Volume 1 Chapter 1 Part5 (2/2)

Cassel thought of that as his father’s very last taunt So without another word, he turned around on his heel and left

All the villagers, seeing that Cassel really was leaving, began to panic and tried their best to beg hie because she didn’t seem the least bit surprised when she heard news that Luchi had abandoned her in 3 days for another woman

Would he have stayed if Janet had begged him to do so? Honestly, he didn’t even care that she had spent that one night with that botto Luchi All he asked was for her to favor hiiven Luchi Who knows, s then and there and stayed But alas, all she did was say a pitiful remark

“Go to war? But you can’t even beat ht You’ll probably die in a minute”

With that, Cassel left the town of Lurune As planned, Luchi lent hiether Neither of the two men spoke a word the whole way until they reached a crossroads That hen Luchi said

“You say that you’ll outrank me? Good luck”

“Of course! Wait just a bit”

“Oh yeh You need to give me back the horse”

Cassel was taken aback

“Don’t I still have a while to go?”

“Walk That horse is a Red Rose Knight asset You thought I would give you a horse when even a normal soldier is usually not allowed to ride it? Think of letting you ride it even to this point as a favor I did you”

Cassel could do nothing else but to get down from atop the horse Luchi took the horse and left As he turned to look back once, Cassel could see the cruelness in his eyes and smile

Cassel walked and walked for about two days Curbra’s warning that he would be ued his mind the entire time Luckily, he was able to arrive at the location listed on the letter without any incident

It was then he realized he had been deceived by Luchi This was the frontline troops preparing for the next battle

He also realized the truth in Janet’s words There was nothing he would be able to do out in the battlefield when he could not even fight

And then he realized that his father’s parting advice really would be of no use How can he not stand in an area where people are killing and being killed when he would be on the frontlines where dozens of lives are lost in mere seconds of battle?

When the battle had finally cleared and he somehow made it out alive – the person he most wanted to meet as he blankly stared into the sky was his father He thought he would miss Janet the most, but he could barely even remember her face He missed his father If his father could only see hi dead He would probably say in a disinterested voice, ‘What did I tell you, you scoundrel’ as if he was taunting him, but it didn’t matter

Thick tears flowed down Cassel’s cheeks

His first battle was not to protect a precious person or to defend his country or even to preserve a righteous cause

The first person he crossed swords as boy both younger than hiht also have left his town for the first tiht him as his very first opponent The both of the – they were so scared

It was an ally that had sliced the boy’s throat The blood gushi+ng out from the poor child’s neck sprayed onto the side of Cassel’s face And the ally who had done this also died fro boy’s throat as he fell fro boy, in turn, pushed Cassel to the ground even as the blood was pouring out

And that here he re atop him

“Father”

Cassel is covered his face with both his hands and wept

“I rong The fact is I did not envy Luchi one bit It seems I didn’t even like Janet all that much I just…”

Cassel could not even finish his sentence as he bawled hysterically

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