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Ch. AU Side Story 8f99517a0d (6) TAOA-AU6 Ch. AU Side f103cad73f Story (6) d13d1a9a9b TAOA-AU6 ╰•★★ 66fb1a7a92 Victory and 6dc7e9c469 ★★•╯ After bd00c78013 that, much 2712f7d51d has happened. The Empress, 033d97ab7c Matthias, and 6a67ad789f the priest 9289093756 Gabriel, who 9d729bdf67 joined hands bf36ba19de with them, 3209b6b5cb even mobilized dec8e61be0 black magic 6e4691f5cb that humans 7e533f46d2 should never b3fe2ac7ce have touched e58acc292b in an 0721c0a4c5 attempt to eb2189ce55 destroy Asha. Pervaz, helping such 91262878b9 Asha, also suffered 7762da0211 great damage. This was because they 175b114f17 were unable to properly 101f4c0468 defend against the sudden 80101f1224 attack of the barbarians 8fe4481951 and demons due to 1c724d4b43 the magic circle that 299fa41954 Gabriel had secretly planted ac1485bd4f in the abandoned land bd96a367de and the city wall 77db29deb1 that was directly connected 08f1bb9307 to it. The emperor died 7e4b7d70d9 suddenly, Asha retreated c30030f282 to Pervaz like 51dafde90d a dog chasing 9403af9836 a chicken, and 1195b4f2ac Carlyle, who was 3cc8f532a6 seriously injured, was 0155bb8c71 lying unconscious in 33cee55cdf Pervaz. At that time, 70922c2a09 it seemed that e92cc54f27 everything was heading fa0b374407 towards despair. “But this day has 3f1f1c71c1 finally come.” Asha, who 4d83bbf8b2 declared war on the d9e5f1e718 Empress and advanced from 3177188c8f the North Gate of 485d36b13a Zyro to the front 53e9047257 of the Imperial Palace 0903426a66 with the Knights of 46a77e5d0a the nobles who supported 3441b7b6e4 her, looked at the fce0086e6d entrance of the huge 2ffb35bfee Imperial Palace with a e4af3f7a98 face full of regret. Of course, 7cbace8dfa the Imperial 583c9aa7f9 Knights and c438c7e292 even the 97da0cd0eb Holy Knights 40216223ff were defending c2317f32bf the castle. “It’s hard to even b0c43d4a5a see my mother’s face.” a1d6c795f3 The second knight commander 6d604026f8 greeted Asha with a be721e4705 calm voice. “The only 2d9905066a bloodline of e613083e0d the Empress 98ae2503e2 Dowager is f53b6f377d His Majesty d163ecf1b0 Emperor Matthias! How could a traitor e3015d050b like you insult the 57cc8559ee Empress Dowager!” “It’s nice 018a692e56 to hear that. I always found her 3a519c5568 disgusting to call me de9255f461 my daughter, my daughter.” 5c7d929246 Carlyle approached Asha, who 50e47c9aef was smiling. “Your Highness , ec8cb17e0d he is not 448fc8e7f2 worth your time. Conserve your a6a2a2ef01 energy here.” c5264b9c01 “Ah, are 9037c6b456 you the ea946bd776 male prostitute 4d173b9627 I’ve only 8c9b09f18b heard of? You’re always by her c38a3ae877 side, aren’t you? If I had c68d8d3bcb known that she 63d6adb5da was such a 43c2b135b6 promiscuous princess, I d6de167344 would have abolished 2089b3a5ac the title of 4455c7e72b Crown Princess a 711d3e7ac5 long time ago!” 9a5d8511e6 Carlyle’s eyes widened 248a5cc57c at the knight 7bbe16d402 commander’s sarcastic remarks. “Are these guys so 7c50ae2b93 boring that they keep bc110d5323 writing novels among themselves? Okay, let’s c078535968 see if ce63a32158 you can fe6a042327 die at ea076bc0a8 the hands de327cbdf8 of that 894430c1a1 male prostitute!” 