Published at 21st of November 2020 06:13:10 PM
Chapter 66: 66
Today, Adrian had trouble falling asleep . As Evelyn felt the autumn wind blowing from the window, she embraced Adrian and tried to calm him down .
The child instinctively felt the anxiety of the person who was carrying him, as did Adrian .
“Will you know my heart when you grow up well someday?”
“Uh… . . Evelyn!” Adrian had a clear pronunciation now .
“You can’t call me that now . ” Evelyn had a serious look on her face, but Adrian burst into laughter . It was odd to see him smiling so innocent with a tall, fabian-like nose and clear features . But as far as Evelyn understood, Fabian would never have been like this .
Far away, outside the window, she could see a hawk figure in the sun’s rays . After a while, until now, she still hadn’t received a reply from Fabian . The back of the hawk, sitting in the sunshine was now quite big compared to before .
“Like! Hawk…Hawk!” Adrian waved his hand and showed his interest outside the window .
“Are you really excited about that?”
Whenever this happened, Evelyn couldn’t help but realize that the Empire’s blood was flowing to Adrian .
“Like, Hawk, It’s wonderful! And Me is a mess!”
“Adrian, don’t say that …”
Somehow, Evelyn was upset about how many times she saw him and how many times she remembered Fabian . Adrian called Fabian “Me” the whole time after they met last time . And that man also gave him the black hawk that was enough to capture Adrian’s heart at once .
Still, it much better than knowing Fabian’s real title . Evelyn hoped Adrian wouldn’t think about his birth in the future .
“Me! Me, there!”
Adrian shook his arm, looking out of the window . When Evelyn, who was puzzled, looked out, she saw a very strange man in the garden . At first glance, that man had a sturdy build looked like Fabian in Adrian’s eyes .
“No, Adrian . ” Evelyn hugged the child and watched the man carefully . Strange as it was, his white armour appeared identical to the Paladin she had met earlier . He stood in the garden undressed, revealing his defenceless back . Evelyn felt odd as she looked at him .
“What is he doing there alone?”
His presence didn’t blend into the garden landscape . There was a lumpy and peculiar feeling when he was standing there . His life was like something unhuman, not just in the garden, but also in the air around him .
Whether Evelyn’s eyes had been mistaken or it was just a coincidence, David suddenly turned around . Evelyn quickly hid behind the window as soon as she saw his violet eyes . It was her instinct .
“That’s ridiculous . Did he see me?”
Was she too careful? But it was obvious that they made eye contact a while ago .
Evelyn’s heart skipped a beat . From the beginning, she had some resistance to that guy .
“Nora, take Adrian with you . ”
Evelyn hurried over Adrian . A moment later, when Evelyn calmed her heart and looked out the window again, she could still see David standing in the same spot . He fixed his eyes in one place, facing Evelyn’s window .
‘As expected, he’s looking at me . ’
A cool air surrounded Evelyn . She felt strange for the first time . It didn’t occur to her that she should run away or avoid him . Instead, Evelyn wanted to identify him with her own eyes .
Evelyn, who was fascinated with her intuition, walked quickly to the garden . It was a long time later, but David was still there .
“You are the Pope’s Knight, aren’t you?”
David nodded at Evelyn’s bold question . His emotionless face, coming to her mind, was as straight as a plaster statue .
“Long time no see . ” David’s words made her little puzzled . It was the first time for Evelyn to see him this close, and there was nothing, in particular, to call it a meeting . However, he wasn’t wrong at all because he had stayed in one place .
“You’ve been looking at my bedroom window for a while, is that a mistake?”
“Mistake?” His purple eyes stared at Evelyn .
“Because I feel that way… . ”
But David mysteriously blurted out a grave argument, “Humans can’t erase their feeling, so my answer isn’t important . ”
“Then I’ll change the question . Did you keep looking up at the window in my room?”
“Yes . ”
Evelyn frowned a little at David’s reply .
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“This is not the Vatican, but the Felice Kingdom . Even though you’re a knight, you don’t have the right to go in and out of the palace garden and take a peek into my bedroom . ”
“My name is David . ” His calm attitude had gotten stronger since earlier . But that was different from being arrogant .
“It’s something that I didn’t ask . ”
“If we answer what other people want to know first, we won’t make it difficult for them to ask questions . ”
“This isn’t a chapel,” said Evelyn .
“To be exact, I looked at the little prince, not the Princess . My reason must be related to your secret . ”
Evelyn didn’t reveal her emotions on her face . The only useful moments to put into practice what she learned from her Imperial life . But this time, her opponent was too strong .
