Became the Escort Knight That the Princesses Were Obsessed With - Chapter 321



321. The Fox and the Crow 2

I looked back at her, wondering if I had misheard.

Lin Canary, lying alone, with her body turned towards the window.

He is clearly the strongest knight in the empire after me.

Her back looked very pitiful in the pouring moonlight.

No, to be exact, it looked dangerous.

As if it were collapsing on its own.

“Actually, I’ve never slept properly in my entire life.”

Lin’s hollow voice filled the dark bedroom.

The cold was knocking on my ears.

“Whenever I dream, I’m always on the Southern Front. And in a pool of blood.”

Now, his voice had become dull and there was no life in it.

“I also memorized the number of hands rising above the crimson water. There were 12.”

I always have the same dream.

It is clear that there is trauma from killing enemies.

“If you look closely, you can tell which of them were my colleagues. They are all hands that I personally taught.”

I approached her, who was muttering to herself.

Actually, I know the answer to this symptom.

However, it seemed that I would need to get permission from Lin to do it as is.

“Lin. Can I ask permission for a moment?”

“leave…?”

“Oh, I’ll help you fall asleep.”

The woman’s black hair shone softly.

She thought about something for a moment, then answered quietly.

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“If only I could just fall asleep… … .”

With permission, I put my legs up on her bed.

It felt as warm and comfortable as a royal bed.

‘How I wish I could fall asleep.’

All the furniture in the house was simple, but the bed was very luxurious.

So I ended up lying down next to Lin, who had turned around.

“… … !”

Could it be because it was the first time in my life that I was lying in the same bed as a man?

Before I came, the woman who had been second only to the Emperor shrugged her shoulders for a moment.

“What, what is it… … ?”

I didn’t show any reaction to her bewildered question.

I just clasped my hands behind my head and stared at the ceiling.

“What? You always have nightmares about war.”

Without even turning his head towards Lin, he just counted the number of ceiling tiles.

“Back then, we always slept in pairs with our comrades.”

“Are you trying to recreate that moment?”

The knight burst into laughter at my ridiculous remark.

“Yeah. If we turn our backs to each other, we can sleep well.”

“Yeah, I did that too.”

Lin’s voice seemed a little more relaxed.

Even in a bloody battlefield, some memories with your comrades remain.

Standing back to back with me seemed to bring back some of the good memories from back then.

“You survived the battlefield alone?”

“huh.”

The black knight pulled the blanket up a little.

“Everyone must have said that it was a place where they could survive even on their own.”

“that’s right.”

She was the type of person who always gave short answers.

However, Lin soon stopped giving even that short answer.

“Things like that. I don’t think they’ll be of much comfort.”

Because I continued speaking as if I had glimpsed into his own mind.

“I’ve been through something similar.”

Of course, this is a story from a previous life.

However, since it was something that actually happened, there was no way he wouldn’t know Rin’s feelings.

“Comrades who had undergone rigorous training together with me. Now I get to see them dying with my own eyes.”

I stared at Lin’s forehead.

“No matter how strong a knight is, it’s not easy to endure that situation. And even if you endure it, it’s not the end.”

“that’s right.”

Finally she opened her mouth again.

“If I had trained a little harder and become stronger, wouldn’t I have been able to protect at least one person… … ?”

“Those regrets come crashing down like waves.”

He added calmly to Lin’s words.

Then, she didn’t say anything for a while.

“How… … How can you know so much?”

He asked me loudly, with a trembling voice.

“Because I was on the front lines too.”

He calmly responded to the black knight’s words.

But, at that moment.

“No, that’s a lie…!!”

Lin turned his body with the speed of a sword master.

And then, he stared at me with his one empty eye that seemed to pierce me.

“I already know everything about you, Veil.”

During the time he was under Prince Leo’s command.

She was the one who had already investigated my identity.

“You saved five wounded comrades on the battlefield and defended the front line with as few casualties as possible.”

Moonlight gathered in Lin’s beautiful eyes.

“I wasn’t as capable as you. Everyone was wiped out. And I survived like this alone.”

The man here shook his head, trembling.

He turned his face away, regretting showing himself like that.

“I appreciate you trying to comfort me… … but I’m too broken to accept comfort mixed with lies.”

Her tangled black hair obscured her face.

“Like a broken vessel that can’t hold anything.”

Tears flowed down the tip of her soft chin.

“Maybe it was because of this condition that I was able to become a black knight. Because I was unable to think normally.”

Lin, who thinks she is not normal.

I thought about what I could do for her.

no.

Actually, there was no need to think about it.

Because I have already been in a situation like the woman in front of me, and someone has already treated me.

“Lin, can you turn around for a moment?”

The Black Knight shrugged at my suggestion.

Then, he carefully turned his face towards me.

That moment.

She noticed me sitting up in bed.

“ruler.”

I gently placed my hand on her head.

Then he naturally placed it on my thigh.

