Chapter 494 - Truth Is Revealed 2 (2/2)
However, Arch Duke Gregory, who was known to be the strongest knight in the Rhodesia Continent would never neglect God and leave the matter aside.
‘But why is Arch Duke Gregory being too quiet? No, that can’t be. He would never.’
Hans struggled to answer the questions in his mind.
He didn’t want to think that the man he served, and the man who was the head of an honorable family touched the power of darkness.
By the time Hans was troubled because of his thoughts, Luke was on the eastern side of the palace.
The east was actually the queen’s side of the palace or the one’s who were next in line.
However, since the woman who should be there was in the Holy Arthenia Empire, he kept it empty and placed the wing under control.
And that was the place where Auster and Karen were asked to reside. The two people, especially Karen, couldn’t be considered normal.
It wasn’t just because she saved him from the Aether runaway or was trying to stick close to him.
Though it was hard to point out, something felt different for Luke after seeing the child.
“What do you think?”
Erwin replied while looking at Luke who was laying down beside Karen who was asleep.
“I don’t know why, but she seems to be tired. Her energy is getting weaker, and it doesn’t look like she’s sick.”
“That so? This is nothing like what I saw.”
Zegal Soha, who took a look at Karen before Erwin, shared the same view.
However, unlike Erwin, she carefully added the sad news.
That meant that Karen would die within a month.
Luke could feel that too.
He could feel the Aether in Karen’s body slowly disappearing, so he tried to give her some of his Aether, but no visible difference could be seen.
‘Karen, who are you? Why did you suddenly come and save me? Why did you try to stop the fight with Hiros?’
Was she an angel from heaven?
Though seeing Auster, in the end, was convincing, he couldn’t get the thoughts out of his mind.
Shortly after the fight, Luke asked Auster’s body to be taken and instructed his men to prepare for a proper burial.
If it weren’t for the man, he wouldn’t have been able to summon his Gigant, Avenger.
However, the guards, who checked the Puppet, came back with a shocking report—that there was no blood marks on the ground or the Puppet.
As it was unbelievable for Luke, he directly went to look at the Puppet.
And he himself confirmed that there were no traces left.
‘Like something white got mixed in the air. No, was his existence erased?’
How could that even be possible?
When in doubt, a maid came to report.
“Your Majesty, Count Hwang Bo-sung, the commander of Guard Knights, has asked for an audience.”
“That so? Understood. Wait a minute. I’ll get up.”
After saying that to the maid, Luke turned to Karen.
Holding her little hand, he tried to give her Aether once again, looking forward so that she would wake up and answer his questions someday.
He left Karen in the room and went to meet Hwang Bo-sung who was in the office room on the first floor.
“What is it, Commander?”
After confirming that no one was around, Luke asked.
“Master, there is something I have to let you know.”
“What is it?”
“I know things that Master is curious about, and Auster let me know before his death.”
“What?!”
Luke was startled as Hwang Bo-sung spoke such words with seriousness.
“You might not believe it, but I never lie, so trust me.”
“Tell me what it is. This has nothing to do with what I believe and what I don’t.”
At Luke’s words, Hwang Bo-sung paused.
He was worried if things could be told, so he thought once again and decided to speak out.
“Karen and Auster aren’t people from our time. They are from the future.”
“What?”
Hwang Bo-sung guessed that Luke would be shocked and decided to continue.
“And Auster is the future me. That was why he was able to pass his memories, well, the future to me.”
“Speak in detail. If this language is uncomfortable, you can use your native tongue.”
When Luke asked with a sincere expression, Hwang Bo-sung nodded and began to talk about the memories he was handed over from his future self.