Future Knight

Chapter 149

Looking at her, Kang Chan drove the nail in.

“I’m leaving this place now. The choice is yours.”

“But… why so suddenly…?”

“There’s a woman waiting for me there.”

“…”

Edelene was momentarily speechless.

In fact, she had been a little hopeful.

She had thought he might ask her to run away with him.

But once again, her heart was mercilessly trampled on.

Along with Kang Chan’s words about the woman waiting for him.

“And there’s nothing to gain from staying here any longer.”

Kang Chan was no fool.

He knew well that if he continued to stay here, he would inevitably get caught up in their power struggle.

For someone with no desire or attachment to power, it was something he absolutely did not want.

Moreover, he missed Platina terribly, whom he had temporarily forgotten about due to Zikyon’s death.

Seeing Edelene, who had become a mother, made him think of the word family.

Currently, the only ones he could call family were his master Elradian and Platina.

‘I’ve been too neglectful of her. I hope nothing has happened during this time.’

Worried, Kang Chan wanted to see her as soon as possible, and he asked Edelene one last time.

“Are you coming or not?”

“I will go.”

Kang Chan felt a strong determination in Edelene’s eyes and headed to the Red Mars ship with her to depart for the Raksha continent.

Edelene, who stopped by her room to pack her belongings one last time, gathered up a few large clothes and jewelry.

Jewels would be useless where she was going, but she had no way of knowing that, and she believed they were the only things that could protect her and her child.

So she diligently packed anything valuable.

As she was busily gathering jewelry, a sturdy young man appeared behind her.

“Princess!”

“Ah!”

As if a thief was startled, she was surprised while packing her belongings.

“This, this voice, Jaizen?”

When Edelene quickly turned her head, there stood Jaizen, who had turned pitch black.

“I have returned, Princess.”

“Jaizen!”

It was Jaizen whom she hadn’t seen in four years.

He had changed so much that he was unrecognizable.

The young lord who had lived on the battlefield for four years was no longer the frail young man of the past.

He had returned as a man full of rugged masculinity.

His appearance made Edelene’s heart pound unknowingly, but she suppressed her feelings and treated him as she did in the past.

“What are you doing now?”

“Oh, it’s nothing. I was just organizing…”

“Organizing? The way you organize is unique as always, Princess.”

“By the way, why have you only appeared now, a month after the war ended? Do you know how worried I was?”

“It is an honor for my family that you worried about me, Princess. I was a bit late as I was dealing with the remnants of the Green Elves scattered across various places. Has everything been well with you?”

As soon as Jaizen finished speaking, Edelene ran into his chest and burst into tears.

“Waaaaaaaah! Waaaah!”

“P-Princess?”

Jaizen, who was caught off guard, turned beet red and looked extremely embarrassed.

Because of the so lovable her crying in his arms.

He really wanted to hold her tightly. But as a knight, he couldn’t do such a thing to a royal.

The love between a royal guard and a royal was absolutely forbidden by royal decree.

“Why are you crying? Did something happen?”

“…”

As Edelene could not speak and only sobbed, Jaizen felt his mouth go dry.

He had ears, and he knew well what she had been through in the past three years.

When he heard the news that she had become Benziller’s plaything, Jaizen felt as if the sky had collapsed.

He couldn’t remember how many nights he couldn’t sleep due to the rage.

Even thinking about it now made his blood boil.

“Princess…”

“Waaaaah, sob sob.”
Future Knight Chapter 149

Edelene, who had cried her heart out in front of him, wiped her tears and spoke.

“I’m leaving the imperial palace today.”

“What? Why are you suddenly leaving the palace?”

“I have my reasons.”

“What reasons?”

“I have a child…”

“What!?”

Jaizen felt as if he had been struck on the head with a hammer.

What could be more miserable and sad for a man than hearing from the woman he loved that she was carrying another man’s child?

“You’re leaving the royal family because of the child? Then, does that mean, that child is…”

Edelene nodded her head quietly.

Jaizen could hardly believe that she was pregnant with an alien’s child.

However, looking at Edelene’s actions now, it was definitely not a lie.

“Do you really have to give birth to it?”

“I must.”

“Then where will you go?”

“I’ve decided to follow Kang Chan to the Raksha continent.”

“Follow Kang Chan?”

“Yes.”

Jaizen reacted sensitively to the name Kang Chan. He was Edelene’s first love, after all.

“Did he say he would take responsibility for you?”

“No. I heard there’s a woman waiting for him. How could I, not even alone, wish for him? I’m just going there for the safety of my child.”

Hearing Edelene’s words, Jaizen no longer hesitated.

If he could be with her, he could abandon the wealth and honor he enjoyed here without any regrets.

“Then I will go with you!”

“What, what did you say?”

“I can’t send you alone to a remote place like the Raksha continent when you’re not even alone. Please allow me to serve you as your guard knight to the end!”

“Ja, Jaizen, don’t do this!”

Edelene tried to stop Jaizen. He was a promising knight.

He was a genius swordsman who had become a royal guard at the youngest age, and during the war, he had achieved numerous merits alongside Duke Sachsen, who had risen to the top power in the empire.

The idea that such a person would abandon all of that and follow her to the Raksha continent was absurd.

However, Jaizen was no longer the child he used to be.

