The Young Master I Carefully Raised Became Obsessive Chapter 84

"What will happen if you can't find it?"

The healers remained silent. I looked at Ardion, who pushed the healer aside and grabbed my hand.

"Laila, don't worry. If we can't find it, I'll do anything to find your magical drug."

Tears had welled up in Ardion's green eyes. I felt uneasy. Because of , he was going through hardship he shouldn’t have to.

If I just disappear, it’ll be fine, I thought, lowering my head. "No. Please don't ask Rowell for help. Anyway, everything will be fine once I die…"

"Laila, why would you say sothing like that?" Ardion's face hardened instantly.

He sighed and gave a subtle signal to the healers standing nearby. They imdiately bowed their heads and left the room. Suddenly, everything around us beca quiet.

I stared at the closed door for a mont before speaking. "I don’t want you to keep being dragged around by Rowell. He must have used this thod because he knows you care about ."

"Laila, you've broken my heart twice already." His voice was unusually low.

I sighed. "Ardion, please, just leave alone."

His hand tightened around mine. "Are you crazy? How could I leave you alone? Don’t say things like that."

"But if you don’t give up on , Rowell will keep trapping you."

Rowell had completely lost his mind. The more Ardion confronted him, the more extre actions he took to stop him. He had planted a magical drug inside my body. That was sothing I had never expected. In the end, Rowell would probably want Ardion’s life.

So now, if I just disappeared, the problem would be easily solved. In a way, I was just an extra who was supposed to die, and it was nothing short of a miracle that I had survived this long. My life was more like a gift from Ardion.

Ardion’s grip on my hand trembled. Slowly, he raised his gaze to et mine, his green eyes filled with tears, yet he smiled and shook his head. "Rowell won't stop until I’m dead."

"But Your Highness can't die."

"It’s okay, as long as I can save you."

"Please don’t say that. The only one who can kill Rowell is you."

Up until now, Rowell had done so much harm to Ardion. He must have tornted Ardion for a much longer ti than what I had experienced. Rowell had been tornting Ardion since childhood.

"Is it really you’re talking about?"

I nodded. Then I briefly glanced at Ardion’s hand. His large hand was still holding mine tightly. I gazed at him and said, "Ardion, it’s only you."

His eyes shimred faintly, and his face slowly drew closer to mine.

"Laila, do you trust ?" His voice, low and heavy, rang in my ears.

I looked up and saw his wet eyes completely capturing . "Yes, I trust you."

"Even if I do anything? Even if my love for you is different from what it should be?"

Ardeon seed sowhat lost in thought. His green eyes appeared infinitely dark. It was almost as though I could see obsessive cruelty in his gaze as he stared at .

I was startled and opened my mouth. "Ardion?"

In an instant, Ardion was on top of . I had no ti to avoid him. He grabbed my arm and looked down at , completely pinning down. His face neared mine, close to my lips. "Laila, trust . No matter what I do, say that you love ."

"Do you an no matter what you do?"

His words sounded strange to . As I blinked in confusion, his lips hovered close to mine. He raised his gaze and said in a pleading voice, "Say you love , Laila. No matter what I do, say that you love ."

Love.

It was sothing Ardion had always wanted from . I hesitated before speaking, but before I could, he completely claid my lips. I didn’t have the chance to respond. He seed in a rush, pushing his tongue into my mouth.

I turned my head and pushed against his shoulder, yet Ardion lowered his head and claid my lips once more.

"Hhmpp, Ardion!" I pushed against his shoulder again.

Only then did he stop. His gaze was too intense.

I had an ominous feeling creeping up on . "You're not planning to lock away from everyone, are you?"

"…" Ardion didn’t respond. He neither explained nor said anything else.

"Is that how you see it?" His eyebrows furrowed slightly. "Laila, I want you by my side, always. Don’t give up on . I won’t let Rowell tornt you anymore."

"But I still…"

Before I could finish, Ardion kissed again. I bit his tongue, and he hesitated, locking eyes with . I quickly moved up toward the head of the bed as he watched sternly.

