107 – 26. Preparation (3)
A day unlike any other.
Shien fulfilled his responsibilities as the head of a famous swordsman family.
Adele, her escort and attendant, stays by her side.
“My lord. I will go in for a while.”
At the voice of the Rascal Guard Captain, Shien nodded slightly.
Adele opened the door and greeted him.
“Sir Adele.”
“I’m not a knight yet, Guard Captain.”
“Let’s just say I called you already.”
For some time, Rascal, like the other knights, had been admiring Adele.
Even though he was respectful, the feeling was a little strange.
Others might notice the oddity enough.
All in all, the other person was Adele, so he seemed to be just trying to do that.
“My lord. Three days later is the anniversary of the previous head of household.”
“I know. Are the preparations going well?”
“yes. As the head of the household said, the work of honoring the knights and soldiers who died that day is proceeding without a hitch.”
“thank god.”
It was also the day his father and brother died.
At the same time, it is also the day when many of Lichtenau’s loyal knights and soldiers lost their lives.
As a daughter, as a sister, I have to grieve and miss their deaths.
Right now, Shien wasn’t just someone’s daughter or sister.
Shien is the owner of this huge family called Lichtenauer.
And the owner has an obligation to honor those who died fighting for their family.
“Without having to take care of the two of you separately, I will take care of the death date fairly with the low-level soldier.”
“Is it possible? I will prepare to do so.”
There is no such thing as a householder who takes more, and a lower-level soldier who does not take less.
All of them are equally and equally those who died while fighting against the demons.
Therefore, it was right to honor him without discriminatory treatment.
Since then, Rascal has reported a few more things.
There was something like this and something like that in a nearby estate.
A demonic spectacle occurred somewhere, and fortunately they succeeded in subjugating it.
Following the repair of the highway, the construction of a new highway has reached the final stage.
At the words that came out of Rascal’s mouth, Shien nodded.
“Fortunately, there are no major problems. You’ve worked hard, Guard Captain.”
Under Shien’s command, he bowed his head and cautiously stepped back.
“… Are you okay?”
As Rascal disappeared, Adele cautiously opened her mouth.
Although it was Adele who cared little about people’s affairs.
Even so, he couldn’t take it lightly that he lost his family as a person.
Didn’t he also have a past where he lost his entire family to the demons?
“yes. are you okay. Don’t worry, Adele.”
“You don’t look very good.”
It doesn’t look good, of course.
Even if words are okay, how can that be okay?
He lost all of his family in an instant.
I couldn’t even say goodbye. It’s been so long since I’ve seen your face.
The smile that remained blurry was the last thing Shien could remember about his father and brother.
“… I want the years to be so savage. It’s already been a year.”
It has already been a year since it was so difficult and so painful.
It seems like less than a month has passed yet, how could it be so soon?
It was embarrassing, embarrassing, and whatever.
“… .”
Is it because she noticed that Shien was not in a good mood?
Contrary to her usual appearance, Adele looks a little nervous.
In this case, what can I do to free people’s hearts?
Unfortunately, he still didn’t know the details.
On the contrary, Shien noticed Adele’s fidgety behavior first.
‘I really didn’t know he was this kind of person.’
I wonder if this is the Adele I saw for the first time.
Once you open your heart, you will see these new faces again and again.
It’s like being restless because you don’t know what to do with even the slightest change.
Even showing embarrassing looks because he doesn’t know how to do what he wants to do.
“Come to think of it, it’s been almost a year since I met Adele.”
It seems like yesterday that I caught the magic beasts right in front of my eyes.
That was already half a year ago.
How can the flow of the world go so fast?
Shien let out a short laugh without even realizing it.
“Remember? The day we first met.”
“I remember. At that time, the demonic world suddenly appeared and got into trouble.”
In response, Shien smiled and smiled.
“You have no idea how surprised I was then. Just because I dealt with the Witchbeast alone. So at the time, I thought it was just kicked out. But as it turned out, he was the strong man that His Majesty the Emperor kept by his side.”
“I am not strong. He’s just someone who grapples with the Witchbeast.”
“If I say those words in front of the knights, they will all refute what I mean.”
It was admirable enough that he went around tearing up level 2 monsters by himself.
However, there are things that the knights don’t know and that only Shien knows.
That is, against a first-class monster, he single-handedly eliminated the gear nose and closed the demonic world.
“I know because I heard it from Lord Derry. Even in the imperial family, only a few know about it.”
“… ah. That’s what you’re talking about.”
“Someone in the world thinks of fighting alone against a level 1 monster.”
“If things are not going well, that may be the case. I also have to block other places with my colleagues. We just made that choice because there weren’t enough people to deploy.”
“But you won in the end, right?”
Then Adele finally nodded with a slight smile.
“I am amazed every time I see it. With just one disc, you can fight a level 1 monster.”
“That part struck me as poignant at the time. If only there were a little more discs. It would have been more convenient if I had used my chakras better. But what didn’t work didn’t work out until the end.”
By the way, Adele had been practicing chakra operation with Cien until just yesterday.
However, despite all his efforts, his discus was only one row.
In the past, it was Shien who wanted to somehow increase Adele’s disk.
But after realizing all about his skills and strength.
Do I really need to increase the disc? I even started to question it.
Even now, it’s at that level with one disc, but if it becomes two or three… .
“Hmmm. Now that I think about it, I don’t think there is a need to focus on discus.”
“Come to think of it, my former colleagues also said that. that’s right. I said so.”
The smile on Adele’s lips widened a little.
Seeing that scene, Shien suddenly had this kind of curiosity.
Indeed, these are his colleagues. What kind of people were Wolfheddin?
“Adele.”
“Yes, Shien.”
“If you’ll excuse me, can you tell me more about your former colleagues?”
“Are you talking about my colleagues?”
“yes.”
“… Well, I don’t know, but there may be parts that aren’t very pleasant to Xian.”
“does not matter. Adele, I want to know a little more about you.”
Speaking of stories, it would be all about eating, sleeping, and fighting.
Adele thought so, but as Xian wanted.
He carefully laid out the story of himself and his colleagues in front of Sien.
* * *
The former family head and successor who died a year ago. And the loyal knights and soldiers who stood by them.
At the memorial service honoring them, Shien stood in front of them unwaveringly.
For everyone in Liechtenau, the souls who died fighting fiercely to the end.
For that brave and noble sacrifice, everyone from the head of household to the ordinary old man and child.
Everyone here in Lichtenau sent their thanks and showed an example of remembrance.
And to ensure that their sacrifices are not in vain, those who remain take courage to heart once again.
I hope they can make this choice when faced with the same situation.
It was a place to make promises to those who left first, to those who remained, and to themselves.
“Please, have a good night’s sleep.”
There were no words in honor of the former family head and father.
Shien just honored the nobility of everyone equally, with all manners.
Lichtenau’s vassals, knights, and soldiers followed in the footsteps of the family head.
And the people who form the basis of this place comfort those who left first.
We live this way thanks to you. Thank you. I’m sorry.
I will repay this grace by living a more intense life.
Those who remained in the world made a firm promise to those who left first.
The memorial service, which started in the morning, continued into the afternoon.
The moment when all the ceremony is finally over and everyone goes back to their daily routine.
Adele quietly stood in front of them as they left one by one.
“… .”
Those who don’t even know their faces, but those who died while fighting the demons.
It was in front of those who endured the sacrifice for others, not for themselves.
And inside, Shien’s father and brother were also asleep.
‘Until now, I have lived to fight.’
Adele carefully revealed her true feelings in front of the two souls.
‘But now, I will live to protect it.’
Why did the emperor tell him to become a human?
Only now Adele could understand why.