Chapter 131. Aidan’s memory 2021.05.04.
It wasn’t too difficult to head to the source of the turmoil because of the roar that erupted from time to time. Moreover, everyone was running in the opposite direction. The only ones running against it were me and my escort. Matching my slow running speed, Lisandro calmly gave advice.
“your majesty. Dangerous. First of all, returning to the imperial castle is-”
“Then it’s late!”
But I couldn’t hear Lisandro. There must be Aidan there. The fact that the barrier, which had been well maintained, was suddenly broken meant that there was definitely an external factor.
‘Veron? Or another force?’
I don’t know what the cause was, but one thing was certain. That I have to go to Aidan.
‘He said it would be fine if I was there.’
It was evident that my presence kept Aidan from losing his mind. Then I was the only one who could stop this situation. I gasped and looked up at Lisandro.
“Lisandro! What’s in that direction?”
“This is the land purchased from the imperial family. Currently, it is an empty lot with nothing on it.”
It was said that it was an unpopulated place. It could be seen that Aidan had purposely headed there to minimize the damage.
“Then what about next to it?”
“It’s a private house.”
“…!”
I clenched my fists and gritted my teeth. I had to run faster. If it is late, even the people may be swept away by the aftermath of the runaway. I didn’t want to see Aidan hurt someone unknowingly. Kwaaaang-! Another roar erupted. The huge echo felt through the ground was now so close that it was difficult to stand still. A few steps forward. As soon as I turned around the alley, an empty lot appeared. What was there was Aidan, surrounded by an endless dark aura, and two men trying to capture him.
“…Aidan!”
At my cry, two men turned to us. His face was covered, so his identity could not be identified.
“Chit!”
They immediately prepared to flee. I instinctively gave orders to the escorts without even having time to think deeply.
“Everyone except Sir Donovan and his direct knights follow the authors! Capture as much as possible!”
“I follow Your Majesty’s orders!”
The elite knights directly under the emperor rushed out with swords. Even while he was disguised as a commoner, the swords he had been carrying shone brilliantly in the moonlight. As the assassin jumped onto the roof while exchanging signals to retreat, the knights spread their camps and began pursuing them. When they left, all that was left was-.
“…Aidan.”
It was Aidan who stared into space with lifeless eyes, losing his reason. Lisandro stood in my way, alert.
“your majesty. Dangerous. Don’t come close.”
“Strange. Why?”
“What do you mean?”
“He said that he would regain his reason when I was near him. But why…”
Even though they were visually identifiable from each other, Aidan’s black aura bloomed menacingly as if it were eating away at the surroundings. It didn’t attack others first, but it was ready to counterattack once it came within a certain range.
“Never approach it. The uncontrollable Aidan Aserad…”
Lisandro paused for a moment, and his eyes turned cold.
“It’s a murder weapon.”
“…”
Something surged up from within at those words.
“Don’t be ridiculous, Lisandro. Don’t call Aidan that nickname.”
“But if you don’t say that, Your Majesty will recklessly approach Lord Aserad, right?”
“Why is my step reckless?”
I wheezed back at Lisandro’s words. I sympathized with Lisandro’s desire to protect me as an escort. However, it was unforgivable to treat Aidan as less than human.
“Not reckless. The steps Your Majesty walks are the will of Ermano.”
“Then don’t stop, Lisandro. Aidan is no longer Devlin’s slaughter puppet. The people of Ermano and my servants!”
So something had to be done to get Aidan back to his senses without harming anyone. I looked up at Lisandro with determined eyes. Phew!” Lisandro sighed and put a hand on his forehead.
“I can’t send Your Majesty to a dangerous place, so I’ll approach you first.”
Lisandro immediately glanced at his subordinates and ordered them to protect me, then advanced toward Aidan. The black energy that flowed from Aidan spread like fog and crawled around. Perhaps because of that energy, all the flowers in the area were dead.
‘It’s not just divine power that Aidan is satisfied with from me.’
I don’t know the cause, but there seemed to be another element that was satisfied by proximity or touch. I couldn’t regain my reason now that I was close, so there was no other way than to make contact for now. While lost in thought, Lisandro arrived right in front of Aidan’s realm. It was the moment when Lisandro took a step. Quaang! The united energy flew like a shot and attacked the place where Lisandro had been.
“Keugh!”
Lisandro hurriedly pulled back. Fortunately, he escaped the attack, but fell to the ground.
“Lissandro!”
As I ran toward Lisandro, the escorts chased after me in confusion.
“are you okay?”
“Oh, this is it. I showed you a bad look. haha.”
Lisandro’s eyes, which had been looking up at me and laughing awkwardly, suddenly became sharper.
“This time, I will approach without being vigilant.”
“no.”
I immediately disagreed with Lisandro. Then, Lisandro clearly showed a puzzled expression.
“This time, I will wear swordsmanship around my body, so there will be less damage, Your Majesty. Are you sure you don’t believe me?”
“It’s not that you don’t believe in Lisandro, you believe in me.”
“yes? No way…”
Lisandro opened her eyes in dismay. I nodded.
“Jim approaches.”
“It’s not possible!”
Lisandro objected urgently in a shrill voice. Of course I knew very well that Lisandro’s reaction was not disrespecting my abilities. It’s probably because he cares about me, so he’s against it out of concern. However, the success rate was higher when I approached and tried to get Aidan back to his senses than when Lisandro subdued Aidan.
“Lisandro. Were you at the venue during the swordsmanship competition?”
“yes? yes.”
“Who was it that stopped the raid then?”
“…You are dead.”
