3. Asherah Glade – (21)
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The appearance of the garden, dyed in various colors, did not lose its color even in the middle of the night when darkness fell.
And the vivid colors of such a garden are not long before the biting winter arrives… It seemed like he was kindly telling me to prepare carefully.
Maybe that’s why the vivid red garden itself seemed to catch people’s attention.
And looking at those bushes and leaves, the Asherah who was there today was also reminiscing about what happened today, soothing her troubled mind.
‘… It’s stupid.’
In addition to her continued work, she may have accumulated fatigue from dealing with many people without even realizing it.
Now, while waiting for Ed, the words she had just spoken to him kept coming back to her mind.
Speaking to Ed in a sharp voice.
In a way, it could have felt like a trivial thing, but I thought that Ed, who was sensitive to noticing emotions, would have read his feelings.
“… Maybe I was short-tempered too.”
Muttering that, Ashera made small gestures and touched the reddish plants in the garden.
The fact that she had given up on her succession earlier was putting herself under the greatest constraint.
There was no good justification for easily rejecting their words of political marriage.
Even if there was a Glead family tradition that was well known to the outside world, the envoys from various families who came forward with the same words as Jeon didn’t want to give up easily.
And, above all, the Marquis of Birbalce.
Tolisch Birbalce He seemed never to give up on his will.
He couldn’t believe himself… He didn’t think that he would be troubled by something like an arranged marriage.
At 20 years old, the age of just reaching the contract.
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But if you think differently, if it was the daughter of another noble family or a prestigious knight family… He was old enough to have welcomed his partner earlier.
However, Glaade’s unique family style was also a family tradition, and no one urged him on. And he himself did not yet have that will.
From the moment he made the right decision, he thought that he was the only heir to succeed Gleard, so he brought in a son-in-law. Because it didn’t
However, his thoughts changed.
He gave up his position as the heir to Glead before he knew it, and he made the unexpected person take the family name.
And now, he was hoping that he, not himself, would continue Glaade.
Why?
Why? ….
Why did he change his mind?
And the reason why he would entrust the glade, which he considered more important than anything else, to someone else.
About that fundamental….
“Already, knowing.”
Asera smiled self-deprecatingly. He broke off a branch of a plant that came into his hand.
He kept ignoring one fact.
What his own feelings are.
What on earth did he want to keep him here…….
The words that I will become a single knight.
It was because his words, nothing else, kept getting stuck in his mind.
I was afraid that he would leave Glead.
Sometime, at any moment, his expression and face, as if he would suddenly leave this place at any time without any regrets, kept on haunting my heart.
And more than anything, he had always been afraid to leave his side.
“… ….”
Asera lowered her head slightly, hiding her expression, she suddenly trembled her hand slightly.
Moreover, not much time has passed since the incident happened.
Her special mercenary, Rachel, fighting her sword against her, the moment she felt the same emotion as despair… She was still clearly imprinted in my brain.
Just when I thought he was dead… He was desperate and regretted himself over and over again.
He said he didn’t come first.
That she hadn’t kept him by her side before.
From that moment on, even if she tried to fake her feelings, she couldn’t.
Even if she kept trying to turn away, she couldn’t turn away…….
“I… Ed him…….”
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Ashera, who came to her senses at the sound of breaking through the bush, stopped her lips.
And before long, a familiar figure caught my eye.
He changed into a light cloth suit.
Even in the darkness that covered all sides, that figure came into his eyes so clearly.
It looks as if it is shining alone in the dark… No matter where he was, it seemed that there was some kind of magic that eventually caught his attention.
“Let’s go.”
Seeing him looking at himself and talking with a natural smile as always… Unbeknownst to me, I was moving towards him.
Without saying anything, just approach him and hold his hand.
Ed was a little hesitant at Ashera’s actions, which were so natural. Soon, he carefully held her hand.
A silent expression as if to accept it.
Asera felt that way from Ed’s appearance.
