Vol 2 Chapter 4 (2/2)

And its contents were shocking

It contained the personal history of the saints, the date they arrived at the royal palace, and their lives at the royal palace It also had things like the passage of their illnesses, their reason for death, etc Ast those, Yuna became rooted to the spot at their medical history

Most of them fell emotionally and spiritually ill

There were five saints who reached the condition of being bedridden There were three saints who refused food and wasted away There were those who appealed to anxieties and did not leave their room on ceremonial occasions, and there were those who sht and full of courtesy only in public There was a saint with many conditions, and there were few, if any, saints who kept healthy

The previous saint, Malveneska, was also an exa ti due to illness, thereafter she started to frequently self-harh her body was slender to begin with, before she died she had the saht as a ten-year-old child In the end, it appeared like she died froe relation to how she lost the power to resist through mind and body

“This is……”

Clenching her hands around the book, Yuna unconsciously murmured this But she didn’t continue with any other words

“What is written there is only a part of the truth hidden in the shadows of history The gla life the saints live is actually quite de Surely, you know this as well Even if one is blessed ive a peace of mind”

Asyut stated this quietly, with a hint of pain Theof those words was conveyed to Yuna to a painful extent –That’s right, she also suffered Hadn’t she become sick of the ceremonies which continued day after day after just a little while? She had thought that if this were to continue every day she’d lose her mind And that’s exactly what happened She could understand just fro separated froht up and treated as the personification of God Their schedule for toe partner– yes, until their death, they were forced to live having all their affairs decided for them by other people Was the fact that one”s life was simply to be a sy? It must have been very difficult to find daily happiness and a reason to live in such circumstances

“That’s right…… it hurts, huh It really hurts”

“The First Holy Knight, likethe saint’s fiancé is decided when you are a child but, having said that, you receive an education that is equal to the common noble, and you are able to live an equal life Once you becoiven the authority to participate in politics and the e, you are able to have as many concubines serve you as you wish However, the saint cannot be like that The freedoranted to them is only a mere amount In that situation, I believe it would be hard to maintain one’s self”

Yuna looked down at the last entry in the book Celiastina’s name was not there

“…… I… Hoas I?”

Looking down, sheto herself The existence of the unrecorded Celiastina That is to say, even now at this verycontinued She wasn’t a person in the past

Asyut pressed his lips together, but only for an instant, and then, after a slight hesitation, he faced Yuna as if he had made a resolution

“I still remember very well the moment you came to this royal palace for the first tiht that you were beautiful but lacked any amiability”

It was the first ti Asyut talk about how he saw the past Celiastina

“However, I quickly thought that this was unavoidable This young lady, who lived a life in a toas suddenly sought after one day as the “saint” and was brought to the royal palace without knowing anything In such circumstances, it is is You had a tendency of directing a strong distrust to those around you, but as the days passed you gradually started to open up to the ht time would open your heart”

“I got along with other people?”

“As soon as you were brought in, perhaps because you were irritated, you always glared at everyone and didn’t talk to anyone But as the maids attended to you patiently, Lady Celiastina, you started to exchange idle chatter with them You also started to accept the saint education that you had refused at the beginning and, little by little, you even attended the ceremonies But then……”

At that point, Asyut spoke evasively

“The peaceful-looking life did not last radually started to keep yourself at a distance fron hen you suddenly disan to frequently speak and act in such a way as to hurt the servants That rapidly escalated to where you didn’t eventheir deaths”

“……”

“The Holy Jail was also one such action There are countless people who lost their lives to your orders, Lady Celiastina You beca that was feared by everyone”

“Why did it become like that?”

“I do not know Most likely, even now no one knows However, there certainly see that, I asked you about it, Lady Celiastina And then…”

“And then?”

Unconsciously, Yuna urged him to continue At that moment, she noticed that Asyut’s face looked as if the blood had drained froht

“–kgh!”

