Capitulo 138

Episode 138

Andrew was a bad man.

Otherwise, I couldn’t have come out like that with the weakness I told him.

I was so nervous that I believed in such a man for a while.

Wilhelm warned me in advance, so I was able to set up a defense plan.

I went through everyone else’s belongings because I was worried that not only Andrew, but anyone else might sympathize with him.

Behind Andrew, those who had told us beforehand took their places.

It was Helen and Wilhelm.

Why is Raymond stuck there?

It didn’t matter if he helped us anyway.

Don’t even think about playing games with me.

I laughed at him provocatively.

Andrew looked back and shrugged his shoulders.

You seem to have prepared yourself quite a bit.

He didn’t seem too surprised.

With Aster and other male protagonists in play, Andrew had little chance of winning.

I didn’t come without thinking either.

Andrew, who said that, raised his arm.

A necklace hanging from his arm caught my eye.

I wondered what it might be because it looked old as an heirloom.

I have a personality that I must have what I want.

And there was a blinding light.

* * *

Is this the power of the necklace?

Aster looked across the lobby of the medical center where everyone but him slept.

Even Raymond, who had high magic resistance, was unconscious.

I guess it doesn’t work for you.

Andrew smiled.

His eyes, which he thought were similar to his own, turned black and cloudy like his late father’s.

His affection was twisted and already seemed irrevocably corrupt.

Aster straightened the sword in his hand with an expressionless face.

If it was a curse to become like this anyway, it would be better to simply kill him early.

Don’t blame me.

I don’t want to blame you. I’m more than grateful. If you hadn’t pushed me like this, I wouldn’t have been able to climb from the ground to here.

Andrew grabbed the necklace and stretched out his hand.

His magic lifted the fallen man by the door.

How about this?

He never thought of defeating Aster by force in the first place.

What a disgrace.

Aster grimaced as he recognized the person Andrew had lifted was the Duke of Pioneer.

Give me Karina.

Nonsense.

If you don’t hand her over, the Duke will die because of you.

Even if you pass it, it won’t be a good ending, but if you don’t pass it, there will be no connection between Karina and Aster.

If you do that, Karina will never see you.

It doesn’t really matter. It’s better for her to hate me and stay by my side for the rest of her life than to take the hand of a man who isn’t me.

You are absolutely crazy like our father.

Andrew could understand his father for the first time.

The moment he awakened his love for her, he felt as if the world was resetting.

It would be perfect if she looked at him with eyes of love, but I didn’t mind seeing her filled with hatred for him.

Doesn’t my brother know? How sweet that feeling is when the desired object sees me.

It’s inevitable to become addicted to that feeling.

It seemed I could do anything to have Karina.

Now, choose, Your Majesty. Will you renounce the princess and save the duke, or will you kill the duke and be hated by the princess forever?

Your Majesty does not have to choose.

At that moment, Karina’s voice could not be heard.

No, he was right.

Karina was looking at Andrew with a look full of hatred.

* * *

Thinking that what Andrew was holding might be a relic from a demigod war, I activated the bracelet and deliberately dropped to the floor.

I couldn’t fall asleep with my tears in my eyes, thanks to my thrashing so hard my eyes were dizzy.

«It’s a waste of vitality, but it can’t be helped.»

It would have been better to drain my vitality than to suffer such an insult.

I opened my mouth, looking at Andrew, who had a shocked expression on his face.

You. You dare touch my family?

I don’t care. Karina’s family will be me now.

He smiled and wiggled his fingers in the air.

As Andrew’s fingers moved, my father’s body shuddered precariously.

I bit my lips hard.

How can I escape when he threatens my family’s life and no one else’s?

Karina.

I know His Majesty can’t help it.

The more people he has to protect, the less likely he is to stop.

From Aster’s point of view, neither I nor my father will give up easily.

He bowed his head, blaming himself for not having done anything.

I grabbed his face with both hands and pulled him closer.

And I kissed his cheek softly.

Surprised, I could feel his body contract.

Take Fio and follow me. He will be able to find me.

Even if I erased the traces of magic, there was no way to completely erase the distorted magic from my bracelet.

In particular, if it is Fio who reacts sensitively to magic, he can find even a small trace.

You’d better not bother me. Karin.

Andrew’s threats made me take a step back.

The hand he was holding tightly dropped and he turned to stand in front of Andrew.

It was disgusting just to come face to face with him.

He looked around at Tatiana, who was lying there with an expressionless face.

It was as if she was handling things that didn’t feel like affection at all.

Put your hands around my waist.

…

You’d better do it quickly.

I closed my eyes as I watched him play with my father’s body.

Now we will be together forever.

A terrifying voice reached my ears.

* * *

When I woke up, I was in an old hut.

The golden leaves hanging from the trees outside the window fluttered.

Such a tree would only grow in a specific area of the Golden Forest.

The fact that I came all this way….

«Teleportation?»

Teleportation was an unimplemented magic.

This is because there are too many variables during the use of magic and it is very difficult.

To use such magic at once without preparation.

Is that also the power of relics?

Do you know it too?

Andrew leaned in tenderly and whispered.

His gaze reached my arm.

Exactly on the bracelet I wear.

I quickly hid my hands behind my back.

He pulled Tatiana into the corner.

I know how angry you’ve been with me.

Angry? Just angry?

It was so ridiculous I couldn’t even laugh.

I was never mad at you. I was mad at me for not being able to separate the trash like you.

Andrew knelt down and sat across from me.

I tried to take a step back, but quickly hit a wall.

You know it’s not my fault.

He whispered to me with tears in his eyes.

It was all Tatiana’s tricks.

It was you who decided to pass on that masterpiece.

It wasn’t weird.

At least none of the men who apologized to me were as brazen as Andrew, pretending nothing was wrong with me.

Do you think all your feelings for Tatiana have been manipulated?

Most, if not all, were. From the very beginning, that woman approached me and offered to help me regain my place as Grand Duke.

I decided to listen to all the nonsense she was talking about.

At first, I thought it would make you happier if I regained the Grand Duke’s position, so I just asked for help.

His big eyes glistened with water.

He fell in front of me, shedding tears like beads.

Karina, I wanted to be happy with you. It was just that, and my emotions were manipulated as if they were not my own.

It was absurd nonsense.

There was nothing to laugh about anymore.

Karina, please. Forgive me just once. I beg you, let’s run away and start all over again.

Andrew was extremely selfish, thinking of everything.

I saw Tatiana trembling.

She seemed to have come to her senses.

The story she heard as soon as she woke up was this kind of confession from her husband.

Tatiana will be angry too.

I opened my mouth, looking at her face without a smile.

My former feelings for you were sincere. I was attracted to you, even if you had nothing.

I used to have a good heart!

When you told me you loved me, I abnormally clung to that, but when I found out the truth, my heart at the time complained about not confessing to me.

And you must have misunderstood something.

More angry than ever with Andrew.

To the point that I want to erase the whole past with him.

At least you were in love with Tatiana, so Tatiana could move your feelings.

Isn’t it too embarrassing to blame Tatiana for all your unstable feelings in the first place?