Chapter 21 (2/2)
Luke shook his head darkly How could anyone oppose an aura hts in an instant?
“Even if it is possible, if you take off with Isabelle now, you will be pursued viciously by the church of Flora How could they do nothing when their holy knights are dead? Whoever is in her custody will be unable to avoid pursuit from the church of Flora
The Earl took a look at Luke, who remained silent
“So stop co and let the Bishop take care of her Just as he said, our church allows high ranking members of the church to marry Come find her after a year has passed I aton”
The bishop turned to the Earl in astonishment when the Earl revealed his identity
“Ea-Earl?”
“It’s all right, do not worry about it”
The Earl calain at Luke
“After a year, come find me and I will tell you the location of thein However…”
A strange smile spread across the Earl’s face
“Come to me only after you’ve found a way to protect her froer yourself, or accruing influence”
The Earl turned from Luke towards Kurotan
“Looking at your apprentice knight, it see other talents If you are to protect your wo you can do?”
Luke’s face turned ugly with a frown It seemed that he would have to clean up the aftermath of the church of Maal’s ambush However, he didn’t see any other way to solve the problem at hand
‘Yes, it was my plan to elope with Isabelle at the first chance anyways I h to protect Isabelle’
Having made a decision, Luke looked into Isabelle’s eyes
“Isabelle, do you trust me?”
“Of course If not you, then ould I trust in this world?”
“Then trust me and wait just a year”
Luke gripped his fists tightly
“Not just the church of Flora, but no one else in the world will be able to touch you I will beco”
“Luke…”
Isabelle’s eyelashes trely as Isabelle jumped into Luke’s arms once more
‘Goddas…”
Thankfully, no one could see his expression under the helmet
“There is no other way as of now Follow Bishop Rain and go get baptized into the church of Maal I will be raising the strength to protect you in the meantime”
“I trust you”
“You can wait, right?”
“I’ve already waited five years One year is nothing”
“The next time we meet, I promise we’ll never have to leave each other I promise”
Luke reassuringly patted Isabelle’s back for a while before turning to the Bishop
“Please, take good care of her”
The Bishop’s face brightened
“Do not worry We will put our brightest andher”
Luke then turned towards the Earl
“I will come find you after a year Please, let me know of her location when I do”
“Only if you have becoh to protect her from the church of Flora, of course Whether that be personal power, or through influence”
“I will see you after a year”
And so, Isabelle left Luke For the Isabelle who kept turning back to see Luke, Luke kept on sht
However, when she was finally out of his sight, Luke’s face tightened A roar of pain ripped through his lips
“Fate, why can’t you just leave Isabelle alone?”
His tightly gripped fists treer
“I will make Isabelle happy, no matter what I have to do Fate, I will crush you with my bare hands if I have to”
The only one around to hear his oath was Kurotan
The annihilation of the party of holy knights from the church of Flora was soon reported to the soldiers patrolling the border A teaators from the church of Flora soon showed up to the scene
The scene, however, hts become pale
“This was done by a single person”
He pointed out his finger to the cleanly cut armor
Along with the shi+eld, he cut through the arle stroke This is an iic blades
The leader of the teaators, Lancaster, stiffened
“Then…”
“They were cut down by an aura blade In other words, they were ambushed by an aura master”
“An aura hts of our church…”
Lancaster muttered in disbelief
An aura doms and countries on the continent would rope in any aurathe a princess to them in order to make them a part of the royal family
In other words, an aura master was the most powerful weapon that could be possessed by a nation
“This is iations with aura masters?”
Because they were so powerful, their identities were considered top secret by the countries that could move them No one knew the identities of aura overnment
The investigation carried on, regardless of Lancaster’s worries
All ly clean cut states Earl Wellington had not left behind any survivors
There was a single corpse, however, that was not discovered
“We were unable to discover the corpse of the Saintess hopeful It seems that it was an ambush in an effort to kidnap the Saintess hopeful
“Well, that’s a relief As long as she re as behind the incident
Lancaster coldly looked on as the corpses of the holy knights and priests were organized
“No matter who did this, I will make them pay for you all”
Just by discovering that the Saintess hopeful was possibly alive, Lancaster was able to cut down the list of possible suspects
“If kidnapping the Saintess hopeful was their goal, then it was definitely an a out which church”
Right then, a single holy knight rushed towards Lancaster in a hurry