Vol 16 Chapter 309 (1/2)

Confession

“Novem… I like you! I love you I’ve said it before, but I want you to stay by my side”

How many times have I had to muster my resolve for this confession?

I had confessed to her once before in Damien, but at the time it was splendidly left hazy I don’t think I made her hate me, but even so the current situation wasn’t one I had anticipated

The room Novem was confined

She tilted her head a bit

“What seems to be the matter, Lyle-sama? I’ll always be by your side And I love you too”

If you took it word for word, I’m sure my confession was a success

But the love she spoke of was…

“Do youthe Walt House out of the equation No, please try it Goddesses and evil Gods and your predecessors are irrelevant I want to hear your answer, Novem”

On my petition, Novem made a troubled face And she let out the words that were probably her honest-to-goodness feelings

“From the moment I was born, I had lots of memories in side of me Novem… and all the Nove theeneration’s Novem Perhaps I am a separate existence whowhat I myself think at this point of time is…”

Meaning… It wasn’t Novem herself, what had come to love my existence was the memory of Novem

In the past, I’ Novem in her youth was true In truth, that LYLE would definitely have helped her out

But to Nove was a trivial matter

Of all else, Nove a one, she had discarded LYLE who saved her

“Are you fine with that!? I… don’t like it at all”

As I looked down and said it… Noveards to me

“… For the current you, there is no ht now, there is a need for you to marry in order to leave children behind But you’re already supporting a large number of women If you aren’t pleased with my existence, there is no need to force yourself to keep me by your side”

I looked at Novem

“That’s not what I mean! That’s not what…”

To Noveive a direct descendent of the Walt House- na I’ Novem’s memories

Meaning rather than I myself, she prioritized the continued existence of the Walt House

“Lyle-sama, I am aware my existence deviates fro over ht now Let’s have a talk once everything is over”

As it was brought to a halt by Novem, I dropped my shoulders

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South Beim

In the room of the mansion prepared there, I absentmindedly stared out the

Fro voice

『Never thought you’d be shot down She loves you, but rather than as an individual, she’s looking at a bigger picture Perhaps she recommended the harem because she didn’t want her blood and memories to taint the mix』

I resisted with all ht

“I-I haven’t been dumped yet…”

『No, you were du is over, Novem-chan will probably accept that her role is finally over, and leave That’s the sort of at off, and it’s thinkable she’ll spend the rest of her life observing the type of peace you’re ai for』

I fell into depression and sat on the spot In regards to hed

『Noveht? She has too many memories in her, that she doesn’t have an individual self, or rather, her sense of who she is is hazy While saying she liked you, the reason she forced the harem was probably so she could leave once you could stand on your own And yet, because you decided to fight Celes, she decided to watch over you until then』

I first thought her conduct was strange when she treated Aria as a candidate to be em, and then it felt as if talks proceeded on their oithout me No, they surely did

“Am I hated?”

The Third refuted

『No, I think your loved But that love is a bit different froe Well, it’s closest to a mother’s love, perhaps』

“… What should I have done? I’d rather die than see Novem with another man”

If Novem would pass on her memories and watch over my children… my descendants, she would likelyshe’d beanother man

The Third laughed

『Lyle, say it to any of the other kids, and they’ll be amazed In the first place, you who built up a hares』

“It’s not like I built a hare to be, then can we just use your schemes and wicked heart to…”

『… How exactly do you think of me?』

Hearing the Third’s a in order, and covered my face with both hands

“I’m sorry That was out of hand”

『No, it’s fine But I think it will be impossible to manipulate Novem-chan with my Skill In the first place, the restrictions on my Skill are harsh Illusions won’t have any effect at all It wasn’t that powerful of a Skill to begin with』

The third’s Skill was definitely underhanded It interfered with an enemy’s psyche It manipulated multiple people and had them kill one another And finally it showed illusions…

But it wasn’t too difficult to break through the mentality, it could be undone with ease If you weren’t used to using the Skill,someone with it would be impossible

“… I understand there’s no point inher to stay by s as an individual”

『And if you lean she thinks nothing of you at all, are you ready to give up?』

I wanted to cry There, The Third gave some fed-up words

『Lyle, sorry but this is so you have to resolve on your own It isn’t a problem I can lend a hand in』

If even the Third gave up home, then as I supposed to do? At the end, he mumbled

『Well, I’ll at least say I don’t think she hates you』

He said and kept silent

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… Aheld in South Beim

Having to regulate various forces, theon for a number of days

Affir the plan and tuning it based on different points of view, it all had to be done The world is in trouble, so just shut up and help out; no one would be satisfied with that

Yet at the ti at the tiardless, such days continued on and on

They held ular duties awaited them

The one as known to be close to Lyle, Baldoir, was busilyaround with security

But the ones to approach hihts of the Walt House

The knights had dropped by his room as he was on break Baldoir was acquainted with them, and one of them was older than him

Hearing they had so to say, he let them in only to hear a troublesome proposal

“… Fortify Lyle-sa to the situation, I can only say it will prove difficult”

Two knights had come to the rooer than he They had cohts

The elder knights straightened his back