Future Knight [EN]: Chapter 148

Future Knight Episode 148

But that alone was not enough to destroy the Zvezda.

Kang Chan thought it was all over.

His body was already at its limit.

But Zikyon finished it.

Besides, he was alive now, perhaps thanks to her.

The power of the warship’s explosion was equal to thousands of nuclear bombs.

To be intact in such an explosion was a contradiction in itself. It couldn’t have been done without Zikyon’s help.

“You stupid bastard! It would have been enough if only I had died…”

Kang Chan grabbed his head and cried.

The other dragons couldn’t understand his behavior.

Kang Chan was so sad because of the death of a dragon who was not even of the same race.

* * *

Kang Chan, aboard the Red Mars and heading to the capital of the Visman Empire, was so immersed in sorrow that the whole world seemed to be in black and white.

To him, Zikyon was as precious as Jeina, and a world without her was unbearable for Kang Chan.

Even now, if he looked back, it felt like she would be smiling at him.

“Zikyon…”

Kang Chan, who was showing such symptoms of mental distress, arrived in the sky above Bellaren.

Duke Sachsen, who was dealing with the rebels, rushed out to greet Kang Chan and the dragons.

Edeline was with him.

Duke Sachsen knelt before Kang Chan with a respectful expression.

The duke of a country knelt without hesitation.

It was the greatest courtesy he could offer to the hero who brought victory to the Continental Allied Forces.

“You are a hero to us all.”

“Gasp! Duke!”

“Duke!”

Everyone was surprised by Duke Sachsen’s sudden action. But what surprised them even more was that Kang Chan did not react to Duke Sachsen’s polite behavior.

It was as if he was ignoring him.

The expressions of Duke Sachsen and his ministers, who were looking at Kang Chan, were not happy at all.

However, Duke Sachsen soon heard from Sylphiris that Kang Chan was not in his right mind due to Zikyon’s death, and the surprised Duke Sachsen hurriedly guided Kang Chan to his lodgings.

It was a summer palace built for the imperial families of other countries visiting the Visman Empire, and it was the most beautiful palace in the empire.

Edeline quietly watched Kang Chan being supported by Sylphiris as he headed to the summer palace.

The man who was her first love.

He was her first love and restored her lost homeland.

That’s why Kang Chan was such a grateful person to her.

But she couldn’t stand before him with dignity.

Because her body was tainted.

She wanted to run to him and hug him, but she couldn’t.

Tears flowed from her eyes without her knowing it.

Duke Sachsen looked at Edeline and asked with a worried tone.

“Are you feeling unwell, Princess?”

“Ah, no.”

Sachsen offered her words of comfort as she looked sad.

“You have suffered a lot. As long as I am here, such tragic events will never happen again in our empire, Princess.”

“You’re so reliable, Duke. I’m not feeling well, so I’ll be on my way…”

“Ah, yes, Princess.”

Edeline hurried away as if running away.

* * *

A month had passed since the end of the war.

However, the empire was still full of bloodshed.

After publicly executing Green, the leader of the Green Elves, and Nemitz, the leader of the Dark Elves, a bloody purge began, targeting the rebels who had acted as their henchmen.

Because their entire families were exterminated, a huge number of people died in the bloody purge.

Now, the guillotine in the execution ground was stained with the blood of humans, not the blood of green elves.

Closed national facilities began to regain their functions one by one.

The destroyed imperial palace and city hall were rebuilt, and the paralyzed communications were restored, and the kingdoms of the continent gradually began to stabilize.

However, contrary to the continent’s stabilization, Kang Chan’s condition became more and more unstable.

He stayed in his room all day, cut off food, and refused to meet anyone due to extreme claustrophobia.

Of course. He didn’t take a single step out of the summer palace.

In addition, he showed severe symptoms of mental confusion, such as talking to the dead Zikyon.

He sat in his room and stared blankly at the sky all day long.

As if longing for the people who had left.

Several times, Loki and Ellica broke in without permission and tried to talk to Kang Chan, but Kang Chan did not say a word to them.

It was as if he had completely cut himself off from the world.

While Kang Chan was distancing himself from the world, a power struggle was in full swing in Bellaren.

A power struggle began between the forces trying to enthrone Duke Sachsen as the new emperor and the existing imperial family’s first heir.

It was natural for Duke Sachsen, who had directly saved the continent, to receive enthusiastic support and cheers from the entire nation, rather than a weak and incompetent heir who only had the blood of the imperial family.

Although the result was not yet out, it seemed only a matter of time before Duke Sachsen was crowned the new emperor.

Duke Sachsen wanted to keep Kang Chan by his side.

Because he was the first Sword Emperor to appear in the history of the continent.

In addition, he had a vague friendship with the dragons and possessed a warship of tremendous power.

That amazing weapon made with alien technology.

It had tremendous power that could make all the kingdoms of the continent kneel before the Visman Empire.

Who wouldn’t be greedy for such power?

Kang Chan was an essential figure for Duke Sachsen, who had emerged as the best authority on the continent in name and reality.

But on the contrary, Kang Chan could be a fatal poison.

Because if he started to covet power, he was an opponent he couldn’t handle.

Even Duke Sachsen, who had become the best authority on the continent, had no way to stop Kang Chan.

But fortunately, he had no interest in power or wealth.

Duke Sachsen was well aware of this fact.

But he was still uneasy.

Because people’s minds always change.

Was it the insecurity of the possessor, or the greed of the possessor?