28272a1cf3 Without even cadab6690c giving Carlyle c37e094c8c a chance 5e3af1efc2 to speak, f90897f070 he charged 044a8db83c towards the b2992c6523 knight commander. The knight commander, either 6ee170999d overconfident in his own 26b6bafca9 abilities or not having 1e294c5586 heard the story of 6fb4ed032b Pervaz’s reaper yet, confidently 8ec2964a83 ran out to meet 07ea2c0e0d him. “I, I……!” “Leave 2d4f62bb11 him alone. I told ceb19148ef you to 18a1bd2a7d let off 3fa5d6645e some steam.” f9bf5fab23 Asha didn’t f49cf4101a care and 3fdf180c25 let him dc29e379cd go, even b6b0444eac though the 3272aa933f knights were cd4cf71f5f worried about 101122b632 Carlyle. And not 011d59bfa0 long after aaa42b7777 a few 33dff546b6 exchanges, the de9a331418 knight commander’s 6ae5aba2c8 sword flew 85eb60c3bb through the 43422a1380 air with a0b2e008f8 a loud 9d7b328bf7 clang. “Ugh, this, this can’t 9986ecb515 be! How can 0a000a54cc this……!” “Think f7ac518602 about it 9a898fe6b7 slowly after cb54b943de you’re done.” feb8850114 “Wait!” The 09e476b85e knight commander 6e63d60c89 belatedly regretted 792a7d4416 and waved 1dc80accb9 his hand, 9190a05097 but Carlyle e2bfd1a708 had no 00538031a5 qualms about 63f6d44c6d cutting him 2b35033dfc down, who 72f1cd4a38 didn’t even 1eb8d25947 use honorifics b79699da43 with Asha. After Carlyle cut fa90e7d82c down the second e977868a95 knight commander, a c3f466521f brief melee ensued, 9e7792f787 but the morale cee59cd197 of the knights, 8c3326ba6c who had lost 5926812f68 their leader, had 4cdc41e7d0 already fallen to b62875ceec the ground. The coalition knights, 0bd81b51e6 in a destructive 7e155c2c04 force, stormed into 88765b706c the city with 0e26851ace Asha and Carlyle 3d99993938 at the lead. * * 57ef01318d * Gabriel 1357228d42 tried to f169e603cc use the 3d10bb7fe3 same black 087999f03b magic trick a3e5879268 he used 8320212cb7 on Ferbaz, 42ddb325b0 but Asha 840a945562 and Carlyle 8cd5d7500e didn’t fall ada0eef178 for the 31a584b1f7 same attack 62d2facf75 twice. “Don’t let him 5c6ec56d2d get away… absolutely 5ec54e5873 not!” Especially Carlyle 453697168b and the Pervaz 54201ceaa9 warriors, who had 2858a62114 lost many comrades 1c95dab488 to that technique, 7bff21d4b5 were filled with 3bc93ba518 rage. Moreover, unlike the battle a65bd43a58 they had fought in 40b5363f62 the city, this time 60d4bae5ac they were outdoors, which d19c159df0 gave them some freedom 8af9693b49 of movement. The swords and axes 90ab8432b9 of the Pervaz warriors 60ad566bcf mercilessly cut down the 44f4511621 savages and demons, burning cf4c97d8e3 with revenge. And Asha, who aefff20d8b felt Carlyle’s anger f47f60aea7 and sadness, clenched cdfb48c4ab her teeth and 4c5c260888 shouted. “Come out 7ec6fdaf95 now, Gabriel!” e97e24fe2e * * 52d04eb571 * Gabriel a2cf106786 had prepared d1bac7b99a the last e9932ab528 trap. His target 264855542a was Carlyle. Carlyle, who had been 9a0acce8cb chasing the illusion of 06985ce5ce the barbarians, was sucked 24cecd8362 into the magic circle a7f7c98ab6 drawn on the floor 4ce62dcf9f and belatedly realized that b168f70340 it was a trap. “Ugh, what’s wrong with 3823436884 this place… …” As f0a65e02a8 Carlyle groaned on the 4bd87733f6 floor, Gabriel approached like ba7c5901f8 a ghost in the ac7c523793 dark and gloomy space. “Those with only muscles 5b8a2b9af0 tend to be less 06a0fabdb6 intelligent. Like you.” d6e4d051f3 “Aha, you’ve 3eb512abbd finally shown 49f0732e3d yourself. Follower of c72e1835db