Promises And Betrayal

"Guh!"

What the hell...

I knew something was wrong, yet I decided to act like nothing was.

It's just me. It's just how I act out to be.

Deep down, I know many women betray me but yet...I am the one who always tries to be their knight in shining armour.

It all started with that day...The day when I promised something to my mom...Something really important.

It was 12 years ago,

12 years ago, my mother, I and my father stayed together.

My father, he was a womanizer...He only married my mother for money and nothing else.

I saw my father beat down my mother, forcefully do things to her and even steal her money many times. Mother was depressed...She thought that I would be like my father.

So on that day she asked me to take a vow,

"You won't ever be sad and you will never play with a woman's feelings. You will always respect them even if they do anything bad to you because that's how it should be. You should never hurt anyone without any reasons especially if the person is a girl."

I have never been sad since that day and I have always tried to give my best with a woman. Everything in my life was good, I even got a girlfriend because of mom's advice but...Things didn't take long until it turned upside down.

I didn't know, that soon...I was going to be wrongly accused for molestation by my own girlfriend...I pleaded and pleaded that I didn't do it...But I was never given a chance. I was thrown into jail for it.

I took a vow to myself that I will never forgive any woman on that day...But...Then he came along. Caster Daniels...

"Kid, you didn't do anything wrong did you?" He asked me. "Its fine then, you don't need to worry." He consoled me. "Continue being yourself, you don't need to change your ideals because of one petty incident." Caster said.

I couldn't believe he said that this incident was some kind of petty incident at first. I was raged at it. How can someone call this a petty incident? Than Caster got me out of jail and asked him to follow me.

He took me to a graveyard. "Remember the war against destructors that took a few years ago?" He asked me. "These are the soldiers that were killed." He continued. "The destructors plan to destroy the world soon and you think that I would call someone getting molested a huge thing when this is around." Caster says.

"It may be a huge thing for you but for me the lives of these knights are more important and that is why I am here. I want you to be a knight." Caster said to me that day.

I thought for a long time about this and returned home but soon I came to know that the mother I cared about so much didn't need me anymore and father never wanted me. I saw that girl who made me go through this shit in my house. I soon came to know that it was a daughter that father had with another woman.

I soon became someone with no family is what I thought but then...I remembered what Caster wanted from me. I accepted Caster's offer and joined the knights and just like Caster said, I kept my ideals with me.

Squad Rizing was my new family. They have always been a bunch of delinquents but at the same time...They have been kind and generous. There hasn't been a day where I couldn't genuinely smile with them. That's my family...Rizing...

That wasn't the end though. I knew we were a bunch of mercenaries and then he arrived...Henry Marshal. He gave me more hope. As much as I hate the fact that his good with girls and not me. I respect him for getting me this far...

Damn...Even in my final hours...I am thinking about him...That person has an aura around him that no one else has. He can make a person smile even by his smallest actions...That is what makes him so special...I wish to just see him succeed today on this mission, that is my final wish.

*Catch*

"You will be fine, I will be sure to save you, Richard..." I say to Richard as I catch him in my arms.

I see Livit in tears. "Take him out of here and leave and take him to a medic." I say to Livit. "Ashley, follow them and protect them at any cost." I say.

"I can...See it...You have gotten stronger Henry...Since the tournament...." Richard gives me a smile.

"Don't talk, just be calm, I will be doing all the work from here." I say as I hand over Richard to Livit and Ashley.

"Did you do this Ilora?" I ask Ilora as I turn around.

"I did, what will you do now Henry Marshal?" Ilora gives me a cold look.

I look towards Ilora.

A huge wave of mana is felt everywhere.

"Henry...Is that you?" Caster's eyes widen on the rooftop.

"Damn...That mana is much stronger than any of these guys...Who the hell is that?" Destructor says with a shred of concern.

"Ilora...I consider you a friend...But if you want hurt a person who came to get you back and has known you longer than me that I have to consider you an enemy..." His eyes widen with anger.

"ILORA KAORI!!!! HOW DARE YOU ATTACK YOUR OWN FRIEND?!!!!!"