Even if Your Regret Holds Me Back (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 116
Samte also glanced at Ian after her, then lowered his head once more.
“I heard from Lord Ian that you don’t remember what happened when you were little.”
“Oh.”
“It must have been too much for a child’s mind to bear.”
“Not necessarily…”
This time, Helena lowered her head awkwardly and rubbed her forehead. Samte straightened his hunched back slightly and stole a sidelong glance. Between the strands of hair covering her forehead, a small scar was visible.
Only now did he feel he could understand the depth of the vow his lord had made like an oath the day after holding her hand.
⌜That child is waiting for me. Even if she forgets me, she asked me to find her. That’s the promise we made. And that’s exactly why I must complete this seemingly impossible journey and return.⌟
Ian Febenheim was the abandoned prince, discarded into the mud—so easily, so casually, like dust brushed off a shelf.
Yet, what possessed him to claim he’d become emperor over a promise made to a country girl? It sounded utterly absurd coming from someone who owned nothing.
But those words carried the strength of a tree rooted deep for five hundred years. Samte couldn’t help but believe in that strength, however groundless it seemed.
Whether he was lucky or simply had good judgment, Ian had proven himself worthy through every step they’d taken together. Now it was Samte’s turn to prove something in return.
“My lady, I never knew my mother’s face.”
Samte released the crumpled hem of his clothes from his grip and pulled out a past even more wrinkled.
“She ran away when I was just a baby, and I grew up solely under my father’s care. But even he was captured and enslaved in the year I turned twelve. He hadn’t committed any crime or harmed anyone—his only offense was simply being a foreigner who looked different.”
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Helena is merciless, completely changed from before. Forward Helena.
Wah! The height of romance! But Helena is not divorced yet, it will become a scandal.
It hurts! Stop pulling her right and left. Aren’t you noble knights.(¤﹏¤)