Don't Tell Anyone That...Hero Sohan is Already Dead

After seeing Yan, Alix closes his eyes and his Shield appears again to hide his injuries.

"My... butler...?"

Selistina responded confusedly after hearing that.

"Yes, Milady. I'm your new butler. And my name is Yan Zen'no."

Yan said while bowing.

"B-But how? I didn't ask for a butler."

Selistina said in a confused voice while looking at Yan.

Suddenly, an old butler appeared beside Yan and said while bowing.

"Your Highness, my Lord, has ordered a butler to look after you while hero Sohan is away for a while."

After hearing that, Selistina looks at Alix.

Alix signalled to her to go with the flow.

Selistina didn't say a word but nodded.

"I hope you understand, your highness. Please Excuse me then."

He said, then went away.

As he was going away, Yan asked Selistina while bowing.

"Milady, is there anything I can do for you?"

"Um... yeah. Prepare breakfast for us."

Selistina said while commanding him.

"Yes, Milady."

Yan said, then he bowed again, and then he went away.

Selistina looked at Alix and asked in a suspicious voice.

"What did you tell them about Sohan?"

Alix signed and said, 

(sigh) "I told them that he went for training to get stronger to defeat Demise."

After hearing that, Selistina gave a confused look and asked.

"And they believed that? Who protects people from Demise while he's gone? Me? You? Tell me."

Alix smiled and said.

"While fighting with Demise, I created a barrier around the kingdom. He tried to break it but failed to do so."

"Really!? That's great."

Selistina said with a smile, but her tears are still seen in her eyes.

She was happy to see that the kingdom would be protected. She tries to overcome her loss, but no matter how happily she smiles, her smile without Sohan is still fake.

"See, Dummy. I am still able to protect my kingdom."

Selistina mutters while raising her head and looking outside the window at the sky. 

She was talking to Sohan.

She smiled as she saw his smile in the sky.

Some pearls of tears again appeared in her eyes as she remembered him.

Alix saw her tears. He lowers his head in grief and mutters. 

"My Lord, how happy she was with him. Why did you take him away from her? Why...? If you don't want them to be together, then why did you even reincarnate him? Why...?"

Some tears appeared in his eyes too, as he remembered Sohan.

"Milady, your breakfast is-"

Yan appears with the breakfast on a tray.

He stopped as he saw the tears in her eyes.

"Milady...?"

He said this in surprise after seeing her tears.

"Ah! Oh my butler, It's you."

Selistina said while wiping her tears with her palms.

Yan steps forward towards Selistina, takes out his handkerchief from his pocket, and gets near Selistina to gently wipe the tears from her eyes.

Selistina looked amazed as she saw him wiping her tears.

Alix widened his eyes in surprise after seeing that.

After he wiped the tears from her eyes, he looked at her and asked, in a slightly worried voice.

"Is there something that has been bothering you?"

 Selistina looked at Yan as she remembered something.                                        

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I was standing on the balcony of my room looking at the beauty of the full moon.

I smiled as I remembered my mother's face.

"You are watching over me, right Mom?"

I said with a little smile.

Some tears appear in my eyes as I feel uneasy. She is not with me. At first, I felt very uneasy without her. But now I'm getting used to it. But still, whenever I remember her, these tears instantly appear in my eyes. 

Suddenly, the gate to my room opens.

"Selistina. Are you here?"

I looked back and saw it was him.

"Oh. It's you."

I said, then wiped my tears from my eyes.

He freezes after seeing me in tears.

He runs towards me and hugs me.

"Um?"

I responded with my eyes wide open.

"Is there something I lack?"

He asked in a serious voice. His voice clearly reflects his sadness.

I smiled and said,

"It's nothing. I just remembered my mom. She left me when I was just 7 years old."

I reveal my past to him while holding my tears.

While hugging me, he placed his right palm on my head and said,

"Don't cry. I'm here with you."

His voice made me feel comfortable. 

"Umu. I understand..."

I said while closing my eyes in satisfaction.

"...my Sohan."                                      

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"Um...Milady?"

Yan asked in a confused voice.

"Ah!"

Selistina responded while coming back to her senses.

"Um...Th-Thank you. Butler."

Selistina said with a little teary smile.

"Milady...you can call me Yan."

Yan said with a gentle smile.

"Yeah...Yan."

Selistina said while looking at him.

"I'm honoured, Milady."

Yan said while bowing with a smile on his face.

"You finally found someone to accompany you."

Alix, who was standing beside Yan, said.

