I Broke Off My Engagement With My Childhood Friend, the Hero

15 – An Unexpected Proposal

“What bullsh*t. I spent my life saving you.”

On the day that E9 said I should break off the marriage, we were invited to the imperial palace.

It was a party held with the consideration of the imperial family to subdue the huge monster that threatened the imperial palace and take care of the warrior party in its own way.

Of course, tired of the long trip, we enjoyed the banquet while drinking and eating the special wine and meat of the imperial palace. When the party was ripe, the Four Heavenly Kings attacked us.

While everyone was caught off guard, the Four Heavenly Kings set fire to the imperial palace and tried to annihilate all of us who were lost in the afterglow of the party.

Actually, it must have been a plan that was prepared a long time ago. We all hallucinated or fell asleep because we dipped some drugs into our drinks.

However, I didn’t drink much that day, so I didn’t eat much, and I, who was quite sane, defeated the Four Heavenly Kings.

And Lulu watched the moment of repulsion.

That’s barely half of my lifespan…

It was an incident that was prevented like that.

“Don’t lie.”

However, to think that I ran away from such an incident… That is nonsense.

If I had escaped, everyone here wouldn’t even be alive in the first place.

I fought for my life. To protect the people of the imperial palace and the warrior party.

“You abandoned me then and ran away.”

But, for whatever reason, E9 seems to be seriously mistaken.

I never ran away. You may swear I fought to the death with the Four Heavenly Kings.

I never abandoned E9. My fiancé… There was no way I could abandon him.

“I saw you losing your mind… I saw you leaving me and running away…”

But why? Does E9 think that I abandoned him?

From the look on Enain’s questioning face, she didn’t seem to be lying.

Ena Yin is now speaking with all her heart, revealing her feelings. As if all this were true.

“Haa…”

Where the hell did this misunderstanding come from? It felt like something was twisted tightly. Because of that, my head began to throb.

I sigh to think that things have grown so much because of this kind of misunderstanding. That’s why you did all the sh*t on me…

Anyway, I don’t know if I should clear up the misunderstanding. Especially if it has to do with me.

“Lulu. Did I really abandon E9?”

I asked Lulu, who was seen in the distance who followed me and E9.

At that time, Lulu, who was clearly awake, would surely know.

How desperately I fought to protect the Four Heavenly Kings.

“Huh? No. I remember protecting you.”

I protected everyone in an extreme situation where my body didn’t listen properly because of the drugs in my alcohol.

In exchange for losing half of his lifespan…

Lulu also said that she couldn’t use magic because of the drugs she drank at the time, but for some reason she was awake in that situation. And he had watched the whole situation closely.

“Look. Lulu says that too.”

This is true. Obvious fact.

I didn’t run away, abandoning Enine.

I’ve said it over and over again, but this is an undeniable fact.

“Don’t lie.”

However, E9 was in a situation where he was saying that my words were false.

“The two of them are in one barrel. I… Have seen it.”

I don’t know why Ena Yin came to believe that, but her head hurts so much.

“Haa…”

Sighing, I thought of a method.

“Luru. Can you teleport Enin to the imperial palace and come? Please explain to Enin what happened that day.”

That’s just asking Lulu.

Thinking that Ruru might explain it well, she asked Ruru.

At least, even if you don’t listen to what I’m saying, you might be able to listen a little to what Lulu says.

“Yeah!!!”

Lulu nodded as if she understood.

“If you don’t believe it, it’s E9. You should come and see it.”

Please come to your senses.

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Space movement magic, that magic is quite useful in a party of warriors who roam around many places.

However, like all great magic, it consumes a lot of mana and is a magic that ordinary wizards cannot even use.

Lulu who uses such magic, moreover, with the magic recovery amount like a monster that doesn’t seem human, the magic gives off synergy.

“Nine. Arrived.

Lulu and Enain, who arrived at the imperial palace, were greeted by the white castle turned into charred ashes.

Now, of course, the royal family has moved to another castle, but this castle was where the royal family lived until not long ago.

And… It is the starting point of everything. I was disappointed about Dogram here.

“Nine. Can you explain what happened?”

And Lulu smiled slightly at E9 with a smile on her face.

As for what happened… I came here in the first place to explain what happened.

While waiting for E9’s answer, Lulu opened her mouth to explain.

“Lulu… Clearly Dogram abandoned me. In my fading consciousness… My last memory was him abandoning me and running out of the banquet hall.”

However, when E9 saw Lulu like that, she poured out her rage.

It was her last memory, Dogram escaping from the banquet hall and escaping from the drunken and drugged consciousness.

That was very clear. Because she was in despair… She was in despair as she watched Dogram run away. That feeling is still vivid.

“Don’t even think about lying… I’m sure I saw it clearly.”

That was absolutely not a lie. I know how to differentiate between hallucination and truth.

Dogram apparently abandoned himself and fled. He left behind his oath to protect him for the rest of his life.

For his own comfort, he abandoned himself and fled. That the love he had so far was a lie… Because of that… He himself had no choice but to break off the engagement.

“Looked smart…”

He wished many times that what he saw was a lie.

The reason why Dogram ran out of the banquet hall…

No matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t understand it. Why did he run away without a fight… He hopes to clear that question up.

“That’s… I just went to my room to get a knife;;;”

“What?”

“Dogram ran to get the knife.”

“Really… Is that all?”

Is that really the end? Enain was speechless.

“Really…?”

“Yes.”

All the words she had believed for so long flowed like lies.

“Is that really all?”

“That’s all.”

Did she say the truth is futile?

“Really… Is that all?”

“Yes. Of course. Dogram is a swordsman. Fighting requires a sword.”

It was too much.

“As soon as he left, Dogram was back in less than 30 seconds. After grabbing his sword.”

It was too futile.

“Lie…”

So I couldn’t admit it.

And not only that, there were more oddities.

“The prince saved me.”

The prince saved him. She saved herself by having the prince carry her on her back.

Unlike Dogram, who ran away… He definitely saved himself. That is why she was thinking of marrying the prince.

How can I explain that…?

“The prince saved me…”

This is true. The prince saved him.

So… To make Dogram regret it.

He abandoned Dogram, who couldn’t save himself, and chose the prince who saved him.

“How would you explain that?”

No… His own heart was shouting.

All the bad things I’ve done to Dogram… Were for him.

If not… What would you become?

“That’s because Dogram asked the sane prince to evacuate you to a safe place.”

The more I knew the truth… It felt like the skin that had been covering me was peeling off.

Gradually he feels he’s getting shabby…

Just… Was that the reason…? So what the heck have you been up to…

“Apologies… I have to…”

Enine… Knew what to do right now, in this moment.

Before it’s too late… Even…Even if you don’t accept it.

He knew what he had to do.

“Dogram must be mad right now?”

However, to such E9, Lulu told a story that made her feel a little down.

“…”

And that is a very natural story. Considering what she had done to Dogram… It wasn’t something she could take lightly.

Does he really have the right to apologize to Dogram?

At Lulu’s words… E9 fell into despair even more.

“Nine. Shall I tell you how to apologize? Maybe I can be forgiven this way.”

And to that kind of E9… Ruru said with a slight smile on her face.

For doing such a terrible thing, she said she could be forgiven…

“…Can you tell me?”

Enain swallowed her saliva and asked Lulu.

“Nine… You know. To apologize to someone, you need to be sincere as much as you did something wrong.”

And Lulu answered that question as if she had been waiting.

“So… What should I… Do?”

E9 looked at Lulu… And asked again.

“I’m giving up the power of a hero and apologizing.”

Lulu smiled at Enain as always and continued her words.