Chapter 20
“You know, Anais. It was Lilith Isadora who brought us to this palace.”
“What?”
“That’s why we sent men up to get Lilith Isadora. So when you returned to the Imperial Palace, we thought you were just crazy or hallucinating?”
“What…”
Phileal’s smiling face looked like a fox. He smiled with his eyes curved, then lifted his eyelids slightly, and the bright red eyes inside them were so vivid that I lost my words for a moment.
“Ask your friend. I may not be able to tell you the details.”
“What does Lewarren know?”
“He knows everything. But he won’t tell Anais Percival because it’s something he can’t say.”
“…….”
I looked at him with my mouth shut, and saw the eyes with that strange smile again.
“Are you thinking of giving me your hair now?”
“Ho. You want to snip it and present it to you?”
“Huh.”
“Are you crazy? No way!”
It could be with my body, but this body was Lilith’s. I drew the attention of the already crazy and hated Kylian, but I couldn’t give her hair away.
“What a pity.”
I felt chills from the playful twirling in my blue hair, so I pulled back. Then I deliberately walked away. When I turned around and looked at him, he was smiling, but he didn’t follow me.
What was he talking about? Why did Lilith bring the priests of death into the imperial palace? No, didn’t Lewarren say the priests of death were liars? But looking at Father’s reaction, Phileal’s words may be true.
I was so confused that I walked towards the detached palace where Kylian had lived without realizing it. There were memories with Kylian, and it seemed like a good way to calm my mind.
Meeting Kylian in person was uncomfortable, but whenever I went to where he used to be, it felt like he’s there even without having to see him in person. It’s silly, but I still can’t deny that Kylian was my bias, and I want him to be happy.
Even if he tried to kill me one more time, I wouldn’t take it seriously, probably because of the life where I had already had a rough death twice.
If possible, I want him to give me a comfortable death, and if I was going to die, I hope it’s not painful. Still, there were years where we lived as a couple, he would kill me at once.
“What are you doing?”
“You were sad the last time. So I brought it.”
The locket necklace, a memento of Kylian’s mother, that my father and I had broken, was here.
“Why would you bury it in the ground?”
“It’s a treasure. Treasures should be hidden in the ground.”
“Didn’t I say that I am now Anais’ family?”
“We’re family. So, it would be good to bury the memories here.”
He was puzzled by my words, but didn’t say anything until I dug the ground and put the necklace down in a small box. He even went so far as to help me bury it in the ground.
“You’ll get dirty.”
“The wife is already covered in dirt.”
“Because I already buried it. It’s different from Kylian.”
“It’s not different.”
The Percival Duchy took care of the imperial family’s settlement, but insisted on wearing white uniforms. He and I both got down on our knees and touched the dirt, and of course our clothes were dirty.
“Ah… !”
Then my fingertips touched his, and he was so shocked.
“I’m sorry. That’s why I said I could do it alone.”
“…No. That….”
“Yes, I’m fine.”
He was the kind of person who would be terrified if he even touched my fingertips.
In Beneath the Water’s Shadow , Lilith later repairs Kylian’s broken locket pendant. Then they shared one by one. I didn’t deserve to wear it before, but now I’m in Lilith’s body. Could it be that I’m worthy to wear it for a little while now?
I was already digging the ground from the moment I thought about it. He seemed to have demolished almost the entire palace where he had stayed. But it was clear that he had not touched the oldest wisteria tree. Because there were no signs of newly planted grass growing around it. I dug my hand under the X mark on the wood.
After a while, my hand hit something. So I dug more vigorously, and I felt a lot of dirt on my nails. Lilith’s body is so weak that if it were my original body, it wouldn’t have been a problem to dig this much dirt. But with this body, my heart was pounding and my fingers hurt.
“Huu.”
I took out the box and wiped my hands on the black uniform. These were the clothes of the priests of death. If they became dirty, I would be given new ones. Or maybe it would be an insult for a person of the temple of life to wear the clothes of the priests of the god of death.
I was a little regretful that I didn’t even think about it until then and wore it as it was given to me. But anyway, what comes later will be done by Lilith herself.
I just have to die one more time for Kylian and go to the underworld to live the next life. When I opened the box, two silver-white rimmed locket necklaces were shining inside. I wore them both around my neck, and somehow I felt like I was doing something bad.
It’s like stealing someone else’s property when I don’t deserve it.
“What are you doing here?”
“Huh?”
Startled by the voice, I looked up and saw Kylian staring at me with an angry face, wondering when he had approached me without notice. To be precise, he was looking at the two locket necklaces hung around my neck.
