Age of Faith

Episode 5's

Such a great weapon Jonas had. Is that from Wulfen? That's not important. What matters is revenge. Revenge is not yours, Annyn. Jonas' voice drifted to him six months ago when he returned home for three days. Vengeance belongs to God.

You must submit to Him. His anger at the visiting noble's son who had burned one of his braids had faded when he heard Jonas speak thus. He, who so often ignores God, has found Him in Wulfen. Considering Baron Wulfrith's reputation, it shocked him.

And even more so now, after meeting the man and discovering his lies about Jonas' death. Heresy, then. People like Wulfrith cannot know God. At that moment, he barely knew Him himself. For days, he prayed that Jonas could go home. And this is his answer. He clenched his fists so tightly that his knuckles slipped out.

How much he wanted to make Wulfrith suffer from the debt of blood for his brother's death. He knew vengeance was a privilege of God, but he also knew it was once a privilege of surviving family members. Would God really take him down if he turned to the ways of the Old Testament? Revenge is the way of the world—of course the way of man.

Revenge gave birth to revenge, evidenced by the seizure of the British throne. He's nodding. How could God deny it, especially since He must be too busy to take care of such things Himself? Otherwise, he wouldn't have let what had been done to Jonas.

Spreading his fingers on his thighs, he stared at the ceiling. "Repentance is mine, and you just have to understand." A terrible and blasphemous thought crept into his tongue, and he did not bite it back. "If you're even there." “Anni?” He looks to Rowan whose talk has changed him and Jonas to Rowan's Henry— side who will definitely help him. If it took her a lifetime, Wulfrith would know the pain her brother was suffering.

Only his death will be satisfactory. It's necessary. Still, Garr Wulfrith felt the stain of young Jonas' death. He grabs the hilt of his misericorde and belatedly realizes that he no longer has it. That's not necessary. Scolding himself for his stupid demeanor, he raised a hand to his cheek where Jonas' sister had injured his flesh.

So the girl who looks and behaves like a man also changes. Although Artur Bretanne remains loyal to Stephen, somehow his siblings have found Henry. For that, Jonas is dead. And not an honorable death as told.

So, he had faked—and now felt the weight of God's displeasure. Save me, O Lord, from the lies of the lips and tongue of the deceiver, his mother will quote if she knows what her firstborn has done. For this, Garr will spend hours in repentance and pray that this one lie does not multiply, like the lie that often happens—agar after today, he said, he will no longer regret having said it.

He looked over his shoulder. Even though it was Lillia Castle she was looking for, Squire Merrick caught her gaze. A promising, if not a little strange, young fighter, he and Jonas have served together in overseeing Garr. At first there were tensions among the young men who both wanted the First Squire position, but those tensions eased once Jonas was elected.

In fact, the two had become as close friends as possible in the competitive ranks of forty who sought the title of knight in Wulfen Castle. However, as Merrick now knows, friendships often have the wrong basis. Garr turned his gaze to Lillia Castle. He has pity on Artur Bretanne. The man will take a long time to free himself from his nephew, if ever, because who will take the wife of a dirty little woman who has nice, strong teeth to recommend him? Of course, which man took any woman as a wife other than to get an heir? Women are hard, always trying to change men from their goals.

However, like all Wulfrith men who would rather fight than women, especially Garr's father, Drogo, Garr would eventually get married. Forsooth, he would have done it three years ago had his fiancee not died of smallpox. He returned to the ground in front of him.

Once Stephen secures his grip on England, the, Garr would find a burly wife he could visit half a dozen times a year until he gave birth to his sons to raise as warriors—men who stood far apart from the likes of Jonas. The shadow of the young man's death once again appeared, he gripped the hilt of his saddle.

How could he be so wrong? Although he had sensed Jonas' loyalty to Henry, he had used it to put his heart into training the young man. After all, what better way to make a man than to give him a compelling reason to be a man? The goal is not to change one's loyalty, even if it happens sometimes.

His goal was for the bodyguards to give their best to their master, the most important in battle. But that strategy failed with Jonas— fatally. A mistake Garr won't make again. Telling himself Jonas Bretanne was in the past, dead and immediately buried, he took off his hilt. As for Annyn Bretanne, she would forget about her loss. All he needs is time.