“… Because autumn is coming.”
As if there was a reason for sharing warmth, Ed, who smiled slightly at Ashera’s appearance, seemed to agree.
“It sure seems to be getting colder.”
Very softly in his hand holding Ashera’s hand. Seeing Ed giving a really small amount of strength, Ashera suddenly came up with an idea.
‘If there is no cause for refusal….’
She just needs to make a cause for herself.
Asera made up her mind at that moment.
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In the garden, he was about to head to the restaurant with the young lady, but he had no choice but to turn around at Ashera’s words.
The lady suddenly suggested how about having a meal on the terrace on the 3rd floor.
There was no need for a restaurant, so Ed naturally accepted Ashera’s words.
I was enjoying the cool night breeze as I watched the family servants prepare some food and deliver it to the terrace.
It seemed that autumn was really approaching in the cool breeze. The night wind blowing in made it feel quite chilly with only the thin clothes on, so I thought half of the year had passed before I knew it.
“….”
Then, on one side of the terrace, I saw the figure of Lady Ashera, who was quietly gazing at the sky. These days, she looks different just by looking at the night sky.
The appearance of short hair that comes to the shoulder line instead of the blue hair that came down to the waist also made me feel as if I was looking at a woman other than the lady I knew, and that’s why I sometimes see the look of a woman I don’t know in the look of a lady. I even felt like And every time she had to feel the subtle emotions herself.
Her It’s like tickling her own breasts over and over again… It was a kind of emotion, to be precise.
While Ed was feeling such subtle emotions, Ashera was thinking about something else while looking at the night sky full of stars.
Then Ashera, who confirmed that all of her family’s servants had left before she knew it, licked her lips.
“Azelan told me a few days ago that he would be leaving the family.”
“… Is that so.”
I wondered if he expected from Ed’s attitude of accepting it more calmly than I thought, or if he had heard the news from somewhere. Soon, I realized that the question didn’t make much sense.
The important thing is not the process he came to know about, but the attitude he accepted.
“Therefore, the position of successor to Glead will naturally go to you, Ed, not to anyone else.”
Asera smiled slightly and looked at Ed with starry blue eyes.
“Lady Asherah.”
“And that will bring even greater backlash to Glaade, who has not yet cleared the confusion. In fact, I meet several times a day with vassals who ask me how it would be to reverse my words in order to make me the successor.”
He calmly tells what will happen later and what happened to him.
Ed, it sounds like this is a situation he will have to deal with.
“That is, I am also Lady Asherah…”
And in the brief moment Asherah stopped her words, Ed tried to say what he had been waiting for.
“I will make you, Ed, the heir to Glaad, and no one else.”
Ashera kissed her lips in a very determined voice, as if she had expected Ed’s appearance.
“Ed, you asked me before, here on the terrace.”
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“Ed, if you are satisfied with just one knight, will I allow you to do that?”
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“You cannot be a single knight.”
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“Because… I’m going to make it that way.”
…
As if declaring his will, Ed just watched Ashera’s words that continued.
As if accepting his silence.
Jerbug.
Jerbug.
Asera slowly approached Ed, then raised her hand and lightly touched Ed’s hand.
Perhaps he had expected such an appearance of himself, he did not say anything or protest.
“Ed, I’m not just trying to give you a heavy load.”
“Lady Asherah.”
“I’m giving it to you because it’s you, not anyone else.”
With those words, Ashera looked at Ed.
Looks like he wants your answer now.
Ed, who continued to gaze at Ashera’s blue eyes with endless longing, soon opened his heavy mouth.
“…… I’ll try my best.”
In the end, at the end, Ashera smiled brightly at Ed giving the answer she wanted, and gently pulled Ed’s hand towards her.
As if being led by Ashera’s hand, Ed approached Ashera.
And like being held in Ed’s arms.
Asera slowly leaned into Ed’s arms.
Oh boy. This gonna get ugly.