Vol 3 Chapter 1 (1/2)

Chapter 1

Light Beyond 3 ~ Chapter One ~

Only one person

–You can choose

The woman who called him Lord Asyut smiled

No, no

I can’t possibly choose

This iswoman in front of me is insane

–The one person you choose will be saved

Please don’t say anything more, Asyut wished from the bottom of his heart

He couldn’t understand Hislike it was paralyzed

His feet, which should have been standing on a red carpet, started to treradually lost their sensation

It felt like he would collapse there

–You can’t choose?

His throat was dry and scratchy He couldn’t get even a single word out

The woranting ed

And still she continued to spin cruel words

Each one of her words became a sharp blade which attacked and chipped Asyut’s soul

Flickering lamp fire

Da to his skin wetly

The sound of so their breath

Even though everything was right beside him, at the same time it felt extremely distant

Asyut clenched his fists

Ah, why did it come to this

At the edge of his blurry vision, his precious sister was standing still, unable toherself

Her largely widened eyes shook without reliability

It’d be fine, if he could just hug her

If he could just take her out of here right away

If he could just rewind time–!!

A light, dry sound leapt into his ears and Asyut returned to himself with a snap

His pen, which fell out of his hand, rolled across the desk dirtying docuht before it dropped to the floor

He sighed deeply and bent to pick it up before standing up aiside the wall and poured hi it in one gulp The lukeater left an unpleasant sensation in his throat Asyut furrowed his brows faintly and then set the cup doithout any strength

There was no one other than hi documents By the time he realized it, it was already completely dark in the room, and the lamp placed on his desk swayed unreliably

Asyut stood still and stared into the darkness

It was that dreaain

He said that to himself in his mind

A dream– no, that wasn’t a dream From time to time he was called back to the “reality” of the past A scene that had not faded at all since that time, and even now tormented Asyut terribly

Asyut walked, as if dragging his body, to each lamp in the room and turned them on When he lit the last la unbelievably hard Along with his sigh, he blew out the candle he used to light the lamps with a quick puff The s his nose

He kneas already time to finish up his work and return to his personal roo a lot of stress All the et some rest, he told himself calmly

But it was obvious that he wouldn’t fall asleep were he to return to his room and lay on his bed Problems, which were unsettled, appeared in his mind one after another, and he couldn’t help but consider them There was t

he anti-saint faction, the whereabouts of his sister, and– Celiastina It would have been better if he were thinking about constructive things However, what appeared and disappeared in his mind was always helpless complaints and pessimistic predictions

That’s why it was easier to i periods of time instead

Yes, that hat he thought but…

(…… In the end, no )

Asyut shook his head lightly

At the very least he was going to finish sorting his docu hiain, and when he sat in his chair, his body sunk like a stone into the cushi+on

In that moment

There was a restrained knock on the door of his office

Asyut raised his gaze, which had dropped to the documents, and he looked at the door

“Come in”

He responded in an even voice – as much as possible – so that his exhaustion could not be seen The person who entered was the servant who received visitors for him

“Please excuse ht”

Saying that, he gave a respectful bow

“What is the matter”

“Yes, uard, wishes for some of your time”

Aeneas The name made Asyut’s eyebrows dip

“Is he outside the room currently?”

“Yes, my lord”

The servant nodded while see to look somewhat bewildered That would be the case, since it was rare for people eren’t Asyut’s direct subordinates to visit him at his office Furthermore, it was already an unreasonable time to approach him about work-related matters Normally, the servant wouldn’t announce visitors to Asyut and would have sent Aeneas away but he was the saint’s bodyguard, therefore even the servant was unable to make a decision

Asyut nodded lightly

“I understand Let hih”

Most likely it wasn’t a matter about work It was likely to be a personal matter, which is why Aeneas went out of his way to come at this time In that case, all the more reason he couldn’t be sent away –If it was a personal uess the subject

When the servant lowered his head once more, he quickly disappeared past the door

“Excuse me”

In exchange, the person who appeared was Aeneas, who entered the rooht back The air around hiht and virtuous atuished family whose blood wasn’t second to Asyut’s and– his will, which had no doubts, could be seen in his appearance