Selistina smiles a little at him.

Yan turned to Alix after noticing him and asked.

"Sir, um...I sincerely apologise for not noticing you before. May I have the honour to know your name?"

Alix smiled at Yan's innocence and said,

"My name is Alix. The Loyal Swordsman of the Almighty."

"Almighty..."

Yan mutters in dilemma, then looks at Alix and says,

"Nice to meet you, sir Alix. I'm Yan Zen'no."

Alix smiled and said.

"Just call me Alix."

Yan was taken aback and said,

"O-Okay. A-Alix."

Then he mutters.

"Why does it feel like I've heard it before too? But where?"

Then he looked at Selistina and asked.

"Milady, you haven't told me why you were so sad?"

Selistina lowered her head after hearing that and said,

"It's nothing."

She lowers her head to hide her sadness, but her sadness is clearly seen in her face.

"Milady, your sadness is clearly seen in your face. You can tell me about it."

Yan said in a slightly worried voice, but then he realised that he had said too much.

"Um...Sorry about this. Milady. I just don't understand why you are so sad? That's why I asked. Please forgive my bluntness. 

He said this while apologizing.

"It's fine, Yan. By the way, tell me about you."

Selistina said with a little smile.

She was trying not to show her sadness to a new member of her palace. That's why she just starts with a formal introduction.

"Um...Milady..."

Yan said while looking down in nervousness.

"Hum? What's the matter, Yan?"

Selistina asked while looking at him.

"Well, I..."

Yan hesitated.

"Huh?"

Selistina responded.

"Hum?"

Alix responded while looking at Yan.

"Why is he hesitating?"

He mutters to himself while looking at Yan with a doubtful voice.

Yan looked at Selistina and said,

"Um...I don't know anything about myself except my name."

"Huh!?"

"What!?"

Selistina and Alix responded shockingly after hearing that.

"I opened my eyes and found myself in an orphanage. I don't know anything except for my name. When I asked them, they told me that I'm a member of their orphanage. Soon enough some knights came into our orphanage and asked for a loyal child and they told them about me and they chose me and trained me a bit and then I'm here...as your butler, Milady."

Yan explains his situation.

"Oh...So you got amnesia."

Selistina said in a sympathetic voice.

"Memory loss...hum...Well, you'll soon know everything. Don't worry."

Alix said with a little smile.

Yan smiled after hearing that, then he served a cup of tea to Selistina and Alix.

Suddenly his eyes fell on Kaguya, who was sleeping beside Selistina.

"Um...Who is this lady?"

He asked confusingly.

Then he saw her red shining hairs.

Suddenly, he felt a little uneasy.

"Hum? What's happening?"

He mutters to himself.

Selistina looked at Kaguya then said in a disappointing voice.

"She's Sohan's Mother."

"Hum? Sohan?"

Yan repeats confusingly.

"Is that Sohan guy...is the hero Sohan of the Light Shines which the elder just mentioned?"

He asked confusingly.

Selistina smiled and said while looking outside the window.

"Yeah...He was the...no, he is the Hero...Hero Sohan."

Her voice shows her pain.

After hearing that, Yan smiles excitedly and says,

"I wish I could meet him after he comes back from his training."

Selistina and Alix lower their heads after hearing that.

Selistina, who had thought that it was not good to let Yan know about him, suddenly said,

"Yan."

She calls him in a serious voice.

"Y-Yes. Milady."

Yan said in a little nervous voice. He became a little nervous after seeing her serious all of a sudden.

"You're my loyal butler, Right?"

She asked him in a serious voice while lowering her head.

"Yes. Milady. I Am."

Yan said in a proud voice while standing straight.

"Well, I'm going to tell you a truth which you have to keep a secret to everyone in Light Shines, got it?"

Selistina said in a serious voice.

"Yes. Milady."

Yan said in a serious voice while looking at Selistina.

Selistina and Alix look at each other. They both nodded, then she looked at Yan.

"Never tell anyone you know that..."

She said in a serious voice while looking at him.

Yan focuses on her words.

"...Hero Sohan...is dead."

Selistina completed while holding back her tears.

After hearing that, Yan freezes and repeats.

"Hero Sohan...is Dead...?"

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"Kihihihihihi"

She giggles while looking at them in the dark from that crystal ball.

"Seems like they reveal his death to him."

She said in her honey-like sweet voice.

"Kihihihi. Well, it will be fun. I hope you're also enjoying it, right...My Precious Loved one...Sohan."

Then she smiles.