I Picked Up a Witch With Amnesia

8. Bianca del Castana – 09

So, he told all the women present here. No more quarrels, I will never allow. If he was going to reveal his hostility towards the other person, he would have to overcome himself first. With eyes that would never break or compromise, he appealed to everyone present.

…At first glance, his actions only seemed foolish. Everyone in this room, including Cain, was well aware. Of all the people in this position right now, he is the weakest.

How ridiculous is this? Justice that is not backed by force is nothing more than an empty echo. The opinions of the weak are nothing more than noise to the strong. No matter how firm his convictions may be, if the two women ignore him and take a single step forward, all his actions will be in vain.

…But Arya and Bianca couldn’t act like that. I couldn’t help but laugh at his foolish behavior. I soon realized that I could not set my own will while ignoring his beliefs.

Because his appearance was the decisive reason why the two women fell in love with him.

“…..”

Like that, a heavy silence flows in this place. Only the sound of crackling fireworks and the sound of the wind blowing faintly around them were only indicators of the passage of time.

Among the three, Arya was the first to open her mouth and break the silence.

“…I know. If that’s Cain-nim’s opinion, I’ll follow it.”

While still burning fierce hatred for Bianca in her eyes, Arya gently closed her eyes and nodded her head obediently to Cain’s words.

It wasn’t because Arya specifically forgave Bianca. She still hated Bianca del Castana, who deceived Cain, and hated him beyond that. …But, to Arya, Cain’s command was more than absolute. Because, the position Cain occupied in Arya must have been something absolute.

A woman named Arya would never do anything Cain didn’t want her to do. That was the first proposition and iron rule Arya carved into her heart.

“…Yes, thank you for listening to my insistence. aria.”

Saying that, Cain stroked Arya’s hair again. It was because Arya’s hair was tousled a lot in the aftermath of the fierce battle just before.

“I saw all the magic you use on the way here. Really, you’ve gotten a lot stronger. aria. It’s become stronger than when I last saw it.”

I hadn’t learned magic for a few months, but I really couldn’t imagine that I would have developed enough skills to compete with that Bianca del Castana. I didn’t expect to fight while pulling my hair like Arya and Bianca and other women, but this is too big even if it’s on a large scale.

Thanks to this, Cain had to go through death several times on the way to this place. No, if he hadn’t been learning ‘Flowing Star’, he might have really died. The aftermath of Arya and Bianca’s head-on collision was intense enough to lightly crush a few small pikes like Cain.

“…..”

Even though Cain praised her, Arya only smiled at him and did not show any reaction. And, Cain felt a sense of déjà vu when he saw Arya like that.

The person standing in front of him must have been an aria, but somehow it felt like he wasn’t an aria. To be precise, the person standing in front of her was obviously Arya, but she felt like she was a lot more mature than the last time she saw her, she had grown a bit taller, and her tone was somehow more mature.

‘…Is it because it’s growing up?’

But now was not the time to worry about such trifles. It was only more important that Arya nodded obediently to his coercion. I thought I had to go through a long process of persuasion to stop the fight between them, but first of all, I was able to breathe a sigh of relief because one of the two hurdles was easily passed.

“…then Bianca, I’d like to hear your answer this time.”

Cain turned his head and asked Bianca, who had been lowering her head without saying anything from earlier.

“…Cain.”

Bianca looked at Cain with sad eyes and then bit her lips tightly as if she couldn’t bear to say anything.

“…okay. you have always been that kind of person He was the kind of person who put the sorrow of others more in his heart than his own happiness, and prioritized those who sighed in despair over his own happiness. Whether in the past, in the future, or in the present, you are truly a beautiful person.”

He was not in Bianca’s muttering eyes. She was obviously looking at Cain, but at the same time she was projecting something else through his figure that didn’t exist now.

“Yes, Cain. I mean, you can do anything you want. You can do anything that pleases you. Your wishes are my wishes, and your joy is my joy. That much I love you very much.”

What Bianca said was the truth. That is, without a doubt, the form of hope possessed by a woman named Bianca del Castana-

“But it is. I can’t possibly honor your request not to kill her.”

In Bianca’s eyes as she said those words, there was a determined will in her eyes before she knew it.

“…Cain, you know it well. The fact that that woman, your handmaid, Arya, and the ‘Winter Witch’ are women who will one day bring disaster to the world.”

That’s something that won’t happen yet. But, at the same time, a terrible tragedy that happened in our past.

“On the continent, an endless winter has arrived. And in that, we had to see many deaths. From the severe cold, from starvation, indeed, many people died. Similar to that, so many people were sad. The harsh winter we had to go through must have been a great tragedy indeed.”

“…Actually, at first, I didn’t feel much different from the rampant death all around me. Because I didn’t like this world that much. I thought that this world had nothing to do with me. But, you taught me.”

Reminds me of a childhood. Even now, if I close my eyes, I can vividly recall it. I think of a boy who reached out his hand to a girl who was abandoned by everything in the world.

