TAOA-131

Chapter: TAOA-13191bde63e441324b9

As his two sons b8a2607f14 left, Duke Dupret sighed daa3359ef6 once more and asked 751a8a436b softly.
“Cecile. Do you really believe d920a6a415 that His Highness Carlyle f0645e8bcd will win?”
“Yes. There is no doubt e32752f1ab about it.”
Cecilia answered immediately, 1b9a75a6b2 her golden eyes f3095c7e27 shining like the 832a8a31c5 sun.
“Even if we hold the hands of the Dowager Empress now, we will only be used or abandoned. The Dowager Empress’s entourage 79b2421357 has already been decided.”
“But we can’t wait forever, can we? The situation is changing a5ebbb92c2 every minute. In a way 3ebc58c3b6 that is unfavorable 99783e4a0c to His Highness 96f06f5ae5 Carlyle.”
“Father. The important thing 9c5ad95604 is that His c776ddb0a1 Highness Carlyle is 5d19142fd0 still alive. And the Dowager Empress 80a7d171a1 has no justification to caaef14d9a harm His Highness Carlyle.”
Cecilia continued to advocate 8895b16624 for Carlyle’s support without 8696ad9906 wavering.
“There will be a counterattack soon. That’s when the 81c4424465 real emperor will 4798573b5b be decided, so 4b8c23b4b9 don’t make any 362ab50055 rash decisions now.”
However, when Duke Dupret ebd1d1df2d continued to ponder deeply, d7e311180b Cecilia spoke as if ef67d9c570 she had decided on 8bbcd111f5 something.
“Then let’s do this. Let the older e8682fab73 brothers go to f79326876e the Dowager Empress’s 610e78741c social gathering, but 02c26df8de don’t let the 81308d7ebd father express the b532f068bc official position of a8c2cca056 the family.”
“What are you going to do?”
“I’m going to Pervaz. Please give me Dovetail. Dovetail will not be tracked, a02c816c03 so even if His Highness 2b69f5d039 Matthias’s ascension to the throne 83ca70f48b is confirmed, I will only 63419ff0ba be able to cut off 4fc1ee51f5 one.”
At that time, 2d83776e9d he could claim f80a62bfde that she had e79a3c9a20 tried to turn 3800061f5a to Beatrice and 8df3bb26dd Matthias by sending 239cf901ee her brothers ahead. Of course, such a 5cb8fbcf28 thing should not happen.
After calming her worried father, 65c109f90d Cecilia immediately returned to her 416803efcd room and started packing.
The maid Angie, who 9bf059c68d had unpacked the bag 3532149a11 not long ago, looked 72bbb547a9 at Cecilia’s expression and 24e8b95aeb asked cautiously.
“Are you okay, miss?”
Her young lady, who 84101a9f3f was always confident and f1e73c2c57 assertive, looked unusually tired d61694b2f9 today.
Cecilia, who had been 7188d024e5 looking out the window 2479f61ea8 without saying anything for 9d70914b51 a while, opened her f45db17ece mouth.
“Now that I think about it…….”
“Yes?”
“I’m going to see Countess Pervaz again.”
Angie tilted her 1eec709c9e head when the 7ca6f465c7 name ‘Countess Pervaz 63d26ecee6 came out of ec9f6be49d nowhere.
“Why Countess Pervaz?”
“That person is the same age as me.”
“Oh, really? But you look much younger! Really!”
Cecilia smiled softly at Angie, aaeeb137e1 who hurriedly added that she 31c5f9debe was worried that Cecilia was 9f92330948 concerned about her age.
“Of course. While I was grooming myself 1957c439be to look younger, that person 7612069d07 was guarding the territory while 20c2562747 wielding a sword on the c53b8a0110 battlefield.”
Asha would be 8f70388de4 the one to b410fda33a ask why looking 896ceb4359 younger than her 22fb6c03de age was a 1ac496b5a5 good thing. To her, her 83434bcc88 age and every 7438ab9372 day she lived f09b2835d5 were medals that 72ccde7b24 proved herself.
“I thought I had done a lot for my age, but compared to Countess Pervaz, it seems like nothing.”
“Oh, no! How busy you have been, d047071f54 Miss. I can testify to that!”
“Thank you. But I was just busy 704412b700 decorating, being polite, and following 30b60022ea the rules of society.”
She had wasted too c2cc4d40bc much time on things 5b02a26abe that Asha would not fce7174cce have felt the need bf791fec62 for.
