The Possessor Has No Desire To Be a Protagonist

91. The Queen of Jealousy and Alienation

Arthur was sitting in the flower garden with Ariane. Under the clear autumn sky, cosmos in full bloom swayed along with the wind.

Arthur knew for the first time that there was a flower garden like this outside of Istvan.

I spread a mat on the hill and I saw Istvan in the distance. It seemed that there were only two of them in the world.

“Anne, it was all because of you that I dreamed of becoming a hero.”

“Oh? Really?”

“yes! You read a lot of hero novels and said you like such a person.”

Those were the words Anne said when she was six or seven years old. Anne looked as if she was ashamed to avoid Arthur’s gaze with surprised eyes.

“Did I? I can’t even remember when… .”

“Yeah, we were both young back then.”

“that… , me too Arthur.”

“yes?”

Arthur blinked and waited for Anne to speak.

“I also entered Iniros Academy because I wanted to become a hero instead of you. I wanted to become a hero and avenge the village instead of you.”

Anne continued with a trembling voice.

“But it may not be necessary now. Arthur, because you are alive like this.”

The hand resting on his lap trembled. The burning of the village was traumatic for Arthur as well.

Even now, from time to time, I would see the village in flames in my dreams last night.

It would have been the same for Anne.

“Anne, shall we talk about something else?”

“yes! How about we talk about our future?”

“great. As for our future… .”

“I think if I were to have a child, it would be good to have two.”

Hehe, smiling brightly, Anne spoke naturally. At that moment, Arthur’s cheeks turned red. It was hot to the ears.

“One child like me and one child like you… ! I think that would be just right.”

“That, ah, that’s sudden!”

“By the way, Arthur is even engaged to me? Did you have a strange imagination?”

Arthur looked away for nothing. The world spread out below the hill was small.

“Wow, the scenery is really pretty.”

“Arthur, are you talking now? Could it be that just the two of you aren’t enough?”

“Oh no! I think you two would be good too.”

Anne narrowed her eyes in doubt.

“If we get married and build a house, I want to plant a tree.”

“tree… ?”

“yes! One elfwood tree is enough. When we get married, we plant a tree from then on. Because as the tree grows, you will see the children grow with it. When the children are old enough to play, attach a swing to the tree. And we sometimes take a break in the shade while watching the children running around.”

Arthur imagined the future drawn by Anne. It looked like a beautiful landscape on its own.

“It is a nice scenery.”

“yes! I think it’s a wonderful future.”

“Oh no, Anne. How is life at Nadia Academy?”

For a moment, darkness passed over Anne’s expression. However, he soon smiled brightly.

“… just. it’s okay.”

“Why is something happening?”

If it was his usual hug, he wouldn’t have slurred his words like that. Anne bit her lower lip and was silent for a long time.

In an instant, a single tear fell down Anne’s cheek.

“What, why are you suddenly like that? What’s up?”

“nothing… . Nothing.”

“tell me. Anne. What is it?”

Anne wiped away tears and shook her head once.

“Sorry… . On a good day like this, I shed tears like an idiot.”

“What is it? okay?”

“Arthur… . Do you believe me?”

Arthur met the red eyes that seemed to look into himself.

“yes! I am always on your side.”

“You’ll think it’s strange. My words may sound strange. But everything I say is the truth.”

After a moment of hesitation, Arthur nodded.

“Ethan… . It seems like they’re trying to catch my weakness… .”

“Are you trying to find a weakness?”

“I hope it’s not me either.”

In fact, yesterday, Ethan and Anne briefly met. But do you have a weakness? Arthur was looking at Anne with trembling eyes.

“Weakness? What weakness are you trying to catch?”

“no. I must have misunderstood too. I hope so.”

“tell me. Anne. What weakness did Edan try to find in you?”

Anne hesitated for a long time.

“Ethan… . It’s strange that I’m the only one left alive in town with you. That’s why they seem to believe that I survived through some kind of deal with Mine.”

Arthur was momentarily speechless. Ethan was as precious to him as Anne. Enough to reveal the secret of his own status window.

“But trust me! Arthur! I really was your first and last.”

“Anne… .”

“I get scared when I think about what Ethan will do if he finds a weakness in me… .”