“Don’t worry . I’ve never told anybody . I don’t want to disclose the secret anymore . No, I just want to say that your decision to keep it secret was really wise . ”
“I don’t understand what you’re talking about . ” Evelyn stared at David with an unshakeable expression . Her heart had been sunk a while earlier, but if she showed her agitation here, it was like confessing her secret .
Most importantly, Evelyn didn’t know how he found out .
“That would be great . ” David suddenly raised his hand and pointed to the hawk at a distance . “The owner of that hawk must be someone I know . ”
As a Paladin, he already went over the limit .
“It’s none of your business . ” Evelyn changed her tone coldly . Then David grinned and laughed . Somehow it was a lonely smile, “That’s what I said to you before . You haven’t changed . ” David’s violet eyes first reminded her of some emotion, but Evelyn couldn’t read it .
“Before?”
“It’s not an important story . ” David shook his head, and his hair fluttered in the wind . The peculiar scent from him dishevelled Evelyn’s complicated mind, which seemed almost to come to mind .
“It’s a story that you’ll forget anyway . ”
One step, he came close to her .
“But one thing you need to remember . ”
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Evelyn blinked her eyes . Somehow she couldn’t speak .
“Who was your only hope when you withered in misery and despair? And who was cold to you?”
At that moment, Fabian’s face came her mind .
“Don’t pity him . Don’t try to build a relationship again with a woman’s heart and personal feelings . ”
“You……” Evelyn, who barely opened her mouth, looked at David with her shaking eyes . And now she was sure that she had seen those purple eyes before .
“Who are you? We’re not……”
“Evelyn, a pitiful woman . ”
David’s words stabbed her heart . As if he had poked up her old wounds .
“My power was incomplete, so an existence that wasn’t supposed to exist was born . ”
“What?”
“You know that well . That none of your two children could have been born into this world . So didn’t you despair?”
“No, it’s a nightmare . ” Evelyn shook her head, vigorously . Her two children who had left in vain existed only in her nightmares . In reality, Adrian looked at Evelyn with lovely eyes .
“Yes, it’s a cruel nightmare . ”
Evelyn didn’t know since when her dream started . Maybe she was dreaming before seeing David in the garden . Or was everything just a dream since she decided to divorce?
“You’re afraid this will also become a dream and disappear, aren’t you?” David seemed to have read Evelyn’s mind, and he retorted an unknown word . “The side effects of time magic are not meant to kill the child immediately . ”
“But what about your fate’s enemy who wants you back?
Her hatred and sorrow for Fabian had subsided over the years . His changing attitude and the sympathy she felt for him while raising Adrian also played a big part . Maybe Fabian was just a man who hadn’t learned how to love and understands that it needed sincerity in a couple’s relationship .
“How…How do you know that?”
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David looked at Evelyn with mixed feelings . She would soon forget about him anyway since he was a forgetful role for everyone . The time guardian of this world was a lonely fate that must not remain in anyone’s memory .
“Because before, I’ve heard your desperate request,” David answered calmly, knowing that it was useless .
“Then, you know when I was dead once, and I went back, and that’s what you did?”
David nodded, “It wasn’t a nightmare . They were real ones . ”
And that time, Evelyn didn’t know . What tragedy Fabian had brought to this continent after she died . That, the real nightmare began after she died .
Fabian, who had lost his feeling since the death of his beloved wife, struggling to fill his empty heart with a massacre .
“No, it can’t be that way . My child is alive . ” Evelyn’s blue eyes were filled with confusion .
“Your wish now is that child . ” David smiled a little sad . He couldn’t believe how much Evelyn loved a child who didn’t exist in life .
“Now, my power is not complete yet . So I need your strong wish . ”
In the past, Evelyn had only wished to put an end to this despair . She wished to turn her relationship with Fabian to nothing and to erase the pain of losing everything she loved .
“I’m sorry . If I have full power now, I could have really turned all your connection to nothing . ”
David’s magic had already weakened since he first met Evelyn . That’s why the outcome couldn’t possibly be perfect since he already used the forbidden time magic . Besides, there were no two chances .
“Evelyn, you didn’t need to be sick like your previous life . But it’s all for the balance . ”
The reason why his unperfect magic could have power was that Evelyn’s pain and despair were so deep .
“Maybe even now, you still love him . ”
David didn’t understand human’s feelings well, but like flowing water, he learned a few things in exchange for Evelyn’s pain . The magic wasn’t perfect either, but it happened to her maybe because Evelyn herself refused to erase Fabian from her heart .
“But you have to throw it away . You must lose one thing . ”
Looking into the blue eyes, Evelyn still had only one wish .