The dinner had ended.
As if it were a lie that just a few days ago the people present were sharing food and arguing, the banquet hall was now extremely quiet. With everyone gone, the hall was completely empty.
Except for one woman, Bianca del Castana, who remained seated, staring blankly at the ceiling, not even thinking of getting up.
“Cain…”
All the lights in the banquet hall had already been turned off.
The moonlight, filtering through the slightly open window, softly illuminated Bianca’s face, casting a gentle glow on her body.
The sight of a beautiful woman lost in melancholy under the moonlight in the middle of a darkened banquet hall was a truly ethereal scene.
However, Bianca, who was the centerpiece of this dreamlike image, had no time to worry about how she might appear to others. Her mind was consumed by the words that a certain man named Cain von Estel had proudly declared to the entire Castana Marquis family.
The words echoed endlessly in her thoughts.
[She and I promised a future together. Someday, we would definitely be together.]
[I will never leave Bianca alone. As long as I am her fiancé, I will always be by her side.]
“…Ah, uh…”
Just recalling his words made her heart race uncontrollably. Her heartbeat was so intense she feared it might explode. This was clearly not normal.
But it felt good.
It felt so good.
Even if her heart were to explode, she felt she could accept it with joy.
Bianca gently clasped her hands together and pressed them over her heart, nestled beneath her chest.
Thump!
She felt it.
At her fingertips, she could vividly feel her heart pulsating vigorously. And Bianca believed that this heartbeat was proof of the life she had lived thus far. It was no exaggeration; the emotions she had faced today were undeniably significant.
It had been a long time.
A very long time.
After meeting him for the first time, after 20 years of enduring hardships, Bianca had finally heard the words “I love you” from his lips. He had promised to stay by her side.
Even though she knew very well that his words were nothing more than lies wrapped in sweet deception, there was nothing she could do to stop her heart from trembling at his affectionate words. Bianca wondered if this was how a woman felt when spending time with her lover. In her opinion, it was a cruel trick. It only made her fall even more deeply in love with him.
Moreover, he remembered. He remembered the promise they had made nine years ago when they were still young, a promise for the future. She had thought he had forgotten. She had assumed that the insignificant promises made in childhood had long been forgotten.
But they hadn’t been. He, too, remembered everything. He wasn’t the only one who cherished the promise they had made. He, too, still held onto the promise they had shared.
Cain and she were connected by a bond called a promise.
She was happy.
And she was content.
The overwhelming joy made it difficult for her to regain her senses. By the time she managed to collect herself, the dinner had long since ended. Cain was gone, and so were all the others. She was the only one left in the empty banquet hall.
“Ahh…”
But she didn’t want to get up just yet. She wanted to savor this feeling a little longer. She wanted to imprint this moment of bliss into her heart. For a long time, she simply stared at the ceiling with her eyes closed.
And then, it happened.
Footsteps echoed through the banquet hall, the sound of someone approaching. The figure that entered the hall stood directly in front of Bianca, making no attempt to hide their presence.
“…..”
It was the old mage who had earlier asked Cain various questions. Unlike when he had interrogated Cain, he now gazed at Bianca with a face full of confusion.
Eventually, Bianca also noticed the presence before her and quietly opened her eyes.
“Grandfather…”
As soon as she recognized the old man’s face, Bianca hurriedly stood up to pay her respects.
The old man’s identity was finally revealed.
“…It’s alright, Bianca. You can stay seated. I came to talk to you.”
As he spoke, the old man looked at Bianca with only sorrowful eyes.
To him, Bianca was a source of deep regret. She stirred feelings of remorse within him, for in the past, he had been unable to do anything for his granddaughter.
The old man of the past, obsessed with reaching a higher level as a mage, had neglected everything around him. He had been unaware of the ugly madness running through his family or that it had taken hold of his weak, young granddaughter.
By the time he had realized the truth, it had already been too late.
That’s why he now felt indebted to Bianca. As a child, he had never been there for her. And so, even though it was far too late, he wanted nothing more than to see her find a little happiness.
Although he knew it was nothing more than hypocrisy, the old man found himself unable to look away from Bianca.
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oh i see now why he asked that question well greed and passion is another thing and living like human is another