Ending Maker Episode 395
SS #35 The wind is always
Alex Bayer.
The next head of the Bayer Counts, one of the 12 Northern Houses.
Yuna.
A mysterious woman with an unknown past, hometown, or identity – no, she was clearly not human in the first place.
Although the two people had different social statuses, positions, and even races, these facts did not really matter to them.
Alex loved Yuna, and Yuna loved Alex.
For two people who already love each other deeply, other secondary conditions could not even be considered in the first place.
But that was only a story between two people.
“I could just let it go, thinking that he was wandering around outside, and that he had a bit of a wanderlust. I could also say that going all the way to the empire while talking about training as a warrior was a manly spirit— no, if I thought about it, I could somehow tolerate it.”
Vincent Bayer.
The contemporary Count of Bayer.
His blood pressure rose as high as it could and he continued speaking with a flushed face.
“I thought I could overlook a few incidents of him playing with fire since he’s been out and about for so long. I figured it was only natural for him to do something like that since he’s full of energy. But, but!”
Count Bayer slammed the desk down with a loud bang and let out a roar as if he could no longer contain his anger.
“You brought a woman? And an unidentified woman who came from somewhere?!”
“Father, Yuna-”
“Shut up and listen to me! I’m not done talking yet!”
Count Bayer cut off Alex’s protests in an instant, took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and tried to breathe deeply.
It was okay to get angry, but I felt like I would collapse if I didn’t lower my blood pressure first.
“Hoo… … Hoo… … .”
One minute, two minutes.
Count Bayer, who took a few deep breaths and emptied a glass of cold water he had prepared beforehand, looked at Alex again and continued speaking.
“Alex, you are the eldest grandson of our Bayer Counts. And you are not just any eldest grandson, you are my one and only child.”
Alex had no brothers.
In other words, other than Alex, there was no one else to succeed the Count Bayer family.
“Meet a proper woman. A woman of clear status – no, a woman of suitable status, a woman from a family that will help restore the power of our Bayer Counts.”
Until recently, the Count Bayer family was the leader among the twelve northern families.
The position of Margrave, which is now held by the Counts of Hresvelg, also belonged to the Counts of Bayer.
But in just one battle, the Counts of Bayer were forced to give up all that glory.
The annual raids by the Northern Barbarians and the response of the former Count Bayer.
Count Bayer was badly wounded in the battle, losing an arm, and was forced to step down from his position as Commander of the Ten Swords.
But the tragedy didn’t end there.
Due to the conspiracy of the twelve northern families who judged that now was the opportunity to bring down the Count Bayer, the Count Bayer had no choice but to step down from the position of Margrave, and the former Count Bayer, who had lost both the glory of the Ten Swords and the power of the Margrave, had no choice but to decide to return to his hometown.
Vincent Bayer, the Count of Bayer at the time, had to experience the entire process himself.
Even in the North, where development was lacking and the city was called the border city, I had to watch my father wither away day by day.
-I will definitely restore my family.
But unfortunately Vincent Bayer was short of scrutiny.
After much effort, he succeeded in learning the Sword of Wind, a unique sword technique of the Count Bayer family, but that was the end of it.
Vincent Bayer could not rise to the rank of Count of the Ten Swords like his father, nor could he restore the Counts of Bayer to the rank of Margrave.
Trials and frustrations.
Anger and sorrow.
When the previous Count Bayer died, Vincent Bayer inherited the countship.
And in that same year, Alex Bayer was born.
“You… … you are my hope.”
Alex was different from Vincent himself.
Alex had a sword.
And it wasn’t just any ordinary talent, it was a true talent that surpassed even his father, who had risen to the rank of Ten Swordsman.
“You can become the Ten Swordsman. No, you will become the Ten Swordsman. So all you have to do is marry properly. With the help of just one of the twelve northern families, the Counts of Bayer will be able to reclaim the title of Margrave from the Counts of Hresvelg.”
“father.”
“I’m saying this with you in mind. That woman… … Okay, first bring her into our house as a maid, and then once you’ve decided on a spouse, take her as your concubine after you get married. Isn’t that okay?”
Alex shut his eyes tightly at the sound of Count Bayer’s voice, which continued as if he was being beaten.
