TAOA-AU6

Ch. AU Side Story (6) ea4d1c1eab TAOA-AU6 Ch. AU Side Story 33394822e6 (6) TAOA-AU6 ╰•★★ ad3669b601 Victory and ★★•╯ 6240d9cd7e After that, much 5ab1c194f2 has happened. The Empress, 63722e2294 Matthias, and 0fdd786c92 the priest d35ab95b1e Gabriel, who 09e5d39f38 joined hands 3b278ce583 with them, 86fda19e96 even mobilized f27c1a7664 black magic f1d6c588c5 that humans 9d908dc994 should never a48c86c5d4 have touched f5bc8b41eb in an 14ab07fca5 attempt to 1e6bf12c8f destroy Asha. Pervaz, helping such 2aebbf24ad Asha, also suffered ff1324719c great damage. This was because they ad8007d1c1 were unable to properly b3ba4143ad defend against the sudden 5cb4563f6f attack of the barbarians 1b021b157a and demons due to 202d7b7a20 the magic circle that aae906d098 Gabriel had secretly planted d5d11469c9 in the abandoned land f9fb6a64fa and the city wall c3a51918f0 that was directly connected 1a47125f42 to it. The emperor died suddenly, 84480560a3 Asha retreated to Pervaz 34a7b87fa3 like a dog chasing 4e9a6bdd01 a chicken, and Carlyle, 2a87015a0f who was seriously injured, 2547e4a07a was lying unconscious in d173292bc6 Pervaz. At that time, it ea2d50dea1 seemed that everything was dbe66dfb71 heading towards despair. “But this a22a101c64 day has 8758c549a5 finally come.” 6b6f5a55eb Asha, who f2349f71d8 declared war 3879daa860 on the 8449c2a3e7 Empress and 3e2f4ef660 advanced from 44f28a82f6 the North 499cee5d64 Gate of 5cf1ecbc74 Zyro to ed29fb72f4 the front 129cf4599d of the 27b3620579 Imperial Palace 549997eb29 with the eecb5f62bd Knights of e1b1fe8594 the nobles dfe8fd1504 who supported 67a2c35686 her, looked ceb71922cb at the a3c2df304b entrance of e905336e28 the huge b9923ba8cb Imperial Palace 3cdd593b38 with a b55fa0a8c5 face full a23897a667 of regret. Of course, 3f749a0fb4 the Imperial fb4ff1d3e8 Knights and 42013b63b6 even the d3a6ac81a1 Holy Knights 8192622986 were defending 730b274d43 the castle. “It’s hard b9d9f6aacb to even 3cbdfb61bc see my 181b864357 mother’s face.” 93a45f5e02 The second b492c4e43a knight commander 34dfa2299a greeted Asha a3aaa0b56f with a 7dc4ad1a64 calm voice. “The only bloodline 97692c8fef of the Empress 8ed5125ef0 Dowager is His 01aa634143 Majesty Emperor Matthias! How could a 851112921c traitor like you 311deaed93 insult the Empress 1af670339f Dowager!” “It’s nice 08607f0723 to hear that. I always found her c8456c1f70 disgusting to call me 74d08f890a my daughter, my daughter.” f9598665e8 Carlyle approached Asha, who 8565660189 was smiling. “Your Highness , he 245be3a911 is not worth your a1d58b702f time. Conserve your energy ea7d6004e1 here.” “Ah, are aeb69f6d6f you the male d6a7e005c2 prostitute I’ve only b0862538bd heard of? You’re always by 2e41a49527 her side, aren’t 393f483f1a you? If I had 35829eed0c known that she 3b18740f43 was such a 7f37e6a4d2 promiscuous princess, I c715cfedb4 would have abolished d680c1246e the title of aecf2f0f0f Crown Princess a 48ae984f20 long time ago!” 6f62041bc9 Carlyle’s eyes widened 2929a3790b at the knight df1f84d129 commander’s sarcastic remarks. “Are these guys so 840eddf1e4 boring that they keep 3850f64468 writing novels among themselves? Okay, let’s see if 214d34dc04 you can die at 9a8b1020b2 the hands of that b9fed603fb male prostitute!” Without even c4df938f21 giving Carlyle a chance b8df749715 to speak, he charged 5749fd811d towards the knight