CH 434

C434: My Enemy / Farma

I’ll post on more chapter tomorrow since I couldn’t post yesterday.

My aunt told me about my mother’s alleged death, which my father had kept from me. It was a story that made me want to cover my ears.

Mom had been invited to a ladies-only party, so my father was not there.

She didn’t think the relationship between aristocrats was very good, so she wasn’t too keen on it, but it seemed that she had no choice but to attend because the aristocrats’ association with each other would affect her husband’s work.

But an incident happened at that party. In the middle of the excitement of the party, my mother collapsed.

Despite all attempts to rescue her, she did not return home. According to the doctor, it was a sudden seizure, but it was unthinkable that she would suddenly collapse, even though she had no preexisting medical conditions and was in good health.

My father thought so, too, and gathered a lot of information behind the scenes.

The doctor who took care of my mother came from a family with long-standing ties to Marquis Deer and some of the servants and cooks at the aristocratic family’s house where the party was held that had been involved in the death of my mother were later found to have died in a suspicious manner.

Her father, aunt and even many of the nobles who were opposed to Marquis Deer Grafful were convinced that mother had been poisoned by him. So all along they were investigating to get proof of that.

“A few days before Mr. Belfast died, he informed me that he was very close to getting to the bottom of Sister Ibelma’s death, and then that happened…….”

My aunt’s words make me imagine even scarier things. Could it be that father was about to get the evidence and that’s why he was killed, if so, it would be very frightening.

“Auntie had connections to some of the higher-ups in the county, don’t you know where Marquis Deer Grafful is right now?”

“Farma, I don’t think you……”

My  aunt looks worried, as if she has realized my intentions.

“I still can’t forgive Marquis Deer Grafful! I can’t believe he killed my father and maybe even my mother ……Auntie, please! Find out where he is!”

“I can’t forgive him either but what if something happens to you, my niece…..?”

“Don’t worry, I’m strong now. I won’t lose!”

“The magicraft out there? No matter how many magicrafts you can control, you’re the only one. How are you going to defeat Marquis Deer Grafful, who has an army?”

Yes, I am alone now. Not only the Iron Knights, but also Yuta and Nanami are gone. Even so I still want to avenge my father and mother.

“Auntie, please! I can fight alone!”

“I can’t let you go alone. What aunt wouldn’t be worried about her niece?”

Perhaps it wasn’t a question of numbers, but in an attempt to make an argument, I retorted,

“I have friends too! I may be alone right now, but I have a lot of strong, trustworthy friends!”

“Then rely on your friends. I will do my best to help you once I know you are not alone.”

With that being said, I made the decision to contact my companions. However, even if I could contact them, the invasion of the Elysian Empire is about to begin at any moment. I am worried about whether they will be able to reach me in time.

It is quite a distance from the Amurian Union, where the Iron Knights are located, to here. There is no way they can fly here like Garuda II, so it will take a lot of time.

When I thought of friends who could fly over, Yuta’s face was the first that came to mind. However, Yuta is in the Kingdom of Lubel, which is even farther away than the Amurian Union. It was not a distance that even Arleo-2’s flying ability could cover in a flash.

But I had an unfounded thought that……Yuta would be able to do something about it so I called Yuta instead of Fugaku.

“Yu……Yuta……help me.”

I spoke so without hesitation even though he might not be on Arleo-2.

“Farma?!Where are you?”

“I’m in Ludawan…….”

Yuta then responded in a way I had never imagined.

“Me too, I’m in Ludawan. I thought Farma was near the residence of Marquis Deer Grafful!”

Yuta’s words surprised me, and relieved me from the bottom of my heart. And I don’t know why, but I bursted into tears.