When the Main Protagonists Broke Up

As soon as Belita saw Aiden rolling on the floor, she quickly got off her horse.

Again, he clutched his neck and struggled in pain.

“Aiden!”

Belita called Aiden by name again and approached him.

“Go, ugh, go, please…!”

Despite Aiden’s barely uttered words, Belita couldn’t let him go.

“I can’t go! How can I leave Aiden behind!”

Belita noticed that Aiden’s eyes were starting to get weird again.

The purple eyes lost their color, found them, lost them, found them over and over again.

I couldn’t let him lose his self again.

Belita quickly jumped at Aiden, who was struggling with pain, not to miss the timing.

Then he hurriedly lowered himself and hugged Aiden’s neck.

Then, she tried to neutralize the power of the necklace by pushing the maximum force she could generate into her palm.

The wounds on his palms from gripping the reins as they rode back seemed to have burst, and the bandages were turning red.

But Belita was focusing all her attention on Aiden, not even knowing what was going on with her hands.

‘Please don’t be late this time.’

Contrary to Belita’s wishes, Aiden struggled to get away from her.

Even so, Belita did not let go of Aiden.

No, I couldn’t let go.

Belita closed her eyes while holding Aiden, concentrating all her energy on the necklace.

After a while, Aiden finally stopped moving as if her earnestness had worked.

After watching his seizures a few times, Belita knew.

Aiden passed out every time the necklace’s power disappeared.

Again, Aiden passed out in her arms, just like that time.

Seeing Aiden slumped in her arms, Belita let out a sigh of relief.

And he carefully stroked his fine black hair.

‘What a relief.’

I’m really glad I wasn’t late.

Belita lay still on the dirt floor, holding Aiden in her arms for quite some time.

But when I thought that I had passed the hurdle, I slowly felt the pain in my palm that I hadn’t felt before.

But it was still too early to be relieved.

It was because, unlike her, he could feel his body getting colder and colder.

This was the North, which was notorious for its bitter cold, and the two were in the middle of a road without any shade.

As I left the castle earlier, I remembered what the knight had said.

That there will be heavy snowfall soon.

And since the heavy snowfall in the north lasts for several days, it’s easy to get stranded if you make a mistake.

So I had to go back quickly with Aiden, but considering the difference in physique between the two, I couldn’t take him far with him.

Then, first of all, Aiden needed a place to escape the cold for a while until he woke up.

Belita untied her hands around Aiden’s neck, raised the light a little, brightened it up, and hurriedly looked around.

‘Hmm….’

However, there was no place to escape the cold around.

‘What do we do.’

However, it was the moment when I was about to stand up from him, thinking that I should look farther away.

I felt Aiden’s body move slightly, as I thought he would not wake up soon.

He had been hugging Aiden’s neck, so his head was touching the nape of Belita’s neck.

Aiden opened his mouth and felt warm breath near his neck.

“Belita….”

As soon as he woke up, he called her name.

“Aiden.”

Belita also called Aiden by name as if in response.

“Are you okay? Are you okay? Aren’t you sick now?”

She hurriedly stood up and spoke nonstop to Aiden with her eyes and voice full of concern.

Aiden felt a deep regret when she left him.

“…it’s okay.”

However, the feeling of regret soon disappeared.

Aiden’s eyes widened as he looked at Belita.

It was hard to shake off the gnawing emotions at the sight of her.

How could that be?

How could she be so kind to him?

He tried to hurt her, but it seemed completely innocuous to her.

“I am….”

As he was about to speak to Belita, she looked at his neck and spoke quickly.

“How is your neck? Aiden keeps getting weird because of the necklace, right?”

“Yes?”

However, Aiden’s face turned to bewilderment at the completely unexpected words.

“I thought about the things Aiden said to me and the things Aiden did right before things got weird.”

“….”

“It’s a necklace, right? What makes Aiden like that.”

Belita knew everything.

She already knew why he was doing this.

“…you’re right.”

Aiden finally agreed.

I couldn’t fool her, and I didn’t want to hide it anymore.

“I knew it. What the hell is that necklace for? Why are you manipulating Aiden?”

He was the one who felt the pain caused by the necklace, but Belita asked with her face contorted as if she were feeling the pain herself.

But the moment he saw her, a thought ran through his mind.