Because I knew well what kind of feelings my father had while saying such things.
But I couldn’t nod my head despite that.
It was impossible for Alex to accept the ‘compromise’ his father offered.
“I don’t want to do that.”
“Alex!”
As Count Bayer began to spit out his anger again, Alex opened his eyes.
He opened his mouth, looking straight into Count Bayer’s blue eyes.
“Father, the wind always-”
“Just say it’s a free law! Huh? Just say it!”
Alex, who had his mouth shut at Count Bayer’s preemptive strike, bit his lip once and lowered his head as he spoke.
“I’ll go out. Let’s talk again next time.”
Alex finished speaking quickly, turned around, and left the study.
Alex could hear his father’s angry voice behind him, but he didn’t stop.
And that afternoon, on a quiet hill outside of Baylun.
“Alex.”
“Yuna.”
Alex smiled at Yuna, who was looking up at him with moist eyes, and continued speaking while gently squeezing her hand.
“Don’t worry, I’ll find a way. Father will soon approve of Yuna.”
Due to Count Bayer’s stubborn refusal, Yuna was currently staying at an inn in the city of Baylun, not at Count Bayer’s mansion.
Alex was quite familiar with the inn itself, having visited it several times while returning from the empire to the kingdom, but he still felt uneasy about leaving her alone.
“It’ll be okay. Just trust me. Okay?”
“……all right.”
Yuna nodded with a fake smile, and Alex pressed his lips to Yuna’s forehead.
Because the sight of Yuna smiling to reassure herself was so lovely and pitiful.
How can I get my father’s permission?
What must be done to make her accepted as the rightful mistress of the Countess of Bayer?
“Everything will be okay.”
Yuna spoke softly, and Alex nodded.
Instead, he carefully hugged her, who comforted him, and closed his eyes.
* * *
-I don’t know this time. I can’t think of a way.
Even Arthur Chase, a longtime friend and always the one who could provide solutions to difficult problems, shook his head as if he had no other choice this time.
Because no brilliant idea could come to mind that would immediately change Count Bayer’s mind.
“This is driving me crazy.”
Alex collapsed on the bed, almost collapsing, and sighed, covering his face with both hands.
How could a swordsman like me find the answer that even my magician friend could not?
‘First of all, let’s sleep.’
Let’s take a deep breath and think again with a clear head.
Alex, with his shoulders slumped, put his hands down and fell into a deep sleep.
And that night.
At midnight, when even the moon is hidden behind clouds, there is only darkness.
Alex opened his eyes with a start at the sudden presence of someone and sat up in surprise.
No, I tried to raise it but stopped.
“Hey, Yuna?!”
On the bed.
Between your legs, to be exact.
The one who suddenly popped her head out from under the loosely covered blanket was none other than Yuna.
Alex wanted to ask how they got here, or rather, what they were doing in the first place, but he couldn’t.
Because Yuna put her index finger between her lips and shushed.
“Alex, I also looked for a way.”
“Well, what’s the method?”
“Yes, method.”
Yuna answered with sparkling eyes and continued speaking with her usual bright smile.
“People say that in times like this, you just have to make it an ‘established fact.’”
“Well, is this an established fact?”
“Yes, it is an established fact.”
Yuna smiled brightly again, and Alex was momentarily left wondering who Yuna had heard such a story from – or rather, whether she even knew what an ‘established fact’ was.
Because Yuna’s small, pretty hands touched the hem of his pants.
“You, Yuna. Wait a minute. Sleep-”
“fizzle!”
Yuna, with a stern face and her index finger raised again, continued to move her hand, and Alex, who was unable to resist for various reasons, covered his reddened face with both hands.
And a few days later, Alex, standing in the guest room of Count Chase’s house, spoke with a manly face.
“The wind is always… … fast.”
“… … Are you saying that now?”
Alex and Yuna were speeding.
Two people who hadn’t even had a proper kiss on their way from the empire to the kingdom could have a baby in just a few days.
Yuna is pregnant.
“I feel dizzy.”
“Actually, I feel that way too. But… …you’ll help me, right?”
Arthur Chase nodded with a sigh at his friend’s question mixed with earnestness – no, pleading.
