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Ch. AU Side Story 56cb629e3b (6) TAOA-AU6 Ch. AU Side Story (6) 8c3bcd72ff TAOA-AU6 ╰•★★ Victory and 5827625cbe ★★•╯ After that, much b24bbd6ddd has happened. The Empress, Matthias, and cfd8cfd2e1 the priest Gabriel, who 1f90717434 joined hands with them, c7dfb1d8ab even mobilized black magic 83468ec881 that humans should never dc31ea7f05 have touched in an 2a770e8f71 attempt to destroy Asha. Pervaz, helping such Asha, 28d86fe87d also suffered great damage. This was d920be33a4 because they daf5dec54f were unable de61b2f3f7 to properly f00493e66e defend against dbcee45fdf the sudden c1d2bd5de7 attack of 722870001b the barbarians ebdd846065 and demons b338bcbfb4 due to bbfe1d48f7 the magic 572b63d2e5 circle that 409d7531d2 Gabriel had 0b97a9ca40 secretly planted 6ad7585960 in the 162f432ea0 abandoned land ac83fc83bf and the c0236dce61 city wall c820550944 that was 88df06e01d directly connected 8305cfe9ce to it. The emperor 520e246b3d died suddenly, 82672a3d1c Asha retreated 0a4a173cdd to Pervaz 77565009ce like a ec6fa44bb2 dog chasing c9d13e5c5f a chicken, 773a2fa84e and Carlyle, 5b20c6e273 who was 8fd232bdf1 seriously injured, 3e5a8f0878 was lying 614b179db5 unconscious in bdabcb8f19 Pervaz. At that 03cd588e67 time, it 2cc54cbfdd seemed that c2d31622c6 everything was 5757bc397e heading towards 0465394495 despair. “But this 8d763f28ca day has 983d750ca9 finally come.” 993ee90fb6 Asha, who 556a7011bd declared war 98d8e5921b on the 828f17eb80 Empress and 0860f09980 advanced from be34baca07 the North 91cf1d493c Gate of ed16461481 Zyro to 42688cb488 the front 87f3b8d9b3 of the 664f30a99e Imperial Palace eeb0611ba6 with the f3348eaa62 Knights of 2e5aad4870 the nobles 8d72b47043 who supported a840bcf9c8 her, looked 44a606f0e7 at the c7dca559dd entrance of b40f967069 the huge 4c8248c3de Imperial Palace cbe3ec43f1 with a 64b093c205 face full 0a78b67bdf of regret. Of course, the 9b6c19543c Imperial Knights and 8fdc4ec668 even the Holy a2b026bffb Knights were defending de279b73c1 the castle. “It’s hard to even 474cf9c510 see my mother’s face.” 18a476648e The second knight commander 774b43e629 greeted Asha with a 76d48be3ec calm voice. “The only bloodline of 64226699ca the Empress Dowager is d421823ea7 His Majesty Emperor Matthias! How could efec2ea734 a traitor 0c190d9f03 like you db7f50edc3 insult the bcfe7abeec Empress Dowager!” 3ee53d4d2b “It’s nice bd8c6fce8c to hear 73a6054dfd that. I always found her 8e5fae8ddf disgusting to call me 1dd6dd359f my daughter, my daughter.” 10df097a8d Carlyle approached Asha, who 24368db58a was smiling. “Your Highness , 109dbb12a6 he is not bc03ca4e8f worth your time. Conserve your energy here.” 28b5a6681b “Ah, are you the 3503d49464 male prostitute I’ve only ce72ae4ad7 heard of? You’re always 061584288f by her 31fd41c022 side, aren’t d05245d302 you? If I had be435f65c5 known that she f87ad6de70 was such a 8594d74a13 promiscuous princess, I 504cc1545c would have abolished 4ad51cf996 the title of a2b87901b9 Crown Princess a 55d45f147d long time ago!” 126b72b89c Carlyle’s eyes widened 492b727ae0 at the knight ec634d9ce3 commander’s sarcastic remarks. “Are these e2dae8d3cd guys so 3da496e20e boring that 02f17f8093 they keep 5653def4b6 writing novels 3e7a455541 among themselves? Okay, let’s see if 8f22830d62 you can die at 09cef653ad the hands of that 9ca8369036 male prostitute!” Without even afb241170c giving Carlyle a chance 3849a6311d to speak, he charged 0d7a4da5be towards the knight commander. The knight commander, either d08a14a59a overconfident in his own dae87203a9 abilities or not having c1452452c0 heard the story of 6dc50c0ea1 Pervaz’s reaper yet, confidently f48b0166c5 ran out to meet e2ff46920b him. “I, I……!” “Leave him 04c8dd3a2e alone. I told you to 240185c1b2 let off some steam.” 