Yuusha Isagi no Maou Hanashi Volume 5 Chapter 10 part1
Amalia closes her eyes.
It was a wedding ceremony.
She stood in a garden with many colorful flowers blooming everywhere.
A beautiful woman play the harp bringing a solemn atmosphere to the place, people were talking in a whisper as if trying not to disturb the atmosphere.
All of the attendees had a smile on their face.
Every one of them were Amalia close person, who came to this place to give their blessing to her.
The main character of today ceremony was the guild masterâs daughterâ Amalia.
She wore a beautiful princess line today.
It was her wedding dress.
She wasnât holding her sword as an adventurer like she had always do, but she was there as a newlywed with bouquet in her hand.
Stood in the entrance of the wedding road,her father, Bardz, nervously grasped his daughterâs hand.
To think that you became an adult this fast, Bardz said such cliche line as he sniffled.
What are you saying, I already 15 years old, you know , she replied with a warm smile over her face, as she started to walk holding her fatherâs arm with her hand.
At that moment, the music changed from harps into a pipe organ, the boys chorus started their hymn with beautiful soprano voice.
The one standing on the end of the road wasâ
â Amalia slowly opened her eyes.
The scenery that she imagined wasnât there.
When she looked around over her veil, it was just several unknown noble man and their bodyguards, even the women that were present in this place just the palace maids.
She was inside the royal castleâs chapel.
The light that passed through the stained glass created a picture of seven coloured goddess on the floor.
Theyâd dressed Amalia while still confine her to a house arrest, then drag her into this place.
Her father and big brother werenât here.
And her little brother, Franz, were still captured somewhere.
Caliburnas who wore a tuxedo for todayâs occasion stretch his hand toward Amalia who clad in a wedding dress.
âLetâs go, Amaliaâ
His eyes seems like it stares into nothing. It didnât seems to be in focus.
She couldnât help it but thought it as uncanny. But, she could do nothing over this farce.
â⌠Yes, dearâ
Amalia took his hand.
It was cold as ice.
As she suddenly retract her hand in surprise, Caliburnas stare at her with a confused look on his face.
âWhat the matter, young lady?â
âAh, noâŚâ
After she stroked her hands a few times, she once again took his hand.
She could clearly felt it even over a glove.
The fact that this man didnât have any body heat at all.
â⌠Letâs go, dearâ
âYeahâ
Caliburnas smiled. The two of them then walked side by side.
She felt like her hand was being locked with a chain as she grasped his hand.
This, mark the end of her entire life.
But, it couldnât be helped.
For the sake of protecting her family, nothing else she could do.
Thatâs whyâŚ
At that moment, someone suddenly slammed the chapelâs door open.
Being bathed by the light that coming from that door, Amalia and Caliburnas turned their bodies together.
Even while being supported by the guards, he still stood right there with rage on his face.
âAmalia!â
An old man with his hair that almost turned white entirely swiped all back, with a broadsword that made everyone who looked at him would stare in wonder whenever he would even be able to lift that sword or not.
The current guild master, Bardz.
A man who built the Adventurers Guild.
The expression of the nobles started to changed.
âWhy he is, hereâŚâ
âFrom where did he get the informationâŚ?â
In the midst of the clamour, Bardz bellowed.
âWhy, why are you here together with Caliburnas!?â
Amalia pressed her hand against her mouth.
She almost spill the truth to her father, so she bit her own lips.
âEven if you say so, right? Amaliaâ
Caliburnas laughed.
Thatâs right. She mustnât do it.
She mustnât keep relying on her father.
She already decided to protect him after all.
Marieta took a deep breath, then looked at her father.
â⌠Father. Itâs been a long time since the last time we met, right?â
âI donât know when you came back. But, what in the world is this farceâ
Amalia speak slowly so that her voice wouldnât trembled.
âI will marry, Caliburnas-sama⌠Itâs already decidedâ
âDonât freaking kidding me! Oi, Caliburnas! Explain what is happening here!â
âIf, if you want an explanation, let me do it, fatherâ
Amalia stepped in front of Caliburnas as if trying to protect him.
She swallows her saliva, then started to talk.
â⌠I fell in love with Caliburnas-sama. After all, he is the number one adventurer, right? It canât be helped right? After all, I always love a strong person since I was a kid, right?!â
âAnd so you secretly held the ceremony like this, without even telling your parent, ehâ
Hearing Bardz said those words with threatening tone, Amalia gasped.
His eyes were burning in rage as he glared at Caliburnas.
