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CSWH Chapter 140: Reunion with Him
The next day, I headed to the Armelia Ducal House’s secondary residence.
While I hadn’t intended on being away from it for so long, it felt terribly nostalgic.
The clean, white buildings lined up in a row looked dazzlingly beautiful.
“……Melly.”
Immediately after entering the residence, I encountered my beloved fiancé with his arms spread wide in greeting.
Forgetting about the eyes of the surroundings, I dove into his arms.
“Rui……!”
Rui circled his arms around my back and held me tightly.
We remained in that pose for a period of time.
His warmth, scent……they had not changed much compared to my memory of them, and so I let out a breath of relief.
……just how long did we remain that way?
Eventually, he distanced himself a little from me and escorted me away from the area.
And then, we sat closely together in his room, with not a single gap between us.
“……you did well in coming back.”
“Thank you, Rui. It’s all thanks to you…….because you sent supplies so quickly, we were able to ambush them in the enemy territory. That is why we were able to stop their movements.”
“I’m glad if it was of help to you.”
Sitting in a position where I could lean against his chest, I listened to the sound of his heartbeat.
“But, I’m sorry……I was unable to protect…….your…important person……”
My fist balled up, clenching the clothes on his chest.
“Ahh……yeah, I heard about that. So let me say this: that was not your fault. That was a result of Bern’s own decision.”
“……Bern?”
I tilted my head at the unfamiliar name.
Ahh……could it be that name is……
“It’s his name. A name that only Alf, Father, and I know. And in the future too……”
As expected, it was his real name.
At last, I was finally able to learn his name.
From the start, I did not have any intention of forgetting it.
I did not plan on it but……as though to carve it into my memory, I muttered his name internally.
“……say, Rui. Bern’s funeral service couldn’t be done formally, right?”
“Yeah. Father, Alf, and I performed the ceremony alone. Considering his duties, we couldn’t exactly make it a public event.”
“His grave is in the Armelia Ducal House’s public cemetery, right?”
“That’s right. Normally, his grave should be in the Army’s cemetery, but……after taking those who will be enlisting in the future into consideration, we had the grave built in the Armelia Ducal House’s cemetery.”
Setting Bern aside, I still did not know the origins or current positions of the other espionage agents.
Among them, there may be an increase in opportunities for females like Enaline to enlist.
With women being forbidden to enlist in the Army, there was no way that gravestones with female names could be placed in the Army cemetery. Thus, for the sake of future enlisters, it seems that his grave was built in the Armelia Ducal House’s public cemetery.
Anna’s grave was also erected next to it.
“……if that is the case, then I will also attend all the future burials. Then after that……let me speak with him and Anna. So that I can remember them.”
“Yeah……got it.”
And then, we headed to visit Bern and Anna’s graves.
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