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“Yes…?”

Camilla, who heard the words coming out of Raon’s mouth, looked at him as if she had misheard him and asked again.

That would be the case, because these were the words she most wanted to say and hear.

She thought that maybe she was hallucinating, but it wasn’t a hallucination, and what she heard from him was none other than this.

“If it’s okay with you, Camilla… how about you stay with us?”

His request to continue to stay in this very house.

Raon looked at her with a rather serious expression and said this, and it wasn’t a joke. His proposal was full of sincerity… She couldn’t help but be surprised at this proposal.

Spending mornings and evenings together at his house was something she had longed for more than anything else.

For her, who did not want to leave her happy daily life with him and return to the cold streets, these words from him were an offer that could not be refused.

She answered, nodding vigorously.

“Okay! I want to stay at Raon’s house too! I’m shameless, but… please! ”

Camilla looked at him as he made this suggestion, as if she was about to burst into tears.

Because she treasured her daily life with him so much.

She was delighted that she had more time to make new memories with him, but her eyes were trembling as if she was about to shed tears.

She wanted to show him a smile rather than tears, so she looked at him with a genuinely happy smile.

“Thank you, Camilla.. for saying you’d live with me..”

Raon looked at her and said, smiling at her as she looked at him.

Camilla also smiled brightly and responded to his words.

“I’ll be counting on you to take good care of me from now on.. Raon!”

The two people who looked at each other and left a message asking for each other’s help smiled as they looked at each other’s faces.

Their faces were filled with only smiles, without any worries or concerns.

***

Time passed like that and it became night.

The dark night sky at dawn, when only the moon and stars shine, and people who have been working hard close their eyes to finish the day and look forward to tomorrow.

It was the time when everyone closed their eyes and went to sleep, but in one house located in a remote area, the lights were still on.

“…………”

In the living room, where only silence had descended, two men and women were sitting on the sofa.

The reason he couldn’t sleep until this late hour was because, just before he fell asleep, Camilla had come to see him and said she had something important to tell him.

I spoke to him with a serious expression, as if I had something to say, not a light joke.

At her appearance, he naturally got up from his seat and adjusted his posture to listen to her.

I could tell intuitively that she was going to have a pretty serious conversation from now on.

That’s why Raon waited for her, remaining silent, until she opened her mouth first.

Camilla, sitting next to him, took a deep breath to calm her pounding heart.

There is only one reason I came to see him. To reveal my past that I have kept hidden until now.

I thought that I had to reveal it someday. As the time spent with him increased, the memories we had made together became so precious to her that I wanted to keep this daily life as much as possible.

She didn’t want to keep any more secrets from him who accepted her as she was, so she came to see him tonight to tell him everything about her past and her stories.

He is a warrior. He was once the savior and redeemer of the people.

Now, she had become a vicious villainess who had taken the lives of her precious family members with her own hands.

Of course, this wasn’t all true. The rumors that followed her were all lies that had been spread by word of mouth, but most people believed them without question.

That’s why she had a hard time opening her mouth for fear that he would hate her if she revealed that she was a warrior.

Not wanting to lie any longer to the man who accepted her, she finally began to open her mouth.

“Mr. Raon… Do you know about a person called Yongsa?”

“You’re the hero..? Yes.. I don’t know the details, but I’ve heard rumors. One day, when the Demon King and the monsters were running wild, the Hero appeared and defeated the Demon King. And little by little, I’ve been hearing rumors about the Hero.”

Raon answered Camilla’s question with what he knew.

Certainly, the early reviews of Camilla were too good to be expressed in words like positive.

Because he was a being who appeared in a time of chaos, saved people’s lives, and brought hope.

If only the malicious rumors had not spread… if only she had denied them quickly, the outcome might have been better.

Although the impression of the warrior Camilla was good to that extent, as a result of ignoring the rumors, she became the culprit who massacred her precious family.

She went from being a warrior who protected hope to a villain who took the lives of her family.

Even though he lived in a remote place, he heard rumors about people coming and going.

Camilla, who noticed this, felt a pain as if dozens of sharp needles were being stabbed into her heart.

How would he react if he were told that he was the subject of the rumor?

Should I look at her with contempt or deny it?

This was something he wouldn’t have known unless he told him about his past, and if he had changed the subject and hidden his identity now, he wouldn’t have to worry about these things.

She revealed her identity with a heavy lip.

“Actually… I am the protagonist and warrior of that rumor.”

“………..”

He looked at Camilla in silence at her shocking remark, and soon she, sensing his gaze on her, began to unravel the events that had happened.

From the past of being abandoned by his family at birth and living in an orphanage, to the story of how he accidentally pulled out the holy sword during an event to find a hero and became a hero.

Even the despair of that day when I had the power to protect everyone but couldn’t.

Camilla, who no longer wanted to hide anything from him, told him everything about her past.

During this process, Camilla was afraid to raise her head and look at his face.

Even as I continued speaking, I couldn’t raise my head.

When she raised her head and looked at his face, she was unable to raise her head for a vague fear that he might be looking at her with a look of contempt, but she silently confessed what she had been keeping in her heart.

He lost everything and fought to protect everyone, but was ultimately abandoned by the people he risked his life to protect.

There was no place in the world that would accept her anymore.

In this wide world, there was not a single person who welcomed her, and even though she wanted to let go of everything, the cursed power called the warrior would not let her go, so all that was left for her was people pointing fingers at her and slowly fading away from everyone’s memories.

She had lived her life thinking that hope would not exist, but after meeting him, she was able to gain hope once again.

Unfulfilled hopes become a disease that eats away at a person’s heart and eventually consumes him.

The one who knew this better than anyone was none other than Camilla, and she, who was once called the savior of humanity, no longer had hope.

After meeting him, she foolishly became hopeful once more.

The time she spent with him was so precious and happy that she hoped this routine would last forever.

Now I confessed everything to him.

In the worst case scenario, she might have broken up with him, but she didn’t want to lie anymore, so she confessed everything.

After her confession, only thick silence fell over his house.

The house was so quiet that the sound of exhaling was loud enough to be heard, and no one spoke first.

As the silence grew longer, she began to tremble, worried that he might leave her, but she still did not leave.

The silence that had lasted for a long time was finally broken when he opened his mouth.

“Camilla.. Is this the secret you said you were keeping from me all this time?”

After hearing everything she said, Raon looked at her with cold eyes and asked, and Camilla couldn’t control her trembling body at Raon’s words.

His voice, which had always spoken warmly to me when looking at me, now felt infinitely cold.

His speech was as if he was talking to someone else.

Strictly speaking, she had no relationship with him, but she began to tremble in fear at his words.

He said before a thick silence enveloped the two of them again.

“You already knew that Camilla was a warrior?”