“You stole my wife’s necklace, now even my mother’s necklace.”
“No, this is…”
“Lilith Isadora, you must be really crazy.”
I couldn’t figure out where he came from, so I was confused.
“How did you know? Only me and my wife know that the necklace is there…”
“…….”
“Did you pull any tricks against my wife again?”
“What? No!”
“What do you mean, no?”
“Ugh!”
He grabbed the necklace that was hanging around my neck. The weak chain broke in the wind. He took both necklaces and stared at them. It hurt because the back of my neck was rubbed against it.
“There is nothing for you. Not even a single blade of grass in this imperial palace is for you!”
“No, that’s…!”
“If you covet my wife’s belongings one more time… Regardless of whether it’s you, Lilith Isadora, I will decapitate you.”
“Are you crazy?”
“Yes.”
Then he will surely regret it. To kill the woman he’ll fall in love with because of his bad ex. The Kylian I know will later dedicate everything in the imperial palace to Lilith. This was the line he proposed marriage to.
“There is nothing that isn’t yours. Even the single blade of grass in this imperial palace, even the air I breathe.”
When I recalled the original story, as expected, there was no space for me to intervene, so my heart was aching. But at the same time, it didn’t make sense for Kylian to treat Lilith so harshly.
“What are you crying for?”
“Your Majesty, what are you so mad about? If you hate Lady Anais so much, why are you trying to save her?”
“It’s funny. I said you had no place to intervene, but are you still saying that?”
He glared at me with a mocking face that seemed to contain his anger, but his bright golden eyes were brutally beautiful even at this moment.
“Ugh!”
When I suddenly screamed, perhaps because of the side effect of me possessing this body, I staggered in dizziness and fell to the ground.
“I won’t kill Anais. When Anais comes back to life, I will tie her to my side forever.”
“What?”
“So, don’t interfere again. Your duty is to add strength until the wife comes back to life.”
“H-Hold on! What do you say?”
Obviously there should be no room for me, so why would he say this to Lilith instead?
“Your Majesty!”
As Kylian was about to say something, one of the priests of death rushed to call him. He was dressed similarly to Phileal, and he seemed to be a high-level bishop.
“The High Priest says everything is ready! Now…! Your Majesty!”
“Come with me.”
“Ahk…!”
Kylian grabbed my wrist and got me up. The place where I was led by his hand was the hall I had seen before. The inside seemed wider than usual, probably because of the large and high pillars inside. Inside were also women in the same clothes, the high priest and Phileal, smiling.
A white magic circle was drawn on the black marble floor, and a red cloth was covered over it. And I saw my body, carefully adorned, lying on the velvet cloth.
“Kylian.”
“…….”
“Do you think Lady Anais would like this?”
He let go of the wrist he was holding. And I was in the magic circle again. This time, I would seem to get tired no matter how much energy would be drawn. Should I rather tell him all the truth now?
However, according to Phileal, it was more likely that it would be useless to say that I am Anais now. If it’s true that Lilith brought the priests of death here. Then, I’ll tell him the truth when I wake up in my body. That’ll do.
“I won’t kill Anais. When Anais comes back to life, I will tie her to my side forever.”
My heart felt weird. After hearing those words, it was beating more and more strangely. Wasn’t it hate that Kylian had for me? Or is it that hatred to keep me by his side forever?
But when I woke up for a while, he showed no sign of killing me. I’ve been trying so hard to ignore it, but maybe Kylian really wants to see me so he brought me back? What if that’s the case?
“The High Priest of destruction….”
“Don’t bring Lewarren, Your Majesty. He has already run out of energy and will be useless.”
“…….”
As I said that, he motioned away from the priests of death standing next to him. Then I saw Phileal’s eyes, and he was reassuring me by saying, ‘Don’t worry,’ with his mouth.
How could I not worry?
“Begin.”
The High Priest of Death walked over to my body and began to cast another strange spell.
“Дом самый лучший!”
Then the priests next to him all uttered the same spell at once.
“Дом самый лучший!”
“Дом самый лучший!”
“Дом самый лучший!”
“Дом самый лучший!”
When the light burst out, it became dark all around. At the same time as I felt the power draining away, I seemed to have lost my sight, but the light gradually returned. I felt a little dizzy, but after blinking a few times, there was the tearful Kylian.
“Kylian…”
“An, Anais…”
The tears falling from his cheeks were as pretty as shards of broken glass. Looking in a daze, he bit his lip and continued.
“You’re not going anywhere now, Wife.”
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