Chapter 156 - Invisible Thread

An invisible red thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circ.u.mstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but will never break. He wasn't a person who believed in anything supernatural, let alone talk about fate. However, when he heard that phrase said for some reason he couldn't deny it. He couldn't deny it.

When Kazuya thought about it that way, he began to realize that perhaps if he believed in the notion of destiny. Then the one he would be connected with would be one person. 'You're asking me why? It's because although you're strong your weak'.

Lyn had always been so reckless, but of all the things she had ever done, this had been the most reckless. And every time this memory crossed his mind, the memory where he had thought for a split second that she could have been gone forever, that man could have killed her before he reached her, he felt something like he did back then when he had seen Lyn at the back of the truck and already imagined that man-killing her, a grin all over his face.

It had been a cold, icy feeling ‒ as his heart had turned to ice, lying heavily in his chest, slowly freezing his body. And in this split second he imagined a world without her, and his frozen heart cracked because of it. And this feeling hadn't vanished, his heart shattering with every step, until he finally reached her, until he had seen her lying unconsciously in the high grass, injured, but alive. The ice on his heart and body had slowly melted as he had picked her up, feeling her body heat on his fingertips, and carried her into safety.

No sooner had he separated from her, did he receive a message from the others explaining her current peril haired boy, he gritted his teeth. She really is too careless that idiot. Why does she always have to sacrifice herself for the sake of others? She doesn't have to go that far. She doesn't have to go that far. Even back then, it was like that. Even so that dedication and motivation, that strong conviction that doesn't go away makes her a true knight.

She's already a full-fledged one then. Sacrificing herself for the sake of others, for the sake of completing a mission. Living on the side of the law and yet still sticking to her own opinions. A knight who follows the rules of the law, she certainly is a unique person.

Even though that person had warned him to stay away from her, Kazuya knew that it would be difficult to do that. Just knowing she's here, just knowing that single factor alone, their fates would cross again. He had heard it from old man before that when she went to him to inquire about himself. Old man guessed it straight away and said, 'You're strangely connected to him by fate so...'. Saying stuff like she wants to understand him. Really that kind of person, it was the first time he dealt with someone like her.

He wondered what his old sensei would say if he was still around. Would he reprimand him for getting too involved, too attached despite being someone completely different? Would he get lectured? Heh, yeah that's for sure. He would get shouted at for sure. But if that guy was still around, he would also say those words,' Even if we are bound with old rules and tradition. It doesn't mean you can't think for yourself. Boy, you can make your own decision'. Back then, he didn't understand the deep meaning of those words, that wasn't until he met her, and everything changed.

Joining this side, even as their dog, sounded better than just lying around making a waste of his entire life. It offended Yuhi's pride that he'd never amount to anything thanks to how he'd been born. As much as he hated the whole thing, working for it was better than nothing. He hadn't counted on how much it would frustrate him, these hints of freedom he got whiff of on the job.

However, after he met Lyn, he realized that it wasn't just individuals like him that suffered. Those in the upper echelon elite with everything going for them too suffered a great deal. The tears the girl cried that day was something he couldn't forget — pain, loneliness, hate, sadness. Everything filled the girl's expression, even before she found out her friends had died. He had seen it in her, the same thing as him.

'Doesn't that mean you're in love with her?'. Becoming her partner was already one thing - it was already something that was being judged on. Especially since their social statuses are so different from each other. Even if she joined that side, in the end, it didn't change who she was. A princess, the second princess. Someone of the upper elite, someone far above him and yet when they first met.

When they first met somehow, he got a different impression from her. She didn't treat him like a mere dog or subordinate either. She treated him just the same as everyone else; her equal - she never him as a lower being and would often praise him instead. Becoming her partner was already a blessing for him.

It was already enough 'Happiness' for him. Let alone fall in love with her; that's not something that can happen.

"You're going to go after all, huh? Yer stubborn."

He sighs at the cloaked figure, Kazuya thought he already stopped trailing him. But it seemed like that isn't the case here. "Yeah. Going to stop me?"

Though he asked that Kazuya really didn't want to use up his energy on the fight, there's no way he can get away not fighting seriously against this guy. Even if he is strong, this person is also of that abnormally strong people. Even if it isn't so much as his. The cloaked figure shakes his head.

"Na, I'll let yer go."

Kazuya raises his eyebrows at this, "What's the catch?"

"None. She expects ya to come, anyway. Yer her partner after all." With those words said the cloaked figure disappeared.

Partner, huh?

He didn't deserve such a title. Even now, he still thought that, he really was blessed with the idea that she thought of him that way. However, Kazuya still felt as though he wasn't worthy of it. That if one day, one day someone else came along, then he would pass on that title with no hesitation. At least that's how it's supposed to be. But for some reason, he couldn't do it. All this time, he had given up everything knowing that it was for the best. But with her, with her, he couldn't give up.

Pupillam had told him when he handed her the book to pass on to Lyn, 'Are you indirectly putting her at a loss with this?'.

Indeed, perhaps he had been. Perhaps Kazuya already knew his answer long beforehand. By sending her those books, he was indirectly telling her to remember him, to not forget. By doing so, he's well aware that he's been making her life even more complicated. Kazuya knew that full well after sending each book. But he couldn't stop it.