Chapter 14
‘There’s no reset button!’
I felt like I was about to faint. The reset button wasn’t at anywhere I looked.
anwhile, the crowned prince seed like he was actually planning to kill because he raised his sword up.
“W, wait! Wait!”
I shouted in panic. Then the crowned prince spoke, tilting his head.
“Looks like now you have the mindset to speak.”
“That’s right! I’ll tell! I, I will tell you!”
I nodded my head crazily. The sword he has lifted up was now once again was set by my neck.
“Go on.”
“W, well...... .”
I did say that I would tell him because I was panicking but my mind went blank now that I was going to tell him.
I an, what do I say really. I cannot say I followed because I intended to die, and I shouldn’t die as long as I knew that the reset button didn’t exist.
‘Should I turn on the choices?’
However it wasn’t guaranteed that I could live even if I do turn it on.
It was actually because it was not on that I survived until now.
“I can hear your brain rolling to co up with sothing from here.”
It was then when the crowned prince smirked coldly, not being able to wait a mont of crazily trying to co up with sothing.
“I’m very excited of what you’ll say.”
The interest gauge bat shined dangerously over the top of his head.
“It’ll have to be a reasonable excuse, gong-nyuh.”
“...... .”
“I really dislike soone blocking my way in the middle of anything.”
He muttered, bringing the sword to my skin with a little more pressure than before. Warm blood stread down my neck.
Fear of death and pain.
That took control of my brain.
“...... I, I like you!”
Therefore, without thinking anything anymore, I spit out the words that even I found was stupid.
“......What?”
His crimson eyes widened. I shut my eyes closed tight, and shouted. My mouth was already out of my control.
“I, I’ve been liking you the whole ti!”
“...... .”
“I thought I could comfort you from the previous incident because I thought you would be hurt by it...... .”
This was a totally idiotic dialogue that didn’t appear in either the hard or the normal mode.
It was true that in the normal mode, the heroine faces the crowned prince and comforts him, but that was only possible because the heroine didn’t witness the scene where he sliced the murderer’s neck off.
‘Shit.’
Even though I didn’t know what to say, why did I have to say that I liked this insane brat?
But if you think about it, there could only be one reason why a noble lady would follow a man into this kind of creepy maze...... is what you could say IF it’s a talk between a ‘normal’ man and a won.
‘Bye, you crazy ga. I’m (possibly) going back ho because I’m going to die now. It’ll be a one star review with curing it.’
I closed my eyes and trembled, prepared to feel the pain that’ll co down on soon.
But no matter how much I’ve waited, the sound of a sword slicing through the air couldn’t be heard.
“Hm. A duke family’s crazy dog in love with the royal family’s wretch, huh.”
The night breeze tickled my nose bridge. I carefully opened my eyes, listening to the low mutter of a crowned prince.
“That is...... .”
“...... .”
“Such an unexpected excuse.”
The blood-like red eyes was right in front of my eyes. I was not breathing sinceI didn’t know when.
He stared at with his face filled with interest.
“You probably didn’t see that lot though. You probably just took a glimpsed at for the first ti at my safe-return ceremony.”
Actually, I didn’t see him then either. I only saw him today for the first ti in my life. It was obvious since it was after that ceremony that I reincarnated into this body.
I replied, my body tense.
“I, I fell in love at first sight that day.”
“What part of do you like?”
“Well...... .”
I was speechless for good this ti.
What could I say? No, HOW could I. I rember drawing ‘X’ several tis by his na when I reorganized the novel last ti!
I glimpsed at him and forced a reason out my brain before he loses his cool.
“Your facials make you very attractive...... .”
“To think my only charm is my face, this is making sad.”
“......Y, you are very brave, and is very skilled with your sword...... .”
“You’re reasons are just things that could co out inside any box. Do you not have more original and interesting reasons?”
“That’s...... Well...... .”
I was now about to faint from all the replies and questions I was getting.
To be honest, I was barely able to stand up right now with my shaky legs.
The cold and keen sensation on my neck scared very much.
“Uhh...... I...... .”
The crowned prince’s smirk grew bigger and bigger each ti I tried harder to hold back my tears.
I was crazy for a mont there. It was crazy for to try and die from this kind of horrible creep.
It was right when I was about to faint backwards.
“Alright. Though I’m not so satisfied, I’ll let you free for today.”
The blade of a sword that was digging into my skin was removed with those words.
I raised my head in surprise when the crowned prince spoke in a voice filled with excitent, his crimson eyes glowing.
“However, you’ll have to explain specifically why and how you ca to like the next ti we et.”
I nodded my head like an insane person.
“Go and leave now.”
Srr, he spoke while sliding his sword in its sheath.
At that mont. The interest gauge located above the brilliant golden hair, started to shine.
Then.
