I Picked Up a Witch With Amnesia

10. What Happened One Night – 15

“…That’s absurd…”

For a moment, the middle-aged man made a blank expression because he was so absurd. Aside from the fact that such a savage sound would come out of the mouth of the only heir of the Estel family, one of the four major dukes of the empire, did it mean that all the ‘hounds’ were annihilated for personal motives? ?

“Why did you think I wouldn’t know about Cernard’s ‘hunting dog’ who takes care of all sorts of dirty work in the shadows? I didn’t want to take my life if I could, but I killed all of them because they didn’t deserve to live. After all, there is no mercy to be shown to those who are obviously going to kill again, even if they are still alive.”

“…Then why are you keeping my life here without killing me?”

“I want to kill you right now, but unfortunately I couldn’t because my turn was pushed in front of me.”

Saying that, Cain glanced at the face of Sarah standing next to him. In that moment, Sarah could understand why Cain was looking at her that way.

“…Cain.”

He was asking himself now. I was asking her a question. He was looking for an answer from himself, none other than that. what do you want what do you want to do No one else, a woman named Sarah Cernard, was wondering what choice she wanted to make at this moment.

“…ah.”

Suddenly, I realized. That he is now standing at a major crossroads in his life. At this moment, she realized that no matter what choice she made, she could never return to her former self.

Tongue crisp and dry An unknown heaviness presses down on her shoulders. If you accept his offer and nod your head down, then everything is over. You will be liberated from the iron bars that have restrained you until now, and you will be greeted with the freedom you have been longing for.

…However, Sara couldn’t open her lips easily. Seeing his face looking at her, she couldn’t quite figure out what to say. She hesitated for a breath, but in the end she couldn’t figure out what to say.

…no. I just couldn’t figure out if it was really going to happen.

It was not, of course, that Sara had come this far and felt a bond of blood and kinship with the man she called her uncle. In her life, the person she called her uncle was nothing more than a nightmare. Instead of her father who is not interested in her, her uncle who is in charge of ‘discipline’ has been ‘corporal punishment’ on her in the name of education.

Rebellion was not even dreamed of. Before Sara learned how to defy someone, she first learned how to resign and conform. So many decades have passed. Now, looking at his uncle’s cold eyes, there was only a pitiful self who shrank like a turtle at the end of it.

“Sarah! How dare you dare to lose the favor you received from Sernad like this!”

…Yes, just like now.

I never really thought of it as unfair. It was just that, for Sarah, the world around her was extremely unreasonable. And, at some point, I just hated myself for taking it for granted and accepting it.

As a child, she secretly shed many tears. It was just sad. From the moment he was born, he was dropped as a ‘commodity’, and he felt so miserable that he had to live a life regardless of his will.

At first, I even tried. He constantly polished and polished himself. He tried to prove his worth to everyone by taking a female daughter from an aristocratic family who only cares about adornment of appearance. He believed that if everyone recognized that he was useful, he would be able to shape his own destiny with his own hands.

…but all to no avail. From the beginning, what those people wanted from them was not their ability, but their smooth body. How much he polished himself and how much he accumulated was not a concern from the beginning.

I don’t know when, but Sara realized that her tears had dried up. She was so exhausted.

“Sarah Cernard! You are Sernad’s blood! What on earth can you do without Sernad’s name? What can you do alone in the outside world, after being quietly raised like a flower in a greenhouse for the past 20 years? Even self-confidence is oily!”

So, I got it. He has surrendered to his fate. He sighed, saying that this was all unavoidable. At some point, he began to compromise with reality.

…Nevertheless, in a corner of her heart, she had the confidence to secretly seek salvation.

Like the children’s books I read as a child, I had the delusion that the prince might save me. Even though I knew full well that it would never come true, for some reason, I was confident that my heart was pounding at the delusion.

And after a long wait, you appeared in front of me. My fiancé, and my prince. Cain von Estel. Do you know that your existence has only come as a miracle to me?

“Sarah. I want your choice.”

yeah it was scary What scared me was that you were getting to know me as a person. Even if you saved me, the fact that I would be of no use to you because of the woman I was scared of.