Not good.
âCaliburnas. I didnât know that you would step this low, you know. Are you satisfied now? That all of my family moved by you will, huh? Is that all you want? Answer me, Caliburnas!â
âI donât quite understand, Bardzâ
Caliburnas smile didnât crumbled from his face.
Not good.
âIf I marry this kid, it means that we are one step closer to destroying the demis right? Why are you becoming angry over that? Why canât you give us your blessing?â
âWhy the hell would I!? Use your damn head to think about how Amalia feel about this! No matter how I see it, she is being forced to do this!â
âBeing forced?â
Calibunas peeked into Amaliaâs face.
Amaliaâs body quiver in surprise.
âIs that so?â
â⌠Of course, notâ
âLookâ
Caliburnas said that while smiling like usual.
Amalia didnât have any clue on what should she do anymore.
Even though she already decided to give up on everything.
But her father came to help her.
That made her started to think about other possibilities.
Her father, Bardz, was an unparalleled man.
If he, the man who defeated the demon lord, then he should be able to defeat Caliburnas, or even all the absurdity that the world had.
Bardz bellowed.
âDonât fuck with me! All this time, you guys have been doing everything as you please!
But! My daughter life is for her to decide herself! I wonât let her being used by people like you guys!â
Caliburnas looked at Bardz who started cursing at them, with gloomy look on his face.
âWhat a noisy geezerâ
He took the sword from a guard beside him and drew the sword from its scabbard.
What happened after that, Amalia couldnât even perceived it.
He swung his sword like he was about to kill an insect.
Even though his movement was just as simple as that.
The shockwave that came out from that movement slashed Bardz from his shoulder.
From her fatherâs body, blood started to gushed out.
She opened her eyes wide in surprise.
âFather!â
Amalia shouted, but Caliburnas suddenly hugged her.
âStop! Let me go! Caliburnas! Father, my father isâŚ!â
âYes. Itâs because your father wouldnât bless us of this marriage, Amaliaâ
âYou⌠YouâŚâ
Amalia wasnât the only one who surprised and stunned on what just had happened.
The nobles also started to swarm in front of Caliburnus.
âCa, Caliburnas-dono! You mustnât kill Bardz!â
âHe still have some value for us!â
âWe still have him to nominate you as the second guild master!â
Peopleâs face turning pale as they started to run around to give Bardz treatment.
He then coughed out blood from his mouth several times, it seems that he wasnât dead yet.
Caliburnas returned his sword into the scabbard, he knitted his eyebrows.
âHmm. Itâs quite troublesome, eh. Alright then, Iâll forgive you this time, Bardz. After all, weâve been friends for a long time, right?â
Amalia couldnât understand anymore what in the world he was trying to say.
She closed her eyes, while still inside Caliburnasâs embrace.
I canâtâŚ
Father, big brother, Fra-chan⌠I canât bear this anymoreâŚ
Even that strong and amazing father, were easily put to ground like a little children by Caliburnas attack.
Caliburnasâ power was on an entirely different level.
And he wouldnât forgive anyone who oppose him.
Amalia started to imagine how her life would go after this.
She would have to live her life in confinement.
Her precious people were held as hostage.
If she bear a child, they would snatch away that child from her for sure.
And those things would have to repeat, forever.
Thefuture was full of despair.
Sheâd to live like a doll, giving up everything.
⌠From now on, until the end of her life.
Itâs impossible.
Itâs just.
Amelia silently shakes her head.
â⌠MotherâŚâ
As she whispered that, small code she had written slowly materialized.
A small knife made of ice, appeared on the palm of her hand.
It was the only black magic that she had learned from Isagi.
I am sorry, father, big brother, Fra-chanâŚ
But, thereâs no other way, than thisâŚ
I donât want to bother you guys, more than thisâŚ!
For the sake of protecting other, Amalia didnât have any other way than this.
It would be too unbearable for her, if her father, big brother, little brother, died because of her.
She pointed that knife to her neck, thrust it.
I will go to your place soon, mother, she whispers.
HoweverâŚ
Her world that already engulfed deep dark despair.
Then, Amalia realized.
Could she even diedâŚ.?
For Amalia who was a B rank adventure, meant that she already had enough qualification to use the revival stone.
Means that if she kills herself at this point, wouldnât they just have to forcefully brought her back to life?
She couldnât even have the only hope, die, that she had.
Amalia felt like there was a deep ravine right in front of her.
Now, even the salvation called as âdeathâ, was out of her reach.