Come to think of it, whenever she was in pain because of the necklace, it would be fine if she appeared.

When the pain subsided and he was about to pass out, Belita was always touching his neck.

‘No way….’

Even as he wondered if such a thing was possible, Aiden quickly remembered who Belita was.

She was the one who inherited the power of fire most powerfully.

If the power of iron and the power of fire, the two strong forces cancel each other out, there was no one more suitable than her except her father.

And from Belita’s actions so far, she seemed to already know what to do to alleviate the pain caused by the necklace.

Also she is awesome

Aiden sincerely thought of Belita that way.

An outstanding lineage, intelligence and strength to support it, and even a heart that respects and thinks of others….

No matter how many times she thought about it, she was someone he couldn’t get over.

But at the same time as that thought, a small hope welled up.

If Belita can really control the power of this necklace, can he stay by her side?

Do I no longer have to worry about hurting her?

“Aiden?”

Belita summoned Aiden, who was deep in thought.

Aiden quickly cleared his mind, recalled the question she had asked him, and opened his mouth.

“This necklace contains the power of iron.”

“The power of iron?”

Belita tilted her head to mean that she didn’t understand.

“If the necklace contains iron power, why is Aiden doing it? Why is the iron power giving Aiden pain and he can’t take off the necklace?”

In order to answer Belita’s question, you have to show him all of his bottom.

He had to tell her all the answers about who he was, what he did, and why he lived the way he did.

However, his mouth did not come off easily to say everything.

She was afraid that she would be disappointed in him when she found out the truth, when she had seen him only as a fake.

“Aiden.”

Belita’s warm voice called him, who had fallen into his own world again.

Aiden looked up and met Belita’s eyes.

‘Ah….’

He was sure the moment he met her deep, straight gaze.

That only Belita, only her, could hear her story.

 

“I am….”

It was just when Aiden was about to speak.

Suddenly, a biting wind picked up and a blizzard began to blow.

“Uh?”

As soon as she saw the scene in front of her eyes, Belita recognized that the heavy snow the driver had mentioned had begun.

And soon, from the dark sky, snowballs obscuring my vision fell like crazy.

“It must be avoided!”

Belita jumped up from her seat and spoke to Aiden in an urgent voice with a serious expression on her face.

“Aiden, didn’t you hear about the heavy snow here?”

“I didn’t hear you because I was in a hurry.”

Aiden hurriedly got up along with Belita.

Belita grasped Aiden’s arm with her uninjured hand, trying to support Aiden, thinking that his body might not be fully healed yet.

“Thank you.”

In fact, Aiden wasn’t weak enough to be supported by Belita.

Above all, after contacting her, my physical condition improved to the extent that it was incomparable to before.

But Aiden did not refuse Belita’s hand.

No, I didn’t want to deny contact with her from the start.

Because it was his feeling that he wanted to get closer if he could reach him.

He only noticed that her other hand was wrapped in blood-soaked bandages.

It was the hand that had been wounded by him earlier.

A deep sense of guilt was trying to weigh him down.

And Belita, who noticed Aiden’s condition, hurriedly opened her mouth.

“Your hand is fine. It doesn’t hurt much.”

Saying that, Belita smiled as if to reassure him.

“More than that, the article told me that once heavy snowfall comes here, they come here for days and end up stranded. It’s not unusual to see a blizzard raging.”

“…It seems so.”

“Yes, so let’s go back to the castle.”

In this situation, it was safest to return to the castle anyway.

To do so, he had to go as far as he could on horseback in this blizzard.

“Hi-ying!”

But suddenly the horses, excited by the heavy snow, started to run amok.

And before they had time to take the reins, the two horses pulled away from them.

“Oh, no! Come back!”

Belita called out in a loud voice.

But the sounds of the horses’ hooves faded away, as if he hadn’t heard her voice.

“Whee-!”

Aiden belatedly tried to whistle, but to no avail.

“What should I do?”

Belita said in a voice filled with anxiety.

“It is too dangerous to go to Agger Castle at our own pace. So I guess we need to find a place to escape, even for a while.”

“Yes, I’d love to.”

Belita agreed with Aiden.

However, it was also not easy for the two of them to find a place to escape in this place where they could not see well.

However, I couldn’t just stay here.

“Let’s go.”

