Published at 18th of October 2021 10:53:55 AM

Allen looked at him with a frown.

He couldnt understand why Simon was so edgy1towards him.

Simon smiled and leaned back relaxedly.

On the inside, his heart had long torn into thousands, no hundreds of thousands, of shreds and his nervousness grew with every passing second, but he didnt show any outward signs of his inner emotional state. His golden eyes looked unwaveringly at the opponent like an arrogant king. The way those golden eyes shone in the gloomy, dreary darkness were both grotesque and beautiful.

But the funny thing was, as time went by, the other side looked more nervous than he was.The two were so anxious and impatient that they could not hide their nervousness.Especially that black-haired man who introduced himself as Allen.

He looked very sweet. If I touch her, she will break. If she falls, she will get hurt. His eyes were practically saying that as he held her hand like he was holding something very precious. They were a good-looking couple.

It was definitely this guy.

The man with black hair.

The same man who held Kalias hand affectionately.

Who the hell are you? If you had been acquainted with Kalia before, then I didnt know.

Simon stared at Allens hand, squinting his eyes and clenching his fist.

A chill lingered in his narrowed eyes.

With a single word, he could have removed that hand. No, he didnt even need an incantation. If Simon was determined to do so, he could have made that hand disappear as if it had never existed.In fact, apart from thathand, he could just make the whole person disappear from this place without leaving a trace. The desire to do so was burning like crazy, but Simon struggled to hold it in.If it was a person involved or related to Kalia, he couldnt kill them.2

After all

It was a horrible assumption3, but if he was the one she loved, Simon couldnt do anything to him now.

Am I afraid that Kalia will be sad?

Simon scoffed at himself.

It wasnt like that.

Its because theres no need to kill him in this situation where its too obvious that he is the one who killed this guy.If there was really a situation where it was really necessary to get rid of him, he would be eliminated neatly and thoroughly without anyone being able to connect it to Simon.In a way that the disappearance of his existence from Kalias life would occur very naturally

But everything is still unclear, so Simon suppressed his boiling jealousy with desperate patience.The Kalia he knew wasnt one who easily fell in love. Even if she was in love, she was not one to abandon the Crown Prince or her position and run away. So there must be a reason for Kalia to leave for this far place and be with this man.

Yeah There must be another reason.

It was then.

Humming, who had been silently immersed in her thoughts, opened her mouth. I have something I want to ask you.

Hummings voice was trembling, but the fear in her eyes faded as she looked at him.

Simon replied in a relaxed voice, Ask away.

Biting hard on her parched lips, Humming cleared her throat to stabilize her trembling voice. I heard that Miss wrote you a letter saying that she would definitely go back to you. Then. Why would you be searching so hard for Miss?4

Simon gave Humming a look as if he were wondering why she was asking him that.But this was a very important question to Humming.

Continuing Hummings trip down memory lane from a little while ago, her desire for vengeance at that time was dissipated due to the death of the lord and the downfall of his family.What was left instead was the stunning back of a certain common knight she had seen then. That image was branded into her mind. She was not swayed by an arrogant noble, and her firmness and her confidence that remained unfazed by the gossip that demeaned and tried to undermine her. Her sense of righteousness that saved the people who were robbed and extorted. Even her strength of being able to easily bear the hatred, resentment, jealousy and anger directed at her.. It all fascinated Humming.

That day, Humming packed up all her returned possessions, went up to the Capital and immediately put in an application for admission to the Military Academy.

Humming was only 15 years old at the time. Truthfully, that age was already a bit late to start at the Academy, but it didnt matter. After all, there was nowhere for Humming to retreat to.Rather, because she had lost her family and all her hope once already, she needed something to hang on to.

Fortunately for her, military academies were more tolerant of ones social class than magical or administrative academies.This allowed Humming to gain admission to the academy relatively easily.

As a result of her hard work over three years, she was always able to maintain top scores in her grade with the exception of her first year.Thanks to that, she was qualified to apply to be a knights squire and one day, a miracle came to Humming.

Congratulations on your appointment as the squire of General Kalia.

Each year, only the top 10 students are given the right to be chosen as squires through a lottery lucky draw. Right before that, she was only able to get a lottery ticket because the student in the rank above her quit the academy.

Oh my god.

Humming bawled all night that day. She didnt know why but that day, she cried for the first time in three years.

Perhaps her draw that day was fate. (To prevent squire candidates from flocking to a specific knight, the selection of squires was done by drawing lots).5

She believed her family was helping her from the heavens. Recalling her forgotten mother, father and two older brothers, she cried her eyes out that night and went to greet Kalia for the first time the next day with raw eyes.6

Yes, the plague may be attributed to a cruel fate.But it was the lord and his son who drove her family to death and robbed Humming of all hope and happiness.It was definitely Kalia who saved Humming that day. So, to Humming, Kalia was her saving grace.

If she hadnt passed by there that day, no, if she had ignored the horrors of what was happening, Humming would have fallen into even greater misery and depravity. She was sure she would have had to continue cleaning the castle of the nobleman who killed her family just to survive.

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