The Gap Between You and Me - Chapter 129

“It doesn’t seem like they have any intention of launching an all-out war.”

After examining the situation of the fortress, Theodore entered the barracks and said.

“Instead of coming out, they hid very tightly inside the fort. The prince who joined this time doesn’t seem to be an idiot unlike the last prince.”

High-rise walls. A tightly closed gate. And even the soldiers of Velicia camped on the wall.

The number of them trying to defend and preparing for the upcoming siege was clearly read. Theodore let out a short sigh. This battle might be much longer than first expected, he thought.

“If you permit, I will tell the soldiers to prepare the siege weapons for shipment.”

said Theodore, straightening his posture.

“The catapult seems to be the most suitable method, but it is so heavy that it takes twenty soldiers to move it. Even if you aim at it from a distance, you never know if the ripple effect will be enough.”

“…….”

“Then it would be better to devise a strategy to go over the wall using a ladder or something rather than destroying the wall…….”

“…….”

“Lord?”

‘At this point, he should say something.’

In the endless silence, Theodore stopped his words and looked at his superior.

Edwin, the commander of the Kustan army and the leader of the Central Knights. He was sitting in front of a round table in the barracks. He is staring ahead with his face lightly resting on his clasped hands. Standing on either side of him, who seemed to be deep in thought, were several other Kustan knights who had participated in this war.

“…….”

Theodore shut his mouth quietly. Why? He was a man with a beautiful appearance, but somehow he felt creepy.

The feeling of facing a ferocious predator who has taken the apex of the food chain. Theodore flinched at the sight of Edwin overpowering the presence of the outstanding knights all at once without any effort.

Even in the middle of a long war, Edwin’s appearance did not fade. No, since he was standing in the middle of a wild and promiscuous battlefield, it seemed that he stood out more than before.

He was as beautiful as a flower, delicate and sophisticated as if he had escaped from a painting. People whispered if such a description might refer to a person like Edwin.

Perhaps that’s why? Edwin tended to hide his appearance whenever possible. In a place where there were a lot of people’s eyes, he did not even take off his stuffy helmet. Because of that, most of the Kustan soldiers, except for the high-ranking knights, did not even know what their commander looked like.

Only a knight wearing black armor, like a terrifying demon.

In public, Edwin was often portrayed as such. In addition, strange rumors spread in some foreign places that he had an appearance no different from that of a hideous monster. Of course, it was deliberately spread by someone to incite hatred towards the enemy leader.

“There are seven children known to have inherited the lineage of the current king of Velicia. Among them, only three were officially given the title of prince.”

Edwin, who had been sitting motionless like a plaster statue, opened his mouth.

“One of those three was killed in battle at Butron, and the other is a young boy only 11 years old…….”

His blue eyes, which were staring into the empty space, held a cold light.

“…… The one on the other side of the wall must be the second one.”

Bernard Cenchilla Shane Pascourt

The second prince of Velicia and the only legitimate son.

When the current king of Velicia asked for a royal marriage from Brimdel, the card they held out was Bernard. A troublemaker of the royal family who was said to be bad news.

King Brimdel, who could not bear to send his beloved daughter to him, offered a fake daughter to pay for the marriage instead. And the scapegoat caught up in that absurd scheme was none other than Herietta Mackenzie.

Edwin gritted his teeth and suppressed the anger that seemed to explode at any moment.

It was a clumsy ploy. Even if the opponent was an idiot, they would know. Even if they got lucky and cheated for a while, the fact that Herietta was a fake princess would have been exposed to the world one day.

If so, what would have happened? Herietta, who deceived the royal family of a country, as well as the king of Brimdel, who allowed and promoted the plan, would not be able to escape responsibility.

‘But it probably didn’t matter.’

Edwin thought.

‘Because they didn’t intend to keep her alive from the beginning.’

Herietta must have decided to shoulder everything alone for the sake of her loved ones. What did she think the moment she got on the carriage heading to a strange land, to become the false bride of a man who was rumored to be unpleasant?

Edwin’s expression darkened like the bottom of the abyss.

The last moment when she was attacked by an assailant and died.

The moment she realized that no one was coming to save her.

She.

What was Herietta thinking?

“It doesn’t matter which way.”

Edwin said in a low growl.

“I want to see his face.”

Herietta, the last light of his life.

He deeply hated everything in the world that had taken her away.

* * *

The battle continued for three days and three nights. Kustan soldiers have been attacking the fortress every time, and each time the Velician soldiers have blocked their attacks quite admirably.

Although there was a difference in the size of the troops, thanks to the structure of the Siqman Fortress built for impenetrable defense, the Velician army did not have much difficulty dealing with the Kustan army. In particular, the location of the fortress against the cliffs was of great help to them.

Those who try to cross the walls of the fortress and those who try to prevent them from crossing the walls. The two groups with distinctly different goals engaged in a tight battle with the walls between them.

And so the night of the third day after they had fought.

The Kustan army, which had been attacking recklessly, stopped for a moment.

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