Chapter 30 (1/2)

Chapter 30

As Rosetta stared at hiainst the headboard

His face was red The reddest on it was his red, fiery eyes

And the red eyes ith moisture

What had soaked Rosetta’s shoulder seeasping for breath, he clutched his chest and had a broken smile on his lips

“Is this… the power… that I think it is?”

It was a forlorn voice Or rather, it was an e that was hard to tell, Rosetta only answered quietly

“Yes, that’s right I’ht”

The man still stared blankly into the air as he clutched his chest with both hands, his knuckles turning white as he did

He gritted his teeth, and fro could be heard clearly

And with that, a broad sed up on his lips

“This is… mana? The power that I’ve never had… It’s this…?”

“……”

“Just barely, this power…! You say this is what’s been strangling me?”

But the murmur didn’t sound like a question

It was probably a question for Rosetta to answer, or so out into the world If not that, it was either aof joy or resentment

Tears streamed down his cheeks

And the tears that started being shed continued to flon unknowingly

Like a broken faucet, the ritted his teeth and cried

If he made a sound, more tears would come out

The tears that fell down accompanied by not one sound was sorrowful

With Rosetta like a cold autuht, she quietly watched the man, as like a warm midsummer’s day, as he silently raised a hand to wipe his eyes

The gaze that was staring into the air turned to Rosetta Those red eyes, which were still so full of tears, burned as though they were about to shed blood as tears

Rosetta lightly wiped his cheek and spoke

“Congratulations You are now a Carter who can wield ratulations, his forlorn tears were shed once more

And as better this time was that his cries were accompanied by sound

Meanwhile

Late night at another location—

Devoured by a never-ending darkness, the forest was enshrouded with a gloomy air

Viridescent yet pitch black

Falling leaves

The gleaiant birds soared through the air above the dark forest

Fweep Screech

The sound, whether it ings flapping or beaks screeching, tore through the air

Like a warning towards the unfamiliar

“Here… It is here, sir”

However, the warnings of the forest did nothing to stop the strangers who had couests ere dressed in clothes as dark as the forest

The only one asn’t wearing dark clothes was the lean, thin roup

He was brushi+ng off his clothes that were full of dirt, but the sreed

“Here?”

Thebehind the thin aze reached him, the thin man’s shoulders shrank

“Yes, over there… You see the carriage, yes?”

His body cowered to the fullest as he pointed towards that direction with both hands

Those red eyes moved like quiet lava

Towards the direction pointed at by the skinny fingers, a devastated landscape could be seen

Beyond the foliage, there was a shattered carriage atop pebbles and a ruined patch of grass

And there was a cold horse that had lost its life

No, there was one that fell on its back, so there were two in total

Even the bloodstains had turned brown in several places

“I definitely saw them jump off after I pulled the reins, sir The surprised horses sped off and I saith my oo eyes how they fell down the cliff”

Was that all?

The young ed and his eyes were sharp with anger

The coache that Cassion rode on, sed back his words, but he smiled insidiously

He couldn’t help but s of the money that would soon fall to his hands

And that money was from his work of labor

And the man as in front of hie accident, and the one ould be paying him

Indeed, as the successor of a Duchy, the amount offered was considerable

‘Now that you’re the only successor left,more precious than the money you offered’

While the coachreed,

“Yes, you saw it”

Leo’s lips twisted up as he said this, looking at the scene silently

“Yes, that’s right, sir I saw it very clearly”

The coachman didn’t miss the chance to answer enthusiastically and bowed his head

As he dropped his gaze, he didn’t see the sneer that was directed at him

“Clean it up”

“Pardon?”

At the brief order, the coachman raised his head However, he couldn’t see Leo’s face

Even before he could lift his head, sharp, jagged ice had pierced his storoan, the thin man’s body fell

His blurred view could see only Leo’s back

Without any guilt, it was a straight, broad back that passed by the thin man

Thud

And the body, which had been holding itself up on its knees on the ground, finally collapsed