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Translator: FusionX
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“From the way you speak, it doesn’t seem like… you don’t know the aning of those words.”
Jay, her real na was Arwen Tarsilla.
For her, who had betrayed the imperial family and was on the run, how would she interpret the aning of saying I would kill the Crown Prince?
I knew the answer to this question. If I were to na the common denominator between her and , it would be the Crown Prince.
Since it wasn’t the first ti I faced her, it was better to speak directly to the point from the beginning instead of beating around the bush.
Although it might be quite surprising from her perspective, it was always easier to get to the main point faster when I spoke this way.
Her rabbit-like red eyes unmistakably wavered.
She seed to want to probe my true intention, but she couldn’t easily do so because of the appearance I had shown just now.
“…You said you would kill him, right? The Crown Prince.”
“Yes.”
“I don’t know how you found out about , but I can’t answer right away. Although I know you, this is the first ti I’ve t you in person.”
Arwen, who had been staring at intently, nodded once and continued.
It seed she needed ti.
It was always a sudden eting, but this ti was different, so it made sense.
“I need ti to think. I’m grateful that you saved , but I can’t make a decision lightly if it’s related to the Crown Prince. Above all, I’m not sure if your true intention is really that.”
“I understand. When you change your mind, you can contact where I am.”
Glancing sideways, I felt that Adele had co quite close now.
I didn’t expect this eting to imdiately lead to the main point anyway.
The deal would likely be made a few months later, or at least a month later.
Still, it was certain that I had saved Arwen in this run as well.
Since the possibility was open, if I acted calmly, the harvest would follow.
As footsteps were soon heard from below, Arwen, with narrowed eyes, looked at .
“Are they your companions?”
“You can think of it that way. I told them to wait, but it seems the ti has been delayed too much.”
Looking around, the corpses and bloodstains had completely disappeared.
There was a scent of blood, but this could hide the carnage to so extent, couldn’t it?
Then, when Adele burst through the door and entered, she made eye contact with and thoroughly examined my body for a mont.
“You’re here. I told you to wait.”
“Did you do well what you intended to do? It took so long that I ca up thinking sothing might have happened…”
Her eyes then turned to Arwen.
“Is that the person you were trying to save? What, a hidden lover?”
“I don’t have such tastes.”
“If that were really the case, I would have killed her here. The world doesn’t need people like that.”
Grinning mischievously, she then approached with great strides.
After staring at blankly for a mont, Adele reached out and carefully felt my body.
As if shaking off raindrops or smoothing out wrinkles, she checked every nook and cranny of my body, then stepped back and added.
“You’re not hurt. It would be strange for you to get hurt sowhere with those skills.”
“…Did you check?”
“There was a guy who hid his wound and died from it getting worse. If you have a wound, don’t hide it. It’s nothing to be ashad of.”
As I stared at her blankly at those words, Adele turned her head and looked at Arwen.
Arwen also seed to know who Adele was.
Of course, there was no one who didn’t know Adele Igrit, but more precisely, she knew her ‘past’.
The tyrant Adele who had killed countless people in a way close to a massacre.
But there was no need for her to tremble like that.
Seeing her body trembling so pitifully, I let out a small sigh.
“I think it’s about ti we left. She probably needs to rest too.”
“Is it already dawn? Yes, it can’t be helped.”
As Adele looked at Lothos, he nodded his head vigorously and disappeared alone.
He probably intended to leave with the subordinates spread out beside him.
Adele wouldn’t stay long either, so we wouldn’t et again until I headed to the north.
Arwen also glanced around and hurriedly cleaned up the broken beaker, and I also had to return to the ducal estate.
Arwen’s gaze fell on , then fell away again when our eyes t.
It must have been because the image of from earlier overlapped.
I had no ill feelings towards her, but once she felt her life threatened, she would likely have that attitude for a while.
If I wouldn’t et Arwen or Adele for a while…
Maybe I would occasionally run into Yuria and Theresa.
Just thinking about it made feel bad.
As I was about to wipe my haggard face, I realized that Adele, who was about to leave the room, had suddenly stopped.
Then she looked at and quietly moved her lips.
“Aren’t you coming?”
“I will. Just a mont, my head hurts.”
It was refreshing. But it was also true that I felt conflicted.
I had saved Arwen, but wasn’t this always the first thing I did when regressing?
I thought a lot of ti had passed, but I had only taken the first step.
If I couldn’t finish it in this run either, I felt like I wouldn’t be able to keep my sanity then.
That was why I had tried a completely different route, but would this thod work?
Shaking my head for a mont, I moved to follow Adele, who was walking ahead.
My head hurt. Frowning at the pain piercing my brain, I smiled bitterly.
If ti passed quickly, maybe this pain would disappear.
My honest feeling was that I wanted this end to be seen before my eyes, so I could die as soon as possible.
Forever. So that I could never think again.
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After saving Arwen, I always walked this alley to return to the ducal estate.
I had no choice but to hide my appearance since I was always soaked in blood.
I had prepared spare clothes, but this ti things went well in various ways, so the outside was clean.
