, Freister’s soldiers raised their powers once again.
It was as Lawrence said. Their charge was reckless enough to be futile, and Pain’s soldiers fell several times as many as their allies.
Soldiers were still pouring out of the open gates, but even I knew it would be over soon.
Even so, you can’t let go of the tension.
“Refurbished!!”
When I give my order, Lawrence’s last remaining servant sounds the horn.
– Boo-woo! Boo-woo! Boo-woo!
At the three-tone signal, the scattered soldiers began to unite again.
“Judy! Stay well!”
“know!”
Well-trained soldiers come to their seats.
I thought it would be good to gather all these strengths and deliver the final blow to Pain.
At that moment, another commotion enters the battle.
In the distance, from the ridge on the right, the screams of the soldiers grow louder.
It was the home of the Lynx family.
The Lynx family and the siege weapon were together.
From there, a herald carrying the Lynx flag runs towards us on horseback.
“Lawrence! Protect the messenger!”
“Archer!!”
I didn’t want to lose Rinse’s messenger, making the chaotic situation even more complicated.
Rinse’s messenger, who was running with the support of the soldiers, shouted at us with heavy breathing and embarrassment.
“haha..! K.. Kaden! Enemy reinforcements have appeared..!”
“What?”
“I can’t even see the flag, so I don’t know who it is..! But he appeared in a hurry from behind…! Except for the size of it…!”
-‘Fire out!!’
During the conversation, an urgent cry was heard from the direction of the Rins family.
When I looked in that direction, one of the four siege weapons I had prepared caught fire and started to burn.
Lawrence hurriedly told me.
“Kayden…! If you lose your siege weapons… the war will be long…! I think I’ll have to change my plans and go stick with it…!”
Siege Weapons were one of the most powerful hands we had. Until this mysterious enemy appeared… Things were going too well for us.
As originally planned, it was a plan to break down the wall with siege weapons and push in.
However, if the siege weapon collapsed, they had no choice but to attack the castle while being hit by the falling arrows. Or, they are siege until they starve inside.
Both were impossible.
“Lawrence.”
I make decisions.
“yes…!”
“Abandon the siege weapon. Let’s break through the castle now.”
“yes..?”
No matter who the reinforcements were, our coalition could not be defeated without Ice. There is no ice.
To that extent, their goal must be to destroy the siege weapons and take the war for a long time….it was better to end it here.
As much as I was struck by the card called Reinforcement, I had to fill the gap again with force.
My gaze is fixed on the open gate.
Payne’s men were still rushing out to aid their side, but their momentum was not as strong as before.
“You just have to break through the open gate…!”
In fact, it’s okay if you don’t cross the castle. Pain must have come out in an all-out war, so if they could cut off their place of return, they would be able to deliver a fatal blow.
While Lawrence was pondering, another siege weapon caught fire.
His head wandered through the siege weapons and the gates, eventually nodding his head.
“yes..!”
And I turn to Judy.
“…Judy, do you really have to follow me…?”
“Wherever you go, I go.”
I looked into her eyes for a long time, then nodded.
“Hey!”
I waved the reins and stopped the start.
Lawrence’s voice echoed through the soldiers.
“Rush towards the castle!! Stop Pain now!!”