* * *
“-That’s how it happened.”
As Yuna finished her story with a bright smile, Adelia and Cordelia blinked with blank expressions.
That’s understandable, because it was a completely different story from what was expected.
-How did your father and mother get married?
The start wasn’t bad.
The story that began on the border of that distant empire was truly a story worthy of the Counts of Bayer.
But the story continues after that.
The story is that he did not change the mind of Count Bayer with utmost sincerity, but rather pushed ahead with his speeding and brute force.
Who would have thought that it was my mother who overpowered my father to make it happen?
‘What should I do in this situation?’
‘Hey, wouldn’t it be okay if I just laughed?’
Anyway, my mother is smiling.
Adelia and Cordelia quickly exchanged glances and smiled awkwardly, while Yuna smiled brightly as always.
Like that, one minute, two minutes.
How long had it been since the awkward smiles flowed in silence?
“Yuna, here-”
Adelia and Cordelia felt both relief and embarrassment at the sight of Count Bayer opening the door.
It was nice that the awkward atmosphere was refreshed, but it also reminded me of the young Count Bayer from Yuna’s story.
“Well, let’s come back later.”
Count Bayer, who sensed danger as expected from a ten-sword warrior, quickly tried to evade, but it was no use.
Yuna quickly got up as if asking where she was going and grabbed Count Bayer’s arm and said.
“It’s okay, the story is over. Why did you come looking for me?”
“No, I wanted to see you… … No, no, I was thinking of having a cup of tea.”
Count Bayer, realizing that he was in front of his daughters-in-law, quickly changed his words, while Adelia and Cordelia desperately tried to pretend not to see him.
But despite all this effort, one person, Yuna Bayer, nodded while embracing Count Bayer’s arm.
“Yeah, yeah, I missed you too. But honey, since you’re here, there’s something I want you to do.”
“Ahem, what… … are you talking about?”
When Count Bayer, who had barely managed to calm down the corners of his mouth that were about to rise due to Yuna’s aegyo, asked again, she turned to Adelia and Cordelia and spoke.
“I told the kids a story and they said they wanted to hear it again after a long time.”
“That, that thing?”
“You know, that thing. That thing you used to do every day. You know you haven’t done it since we met again?”
That’s what Yuna is talking about.
Count Bayer noticed it at once, and Adelia and Cordelia also sensed it with their animal instincts.
“Hurry up, okay?”
A phrase that Count Bayer used to say every day during his youth.
But after I got older, I never said it out loud, saying it was a mistake of my youth.
“Yuna.”
“Hurry up. Hurry up. I want to hear it. Okay?”
Yuna hugged his arm again and acted cute, and Count Bayer looked at Adelia and Cordelia with a cold sweat.
It would not be a misunderstanding that the two people who were smiling awkwardly had looks in their eyes that seemed to say, ‘I understand, Father.’
“Oh, I see.”
Count Bayer, who had cleared his throat, stood up with a flushed face and opened his mouth, looking into the distance with sorrowful eyes.
“The wind always-”
He hung up once and turned his gaze from afar to Yuna-
“It is the law of freedom.”
Yuna laughed brightly when she saw Count Bayer’s smile, while Adelia and Cordelia pinched their thighs hard to keep themselves from laughing.
Count Bayer bit his lip with a bright red face.
“Honey? Where does it hurt? Your face is red.”
“Oh, no. It’s nothing.”
Count Bayer, who let out a hectic laugh, turned his head towards Adelia and Cordelia, but showed his talent by looking elsewhere.
“Ahem, I’ll go out first.”
Count Bayer, who spoke quickly as if he didn’t have time to hear an answer, ran out of the room as if he was running away. Yuna tilted her head a few times, gave a brief greeting to Adelia and Cordelia, and followed Count Bayer out of the room.
And the two people left in the room.
Adelia and Cordelia looked at each other and, without saying a word, spoke first.
“I think I know who you resemble.”
Uther and Gale.
What qualities did you inherit from your father and mother?
“The wind always… … .”
“… …Because it is a free law.”
Adelia and Cordelia, each recalling a different man from the Counts of Bayer, laughed out loud and then smiled warmly.
fin
