Part 7
When I arrived at the waiting room of the audience hall, no one had arrived yet.
When I sit down on the chair, Luxion warns me about the matter from earlier.
[You should not have signed such an ambiguous contract. Well, it’s unlikely that those four would have signed a contract that would have caused disasters later.]
The reason he did not intervene, despite his reluctance, was probably because he trusts the four of them.
“If it’s going to be a problem, just throw it to Creare.”
[Could it be —— You were planning to break the agreement from the beginning?]
It seems that Luxion has realized my true intentions.
I feel sorry for them and make my excuses to Luxion.
“The odds of me making it back alive are slim, right? I’m sorry to be so deceitful, but I didn’t want to offend anyone by saying I might die out there.”
There is no guarantee that I will return back alive.
But I didn’t want to create the atmosphere of a lifetime goodbye at that place.
[Is that why you signed the contract so easily?]
“I didn’t want to cause them anxiety there.”
I’m sorry to the four of them, but if I don’t make it back —— then I’ll let them call me a liar.
If I have Luxion prepare some money for later and hand it over to them before I leave, will they forgive me?
Just as the conversation ends, Ange bursts into the waiting room.
“Leon!”
“Ange”
When I got up from my seat, I saw Ange standing there, wearing what looked like a red-dyed wedding dress.
Her hair is set and her makeup is done.
Her eyes were moist as she looked at me.
She jumps into my chest with a face that looks like she’s about to cry, and she presses her forehead against me just like that.
“I thought you would never come back. I was scared that I would never see you again.”
“Sorry.”
“Over and over again, you play with my heart. You’re really the worst man.”
“You can throw me away.”
When I said that, Ange looked up.
She had tears in her eyes and a big smile on her face.
“I won’t throw you away even if you don’t like it. So——don’t throw me away.”
Ange’s words bring tears to my eyes.
I didn’t want to see her crying face, so I hugged Ange.
I didn’t answer anything, but it seems that my feelings were conveyed to Ange.
Ange continues to inform me of the current situation.
“I have gathered all the forces possible for your sake. Nobles and knights from all over the country, as well as military personnel, have come to the audience chamber. ——They are waiting for your words.”
“I’m sure they’ll complain.”
“I wonder? But I’ve gone quite reckless to bring them all together. It’s going to be heavy burden for Leon. Now is not too late.”
I don’t feel good about wasting Ange’s efforts by refusing to do so now.
Besides, I’m out of options.
It doesn’t matter how much burden it is.
—— If I make it back alive, I’ll carry the whole burden, even if I have to whine about it.
“I don’t mind.”
“Are you sure? Because, you——”
I felt like I could shoulder any hardship now.
Because Ange —— she made such a move for this kind of me.
“It’s okay. Thank you, Ange. Thank you so much.”
“If you want to be thankful, tell Livia and Noel as well. Those two are the ones who got the Fanose family and the Republic moving.”
“I’ll definitely tell them.”
While we were still hugging each other, there was a knock on the door.
Ange moves away from me.
“It’s time. Go for it, Leon.”
I turned my back to Ange so that she wouldn’t see my crying face, and acted funny to make it look normal.
“I’m not good at being in front of large crowds, and I’m not good at making speeches because I’m not a good talker —— Don’t laugh at me if I fail.”
“If that’s the way you’re going, it looks like no problem.”
Ange was giggling.
Luxion, who is next to me, starts saying unnecessary things.
[Shall I prepare the manuscript?]
“——It bothers me, but I’ll stop this time.”
[Why?]
“At least, I want to convey it in my own words.”
I wanted to face the people who will fight with me from now on in my own way.
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