After Henry handed over the people who spy on them to the castle, he ca here with the Duke.
It wouldn’t be too hard to find my location because I had a tracking device on .
Together we rode the carriage back to the castle.
I was lost in thought all the ti.
‘What happened?’
Why is Andy aware of Zachary’s tactics?
The boy’s na is definitely Andy. The list also clearly said Andy.
‘Most of all, he’s really weak.’
I’m afraid he’ll get beaten up by the maids.
Such a powerful knight, sincere and thoughtful, wouldn’t be Andy.
When I was worrying about it, a hand touched my cheek. It was Isaac.
“I’m sorry, I should have went here quickly.”
“It’s owkay.”
“…kid, why are you always fine?”
“Huh?”
Isaac looked really upset.
I’ve experienced many things in life, and I always had a hard ti. It was a normal thing for , so most of the things didn’t matter.
My fourth life here is really satisfying. But I am ready to defect, so I don’t want anything.
Isaac, who was staring at , dropped his shoulders. Henry’s eyes were dejected, and the Duke said nothing.
When I got off the carriage, the sun was going down.
Isaac and Henry went back to the room with a dim expression, and I am worried about the kids.
Then, the Duke bent his knees and made eye contact with .
“Blaine.”
“Yes.”
“Never do sothing so dangerous again.”
Did he get angry because I was in trouble?
I didn’t an it, but it must have been annoying for him because I almost got into trouble several tis.
He smiled faintly.
“I’m glad you didn’t get hurt.”
“…….”
“Rest.”
The Duke, who said so, stroke my hair and headed for the castle.
I touched the duke’s hand for a mont.
It felt strange.
“……”
‘I don’t have ti for this. I need to find Zachary quickly.’
Suddenly, I ran into soone.
“Uuhh..”
When I was rubbing my forehead after a pretty hard hit, I heard a familiar voice, “Little miss?”
It’s the chairman.
“What’s the matter?”
“I have to prepare for defecting. So,…”
“Does your anxiousness have anything to do with returning ho with the Duke and the brothers today?”
“It, it’s not that!”
“I must be right.”
“It’s nwot…”
As I answered while avoiding his gaze, the chairman groaned and looked into my eyes.
“Why did you set a dangerous goal like defecting?”
“That’s because it will be dwangerous in the future. If Mina cos, I’ll be a swacificed.”
“With Duke of Dubbled’s protection, things are likely to be different.”
“I don’t want to experience it agwain.”
“It’ll be different.”
“Dyuke and the bwothers just think of as a pet.”
Their affection is the sa as loving a cat when it cos ho. Otherwise, it is strange that they love so much suddenly.
How can they keep loving soone else’s child? I’m not a lovely child like Mina either.
“Little miss. Do you know how difficult it is to protect you who has beco more special than your last life.”
“……..”
“You have many loyal and talented people. Even Eugene Nos who is a coveted talent even in the imperial family has put those people aside and always cos forward in your own business.”
“……..”
“I know Theodore Dubbled, he doesn’t want to do such a nuisance for his pet.”
I didn’t say anything. The chairman looked at and said,
“Did you stop yourself from believing in anyone because you’re going to defect?”
“Go away! I won’t lwisten!”
“You are afraid you’d be abandoned by your family again. More than the risk of failing to defect.”
“Don’t cwontinue!”
“That is what you are very afraid of.”
I glared at the chairman with moist eyes. To avoid crying, I bit my lips tightly and clenched my skirt.
He looked at for a while and bent over.
I quickly ran into my room, I closed the door and hid myself under the blanket.
My fear, which had been chained up and hidden inside , seed to have been revealed.
***
I woke up in the darkness and quickly realized.
This is a dream. The evil dream that always follows .
When I realized so, my surroundings began to change.
This was the altar of the Imperial Palace. It was the place where my whole body was torn apart as a sacrifice in the first life.
There was an elephant bag on the altar. It was my bag I packed for defecting.
My head is half twisted and my whole body is covered with wounds.
[Dumb Leblaine, do you want to believe in people again after you’ve been dealt with?]
The adult version of Leblaine, looked at standing tall.
‘But…. But, the people in Dubbled seems different.’
[It was the sa with the Duke of Amity. You said your father is different. It was like that with Vallua. You said you will live differently this ti.]
‘Maybe it’s really different this ti. I’ve never had anyone like the Dubbled people in my life before.’
[You think you’re special now?]
“…….”
[If Mina cos, it’ll be different. If it gets known again that you’re a child of fake destiny, you’ll be thrown away!]
I covered my ears with both hands.
It was like the pain of being sacrificed and the pain of being whipped by the Duke of Vallua.
The grown-up Leblaine who approached was suddenly divided into three and beca Mina, Duke of Amity, and Duke of Vallua.
[Will you beg for affection like a beggar again?]
[Like always!!]
Their screaming faces turned oddly.
Black liquid drips from all over the body, and their mouth is full of creepy sharp teeth.
‘Don’t co here. Don’t co!’
I got up and ran out.
But they are chasing my shadow persistently.
[Sorry, LeBlaine. But this is your fate. For us, for the country.]
[Mina is a special child.]
It was completely black and it hit . I’m suffocating.
I struggled to get out of the thing that had swallowed up to my throat.
‘Help . I don’t like it. I don’t like it! Help !’
The dream always ended only after I was completely engulfed in darkness. I’m sure that’s the case this ti, too. My hands slowly loosened.
But this ti, I saw a light in front of .
“……Le.”
“….Blaine.”
Gasp!
I hurriedly opened my eyes. My whole body was covered with cold sweat.
In front of my eyes, I saw Isaac, who was helpless, Henry, full of worries, and the duke, who was holding my hand.
“Are you okay?”
“Are you surprised by what happened today?”
“Get a hold of yourself.”
This is the light.
I hold my tears as I looked at the three n whose outline was blurred by the light of the lamp.
Even if I didn’t see them clearly, I felt that their faces would have had a worried expression.
I squeezed the duke’s hand. I tried to hold my tears in, but the tears persistently kept coming out.
“Sniff…”
Isaac frowned when he saw biting my lips tightly as to not make a sound.
“You idiot! Why did you hold it in, just cry!”
By saying so, I put a lot of strength on my forehead so that I wouldn’t drop tears from my eyes.
Henry said so and stroked my head.
“Did you have a nightmare?”
“……”
“You must have been so scared. I’m sorry.”
Henry kept saying sorry to even though it wasn’t sothing to be sorry about.
He said he was sorry for coming late even after protecting , and he said he was sorry for not knowing what I liked.
The Duke embraced .
“I don’t know what else to do if you cry.”
“…….”
I laughed at his words.
The Duke, who did not know how to give affection or how to love , made it funny and aningful to love in a clumsy way.
‘I’m stupid. Even though I’ve lived four tis, I’m still a fool.’
I want to believe it again.
She knew she was more likely to get hurt, and she knew it would be easier for her to run away, but she didn’t want to miss the warmth that touched her skin.
‘One last ti, one more ti.’
When I laughed, the faces of the Dubbled’s people lit up.
“……Father.”
The Duke’s gaze trembled for a mont when I called him that.
It was the first title I called him that since I received the Etwal.
“Brother.”
“Br, Bro, Brother…..!”
Only
“Leblaine just called ……”
“No, she spoke to !”
“She spoke to , you idiot.”
Seeing the two bickering quickly, I buried my face on the shoulder of the duke.
I was in the light. Now the evil dream was not so scary.
That night, I threw away my elephant bag.
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