Chapter 2: ss 10

Side Story 10: With You Till The End (I)

He immediately packed his luggage and now they were back on the road. Since they added extra money to somehow arrive quicker, they were able to step into the capital before they ran out of all the money they had in their hands.

His master bit her nails and walked down the street lined with white cloths and flowers. The wedding was just around the corner.

When she knocked on the door to the store, the witch looked down at his master with a face of annoyance. The witch, who let them into the store, only gave his master tea.

His master briefly explained what had happened, why she ran away, and why she had to come back.

However, the witch’s reaction was lukewarm.

No, she felt a little upset beyond being sour. His master’s face began to turn into nervousness.

Even when she saw his master who started to get angry, the witch calmly drank her own cup of tea. His master’s eyes were red because she had not slept for a long time and she said with a twitch.

“I’ll mess up your next plan, so take care of it.”

“Are you threatening me?”

“Still… I’m asking for a favour.”

At the last word, the witch finally turned and raised her eyes then stared at his master. She slowly stretched out her arms. When she grabbed his master’s neck, Anakin immediately grabbed the sword.

Then a feeling of pressure that seemed to burst his lungs enveloped him. Everything in this space was warning him not to do anything stupid.

The only existence that could go against a dragon, which was nature itself. The witch was the top predator who could swallow Anakin in one bite. He felt like his knees were going to bend.

But she soon loosened up. She raised her body and put his master in front of the mirror. While his master was talking over the mirror, the witch approached Anakin and whispered.

“Baby, be nice. Keep in mind that the reason I’m looking at you is not because you’re pretty, but because of your master and brother.”

As if it was poison, her breath touched his ear. Unknowingly, he raised his hand and put it on his ear, then the witch folded her eyes and laughed.

He tried to stay by his master’s side until the end as much as possible, but she told him to stay in the mansion just in case. Anakin instead held out a hand mirror to her. If she prepared for ‘if,’ Anakin also wanted to prepare for ‘if.’

There was nothing more to see in this mansion without his master. When he went back to his room to organise his small luggage, the maid jumped in.

Her face distorted when she saw that only Anakin was left. She was trying to say something, but soon gave up and her head dropped.

Anakin did not ask what she wanted to say. There was a sense of distance between them because the only point of contact between them was absent.

That was their last time.

Anakin stayed at Kynthia’s house for a while. This was because it was difficult to remain in the mansion and be arrested and detained for no reason.

The day after the wedding, it was reported that Lady Misérian was arrested for the attempted murder of the crown princess. It was written that the crown princess’ life was barely saved, but she was on the brink of death.

Although Kynthia didn’t know how to read, he kept begging Anakin, asking if there were any words he had heard or whether it was okay to be there now.

He was also anxious. Anakin and his master were so far away that he couldn’t even hear a whisper. In a place so far away that even if his master called his name, he would be completely oblivious.

What if something bad happened to his master while he wasn’t there? If he didn’t arrive at the moment she needed it……. Anakin came to his senses at the sudden pain. Kynthia was pinching Anakin’s thigh. Don’t. He shook his head and said.

It was only then that Anakin realised that he was biting his nails to the point of bleeding. And his face was distorted with a strange expression that was neither crying nor smiling. It was because this anxious behaviour reminded him of someone. 

He was becoming more like the one he loved.

Kynthia, who looked at Anakin’s expression like that, hugged him tightly. Each moment, the death of his master was approaching its end. Knowing that better than anyone else, Anakin was about to choke to death.

The witch appeared around the time when his stomach was boiling with tension and worry.  Without any lengthy explanation, she disappeared, leaving only the words to stay in his house and to not leave, as his master would be arriving soon. And like a lie, a face that he had missed so far appeared.

It hadn’t even been a long time, but she looked very thin and tired. Her dark eyes curled softly as they met Anakin and Kynthia. Even before greeting, his master said,

“I don’t have time to say hello. Kynthia, there’s something you have to do for me.”

“Just say anything.”

“Spread rumours on the street that I’m a witch.”

At that, Kynthia couldn’t answer and hesitated. However, his master did not stop and only asked that it should be spread to as many people as possible.

