112 – If you can forgive yourself.
“Mom~”
Sir is acting foolishly in Riel’s arms.
Perhaps it was when Riel was dozing that Cyr grew up, and Riel was also so surprised that she accepted Cyr’s childish look with a blank expression.
She looked at Sir who was snuggling into her arms with a bewildered look on her face, then nodded her head at Riel who was looking at her.
“Ehehehe…”
…Hmm.
Definitely, after seeing him grow up a bit, I could see that Sir’s face definitely resembled Riel’s.
I don’t know much about Riel when she was young, but wouldn’t she be able to find out if Ms. Eve or Lady Rachel saw Sir?
Well, putting that aside, I now know why Mr. Chaney told us to get married quickly.
If you look at him from the side, it will look like he committed some serious speeding violations when he was young and is not even married yet.
It may be a common(?) Thing in the world, but here it is a very fatal situation for the nobles.
… In a world where bilateral relationships are common, it doesn’t matter if they are adopted, but Riel and Sir are too similar.
Who would believe someone if they said they were adopted children?
Perhaps Sir had used the power of the World Tree in earnest, and his power had grown further, and his body seemed to have grown as well.
Even so, he’s still a child, so he still acts like a child and snuggles into Nana Sir’s arms.
“Daddy!!”
“Ooh?!”
…Okay, like this.
Climbing up my body and pulling my hair.
…His grip has become even stronger.
Knock knock
I heard a knock on the door.
“Please come in.”
“Excuse me.”
As I said, it was Liliana who opened the door and entered the room.
She entered her room holding in her arms the guardian dragon egg that had just been purified yesterday.
“As expected, the World Tree has grown as the Mage Tower said.”
“…As expected, that person knew.”
Liliana scratched her cheek and smiled apologetically.
“I’m sorry, I heard it, but the magic tower lord told me to keep it a secret.”
“…Was there a need to keep this a secret?”
“They say that if you’re surprised once, you won’t be surprised again.”
…Well, even though I understand it, it’s a reason that makes me feel a little bad.
Still, if Sir continues to grow like this, will he one day grow up to an age similar to ours?
No matter what, it doesn’t feel right to hear a kid our size call him dad.
Perhaps she read his thoughts, Liliana said.
“Well, you said that there won’t be much growth like this in the future. You said that this time it happened because your original strength was too weak.”
In other words, the power of Sir, who was still a young baby, was too weak even to be considered a world slayer, so it is said that he gained strength through growth.
Now that Sir has the appearance of a child, he has gained strength that is clearly different from before.
But not everything went well with this.
“And this is a message from the Mage Tower owner. Always be careful because you don’t know how Saint Velia will move.”
“Yes.”
Yes. It is the existence of Saint Velia.
As Mr. Chaney said before, it is safe to say that Syr’s existence was clearly discovered as Syr exercised his power this time and his power grew significantly.
Velia, a saint with a great obsession with the World Tree. There was no telling how she would act upon feeling the presence of her Sir.
There was a need to protect Sir and Riel more clearly than this time.
“And, I’ll leave this to Kyou.”
Liliana held out the guardian dragon egg she was holding in her arms.
When I received the egg, I felt a strangely warm feeling in my body.
It feels similar to when I was holding Sir.
Maybe it has something to do with being purified by the power of Sir.
“I don’t feel any demonic energy. It has definitely been purified.”
When I placed the guardian dragon egg I had received on the bed, Sir showed interest in the egg.
Sir is interested in the eggs, poking and stroking them.
Well, I just felt it when I touched it, but as the story goes, the dragon egg was as hard as steel.
Even if you leave it alone, it probably won’t break.
“This job. You worked really hard and thank you so much.”
“No, it’s what I decided to do.”
Liliana smiled humbly.
She lowered her head slightly and opened her mouth.
“Then I’ll go back.”
“Going back, to the Magic Tower?”
It was Riel who responded to Liliana’s words.
“Yes. I’m going to say hello to the Count and go back quickly.”
“There is going to be a small banquet in the earldom. Can’t I participate and go?”
Riel suggested, but Liliana shook her head with a smile.
“No, I still have a lot of work to do so I have to go back quickly.”
A firm refusal.
In the end, Riel nodded her head with regret.
“Yes… Hey, come hang out anytime.”
At Riel’s words, Liliana smiled, nodded her head, and left the place.
After leaving her inn, Liliana went to the village chief’s house, which Count Wentoth was using as a base of operations.
This evening, only Count Wenthos, who was clearing up the place as the residents who had taken refuge returned, remained at that location.
