Dear Eddert - Chapter 22
Chapter 22
Translator: effe
Witnessing Eden’s death three years ago, Walter’s eyes turned like a madman.
Ten days after carrying her body to the Wizard of the Stone Mountain, he returned to the estate carrying Eden with her wounds completely gone.
She slept like a dead woman and never woke up. It must have been difficult for everyone to accept her as Eden, who spoke in an unfamiliar tone without remembering anything.
Moreover, now that Eden has been revived, she was no longer in a position where she could only be considered as their colleague. The fate of all Sernotti’s knights will be decided according to her will.
That was the reason why Cedric had no choice but to confront Walter, representing the dissatisfaction that Sernotti’s knights may have now.
“If you don’t mind,… Could you give me some time to just talk to Walter? Please.”
Hyemi, knowing nothing, trembled and bowed her head toward Cedric.
She really wanted to stop the bloody fight. The sword Cedric was holding was not a toy or a prop. Perhaps the same goes for Walter’s. Seeing the harpooned pillow that had fallen under the bed, her chin trembled again.
“Please… Please don’t fight….”
Hyemi bent her back until her hair touched the floor, thinking that it might work if she treated them politely.
“I’ll do my best so that I can remember quickly.”
At the top of the tower, in a quiet space far away from the ground, a heavier silence fell.
It was because the knights felt dazed by the sight of her bowing more than anything. There was only one time when Eden bowed her head to all of them. It was when the knights were thrown into chaos, shortly after it was revealed that she, who had been training with them, was of the Emperor’s blood.
At that time, Eden cried and shouted several times. She said that nothing had changed. She was not a master to protect, but their colleague.
It was the same with Cedric who was forced to recall his past memories.
Tak.
Tak.
The sound of Cedric’s and Walter’s swords closing in turn came at regular intervals.
“… I’ll give you time until tomorrow.”
Breaking the silence, Cedric let out in a low voice, a little subdued.
“I think it would be good to get your memories back by then, Eden.”
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“Lift your head.”
When Hyemi slowly raised her head at Walter’s low voice, there was no one in the room anymore except for her and Walter. The movement as they went out didn’t make a single sound.
Then the tension was released, and the strength in her legs was lost. Hyemi sat down on the bed. The goose feathers that flowed from the pillow fluttered lightly in the vibration. The moments before, when Cedric swung his sword at her, came to life vividly.
“Aahh. I really thought I was going to die.”
As Hyemi mumbled, Walter looked at her and shook his head.
“Don’t do that again.”
“… What?”
“Don’t bow your head to others.”
“…….”
“Cedric is not the one you should bow your head to. I don’t know if it should be the other way around.”
Hearing his carefree voice, Hyemi was at a loss for words. Now that she saw it, the man in front of her, like a lump of rock, was hot-tempered and reckless. She was a little worried about whether she could really trust such a person.
“Well…. This…. Don’t you think that if I had been rude to him back then, my neck would have been slashed away, not the pillow?”
She asked, as carefully as she could so she didn’t offend his nerves, but the answer she got back was simple.
“I won’t let him do that.”
Walter looked at her intently and spoke again.
“You’re not weak enough to be beaten by Cedric either.”
What the hell was this guy talking about?
To be honest, Hyemi didn’t even see Cedric pull out his sword. It was clear to her that it took less than a second for him to pull his sword from its scabbard and swing it.
“That person earlier named Cedric was a very talented person. I’m not proud of it, but I’ve only ever used a knife to open the delivery box. So how can I defeat such a person?”
“No one can just dodge a sudden attack from a defenseless state.”
“… It is said that when humans are pushed into extreme situations, they can exert superhuman powers.”
Isn’t there an anecdote of a parent who said that when they saw their baby lying under the car, they could lift the car? If it wasn’t for that, Hyemi couldn’t even understand the situation herself.
“It is impossible for a beginner to know the intention of an attack that has been deliberately angled to miss.”
“It was just a lucky hit!”
She tried to raise her voice, but Walter didn’t seem to want to hear that.
“Keep in mind. There’s no one in Sernotti that you have to bow down to.”
“… Why?”
As she gathered her eyebrows, Walter gave another vague answer to her, who was genuinely curious.
“Because we exist for you.”
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