Favored by the Family That Will Become the Strongest! - Chapter 47

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She rested her head quietly against the window.
‘But this won’t be the end.’
The people of the Rothwell Family were already certain of her presence here. It meant that Uncle knew her location.
If he learned of her Awakening, he would do whatever it took to take her away.
This time Barcan and Sevar had driven them out, but the Cardian Family could not be an eternal shield.
She had no idea what schemes Uncle might concoct next. His Ability was that dangerous, and many Ability Users kept their eyes on him.
She turned her head slowly and gazed at Bianca, asleep on the bed. Bianca had not yet awakened.
Even though Alfonso had assured her that her condition had improved, she lay with her eyes closed as if lost in deep sleep.
But she would wake soon. And when she did, she would be completely different from before. The darkness that had been obstructing her Ability from awakening within her body had been completely driven out—she would Awaken as an Ability User.
‘Bianca is well now. And I’ve prevented the tragedy that would have befallen Sevar.’
The next thing to do was bring down Rothwell. And after that, the time would come when she would have to leave this place.
As her thoughts reached that point, she carefully opened the wardrobe door. She could see luggage arranged in one corner of the room.
At first, she had tried desperately to get into this house, and she had even stubbornly insisted to Barcan that she didn’t want to leave. But in truth, she had always been ready to depart at any moment.
Her only duty was to repay the kindness of the Cardian Family.
‘When that time comes, should I visit the Magic Tower?’
Malacar had been a good teacher. There was nothing wrong with learning Magic from him in depth in this life as well. He could help with things she needed right now.
Just then, a careful knock broke the silence. She turned her head to find Barcan standing in the doorway with his arms crossed.
“Diena.”
Barcan confirmed that Bianca was asleep, then approached Diena with quiet steps.
“Barcan.”
Diena realized his gaze was fixed not on her, but behind her. It was where her luggage lay. At that moment, Barcan’s brow furrowed as if he found something displeasing.
“What is all this luggage? Why are you packing like this?”
“I beg your pardon?”
“As if you were leaving any moment.”
“Oh, not immediately. But since I might have to leave at any time, I prepared in advance.”
“Where do you intend to go?”
Diena blinked. She couldn’t understand what Barcan was saying.
“But… isn’t that natural?”
“What?”
“I’m not a member of the Cardian Family. I can’t stay here forever, can I? Once I’ve finished my Revenge, I’ll have to leave.”
“That doesn’t mean you need to prepare so soon.”
Barcan muttered in dissatisfaction at her words. Then, after a moment of thought, he carefully opened his mouth.
“Is it because I told you to leave before?”
“No, that’s not it. I wouldn’t leave even if you told me to, unless I have a reason that convinces me.”
Barcan frowned irritably with a sharp gesture.
“Then is it truly only because you’re a member of the Rothwell Family?”
“Yes. Once my Revenge is finished… there’s no reason for me to stay here, is there?”
She had come here in the first place to prevent the misfortune of the Cardian people and to repay the kindness Barcan had shown her in her Past Life.
Barcan couldn’t add another word against her. As Diena said, once her Revenge was finished, there would be no reason for her to remain. It was only natural that she would think of leaving.
Barcan looked at Diena. Her wrist, so slender it seemed it would break with a touch. And her long eyelashes, trembling faintly.
Diena seemed exceedingly fragile and beautiful.
Of course, unlike her appearance, she was a strong person. And that was what made her all the more captivating…
‘I’m losing it.’
Barcan cut off his thoughts and ran a dry hand over his face. The effect of her Ability was remarkable. His head was completely filled with thoughts of wanting to keep her by his side, of wanting to be together with her.
The symptoms seemed to worsen the closer he was to her. Perhaps Diena had noticed this about him as well.
When he first felt her Ability, he had sensed its danger instinctively.
Any Ability User would. Once they experienced Diena’s Ability, they would not willingly let her go. They would hold onto her by any means necessary.
‘I’m not like that.’
If Diena wanted to leave, he would let her go.
But.
What if, truly. Just hypothetically—he might become trash himself. Before that happened, it seemed safer to send Diena to the Magic Tower as the old man Malacar had requested.
Yet when he imagined Diena departing for the Magic Tower with Malacar—
‘Something irritates me.’
But again, if she wanted to leave, he would let her. Of course, if she didn’t want to, he would give her a place to stay.
So then, there was nothing wrong with using only good methods, wasn’t there? Not forcing her away or clinging to her. What if she chose to stay because she liked the Cardian Family?
‘There’s no problem with that, is there?’
Barcan, who had been lost in thought for a moment, opened his mouth as if indifferently.
“Just stay.”
His tone came out blunt without him realizing, but Diena blinked, unable to understand what Barcan meant.
“Pardon?”
“What reason is there for you not to stay here? If you leave, Bianca will be very sad.”
“……”
“Even if that weren’t the case, it’s not as if our Family is so poor we can’t feed one more. So just stay. Unless you’re tired of this place and want to leave.”
Diena stared at Barcan with a dazed expression.
“Will you come with me? Join the Cardian Mercenary Group.”
“What do you say? We can make that bastard pay. It’s good for you and good for me.”
At first glance it sounded rough, but his words carried a consideration meant to spare her burden. She remembered the Barcan of the past. The moment he had looked at her and extended his hand, asking her to come with him.
Soft-drop.
Tears fell slowly from Diena’s eyes. Barcan, who had been watching her covertly, felt sudden panic cross his face.
“Why, why are you crying?”
He widened his eyes in apparent alarm and rummaged through his jacket pocket, thinking he might offer her a handkerchief if he had one.
“Well…”
But there was no way he carried a handkerchief with him.
Barcan hesitated, then carefully wiped the tears from Diena’s eyes with his own hand. At his touch, her body went rigid.
The Barcan of the past, too, would wipe her tears when she cried. And always with these same clumsy hands.
Diena’s lips trembled slightly as she opened her mouth.
“I was missing someone.”
“Missing someone?”
“There was a person who once said something similar to what you just said.”
The hand that had been wiping Diena’s tears stopped. Had she been in love with someone?

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