He was ready to dedicate his life to the woman he loved.

“I’ll carry the luggage.”

“You can’t do this! Please, Jaizen!”

“I’ll go with you.”

“I’m not a princess anymore! There’s no need for you to go to such lengths!”

“If I can’t go, neither can you!”

“What?”

“Didn’t you hear me? If you don’t take me, I won’t let you go!”

“How dare you command me! Who are you to tell me what to do!”

“Because I love you!”

“…!”

At Jaizen’s unexpected confession, Edelene’s angry expression turned to one of surprise in an instant.

“What did you just say?”

“I said I want to go with you because I love you.”

“You, you love me?”

Jaizen’s face turned as red as a ripe persimmon.

He had never imagined confessing like this. But it was rather fortunate. Without this situation, it would have been a love buried in his heart forever.

“Since when did you love me?”

“Since the first time we met….”

It had been seven years since Edelene and Jaizen met.

During that time, Edelene had never once thought of Jaizen as a man.

But Jaizen was different. He had kept Edelene in his heart for seven years.

He just hadn’t had the chance to express his feelings, and he himself had forgotten them, but he still loved Edelene.

He had fallen in love with Edelene at first sight during their first meeting.

That day, he couldn’t take his eyes off Edelene. She was the spitting image of the princess in the fairy tales he had cherished.

However, unlike her cute appearance, she had a vicious personality and had put him through all sorts of hardships.

She had hidden his sword, the symbol of a knight, in front of the emperor, leaving him in an embarrassing situation. She had deliberately made him eat awful food in front of her. She often blamed her mistakes on him and threw unreasonable tantrums. Her misdeeds were so numerous that it would take all night to recount them.

But he had never once truly resented her.

Because he loved her.

Edelene couldn’t look him straight in the eyes.

It was because all the countless misdeeds she had committed against him in the past started to come back to her one by one.

“You always made things difficult for me, but I can still love you despite that. So, if it’s hard for you, lean on me, Princess.”

As Edelene watched Jaizen, who was carrying her bag and walking ahead with his now-imposing shoulders, she felt an inexplicable emotion.

Seeing him as a man instead of just a friend.

At the entrance of the Red Mars ship, Duke Sachsen was waiting for Kang Chan.

He had hurried over upon hearing that Kang Chan was heading to the Red Mars ship.

“Are you leaving?”

“Yes, I’ve been indebted to you during this time.”

“It’s we who are indebted to you. Where are you going?”

“I’m planning to go to the Raksha continent.”

“What are you going to do in a place where there’s no one anymore?”

After the war ended, the Dragons had expelled all the Allied Forces from the Raksha continent. It was originally the land of the Dragons. However, there was one exception.

Kang Chan was specially granted access.

This was a gesture of respect from the former Lord of the Dragon clan to his friend.

Kang Chan had decided to spend the rest of his life peacefully on the Raksha continent with Platina.

“I’m going because there’s no one there. I want to cut ties with this complicated world and quietly spend the rest of my life with the one I love.”

“Do you really have to go?”

“Yes.”

“Then there’s no choice…”

Although Duke Sachsen was very regretful that Kang Chan was leaving, he also felt a sense of relief. A powerful rival who could challenge him was cutting ties with the world.

“Think of this as your homeland and return anytime you wish. The entire nation will welcome you.”

“Thank you for your words.”

As Kang Chan and Duke Sachsen exchanged these conventional and clichéd pleasantries, Edelene and Jaizen appeared, and Duke Sachsen asked Edelene in a puzzled tone.

“What brings you here, Princess Edelene?”

“Ah!”

Edelene, like a child caught doing something wrong, was momentarily speechless, and Duke Sachsen, who had watched her grow up, looked at her with suspicious eyes.

Under his piercing gaze, Edelene couldn’t move a muscle.

The notorious tomboy Edelene couldn’t utter a word in front of Duke Sachsen.

“Well, I…”

Kang Chan cut off Edelene’s obviously struggling words.

“I decided to show her the Raksha continent on the Red Mars ship.”

“Is that so? You’re personally taking our princess on such a trip? You two must be quite close.”

“We are old friends.”

“Ah! Is that so? Then please take good care of our princess.”

With the appearance of a couple going on a honeymoon, Duke Sachsen’s unease was evident.

If Kang Chan were to marry Edelene, he would gain both legitimacy and justification.

Edelene was the rightful heir to the Visman Empire’s throne, and Kang Chan, though an outsider, was the true hero who saved the continent and an Absolute Ruler.

However, his worries were baseless.

Kang Chan had no intention of marrying Edelene, nor did he plan to return to the Visman Empire.

“Supreme Commander, I will accompany the princess.”

“Oh! Jaizen! You’re more than qualified to serve the princess. Please ensure her safe return.”

“Yes, Supreme Commander.”

“Then I shall take my leave.”

“I have detained you for too long. I look forward to seeing you again.”

“Yes, I will visit again.”

As Kang Chan boarded the Red Mars ship with Edelene and Jaizen and took off, the citizens of Bellaren, who were busily working, paused and waved enthusiastically for the Red Mars ship.

The Red Mars ship was like a guardian deity that had brought peace back to them.

The Red Mars ship then flew to the Elves’ Forest.

Before departing for Raksha, they needed to meet Arteon and the master.