commander. The knight commander, 7312804832 either overconfident in aba5dec8c6 his own abilities d1b26c6808 or not having 42300deb1c heard the story 4a44edc744 of Pervaz’s reaper 17447af95e yet, confidently ran 6eb3535cc6 out to meet 42cf73e8cd him. “I, I……!” “Leave e3970ffdf5 him alone. I told 536946c6be you to 425ea908e1 let off 2d3e32a5ff some steam.” c132669828 Asha didn’t e142d67b89 care and e1e0ec629b let him 6663ac2a56 go, even 58540ef4db though the 74247ff2e1 knights were 7d992a0854 worried about e177c904b6 Carlyle. And not long 403b39b9b9 after a few 598d9c1833 exchanges, the knight 913c5df6f7 commander’s sword flew 60e94dda2b through the air 24970ec55f with a loud b7630212ce clang. “Ugh, this, this can’t 0965da5acc be! How can 6b0f82de97 this……!” “Think 465439393a about it b26f887702 slowly after 49d054296b you’re done.” 819344ebc3 “Wait!” The ad40406eac knight commander 06801095c0 belatedly regretted 0b5ac39dda and waved a57e5e13ef his hand, 41445f3da0 but Carlyle 065e7adcf1 had no 047052a3a0 qualms about 425b53012d cutting him 0f9e85365e down, who 15955e2c70 didn’t even e7bc69e4d5 use honorifics 3c448b2c55 with Asha. After Carlyle 2f394287dd cut down 4dcbfc2d05 the second f99e43acb6 knight commander, be1334eadd a brief c03a885eb8 melee ensued, 3f4be7c887 but the 7e07a7e9a0 morale of 8324dd7134 the knights, 55b75930d9 who had 942157d5fb lost their e5a762a54e leader, had 831677be44 already fallen c6e377a2d1 to the b4b29d6ceb ground. The coalition knights, 6ddc90a652 in a destructive 48a6af9382 force, stormed into a01bb5ee84 the city with 75d3a554a5 Asha and Carlyle 3f1a77bd29 at the lead. * * * Gabriel 730f7b4a4f tried to use the 8a4ab1f25f same black magic trick 4be3d03aba he used on Ferbaz, 6c4ab8a5e5 but Asha and Carlyle b9c59e87b9 didn’t fall for the a9c4b00edf same attack twice. “Don’t let ec18bf5182 him get d5db1efa0a away… absolutely 9b8664ea49 not!” Especially 7d9a6ea66e Carlyle and 89ff376765 the Pervaz 7986e47fff warriors, who 36b240c943 had lost f4b8decd50 many comrades 2f516daee9 to that 4262c344a4 technique, were 5d58a72421 filled with 98e196cde2 rage. Moreover, unlike the 6f85cbde0e battle they had 4c495f8adb fought in the 0305f62d55 city, this time 7171da3636 they were outdoors, efc81b4d59 which gave them b3ccc33ec1 some freedom of 014156e1b1 movement. The swords and ed81111fb7 axes of the 1587d97d96 Pervaz warriors mercilessly 68bdc0aa0b cut down the f39a83fe43 savages and demons, e6debb3d78 burning with revenge. And Asha, who felt 7347308ea3 Carlyle’s anger and sadness, e2a14e8360 clenched her teeth and 2f0e55646b shouted. “Come out 618b68bfc2 now, Gabriel!” a553ac8b6f * * ee4fd21608 * Gabriel 58c2877e56 had prepared 0c5ced23c0 the last bdbe32b038 trap. His target was Carlyle. Carlyle, who had 4479bdec70 been chasing the ad2f6796d7 illusion of the 4a104705fd barbarians, was sucked a8626faf45 into the magic b4230da46c circle drawn on e61df1d0e4 the floor and 8010bed50d belatedly realized that 0c5705398d it was a b95e7350d6 trap. “Ugh, what’s wrong 307e17b5fc with this place… 5c206f8c1a …” As Carlyle 007b421772 groaned on the 32c3e7d45e floor, Gabriel approached 08cbe39e6b like a ghost 299e611387 in the dark 231e521788 and gloomy space. “Those with only 11b6167c73 muscles tend to 9fcf6cc6b5 be less intelligent. Like you.” 13cb0745a4 “Aha, you’ve aa2b941c97 finally shown d882ff8c88 yourself. Follower