Twisted Truth (10)
She didn’t want to open her eyes. It was so creepy that the darkness swallowed her, but now it feels strangely cozy.
‘I just want to disappear like this.’
She felt like her mind was empty, and there was nothing left. She crouched down and sat still in the dark. Tears squeezed out again.
She heard someone calling her, but she blocked her ears and held her breath.
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She could see the light. Someone called her again. However, she covered her ears and turned a blind eye to it. She was scared to get out of here.
***
A warm liquid flowed into her mouth again. She closed her mouth because she didn’t want to swallow it, but it continued to force itself through her throat, against her will.
“Please…”
She heard a man’s voice. It was Arthur, a voice that could not be forgotten even if she tried to forget.
The eyes that she didn’t want to open opened. She felt something hot flowing through her face. Oh, she’s still crying.
“Mary, baby…….”
When she opened her eyes, what she saw right away was her father. She could see an emaciated face of how little he slept.
“… Father.”
She’s sorry.
He smiled lightly, picking up what he couldn’t say. Seeing that no pain was felt, it is clear that he failed.
“Everyone out.”
The guards sent everyone out of the room at her father’s words. When even the guards guarding the door left the room, only she and her father remained in the room.
It wasn’t until everyone went out that she got up. The first thing she said when she saw her father was quite calm.
“I’m alive and not dead.”
“Mary, what the hell happened?”
Her father seemed quite shocked by what she said.
She’s really alive.
She didn’t have anything to say in front of her father, but she was frustrated. She tried to end it cowardly, but she was not angry that even that was blocked.
“I’m kidding, how long have I been lying down?”
“It’s been a month.”
“…a month.”
She closed her eyes slowly and opened them. When she looked in the mirror next to her, she could see her face that came back as before, and it was the same as Mary, who had died when she first opened her eyes.
“Carl is…”
“He left this for you.”
What her father gave her was a small letter. In the letter in her name, she tried to take it calmly.
She didn’t dare to open it. It was the last thing Carl left for her, and he disappeared before her eyes, and Carl no longer exists here.
“In a month, is the ceremony over?”
“I postponed it for a while because I didn’t know when you’d wake up.”
“Do other people know that I collapsed?”
Her father shook his head. He told the outside that she was just going somewhere else for work. Fortunately, when he found out that she had fallen, the nobles who were looking for a chance would have stood up.
Everything that has been achieved so far may have collapsed.
“It’s okay now, I’m telling you.”
“Mary, can I really trust you?”
She nodded while holding her father’s hand. Their contract, the bet, is over, and things that were curses for her have disappeared.
So it was time to fly.
She carefully opened the letter. When she saw what was written in Carl’s handwriting, her eyes were red again.
Princess Mary Anastasia.
This was not for you, but for me. I was happy that there was something I could do for the remaining Princess and go to the side of the person I love.
It’s been a while, but because we were together…… Thank you for letting me stay by your side.
I hope you move forward firmly. I will carry what disturbs you, so I hope you don’t look back, don’t regret, don’t cry, and laugh.
Carl’s sincerity touched her intact. Her fingertips shook. She folded the letter and put it in a drawer without saying a word.
“We’d better proceed as soon as possible.”
“Okay, I’ll set a date.”
“If there are people who oppose it, I’m going to meet them in person, so father knows that too.”
Their lives will depend on what they answer. She can’t step back and move slowly. If they try to rebel, only death is waiting for them.
“Grand Duke Arthur took care of you every second.”
“…….”
Her father patted her unanswered shoulder once and left the room. He smiled as he opened the door and saw Arthur coming in.
“Congratulations on getting out of the bet.”
“…Mary.”
Arthur carefully handed her something. Arthur placed a brown bead containing Carl’s eyes in her hand. A little black light hovered, but somehow tears came up when she saw it.
“It contains the remaining soul of Carl.”
“…….”
Transferring the beads in her hand into the box, she stared straight at Arthur. Arthur avoided looking at her eyes full of resentment and contempt.
“Nox, tell me how to kill him.”
“That’s…”
“I don’t want to hear that it’s impossible.”
“Putting everything back to normal.”
Do you mean the moment when she first came here? Or a long time ago?
Arthur, who read her expression that he didn’t understand, was lost in thought. She waited still for his mouth to open.
“You have to turn his eyes…….”
“That’s it, there’s nothing difficult about it. We can call him to make the contract he wants.”
“Nox might try to sign a ridiculous contract to have you!”
Isn’t the bet on her ridiculous in the first place? She smiled leisurely at Arthur.
“I decide whether it makes sense or not.”
It was her turn this time. It’s time to eat him.
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