Chapter 26.1

The Great King Lucis was obsessed  with a human woman, the Vessel of the Goddess.

Lucis’ obsession troubled Yule Gilbert-sama’s father, and it tormented Aria, Ria’s sister and Yule’s wife.

The Fire Spirits said that a king inherits power and memory. I only heard snippets, but it was not difficult for me to come to a conclusion. I guessed it meant that the desire for the Vessel of the Goddess will not fade from their memories forever.

“So you mean to say… that Yule-sama was confused by the memory of Lucis-sama and could not love your sister, Aria-sama?”

“I don’t know much about men and women, but I do know that Yule took my sister forcibly. The werewolf tribe was against it. Lucis was in terrible shape, and we didn’t trust Yule. We tried to take her and run away. But she insisted on staying with Yule.”

“So you are saying that Aria made the choice.”

“We were foolish to respect her feelings.”

Ria looked out the window once.

From the window you can see the green trees growing thick. Pretty White Flowers were blooming here and there..

“What happened to Aria-sama, ……?”

I wondered a bit whether I should ask or not, but if the root of Ria’s purpose of keeping me hostage is about his sister, then I should ask.

In the castle, I never heard that name.

Yule is said to be asleep, but I did not see Aria.

“Death for us, the long-lived, is annihilation, Lydith-san.” Ria said in a cold voice.

“It means to disappear.”

“Astaroth was the judiciary, I took care of security. The other, Chuzel, was in charge of administration. The King’s aide, I guess you could say. Yule met my sister because she came to check on me. I was at the Castle until she disappeared.”

“So you were well aware of Aria’s situation?”

“Yule was cold to her, it seemed so, she must have been in a lot of pain. After giving birth to Gilbert, she gave all her magical powers to him as a baby and threw herself with her empty body from the top of the highest spire of the castle.”

I see. ……

That would mean that Aria had disappeared.

And Yule fell asleep. I wondered if it was because he was sad because Aria had disappeared.

He loved Aria, but his heart was after the Vessel of the Goddess.

I can only imagine how painful it must be to be in a situation where you have two opposing personalities.

As a ruler, I can’t praise the two of them for their actions and I can’t blame them for what has been done.

I am sure they couldn’t help it.

The situation would have been different if there had been a perfect beautiful girl like me by his side who could have given competent and accurate advice, but there are not beautiful girls like me who have been given a thing or two by the heavens everywhere.

In fact, it must have been very painful for Ria, who was watching the situation up close.

“So did Ria-sama leave the Castle?”

“The werewolf tribe blamed me for Aria’s disappearance. At that time, there were still a number of my kindred besides me, and they were all furious that Aria had been treated unfairly. We’re very kindred spirits, which is both a good thing and a bad thing. Probably there was also a lot of frustration about having to live in hiding for so long after the Great War.”

“So you had a confrontation with the king.”

“It was not a simple confrontation. In the end, there were no other members of my family left. Well, it is natural. When a king is lost, no matter what kind of king it was, we are doomed to disappear. And Gilbert has inherited Master Heinzolde’s power because of that”

Heinzolde-sama must have been such a powerful man.That is exactly what the mythology was about. The only myths in my country were about the goddess Elvisa and her sisters, but perhaps there were many myths that had been lost because of the Great War.

“We lost. Yule didn’t want to fight, but I didn’t think from the beginning that we could win against Astaroth and Chuzel, who were defending the king”.

“Only Ria-sama remained.”

“I was asked to survive as the king of the werewolf tribe. I lost my sister, I lost my people, and I have no particular reason to live like this, but it’s a promise.”

“… Aria-sama was an important person.”

My brother is important to me too. For example, I would be very angry if my brother was treated unfairly wherever he went and would take the appropriate actions and do whatever it takes to improve his situation, or if there is no improvement, I would quickly take him back to the duke’s family home. I can’t imagine such a situation because my brother is capable of taking care of himself, but at least I can understand a little about how Ria and his family felt. Although I don’t admire Aria’s behavior. If she were alive, we would have to spend an hour or so discussing “A Queen’s mindset”.

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