Chapter 70: The Victory of Defeat
Aldrick's projection body was finally destroyed, but Charlotte looked at the dungeon that had almost been reduced to ruins, and great sorrow churned in her heart. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Are they victorious?
It is true that they have stopped the insane conspiracy of the Annihilation Society and the Forest of Illusions. However, the losses were so devastating.
Now standing in the field, except for Ramsay, who came to support at the last moment, only the three Clayderman siblings remained......
Evan and Vivien Leigh walked to Charlotte's side with each other's arms, the former looking lonely at the corpse-strewn dungeon area, his eyes avoiding Charlotte's gaze as if evasive. Vivien Leigh was like a doll with a lost soul supported by Aven, tears drenching her cheeks.
Ramsey shrugged his shoulders as he got down on one knee and saluted Charlotte.
"Great Your Majesty, your loyal servant Ramsay salutes you, and may your glory shine forever in time and space!"
Charlotte shook her head in a lonely manner, "I'm sorry, Lord Ramsay, I'm not in the mood to laugh with you right now. I think you've mistaken someone, I'm Charlotte Clayderman, not your all-powerful majesty. ”
Ramsey looked up in amazement, then smiled and pointed to the Book of Atroac.
"What are you talking about, I won't admit that I'm wrong! Who else but the great Majesty Rusin can be recognized by the Book of Atroac?"
"Hmph, where are you putting me!" the Eye of Time suddenly uttered an old voice.
"That's enough! I'm not in the mood to argue with you!" Charlotte clenched her fists and roared hysterically, "I told you I'm not Lusen, my name is Charlotte Clayderman!"
Everyone shuddered as they watched Charlotte tremble in pain.
"I'm sorry...... I appreciate everything you have done for me...... But as I said, I'm not in the mood to dwell on the Eye of Time anymore!" Charlotte lowered her head, unable to make out the expression on his face in the shadows, but Vivien Leigh could feel him trembling in pain.
He walked over to Evan and put his hands firmly on Evan shoulders. Unable to avoid it, Evan looked up and saw tears of pain overflowing Charlotte's azure pupils.
"Brother...... I beg you! I beg you to do it all over again!" Tears flowed down her cheeks, Charlotte's lips trembled, and her five fingers pinched Evan's shoulders hard, "Let's do it again, this time we'll win!"
"W-What again, what?" said Vivien Leigh's tearful eyes as she wandered between the two, "what are you hiding from me?"
Charlotte and Evan didn't respond, the former staring at Evan in anticipation of his answer.
However, Evan shook his head bitterly, "...... Sorry, Charlotte. I can't hold it anymore and ......"
He avoided Charlotte's gaze, "Remember what we were trying to do?"
"Original intention!?Are you saying we're victorious now?" Charlotte went completely crazy, he grabbed Evan's neck with one hand, and dragged him to look at the corpse-strewn dungeon, "Look at it! Look there! Lying there are our partners who live and die together!
"Cecilia saved my life twice! We wouldn't even be able to get out of Santos without Claire!And Edie, your most loyal knight and companion!"
He pressed his head against Evan's forehead, forcing him to look into his eyes, "Now, we have a chance to make everything happen again! we can stop all this tragedy from happening! we can have a happy ending! as long as we ...... You nod!"
"That's enough! What the hell are you talking about!, why are you hiding it from me!" Fei Wenli looked at the two brothers who seemed to be strangers, she tugged at Charlotte's sleeve, "You tell me! What the hell is going on? Can Brother Evan save them?"
"I can't do it!" Evan roared in pain, "I'm sorry, but I really can't! My body is not enough to support another reincarnation! And, Charlotte, do you know what you're doing?
Charlotte let go of Aven's collar in disappointment, and he smiled desperately.
"So, you're coming to me to make Claire a ball of ashes, to have Cecilia cut in half, to have Edie lie in the cold dungeon?" he clapped like crazy, "Great! It's amazing! It's a perfect sacrifice, and the directors of this sacrifice are me and you!"
Evan bowed his head sadly. The next second, Charlotte rushed to Aven's side like a madman, scrambling for the pocket watch on his chest.
"If you can't do it, then let me come! It's okay, my body can hold it, and I will never admit such an ending!"
The brothers scuffled wildly, and Charlotte gnawed at Aven's arm like a beast, trying to snatch the watch from his neck. They rolled in the ruins and mud like street thugs, and the two nobles were so embarrassed that they were not even as beggars!
Vivien Leigh couldn't stand it anymore, and she lifted Charlotte away. The latter fell into the mud and held his head high in agony.
"Why are you on his side!?We can do it!Fevien Leigh, we can make it all happen! Believe me, I'm going to save you, save all ......"
"That's enough!" the old voice came from his pocket watch, and the Eye of Time retorted in an unquestioning tone, "Charlotte, I approve of the master as Aven, not you - if you really want to save everyone, then why not try it your way?"
Charlotte was stunned, clutching his stomach and laughing maniacally, tears flowing down like a river with a broken gate. He stood up, smiling as he walked over to Cecilia.
Ramsey tried to grab him, but he gave way to him. Vivien Leigh took his hand, but he shook him off.
"Charlotte!" said Vivien Leigh, standing still, her voice hoarse, "what the hell is going on? I beg you to tell me......
Charlotte paused, and he shrugged.
"Go ask your cold-blooded brother Aven!Ah, by the way, and that useless piece of scrap metal!"
With that, he walked into the shadows alone.
He knelt in Claire's ashes of mud, kissed him in silence with his hands on the dirt, and dragged his tired body towards Cecilia.
The girl who longed for herself was cut in two, and the blood and organs merged into a river at the fracture. Just looking at that bleak scene, Charlotte's tears couldn't stop falling.
He picked up the half-sword in Cecilia's hand and reached out to caress her cold cheek. Charlotte shivered with pain at the cold touch, and he gently closed her light red eyes with his hand.
"Sorry...... Cecilia...... I've always known your feelings for me, but I've been running away from it all. Because I'm a jerk, scum...... I've always been in love with another girl who shouldn't be tempted......"
"I—I don't know how to express it...... But you're such a beautiful girl, and you're so gentle even with a cocky and stupid guy like me......" He stood up and lifted the knight's half-sword, "I don't know what I can do, but at least, I swear you'll see me in action!"
Charlotte took off his mage robe and tossed it aside, pinned the knight's sword to his waist, and walked out of the hall with his head held high as he had been a child......