Now, just because I live next to you, I wasn’t brazen enough to covet the seat next to you. There was no such thing as a qualification for me in the first place. He has already lost you once. I broke the promise I made with you out of nothing. The trust you gave me, the one who lost first was none other than myself.

Even this warm touch he was extending to her now was too much for a woman like Sagal like herself. If you want to covet something more than that, from then on, this warm time with you and I will eventually become a curse.

I’m satisfied with just looking at you from one step away. My happiness was no longer worth anything. Just, if you’re happy with my share, I thought I could be happy with that alone. This was my way of loving you.

So, after locking all my feelings for you very deep in my heart, I want to cherish them. It was enough for me just to say thank you for the wish I had only wished for.

…And one more thing, because she didn’t know anything about whether she had the right to choose her own destiny, she was just afraid of that fact.

“…I.”

I don’t know anything. I couldn’t figure it out. Ever since I was born, it was a life where I was bound by someone else. Although he was given freedom, he did not know what to do with the freedom in front of him. I really couldn’t figure out which choice to make.

Turbuck-

And as if to give Sarah such trust, he quietly approaches her and brings back the promise he once made.

“There is no hesitation. Just do whatever you want. I will be by your side no matter what the situation.”

Saying so, he takes a step forward.

It wasn’t about talking. His back as he silently announced that he would bear all the sins he wanted to commit from now on was truly courageous.

“For reference, let me tell you one thing. i’m gonna kill that bastard Even if you say that you are drying me, I will kill him. I’m not doing this because of you. It’s just that I can’t let that bastard who insulted me and the Estelle family live. So, I want you to know that there is no responsibility to be passed on to you. Sarah.”

“…What is it…”

Even though she said she would leave the choice to herself, Sarah laughed at those messy words that seemed to have already been concluded.

…lie. In fact, he was so angry because of me. Even though he was angry with me on behalf of the helpless me who didn’t know how to do anything. At Cain’s insistence, Sarah clutched her chest. Because of his mindset towards himself, I came to the realization that I was no longer alone.

“…Cain.”

Alas, it was warm. It was too warm. He felt somehow at ease from him. Although she knew full well that she was not allowed to stand by him, she wanted to be by his side even for this fleeting moment. I wanted to lean on him. I wanted to completely monopolize this moment.

Feeling his feelings, Sarah was finally able to nod her head.

“…Yes, please. Cain…”

As soon as Sarah nodded, Cain kicked the middle-aged man in the stomach. The kicks were so strong that even after rolling three and a half times on the ground, the middle-aged man could not relieve the pain and could not even scream.

“Hey! Cough…! Dare, dare…!”

Casually passing away the gazes that were looking at him with hateful eyes, Cain threw something at the middle-aged man who was lying on the floor.

limp-

It was the lightning sword Calbella and the potion. The middle-aged man wore it around his waist, but Cain gave it back to him, which he had unknowingly spilled while rolling on the floor. The potion was an item Arya had given him in preparation for an unexpected situation.

“…What the hell are you trying to do? Cain von Estel…!”

When the middle-aged man gasped for breath and asked him a question, Cain opened his mouth with a calm expression.

“Hold your sword. And, take a stand. If you want to heal your ankle, give it time to heal.”

“…What?”

Cain continues to speak calmly.

“It’s easy to kill you here. But simply killing you like a worm doesn’t mean everything will end.”

A proper stage is required for things to come to an end. Cain only hoped that Sarah, who had been suffering from a middle-aged man for decades, would see an acceptable end.

Killing the middle-aged now was a very simple thing. Even if a sword was inserted into her heart, that man who had been holding Sarah in fear until now would easily die.

However, it was a very comfortable death for him, and a very futile death for Sarah. Even if the middle-aged man is a son of a bitch, the author had to face an end worthy of his guilt after getting on a stage that everyone in this place could understand. There should be only such an ending that leaves no regrets.

Because that was a courtesy for Sarah’s life, which had been stained with pain until now.

I knew it was lingering. I knew very well that I was very stupid. However, right now, I just wanted to do such a thing.

In his opinion, this was the moment when he had to be forced.

“Stay there and watch, Sarah.”

Tonight, I’ll try to save you in the truest sense.