76 – Revenge (8)

The fight between Yuna and Syria continued through the evening and all night.

It was a natural result for the two people who were so crazy to begin with, losing Ben, who had barely helped them get their lives back.

“No words… It doesn’t make sense… “Ben, was Ben alive?”

“only you… If it weren’t for you If it weren’t for the disgusting ceramides, this wouldn’t have happened… This kind of thing… ”

The two were sprawled out on the floor with each other’s hair torn out and big and small wounds all over their faces.

Yuuna could not escape the shock, and Syria was unable to accept reality.

The pain that had lasted for ten years was becoming more painful, and I could not bear it with my sanity.

“then… Then bring it… ”

“… ?”

“Bring him!!”

Pugh-

Syria screamed, hitting Yuuna’s chest.

“Beryl… If it was really Ben… “If it was Ben, bring him!!”

“Didn’t you hear me? Ben betrayed us. “He hid his identity and became a knight with the intention of killing us all from the beginning!”

“so!”

Syria continued to hit Yuna.

Her fists didn’t have much strength. I just moved my hands reflexively.

“so… So what should I do… I can’t do without Beryl anymore… I can’t do it without Ben… !!”

Syria, whose strength was gradually weakening, collapsed on Yuuna and began to shed tears.

She sobbed as she grabbed Yuna’s clothes so hard that she felt like she was going to rip them off.

Yuna was unable to say anything as she looked at her with empty eyes.

“I didn’t even get to say my last goodbye… That day, I just went to the next kingdom on my father’s orders… however… ”

A terrible memory that I didn’t want to bring up. No, it’s a memory and reality that I still can’t accept.

Syria, which had only heard the news of Ben’s death and the destruction of Regius without knowing why, was still unable to accept that Ben had died.

No, it was frozen in time.

Syria could neither accept nor face that reality.

All I could do was spend the distorted time meeting Ben in a drug-addled fantasy, as if Ben would return someday. Because she wasn’t ready to live in reality.

Because she couldn’t accept the fact that Ben wasn’t around. It was because of my self-defense that I couldn’t lose him without even knowing why.

“nothing… I didn’t know anything… Ben just suddenly died… Regius was destroyed, the family sold the kingdom… I didn’t know anything… I am… I am… … ”

Some praised ceramide, but many more pointed fingers at it.

Historic betrayal. He really completely deceived and sold out the Regius Dynasty.

It was something that was not worthy of being called a noble, and it was a heart so scary that it made you stick your tongue out.

A nobleman who sold out his master. The worst traitor in history.

Ceramide was the protagonist who led Helia into a new era, but she was also a traitor who would go down in history.

Syria, which lost Ben, also had to face such criticism without even knowing why.

Although he knew nothing, he was branded as having killed his most precious friend, and had to fully accept the voices criticizing him.

Did he really kill Ben? Criticism from people continues to pour in.

It was something I couldn’t bear with my sanity.

He was the one who betrayed and killed Ben.

“I’m not saying that… Ben… Ben… I never wanted to kill you, and I never betrayed you… I’m not saying… I don’t know anything… “

He had to ignore the fact that he was a traitor. Otherwise, my mind would be broken.

So I fell into drugs even more. I forgot reality and lived in a fantasy.

But even so, reality was still tormenting him terribly.

Even if he escaped reality for a while, the stigma of being a traitor always remained with him.

“I am… That’s not true… I just liked Ben… … finally… I want to say hello… No, I didn’t want to lose Ben… “

I couldn’t accept reality because I just wanted to see him again.

Because I could not accept the fact that he was dead, I had been ignoring reality.

Still, it hurt so much. The stigma attached to him and the criticism from the world did not disappear.

“… … “

Yuuna looked down at Syria, who was lying face down and crying, with empty eyes.

Actually, I knew it. The fact that Syria couldn’t have known about the betrayal.

Maybe I just needed someone to blame. It was Ceramide who led the betrayal, and Syria also had Ceramide’s last name.

I had to resent it. Only by blaming someone could I live without killing myself.

Perhaps that was also a defense mechanism to protect himself.

The sight of Ben burning to death, that feeling of guilt.

Young Yuna could not bear that cruel reality.

Therefore, I had to pass on those terrible feelings to someone else. I had to protect myself by blaming others.

I blamed Ceramide for planning this. That’s why, even though they knew that Syria was innocent, they cursed her and fought with her.

He blamed Helia for swallowing up Regius. Therefore, he resented his blood relatives and royal family, and decided to defeat them all and become king. Whatever it was, I had to blame them.

It didn’t matter who it was. I expressed my overflowing resentment to anyone.

People who got on their nerves were killed and punished.

Only then could I stop blaming myself. Only then could he escape the guilt that he had killed Ben.

Yuna was too much of a coward to turn that cruel arrow on herself. That is why the arrows were fired indiscriminately.

“I want you to bring me…” Greetings too… I couldn’t even say my last goodbye… ”

It reminds me of my childhood.

Ben and Syria. The days when the three of us were happy together.