Aiden reached out to Belita first.

It was to avoid missing each other in the snowstorm.

Belita looked at his hand for a moment.

It was a large hand that always held her steady.

And this time it would be the same.

Without hesitation, Belita reached out and grabbed Aiden’s hand tightly.

The two of them took one step forward.

How long did it take

It seemed like a 30-minute walk.

The snow was gradually piling up on the roadside due to the snow falling in chunks.

As a result, the movement slowed slightly.

However, there was no place to escape anywhere.

It was difficult to find because it was dark everywhere.

I tried to use my power to create a fire, but it was all in vain due to the strong wind.

“Aiden, are you okay?”

Belita spoke to Aiden in a worried voice.

It was because Aiden’s trembling was transmitted from their clasped hands.

“…it’s okay.”

“Are you really okay?”

Belita checked Aiden’s condition once again.

“It’s okay…. It is bearable.”

In Belita’s case, her body temperature was much higher than others due to the power of fire.

So, this level of strong wind was nothing to her.

But Aiden didn’t look okay at all, unlike the horse that was okay.

Her face froze and her mouth stiffened, so words could not come out naturally.

I had to quickly find a place to escape.

‘A cave, please….’

The fear that Aiden might freeze to death here began to rise.

I couldn’t lose him in vain.

However, there was still no place for the two to escape.

‘First of all, I need to warm up Aiden’s body.’

Thinking so, Belita stopped for a moment to put her thoughts into action.

“Wait a minute.”

Aiden’s movement also stopped due to the two people’s clasped hands.

“Why…Is that so?”

“Hug me.”

“…yes?”

Aiden asked with a puzzled expression when he was told to stop and hug him.

“Come on!”

However, at Belita’s determined voice, Aiden hurriedly took her in his arms with a bewildered expression.

Then, as soon as he hugged Belita, warm heat began to spread to every corner of Aiden’s body.

“It’s warm?”

Belita was using her powers to give him warmth.

“…Yes, it is.”

Aiden was momentarily moved by her kindness.

“It’s like this for a little while.”

“…Thank you.”

The two of them hugged each other tightly until the coldness dissipated from Aiden’s body.

Somehow, while holding her, her heart became quiet enough that she could not hear the sound of the fiercely blowing wind.

Being in his arms, my anxiety and nervousness completely disappeared and I became calmer than holding his hand.

It was she who was helping him, but it was he who kept her calm.

“Good….”

“Yes?”

“…yes? Oh no.”

Belita flinched as what she had been thinking in her mind slipped out of her mouth without realizing it.

“Looks like it’s gotten a bit warmer now, so let’s find a place to hide again.”

Saying that, Belita was about to lead the way, but Aiden hurriedly grabbed her hand.

“Hand…You have to catch it.”

“Ah, right….”

The two held hands again and walked forward.

But unlike before, an awkward air rose between the two, probably because they were so conscious of each other.

All of Belita’s nerves were focused on Aiden’s hand.

The sound of my heart beating lingered in my ears.

And it was the same with Aiden.

He pretended not to hear what Belita had whispered earlier and asked again, but the moment he heard it, it was stuck in his heart.

‘He said he liked it.’

I couldn’t clearly tell what was good because I didn’t say the subject, but I said that she was good nonetheless.

Without even knowing the exact meaning, the corner of Aiden’s mouth went up on its own.

With each other deeply conscious of each other, the two wandered about for another 30 minutes.

Now the snow was piled up to my calves, and my feet sank every time I walked.

As a result, through his hands, Aiden felt a chill run through his body again.

“Aiden.”

It was a repetition of the same situation as before.

Belita called Aiden cautiously.

“Belita, I’m fine. So don’t delay, let’s hurry up and find a place to hide.”

Fortunately, his voice was better than before.

“All right. We hurry up But when it gets hard, just tell me. OK?”

Belita said, relieved to hear that it was okay, but unable to let go of her worries.

“All right.”

With Belita’s help, the warmth could circulate in her body for a moment.

However, it was clear that if she continued to use her power, it would be too much for Belita.

He never wanted to make it difficult for her.

And saying that it was okay was not a lie at all.

Thinking of her and thinking about what had happened earlier made the bitter cold really bearable.

It was the moment when I was walking around looking at the surroundings that I couldn’t see well again.