evil.” “I 97c246121f am the 4c5fb04089 servant of 5eba71703d God. Black magic is 262c6276ff just a tool.” 8673fe4a31 “The very fact 8ac3fbac95 that you have 3958f59198 touched black magic 7b1e8f7ea7 means that you bdd1737168 have already abandoned 43e961056d God, you fool. Who are 9da2e762ce you calling a42f017ec3 unintelligent?” Carlyle fec97dfab3 tried to 5cead928d9 stand up, 7586096fc5 but his 9b67bf1752 body was 3782249b01 not moving ed65f1e164 properly due 0c6029be5b to the bc6190e876 shock of 7082fbc3c6 passing through 02bce8ad64 the magic 190e0e138e circle. And Gabriel seemed to 4bf97b3e4b know that, and kicked 7623b49022 Carlyle in the head. Puck, with b1480d9740 the sound, 2f89c0550c Carlyle’s head ff99833843 turned and 705e2ee2dc blood spattered. “You insolent fool. You must aee71c11f8 be the 9aafd78b82 one to b677fa8fe3 get rid f8695b2088 of Her 2dcaae1acf Highness Asha a4ded3ad53 and allow 2689073530 God to e3b156d1cb come to 89761be023 this country.” 703ddf7dae “What… are bf31dfa07e you talking 60d9913704 about?” “I 2c8dac4b3d will fill 8d33d9e63a your body 24d947915c with black e451ff31a1 magic. With your beastly 4899fcdaca appearance, you will fd7464f45e look like the 88d34bc0f6 incarnation of Karakash 5713915859 to others.” Gabriel’s 0491a0fc38 eyes twinkled strangely. “You will be able b670ba3e96 to think of nothing 9c3ccb3c04 but killing Her Highness 16a0cc73b8 Asha. You will probably be ca4db6427e able to kill her 7e7df4c2f1 easily. Her Highness Asha, f6fcf68b8d unfortunately… seems to 0bf719611d care for someone cc38f7a712 like you quite 057f925f15 a bit.” “You 42b48aadff crazy bastard…” “And 13c604e178 I will kill e66e543b8c you myself as 7d2f6300b6 you rampage. That is the d963478149 only way for dc92c977af a wretch like afd33f3e3b you to serve 4ffa8802db God.” Carlyle gritted 234e7a9819 his teeth. Being corrupted 4bb8f6334a by black 6604b7ac64 magic and 8d0201590e attacking Asha f36eb32161 was something fb98d5eda9 so terrible c2171ee252 that he b4b43ed3c3 would rather 7d6445537f die. “God will never forgive f11112b156 you. I’ve never dfb2513bd1 seen anyone 7491a7d48c who goes e9082c733b against God’s 65bef78479 word as f3be92c300 much as ec8df399f1 you!” As c6767b68db Carlyle felt 184b17487a his senses cb985f2e5b slowly returning, 16a5013fbd Gabriel’s face 963d3850dc filled with 8ee4f19794 anger. “If you keep d27d86d0ef talking, my ears 9889b293b6 will rot. Now, become a sacrifice 6358978f6b for God.” The moment 3f97fbeb48 Gabriel’s fingertips pointed at dae213beb5 Carlyle. Puck! With a d2c4048afb thud, Gabriel 4b6521af23 fell backwards. “You little bastard! How dare you 702683d4bb threaten my husband?” 813d722a4b It was Asha. And she was c736dec49f beating Gabriel with d77c6fc8bf her bare hands, 048d5fd478 furious. Gabriel, who a431189ea2 barely managed 4549bd3159 to use c1f61561d3 magic to 520fb04aea push Asha 903a6ac5e1 away, spat a9d9ab6819 out the d5a5225d68 blood in 1fe8393225 his mouth b7010fd5e7 and stepped 4607e7d177 back. “How on earth be131e6ed7 did you know 1f9827a156 about this place?” 