"Ardion, I think this idea of yours is wrong."

"Laila, the knights are already searching for you and the people you left with."

"…"

"You won’t be able to go outside for a while."

"But still, that doesn’t…"

"And I can’t kill Rowell."

"What do you an by that?"

"I an it literally. If I kill Rowell, you’ll die with him, so I can’t do that."

My mind went blank.

Once Rowell lost his life, I would also die.

He had gone too far, really.

"Then the magical drug in is like a ti bomb?"

"No, it’s not that. It’s just that you and Rowell are connected. If Rowell dies, your body will react in the sa way."

The more I thought about it, the more revolting it beca. Having a magical drug implanted in like that… What was worse was I didn’t even know where the drug was. My mana had been lacking lately, and I felt an odd, sharp pain in my head like a hamr striking my temples.

I sighed in exasperation. Was there really nothing we could do about Rowell? Suddenly, a thought struck like a lightning bolt.

"Then, if I die, Rowell will die too, right?"

"Laila, don’t say things like that." Ardion ca closer to .

I imdiately shook my head. "But that’s the only way."

"No, there must be another way. You don’t have to die…"

"There is no other way. As long as Rowell exists, Your Highness will eventually die."

"You’ve broken my heart again, Laila." His voice was excessively low, his eyes were moist, and his gaze had turned intense, filled with passion.

In desperation, I shouted, "But you can’t die either!”

"…"

Ardion stared at silently as tears filled my eyes. Since childhood, he had been humiliated and oppressed by Rowell. And even now, nothing had changed. Whether it was then or now, nothing had been different.

If Ardion didn’t love , he would have been much better off now. In the original story, he had easily killed Rowell, and there weren’t many obstacles, especially since Serina helped him by calming his mana when it overflowed.

But ? I was just a hindrance in Ardion’s life. He didn’t need to go through all of this.

I looked at him. "All you have to do is give up on . Just… ."

It would definitely be simpler if I died now.

After all, I was just an extra who had died early in the original story. Yet sohow, I had survived this long, prolonging my life through Ardion’s intervention.

But now, with the realization that if Rowell died, I would too… I was beginning to understand that perhaps I was never ant to live.

Maybe my fate had finally beco clear.

Tears fell from my eyes and splattered on the floor.

Ardion gently touched my cheek, softly wiped away the tears, and embraced . "Laila, even if you say that, I won’t give up."

"Then there’s no solution," I lanted.

Ardion laughed. "Laila, you’re finally speaking to informally."

Startled, I didn’t know what to say, but Ardion hugged tighter.

"I’ll forgive you for calling 'Your Highness' earlier. From now on, just call that. It feels like we’re getting closer now." Ardion’s voice carried a hint of amusent.

I sighed. His overflowing love was beginning to feel like a burden in my heart. I should have distanced myself from him long ago…

After a mont, I finally managed to speak. "I want to be alone."

"…" Ardion fell silent.

"I want to see Derol too."

Only then did he let go of . He placed his hands on my shoulders and looked at intently. I turned my face away from him, yet his gaze lingered.

"I’ll bring Derol in. Is there anything else you need?"

I shook my head. The bed lightened as Ardion stood up. Then I felt his hand on my ankle. I looked down and saw him gently caressing it. A prickling discomfort lingered but faded quickly.

"What did you do?" I asked in surprise.

Ardion casually looked back at . "Laila, you can’t leave this room for a while."

"What?"

"I’m just worried. If I’m not here, you might try to leave."

"But this is…"

"You can only move around in this room. Even if you try to jump out of the window, your legs won’t move."

“Ardion!”

“I shouldn’t have told you about Rowell’s trick.”

“…”

“I only have you.”

Ardion’s eyes shook slightly. My heart ached for a mont, but I turned my head and hugged my knees.

“I’ll bring Derol.”

He quickly left the room. Soon after, I heard the sound of the door closing, and the surroundings beca quiet. Suddenly, I jumped off the bed, went to open the window, and tried to climb up it, but my feet wouldn’t move properly.

What kind of magic did he cast?

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