87a5c30b9d Asha didn’t care and ed2bfd8e70 let him go, even 4570839097 though the knights were 512cc0f185 worried about Carlyle. And not 24d8b5c286 long after 6c375fdf66 a few db129f4fa8 exchanges, the 322212a005 knight commander’s 89d975fad7 sword flew ea53526fba through the 918cb84359 air with 5e66999cbc a loud 2dc3882a6c clang. “Ugh, this, this can’t d7d7846a2e be! How can this……!” 28d5730c86 “Think about it 2120040e7b slowly after you’re 9ff6d273f3 done.” “Wait!” The 37512de54c knight commander belatedly f9ee43c364 regretted and waved a499ed17bf his hand, but 4ae88b2863 Carlyle had no 95f40ee348 qualms about cutting 2710e84a69 him down, who 27e903a686 didn’t even use a2bcd5605e honorifics with Asha. After Carlyle cut ffb9e0cc4d down the second 8029aaa327 knight commander, a fc795a63a6 brief melee ensued, 1d2586ec68 but the morale 0e27915549 of the knights, 609a753693 who had lost c763dd1d7b their leader, had 9a2323935e already fallen to 48bdd6361a the ground. The coalition knights, 7c6cf96e1b in a destructive 483402f361 force, stormed into f176808f6a the city with d0043335b9 Asha and Carlyle 9ad9044fef at the lead. * * 1480eca0b0 * Gabriel bf56164a10 tried to 1b1b824ebe use the 48bf8a41e7 same black 3b74b0c689 magic trick 2cecb8477b he used 33b020e8de on Ferbaz, c5bcb1c7c0 but Asha 4d8776ae3c and Carlyle 357e8da2c8 didn’t fall 28d0e65c55 for the 187378d368 same attack 3eeda01ab5 twice. “Don’t let c02f7649b0 him get 54bd9e9d9c away… absolutely 2fccc61c79 not!” Especially 7f1f5f2f29 Carlyle and 166ba2bad1 the Pervaz 5a2e1f9f5b warriors, who 9a1f2aba7d had lost db13a66042 many comrades 332ab97342 to that 3fd92a6dd1 technique, were 1d3c316605 filled with fc5dad3405 rage. Moreover, unlike the battle c81e061bda they had fought in 0b93d74ec5 the city, this time d9e7acd7f9 they were outdoors, which ad64409160 gave them some freedom de97024422 of movement. The swords 2196c9d5a8 and axes 847aad343c of the 43e019c87e Pervaz warriors 0db71bcd4c mercilessly cut 26c16f2eee down the 986e9fbf5e savages and a3d0bf6f9f demons, burning c6273a54fc with revenge. And Asha, who felt 91123d8bb6 Carlyle’s anger and sadness, d75784a8ba clenched her teeth and ce69b241a5 shouted. “Come out 93662a7cb1 now, Gabriel!” 6f7a4b087d * * ba9e82ebfa * Gabriel c1c38f422f had prepared 3239eef20a the last 1427f1e437 trap. His target was eee29c9e70 Carlyle. Carlyle, who had been bf65f74f9b chasing the illusion of 2973987f6e the barbarians, was sucked c876bca8fc into the magic circle 0d298133da drawn on the floor 2c125ca389 and belatedly realized that 901bd0a728 it was a trap. “Ugh, what’s 7a2dc3abe4 wrong with 0fb5cdd6cf this place… a33b5589a8 …” As fd852ee1db Carlyle groaned 6e0f7f8d1d on the 3cfaccefb0 floor, Gabriel e5a1861a4c approached like 5f7d2a58c2 a ghost 0f555ff352 in the bc8921f34c dark and a60c92d493 gloomy space. “Those with only 0fcf222a03 muscles tend to 4437242059 be less intelligent. Like you.” 58daebd8e2 “Aha, you’ve 3662298156 finally shown 2ace943c90 yourself. Follower