Chapter 110: Farewell (2)
After finally stopping Ampere and Azier, I entered the mansion.
I asked the attendant to find Malia. And it was easy to find.
“Welcome. Frontier.”
Malia was sitting at the living room table.
This is where everyone sits when the Roach family gathers for a meal.
Malia was there as if now was the time.
“okay. “You stopped them both.”
Malia picked up the coffee cup in front of her and brought it to her nose to smell the scent.
Unable to understand what was going on, I slowly approached her.
“… … “I thought my mother would stop me first.”
“why me?”
Then take a light sip.
“Even if I tear them all to death, it wouldn’t be any good.”
“… … .”
Harsh words come out from such an elegant posture.
Now I see that there is no one using this living room. Malia’s spirit was probably just as bad as the other two. So much so that no one dared approach it.
“Frondier. “Do you know why your father didn’t become Zodiac?”
“… … yes. Because it cannot always be said that it is right to follow only the orders of the imperial palace,”
“That’s something you put together in your own words.”
Tuk.
Malia puts down her glass.
“It was because I didn’t want to become a dog.”
“… … .”
“Ampere is one of the people invited by Zodiac right after the end of the Monster War. After rejecting that request, he decided to stop the monsters pouring in from the north. “He said it was the job that suited him best.”
Ampere is one of the people who experienced the war and felt the danger of monsters most keenly. It may have been a natural choice for him to go north.
In this way, Ampere became the lord who protected the most dangerous place.
It became an iron wall like that.
“It was something no Zodiac could have done. After the war is over, the reality is that the same things from that war must be repeated indefinitely. It became a daily routine. Can you imagine? “When the war ended, he was already in the position of Zodiac. How many monsters did he kill and how did he grow until he received the name of Iron Wall?”
“… … .”
It is no exaggeration to say that people in the world say that Ampere has gone far beyond the Zodiac.
It was just a very obvious statement.
None of the Zodiac has had a tougher life than him. No such feat was achieved.
“Our family originally did not have a good relationship with the imperial palace. “We know that we need each other in the empire, but our hearts cannot be together.”
The imperial palace tried to have Ampere join the Zodiac, and Ampere rejected it.
As the names of the Ampere and Roach families grew, the more undesirable the Imperial Palace became for the Roach family. There is a wild beast in the North that they cannot control.
“And when you were born and we took you to the imperial palace, the conflict exploded.”
“… … ah.”
When Ampere and Malia took their newborn son, Frondier, Emperor Bartello said:
‘The devil’s child’.
“We couldn’t sit still after hearing that ridiculous story. After that, all contact with the imperial palace was banned, and the idea of Ampere becoming the Zodiac was completely out of the question.”
If it had been another family, there probably wouldn’t have been such a choice. A family that rebelled against the imperial palace and yet survived in the empire. It must have been possible because it was literally Roach.
“Recently, I thought the emperor showed himself in the palace and seemed to be resolving the long-standing misunderstanding and finding his feet again.”
The emperor said that he had driven away the devil when he looked at me, and I heard that they had a conversation with Ampere and resolved their grievances.
However, the current situation makes it look artificial.
“How fun.”
Malia’s voice is cold.
The newborn baby, who was called the devil’s child by the emperor, grew up to literally become a devil.
There is nothing that would make Malia, Ampere, or Azier as angry as that.
“Frondier. I resent you. “I resent you for being overly mature.”
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Malia sighed as she said that.
“If you came home crying, or if you were angry, if you had expressed at least one line of resentment.”
Malia said and tapped her coffee cup.
“Roach burned the imperial palace.”
“… … .”
“Roach has the power to destroy the imperial palace, and yet he has the foundation to receive the support of the people. Frontier, that is power.”
This is my first time seeing Malia say something so extreme.
Malia is not only my mother, but she is also Constel’s health teacher. Malia usually looks elegant and neat as usual.
Even now, that appearance is preserved, but that is because what Malia showed was not a lie or an exaggeration.
In other words, Malia is more purely angry than anyone else right now.
“But you don’t want it.”
“… … That’s right.”
“You’re thinking of leaving.”
“… … yes.”
The answer came out very difficult.
After hearing my words, Malia closed her eyes deeply and then opened them again.
In the meantime, something inside her seemed to have changed.
Although Malia has maintained the appearance of charity, she is Ampere’s wife.
Malia speaks to me as Malia de Roach.
“Frondier. It is the name of the mother. “Listen.”
“yes.”