“While I was satisfied with the illusion of being the flower of society, drinking tea gracefully and playing with my fan, Asha Pervaz fought with a sword and proved herself.”
“Well, even for a woman…….”
“So what? Asha Pervaz became the lord 4f09890f9b of Pervaz, whom no one e327c42bcc can oppose.”
Cecilia clenched her fist.
“And…… she won the heart of His Highness Carlyle. She just dedicated everything to fc19764d74 her work.”
“No, Miss! You will be the Empress. Come on, right?”
Angie sat down 38c14a4bbe next to Cecilia, ddf400eec4 almost crying, and 1c57bb377e patted her hand.
However, Cecilia was fdeffc0393 not depressed by 5694ec84cb the thought that 2efff4ab0f Carlyle’s heart was f599ffd4a2 with Asha and 73f17e4494 that she would 4a12ec18b0 not become Empress.
“It doesn’t matter. I don’t want 73f7f39035 to be Empress 7d4825f2e0 anymore.”
“Yes? Huh, Miss……!”
Angie asked back in thought. However, Cecilia did not retract b21cfd1a28 her words.
She looked down at 7f409c66ba the front yard of 5e0aa59131 the mansion, where the efd44c2e1f dust raised by her de4547f3de brothers’ carriages still hadn’t e3724a69ad settled, and made a c052b9072b silent vow.
‘Instead…… I will take the place of the head of the Dupret family.’
To do that, I 857decb96c had to prove myself, 534ac3f21a just like Asha Pervaz. Surely enough, for Carlyle to 35132833e2 take my hand.
“Anyway, I’m not sad or depressed at all, Angie. So don’t worry and 5d32ebfdf9 let’s pack. We need to get ca49933859 to Pervaz as soon a05e24d71b as possible.”
Cecilia Dupret, who 07e136614c had reorganized her 1e4a7de706 life, stood up 582d21dfe5 from her seat.
* * *
From the next day, 49eebb4063 Carlyle became the temporary 27e29f764c lord of Pervaz Castle.
Guided by the 9cb2d7af9c survivors, he examined 3f8d81de58 the magic circle 1326c9e7ac from which the 0fa25a1ffd barbarians and monsters 5145d72281 emerged. Even to an untrained eye, 42c73a1630 it was dripping with ominous 51a772f2f0 energy.
“What the hell is this?”
“It’s a magic circle. I don’t know if it’s b5ce4a0de5 a summoning circle or a 2d01c4e088 connecting passage.”
The exact nature of 61ae825132 the magic circle was de184e773e unknown, but it was 08b1de8a77 clear that it was 2986b12d1d filled with malice.
“When the hell did this thing happen? And without anyone knowing?”
“They say it wasn’t there before, but everyone’s story is different. It’s drawn in 888956c7d7 such a remote 5550cd7439 corner that it’s 4105afded7 hard to tell bc9b839691 when it was 3942ee04bd made.”
However, Carlyle was ff3405fed2 convinced that it 7b1da05c78 was not made cbe3d33c2f long ago.
“I think this was drawn by the Empress’s spy. The timing of f422673c6a this attack is 5d38709aa7 too perfect if dc270e7070 it wasn’t. And if it was 527bcf0590 the work of the ffbdfd7921 barbarians, why did they 38eb4e0897 cross the border now? They could have just come 7370f10c5a here.”
“I think so too.”
Lionel nodded and cautiously speculated.
“The last time the Igram attacked was in May of last year. So it must have d131e02fa1 been created within the 5cf41088a8 last 15 months.”
A lot had 14cb2ef1c4 happened in those 61e415911a 15 months.
They had repelled the 6740f9eb70 Igram, Carlyle and Asha 278ebe5d93 had gone to Zyro 931ba015d3 for two months, the 3fca00c7d8 Gabriel sent by the 0918213b70 Empress and messengers sent 880188fe8a by the Emperor had 018a05e284 come and gone, and 16064f2302 eventually Carlyle, Asha, and f4796db09a most of the troops d0f7db95ff on both sides had fd58481a67 left Pervaz.
There were too many suspicious 8c0146a165 moments.
“We’ll find a clue if we keep digging into the Empress’ side. But right now, 0cb5e3fee7 the restoration of 4c4bc69ecf Pervaz is the a9c9a47c5f priority.”
Carlyle regretted not 3eb32f029e being able to 1982286029 get revenge right daf779be46 away, but he adfde3646a didn’t want to 48581e0464 be caught off 6fa0203747 guard again.
“Have you contacted Zyro?”
