The Knight Eldania S2
72: Eldania

And at the end of this fight, Erich fell down with a sword pointed at his face.

" Huh.huh....huh....huh...." All.

Erich, who had begun to devour a shadow, made him look up slightly, and he found that the ruby-colored iris was looking at him with a sharp gaze as if the owner of these eyes had a grudge against him, with evidence of an eye-slashing kill. 

But everything was soon gone, right after the tip of his sword stopped for 7 cm before completely piercing Erich's eyes. 

These two people look at each other.

“.............................” Eldania immediately dispelled her murderous gaze, as she immediately realized that the person in front of her was now completely defeated by her.

In the moment of silence between them as they were filled with each other's thoughts, since they had just fought and were both exerting their abilities for the first time after their first meeting two months ago due to an incident, a voice instantly attracted all their thoughts.

CRACK......

"...............!. " The sound of cracks is clearly heard. It didn't take long, two objects fell into Erich's lap, while Erich was still looking at the girl in front of him. 

“ Eldania stared at the two things that had fallen in Erich's lap, because Erich was the one whose sword had been struck and who had finally fallen down without any weapons.

What is Eldania seeing now?.

True, the two things that made the sound were cracks from the mask worn by Erich and the result was that the mask had now been removed and displayed Erich's true face. 

After the mask was removed, he only realized that Erich's pair of eyes had instantly changed from yellow to light blue in color which was the same color as the morning sky at this time. 

[My mask is broken!. ] Erich immediately took the broken mask.

"...................." Eldania lowered his sword down, and instantly it disappeared from his grasp. [I have healed his wound, and his face is actually quite decent, but why continue to wear a mask?. ] Thought Eldania.

" You saw my face. " Erich immediately lowered his head and covered half of his face with his left hand.

Eldania who remembered doing something on Erich's right hand, she immediately crouched down and took Erich's right hand to release the restraint, which was in the acupoints section. Erich can not use his right hand, but still great fight even though using the left hand.

" What happened to your face?. " Eldania asked with her head also lowered, she would respect Erich who did not want to show her face, even though Eldania herself already knew the look of Erich's face.

His expression instantly turned flat and stared at the black glove-clad hand gently.

To be honest right now, Eldania felt like she was proposing to someone, making her laugh amusedly inwardly.

" A ugly face like this, does not deserve to be shown to others. "

" Hm?, weird. Confidently saying your face is ugly "release Erich's hand and put it slowly into Erich's lap. " If you're confident in saying that, not the other way around, you should also be confident in showing your face. Who said you were ugly?. "

Erich was speechless at a loss for his words. No one has ever said ugly because no one knows the face behind the mask. But Erich had only heard people say ugly a few times based on their own perceptions because of fabricated rumors.

Eldania added. " I never said anything about your face. If it's ugly because of the scar, isn't it gone?. "

"................... , so it is you.." slowly Erich distanced his palm to look back at this girl's face.

Eldania reached out her right hand right in front of Erich's face, with the intention of helping him stand up. And Erich received a helping hand, until he accidentally saw something he had just realized that behind the long-sleeved uniform of this girl apparently wrapped around a bandage.

Afterwards, Eldania turned back to Erich and said. " Your fate is better, the wounds on your face can still be healed. And it's true, I was the one who did it. "

" What do you mean, you want me to thank you for this?. "

" no. I didn't do it because I wanted to get your thanks. I want to do what I can do to the wound on your face. "

Massih turned his back on Erich, Eldania then stretched out his left hand and pulled his sleeve, revealing the bandage wrapped around his left hand. Slowly Eldania opened the winding, so now the skin that was always protected by a bandage cloth has been released.

And all of that is still imprinted, even though it has the sacred power to heal all wounds and diseases, does not mean that the wounds on the body itself can be lost. Eldania had his own opinion, under the wounds he owned could not be lost because who did it there was the birth mother of the owner of the body that Eldania was in. 

Although still do not understand why it can have such an impact, Elania just grateful. That's more than enough.

Even if it turns out that his face was also a victim of injuries done by his birth mother, then Eldania will do the same thing with what Erich used all this time, namely using a mask. 

" Without me, you're still luckier Erich. But I'll never look at the scars I've gotten. So it's good that you are confident, what if I admit that your face is quite handsome?. " continued Eldania while looking back.

A compliment that was thrown from Eldania's mouth immediately made Erich misbehave and answered his words with a tone of doubtful face.

"................, b-do you think?. " Said Erich and at the same time Erich also felt a strange feeling when there was someone who first praised his face. 

" yes. But maybe because you have a reason to wear the mask on, it doesn't matter either. The important thing is that I've seen your face" said Eldania with a fairly soft tone.

[S-I guessed it, she's a horrible woman, can talk outspokenly like that. ] Erich blushed again and tried to turn his gaze elsewhere due to clumsiness. " Where did you get all those scars?. "

Look at Erich towards the arm of the girl, who has now re-wound her bandages again.

" A woman who does not acknowledge her child is a woman, and becomes the subject of her anger. So don't sympathize with me "he added. Eldania fixed her sleeves and turned to face Erich again. 

Because of the guilt of having Erich's mask broken, Eldania immediately took it from Erich's hands.

" What do you want to do?!. "jolted, suddenly the mask was just taken away.

Eldania again turned around, covering up what she wanted to do from Erich, and when it was done, the question from Erich just now Eldania answered with a mask that Eldania had fixed.

" Of course, this. " Eldania returned the mask to Erich and said again. " Don't forget the treaty 10 days ahead" Eldania said, immediately shifting the subject.

"...................." Receiving a perfectly repaired mask, Erich was slightly pensive as he lost to Eldania. Especially when finally knowing the savage side when fighting with this girl, from brutal attacks to no point of gap at all in the fight earlier.

But Erich was quite content to be able to feel the fierce fight, what else with a woman. Although it ended in a defeat, Erich did not dispute that. 

So what must be prepared this time, is to entertain this woman well for the next ten days. Up to one side, at least be able to meet him regularly (?).

" I will come every morning and evening, so see you later. "welcome to Erich from Eldania.

He left with a wave of his hand, even though the one on his wave was behind him.

Erich looked only at Eldania's departure and waved his hand. " See you later..?!. " Erich slightly flinched, [Why am I waving?. ] Erich immediately pulled back his right hand so as not to wave his hand again, because it was like it was not him anymore.

After Eldania's departure, Erich returned to wearing his repaired mask. He would continue to hide his face, because Erich did not want anyone to know what his face was like. 

For now, Erich had accepted that the scar on his face had actually been healed by Eldania. But the reason Erich would continue to hide his face with the mask was none other than for a simple reason.

[Everybody lives with two faces. Real faces and faces with their ruse. There's nothing they deserve to see from me, because they don't deserve it. ] Erich, he already knows what a human being is. 

Humans are basically living with two faces. As with any coin that has two sides, if the first side is a face filled with goodness that is a mask of their deception to protect the other side of their original face, the, so Erich just wanted to hide both sides of it by wearing a mask. 

No more and no less.

“ Hahh~.......” Erich suddenly sighed softly. [I didn't get anything in the end. Who offers bets, loses. So embarrasing. I hope she's not the kind of woman who eats a lot, or I can go broke. ] 

Erich lamented his own decision, which made the bet with Eldania, by offering a free meal for 10 days. 

[I should have said five days. Even though I already know the rumors about him fighting the devil, but I can bet with him just because of my personal affairs. ] And Erich continued to curse himself for making his wrong decision. 

Erich left without getting anything, except from today he had to support one person for ten whole days.