[Interest 2%]
I stared at it for a mont, dumbfounded. Not because I was happy and relieved but because it was very, very.
Ridiculous.
“What are you standing there for? Looks like you want to play draw-the-red-line ga again?”
The crowned prince spoke while looking at stupidly standing, his thumb motioning a slice on his neck.
“N, not at all!”
I jumped on the spot, then drew back.
I turned around completely and started fast walking just when it seed like I’ve arrived at the entrance of the maze by back stepping.
At that mont, I couldn’t think of giving a proper farewell greeting to a royal like how I should. Walking fast and not running when I could feel the crowned prince’s gaze on my back was the best manner I could provide.
I started to run like crazy just when I turned to a corner.
The cold air grazed passed , stinging my cut neck, but I was too busy in my head to even feel the pain.
‘There’s no reset button.’
It was that fact that scared the most just before the crowned prince was going to slice my neck.
The fact that my insurance I’ve trusted up until now doesn’t exist.
(NOTE: The reset button seems to appear a few monts before she dies so that she could tell if it exists or not when she is about to die.)
It ant that I cannot die like how I wanted to.
‘What if it’s really the end when I die? What if I don’t go back to where I ca from, but really just die......?’
I was just a normal female student. I didn’t have the biggest guts to deal with these kind of dangers.
The only choice left for now was to reach the ending with one of the characters.
‘But how?’
Just how could I endure and reach an ending with one of the characters who tries to kill the mont I make even the smallest mistake?
The fact that all the male characters’ interest went up wasn’t important to .
That kind of thing, even though you try hard to raise them up, they’ll always drop in one go like a sand castle would.
‘What if I work my butt off trying to raise their interest on , but it all just drops in a go like it did in the ga?’
Then its death.
But I didn’t want to die.
‘Why should I.’
When I survived, risking my life trying to escape from my blood-related brothers.
‘Why do I have to die that ridiculously in a crazy universe like this when all I’d do is curry favour with the bastards I don’t even know!’
“Hnn, mm.”
Tears fell from my eyes and the sound ca along with the huffing but it was all out of my control.
Thanks to running all the way back by following the lights, I found myself back at the entrance of the Maze Garden faster than I reached the centre of the maze.
I was only a few steps away from actually exiting the garden for good.
Bump-. I bumped into a person in front of who I couldn’t see from the dark.
“Ah!”
who wasn’t ntally stable at all, felt imnse fear rushing over from the thought that the crowned prince may have chased my back.
I was going to start running again when my wrist was grabbed.
“Let go!”
I scread, scared for life.
“Let go of this!”
“Lady?”
“Why do I have to die! I don’t want to! I don’t want to die!”
“Lady! Lady!”
I, who was shaking the hand I was caught, ca back to my senses at the sensation of soone grabbing tightly onto my shoulders.
“Are you okay?”
The ultramarine blue eyes that were wide with surprise ca into view. Then I saw the silver hair shining under the faint light.
Then I ca to see the shining [Interest 0%] above it all.
“Ahh, hnn...... .”
“Shh, calm down. I am not going to hurt you.”
I gasped from crying when the guy spoke with a pleasing voice, making stiff.
‘Is it one of the main character again?’
I felt despair when I realized who it was that I bumped into.
Buinter Verdandi. He was a sorcerer and a marquis.
“I’m...... I’m fine now.”
I cald down quickly just from the fact that it wasn’t the crowned prince.
I raised my hand up shakily up to my eyes and wiped the tears down.
I wanted to go back ho. I didn’t want to be here at this place even for a second longer.
Adding to that, I didn’t have any ntality left in to face Buinter either.
“I’ve caused a trouble to a person I’ve never t before. Please forget what happened right now. Then.”
I spat the words out after roughly wiping my face.
I bowed as a greeting, then tried to walk pass him.
But then I was stopped again.
“You’re bleeding a lot.”
He said, pointing at my neck.
“You’re also so pale. I’ll take you to the doctor here.”
“It’s fine. I need to hurry back sowhere...... .”
“Then at least take this.”
Unlike who didn’t want to deal with this right now any longer, Buinter didn’t let go but took sothing out his breast pocket and handed it to instead.
“Lay this over your wound and press on it. It will stop the bleeding.”
It was a white handkerchief.
I stared at it for a mont before accepting it.
I couldn’t walk back into the ballroom when I was bleeding like this anyway.
I bowed once again, and opened my mouth to speak.
“Thank you. I will be sure to return the favour.”
“There is no need for that.”
He rejected as he reached his hand out towards . Then.
“Instead, I wish for the sadness to be gone in these beautiful eyes the next ti we et.”
The warm hands were so close to touching the areas around my eyes that I could faintly feel the heat.
[Interest 9%]
I was all too focused on the letters shining above his head that I couldn’t check to see how he was looking at .
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