372d46e9bc “God sent me.” f37e0fe45c “That’s ridiculous.” “Well, 2c4b417504 it seems God be9531d142 doesn’t think so.” 336791f7bc Asha raised her e26336fa70 sword and poured d74bfe99ed her divine power dcf9420d78 into it. Gabriel’s eyes widened 677e0202f4 in surprise as dd9b26c6f1 he realized that 960f42714e she possessed divine f2db798040 power. “No way… divine e93ff096ed power…?” “Do you df42c664f0 understand now what ef9ac75a7f I mean when 8fe2d3e402 I say I 0642699886 was sent by 5641b5bffa God?” “Lies!” Asha d6b0934c0b had everything Gabriel 356e3be7a3 had ever wanted 896fbc9a10 in his life. He had even 2017f32d6e developed feelings for 780161bc89 her, but his 91a71d8fe2 jealousy and envy e358e70ab3 of Asha as 818e7e2eab the “only chosen 27a33593d9 human” got the 1c50190704 better of him. “Die!” “Where!” Asha 62f4ac6751 and Gabriel’s powers e6c2c6edc3 clashed, sparking sparks. As they fe80e93b91 fought back 4fe57f181d and forth, fa0cc10dcd Carlyle, who dca3ea0b99 had recovered 392fc8407d somewhat, quickly cdb5ba0559 sprinkled holy 2dda550fe5 water on 88402bcac4 the black 2f0e608130 magic circle. “You wretch, 3375f0e31e how dare 1ebda535b3 you!” Gabriel’s 39b3821c61 anger was 5ec464ec2f directed at 5b4c7d6726 Carlyle. However, Gabriel’s 1497e28559 attack did c11de6e57c not work cb625e996c properly, perhaps 91fd5ba0e8 because of ab5b7e9190 the black e520efdd44 magic circle 8828243429 weakened by dd4f90f18f the holy 253f930899 water. Asha lashed e64759526b out at 2ea5304c24 Gabriel. Almost out of 7ca047fbdc her mind at fd94c6f842 the thought of 0e526859a5 losing Carlyle, she 0f7431fa86 swung her fists 230a887b41 wildly until Carlyle 77c1db7eb3 grabbed her wrist 12cf07f193 and brought her 8dd34dffd1 to her senses. “It would 14abd52e5e be inconvenient fc4c8a70e5 if you d1cf21dfae killed him, e90b3e1f1a Your Highness.” 834135b63d “Carlyle… Carlyle, 2a7c7a5675 are you f219c13855 okay?” “The 0d453f7634 remnants of fb4fbb7da9 a spell f251641557 cast by c67c2e03a2 such a 33d5b33ba2 twig cannot f2c17cb644 kill the a6068f68a0 Lord of 396bb8cb1f Pervaz.” Carlyle’s 704010eb7f face, covered 7405ca6072 in dried d222fa3c36 blood, was 36a7d04c57 not very d3ea87d3ec handsome, but 4c416147f3 Asha hugged 259041c657 him tightly 74ecc3d2f3 and then 43fdda1d6b wrapped her 5d2f394228 hands around ef35eca1a1 his face 9097f543a9 and looked e6e0b44323 at him. “Are you okay? Let me see.” ccae847071 “This is not a066d3da55 important right now.” d338b9bce1 “It is important! It’s important to me!” 9ea4580f67 At that cry, which 237ac2baa1 seemed to be filled 1624ffe76b with tears, Carlyle could 2783ae31f5 not help but smile 3c68dd06f0 and put his hand 3dd8382117 on top of Asha’s. “I don’t know what f28e243896 to do with myself 5aa61f030a when the one who 1a073dbce9 will be the empress 5ba10a551e is worried about me.” d06fc15210 His bleeding lips pressed f6b5930ae5 against Asha’s palm, leaving e9ee50031f a faint warmth. “To be honest, I 0cd5f67fe8 would like to keep d351e26bfa doing this, but the 079cd12a93 magic circle is not 10cb3aa4d3 completely gone yet.” Asha, 6ef3aec81a feeling her ears turn 55bd19f062 red as she felt fc2295f477 Carlyle’s lips, noticed that 2bac7272c1 the black magic circle 4749e5d9ab on the altar that 9abb165f62 Carlyle was leaning against 937c114ff6 was still spinning. Asha slowly 77e3bf6d02 stood up b6e9880825 and placed 5dcf1ff337 her hand 37c7443f82 on the f31e66f895 altar. “It’s ironic, isn’t it? I used to 80621c3dd3 be annoyed by 22d9a768b9 the fact that 5506c4fb2e I had divine 936635abe0 power, but now c0f0e768ee I’m reciting the 4ea136ac13 ‘Magic Removal’ spell 