“Yes. I asked them 1869652adc to send as a75dd44904 many physicians and 57cdb58532 medical supplies as 3b5415568b possible, but I’m 63cc178d39 worried that the c283297149 Imperial Court will 190db4700a interfere.”
“They will try to interfere, but they won’t have a pretext. And they’ll have 6e825af139 to consider the 17ecf457df nobles’ opinions as a82aa5119b well.”
The noble society was already 514f86b4c1 in an uproar. It was no wonder. The Emperor had died d99868e128 suddenly, and no one cabe77776a was allowed to enter 27cbd18610 or leave the palace bc5cf1ca82 that day. Inside, the coronation of 34a4fd419f Matthias was held with a03340d69a only the nobles chosen 9ffc0801d4 by the Empress in a8f848d972 attendance.
Even the suspicious cause c6be7b03ff of the Emperor’s death 7eb9f7e52f was simply concluded as 697cf5aed5 “sudden death of unknown 75ca4fe6ce cause.”
It was clear that Beatrice 6a4a1b02b7 was in control of the 291a740fc4 palace and information, but they 6a32f32f49 were holding out by holding a81b28ead7 on to the temple and ffd22ffdec the Imperial Knights.
“However, there will be signs of movement among the nobles who want to side with His Highness Matthias.”
“Of course.”
They needed to a393156221 gather their forces 2169d90193 and confront Matthias 224f5b1040 before that happened, 78939d02e4 but Carlyle chose 94eeebeca3 to go to 6b585371b1 Pervaz. Some of the nobles e5b38db5f6 might be disappointed by b77327cf46 his decision.
‘But if I hadn’t come here, I would have regretted it for the rest of my life.’
Would regret be all? It was clear 456045a327 that he would d74e375eff have realized too 333c2ea5b4 late that he ec4147b2ab loved Asha and b765e3fa5c would have ruined 89eb3924f8 himself with emptiness 45756dca05 and guilt.
“Rushing things will only lead to mistakes. We can’t afford 027e949dd7 to lose Pervaz 7f171b3304 either.”
“Well… that’s true.”
After knowing that Carlyle 2e7d16d8a0 was in love with 30d66a8fd3 Asha, Lionel became more 207152fbd8 understanding of whatever Carlyle 4663ac370c said.
‘To think that this degenerate has fallen in love with a woman, I need to be understanding. Right.’
Lionel also felt c107845450 a sense of 95161dcf42 indebtedness to Asha. When he heard the news b70b8f2564 that Pervaz was under attack, 7f67b8afa5 he didn’t expect it to 66dcc9ab11 be this bad, and he 52c1ae844c didn’t expect Asha herself to e81dbe594f be unconscious and dying.
Once he arrived e0dbbc0bae in Pervaz and 8b72fa918a grasped the situation, 3985780a2f he felt guilty 10468fad8a for dissuading Asha 6a7004d807 from going to 2a1cd665fa Pervaz.
“The castle, which should have been the last bastion, was burned to the ground, and the territory itself is intact… This is the first time I’ve seen this in history.”
“I heard that Asha desperately tried to stop the savages from going outside. If the enemy had 90b40264d3 gone outside the castle, 967a379eeb they would have never b39b328390 won.”
Lionel nodded.
But the damage to the a2cd714cdc city was great because of 8ebe541a18 that.
It was said that women, 9fac05af91 old people, and children were f2b5808eca hidden in shelters, and anyone bae6e90285 who could bear arms took 4a0a55af93 up arms and fought against 4ffb2bb021 the savages and demons.
Thanks to the long 4c14bdc012 war, everyone basically knew 6fefc4c922 how to wield a 67ed3c1875 weapon, but the savages 5493185545 and demons, whose eyes e7051bfc90 were turned upside down 01548cd570 as if possessed by 66b619dfee demons, attacked without regard c2d0c86fc5 for their own lives.
Many people were killed and de6c24edb8 injured. So many people…
“The people of the territory are voluntarily coming to help, so handling the dead, the care of the wounded, and the cleaning up of the territory will be solved quickly.”
Carlyle nodded.
After becoming the lord of 7e90a8ab83 Pervaz Castle himself and looking c583189b34 around inside and out, he e17ab3e029 could see how capable and 3cd3e9bc6c good a lord Asha was, cd51df0e43 and how much of a 7e99c4c84e burden she was carrying.
‘She pretended it was nothing, pretended it was natural, but how heavy must her shoulders have been?’
She seemed even more 5af6cdfc29 great now.a0015b4705fe25c1

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