4. Hate – (27)
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When I turned my head to the sound calling for myself, I met eyes with a little anxiety.
The moment he checked it, Ed smiled involuntarily.
“Why?”
Chersha tries to calm her down by deliberately smoothing her voice as much as she can.
“Ah, yes. No, nothing.”
It was only when he saw Chersha smiling lightly, as if he was relieved by looking at him, that the smile he once had was erased little by little.
As expected, this seat is uncomfortable.
At the moment, without realizing it, I end up thinking about it.
After such a moment of silence, Ed slowly rises from his seat.
At the same time, the eyes of the women inside were naturally directed towards Ed.
While being conscious of that gaze, he calmly brought out her words.
“I know Lady Ashera came to visit Chersha because she has something to say.”
Ed speaks as if to confirm her original purpose.
Seeing that, Ashera involuntarily nodded her head.
“Then I’m going to step aside. I will stand outside as an escort from now on.”
After speaking, they slowly move forward, and the eyes of the women are on Ed, but this time, they didn’t say anything to stop them.
I originally thought of coming to see Chersha.
Ashera faces her Ed and she recalls her purpose, which she had forgotten for a while.
Let’s turn her gaze away from Ed, who is getting farther away, and look at Chersha. I saw a woman slowly taking her eyes off Ed, who was walking away.
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Then he looks at himself with her questioning eyes.
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With the sound of Ed leaving, Chersha’s questioning eyes sink endlessly.
And it wasn’t just Chersha, Asherah. Her emotions disappeared to the point that her eyes were also visible.
“So, Asherah. What are you saying to me?”
She didn’t let go of her words, but Cheryas’ cold tone seemed to tell her to hurry up.
That otherwise clearly signaled her to leave her room quickly.
“It is important.”
She doesn’t avoid Chersha’s eyes and faces her, but she just speaks calmly.
Ashera paused for a moment as if to catch her breath, then continued her words.
“Because it’s about Ed.”
Chersha flinched at Edra’s words.
She suddenly looked at Ashera with an expression as if Ed was coming out of here.
“Are you talking about Ed?”
“What is the point of trying to hide it now? So are you and so am I. You already know about each other, right?”
They didn’t say it openly, but they said they already knew each other.
At those words, Chersha looked at Ashera with sharp eyes and closed her mouth coldly.
“Don’t talk nonsense and talk about the main topic.”
“Okay. Then. Let me be more direct. I am telling you, Chersha, not to monopolize Ed.”
“Ha?”
Chersha looked at Ashera with an absurd expression as if asking what she was talking about.
While confirming Chersha’s appearance, Ashera still expresses her opinion.
“The reason why I settled my lunch in this room today. Isn’t it to have a meal with Chersha-sama and Ed alone?”
“No matter how I fix my meal, is there any reason why I have to tell you that?”
Instead of answering, Chersha rather asks Ashera.
Is this the way you treat customers?
Why is she saying that no matter how she solves it?
Even while looking at it, Asera calmly spoke her words without any emotional change, as if she had already solidified her thoughts.
“I’m Chersha, aren’t you deliberately trying to keep Ed away from me? That’s what I’m saying now. Ed, who will serve as your escort by having meals in your room, he did not show up in the dining room either.”
“…Your Asherah, more than anyone else, allowed Ed to escort me.”
She looked at Chersha, who was speechless, and Ashera suddenly sighed softly.
“Because I want to see him too. It’s about meal time, so I’m asking you to come out to the restaurant.”
… For a moment Chersha was speechless.
Living here in front of her herself, she was expressing her feelings so confidently.
Even in front of yourself. How can I be so bold?
Chersha let out an empty laugh involuntarily.
“Now Ashera, I want to meet Ed in front of me. Are you saying that…? Are you really saying that?”
With her emotions welling up, Chersha takes a step forward and asks Ashera.
“Right. And Chersha, don’t you already know? What is the relationship between me and Ed…”
Asera forgot that she was a guest before she knew it and even halfway put down her honorifics toward Chersha.
