Chapter 393: I Bet the Author of Chivalry of a Failed Knight Has Terrible Luck!
Edelweiss had originally planned not to tell Luke about this, because she knew he had no reason to help Amane.
She also did not want Luke to misunderstand and think she cared too much about another person.
In the end, this matter was only a small act of kindness from Edelweiss. Over the years, she had traveled across the world and helped countless people.
The only reason she remembered Amane was because he was one of the few people she had been unable to help.
If she had solved his problem back then, she probably would have forgotten about it afterward, just as she had with everyone else.
After all, Edelweiss never helped others because she expected anything in return.
If Luke and Amane had not come into direct conflict this time, she probably would not have mentioned him at all.
Still, Amane was someone she had once tried and failed to help. If her boyfriend killed him afterward, she would naturally feel uncomfortable.
That was why Edelweiss had hesitated so much before speaking.
Luke's feelings were on one side, while her own were on the other. The conflict left Edelweiss deeply troubled.
However, by ultimately placing the matter in Luke's hands and letting him decide, it was clear that she trusted him more than she trusted herself.
Luke naturally noticed his lover's reliance on him, and he had no intention of making Edelweiss feel uneasy.
In truth, Luke was not nearly as angry about Kiriko withdrawing as Edelweiss imagined.
Just as Luke had learned more about Edelweiss through today's date, Edelweiss also needed more experiences to understand Luke.
Although their relationship had become very intimate, that was partly due to their mutual attraction.
It was also because Edelweiss, as a Northern European, was not overly conservative despite how easily she became embarrassed.
Their relationship had progressed rapidly, and Edelweiss's cooperation had played a large role in that.
However, rapid progress did not mean the two already understood each other completely.
Understanding another person required time.
At present, Edelweiss still did not understand Luke well enough to know his thoughts as clearly as her own.
Luke actually had a very good temper, and very few things could truly anger him.
However, because of his strength and confidence, he naturally took control in most situations.
That gave others the impression that he was someone who should never be provoked.
Once that impression formed, people would worry about angering him regardless of how good his temper truly was.
Luke's decisiveness in killing came from his experiences, not his natural personality.
In that regard, he was actually very similar to Edelweiss.
To put it more seriously, both of their personalities had been changed by their experiences.
However, experience was itself part of what shaped a person, so whether that change was good or bad was impossible to say.
Setting those experiences aside, Luke, much like the gentle and kind Edelweiss, actually had a tendency to become an overly helpful person.
His experiences had merely changed that tendency, turning him into someone who was only overly helpful toward certain people.
The three greatest influences were his isolated sword training as a child, Fan Xinglu's teachings, and his nine-year career as an adventurer.
His childhood created his abnormal nature.
Fan Xinglu taught him how to be cruel… no, she taught him what true martial arts were.
His nine years as an adventurer made him calm and steady, bringing true maturity and refinement.
From this perspective, the Main God Space had arranged Luke's advancement mission perfectly.
"So you really aren't angry?"
After hearing Luke's explanation, Edelweiss lifted her head from his chest and carefully studied his expression.
She seemed to be checking whether Luke was lying merely to protect her feelings.
Luke lightly poked her forehead and asked with amusement,
"Why do you think I would be angry? What reason would I have to kill him outright in the next match?"
"Didn't Amane force White-Robed Knight to withdraw?"
Edelweiss looked at Luke and seriously answered his question.
"Besides your wager, didn't you tell me that you and Kiriko planned to train in water manipulation after the match?"
"Now Amane has ruined that with his ability. Wouldn't it be natural for you to feel angry?"
After hearing Edelweiss's words, Luke shook his head and sighed.
"I think I understand why you couldn't guide Shinomiya Amane back onto the right path."
"You, Kiriko, and even Ikki all share one assumption."
"You automatically believe Shinomiya Amane used an underhanded method to win."
"From what you just said, I can roughly guess why he developed his current personality."
"Everyone he met growing up, probably including his parents and relatives, must have thought the same way."
"At least in my eyes, Shinomiya Amane's actions weren't wrong, especially when it came to forcing Kiriko to withdraw."
"Put simply, he used his ability as a Blazer to defeat Kiriko indirectly and replace her as my next opponent."
"That isn't wrong. Every competitor uses their own ability to win."
"You can't decide that using his power is wrong simply because it's too strong."
"That has nothing to do with whether he is a good person. At least in this matter, I see no reason to be angry."
Luke glanced at Edelweiss before sighing again.
"From beginning to end, none of you treated his ability as something that truly belonged to him."
"Growing up in that environment is exactly what made him believe the same thing."
Luke knew this was not truly anyone's fault.
In the end, it was simply a matter of perspective.
Shinomiya Amane was actually very similar to Stella.
Both were chosen children born with abilities far beyond those of ordinary people.
The difference was that Amane had even better luck.
Stella still needed to train and learn how to control her strength, while Amane did not need to put in the slightest effort.
However, the true reason their lives turned out so differently was their environment.
Stella had been born into royalty, and since she still needed effort to use her power, she had grown up normally.
Amane's upbringing was the complete opposite.
Perhaps obtaining that ability had exhausted all his remaining fortune, because he never met a single person who affirmed him.
It was not that a fortunate Shinomiya Amane happened to receive this power.
Only Shinomiya Amane could ever have possessed it.
That ability was part of him, created from the manifestation of his soul.
Yet until now, no one except Luke had recognized that fact.
"A Blazer's ability is like their hands and feet. I remember that line from the textbooks."
"Winning with your own hands and feet seems perfectly normal to me."
"Or do you think I should be furious on behalf of those critically ill patients?"
"If I'm not mistaken, none of them will actually die, right?"
Edelweiss stared at Luke in a daze.
With her understanding of Amane's ability, she naturally knew that the moment Kiriko withdrew, the patients had already escaped danger.
Luck was something that often inspired hatred and jealousy.
Power gained purely through luck was also extremely difficult for others to acknowledge.
However, one must not forget that luck was also part of strength.
In truth, whether it was Luke, Edelweiss, Stella, or even Ikki, which of these children favored by fate had risen without luck?
Shinomiya Amane was merely a far more extreme example.
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