Chapter 110 - I want you to look at me properly (2/2)

He will never be able to escape.

It will all come back to haunt him. Ah....this really is, he suddenly feels a sudden warmth embrace him from behind, ”...Lyn? Did you just hear,” it was a stupid question. Of course, she does.

Lyn laughed, the girl's laughter seemed so bright and so very beautiful to him, ” I'm sorry for not knocking,” she trailed off and sent a harsh glare towards Ichinose Ralph, ”My dear mentor, could you leave us alone for a bit?”

”Of course, dear pupil,” Ralph seemed amused with the girl's reaction and with one last glance at him, immediately left.

Silence fell on them,`q and for a while, nobody spoke, Allen didn't know what to say.

”Because you are not the only one who shed blood for the sake of your people.” Those words ---? Could it be that she's also, Allen did not get a chance to question her, since Lyn continued, ” I can't even begin to tell you the countless horrors I've seen and the unnecessary amount of blood that was shed, just because those people were deemed as a threat even though there has never been any actual evidence. I've always wondered why we have to take action against people who differ slightly from what we have considered the norm. I understand that upholding traditional values is important. But making changes is also possible. Those people deserved to live, and even now that weighs down on my mind. No matter what we do, no matter how much we change. We cannot change the past; we cannot change the fact that we have once destroyed lives, not through words but mere orders. We can't change that.”

”Ah, then...then what am I supposed to do?”

At that, he turned around to face her, grabbing hold of the girl's shoulder, ” What am I supposed to do?” By this point, his voice was filled with nothing but a mixture of sadness, grief, and confusion.

Despite this Lyn grabbed hold of his hands, ”I want you to look at me properly,” at that comment his eyes went wide, yet he finds himself following her gaze for the first time in a long time. Ah those amethyst colored eyes, even now they show such light despite being shrouded in darkness. ”If you know you have flaws, all that can be done is to fix it. We've both made the same mistakes Allen; we really are alike. But that's exactly why I cannot stand the thought of you bearing this pain alone anymore. Do not forget it, the faces of the people whom you destroyed with your own hands. Do not forget the number of lives that were shed for no apparent reason. And bare with this pain for the rest of your life and face it.”

Allen looks at her with a defeated expression on his face, ”Indeed, you are quite stubborn.”

Lyn smiled, ” But I am sticking to my convictions, am I not?”

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”Does that man know you are here?

Surely she did not come here by herself, ”I asked Rhys to bring me here; he's waiting outside.”

Allen nodded, 'that one, huh?' he thought. In contrast to how that guy was at the beginning, Allen noticed something had changed. From watching their brief interaction during the meeting, Allen noticed how close the two were with each other, ”You seem close.”

He was never the type to beat around the bush about anything, the moment he is curious about something, he would voice out his thoughts. This time around was no exception. Such thoughts broke off when he saw Lyn peering at him with those pretty eyes of hers, ”What's the matter?”

”Allen, you're really looking at me these days.”

”Is that not what you wanted?” Allen questioned. What she said just now about looking at her properly, she said something similar in the past. But he never took it seriously, whenever he is with her he would unconsciously avoid looking at her.