Seeing Arthur stiff, Anne sneakily held Arthur’s hand. Arthur was silent for a long time.

“As expected, you don’t believe me… ?”

Here, I wake up first, showing tears once more. That was what Anne would do next.

Then Arthur will grab Anne’s arm. However, Arthur’s reaction was unexpected as Anne.

“Sorry, I don’t believe you either.”

“What… ?”

“The Ethan I know is never a mean person to catch weaknesses.”

Anne wept again. Anne looked precarious as if she were about to collapse.

“You believe Ethan’s words more than I do. I’ve been with you for 15 years… .”

“… … ”

“If I fall under Ethan and you lose me, will you come to your senses?”

“Stop, stop! Arianne!”

Anne looked up at Arthur with tears still flowing down her face.

“It’s too much, Arthur… . Why don’t you believe me? I only have you please say something I want you to tell me that I am the only one.”

Arthur looked down at such Anne.

“Anne, I don’t want to lose you. I’ll pretend I didn’t hear anything today. You must have misunderstood something.”

As it was, Arthur tried to turn around. My mind was confused.

“wait! Wait Arthur!”

“… … ”

“Yes, I must have misunderstood something. Come on. Come and hug me just once Until my heart calms down.”

Anne was trembling as if she had been drenched in rain. Arthur approached Anne and hugged her.

“Come here, Anne. are you okay. Everything will be fine.”

Anne’s embrace was as warm and cozy as Arthur’s memory. At that moment, Arthur’s eyes widened.

“It’s all Arthur’s fault. Because Arthur didn’t trust me… .”

“… don’t you?”

A dagger was lodged deep in Arthur’s abdomen. Arthur took two steps back.

“I will kill you. Arthur. I want to kill you and all your friends.”

Anne now felt something stirring deep inside her heart. It didn’t take long to figure out what those feelings were.

It was jealous.

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Jealousy toward the colleagues Arthur trusts and relies on. I wanted to kill them all. Sepia, Tia, Tesha, Ethan, Anya, everything.

“Arthur, I want to kill you… . I suffered like this, but did you have a happy time with your friends?”

“… Anne. If you want to kill me, kill me.”

At that moment, Anne’s eyes shook violently. As if brainwashed for a while.

“You will hate me. You must hate me for leaving you in the village and surviving alone… .”

If he continued to aim for the neck or heart, he could have killed Arthur. However, Anne took two steps back.

“I, I… . Arthur… . So I… .”

Blood poured from Arthur’s mouth. Is there poison applied? My head was pounding, and my body was weak.

Anne planned to seduce Arthur at the picnic today and take him back to the base. And there he planned to brainwash Arthur.

However, if Arthur goes back like this, everything will be broken. So I have no choice but to die here.

“As expected, I have no choice but to kill you… .”

Again the dagger was about to stab Arthur in the stomach. At that moment, a black figure jumped out of Arthur’s shadow.

Caang!

The halberd swung wide and struck the dagger. The dagger bounced into the air and fell to the floor.

Arthur collapsed on the spot and fell to his knees. vision was blurry.

However, he could see the knight in black armor in front of him.

“… Lien?”

“Yes. Arthur. It’s Lien.”

“you… , Why in my shadow… ?”

But Arthur fell down before he could finish his speech. At that moment, Ethan revealed himself in the air. Ethan was holding Tia’s hand.

He was hiding under the protection of Silbert, an intermediate wind spirit.

“Tia, take Arthur to Professor Cassia!”

“Yes, got it.”

Tia hurriedly put Arthur on her back. I hated skinship with someone, but now wasn’t the time to argue about it.

Carrying Arthur on her back, Tia received the protection of the wind spirit and quickly ran down the hill.

“You really crossed the line a long time ago.”

“what… , How long have you been there? Were you eavesdropping on my conversation with Arthur? Dismal.”

A black blade came out of the scabbard. And behind Edan, the wind spirit and the fire spirit were guarding him.

“Really, this is the first time in my life that I want to kill a heroine.”

“Heroine?”

“It’s the first time I want to beat a woman.”

Black eyes glared at Ariane. In the blink of an eye, Ethan kicked off the ground and closed the distance.

Along with the heavy pain, the fist exploded in Anne’s abdomen.