To The Eternal Knight (2 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 179

It was that very phrase. The words asking me to return safely.

While Nerea blankly replayed Baron Zenax’s words in her mind, the baron lowered his head toward her as though offering a respectful bow. At the same moment, the hand gripping his cane began to tremble.

“Baron!”

Nerea cried out in alarm. However composed the baron appeared while walking—more so than she had expected—he was still not the same as before his injury. Tendons stood out on the back of the hand clutching the cane, straining as he struggled to keep his balance.

“Stand up.”

Without realizing it, Nerea placed her hand over the baron’s and tried to stop him. But instead of rising, Baron Zenax bent his upper body forward as though frozen in place.

“…Back then—it was those words.”

“…”

“After you left for Alfern… those words.”

The baron’s voice, barely above a whisper, rang clearer than any sound Nerea had ever heard. She stopped even her attempt to lift him and simply looked down at him.

In Nerea’s memory, Baron Zenax had always been a large, steadfast knight—the most dependable retainer she had ever known.

From the moment he took her to his estate under the pretense of convalescence in her childhood, to when he shielded her and wounded his leg ten years ago—it was all connected to that same feeling.

That was why Nerea had always felt ashamed and guilty whenever she looked at him.

She had fled to Alfern, telling herself it was best to disappear altogether, while turning away from him—the heir who cared for House Esteban more than she did and pledged his loyalty unwaveringly. She had blamed herself ever since.

But now—

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