Chapter 4 Part6 (2/2)
”But why? Mother would be delighted to see you”
”I like it here, so I wish to live here But Flora, I know that you've just arrived, but you will leave here and return to Nada in three days It is ht be better to evacuate with Mother to Grandfather's place”
Mother Viola was the daughter of the for stepped down fro and Queen now lived in a fortified palace in the outskirts of the Royal Capital Were she to ask for his help, Grandfather was sure to give it
Flora's face made a perplexed exression
”Why evacuate?”
”—Is it due to the previous matter?”
Vio nodded to Karia's question
”Miss Karia's story holds an element of truth, so the quicker it is dealt with, the better If prolonged, it ht beco on you, Miss Karia If the time comes, retreat to Grandfather”
”I understand”
”Wait, what are you two talking about?”
Flora looked as though she was on the verge of tears Even while failing to understand as being said, the direness of the situation was comprehended
Vio said to Flora
”Flora, everyone has a role Mine is to protect Leca and Amade And yours is to protect Mother”
”Protect Mother?”
”Yes, to protect Mother, and yourself You need not concern yourself with Father and Brother”
As she listened to Vio, Flora failed to understand, yet nevertheless, nodded in response
Well anyhow, regarding Father and Brother, they would race for a warrior to be protected by women and children, so it's useless no ly to hilad that I was able to meet Flora This may be the last time…
He didn't kno history would unfold, but if this country were to go to ith Ruslan, they were sure to lose The people of Lesserhain, the cornerstone of the defence, were exhausted by the oppression of both Father and Brother Things cannot go on as before
As Erik said, it is sure to happen in the near future
It is best to proceed with the preparation now, before it is too late
By evening, the flowerbeds demolished by the Kiryuu had been tidied up, the uneven craters filled and levelled with soil
Vio, while seeing to the townspeople returning hoarden, threw the devastated backdrop a pensive look
Legion unwittingly gazed at the fair hair that looked like silver threads in the wind
”Does Erik Kahland bother you?”
Vio shi+fted gaze to hiion quietly revelled in satisfaction as Vio faced him
”Does it bother you?”
As Vio returned his words, Legion denied
”No, not particularly”
”That's a lie It's notuncoaze
”…My apologies”
”Why apologize?”
”Wasn't it an uncomfortable question?”
”Of course it was uncoave a light chuckle,
”I, you see, can't come to hate him, no matter what…”
He kneho it was even without any mention It's about Erik
His annoyance seemed apparent on his face, for Vio chucked in amusement
”It seems like you dislike it”
”Of course! I was called a junior, and that too by a traitor! To be treated the sa about it left hi about where he was, and what he was doing all this tiood health , but couldn't control hiht of Flora Erik's short temper is still the sa on to the infraction of stabbing me… It would be for the best if didn't tether himself to it and moved on instead
Vio, who uttered as such, looked unwittingly forlorn
However, seeing Legion at a loss on what to say, Vio swiftly changed the topic
”Legi, I have asked Flora to return to Nada Froeton your assistance”
”Yes, understood”
Vio nodded, and as if to turn down further questions, left for the i saw hiion would happily devote hi Erik, no matter if it was to the next country over, or to the ends of the earth
If Erik still intends to target Vio, unlike this one, their nextwill end with him six feet under!
He muttered a dark resolution in his heart
Vio, cast out and expelled by his family, has, at last, found peace in these lands If there was anyone ished to destroy this, no matter which adversary, he would, without doubt, eliion stared beyond the Alpè Mountains and turned back
Translation Notes:
[1]Not the obsolete method used to treat mental illnesses, this means abrupt or drastic measures