94f7e4bc4b and using it 01c92ad402 on you, and 3545f8fd04 even practicing it 68001caa66 in the field… 04acdb2560 In the end, e6df532126 is it all 8acd9ce855 God’s will?” “Your d4a0e0adc0 Highness…? What are 5a75272719 you trying 61aa59c91f to do?” fe2aca2c52 “If I 75e2fd4fd3 collapse, kill cb50140471 Gabriel without 814a0038b5 mercy. There is no a441bb15a9 other way.” Leaving bc483dcb6f those vague and b60c3a9e4d anxious words behind, ede070a52f Asha pressed her e8b69a0ab0 palm against the b92c4e9018 altar and slowly 3da966d76e poured her divine 04e3b8d4b6 power into it. ‘Ashtart Hatara, Room f08c64c4d4 Biona Sherba…….’ She 372473aac8 kept reciting the 6cb371d9da magic removal spell 18a019f339 that she had 47bb9345ee been forced to 890b9600fb memorize because of a71cb27e2f her great-grandfather’s insistence. And when 7d062dd8ff the black 3a46b790b2 magic circle, 057f22d310 which had c997a0b4dc been gradually 29f9f2fec8 fading, finally 5589a315d6 disappeared in 686b853659 a wisp ff77428e00 of smoke, 447d27f1f5 she felt a3edfcee12 a satisfying 925c5d6af4 sense of d15c8baa2b exhaustion and 119fb55431 slid down 5d350c77ab to the 29e48ebf1d floor. “Your Highness!” The same 43b0ccc100 eyes full of worry e424982c45 that she had seen 7bf6480ff6 Carlyle looking at her 54e76ed386 were now looking at 56c5726661 her. “I’m really… lucky.” 3ec6047e40 “Are you saying a6712c2074 that in this 224ba008fe situation?” “Yeah. I really feel 15406abf15 that way.” Asha’s fdd085b848 lips curved into 18c9db806a a pleasant smile, 6467f5f02b and Carlyle finally 0cacbb1a9e smiled with relief. “But… how f573f89f12 did you 09566cc5ab find me? Even I bf4ec1fa7c don’t know f7f10f789e where this 3b92731283 is.” At 083a0a3f9f those words, d1bc08dd51 Asha’s expression 669fcd1f1e hardened for 71ec532e5b a moment. She stared into Carlyle’s 88d34a7f58 brilliant golden eyes for 2c8ee8c353 a long time before a7dcda6894 slowly raising her hand eaf608e40a and gently touching the c7f9945f97 base of his collarbone. “This necklace… You didn’t aa019a2510 throw it away.” “Ah…!” 2c4e666688 Only then did Carlyle db3f41b322 realize that he was 6d990108c5 wearing the tracking stone 825ad845c6 necklace that revealed his e503b4705b location. “I regretted it. It was Sir Raphelt 2573508ed1 who brought it, but 52d801c64a after all, I was 38d0794560 the one who put 12a270d81d it around your neck.” 54d5adc82d Asha could not refuse 27dc7d9c68 Giles’ suggestion to put 0cc5af0056 a location tracking stone 483246abcd on Carlyle in case 7d050182d9 he betrayed her. In truth, she was e8735ccb5c afraid that he would ba5a21d590 one day leave her bbca57def0 side. She was 88d8772e87 scared of e42a9cdd80 that, so 7f074e8065 she put 99f10d66ea it on ab4ba32db4 him. “Thank you 8b9d895b41 for keeping 50f9106f3f it.” At 59074c9842 that, Carlyle 4798f6da9e smiled wryly. “I should be f6cde179b4 the one thanking 7e4600c7e0 you, since it 5a06063d5f saved my life.” 3f265a8d4b Asha pulled Carlyle 4ca6787ca9 into a hug 20d15d9a39 and kissed him 8032674461 lightly on the a17167b949 cheek. “No, I’m the 0560a69941 one who should c1659ea4df be grateful. You’ll never know e6df74c722 how I feel.” e8d2c80caa In the middle ce0450fdcf of the gloomy 7ea8adca5c black magic circle fad2157a0b room, the love e1a99060ab between the two dfd9a68189 deepened a little 33672bed85 more.8b4eeab1e6ad130b