“Now people outside are whispering about you and calling you a ‘devil.’ That means you are not a child of the Roach family, which means you are not my son. It’s so similar, it’s hard to be patient. By the day you come back, all that noise will have disappeared. I will feel relieved only when everyone who has harmed you gets down on their knees and cries and apologizes. “It’s all up to you.”
“… … “Mother, that is.”
“If you can’t do it, the imperial palace will no longer exist in this world from today.”
“… … All right. “I will follow your orders.”
“Also, you must return safely to your mother’s arms without any problems. As soon as you return, your entire body will be thoroughly inspected, and if even a speck of scar remains, it will not be acknowledged. “If you’ve done something that will hurt you that much, don’t even think about coming back.”
“… … mother.”
“If you can’t do it,”
“no. “I will return safely and without any injuries.”
I bowed my head deeply.
No negotiation or compromise will work for Malia now. This is a task that I must follow.
“Frondier, say it yourself again. “What should you do?”
“… … yes.”
I raised my head, looked straight at Malia, and said.
“On the day I return here, everyone who has wronged me will apologize.”
Malia’s eyes looking at me are truly calm.
As if it had to be that way.
As if what she said must be kept.
“──There will be no harm to me.”
“good.”
Malia nodded, seemingly satisfied with that.
Then he stood up and came towards me.
Sigh-
Hands lightly covering my eyes.
“… … mother. “There is no need for this.”
“A lot.”
The hand covering me shines. It is a manifestation of the ability to ‘share senses’.
“I didn’t do it because I thought it would take care of itself, but that’s why it ended up like this.”
This time I had nothing to say.
Malia shared my perspective and said,
“No matter where you are, Mom will always be watching.”
I smiled awkwardly at those words.
“It really is.”
* * *
I called Selena into my room.
It’s difficult to say goodbye to anyone, but it was especially so for Selena.
“Selena, I can no longer keep my promise to you.”
Because I owe her a debt.
“The Vanier family is probably a family abandoned by the empire.”
“… … Abandoned family… … .”
Selena repeats my words with her own mouth.
His expression and voice were so calm. As expected, she seemed to have given up on reading my facial expressions.
“I don’t know what the Vanier family did during the past war. But there is no family called Vanier in the empire now.”
If a nobleman, who was supposed to protect the empire’s land and citizens, abandoned them and ran away, the empire abolished the family’s name and everyone despised the family.
Of course, it is not yet possible to determine whether the Vanier family has truly abandoned the empire. My current situation is telling me that what I see is not everything.
“The imperial palace has probably already finished investigating you.”
I asked Elysia to investigate a family called Vanier. Now there is a high probability that it will act as poison. What Elysia deals with is the dark side, and although they are currently operating under Elysia’s management, those who hate me may be planning something else without Elysia’s knowledge.
And even if he wasn’t an undercover person, there was a strong possibility that he had already completed research on people around me, led by Robert.
“There is still a chance of finding your parents, but it is not certain.”
It is unknown whether he is alive, and even if he is alive, the chances of him living comfortably are very slim.
In other words, I failed to keep any of the promises I made to Selena.
“Now you have two paths. “It’s hell no matter which way you go.”
I raised my finger.
“One is to live within this empire. But the name Vanier will probably be discovered soon. There is a high probability that you will live with people’s disdain. “Right now you belong to Roach, but I don’t know how long that will last.”
Selena is registered as my escort.
If I leave the Roach family, I will have nothing to do with Roach as soon as my contract ends. There is no good reason for Roach to protect her.
“And the other is to follow me and leave this empire. “Walk into limbo with me.”
“… … .”
Selena blinked silently.
… … To be honest, the situation has been strange since a while ago. I don’t see any emotions of any kind. I think it’s because of Selena’s advanced acting skills, but I can’t guess the reason for that acting.
Anyway, I said.
“It won’t be an easy decision either way, but I’ll make it before I’m deported.”
“Then I guess I’ll just follow along.”
“… … .”
“… … ?”
I was planning on giving it a few days, but the answer came right away.
With a face that seemed like there was nothing to worry about. No, is that really the case?
I said, hiding my embarrassment.
“Did you not understand my story? The place I’m going to is a land in the west that I don’t even know exists. To get there, you have to cross the sea, and from there you have to be prepared to lose your life.”
“okay.”
“And I am the one who failed to keep my promise to you. In other words, from your point of view, he is not a trustworthy person.”
“I understood well.”
“yes. So choose carefully,”
“yes. “I will follow you.”
Selena’s answer didn’t change. Rather than that, I didn’t even have time to think about it again.
“Mr. Frontier.”
Selena called me with the same calm face she had shown all day.
Then he said:
“Are you hurt anywhere?”