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Chapter 62 - I Was Raised Not by a Father, but by Two Heroes

Rooms were prepared so that each squad member could rest. In the end, Kyle answered that he would follow Darius's instructions.

"Well then, I'll take responsibility and keep an eye on you." With those words, Darius wrapped a chain around Kyle's leg and clicked the lock shut.

The cold touch of the metal sent a shiver down Kyle's spine.

"Don't worry. Ariel and Mireille often make dangerous things, but this one is for 'Location Tracking' and has low aggression. Your body won't be blown to bits unless I intend for it to be... or so I say."

(Which is it!!), not only Kyle but everyone present screamed internally. A nervous sweat broke out.

"In any case, you'll stay where I can see you. Mireille, could you go back to the tower and make a few items, for offense, sleep, and defense?"

"Understood."

Darius suddenly opened his mouth as if he remembered something.

"By the way, Ariel took all the documents that were here, didn't she?"

"Yes. Why did she do that?"

"It was her own way of thinking. Without the records of monster subjugation and the data on the Magic Furnace, no one could hunt monsters in the Tree Sea or build the furnace. She probably thought that since she had given bells to the people sent out for subjugation, they could just escape and be done with it."

Darius gave a small laugh. But there was a hint of sadness in his smile.

"But she didn't understand. She didn't understand the cruelty of being sent to fight unarmed even without documents, or being executed for abandoning a mission. Because she herself is too strong, her imagination couldn't reach that far."

"..."

"Therefore, those are important documents for our future activities. Leonhard, you go to the tower as well and bring them back."

"Yes, sir."

Leonhard and Mireille nodded.

Afterward, Darius and Chancellor Adrian approached Mireille. It was the first time the three of them had been together.

"She's certainly grown. That little girl," Adrian said, his eyes narrowing nostalgically.

"Um. I read my master's diary and learned about you, Adrian-san."

"In the diary? Oh, what did it say?"

"That my master loved you and Darius-san very much. That she bought me with a gold coin you gave her, that you helped her in many ways. That she eventually came to understand why you had to leave. Many things."

Tears welled up in Mireille's eyes.

"I might not be able to say it to her directly anymore, so... Thank you. Thank you so much." She bowed her head deeply.

Darius and Adrian gently placed their hands on her shoulder.

"We're truly glad that you grew up to be a person with a warm heart. In a way, we may have felt like we were your fathers."

Adrian said this with slightly moist eyes, then, in the next moment, shot a cold glance at Leonhard.

"That's why you are still young. Don't settle on one person just yet, go out and meet more people. Honestly, Darius..."

"What are you talking about? Leonhard is a lot like me when I was young, isn't he?"

The two looked at each other and laughed.

"Well, I shall return. A long time ago, when the three of us spent time together here, she made a ring for her to go to the tower and a bracelet for me to come to this base. I never thought they would still work."

Adrian caressed the bracelet on his wrist.

"Mireille. I cannot decide your way of life for you. Whether the coup d'état succeeds or fails... we will go on to live in different places. This is truly, goodbye."

"Yes."

Adrian, a nobleman and the Chancellor, and herself, a commoner. The difference in their stations would probably never allow them to speak again.

Adrian disappeared into the room.

"Thank you very much, Adrian-san."

If only my master were here. If the four of us could have laughed together. The thought filled Mireille's chest with a pang of sadness.