Duke Sachsen couldn’t stand being envious of what he had.

Because what he had were things that even he could never have.

If he could get Kang Chan into his hands, there would be nothing better than that, but if he got out of his grasp, there would be nothing more 불안한 [unstable].

He would surely have to live in 불안한 [anxiety] every day.

That was the ugliness in the name of power.

* * *

“Ugh! Ugh!”

“Are you alright, Princess?”

“I’m fine, it seems like something I ate at lunch is stuck.”

“You’ve been looking unwell lately, I’ll go and call a doctor right away.”

At the word doctor, Edeline flinched and grabbed the servant.

“It’s okay, it’s not to the point where I need a doctor. You can continue with what you were doing.”

“Yes? Yes, Princess.”

After sending the servant back, Edeline ran to the bathroom, washed her face, and looked at herself in the mirror.

‘No, how could this happen….’

She instinctively knew that she was not alone [pregnant].

Because she hadn’t had her period for some time.

The only man she had slept with was Benziller.

‘To have that bastard’s child….’

She was 불안한 [anxious].

She was afraid that her pregnancy would be known to people.

Moreover, if they found out that the child’s father was Benziller, she could not guarantee her position in the imperial family, let alone the child’s life.

The born child would be killed and she might be exiled to a remote area for the rest of her life.

‘What should I do? What should I do?’

She couldn’t keep pretending like this.

As time went by, her belly would get bigger and bigger, and one day it would be revealed to the world.

Edeline was anxious.

Because she wanted to protect her child’s life no matter what.

She desperately needed someone to discuss this fact with.

But there was no one here to confide in and discuss this fact with.

Because her only friend, Jaizen, had not yet returned from the battlefield.

‘Who should I ask for help? Who….’

Someone’s face came to her mind as she 고민하던 [agonized].

‘Kang Chan….’

The only person she could confide in this fact with was him.

She didn’t want to tell him, who was her first love in the past, even if she died, but she would do anything to protect the life in her womb.

She roughly wiped her face with a towel and hurried to the summer palace where Kang Chan was staying.

She knew that he locked the door and didn’t meet anyone, but that wasn’t enough to stop her.

Because climbing walls was nothing for her, who used to be a tomboy.

Soon, Edeline, who arrived on the 2nd floor veranda by climbing the wall, was able to find Kang Chan staring blankly at the sky with his bones sticking out.

That 모습은 [appearance] was no different from when his lover, who was called Jeina in the past, died.

The only difference was that Zikyon, a friend, comforted him at that time, but now there was no one to comfort him.

Edeline took courage and approached Kang Chan and spoke to him.

“I’m sorry for coming here so suddenly.”

Unlike before, she used honorifics to Kang Chan. Because he was now worthy of being respected by her.

But Kang Chan didn’t react to her words.

“I came here because I have something I want to discuss with you. Please. Please listen to me….”

“……”

Kang Chan was still silent despite her earnest request.

Still, she told Kang Chan her story with the feeling of grabbing at straws.

“I’m, actually pregnant. With that person’s child from Earth….”

At Edeline’s words that she was pregnant, a slight expression appeared on Kang Chan’s face, which had been expressionless.

Because Kang Chan was well aware of the fact that she had been Benziller’s plaything.

For her to be pregnant, it was unbelievable.

Because he and Benziller were Earthlings and Edeline was a person from this planet.

“You’re the only one I can discuss this with. Please help me.”

Edeline burst into tears that she had been holding back and grabbed Kang Chan’s arm and shook it.

Then, Kang Chan, who had been as stiff as a log, opened his mouth for the first time to Edeline.

It was Kang Chan who was talking to someone else for the first time in almost a month.

“What do you want me to help you with?”

Edeline was so happy that she was about to fly when Kang Chan opened his mouth.

Edeline hurriedly replied, fearing that he would shut his mouth again.

“I want to have a baby!”

“You’re going to have the enemy’s child?”

“Yes!”

“If an unmarried virgin has a child, everyone will suspect it’s Benziller’s child, right?”

Edeline was startled when Benziller’s name came out. Because she never dreamed that Kang Chan would even know his name.

“Do you know him?”

“Of course, I know him well.”

He was like a rival to Kang Chan.

Kang Chan was the ace of the Allied Forces and he was the ace of the Imperial Army.

“Do you really have to have his child?”

“What sin does the child have….”

Edeline sighed and stroked her belly, and Kang Chan felt a strange feeling at her actions.

Because her current 모습은 [appearance] was the very 모습은 [image] of the mother that Kang Chan had so admired.

Maternal love.

It was something that he, who had been abandoned as a child, had never experienced.

“Then choose.”

“What?”

“Are you going to choose the child, or are you going to choose a comfortable life in the imperial palace?”

She answered without hesitation.

“The child.”

“Is that so?”

Kang Chan sighed deeply and said.

“Then, let’s go together.”

“Yes? Where to?”

“To a place where you can raise children without anyone’s interference.”

“Where is that?”

“Raksha Continent.”

“Raksha Continent?”

Raksha Continent was an unfamiliar name that even she, who had completed all the regular courses as a princess, had never heard of or seen.

“It’s the first time I’ve heard of the continent, where is it?”

“You’ll know when you go.”

Edeline was a little worried, but she decided to follow his words because she trusted Kang Chan.

“Okay. Then when are we leaving?”

“Today, right now.”

“R, right now?”

Edeline was very surprised by Kang Chan’s will to leave right away.

Because she never expected him to be in such a hurry.