4. Stay by my side – (16)
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Gleard Hall’s meeting this morning. The fighting spirit that had settled in Ed’s heart from the profound words of his teacher that he had heard at that time had not yet been extinguished.
So Ed’s steps, which were about to head straight to the underground gymnasium, were stopped by an unexpected call.
I walk to the drawing room and redo my attire.
Chersha Kalua, news of her visit.
She was full of gratitude for her coming to see her like this, but she felt that the timing was not right.
At this time when she came to find herself, she was in a second-level crisis situation, so Chersha was afraid of what harm would happen to her.
……
Smart.
Just in time for the faint scent of coffee to fill the parlor. A knock was heard at the door.
With war clouds hanging over the city, it was a busy time for even one of the family servants. Ed himself got up, went to the parlor door and slowly opened it.
Clap.
As soon as the door opened, the servant who was guiding me lightly bowed his head and left, and I saw Chersha and a girl named Plea right behind him.
“Ah.”
Perhaps she hadn’t expected that she would open the door, Chersha was a little surprised when she met her gaze.
“Welcome.”
With a small smile, he guided them into the drawing room.
The first reception she encountered in her family was Chersha, and the second reception she encountered was also Chersha, but she got used to it after only one day.
Looking at Chersha yesterday, it seems that she doesn’t like tea very much, so changing it to her coffee was a minor change that took care of that.
Edgar replied with a small nod to Plea’s bowing head lightly, and after guiding them to their seats, he also took his seat.
“Ed, no, it makes me realize that Sir Ed is a knight…”
And among them, the first to speak was Plea.
Ed’s outfit yesterday was a uniform that a noble would wear, but today he was wearing his knight’s armor, so Pleaa said while looking at Ed curiously.
“To be honest, a day like yesterday was a special case for me. This is my usual look.”
As if he liked the way Plea looked at him as a knight, Ed answered with a faint smile.
“Yes, knight armor. It suits you.”
“Thank you.”
Chersha also helped a bit, and Ed lightly nodded her head.
Chersha, who kept her eyes on Ed for a while and gave her attention, carefully brought her words out.
“I also participated in the mobilization order.”
“…Chersha, I expected it to be like that for a wizard like you. So where did you belong separately or were you given instructions?”
“No, not yet. And the Guild has told me that they will respect my opinion, so I think I can choose where I am.”
“Really? That’s really fortunate Chersha I want you to put your safety first.”
Chersha exhaled lightly at the sight of Ed replying with a small relief at her own answer.
The way he cares about himself. She was affectionate and infinitely gentle.
She is the Ed she knows. He still hasn’t changed at all.
But even as she thought about that, Chersha continued to lick my lips.
As if he was hesitant to speak.
But Chersha’s hesitation was not to be missed.
“Gleard… How did you decide to defend yourself in this situation?”
“…Well.”
Chersha, who is clearly an outsider in the Glead family, didn’t ask her question right now, so Ed evaded the answer for a while.
Then glances at a girl named Pleia with her green hair color.
Upon receiving Ed’s gaze, she is just a girl who smiles brightly.
Chersha couldn’t say that she was an outsider to herself. It’s hard to think of her because she was a big presence in me.
However, can a girl named Plea be trusted?
Although she hesitated to open her mouth easily. In the end, Ed won her heart by telling her.
Actually, it was also information that everyone in Glia City would know sooner or later anyway, and now that I think about it, it wasn’t something worth hiding.
“The front line.”
So Ed brought out his words with a small smile.
“Glead will stand in the forefront and greet the monsters ahead of anyone else.”
And at the end of the conversation, Ed looked at them with her noble eyes, as if he were speaking with strength in his voice.
There is no wavering or hesitation.
As if talking about one thing that has already been decided. And Ed didn’t have any questioning eyes about it.
“…The front line.”
Chersha, who was staring blankly at Ed in contemplation at her words of being on the front line, murmured softly.
Ed’s answer was farther than any of the options Chersha had thought of.
To stand on the front line and greet the monsters.
