Chapter 209: University Magic Tower (1)

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Chapter 209: University Magic Tower (1)

On the way out of the vineyard, Julie helped the Imperial Knights and Agents scattered here and there up. The other knights, including Isaac and Lawaine, assisted her.

“…Julie.”

Then Isaac called out to her. Julie looked back at her old boss and nodded.

“Yes.”

“How… have you been?”

The question wasn’t like Isaac, who was always stiff and unmoving. Julie couldn’t hide her surprise.

“There are no cracks in the life of a knight. Why are you asking such a thing?”

“…”

Isaac smiled bitterly. Now he was drenched in remorse. No, not only that, but all the knights here were the same. In this vineyard, they saw their past and met their memories thanks to Rohakan’s world line.

“…I should have protected you back then.”

When they were in the Imperial Knights, Isaac was her direct supervisor. However, since Isaac was an aristocrat in need of political support, he could not block Deculein’s interference. He was obsessed with Julie, and Isaac couldn’t push him away.

In the end, he made Julie leave the Imperial Knights by herself. At that time, he had no choice but to convince himself by saying that he couldn’t do anything else, but the memories in the vineyard tormented him.

“No.”

But Julie shook her head. She kept a proper distance and watched Deculein’s back as he walked ahead of them.

“Now, the Professor isn’t obsessed with me anymore.”

“…I heard the news of the breakup.”

Julie continued without a word. Then, suddenly, she turned her gaze to see the darkness between the trees to her right.

—She was unnecessary.

In the Winter Castle, Freyden. A child who couldn’t sleep at night had wandered out into the hallway with a blanket and heard a voice in front of her father’s door.

—To me…