of evil.” be71d2336f “I am the 9e6937f897 servant of God. Black magic 6c02abd170 is just af7b984f4e a tool.” fe83b5143b “The very 78e7f24fa6 fact that 3edb4d2d8f you have 0484bd6920 touched black 8b7435535b magic means 981e46661c that you 766316d93f have already 96bce4d7c6 abandoned God, 76727b7dde you fool. Who are you 5c551978a0 calling unintelligent?” Carlyle b66a526d5c tried to stand 9694724e18 up, but his 7cdac35763 body was not 9e3b094dde moving properly due b455f014a5 to the shock 3ade46ac45 of passing through b0002d8d13 the magic circle. And Gabriel 6bee064e18 seemed to 71ea67f057 know that, 022b8edf84 and kicked e4db96765f Carlyle in 0e6701feb9 the head. Puck, with bc5a6bd7dc the sound, 25ee10c148 Carlyle’s head eb82ad6ce1 turned and a5a7144a81 blood spattered. “You insolent fool. You must f1d5732803 be the c2213fe07d one to 1023467fb4 get rid c32a64fd7d of Her ca266ad0f5 Highness Asha d8fed79e48 and allow d743295237 God to d0f4def786 come to 45c74a979e this country.” 04e2ffffe6 “What… are 60f03d07d7 you talking 5e83fdcb18 about?” “I 9c13a44cdb will fill 24c90fc459 your body f4bcbc8217 with black 77b83a76e4 magic. With your beastly 3a81fe5a28 appearance, you will d52bb6f1fe look like the 283d6f38da incarnation of Karakash 85b40e8a67 to others.” Gabriel’s 0be098f46d eyes twinkled strangely. “You will 41fb4089c9 be able 208f3316aa to think d911504262 of nothing 8f8714923c but killing d3492f456c Her Highness f6f4b18ee0 Asha. You will probably be 9c55755712 able to kill her 2df4a47e12 easily. Her Highness 44a7fc2075 Asha, unfortunately… 47b8a78753 seems to 9dbc31b17a care for ce685cea68 someone like 19ab016b86 you quite b3ac84fe1e a bit.” b40102ac4e “You crazy b7426d3b37 bastard…” “And 9f1c748a35 I will f857462789 kill you fa751a090f myself as 4e85cf7082 you rampage. That is the only deafc67e83 way for a wretch 89820cc838 like you to serve b2886addae God.” Carlyle gritted his 1c6874e63f teeth. Being corrupted by black 8da81c3de0 magic and attacking Asha 36b37e01fc was something so terrible d16af4ca98 that he would rather 67aee1d396 die. “God will never forgive 67d0e620ad you. I’ve never seen 92eddc4c9c anyone who goes e3735de7f2 against God’s word 49ae027256 as much as 31d6c27bdc you!” As Carlyle 5a614572d6 felt his senses 2a85f05af9 slowly returning, Gabriel’s ec030586a1 face filled with e555e7dffd anger. “If you f6578bc03b keep talking, e819f45399 my ears ae4c362c5c will rot. Now, become f84f0fa51e a sacrifice b98bd5f31f for God.” 2f29a9098e The moment fe12c4840c Gabriel’s fingertips 2ed2d70451 pointed at d02f9913df Carlyle. Puck! With a thud, 15bbd84be9 Gabriel fell backwards. “You little bastard! How dare 0423c656c4 you threaten 72d29b2999 my husband?” 5876952c9c It was 782834e093 Asha. And she was beating 83aeecb28e Gabriel with her bare a16c34f59f hands, furious. Gabriel, who barely managed 621b09bd83 to use magic to ccba65db64 push Asha away, spat cda533ba36 out the blood in 8efcae71f2 his mouth and stepped 4a38273516 back. “How on earth d4758a43c2 did you know 7d655cdd9c about this place?” f77922b333 “God sent me.” a10e36b142 “That’s ridiculous.” “Well, 9ee554734b it seems God f48c7ecc2b doesn’t think so.” 3047ef1c73 Asha raised her cda1c7c8e1 sword and poured 286ba93b20 her divine power bf91e919cf into it. Gabriel’s eyes widened in ce3a9ae671 surprise as he realized 43ca233d90 that she possessed divine 379f7881e7 power. “No way… b9a83c0037 divine power…?” 