“Uh? Can you see it over there?”

Belita’s voice rose as if she had discovered something.

Aiden barely looked in the direction Belita’s finger was pointing.

There was a cave hidden under a large rock.

“It is a cave.”

“Yes, let’s go.”

The two quickly approached the cave.

There was a lot of snow at the entrance to the cave, but it was not completely blocked.

If the heavy snow continued to fall, it seemed certain that sooner or later the entrance would be blocked by a snowball.

However, in the current situation, being isolated inside was not so scary.

Right now, the priority was to avoid this strong wind and the white snowballs that seemed to devour the body.

“Come in.”

Belita and Aiden entered the cave, still holding hands.

When I went inside, all sides were blocked except for the entrance, so the wind did not blow strongly.

Belita hurriedly brought fire to her palm.

Then, the inside of the cave quickly brightened.

“It doesn’t look like it will break.”

Aiden touched the cave wall with his hand and checked the interior before opening his mouth.

“I think so. I’d like to stay here until the heavy snow stops.” “Yes, I will.”

So the two barely found a place to hide.

Belita first set a large fire in the middle of the cave.

It was her ability that made it possible even without a medium for the fire to burn.

“Isn’t it cold?”

Belita looked at Aiden and asked him.

He had avoided the fierce snowstorm and had gone through the pitch-black darkness, and now he could see his face properly.

He seemed to be holding on as hard as he could to keep Belita from noticing, but he was trembling slightly.

“It’s okay.”

That’s why his words that he was fine didn’t have much trust right now.

So Belita buried her face and body in Aiden’s large arms without asking his will.

As the scent of his body filled his nostrils, he felt the same sense of security as before.

Aiden, on the other hand, was nervous and could feel his body flinch.

Belita began blowing warmth into his body as before.

“Belita, even if you don’t do this-”

It was nice to hold her, but I couldn’t let her continue to use her strength like this when the snowfall might stop.

I put my hand on Belita’s shoulder to pull her away, but she hugged him tighter.

“It’s because I’m cold.”

In his arms, she groaned.

In terms of facts, it was nonsensical.

Of course, it wasn’t that she didn’t feel the cold at all.

It was just strange that someone who said it was cold would share warmth with others.

“So Aiden hug me tight too. Yes?”

Aiden’s thought circuit stopped for a moment at her words to hold him.

Arguing about something rationally was, after all, completely useless in front of Belita.

When he thought that, his body moved on its own, and Aiden wrapped his arms around Belita.

I could hear Belita’s small laugh.

“It’s warm.”

While we were holding each other for a while, sharing warmth, Belita opened her mouth and said,

“I am warm too.”

“Yes? After all, there is nothing like a person’s body temperature to make the cold go away.”

“I am being helped by Belita.”

“No. It’s warm because I’m like this too.”

Saying that, Belita put even more strength into the hand holding Aiden.

“How are your hands? And the waist….”

Just as Belita was worried that his body temperature would drop and his life would be in danger, Aiden was also worried that Belita’s wounds would worsen.

“I’m OK. You did the right treatment before. Yes?”

Aiden nodded slowly at Belita’s words.

“Then it will definitely be fine.”

The amount of blood loss was quite large and she passed out. When she woke up, the treatment was complete, so I don’t know exactly how she treated her, but Aiden probably didn’t treat her carelessly.

The wound that had been treated had ruptured again and was bleeding again, but it was tolerable.

Above all, these minor wounds did not pose a threat to her life at all.

But Aiden wasn’t.

It would be a big deal if he ever fell into hypothermia.

So now his condition was more important than his own pain.

After burying our faces in his arms again and hugging each other for a while, I felt Aiden’s body temperature return to normal.

Belita lifted her head and glanced at his neck, then looked up at his face.

Then her eyes met Aiden, who had been looking down at her all along.

“Um, do we have something to talk about?”

Belita spoke first, making it easier for Aiden to open his mouth.

His eyes shook slightly, but he quickly returned to his place.

Then, Aiden’s mouth moved as if he had made up his mind.

“I am….”

Belita didn’t say anything, just looked at him.

“I’m not actually from the Bayern family.”

“Yes?”

However, when the completely unexpected words came out of Aiden’s mouth, the questioning words came out of her mouth without realizing it.