Asyut raised his right hand to his head and bent his head down slightly Even in the di

“Asyut, I’ awful It’s fine, thank you All I do is ask people about things, and I haven’t tried to find anything out on my own”

“No, that’s not it You haven’t done anything wrong It’s just that I’m still…”

“It’s fine, it’s fine so–“

Yuna instinctively reached out to Asyut She didn’t think about how that would work out Rather, thinking on it calmly, she should have known that it would be even more of a burden on him if she approached him, when she was the source of his distress But Yuna was unable to stay calrabbed both her hands to stand up, that hen she thought about this and hurriedly tried to get away However, unexpectedly, Asyut didn’t release Yuna’s hands Gripping both her hands tightly, he repeatedly took in deep breaths

“Asyut?”

“Why Why did you appear here in this form”

“Huh? I didn’t hear you”

“Why do you have to be a Lady Celiastina who lost her memories”

“Asyut?”

While calling his name, Yuna wanted to cry Asyut’s words, which she faintly heard when he gasped them out, made her dizzy No, look at me, I’m a completely different person I’m not Celiastina

–No, she couldn’t let herself be taken in by those thoughts She mustn’t

Yuna sed those words which nearly came out

“Asyut, I’m sorry I made you talk Calm down It’s really okay You can talk about it when you feel like talking about it, okay?”

It was at the end, when Asyut expelled a heavy breath, that he released Yuna’s hands, which he had been holding He nodded without any strength and then leaned back against the desk right behind hi down on it

“…… I apologize”

“Don’t worry I’ you come with me to this place”

“There are no materials yet about you in this room, Lady Celiastina Because you are not part of the past”

“If you think about it that way, you’re right I’ht here, aren’t I”

Yuna srim look didn’t collapse

“…… In regards to you… there are other documents I would like you to see”

“Documents you’d like me to see?”

Yes, Asyut nodded

“However, they are not here and so I shall have them delivered to your roo directly, but if this helps even a little…”

She wondered what documents he wanted her to see Yuna wanted to ask about it here, but when she looked at how shaken Asyut was just now, she put an end to those feelings To Asyut, the events at that time were a deep wound that had not healed yet If just remember it caused him such pain then she didn’t want to force him to talk about it But what she was clear about noas that “so” happened in the past between Celiastina and Asyut

(And it’s so that makes Asyut lose his composure)

In that case

(It must be considerably painful for him to face me alone like this There is no way someone can be calm in front of the main cause And yet, he’s continued to endure it up until now)

She was a co about the deepest part of this problem

(I wondered what happened… between these two)

Right now, the person as in the closest and most distant place to Celiastina, was Yuna

By the ti

It was almost time for her last cere preparations to leave her roo the sunset until she noticed a knock and closed the

“Excuseyour rest”

The person who entered was Aeneas, with a slightly dark expression

“Aeneas, is so?”

“U intrusive”

This ? Yuna tilted her head But then she i about He ardens Today was so hectic that she suddenly couldn’t believe those events just happened this

“Also, here I was entrusted with this by Lord Asyut”

Aeneas held out a book in his hand that had a black cover Looking at it, the title was “The Record of Congratulations and Condolences” If Asyut sent this over, that meant it was the document that he wanted her to see

“This is…”

“A ten year list of the celebrations and deaths of those who are connected to the royal palace All he said was to hand this over to you, Lady Celiastina”

Yuna thuue of the date, names, and contents of those who died

(Why did he give this to me?)

Yuna looked down at the pages while feeling puzzled At first glance it didn’t seem like the usual record However, if Asyut went out of his way to prepare this, then there was certainly so hidden soain followed the order of entries Soed to overcome her inclination to skip sentences and continued to patiently read the record

“…… Ah”

Finally, the onset of discoo to now, the records of funerals suddenly increased In other words, in that year, there was a surge of deaths of those connected to the royal palace That year was–

(The year that Celiastina arrived at the royal palace)

Yuna’s brows drew together There were many entries of “capital punishment” lined up She didn’t need to think about who passed down those orders

Why did it becoht about Celiastina and lowered her eyes Was she satisfied with being able to easily extinguish a person’s life with just one word? Did she have no regrets? –No, she rets And that hy she chose to end her own life at the end However, as she unable to choose another path before it became like that? There lected and weak lights that had been abandoned If she had just picked up any one of theht have been different

“Is there so the matter with that record?”

