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Chapter 32

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\n\n\nchapter 32 . The Lamentation of the One Who Became a Knight.\n

\ntn:Eunie\n

pf/edit: Para\n

there's still 2 1/2 pages of unedited stuff. It's all my fault oTL\n

*This chapter should be completely edited now - Para 05/02/21\n

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Edited/Proofread by Para\n

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Since he turned thirteen, it had been a year since he started working in the field. At this point, he slowly started thinking that things might not be so bad anymore if, just like this, he became a farmer.\n

Even his Dad, who had been quite persistent about the matter, started saying, “If that’s really the path that you want to take, then I won’t stop you.”\n

He even started telling himself that there was no need for him to become a knight like his Dad, since being one was nothing but crap, and it’s nothing but an embarrassment for a knight to protect that selfish princess as the next Queen of the country. Defending that kind of person was nothing but a waste of tax money, and by the end of it all, you would just die as some soldier. \n

Even though I cursed my Dad like that, he just clenched his fist and didn’t even bother to strike me. \n

Dad had already given up.\n

I had also given up.\n

But in reality, I knew that I was nothing but a scummy person.\n

Even though I kept on moaning about how I want to become a knight, I never bothered to speak up. I never tried to put in the effort, and I never tried to do something about it.\n

I’m sure for Dad, I’m nothing but a good-for-nothing piece of trash. \n

Sometimes I even think that maybe it wouldn’t be so bad if I were to die just like this.\n

Every time such things crossed my mind, I would hear a small whisper coming from the corner of my heart, “Since you plan on dying anyway, you might as well do it after becoming a knight.” Every time that happened, I would pierce my hoe through the soil to erase such thoughts from my head.\n

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“Hurry up!! Hurry and rescue the Captain!!”\n

“We don’t have much time!! Hurry up and save the Captain and the new recruits!!”\n

A string of horses, with resounding boisterous hooves, galloped by. And the loud voices of people who were passing by in front of the field echoed. \n

I got curious, so I subconsciously looked up to see what the fuss was all about, and then I saw that it was the Knight's Order. \n

My heart ached every time I saw their uniforms. There were quite a lot of knights on their horses passing by, and from time to time, I could hear them say, “The Captain,” and, “As reinforcement.”\n

“My Dad is…?”\n

Back then, I wasn't aware at the time that what would happen next would serve as a huge turning point in my life\n

… …\n

Inside the war room of the Knights Order:\n

Long ago, when I was still a kid, Dad and Clark used to bring me here for some observational field trips. I couldn’t help but remember my Dad’s triumphant-like expression when he told me that one day I will also work here.\n

When I told the gatekeeper that I'm the Captain's son, he let me in with a conflicted expression on his face.\n

How nostalgic.\n

I still couldn’t believe that I came here of my own volition since I thought it would be impossible for me to be able to come here once again. But after hearing what those knights said, I just couldn’t get it out of my head. I even made up some lie to Mom so that I could leave, then I should really return as soon as I confirm what’s going on.\n

All sorts of thoughts filled my head when, suddenly, the door to the war room opened up. \n

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The room was bustling, and they didn’t even notice me enter since everyone inside was rooted in their respective spots while intently watching the video screen.\n

And when I looked over at what the other knights were so keenly looking at, what I saw on the screen was my father.\n

“It’s too bad, but this is it for me. I’ll leave the rest to you, Clark. Their attacks from the cliff will soon stop, and there are already some enemies who have climbed down. But until the end, as a Knight, I….”\n

“What...the hell…”\n

I couldn’t help but unconsciously say.\n

Dad, my old man, is... why...\n

‘This is it for me?’ ‘Until the end?’...He said these words, but I didn’t understand what the hell he was saying.\n

The knights were ready to drag me out, but Clark stopped them, and with unsteady steps, I headed towards the screen, as if to confirm whether everything was real or an illusion.\n

“You…!! Why are you there?”\n

Dad from the screen looked unusually surprised, but right now, that didn’t matter since Dad’s words from before were just way too unbelievable.\n

I briefly told him how the knights were frantic as they passed by the field, and no matter how much I yelled and asked him what the hell’s up with the situation he’s in and to stop messing around, Dad didn’t say a word.\n

No, no. Why does Dad have to die in a place like that?\n

“Stand up, shitty Dad!! Hurry back home!! Seek her forgiveness and apologize to Mom a thousand times!!”\n

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Dad finally said something after I said that.\n

“I’m sorry… but that’s impossible. As a knight, I will die here today. I...at least wanted to train you once again.”\n

“Who’d want that!! I told you before that it’s impossible for me, and I’ll never become one!!”\n

I desperately shouted\n

It seemed like it was Dad’s dying wish. So I desperately shouted as if to deny the thought of it...\n

I won’t become a knight. I don’t even need to train. Just as long as you’re here... \n

I cast my eyes down as I desperately try to look away from the reality in front of me.\n

No, I don’t want Dad to die.\n

“I...see...it’s your life. Just like I’ve said before, I have no plans of forcing you to take the path of a knight nor oppose you in doing what you want to do. It’s just that….as your father...I wanted you to see a knight's way of life where you risk everything for it.”\n

Dad’s voice sounded so heartbroken when he said that. It seemed sadder compared to his words before. Hearing his lonely-sounding voice felt too much for me, so I shut my mouth as I continued to look down, and then suddenly, I heard a voice that didn’t belong to Dad. \n

“It looks like you're finally running low on bullets? Sure took you guys some time!!”\n

When I looked up, the voice seemed to belong to those bastards who attacked Dad. Those hoodlum-looking men started surrounding Dad, and it was that moment when Clark one-sidedly cut-off the communication.\n

