Favored by the Family That Will Become the Strongest! - Chapter 92

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“I said it when we last met, but I had my reasons. Just listen to me for a moment…….”
“No, there’s no need to explain, Kasian.”
But none of that mattered to Diena.
“Diena.”
“What does it change if you tell me your reasons now?”
……
“And it doesn’t erase what you did to me, does it? You told me once that you never forgot me, not even for a moment.”
“That’s true.”
“But I’m different. I’ve forgotten everything already. A long time ago. So now there’s nothing left for me to remember.”
“I…….”
“And naturally, I have no feelings left for you whatsoever.”
Kasian knew how terrible Diena was at lying. Whenever she lied, her ears would invariably flush crimson.
So everything she said now was true.
Having been away from Diena for so long, Kasian had never imagined this. That she would look at him with such cold eyes, declaring so firmly that no feeling remained in her heart for him.
Kasian’s brow darkened as he spoke.
“You and that man can never be together anyway. The Duke has already made his decision, so you simply have to follow it.”
Diena, worn down by his tone, let out a hollow laugh.
“You’re always the same. My opinion never mattered in the first place.”
“Diena, I’m doing this for you.”
“Did you just say you’re doing this for me?”
“Yes, just become betrothed to me. At least then you can be assured of safety.”
“For me……. Ha, that’s not even funny.”
She didn’t want to speak with Kasian any longer.
Diena seized Barcan’s hand.
Barcan’s body stiffened in surprise at her bold touch. Kasian’s gaze shifted to their clasped hands, but Diena ignored him completely.
What infuriated Kasian even more was that Barcan accepted this reaction from Diena as if it were the most natural thing in the world. He regarded Kasian with what looked like pity, then smoothly positioned himself between them.
Diena looked back at Kasian over Barcan’s shoulder, her eyes cold.
“Kasian Volkov, if you truly care for me, do nothing here. Just go back to the Capital.”
“Diena!”
“After that, live on with no connection between us whatsoever.”
With that, she drew Barcan away with her. Left alone, Kasian felt his insides burn black as coal, and he clenched his lower lip hard.
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Diena knew what Kasian wanted to say.
That it was all for her sake, that someday she would come to understand his heart.
‘I’ve already heard it in my previous life.’
In her previous life, Diena had actually resolved to run away even before hearing from the doctor about her condition. She felt that living this way, she might not last much longer.
But on the day she first fled her uncle’s house, someone witnessed her. It was Kasian.
‘Even then, Kasian was our uncle’s loyal servant.’
She grasped Kasian’s hand and pleaded with him.
“Just this once, couldn’t you pretend not to see me and let me go?”
In fact, Diena had thought there was a chance Kasian might simply let her go.
Until she was determined to be a Non-Ability User, he had been her closest friend.
Even after she suffered his coldness, Diena didn’t hate Kasian. She thought his ignoring her wasn’t truly his will. She believed he had no choice because of the strict atmosphere of House Volkov.
So even when he was cruel to her, she never resented him.
But just once then. She wanted him to act for her sake just that one time.
It wasn’t an impossible request. He simply had to pass by her as if he’d seen nothing. To let her escape from her uncle’s side, to taste even a moment of freedom——
“Please, Kasian.”
At Diena’s plea, Kasian smiled warmly. And he asked:
“If you run away, where will you go?”
……
“Could you even run away properly? If he finds out you tried to flee, have you even thought what kind of punishment awaits you?”
“I’m begging you…….”
“You’ve done so well until now. Are you going to ruin everything at this point?”
“But I don’t want to use my Ability anymore.”
It was a time when she was using her Ability continuously, even before her body had recovered. She was aware of it too. It felt like if she continued much longer, something terrible would happen. She felt her body crumbling with each passing day.
Perhaps because it showed no outward signs, others didn’t understand what state she was truly in.
And Kasian was no exception.
“Stop being so melodramatic, Diena.”
“Melodramatic……?”
“I’m suffering too, and yet I’m enduring it for you. You should just endure it as well.”
Kasian gripped Diena’s shoulders firmly as he spoke.
“Just endure it for me.”
In the end, he hadn’t granted her request. He’d seized her wrist as she cried out that she didn’t want to go, and brought her to her uncle.
Diena had never forgotten the words he spoke then.
“It’s all for your sake.”
“Diena!”
Just then, Barcan’s voice pulled Diena from her reverie.
“Try to calm down. Your spirit is admirable, but there’s no need to get angry over that fool.”
It was only then that she realized she’d been gripping Barcan’s hand tightly as they walked all this way.
Diena shook her head.
“I’m not angry.”
“No? Then why were you walking so fast?”
“Because there’s no point in continuing a conversation with him. It’s a waste of time.”
Diena glanced back toward the direction she’d left Kasian. He wasn’t following yet, apparently stunned by her words, but he would soon come to his senses.
And he would become suspicious about why they were here.
‘Then his thoughts will turn to the Magic Tower Side-Effect Suppressant.’
He would likely think they had come to this place to aid the Necromancer with the Magic Tower Side-Effect Suppressant.
Then he would try to stop them by any means necessary. After all, Kasian’s goal was to drive the Necromancer into Rampage.
“That makes sense. So that bastard really did come looking for the Necromancer? Let’s walk faster then. We can’t let someone like that steal them from us.”
At his playful words, Diena gave a small smile, lifting one corner of her mouth.
It was because she was reminded of Barcan as he used to be.
“But Barcan, you’ve never been able to just let someone who starts trouble pass by. Why did you leave Kasian alone?”
At that question, Barcan’s lips trembled slightly.
He, who looked as though he’d never washed his face, carefully opened his mouth.
“I held back because I heard he was your friend until recently.”
“What……?”
Then Diena furrowed her brow as if she’d heard something utterly absurd.
Judging from that reaction, it certainly seemed she had no feelings for Kasian whatsoever. And yet, as far as Barcan was concerned, he couldn’t help but be bothered——
“Because back then, even when that bastard said those things to you, you didn’t say anything…….”
“What kind of things?”
Barcan frowned as if the mere thought displeased him, then answered.

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