“What I said earlier. It wasn’t a made-up lie.”

The past, my last moments.

Like a princess who was always with me.

“I don’t know if you’ve heard, but I had a past life just like Your Majesty.”

He smoothed her black hair.

After running all day, a faint smell of sweat and fragrant soap rose in the air.

“I heard. You came back now with Her Highness Irina… … .”

“At that time, I lost 20 of my knights. With only one sense of duty to protect Irina.”

Crown Prince Leo, who carried out a bloody purge under the orders of Rosanna, who was burning with revenge.

The faces of my men who fought against them come to mind.

“And then, when I finally succeeded in evacuating her and was left alone… … .”

My heart ached as I recalled the memories of that day.

However, I tried to bring it up for the sake of a woman who had the same experience.

“Do you know how that felt?”

Lin stared blankly into my lifeless eyes, just like her own.

Feeling the warmth of my thighs against the back of my neck.

“A sense of accomplishment… …?”

I slowly shook my head at her answer.

“No, it was so empty.”

Even though he had sacrificed his own life and that of his men to keep them safe, his achievement felt empty.

Lin, who was lying down, tilted his head.

“At first, my heart was filled with excitement as I watched her safely leave. However, when I was left alone in the empty palace… … .”

I hesitated to answer for a moment.

Then, he took a deep breath and said.

“I felt my existence growing colder and colder.”

I still can’t forget the vivid emotions I felt at that time.

Maybe it was because I was married to her and enjoying my time like this that it felt like a fleeting dream.

“I felt like my existence was dying. From then on, I was overcome by a maddening fear.”

“Is that fear perhaps loneliness?”

I nodded at her precise answer.

“That’s right. The loneliness of being left alone in the last moments of life.”

I reached out carefully.

And then, he gently wrapped her cold hand around it.

“But fortunately, Irina came back to me. And she held my hand like this.”

“You must have felt warmth even while you were dying.”

Lin had a faint smile on her lips.

“That’s right, thanks to you I was able to meet my end happily.”

“So, are you helping me die like that now?”

The knight threw a cruel joke at me.

However, I decided to be satisfied with this.

No matter how mischievous it may be, it means that she has regained her spirits enough to make a joke.

“If I die happily, wouldn’t that still be a blessing?”

“You are such a bad man.”

Lin, lying on my thighs, exhaled deeply.

And then, still holding my hand, he added quietly.

“And yet, with such a highness by your side, you still marry five other people.”

As expected from a sword master, it was a sharp stab.

Then I closed my eyes tightly in repentance and answered.

“That’s right… … . I really feel like a bad person.”

but.

I soon opened my eyes again.

“Still, it’s hard to criticize him again when I think he saved five more people that way.”

Because Lin interpreted my life in a pretty generous way.

“He’s a good guy, but he’s a bad guy.”

My face was reflected in the knight’s empty eyes.

“He’s really a good guy… … He’s really a bad kid. That’s what they say.”

She raised her hand as if to show off her grasp of mine.

At this, I also tried to let go of his hand with an awkward expression.

Then, Lin frowned and muttered in a small voice.

“Because he’s a bad guy… … . I wish you could give me one more place in your big heart.”

My lips parted at her faint words.

Sympathy or pity?

It wasn’t that kind of feeling.

just…….

Because the look in her dangerous eyes felt very similar to my past life.

If only I had been lucky enough to survive and Irina had died too.

Am I living like Lin?

“… … .”

I hug her gently.

And then, we closed our eyes together.

What can you do for this knight who has been carrying a heavy burden alone?

It wasn’t hundreds of comforts, it was sharing body heat.

“veil…….”

I’ve never been hugged by anyone in my entire life.

She had never complained about her pain to anyone.

Her heart fluttered at the warmth she felt for the first time since her younger brother.

At first, I was afraid that I could feel this warmth.

However, the fatigue that soon poured down on me slowly began to drain my strength from my body.

I was the same way.

We slowly fell asleep together, covered with the same blanket.

「――――――」

The next day after that visit.

Under the warm sunlight, I slowly opened my eyes.

“Phew… … .”

I felt good because it felt like I had slept well for the first time in a while.

Then, while trying to get up.

For some reason, my body felt a little chilly.

‘Wait a minute… … The sunlight is so warm, but my body is cold… … ?’

I lowered my head toward my body with a strange feeling.

Then, at that moment.

“… … !!”

I noticed myself without a top on.

furthermore…….

Even a woman sleeping next to him with smooth shoulders and a beautiful, voluptuous body.

‘I’m finished.’

The area under my eyes twitched.

I was clearly just trying to sleep quietly.

Because I fell into a state of ecstasy under the affection of the knight who had come upon me.

“veil…….”

However, Lin’s face, sleeping with an expression of bliss and obliviousness, was very beautiful.

Even though I clearly had an accident, I felt relieved for a moment.

“thank you.”