I never expected Arwen to wake up from that commotion.
She had never woken up before… it must have been because I used mana.
“You don’t look well. Did sothing happen earlier?”
“Do I?”
“You look like you want to vomit. I think sothing must have happened, but…”
Perhaps recalling what I had called a secret earlier,
Adele swallowed her words and didn’t continue.
Co to think of it, I wasn’t walking alone now.
I had coincidentally t Adele and enjoyed the Full Moon Festival, and we ended up eting just before saving Arwen and coming here together.
Who would have predicted that eting at the ball last ti would lead to this?
I didn’t particularly like the word coincidence, but it didn’t seem like my connection with Adele in this turn would be easily broken.
I felt conflicted. It was because I couldn’t understand what this eting ant.
What I had seen while going through the previous runs was that those connected by fate always turned their backs on .
My family, my fiancée, even my close friends.
The lover I found instead of my fiancée ended up stabbing with a knife, and the one I thought was my close friend was actually the one who had ruined the most.
I rembered that twisted smile.
I rembered the face that mocked , saying there was no way they would sincerely consider a close friend.
How could I remain indifferent while recalling that? Betrayal was an emotion that one could never get used to.
The sensation of one’s heart shattering, blood vessels twisting, and all the blood in one’s body draining down.
All I could do was breathe out.
That’s why I hated it. Whenever I walked this street alone, I hated being tornted by those mories and used to run.
“I’m fine now. Much better than usual.”
Thanks to her, I was too embarrassed to say it was because of her.
I didn’t know that just having soone by my side could alleviate the symptoms.
Although I had to hide it saying it was a secret, just her eyes not despising were a comfort to .
Adele stared at for a mont, then turned her gaze towards the sky.
The night sky without lights always evoked admiration just by looking at it.
I didn’t know how much the sky here differed from the one in the north,
but the starlight in this stillness always moved people’s emotions.
It was a little later when Adele, who had been blankly looking at the sky for a while, opened her mouth.
“I will be returning soon. We probably won’t et again until you co to the north.”
“Probably. When autumn cos, I will visit you then.”
“…I hope you do sothing about those eyes by then. They make uncomfortable whenever I see them. You look like you’ll die at any mont.”
“Is that why you were worried? That I might really die and disappear?”
I thought she would naturally deny it, but Adele unexpectedly said nothing.
Those blue eyes touched , as if trying to pierce through my inner thoughts.
After a while of looking into each other’s eyes, Adele answered with a faint smile.
“I was for a mont. I thought you might really die.”
“Pardon?”
“So don’t die. I hate hearing that soone I know has died the most.”
Adele’s cloak fluttered as she turned her back.
Mixing with the darkness, only her silver hair illuminated by the moonlight shone brilliantly.
She looked at like that.
As if she had sothing to say, her mouth opened slightly after looking at several tis.
“…Make sure to co this ti, don’t run away.”
“I should. I have a debt to repay too.”
Just the fact that she had let it go when I said it was a secret was a great debt.
If I thought about my actions, it would just look suspicious from the perspective of soone who knew nothing.
Nevertheless, I had to repay her sohow for believing in .
Recalling what she had said yesterday, I retorted by quoting her.
“Because you would be disappointed if I didn’t co.”
Adele laughed at those words.
It was just like the appearance I rembered from a certain run.
Wasn’t it fortunate that the only thing that had changed in this world was ?
If everything had kept changing, I might not have been able to endure it until now.
As if she had said everything she wanted to say, Adele disappeared into the night shadow.
When I realized that I was the only one left on the empty street, there was an emotion that surged again.
…I walked to forget that.
I walked through the pitch-black alley without a single light, increasing my pace to erase my thoughts.
Relying only on the moonlight in the sky, I walked forward.
I wasn’t even sure if the direction I was going was correct.
I just walked, thinking my body would rember.
After a long ti passed like that, it seed like calmness finally returned to its place.
Wiping the cold sweat running down my forehead, I slowly raised my head.
The building that ca into my sight was, quite absurdly, the main gate of the ducal estate.
Many people must have fallen asleep.
Under the many rooms with the lights off, there was only one room with the light on.
It was probably where Yuria was. She must be quite busy in her own way.
Since it was the first Full Moon Festival she was managing, she must have had a lot to do.
That was better for .
It was most comfortable for when she didn’t pay attention to .
‘She won’t notice.’
It was rare for Yuria to be awake until now.
Thinking there would be no chance of running into her, the mont I entered through the door,
a low voice penetrated my ears.
“You’re finally here. It’s past 3 AM now, and the festival ended a long ti ago.”
There was a woman looking at from the doorway.
With her characteristically cold gaze, her eyes examining my appearance were completely different from Adele’s.
A gaze filled with negative emotions like contempt.
As I smiled bitterly, Yuria began to speak.
“I have no idea what you were doing until now to co back at this hour. Did you not know that I had been looking for you for a long ti?”
I thought my luck wasn’t bad today.
But was that my misconception?
Seeing Yuria, who was still looking at coldly, I let out a small sigh.
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