8e8cf89eb8 “Do you 6266506b31 understand now ac607ecae0 what I 16a5916be2 mean when f7680b5f40 I say 16610d1800 I was 960a0e5307 sent by aacdb402dc God?” “Lies!” 5ca0100cfd Asha had 2ede5229f5 everything Gabriel 5f7f45a40a had ever 7b28b6fffe wanted in 61e213da0f his life. He had c32d3928b3 even developed a09e68b921 feelings for 21f793b30c her, but d95108b857 his jealousy 5be02c72cc and envy d970b9d557 of Asha c5391ad80c as the 8704389171 “only chosen 00d08cb38f human” got 708d86e0d1 the better bf7617a1a3 of him. “Die!” “Where!” Asha and 0e526d890e Gabriel’s powers clashed, sparking 994a3afbf3 sparks. As they fought 7cce8e7bf5 back and forth, 6c78ecd585 Carlyle, who had 10cdce5631 recovered somewhat, quickly 696dcc3f5f sprinkled holy water 4f2a5fb271 on the black 9660d09448 magic circle. “You wretch, how dare 7fde5d410c you!” Gabriel’s anger was 4d9c6cd089 directed at Carlyle. However, Gabriel’s attack ad5dac9714 did not work df7dc95dac properly, perhaps because 79f88bf0d8 of the black 7fd5f7f3ef magic circle weakened 60e68ddd18 by the holy 601a5f54de water. Asha lashed 3cb08ee7bf out at e5d3b00f23 Gabriel. Almost out of her edfae2577b mind at the thought 55ad6803f9 of losing Carlyle, she 4d9d9b5f01 swung her fists wildly a6e19cf1b7 until Carlyle grabbed her 0f7441307d wrist and brought her 7d55724595 to her senses. “It would be ed7a4fac97 inconvenient if you 2f7f339677 killed him, Your b245e0a965 Highness.” “Carlyle… Carlyle, d156d3d65e are you okay?” 4ecaab8526 “The remnants of 45ef241ffb a spell cast fa699f9ec0 by such a f03fc43ac4 twig cannot kill ddb3c619fa the Lord of 20fad7d588 Pervaz.” Carlyle’s face, 970875defa covered in dried 897413c488 blood, was not 2b8cea5777 very handsome, but 67574476fc Asha hugged him 4ceac05c5b tightly and then 6a71b496c4 wrapped her hands bb736ac646 around his face 8ad0dc88b2 and looked at 42d25ee82f him. “Are you okay? Let me 3f07418a20 see.” “This 8ae41f0d15 is not 762bdbe2f8 important right 7e69e65073 now.” “It 0fe027e78e is important! It’s important to me!” 4a1cd04e04 At that cry, which a138f71aad seemed to be filled 3e8be539f9 with tears, Carlyle could 18149e4ffa not help but smile b0a1f628b8 and put his hand e4fce2322d on top of Asha’s. “I don’t 3df754fc62 know what 639e067658 to do 8980aea0b7 with myself 9f6ce623b9 when the 1cbcd92821 one who 2d51b5fd1d will be 846347edda the empress 75b6b80b1e is worried 567e360390 about me.” 07a9a98920 His bleeding 553796f732 lips pressed 83abf2549e against Asha’s be5056d8d2 palm, leaving d5204a4dc0 a faint d4e2d040e6 warmth. “To be honest, I af24cb7a83 would like to keep 23f8ce8ced doing this, but the 2e182774f4 magic circle is not c2046a6032 completely gone yet.” Asha, 694b7eda66 feeling her ears turn 3a333a49d6 red as she felt d27fb42e86 Carlyle’s lips, noticed that 244c08cd47 the black magic circle 250470d25d on the altar that 0b1c97e0d6 Carlyle was leaning against 36c57d00f5 was still spinning. Asha slowly stood ccf6002dc8 up and placed c479fd737f her hand on 00073000da the altar. “It’s ironic, isn’t it? I used a748e6d6eb to be e17c0c38de annoyed by f0d3d8a511 the fact b7647cd42b that I a22cc357ab had divine de9d6e02f0 power, but c2ee7dec6e now I’m e3759606c1 reciting the dc8ca88913 ‘Magic Removal’ 6016c2c037 spell and 3df408e079 using it 9ed4e2fc41 on you, 2835b133eb and even 9fcb6f4da5 practicing it fadada9190 in the 84d4e162aa field… In f5759cc925 the end, 