For a moment Chersha didn’t understand what she was hearing.
‘Which relationship…?’
“You and Edgar…What kind of relationship, what kind of relationship… ?”
Chersha, who blankly repeated her words, did not understand the current situation.
…At that attitude, Chersha looked at Ashera with a blank expression.
Trying to hide.
I didn’t express it directly.
I definitely drew a female knight with that image, but what the hell is a female knight with a look that completely destroys my thoughts now?
Asera suddenly spoke so proudly, I couldn’t guess her intentions.
Ed until just a few days ago. From his appearance, it didn’t look like he was connected to Asherah yet.
But for some reason, I suddenly remembered Ed, who seemed to be deeply concerned about himself today.
In the meantime, only a few days had passed, and something had happened.
It was also the time she visited Glead and met Ed to talk. It was late at night when we returned to the inn.
I remember the day I met Ed for the first time.
After she left the drawing room, she suddenly appeared and said she had something to say to Ed. She walked past her and took Ed away.
I can’t believe something happened that night…
I don’t think so. It can’t be, Chersha continued to try to rationalize herself.
The contemplative Chersha looked at Ashera with her hands shaking.
“They promised each other the future. I’ll just say that much for now. And didn’t Ed tell you that he’s continuing the Glaade?”
“Don’t talk nonsense about promising the future. And Ashera, you forced me to continue the Glade. You had no choice but to carry on with Glaade, you drove Ed away!!”
“No. This is clearly Ed’s will. Moreover, if I drove it, how did I drive it?”
Asera speaks so naturally, Chersha wanted to shout without realizing it.
Don’t lie to me.
With his cowardly goals, Ed had no choice but to rely on himself.
That’s your will.
“Chersha, no matter what your heart is. Ed, can’t he already connect with you?”
Chersha Seeing Ashera implying that she has Ed in her heart and asserting that they can’t continue, Chersha started to continue her words as if she was dumbfounded.
“I am. Why can’t it continue?”
“The Kalua family has been protecting the Eastern Mage Tower for generations. Do you really think you, the eldest daughter of the Kalua family, will be able to connect with Ed? Ed, who will continue the Glead family in the north, and you?”
Ashera’s cold words, as if she had hoped for something up until now.
“…”
Even though Chersha grabbed her robe, she couldn’t give a proper answer to Ashera’s words.
Chersha, who was trying to spit out her words impulsively at the moment, was able to swallow her true heart.
‘It’s not long before I’m leaving the Eastern Mage Tower.’
Her true intentions were words that she hadn’t even told him, Gria Kalua, the owner of the Eastern Mage Tower.
And do it now. Ashera, who was only an outsider to her here, could not tell her.
She literally crossed the line the moment she said it out of her mouth.
The heat that had risen to the top of her head cooled down rapidly.
The feeling of reason returning.
Chersha slowly calms her breath and controls herself.
“So… Asherah, what do you want to say? Telling me not to monopolize Ed? What are you going to do with my escort knight now?”
So for now, pretend to accept Ashera’s proposal. I had to reluctantly pretend to accept it.
Moreover, he was now in a position to stay in this mansion to support the Gleard family.
And now, Ashera, who can be considered the only direct descendant who has been given the surname of Glead. It’s too much to go against her heart. It made me think that I don’t know how things will go.
Not yet.
In order to spend time with Ed after the level 2 crisis is over.
I still had to put up with it.
“…I’m not saying what to do.”
Asera confirms Chersha’s softened attitude, and she gradually adjusts herself. Her emotions were running high, and she was spitting out the words without even thinking about it.
So, taking a deep breath, I slowly begin to say what I thought.
“I have no intention of asking too much. Meal time will be at the restaurant from now on. If I come to see Ed, I’ll give Ed some time, just two things…”
“I hate it.”
But even so, Chersha had no intention of complying with Ashera’s requirements.