And how should I accept those eyes that seem to say that I will be there?
‘……’
From what I’ve heard at first glance, I heard that a myriad of demonic beasts are settling down to cover the northern mountains.
In the current situation of a second-class crisis, to greet those monsters on the front line was the worst plan that even Chersha could not have thought of.
“Sir Ed… Being on the front line, isn’t it too dangerous?”
Even Plea, who had been silently listening to her words and examining the situation, looked at Chersha, who had a noticeably hardened expression, and spoke her words.
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Flea already knew that he had feelings for a man named Ed, so seeing a man named Ed casually talking about his danger came as a shock in a way.
‘Can’t it be that you don’t know Chersha-sama’s heart?’
As Pleia looked at Ed, she even had that thought at that moment.
“Chersha… Neither you nor Plea-sama don’t have to worry that much.”
Ed, who noticed the change in the girls, spoke calmly. For those of them who didn’t know much about Glead, they thought that their words about being on the front line might feel quite reckless.
That’s why he adds his own words.
“Glead, which has protected the north, is arguably stronger than any force in this city right now.”
Ed’s appearance, as if he had put strength into his words, strongly expressed his opinion, and he had a completely different appearance to the extent of contrasting with the image he faced yesterday.
In his uniform, he showed only an infinitely gentle appearance.
Wearing in knight’s armor, he was showing himself as unyielding to anyone.
“That’s it. It’s like a knight protecting someone.”
Thus, Plea, who was just looking at Ed, admired without even realizing it.
I was a little surprised that people can change so much.
It’s just that the clothes are different, but the appearance has changed 180 degrees overnight. I put strength in my words, and I didn’t feel any emotions like hesitation.
Pride.
Resolute determination.
No, it felt like a conviction.
“And now me too. Because it definitely exists as a glade. Chersha, now I can confidently say that I have the strength to protect at least one of my body.”
Edgar looked at Chersha and added her words, as if he was conscious of Chersha, whose complexion had changed.
“So you don’t have to show that much concern.”
However, Chersha interrupted Ed’s words in the middle.
“…Ed.”
“Tell me. I am listening.”
“I don’t distrust Glaad. If you say that, even I have expectations of how much potential the family has.”
Unlike Plea’s expression of admiration. Chersha was looking at Ed with extremely cold eyes.
A man looking at himself with straight blue eyes.
He had grown up to be a perfectly upright knight.
With a figure that has my will to the extent that it does not give in to any indomitability or circumstances.
‘…Even so.’
By the way.
Reality doesn’t just end there. Chersha thought so.
Unexpected accidents were everywhere.
Famous wizards, mercenaries, and even knights. Who would have predicted their death when they left this world in vain. No, even they themselves would not have predicted that they would leave the world like that.
That’s why Ed’s appearance now seemed even more unsettling to Chersha.
The figure of a knight with conviction.
The appearance of standing on the front line and trying to greet the beasts without trembling with anxiety.
With a sense of mission to protect the north, he is preparing for battle.
Every single one of those things was right.
It was never that Ed’s appearance was different or wrong.
I even thought that someone might say that he was an ideal knight, with nothing out of place as a knight.
By the way.
Still, if the person standing on the front line is the most important person to you.
Should I just accept it?
I trust him and send him to the front.
Perhaps one could tell oneself that it was the right choice to make that choice.
And if there are people who say that to themselves. Chersha will reject it right in front of her and will thoroughly insist on her will.
Making a loved one go through a crisis situation is that he eventually accepts it because he has no power of his own.
And now I have enough strength.
Why Ed knows he’s going to have a crisis, so why let it go?
“Ed, until the level 2 crisis in the city is over, I want you to act as my escort.”
“… Escort?”
“Yes, I will also support Glaad. And I want you, Ed, to be by my side more than anyone else.”
That’s why I force him to obey my will.
Keep me out of danger, keep me by my side.
That was Chersha Kalua, her heart for Ed.
“……”
At Chersha’s completely unexpected words, Ed gave a blank stare and didn’t say anything.