Unable to stand being silent on Yuna’s brooding expression, Aeneas softly called out

“…… Aeneas, you know too, don’t you That I’ve executed many people”

She felt like she could hear Aeneas’ breath catch

“The record of that ti people’s lives over and over again?”

Celiastina, as brought to the royal palace suddenly at the age of fourteen Kept away from those she was close to, she was deprived of the future shedeified Did all these things pile up and break her? While other saints confined it within themselves, Celiastina started to attack the outside, and could not stop– in the end, turning the blade onto herself?

Yuna dropped her eyes to the record book again This practical record, which showed no emotion, boldly put up Celiastina’s sins

(Huh? But…)

There was a sudden surge of deaths of the royal palace staff in the year when Celiastina entered the royal palace

Yuna felt a strangeness at this fact

According to Asyut, when Celiastina arrived at the royal palace she passed her tian to open up to the maids close to her

“Aeneas, did I start executing people the moment I came here?”

“Why are you asking about such a thing? …… In the first place, why did Lord Asyut prepare such a thing at this point in time?”

Aeneas’ voice became somewhat lower

“Please, tell me It’s very important”

Aeneas’ expression was stiff, as if he were thinking that Asyut was insinuating so this record book for Yuna But she didn’t have the leisure to correct that

“Tell me, Aeneas I want to know no matter what”

In the end, Aeneas lost to Yuna’s fierce look and did not pursue that any further Perhaps because he was dredging up accounts, his gaze wandered

“…… If I as immediately when you arrived at the royal palace They probably started to happen after two years had passed”

Two years Yuna was surprised by hoas a longer tiht Then, what exactly happened to those people who died before that time?

(What does this mean?)

She checked the list again, and looked at those who died in the two years that Celiastina arrived at the royal palace There were no entries of “capital punishment”

(Celiastina didn’t order them to be executed!)

She was stunned by that truth

–Irufis Griole, e, 20 years old

–Millias Haileska, e, 17 years old

–Sonia Ravine, royal palace teacher, died due to poisoning Age, 48 years old

–Paul Olga, royal palace cook, died due to falling down stairs Age, 46 years old

–Nadio Vidios, nun, died due to a heart attack Age, 16 years old

These were all the deaths that one could roughly say were unnatural in the first year Everyone who died was still young Moreover, they were people in positions which wouldn’t be strange to have some kind of connection with Celiastina However, as far as the deaths were concerned, it was hard to think that Celiastina was involved in all these deaths

(Celiastina didn’t kill them But, could there be some kind of connection somewhere?)

She was certain that Asyut also noticed this strangeness The question that he asked Celiastina ht have been about this matter

(And then, after that, the event that traumatized Asyut happened)

Maybe it was dangerous to connect everything together like this? There was nothing to support it But……

“Aeneas, ever since I ca often, haven’t they? Um, in those two years too”

Aeneas lowered his eyes, see to think a little, but then he shook his head to say that he didn’t know

“I apologize At that tinorant to the conditions at the royal palace, and so I do not know much about such events”

That s that happened four to five years ago The people ould know, in detail, the circumstances at the royal palace were probably few in number

Celiastina arrived at the palace, and soon impossible deaths started to increase And then her an Then the incident that befell Asyut, and then Celiastina’s attempted suicide

(Therethat happened to becoet closer to Celiastina)

Who was the person ould know these?

The ansas found immediately She couldn’t continue to run away due to a personal aardness In the end, it was impossible to avoid

She would go and see Linus And then she would talk to him