Lisandro, who responded like a moan, sighed and lowered her head.
“And he is the one who spreads the strongest defense barrier throughout the continent.”
“I know you well, Lisandro.”
I patted Lisandro on the shoulder and looked up to face Aidan. Aidan, who was still standing still with unfocused eyes, looked somehow precarious.
‘The fact that he doesn’t attack first means that Aidan’s inner side is also fiercely enduring.’
I wish I could. Under everyone’s concern, I stepped into the barrier. bang-! The attack that was launched like a wedge immediately hit my barrier and bounced off.
“Aidan!”
bang!
“Aidan Aserad!”
Kwang Kwaang-! Calling Aidan’s name, he approached, but only attacks were fired one after another.
“Calm down Aidan!!”
The surroundings were thick with rising dust, and fierce attacks were pouring in, making it difficult to secure sight. With each step closer, it became faster and stronger. Mental and divine powers were quickly consumed by the direct impact on the barrier. It was the first time he had defended against such fierce attacks, so he had no choice but to rush to maintain the barrier. Kwakwawang! As the strong attack continued, the barrier suddenly cracked. I hurriedly put on a new barrier and moved forward.
“your majesty!”
I heard the voices of the knights calling me, but I did not give in. The only option left for me was to move on.
“Aidan. Come to your senses… wake up!”
Gearko arrived in front of Aidan. Aidan, who had been attacking me with black energy all along, began to slowly move his hand holding the sword loosely.
‘I’m going to attack me directly.’
I can’t see any sign of regaining my reason even though I’ve come this far. There was only one way left now. I ran as hard as I could towards Aidan before he could attack me.
‘I can’t make contact while wearing a barrier.’
The key is to contact Aidan in a very short moment. As long as he was within Aidan’s territory, it was impossible to avoid being hit at all.
‘Three two one!’
The barrier broke and my fingertips touched Aidan’s cheek. Without hesitation, I hugged Aidan’s neck.
“Get your senses, fool!”
Aidan’s dazed eyes turned to me. Right after that, Aidan’s black energy was quickly absorbed. Not to Aidan, but to me.
“your majesty!”
After the shouts and urgent footsteps of Lisandro and the knights, everything went dark.
***
I slowly opened my eyes feeling like I was floating. But all he could see was pure darkness. A pitch-black space with nothing. I was the only one who existed in that space where there was no pain, no hunger, no sound.
‘This… Aidan’s memories?’
I knew it instinctively. The moment he touched Aidan, he penetrated his unconscious. The scene Aidan must have seen and the emotions he must have felt were conveyed raw.
‘Where is this?’
I couldn’t move my body, but I didn’t feel stuffy. But there was no one there, so it was terribly cold and terribly lonely. I felt like going crazy at the fact that even if I shouted, the echo wouldn’t come back because it would be eaten by the darkness. lonely. sad. want to get away I hate this darkness. Aidan’s emotions were felt. At that time, when I, who had been metastasized, struggled with loneliness, the darkness was confusedly mixed and my vision reversed. . . . The moment I closed and opened my eyes, a different landscape unfolded in front of me. This time, too, it was a dark space. However, the difference from before was that the light was leaking through a small window at a very high place. And the fact that I felt frustrated because I was bound to something and couldn’t move my body was also different.
‘Is it a prison?’
Not only the limbs, but even the head were immobilized, unable to move. Then, I suddenly realized that the objects seen beyond my sight adapted to the darkness were blurry. What held Aidan in was not an ordinary chain, but a man-sized tank. Aidan was trapped in an unknown liquid, whether it was water or not. After a while there was the sound of a door opening. Aidan’s gaze toward the floor showed someone’s shoes.
“With you, I can do anything.”
“My treasure…”
It was the first voice I had ever heard. But Aidan couldn’t even control his hazy mind.
“Give me yes.”
The place distorted with a mumbling voice. . . . It was a battlefield. The torn national flag of Devlin fluttered viciously, and the corpses that had fallen beneath it were scattered ungainly.
“The Lord die. You monster!”
A man covered in blood charged Aidan. He couldn’t take a single step, and Aidan’s aura pierced his heart. dump. When the man fell, Aidan was the only one alive on the ruined battlefield. Even standing in this bright sun, Aidan was still lonely. . . . The place has changed again. As if it were someone’s laboratory, the first thing that appeared was a row of magic materials. When I opened my eyes vaguely, I saw a man’s face.
‘Veron?’
no. It looked so similar, but it wasn’t Baron. He was older than Veron, and above all, the man had both arms intact. When I woke up, I heard a quiet conversation.
“You plug in this time. You have to pierce the heart at once.”
“Your father.”
A trembling voice was heard. The voice was so low that it was annoying to hear. A boy with a pale complexion entered his hazy vision. In his hand was an ornate sword. The boy who came right in front of me trembled while holding the sword with both hands. After repeating the gripping of the sword several times, a man called my father slowly approached me. Then, as if encouraging me, I put my big hand on top of the boy’s.
“Do not be afraid. You shouldn’t think of ‘it’ as a human being. Then it will be entirely yours.”
“…yes.”
“Don’t forget that this is all for Devlin’s cause.”
“For Devlin’s great cause…”
The boy gripped the sword as if determined. The boy stopped breathing and immediately thrust his sword into Aidan’s heart.
‘it hurts…!’
I felt excruciating pain. In the midst of struggling with the surge of pain, the face of a man with a satisfied smile caught my eye. And-.
“Good job, Baron.”
With the end of the friendly voice, the memory was completely cut off.