1254095cbd is it 1710529a96 all God’s f38824807b will?” “Your dece12d778 Highness…? What are you 2e396f26a1 trying to do?” 5dcdcd3236 “If I collapse, 41c29160b6 kill Gabriel without 6508d7ac3f mercy. There is 0ba6ad1a33 no other 26b33938a2 way.” Leaving 65184ab2d9 those vague c70d9104c1 and anxious f38bad7358 words behind, 567421da65 Asha pressed 2ef7eb59e3 her palm b773266f87 against the 8b4b9d0f24 altar and 8d12348e87 slowly poured cc30777360 her divine ef6b4869fc power into 72cb656735 it. ‘Ashtart Hatara, Room Biona 508947ddb5 Sherba…….’ She kept reciting d28c8a7255 the magic removal spell 401758e3ca that she had been 142f4ac104 forced to memorize because 2073ac1bd8 of her great-grandfather’s insistence. And when the 6e75cebcc3 black magic circle, 18dc9bea8e which had been 4c5d147399 gradually fading, finally ee6d075b59 disappeared in a 4071a7ea0e wisp of smoke, 9316a6ba98 she felt a dc8c2a03fe satisfying sense of 0fd4e06cfe exhaustion and slid 59fed68952 down to the 48c1c80c1d floor. “Your Highness!” 805abda89e The same fda886efc1 eyes full 2cfd7b60d5 of worry 14466e2ff8 that she d3792b5dd1 had seen d8f1cab149 Carlyle looking 099fea8aab at her ce710c2274 were now af7fae6dea looking at 2ec9993366 her. “I’m really… lucky.” “Are cb681a986c you saying that in d174c9fd71 this situation?” “Yeah. I really 3b80f34703 feel that e56d96969b way.” Asha’s 2f1545c40a lips curved 78c562b538 into a ba0f455081 pleasant smile, d317cefddc and Carlyle 85d4fde579 finally smiled b135d5b210 with relief. “But… how 3bd92ba2a6 did you 10d6433240 find me? Even I don’t 1919c72237 know where this e3f8028d35 is.” At those efabde8fe1 words, Asha’s expression 580e5e1657 hardened for a 0e03575a5b moment. She stared e80ea8eb9c into Carlyle’s 65293421e3 brilliant golden b81a8d4e54 eyes for a9263c5575 a long 1dd3afab71 time before 84c78e3a1d slowly raising 2cf20b96d9 her hand 04c9a69c9c and gently 9076f365cc touching the 662d01da30 base of bd328d16ad his collarbone. “This necklace… You 9d46273d06 didn’t throw it 46a28831df away.” “Ah…!” Only c46de05cb6 then did Carlyle f2d5ff0d21 realize that he 13465cd49e was wearing the e0382e0105 tracking stone necklace e51921564b that revealed his 0001e4496e location. “I regretted it. It was Sir 4234206f9f Raphelt who brought c6ef643a29 it, but after 6c4044b2ba all, I was ed97a3fe48 the one who 69b1fe43fe put it around aeefeeb4d4 your neck.” Asha 77d7aed0e2 could not refuse 54b4315b3f Giles’ suggestion to 60ea184d78 put a location 10b945f504 tracking stone on 08cef62dd6 Carlyle in case 75b3849aab he betrayed her. In truth, 8b1635b7e0 she was 80ad8624d9 afraid that 28af0a543b he would 447ff44182 one day f9522d0ae5 leave her 7e88e216fb side. She was 3a81a49e83 scared of b26bae0b8d that, so b235e59bed she put 6d438c1d54 it on cd1073bc8b him. “Thank you 79ef8d087f for keeping 0f2e81d7f4 it.” At d2a72c5a85 that, Carlyle e9ab3db0d8 smiled wryly. “I should be the 37a70e44bd one thanking you, since 823108c699 it saved my life.” 8a42e9e6b4 Asha pulled Carlyle into 20ab4d191c a hug and kissed 85901039be him lightly on the c11f8ac23d cheek. “No, I’m the one 4bc8ed8009 who should be grateful. You’ll never f384caae05 know how ec1d6cc0b8 I feel.” 918546cbcc In the 4185f89717 middle of 1690c944c7 the gloomy bee4477dba black magic 1c8f3c57c0 circle room, 609663b00a the love 2578034661 between the c870cc57d5 two deepened 34c81de211 a little c111ecd4cc more.33d3fc6851483f84