There, Liliana knocked and entered.
“Count.”
“Liliana? What’s going on?”
In the past, Count Wentoth treated her as friendly as when he was still her son’s fiancé.
He was like a benefactor who recognized and supported his talent even though he was poor and of little value.
With the same generous smile on her face, Liliana suppressed her guilt and lowered her head.
“I came to say hello before returning to the Magic Tower.”
At those words, Count Wentos slightly raised his eyes.
“There is a banquet scheduled to be held in the earldom, but you are not participating?”
“Yes. My education at the Magic Tower is not over yet, so I want to concentrate on my studies.”
Count Wentoth nodded at Liliana’s words.
Liliana bows her head once again.
After a moment of silence, Count Wentos spoke.
“Liliana.”
“Yes, Count.”
Count Wentoth called out to Liliana, but kept her mouth shut for a moment as if she could not speak easily.
But he soon seemed to have made up his mind and opened his mouth.
“Does he love the child yet?”
“……”
Liliana could not open her mouth at Count Wentoth’s words.
It is not because I deny what she said.
When Liliana was still young, she caught the eye of Count Wentoth and met Kyou.
After some discussion between their parents, the two young people became fiancés and began spending almost once or twice a week together.
Of course, because I was still young, I didn’t really know what her fiancé was doing at the time, and I was more of a close friend to her.
Since when?
Kyo, who was mischievous and unruly, seemed to grow up one day and stopped playing around and started working hard.
Kyou works hard in his studies and learns swordsmanship from the count and magic from the countess.
However, he always made efforts in all directions without forgetting to meet himself.
Perhaps Liliana’s heart was moved by seeing him.
Under his influence, Liliana, who knew that the reason she caught the earl’s attention was because she had a talent for controlling magic, also worked hard.
She devoted herself to her studies and magic, and she tried hard to keep up with him.
If it is true that I fell in love, wouldn’t it have been that time?
I don’t think I noticed it at the time because we were so close friends and family.
“…I know that your defection was not your fault.”
“……Yes.”
I heard everything about the truth from the magic tower lord.
World Tree Yggdrasil, Saint Velia, and fairies.
And Alan Ludwig.
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I went to the academy and met Alan Ludwig.
Liliana was given false favor by a fairy due to the trick of Saint Velia.
She betrayed her fiancé by him, and hurt her.
In fact, anyone would have mattered to Saint Velia.
Just to complete the stage set called Alan Ludwig, people around him were simply added in.
In a way, Liliana got caught up in a completely unrelated situation and destroyed everything around her.
“If your heart hasn’t changed, I will also accept you…”
“…No.”
To begin with, it is not that rare for a nobleman to have multiple wives and concubines.
He is kind, and since the whole truth is revealed, if you show him goodwill, he might accept it back.
But even so.
“…I still can’t forgive myself.”
“Is that so?”
Even so, it was Liliana who betrayed him by falling for that false favor.
What Saint Belia planted through her fairies was simply her favor and love for Alan.
He was drunk on that, thought it was right, and was the one who threw Kyou away without hesitation.
That’s what Liliana thought, she couldn’t forgive herself.
“If you change your mind at any time, come back.”
“…Yes.”
I don’t know when that time will be.
I didn’t know if he would come.
If you can forgive yourself, then…
As Liliana left and the residents returned, the Marquis of Brun finished her preparations first and left for the Marquis’ territory.
We, too, had gathered to prepare and leave the village to return to Arianrod Fortress.
“Mom, are we going home?”
“Yes, I have to go now.”
Sirga, dressed in warm clothing for children, was walking holding Riel’s hand.
I took it arbitrarily from the village clothing store, but I hope you’ll forgive me because I left behind more money than the cost of the clothes.
Anyway, I had a strange feeling when I saw Sir, who had grown up and was now able to walk and run well on his own feet.
At that time, I felt a strong gaze.
It wasn’t a hostile gaze, but it was a strangely disturbing gaze.
When I turned my head toward that gaze, two blue eyes were looking straight at me.
Lfia Raimi Marcos.
“…Ah.”
After meeting that gaze, I remembered what happened just yesterday.
‘Hey! Are you crazy?!’
‘Why do you come and do this sh*t?!’
‘Holy sh*t. Don’t you know that if you go after it, the situation will get bigger and bigger?’
‘Damn it, get out to a safe place!!’
……
At that time, the situation was serious and I was so excited that I was speechless…
Well… When I think about it calmly, I guess I’m screwed.