Noel was sitting next to Anna, who was sleeping on the bed. Even though the situation had been handled, he still needed to wait Anna to wake up to get their rewards.
He looked at Anna's sleeping face. She looked so weak and defenseless that he could kill her easily with a single swing.
However, this wasn't the revenge he wanted. He still rembered the despair, fear, and anguish that he experienced when he saw his parents' heads were severed by the guillotine.
He wanted Anna to fall into despair first before dying. He wanted to destroy her family first so that she could understand the feeling of losing a family. He wanted to break everything around her so that she could feel the helplessness from it.
A life worse than death. Only when she had nothing that he would kill her.
'To do that, I need to wait. Even right now, she's already that strong. What about her family? The royal family? I still need to beco stronger and stronger. When I'm strong enough, I'll crush everyone so they would know the true pain.' Noel bit his lips.
However, he couldn't help but rember when Anna cut the rope at the last mont, sacrificing herself to buy so ti.
'What was your thought when you asked the execution of my parents? What was your thought when you ca here to bully ? What was your thought when you cut that rope to help ?' Noel looked at this innocent face that he couldn't believe was the cause of his despair.
He bit his lips and asked, "Why?"
Whether it was fortunate or unfortunate, Anna was thinking about what to do in her dream. She wanted to apologize to Noel and ended up talking in her sleep.
"Noel… I'm… sorry…"
Her expression showed remorse and her tone was sad as if she wanted to repent.
That statent shocked him to the core. All the bad mories about the execution as well as the good mories about his life with his parents flashed in his mind.
'Sorry? After everything you've done, you're saying sorry now? In that case, why did you steal everything from ? If you're sorry, then you shouldn't have done it. Why? After everything happened… Why did you say 'Sorry'? Are you just toying with even in your sleep?'
Noel couldn't help but rise from his seat while pointing his sword at Anna, wanting to kill her right away.
However, he hesitated. He wanted to make her experience the sa pain first before killing her. A revenge that he desired.
Even if everyone told him it was foolish, even if they told him that his parents wouldn't co back to live even if he kill her, he still wanted to do it.
'If I don't let you suffer the sa thing, my revenge will never be done. Even if I kill you right now, my heart can't move on!' Noel gritted his teeth, restraining himself from killing her.
And it was at this ti that Anna gradually opened her eyes.
"Eh?" Anna widened her eyes in shock. The sleepiness was gone as her eyes focused on the sword.
When she was about to act like the usual her, she rembered everything in her dream vividly.
Her heart cald down as she closed her eyes again with a smile this ti. She said with a gentle tone as if she had given up. "Go on. If I know about you correctly, you want to suffer before dying. So, dying in your hand peacefully sure feels nicer."
Noel gritted his teeth and glared at her. Ultimately, he retracted his sword and unsheathed it again.
*Creak!*
Suddenly, the door was opened as Evan had returned from the outside, looking at this bizarre scene.
"Hey, you two. I don't care about your relationship, but my infirmary is a place to save lives, not to take it away." Evan narrowed his eyes. "Noel. If you do it, then do it. However, I won't heal your wounds or allow you to go to the library again."
"…" Noel paused for a mont before retracting his sword and unsheathing it. He then walked away while saying with killing intent. "You won't die a peaceful death."
Anna looked at Noel's back before calling him out loud. "Wait Noel, I'm—"
*Bang!*
Noel didn't wait for her. He slamd the door and left.
'There goes my chance… Well, I have a long ti ahead. I can do it at another ti…' Anna sighed before checking her body condition. "My wounds are closed and other than my stamina, everything has recovered."
"Of course, I was the one who treated you after all."
"Ah." Anna looked at Evan for a second, stunned. She then politely bowed her head and said in an awkward tone. "Doctor… Thank… Thank you."
This ti, she thanked him from the bottom of her heart. She had decided to be a bit more sincere in this second life to fix all her mistakes. Still, this might be the first ti she said sothing genuinely. There was no her, only gratitude to Evan.
"Mhm?" Evan widened his eyes in surprise. "So awkward."
"Sorry…" Anna looked down, feeling embarrassed.
"But well…" Evan made a small smile. "You're welco."
Anna looked at his smile and opened her mouth in shock. This was the first ti she felt sothing from soone's smile. Even though the smile wasn't as bright or big as she imagined, the smile ward her heart.
A tear couldn't help but co out of the corner of her eyes.
"What's wrong with you? You're crying now of all tis? Seriously? I am not here to babysit soone like you. Leave this place right away…" Evan paused for a mont. "But at least, lie down for another hour to make sure that everything is alright. After that, you can leave… no, you should leave."
"Yes." Anna nodded furiously as Evan hurriedly walked away to his desk.
'Ah… Why didn't I realize sothing so simple this whole ti? If you can't even be sincere to others, there's no way others can do the sa.' She made a big smile as if she had just won sothing big.
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