Dear Eddert - Chapter 75
Chapter 75
Translator: effe
“Eden.”
Hyemi looked up at Walter with wide eyes. Blood splattered on her cheeks and large pupils contained both fear and sadness.
“I… I have… people.”
Killed people. In droves, no less. As the realization dawned on her, a chill ran down her spine, and she shuddered.
“Pe…Peter….”
“If you didn’t do it, I would have.”
Walter whispered to her in a low but clear voice.
“Walter’s right! I saw Peter trying to stab Cedric with a knife.”
“How… could Peter… do that?”
“So Ayla was trying to kill Peter from the beginning? Was she the one infiltrating Kaplan all this time?”
“What… What on earth happened?”
In the midst of the knights’ murmurs, Hyemi looked around with teary eyes.
“Ay….Ayla…?”
“Cedric must have taken her to the doctor.”
As Walter spoke, Hyemi let out a sigh. When he pulled her back by the back of her head, her forehead rested on his shoulder. Hyemi tightly shut her eyes, feeling the heat rising within them.
“It’s okay.”
Upon hearing Walter’s soft voice, hot tears streamed down her closed eyes.
“Everything’s okay.”
His firm hand gently stroked her head. Hyemi sobbed in his embrace, breathing heavily.
“It’s not okay… It’s not okay… huuh… “
Nothing was okay. Opening her eyes in an unfamiliar place, people trying to kill her rushing at her, swinging a sword with a half-crazed mind.
Hyemi truly wanted to go back home. She wanted to bury herself under the blankets and just cry.
“Would you like to look at the sky for a moment?”
The disheveled man who held her in his arms spoke nonsensical words once again.
“It’s snowing a lot.”
Walter whispered softly in her ear.
And how is that supposed to make any difference?
“It’s the first snow of the year. It marks the beginning of winter. Aren’t you curious how beautiful the Sernotti Castle will be from now on?”
As he spoke, the snow fell silently, covering the ground littered with bloodstained corpses. The cold and soft snowflakes gently settled on her hair, her shoulders, and the back of Walter’s hand as he held her, and then melted away.
“When the sun rises, I’ll take you to Lake Kilda.”
His gentle baritone voice was comforting, as if cradling her.
“The frozen Lake Kilda in winter is breathtaking. Anyone seeing it for the first time is sure to fall in love with the sight. You might too.”
A sob escaped Hyemi’s lips. Walter didn’t call her Eden. He clearly understood her confused state of having no memory.
“…If you want to cry, go ahead.”
With a loud cry bursting from Hyemi’s lips, she buried her face in Walter’s chest. The knights formed a circle around her as she wailed.
“Eden! Still a crybaby!”
“Eden isn’t going to change. By the way, have all your memories returned now?”
“Didn’t you see her chopping the guy who was trying to kill Lena earlier? Using a sword so recklessly is something only Walter and Eden among us would do!”
Hyemi’s hand, clutching Walter’s clothes, trembled slightly. Understanding her emotions, Walter tightened his embrace.
“Eden, why are you trembling like this? It’s not like you to be scared now, is it?”
“We’ve been here for three years, guarding this place even while you were lying there like a corpse… What’s there to worry about!”
Someone spoke loudly, tousling her hair with an affectionate touch.
“Walter was acting like a demon all this time. We remained in the castle despite his black aura!”
“Not to mention Cedric’s hellish training? Thanks to that, we could handle all kinds of things.”
Someone spoke in a teasing tone.
“Welcome back, Eden!”
“Thank you for coming back alive!”
“We’re on your side, you know that, right?”
Snowflakes settled on the long sword that had fallen to the ground, the gem on the hilt shining red.
As darkness receded and morning broke over Sernotti Castle, the snow began to fall lightly. As if nothing had happened, as if starting everything anew, the whole world was covered in white.
Biting her nails, Hyemi paced anxiously outside the closed door of the room. Walter opened his mouth towards her.
“If you’re curious, go inside.”
“N… no. I’ll wait a little longer.”
Hyemi stopped abruptly and lowered her head. Inside Cedric’s room, temporarily turned into a sickbay, lay Ayla, wounded and Cedric protecting her. The doctor who had stayed up all night treating her wounds had only just left the castle yesterday morning with bloodshot eyes.
‘Her injuries are extensive, more than just a couple of organs are damaged. It’s almost a miracle she’s still breathing…’
The old doctor with a white beard furrowed his wrinkled brows and spoke in a slightly diminished voice.
‘It’s hard to guarantee the speed of recovery. It’s fortunate that the muscles in her shoulders and arms weren’t severed… But whether Ayla will be able to wield her sword like before… Frankly, even I can’t be sure.’
‘I’ll go get the medicine in two days.’
It was Cedric who dryly bid farewell to the doctor. And having returned to the room, he had not left Ayla’s side for two whole days.
Creak.
Both Hyemi and Walter turned their heads simultaneously at the sound of the wooden door opening. Cedric finally emerged outside. Hyemi looked at him with shaking eyes.
“A… Ayla…”
“…She’s awake.”
“Ah, that’s a relief…”
A sigh of relief escaped her lips automatically. The tension lifted all at once. Walter, who had been by her side, steadied Hyemi, who was swaying slightly.
“Are you alright?”
“Don’t mind me.”
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