of evil.” fcbdc19cf2 “I am the bb6e006eb7 servant of God. Black magic is just 796194f638 a tool.” “The very 509e665828 fact that you have afba9c6268 touched black magic means 08ac0c77f6 that you have already 42d2a55261 abandoned God, you fool. Who are you b054e310e1 calling unintelligent?” Carlyle 67c50816c9 tried to stand 82bbd0b05d up, but his 19ebc0f8fe body was not 331817e277 moving properly due 04af0f82c1 to the shock b1a952054e of passing through 6c1c1df1b1 the magic circle. And Gabriel seemed to 1e7d67e012 know that, and kicked 8ff80a7a02 Carlyle in the head. Puck, with the sound, 839f6215aa Carlyle’s head turned and 74b6506017 blood spattered. “You insolent fool. You must be the f41526f048 one to get rid b59bf166f0 of Her Highness Asha d5162dadb4 and allow God to c8887e82f4 come to this country.” 574e18855f “What… are you talking 68f209762c about?” “I will fill 9eb732cb9e your body with black 69fa063fed magic. With your beastly appearance, effeb5b5ce you will look like 2a0b949a45 the incarnation of Karakash 63d8435955 to others.” Gabriel’s eyes 948d8858f3 twinkled strangely. “You will be b7754a0c83 able to think 3828ccc5e9 of nothing but c53e6bd336 killing Her Highness 59aa0c56f6 Asha. You will probably be 1659e17b9d able to kill her 587d07d106 easily. Her Highness Asha, 33dbe016e1 unfortunately… seems to 6ae09164d6 care for someone dd3554d61e like you quite e0457ed9a4 a bit.” “You 14830e3fbe crazy bastard…” “And 4814f1a8e9 I will kill d80382da13 you myself as 1402fd6b5d you rampage. That is 19b7ab9d8c the only fed413ca72 way for 2d6ab9687d a wretch 45981cd6ba like you b3f27f302d to serve 2ea8b29034 God.” Carlyle 0b498e9357 gritted his 220ec589b0 teeth. Being corrupted a3b9851400 by black 25b34c3df7 magic and 5597fef8c2 attacking Asha 41547add16 was something f7fd6c5606 so terrible 6e3224f7ba that he 2eeb83836d would rather 4e2f84ee5d die. “God will never forgive 3b0b9a9eeb you. I’ve never 478f8c64e8 seen anyone f26229920c who goes bae6ccd82c against God’s b03faa55d1 word as d48d269f03 much as 75fe5153cc you!” As d4bf3ee728 Carlyle felt 86e22b64e3 his senses 60dbeeb86c slowly returning, 9798670725 Gabriel’s face 9b3fe23d90 filled with 8f9a13f83c anger. “If you keep talking, 5c75357946 my ears will rot. Now, become a sacrifice 7984c48073 for God.” The moment e2b6d01d92 Gabriel’s fingertips pointed at 4f361c928a Carlyle. Puck! With a bc3ff43912 thud, Gabriel b107ba61d1 fell backwards. “You little bastard! How dare 8c025b21d3 you threaten f7307f4f44 my husband?” fd0c13adcc It was 5adec4a25f Asha. And she 4c13e6e994 was beating 086413e280 Gabriel with d8c3e0346d her bare c9d18bec19 hands, furious. Gabriel, who 97c5289e6a barely managed af090d0eb8 to use 9dfbadf1e0 magic to ab92f72c72 push Asha 6adb2c51d5 away, spat 59274bf12b out the 6cec581f7c blood in 20b9d354c7 his mouth abb8c00efa and stepped aa624e8935 back. “How on earth cf1e0a9a71 did you know 29c0ab4b69 about this place?” a4d97b6af8 “God sent me.” 350f08cee9 “That’s ridiculous.” “Well, 046993567a it seems God 78768c031c doesn’t think so.” 68e614ce72 Asha raised her 94eeda9b83 sword and poured 8167533480 her divine power e9da09815e into it. Gabriel’s eyes 9a3427f9fb widened in 6e50119e65 surprise as 1f3e7ebf90 he realized f38b396f5d that she 95059aa2f9 possessed divine 9b8d007a81 power. “No way… divine power…?” 