Kynthia freaked out at the unimaginable request.

“Does the lady know what she is saying right now? If you’re cornered as a witch, you’ll be at least executed! Don’t you know how much this country hates witches?”

“Yes, that’s why you spread the rumour that I’m a witch. Definitely, so that I will be executed for sure.”

To be executed for sure. At the end, Kynthia paced around the room without knowing what to do. He sometimes glanced at Anakin. He avoided looking without saying a word.

Eventually, Kynthia knelt at his master’s feet. When he started to beg, his master knelt too. Kynthia, who had been turning a blind eye to the eyes of his master, closed his eyes and said.

“If you’re branded as a witch, you may be tortured.”

“I know.”

“You’ll be stoned until the moment you go to the deathbed.”

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“It doesn’t matter.”

In the end, Kynthia lost. His master wiped away his tears and sent him outside. Anakin was silently watching this series of processes. And finally, his master’s head turned slowly.

There were so many words in his mouth that Anakin could not easily say any. Eventually, his master sighed and said first.

“There is a thing you have to do for me…”

“Please name it.”

“It may be impossible.”

“It’s okay.”

“You may not want to.”

His master was such a sweet person that she thought about his feelings even at the moment she gave instructions. It always reminded him that he was a person, not a tool. So he fell in love. But…

“There is no need for personal feelings in this order.”

Even if she was Anakin’s lover. His work wouldn’t change, however.

His master ordered, and Anakin obeyed.

Even if her death made him sad, there was no exception.

His master burst into tears at the answer.

She covered her mouth and tried to calm down her trembling breathing, but the tears did not stop easily. Anakin’s heart started to get teary little by little.

Actually… he didn’t want her to die. He wanted to say let’s run away and throw it all away.

The reason why he couldn’t firmly speak out the words in his throat was because he knew that what he wanted was a selfish and extravagant desire.

Her family, friendship, and every moment that had been achieved so far were in the world beyond.

He didn’t even expect that his only existence could replace it.

The voids she had to give up to leave here would not be filled even if Anakin’s life was poured out.

“If I’m executed, the men will come to save me. Anakin, you have to block them. And….”

“…….”

“I want you to chop my body so that I don’t come back to life.”

But when he was told that he had to mutilate his master’s body with his own hands, he could not hide his agitation.  Anakin’s teeth clenched tightly. He felt like he was about to cry and swear words came out.

Damage to the body was one of the most taboo things in the empire. People tried to preserve the dead body as intact as possible because it could hurt the soul still remaining in the body before reincarnation.

Also, during the Demon War, the demon king had a history of raising corpses and using them for military purposes, so the people of the Empire were sensitive to touching the body itself.

What did this mean? If the priest heard this conversation, it was clear that he would enthusiastically say that he would fall into hell if he did such a thing..

What would make his life different from hell after she died?

“……If I set it on fire, would that be okay?”

If the priest had the power to bring the dead back to life, it was not a matter of simply cutting off limbs. He had to crush or burn it. It would be much faster to set it on fire than the former.

As Anakin was trying to find a way to light a fire by hiding an oil tank, his master looked at him blankly.

“Anakin, towards me…… Do you like me?”

Anakin smiled without realising when she carefully asked. Kynthia always said he couldn’t hide his feelings. If he likes it, he likes it, and if he doesn’t like it, he’s in trouble because it’s obvious. So, of course, he thought his master only knew.

That he was in love with his master.

“I’m not good enough to kiss someone I don’t even like.”

Even if she betrayed him for no reason or without justification, he was so desperate that he wouldn’t have any resentment… He hoped she would be happy.

His master began to cry again. Anakin hugged her silently and waited.

Someone told him. If you turn the box upside down, you may only get bad and unpleasant things. But after flipping everything, you can hold at least one nice thing in your hand. Now was that moment.

“It might be nonsense.”

At the tip of their despair and sadness, Anakin finally picked up hope.

“If you like it…… If you… If you want.”

His master’s knees touched the ground. For the first time, she told Anakin that it wasn’t an order…… She was asking for a favour. Not as his master, but just as a person.

“Die for me. And come into my world and live with me.”

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