“Bah, that doesn’t mean you’re not from the Bayern family….”

It was so shocking that I stuttered to the end.

“But they look so much alike….”

Belita was right.

Anyone can see that Aiden resembles the Duke of Bayern or Adela, so until now, no one could even suspect that he was not of Bayern blood.

And obviously, Confucius was born in the Baian family.

The story that the Duchess of Bayern died of aftereffects after giving birth to a son was unknown to all aristocrats within the empire.

Belita stared at Aiden with a dumbfounded expression.

At her attitude, Aiden smiled sadly and then opened his mouth again.

“All I know is that after the real Aiden Byron died in an accident, I took his place.”

“Are you sure Aiden Bayern is dead?”

“That’s right. And the Duke of Bayern brought me from the circus to the ducal family.”

The word circus brought something to Belita’s mind.

“Then the person the circus is looking for….”

“Yes, I was looking for my real brother.”

“Ah….”

Belita now understands why he is so obsessed with the circus.

And the first time I saw him and the next time I saw him, the disappointed faces made sense at once.

“Then…Did you break up with your brother when the Duke of Bayern took Aiden away from the circus?”

“Yes, that’s right. And so far I haven’t found it.”

Aiden’s expression when he said that was too calm, perhaps because he had resigned himself.

“What can I do….”

It made people even more sad.

“It’s okay. There is still time left and I believe that if I keep looking for it, I will meet you someday.”

Fortunately, I didn’t give up.

“Me too, I will help. I will help Aiden find his brother.”

Belita wanted to do anything for him if only she could meet her brother and make him happy.

“Thank you, Belita.”

“Really. When we return to the capital, let’s look for it together. OK?”

Belita promised, holding Aiden’s large hand tightly with both hands. “All right.”

Aiden looked at her and nodded slightly.

There was silence between the two for a while.

Belita looked at Aiden and vowed to help him, but she kept hearing unanswered questions.

How can you get iron power when you’re not the real Aiden Byron?

“And from the moment I entered the Bayern duchy, I started wearing this necklace.”

“Did the Duke of Bayern wear the necklace to control Aiden?”

“You’re right. The Duke of Bayern controlled my thoughts and actions with this necklace, and I handled all sorts of things on behalf of the Duke.”

He laughed bitterly as he recalled one by one the countless dirty things he had done.

The boy who performed only acrobatics in the circus troupe became the family dog as soon as he entered the duke’s family, only outwardly a nobleman.

I had to do as I was told, and if I persisted in not doing so, I was subjected to unbearable abuse from the duke.

The Duke of Bayon used Aiden instead of getting his hands dirty for the prosperity and maintenance of his family.

The necklace forced Aiden to obey the Duke.

The duke regarded Aiden as a substitute rather than his own son, and treated him with the attitude that it would be enough to throw it away when its use was over.

“Then the one who attacked me….”

“Yes, it is the work of the Duke of Bayern.”

Now, the complex puzzles have been put together one by one.

The Duke of Bayern had always regarded Belita as the culprit in the carriage incident.

That’s why he couldn’t forgive Belita for trying to kill her daughter.

‘If that’s even something involving the Duke of Bayern….

When Belita thought she was about to die for something she didn’t do, she felt unfair and resentful.

Even if the carriage incident had nothing to do with the Duke of Bayern, did he really not know about my daughter’s actions during the investigation?

“I’m sorry.”

Feeling resentful and resentful, Aiden apologized to Belita after noticing that he had strained the arms holding him.

“Aiden, why are you apologizing? It’s not Aiden’s fault.”

“It wasn’t my will, but I hurt Belita.”

“No. This was done by the Duke of Bayern. I will never forgive the duke. As soon as we return to the capital, we will reveal the whole truth.”

Belita bit her lip.

Aiden gently stroked Belita’s back as if to calm her down.

As Belita’s mind regained composure like a ghost at his actions, Aiden continued.

“And you might be wondering how I can use the power of iron.”

Belita nodded slowly as he showed signs of answering the questions from earlier.

“The reason you can use the power of iron without being a member of the Bayern family is because of this necklace.”

“Then, if you don’t have that necklace, you can’t use the power of iron, right?”

“Yes, I am connected to my sister through this necklace.”

“With Princess Adela Bayon?”

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