Chapter 23 - Confronting the hero Roy

"Frederick, do I look different before?"

Inside the carriage that is currently on the way back to the mansion, sit Edgar and Frederick.

"If milord was talking his looks when Hubert is apologizing to you, then yes, I agreed you look different", Frederick honestly answer him.

"When they found out that I was the prime minister's son, Yerman were cowering in fear. This taste of power feels good, very good in fact that I wish I can be above being the son of the prime minister.", Edgar said it in a calm voice.

"Power is a dangerous thing, milord. Recently milord has began on a upright path, I truly wish that you don't revert to the past self."

Edgar can feels the earnestly in Frederick's voice. He is truly thankful for someone like Frederick to be on his side all the time.

"Thank you Frederick, I promises that I won't be corrupted by powers.", Edgar smiles toward Frederick.

"I hope milord can stay true to his words.", Frederick also smiles back.

"After we go back, I will go to see Roy in the woods."

"Do you need me to accompany you?"

"No need", Edgar rejected him.

"I believe that milord has a plan in mind then?"

"Correct"

(Actually, no I don't, I am merely betting on Anna if she can awaken her sainthood. If she can then everything is good and if not...)

"Everything will be left to fate...", Edgar quietly said to himself.

Later that days, Edgar set out for the woods outside of the town.

"Edgar Von Valvford! You finally came!", Roy excited to see him.

Edgar sense a pressure from the aura that Roy is emitting confirms that he indeed awakened his hero's power.

"Roy... Indeed you have awakened.", he calmly said toward Roy.

"So you know too, hehe.", Roy with a grim laugh.

Edgar look around the surroundings to check if Anna was here.

"Anna isn't here", Roy replied knowing what Edgar was looking for.

"Then where is her?"

"Hehe, you will see soon!"

Just as Roy finished talking he reach his left arm out and open his palm. A magic circle appeared.

"Imprisonment!", Roy shouted.

"!?!?"

All of sudden, Edgar is unable to move.

"Hahaha! You think you are the prime minister's son so you are special? I am the hero! Hahaha~!", Roy madly laughs.

Roy walk over and delivery a kick onto Edgar's stomach.

"Cough"

Edgar coughed a mouthful of blood as he fall down.

(Ow, damn, this bastard really wanted to kill me)

"You are nothing to me!"

Roy shouted again with an another kick, this time to the face.

(Pow)

Edgar can start to feel that he is losing consciousness.

Before Roy was able to delivery another, a knife was thrown toward him.

"Tsk, annoying pest!"

Roy knocks the knife away.

"Milord!"

It was Frederick, he was secretly following Edgar.

"Frederick?"

Edgar's eyes is a little blurry but he can still recognize his loyal butler.

Frederick hurriedly over to Edgar's side.

"I thought I told you not to come.", Edgar said softly while breathing heavily.

"You think I don't know? You are here to gamble your life away!", Frederick said with a bit of anger as he hold Edgar in his arm.

Edgar doesn't want to Frederick to come as his fate in the game was death trying to protect his lord from Roy.

Roy seeing how much Frederick cared for Edgar anger him greatly.

"Why!? Why you have everything and I don't!? You were born with a silver spoon in the mouth! You have people caring for you! You have Anna's love! You have everything! Why is fate so unfair to me!?", Roy shouted loudly in envy of Edgar.

(This Roy is completely different from the one in the game, he suffered the same fate but that Roy will never used these as a excuse but as a motivation to rise up)

Edgar wondering why this Roy turn out the way it is, even if Anna didn't loved him, judging from his own earnest character in the game he won't be like this. But this type of thinking is wrong, Edgar greatly underestimated the impact of Anna had in Roy's life. Anna fell in love with Edgar deal a great blow to his mental.

"With your cruel character no wonder lady Anna fell for milord.", Frederick fight back.

"Hmph! Tough talk for someone with a master like him! Imprisonment!"

This time he bind Frederick with his spell too.

"!?"

(How can a commoner like him knew a spell of this caliber!?)

Frederick was taken surprised by Roy.

"I was careless milord.", he apologize toward Edgar.

"You can apologize to him together in the afterlife!"

A different magic circle from the before appeared.

"Fire!", Roy shouted.

All of sudden huge waves of fire rush toward Edgar and Frederick from the magic circle.

Just when the raging fire almost touched the two, a pure light formed around Edgar and Frederick protected them from the fierce fire.

"..."

Roy turns back and saw a familiar face.

"Anna"