𝐈𝐃𝐋𝐄 𝐓𝐀𝐋𝐊: 𝐀 𝐛𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐮𝐧 𝟑

The [Gold-lined Butterflies] clan house is deserted.

The comrades who had shared joys and sorrows with Luke had given up on him and left, and those who had gathered for the fame had given up on the [Gold-lined Butterflies] itself.

There were very few members left, and even Lionel, the Vice Captain, who was supposed to be there for them, was bluntly rejected when Luke went to fetch him.

“It’s over. . .”

Luke muttered in the empty commander’s room.

This room, which was filled with dazzling furnishings just a month ago, now doesn’t even have a single desk.

Everything that could be converted into money was converted.

Still, they couldn’t pay the compensation to the royal family in full, and had to borrow money from loan sharks to pay it.

Of course, the borrowed money must be repaid, but they can’t even come up with a plan to do so.

Lionel, who was supposed to come up with a follow-up plan, is already gone, and there are no more middle captains who would worry with him.

It’s been almost ten days since Fīna, the woman who was the root cause of this situation, left Luke.

One morning when he woke up, the woman who was supposed to be sleeping with him was gone.

Her belongings were left as they were, and she had completely disappeared with nothing but the clothes on her back.

Just like when you run from a house on fire.

Just like rats fleeing from a sinking ship.

“In the end, I was left with nothing. . .”

A self-mocking murmur.

Fame, wealth, best friend, comrades, subordinates, and lover.

Everything slipped through his fingers.

The last remaining clan house will be taken away tomorrow as collateral for the debt.

“It’s over.”

He takes his lone sword and goes outside.

Of course, he has nowhere to go.

He just didn’t want to be in this place filled with so many memories.

The city is as bustling as ever.

The reason everyone passing by seems happy is due to Luke’s mental state.

He is the most miserable person in the world, subjectively.

Luke, who was walking with his head down, suddenly stopped.

There was something out of place.

As he looked around, the last thing he wanted to see on this earth jumped into his eyes.

A blonde gentleman and a black-haired beauty walking arm in arm, laughing.

・・・

『”𝙰𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚜.𝚌𝚘𝚖” – 𝙳𝚒𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚊 𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎, 𝚙𝚊𝚜𝚜i𝚘𝚗 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚞𝚛𝚎, 𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚐𝚎 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚌𝚘𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚜𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚗𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚕𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 “𝚍𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝚞𝚙𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚜” 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚡𝚌𝚕𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚝𝚘 “𝚊𝚍𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚌𝚑𝚊𝚙𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚜”.』

・・・

Something popped inside Luke.

Almost unconsciously, he drew his long sword.

“Fīnaaaaa!!!”

With a scream, he started running.

Straight at the woman, brandishing his sword.

It was an assault that occurred in broad daylight on the street.

If this had happened in a slum, it wouldn’t have been unusual.

However, since it happened on Gaillia Avenue, which leads to Count Doros’ castle, the city guards couldn’t ignore it.

The perpetrator, Luke, was immediately detained.

The victim, Fīna, survived, but suffered a serious injury, losing her right arm from the shoulder.

The fact that the location was on the main street and the Supreme Church was nearby probably saved her life.

Anyway, almost immediately after the incident, Luke was brought before the judge.

The news that the leader of one of the prestigious clans, [Gold-lined Butterflies], suddenly attacked a woman was quite sensational.

Both the people of the city and the nobles of Gaillia Castle were very interested in how the incident had occurred.

The topic of a love triangle is one of the most popular in the world, and many people were expecting a juicy love-hate drama to unfold.

However, unfortunately or not, when the lid was lifted, it wasn’t a very interesting story.

A man named Luke fell for a woman named Fīna and put her in a key position in the clan.

That led to the collapse of the clan.

Luke, who had short-circuited and blamed everything on Fīna, attacked her.

To simplify, it was just that kind of incident.

If Fīna had demanded status or money, or had been running the clan at her own discretion, the people would have been pleased.

The wicked woman! She got what she deserved!

But the reality was different. Fīna had simply not refused.

She had simply nodded when told she would be promoted, and nodded when told her salary would be raised.

Rather, there’s no way someone would argue that they don’t have the ability and refuse.

They reluctantly accepted what they could get, and when the clan’s management deteriorated, they got fed up with the increasingly prickly Luke and ran away.

That’s what happened.

“Because they didn’t think about anything at all, everyone involved, including the person themselves, became unhappy.”

This is the public’s evaluation of Fīna.

No malice, no ambition, no ability.

As an individual, there was no problem. However, they were not the person to become an executive of a prestigious clan.

The one who put such a person in a key position was none other than Luke.

“The fool who lost everything due to nepotism, blamed the woman in the end, and attacked her on the street.”

This is the evaluation of Luke.

He was not sentenced to death because the victim did not die, but the crime of causing a disturbance on the main street was serious, and he was chained in prison and forced to work.

This is the miserable end of the Gold-lined Butterflies, a prestigious adventurer clan in Gaillia, which had fifty members at its peak.

And this incident became a poem by the hands of the minstrels and was sung in many taverns.

Under the title “Butterflies Dancing in the Setting Sun”.

𝐄𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐕𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝟏

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