“Oi, Clark!! What are you…”\n

Clark cut me off and coldly answered, “We do need intel about our enemies. But there’s no need for us to hand them even a crumb of ours.”\n

You’re kidding me, right? Clark is Dad’s best friend, and they’ve been friends for a long time...but despite all that...How can you stay and act calmly like that?!\n

While thinking of it like that, I silently glared at Clark as my fists, that I was clenching tightly, trembled as blood oozed from them.\n

Why…\n

Then those hoodlums started laughing at Dad.\n

They kept on saying how foolish he was for getting his foot stuck.\n

They kept on making fun of my Dad, who's the Captain of the Knights. But Dad acted as if it didn’t bother him one bit as he faced the enemies.\n

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“From here on lies the place where the future knights of our country are. Until the reinforcements arrive, I won’t let anyone lay a hand on them.”\n

You shouldn’t be saying that during a time like this, right?\n

You can’t run or move, right?\n

Why are you acting as if you are not bothered by any of it!!\n

“That’s why, keep on watching, my son. As a knight, as your father’s...last way of life!!”\n

He said as he wielded his sword. \n

It was the first time since I was born that I was able to see the back of my Dad as he fought.\n

I always wanted to stand by his side and fight together with him.\n

But what the hell am I doing right now?\n

In a place like this, I'm unable to do anything but watch. \n

Dad faced a lot of enemies. At one point, they even started ganging up on him and were able to immediately corner him. They all directed their swords and guns at him, and you could really feel their strong killing intent towards my Dad.\n

My Dad will be killed.\n

Before I knew it, I was already shouting, “Stop messing around, shitty Dad!! I won’t forgive you if you die!! You f*cking hoodlums, don’t you dare hurt him!! I’ll f*cking kill you all!! Stop! Stop, stop, stop, stop, stoooooop!!”\n

I, myself, didn’t even understand what I had been saying since all I could do was to just stupidly scream my lungs out. It even felt like I was about to go crazy.\n

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I haven’t said anything to him yet.\n

My true feelings, I haven't been able to say any of them at all. \n

I thought I was despaired upon, a disappointment, a hopeless person that had already been abandoned...and yet at the very last moment, Dad said he’s been watching me. \n

No, I don’t want to be someone who can only watch. I want to fight alongside him as a knight, but I haven’t told him any of that.\n

All I can do is just dazedly watch as Dad is about to be killed by them.\n

\n\n\nI wonder if this is all just a nightmare. I wonder if the dream I had this morning was just like this...somehow, it felt like the two were overlapping right now.\n

All I could do was feel this strong urge to kill my powerless self. \n

*BANG*\n

The abrupt gunshot that resounded from the screen pulled me back to reality.\n

My Dad’s foot was shot.\n

Upon seeing him brought down on his knees, I heard one of those scoundrels say, "Guns are working." \n

My hand subconsciously tried to reach out to him as I yelled, but my hand phased through him, my entire body falling through the video from the battlefield. \n

(Eunie: Screen must be the graphic kind? 3D? Virtual?)\n

(Para: I'm assuming it's some kind of holographic screen since I think they also mentioned that it was an ability related thing?)\n

I can’t reach him…\n

Not even with these hands of mine...I, there’s nothing, nothing, nothing, nothing that I can..!!\n

“Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!”\n

I screamed as I slammed my fist on the ground.\n

When I looked back, I saw a lot of people who were wearing the knight’s uniform that I always admired, just standing there.”\n

“Someone go...and save my old man!! Isn’t he your Captain?! Unlike me, aren’t you guys special?...you guys are knights, right? So go save him!! Why, just why...even though there are a lot of knights here, why won’t anyone go and save him...even just one…." \n

Dad had always been special.\n

Unlike the trash that I am, he’s a person with the best special ability and capabilities to become a knight. He is one of the chosen ones.\n

And yet, why is someone like me still alive?\n

How come, my Dad, who’s been chosen, is getting killed by those thugs?\n

“Why don’t you save him!! There’s a lot of knights here, and yet...why isn’t a single one of you trying to save him...why won’t you save my Dad?!”\n

Someone, someone, please save him.\n

I don’t mind if you use me as a replacement or something.\n

I haven't said anything to him yet.\n

I haven’t given back anything to him.\n

If it’s something that I can do, then I’ll do whatever it is. So please, just save him.\n

My precious family!!\n

But not one of them made a move. \n

Just like me, all they could do was watch my Dad through the screen.\n

The so-called knights that I wanted to become a part of so bad couldn’t even save a single person. \n

My vision suddenly turned black. \n

I felt the strength of my body getting drained as it slowly ceased to move the way I wanted it to. \n

There’s...no one...who can do anything…\n

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“It will be alright.”\n

*PAT* (Eunie: what’s the onomatopoeia of someone suddenly pats or strikes? Your shoulder?-o-)\n

(Para: hell if I know, I think pat is fine, though. I definitely did not pat my shoulder a couple of times to see if I could figure it out. owo) \n

I suddenly felt a pat on my shoulder, and then I raised my head to see the person who did it. But because of how out of place their clothes were, I started wondering if I was seeing another illusion.\n

That person had long, crimson-coloured hair that fluttered along with her, and she was just a little girl who was even smaller than me. \n

“I won’t allow a single one of my people to suffer and wallow in despair.”\n

She took out a sword that didn’t suit her stature, and then right in front of me, she cut open her extravagant dress.\n

What’s happening? Is this another illusion I’m seeing? I just don’t understand it anymore. All I knew was that out of all the knights present here at this moment, it was only this little girl who dared to say anything at this point.\n

“Send me to the battlefield!!”\n

With a sword in one hand, her gallant figure at that moment looked just like the image of a knight that I always admired.\n

Her figure seemed to overlap with Dad’s.\n

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