Chronicles of Forgotten Extra - Chapter 34

Chapter 34: Shadows of Regret Chapter 34: Shadows of Regret Cedric’s POV Why, why, why…

why does that bastard always humiliate me?

How will I face my mother?

She had always told me to be better…

to be better than that woman’s child.

I didn’t even know why she hated Alden’s mother so much.

But she had always told me to be better.

It all started when I was five years old.

I still remember the first time I saw Alden…

he was cheerful… He was bright, unlike myself.

He didn’t have a mother…Father also ignored him…

so how could he smile?

I felt anger…

why was he smiling…

he was just an illegitimate son…

Everyone hated him in the family, so why was he happy…

why…

why?

I couldn’t bear his happiness as I beat him for the first time that day…But now as I am recalling… I think I was more angry at myself than him.

I just wanted to feel better…to feel greater than him.

After all, I wanted acknowledgement from my mother.

When I told my mother what I did that day…for the first time I saw her happy…she patted my head…smiled at me…even praised me.

I felt happy, but somewhere inside my heart I always felt empty.

I got to know that day if I beat Alden, my mother will love me more.

From that day on, I made it my daily job to beat him…to harass him.

I didn’t feel happy doing that, but I wanted my mother to praise me more.

The unease I felt at first started to vanish gradually.

I also started to have fun beating him, but still the emptiness never went away.

Now that I could think clearly, it was not that I enjoyed beating; it was just that… I didn’t want to feel guilty…So I just convinced myself that I enjoyed doing it.

“Haaa.” But it was probably too late to say sorry now…

I am sure Alden hates me.

And my mother hates me even more than Alden currently.

She might be wishing that I was never even born.

It all felt so hollow to me now, lying on my bed after my crushing defeat.

Only now did I start seeing the whole picture.

My mother never loved me…

she…

only thought of me as a tool…

a tool to satisfy her grudge…

to gain acknowledgement of my father.

She had not once come to even check if I am alright or not.

My eyes were blurry from all the tears that were streaming down without control.

“What was I even supposed to do?” I asked for answers, hoping there would be some sudden revelation: “What am I supposed to do now?” But no answer …No revelation came to me as I kept sobbing… ====================== Seles’s POV “Do you think Alden would have won if I hadn’t helped him?” I asked Lina, curious about her thoughts.

“Young Master Alden wouldn’t have won without your help, Miss.” Lina answered as she knew I had used my special ability to bind Cedric to the ground at the last moment to stop him from dodging Alden’s last attack.

I wanted them to fight for my entertainment, but that stupid Cedric had to ruin it by adding a condition of the loser not going to Astralis Academy.

If Alden were to lose, he would have to cancel his admission, and in that case, how would I find what he was hiding?

I felt Alden was hiding something…

which I couldn’t quite point out.

And that was the only reason I helped him.

I had investigated him quite thoroughly….

Everything about him changed ever since Cedric beat him nearly to death…It was as if he suddenly became a whole other person.

Everything about him was suspicious.

Why did Lady Ellara vanish after he was seen with her frequently?

Why did his trial last 30 days?

All those questions pointed at something he was hiding.

I am sure he even had some special ability he was hiding, as in the whole battle he never felt desperate, as if he had something hidden up his sleeve that he could use to survive.

But there was also something else that bothered me: Why did Father not react to me using my ability?

Although my special ability is difficult to detect, my father is at Overlord Rank, and he would have surely noticed it, but he didn’t do anything.

It was as if he wanted Alden to win, but why??

And that technique Alden used was also strange.

“Do you know anything about that technique Alden used?” I asked Lina; she had worked for the family for much longer and had seen many techniques.

“Yes, Miss, that technique…” Lina hesitated for a bit before continuing, “That belonged to that woman.” I tilted my head as I didn’t even know which woman she was talking about.

Was she talking about Lady Ellara?

No, she wouldn’t have said it like that if that was the case.

“Who are you talking about?” I enquired curiously.

“That….

miss… sorry, miss I can’t tell you anything about her.” Lina replied, her face flashed with unknown emotions.

‘Huh?’ My mind suddenly went blank, not expecting Lina to not answer.

It was the first time she had ever rejected my order.

It was definitely not normal.

Lina was the most loyal subordinate of mine…She wouldn’t even blink an eye even if I killed someone in front of her.

I quickly understood there could only be two reasons for her rejecting my order: either someone high up in the family had ordered her or she is restricted by some mana contract.

“I see,” I muttered, seeing Lina heave a sigh of relief, not seeing me press for information.

“What happened to Cedric?” I asked about shifting the topic.

“Young Master Cedric had been healed, but he had not exited his room ever since his defeat.” Lina spoke her impassive face back on.

“What about Mother?” I wanted to curse at my mother, but I held myself back.

“There is no reaction from Mistress Isolde, but she has not visited the Young Master yet.” Lina said calmly.

I was sure my mother was scheming something new…

she wasn’t the type to swallow such humiliation.

Although she didn’t care about her children…She cared immensely about her reputation.

Well, I don’t really care what schemes she is upto as long as it doesn’t get in my way.

My lips curled up unconsciously.

I saw Lina shivering while looking at my smile.

“Why are you shivering Lina… Are you cold or something?” I was asked her curiously… “No, miss, it’s nothing.” She replied immediately with a bow.

“Well, you can go now and inform me of any movement from Alden,” I ordered as I dismissed her.

“Yes, Miss.” Lina spoke before exiting the room quietly.

“I hope the Academy will be entertaining,” I whispered as I slowly wandered in my thoughts.

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