“I learned a lot from being with you. I learned to love the world, and I learned to live with others. Also, I was able to learn how to live with others and love someone in the end.”

It was truly a miracle. Because I faced you, I became a person from a mere tool, a woman, and in the end, I was able to become someone’s lover.

“…But, that woman is a being who may destroy everything in the future that we will create. He is an existence that might ruin the world itself in which we have to live. Plus, a being that might take your life. So I am.”

Such an existence is simply unacceptable.

“…Aria is just an aria. she didn’t do anything wrong Bianca, are you trying to hold the blame for something that hasn’t happened yet?”

At Cain’s answer, Bianca smiles forlornly. For her, the villain was a familiar role.

“You are right, Cain. There is nothing more meaningless than arguing about good and evil and discussing the seriousness of sin for something that has not yet happened. However, there is a law in the world where there is only one thing. As for the future to come, no one can be sure. So, if, maybe.”

Ten years later, the possibility that Arya will become the ‘witch of winter’ and reign over the world again as a disaster is also not zero.

“And yes, Cain. I already talked about killing that woman.”

A woman named Bianca del Castana considered each life that exists in this world as a flower, independent of her view of the world. He had the idea that one should not carelessly discuss the value of life and that one should not commit meaningless killing.

…Because a woman named Bianca knew the weight and lightness of life better than anyone else in the world.

Right after she was born in this world, the first thing she saw was the sight of her ‘brothers and sisters’, a test subject dying casually, and then being reborn as if to make up for it. There was no respect for life, no weight, nothing in that scene. Life, indeed, was nothing more than a fleeting thing.

There was nothing the newborn girl could do about the countless dying lives. Ignoring the pleas and screams of the test subjects for her, she escaped the laboratory and took Castana’s surname and became a ‘human’.

…thought Bianca should remember. At that time, she couldn’t do anything. For his own life, for his own survival, he could not look back and survived alone. So, I thought I had to remember all of their deaths and bear the weight of them. Because that was the only atonement she could do for them.

So, Bianca thought that she shouldn’t bring herself up with the word killing someone. If you put the word killing someone on your lips, that is.

It was only when he was determined to kill someone without fail.

It was, to Bianca del Castana, an oath deep in her heart that could not be exchanged for anything in the world.

“I’m sorry, Cain. I can never break my will at this moment. I can’t change the way I’ve lived my life. so-“

Saying that she could never step down from this position, Bianca just looked at Cain with firm eyes.

“…Yes, I respect your will. Bianca.”

And at Bianca’s words, Cain nodded his head politely.

I understand. I could fully understand. I know very well why Bianca is behaving like that. Her actions were never wrong. It’s just that the place I’m aiming for is different.

…In fact, I also don’t know if I’m right or if I’m being swayed by selfishness. Maybe I’m wrong and Bianca’s opinion is entirely correct.

But even in this country, there are certain things. Even if it was the ‘witch of winter’, the current Arya was innocent.

The current Arya hasn’t done anything wrong yet. Clearly, it is inappropriate to judge someone solely because they might commit a sin. If Bianca sees Arya’s sin, I will try to prove her goodness. Having faith in Arya and making her my maid, I decided to trust her until the very end.

So, the answer is simple. If you want to kill Arya, I will stop you with all my might.

Udududuk-

Using the flowing stars, control the flow of the left arm, which is now immobilized, and force it to move. Compared to the right arm, it’s a stiff movement like a wooden doll, but it’s still better than not moving at all.

“Cain, are you really trying to fight me?”

Bianca looks at Cain with sad eyes.

“I know you are strong. You deserve to be called a strong man just because you won a victory against an unmanned warrior at the level of a master not long ago. However-.”

Bianca was qualitatively different from Lucian von Tournisen’s ‘stuff’. She is undoubtedly the strongest part of humanity and a wizard at the pinnacle of current humanity.

Even if he suffered many internal injuries in the bloody battle with Arya and had only a small amount of remaining magic power, considering the power difference with Cain, that kind of minus isn’t even a handicap.

To make matters worse, Cain is currently unable to move one arm normally. could be asserted Cain von Estel had no chance of winning.

And even though he knew that fact better than anyone else, Cain nodded without hesitation.

“Yes, I am going to fight you from now on. Bianca.”

The foolishness of challenging her even though he knew full well that he could never win reminded him of the man she once loved. Bianca had no choice but to make up her mind at the strong will she felt from him.

“…if, if. if you get hurt or die I will die as well so…”

Facing her pleading with her to do her best to break him, Cain silently nodded.

“it’s okay. Bianca, you do what you do. From now on, I will desperately stop you like that.”

Being in a fight isn’t just for Arya’s sake. It was to convince you, Bianca, and to atone for my mistake of not looking back at you until now. This was also a fight for you.

Bianca, this time, I will accept all of your feelings for me.