It was such a beautiful time that I still miss it so much. It was clear that Syria was still living in that time.

But the reality was different.

Our relationship was so twisted, Ben had already betrayed them, just like Helia did back then. And I was resenting it deep in my bones.

We can’t go back to that time or that happy relationship. I knew there wasn’t one.

“like this… If it ends like this, I… If they end it like this even after knowing that Ben is alive… If I send Ben away without being able to do anything like that day… ”

However, that didn’t mean it could stop.

I couldn’t just watch Ben burn to death helplessly like I did that day.

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I couldn’t let that time go without even trying to keep it.

I had to protect it. I had to get up. She was no longer the little princess who knew nothing that day.

No matter how much he resented himself or how terrible he thought of Helya, none of that mattered anymore.

The only thing that mattered was that if I stayed still like this, the day would repeat itself.

I couldn’t go through that kind of pain again.

I had to struggle

“… Yu… me… ?”

Yuna stood up.

Although Yuuna’s head was spinning because she couldn’t eat anything for several days, she persevered and began to move her feet.

“Well, Your Highness… ?”

The staff guarding outside the barracks are surprised to see Yuuna.

She looked like a crazy woman because of the fight against Syria.

However, the look in his eyes was different from before.

Tap-tap-tap-

Yuna headed to the battlefield without saying anything.

I still couldn’t use magic. Nevertheless, he headed to the battlefield.

Because that was all she could do now.

The sun was rising.

***

Yuuna sat somewhere on a ridge and looked down at the battlefield.

The battle was about to begin again.

The knights who were worried about her were watching her nearby.

“What are you thinking?” ”

“under… therefore… “Your Highness, otherwise there is no answer.”

She just sat there blankly for hours from dawn.

I wasn’t attacking the enemy or doing any scouting, I was just sitting there.

The war was going very unfavorably for Helia. It was a situation where Yuna could really lose if she didn’t do something.

The ministers just stamped their feet and looked at her. The imperial army would soon begin the battle.

“Ben… ”

Whiiing-

Yuna muttered his name as she looked at the imperial army’s garrison.

Still no magic came out. The circuit had hardened.

It was because of the medicine Ben gave him. I didn’t know what type of drug it was or how long the effect would last.

However, now it felt like the circuit would be frozen for the rest of my life unless something was done.

I couldn’t even think of mana circulation.

Dung- Dung-

How much time has passed?

The enemy begins to advance and the battle begins.

Ben did not appear on the battlefield. However, it was clear that the enemy army was stationed somewhere.

“Keuuu… “

As a test, I try to return mana to the hardened circuit.

The pain comes as if the entire circuit is torn. It seemed like I could break through something blocking the circuit, but if I did that, it seemed like the entire circuit would be torn and I would never be able to use magic.

‘If I win this war, will I be able to see you again then? ‘

Yuna thought.

It wasn’t a worry. I just pictured Ben again the last time I saw him.

I couldn’t remember very well. It was the first time I had seen Ben in a long time, and although he was a completely grown-up Ben, I couldn’t remember him well.

Grumbling-

A single tear flows down Yuna’s cheek.

Yuna’s face was still frozen, and her eyes were empty.

pop-

Enemy attacks become more intense.

Clearly, if things continued like this, Helia’s defeat was certain.

Yuna stood up. The scattered hair blows in the wind.

It wasn’t because I was afraid of losing the war.

I just woke up because I felt like if the war ended like this, if everything really ended, I would never see Ben again.

Not because winning or losing the war is important, but because he is important. So it happened.

Plop-plop-plop-

“Ugh… !”

Circulate mana by forcibly breaking through the hardened circuit.

The pain felt as if someone was forcefully inserting a fingernail into a blood vessel and tearing it open.

Nevertheless, Yuna did not stop turning her mana.

It would be more painful not to be able to see him again than the pain of not being able to use magic again.

Because it was a pain I had already experienced once.

“Quaaa… !”

Focus delicately on each and every mana circuit that passes through your entire body.

It opens the way for all circuits to circulate in one direction and loosens the hardened circuit as if tearing it apart.

Although impurities still remain in the circuit, mana begins to circulate.

Shhh-

The winds in the atmosphere gather in one place.

It was Yuna’s magic.

The more you raise your mana, the more severe the pain becomes. Nevertheless, Yuna did not stop.

Shuuk-

Finally, the wind condenses into one point and rushes towards the battlefield.

The magic that fell in the middle of the enemy camp expanded and tore apart enemies on all sides.

“ha… Ugh… !”

It was a terrible pain. It really felt like if I used magic like this a few more times, the circuit would be broken.

Still, I couldn’t stop.

Oooh-!

The Allied forces, noticing Yuuna’s return, cheer.

The morale of the Allied Forces rises instantly and the aspect of the battlefield begins to change.

As Yuuna’s magic collapsed the enemy camp several more times, the imperial army began to gradually fall back.

“Huh… Sigh… !”

However, Ben was still not caught in Yuuna’s field of vision.

Yuna felt the full pain of all her circuits being torn, and repeated this until he appeared.

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