6ef276ea7a “Do you understand now 4dc9938ee8 what I mean when bc14959293 I say I was 65f85d12d0 sent by God?” “Lies!” 0271f9fee3 Asha had everything Gabriel aa896ff1b4 had ever wanted in a1f6d504fb his life. He had d7b5be72a0 even developed 24a0bd6e70 feelings for 751fa39a03 her, but 1a64d68c41 his jealousy b4ec2b753e and envy d2e78288e9 of Asha 6ab77c429c as the e8586f4504 “only chosen 9c01b5cd56 human” got 799b7c1835 the better 1e30b31bf6 of him. “Die!” “Where!” Asha d4505374c4 and Gabriel’s powers 50ef2cb194 clashed, sparking sparks. As they fought 1e2de7f4fd back and forth, c918aafbf0 Carlyle, who had 8035990032 recovered somewhat, quickly 0292f78d39 sprinkled holy water 44f31164d8 on the black f9a406afdc magic circle. “You wretch, how dare f7eac50517 you!” Gabriel’s anger was 62df89fa54 directed at Carlyle. However, Gabriel’s attack did a57720d1cb not work properly, perhaps bfa79db591 because of the black 490cfe0d15 magic circle weakened by 749d2d6ce0 the holy water. Asha lashed out at 28bdbb9b11 Gabriel. Almost out of her 249c5fcca8 mind at the thought 9134191050 of losing Carlyle, she 93c8a94b2c swung her fists wildly 631a921447 until Carlyle grabbed her 1d68545b2c wrist and brought her e1ad03ce53 to her senses. “It would be 422c997935 inconvenient if you d894a78405 killed him, Your d80d16a8c6 Highness.” “Carlyle… Carlyle, 885645be03 are you okay?” 04dccc5287 “The remnants of 2740de7ad1 a spell cast df9fef6ba9 by such a 5646845314 twig cannot kill a6ee060191 the Lord of d2a041591d Pervaz.” Carlyle’s face, 5b36e53e0e covered in dried f1fd0394b2 blood, was not 3b15b9152e very handsome, but c8def05584 Asha hugged him 457c0002a0 tightly and then 012e1fadc9 wrapped her hands 30ac228329 around his face 4adcb757f2 and looked at 506a6decfa him. “Are you okay? Let me 6902655a60 see.” “This ade947f4ff is not f9f3a585ad important right 1c0397e4c9 now.” “It 46c0084a6b is important! It’s important to me!” 122933d588 At that cry, which c8c7ed1f1a seemed to be filled 7448d80a23 with tears, Carlyle could 22503ad3c3 not help but smile 02c6cbfe01 and put his hand 5a88104f2e on top of Asha’s. “I don’t know a45e057ff5 what to do 57b1dd864d with myself when 111f2fa31e the one who 3d7dbe9954 will be the 3ecbb6f339 empress is worried 03b6c4c62b about me.” His 68a6c534b8 bleeding lips pressed dc9d910a26 against Asha’s palm, 8ff367e49a leaving a faint 5c1dbddb86 warmth. “To be honest, 9755de9227 I would like 6c2339abeb to keep doing 68e60b1f68 this, but the e3bcce206c magic circle is 8cc742ef98 not completely gone bb242c8fd0 yet.” Asha, feeling 06aa37e3f8 her ears turn 6973fb3c56 red as she 512c64d717 felt Carlyle’s lips, 9b359ee701 noticed that the fe954917f0 black magic circle 81b90a3525 on the altar d289ea4b32 that Carlyle was bfa0143070 leaning against was 5a3236d0e0 still spinning. Asha slowly cdcd73b142 stood up 736b0b5990 and placed 8d26df0186 her hand 8bbd3f510e on the aa6dd54234 altar. “It’s ironic, isn’t b4af4df574 it? I used 4bfeadb441 to be af687dd64c annoyed by ff195024e8 the fact 3a41068526 that I 5841cd96c5 had divine db4e15c585 power, but f6f7c98c59 now I’m 9bc95b9013 reciting the 30378ab901 ‘Magic Removal’ c378eed8a1 spell and 56018891cd using it e13c9becd3 on you, 0fbea0096c and even 93c238fd25 practicing it 133b36eabf in the 53f69242cf field… In a441004269 the end, d19d42de85 is it deda5a15c5 all God’s f633eacef9 will?” “Your c4150c61dd Highness…? What are you trying 52a131bc24 to do?” “If I ee75d9f148 collapse, kill Gabriel without d887ed7c4d mercy. There is d898ffd536 no other b263a25962 way.” Leaving 681c20336b those vague 70a6592ac4 and anxious 664ddb3680 words behind, cd40e5c234 Asha pressed 36f468ab52 her palm 5a97cd5aff against the 8b3a2ee254 altar and ee9b70d0b6 slowly poured ed1c80a5cf her divine 2ac59360a9 power into 20b62ab8b9 it. ‘Ashtart Hatara, Room 2e15dad80b Biona Sherba…….’ She d9a9126342 kept reciting the 134cfde306 magic removal spell 7b002b3d3a that she had 9cb222ee5a been forced to 6bdd6033de memorize because of 97a6099624 her great-grandfather’s insistence. And when 543637214b the black bcc311da3e magic circle, 25d06377bc which had 58876a70db been gradually 11adaeea0e fading, finally aca68be7db disappeared in 708f10f27a a wisp d7d1665510 of smoke, 627ba495ee she felt 03ca80efa0 a satisfying ffb400c43d sense of c60f7485ae exhaustion and 27fe1c0dbe slid down 4ec35417b4 to the 53514995e1 floor. “Your Highness!” The 1a6f3bd878 same eyes full f36b265e0c of worry that 590e94c03b she had seen 899862c914 Carlyle looking at 6717c9e505 her were now b9812842f7 looking at her. “I’m really… lucky.” ca842b0b75 “Are you saying c21a23999a that in this 7ffaaaf0d1 situation?” “Yeah. I really feel that 9c8829cf1f way.” Asha’s lips curved 86a5605374 into a pleasant smile, 31c6f427ec and Carlyle finally smiled 9ea4de1f20 with relief. “But… how c66f8db967 did you 93bba9b06c find me? Even I don’t 3ba6997470 know where this 1816fbf95a is.” At those b8bbbae6ed words, Asha’s expression b5229ffce7 hardened for a 5d722dc8a9 moment. She stared afe27c8283 into Carlyle’s 476b6e92b3 brilliant golden 5da08ff0d0 eyes for bcb965dba5 a long c102f37feb time before 2eccdafbea slowly raising 2ca63e698e her hand 7e48912f66 and gently a673726fad touching the bb625ca452 base of abad92a67b his collarbone. “This necklace… You didn’t f043b30613 throw it away.” “Ah…!” a4cdd7019d Only then did Carlyle 820f84dd4b realize that he was 4f70fca055 wearing the tracking stone 3153707a61 necklace that revealed his d650c1b454 location. “I regretted it. It was a36648a34b Sir Raphelt 6e025ba366 who brought 91c49d6013 it, but a8fe3f5fcd after all, 613c2e3021 I was df4e018195 the one 2c7d712f06 who put 8338937ab0 it around 255f8c7655 your neck.” 8c2e7bb9ca Asha could 1749cc0847 not refuse 5783efd9be Giles’ suggestion 6e9a42722d to put 0049d9fcd9 a location 79e86776b7 tracking stone d08320f9ae on Carlyle 4f3303fc63 in case e7efb29a8c he betrayed dd27858762 her. In truth, she was eb984997ba afraid that he would 5d63524648 one day leave her 5e4a6a3b6f side. She was scared of fe52aec00a that, so she put 40af98b5a2 it on him. “Thank you dac1f8a650 for keeping 60e948bb3f it.” At b962a49366 that, Carlyle cd2eeea8d2 smiled wryly. “I should 92dd60ff2e be the c1c935c3c5 one thanking 7d087912a6 you, since 15622c89e0 it saved cb33802ebb my life.” 6e4b3e5822 Asha pulled 89ea94a5fe Carlyle into e124eb1a95 a hug 27d5a4367b and kissed f116d7e040 him lightly 90b3973a06 on the 38b9873be1 cheek. “No, I’m be04a909e8 the one bbebfdbafd who should 0a9d721563 be grateful. You’ll never c3821183a6 know how d7f5f0f47f I feel.” cd392dc467 In the 7f16116f84 middle of 4646a10dc8 the gloomy d2f0cad226 black magic 917bdca083 circle room, b99979bc87 the love 69d6116162 between the 1b7f96f665 two deepened 31274fc3d6 a little d1d8b3f088 more.ba5fa57a795f3d5e