Chap 107-Words That Should Never Be Said

 

Indeed, it wasn’t my fault I ended up like this.

It’s all because I possessed the body of a pervert with no hope.

I glared at Ha Yeon with narrowed eyes.

“I’m sorry. You’ve used that Unique Ability too, so you know. It’s hard to resist… it was just a mistake.”

Ha Yeon spoke defensively, looking flustered, but…

“…You should wipe the drool from your mouth before saying things like that.”

Startled by my remark, she hurriedly wiped her mouth and changed the subject.

“Anyway! It’s time to part ways now.”

Already? There were still so many things I wanted to ask her.

“Wait! Are you… from the same place as me?”

I asked urgently.

Earth, and even a Korean name like mine.

I still hadn’t solved the mystery of why she had such a name.

Ha Yeon hesitated for a moment, as if she wanted to say something, then gave a subtle smile.

“You’ll find out later.”

Her body gradually scattered like particles of light, becoming blurry.

Seeing her fade until the background behind her was visible, it seemed time wouldn’t allow any more.

With the time remaining, I decided to say what I wanted to say to her.

“Once everything is over, I’ll somehow… return this body to you as it was.”

I don’t know all of her story.

But I knew for sure that she had worked harder than anyone to save people.

So…

I wanted to create a happy ending for her too.

A moment of silence passed.

She simply chuckled and shrugged lightly.

“Do as you please.”

With that last word, she disappeared completely.

There were still so many things I wanted to ask.

All that remained was a faint afterglow and empty darkness.

And I… opened my eyes.

…

…

Huh…?

I definitely seem to have woken up…

But… why is the scenery I see the same?

‘Don’t tell me I’ve gone blind in my left eye this time…?’

I had somehow adjusted to being blind in one eye, but being completely blind in both eyes was a different story altogether.

Anxiously, I blinked my eyes vigorously again.

From the slightly remaining left eye, I felt a little brighter than the darkness in the dream just now.

I tried to lift my head to check, but my neck was stiff as if it was frozen.

It wasn’t just there.

I tried to put strength in my arms and legs, but there was no movement at all.

My whole body didn’t move.

‘This is… restraints?’

Something cold and hard was binding my arms and legs.

I tried to twist my body, but the restraints didn’t even allow a wiggle.

‘Ha, they must have taken thorough precautions.’

Was it because I broke the restraints and escaped during the midterm exam?

The restraints that were binding my body now were incomparably stronger than before.

This time, I tried to draw up Mana.

But the Mana that had always been fully filled in my body could no longer be felt even a little.

It seemed that a powerful magic circle that absorbed Mana was placed on the restraints.

Come to think of it, I seemed to have heard rumors about such restraints when I was in prison a few months ago.

A terrible item used only for very heinous and powerful criminals.

It can withstand attacks of level 8, absorbs the user’s magical power, and even has behavior modification magic, so suicide is not allowed… a legendary item that is rare even in Terra.

Clearly, when I was in Bastille Prison, I was treated as an incompetent villain and was managed carelessly, but everything seemed to have changed with this incident.

Now, they have begun to recognize me as a real threat.

At that time, a loud noise started to come from my stomach.

‘Come to think of it… since I ate a simple meal with preserved food during the midterm exam yesterday, I haven’t eaten anything…’

Even if I’m a prisoner, shouldn’t I be provided with something to eat?

But that was… too naive of a thought.

The first thing I felt in the empty darkness was loneliness and boredom.

But as the hunger grew longer, such trivial thoughts were swept away like sand.

A feeling as if my stomach was empty and a hole was pierced.

Still, it was quite bearable at first.

At the beginning of the semester, there were many times when I had no money and survived the day by drinking only water.

However, as time passed, it gradually changed into a different form.

Every time my stomach growled, a sweet tremor went up my spine.

As more time passed, my throat began to dry up like cracked soil.

Saliva became like sticky jelly, and my tongue stuck to the roof of my mouth and wouldn’t come off.

My head became dazed, and the edges of my vision blurred whitish.

And a familiar window appeared before my eyes.

[SYSTEM]

Unique Ability ‘Masochist’ is activated.

Hunger and thirst slowly melted within me and turned into a deeper pleasure.

And that pleasure began to turn back into magical power and strength by the Masochist ability.

But.

The magic circle engraved behind the restraints endlessly craved my Mana, which had been amplified by my Unique Ability, and my strength, which had been strengthened by my Unique Ability, was not enough to break the restraints.

I was still trapped in this darkness.

I think I heard somewhere that pleasure becomes pain if it lasts for a long time.

The problem is that pain is also pleasure for me.

Pleasure that exceeded the threshold created another threshold, and waves began to build up again on top of it.

“Heuh… hah…”

I didn’t even have the strength to speak, but the pleasure, like a drug, that traveled throughout my body automatically made me moan.

Thirst cracked my lips, hunger squeezed my stomach, and all those signals turned into pleasure and dyed my head white.

Dizziness surged, and my heartbeat rang like a drum in my ears.

“Heuk… heuht…”

I let out a sound that was neither a laugh nor a breath.

The restraints were still not broken, and Mana was not filled.

I wanted to bite my tongue, but the behavior modification magic circle erased even the last option of self-harm.

Every time the ring of pleasure reached its peak, a brief darkness settled.

A hallucination of a drop of water brushed the tip of my tongue, and the sound of rain rang in my ears and disappeared.

Even at that moment, the magic circle silently and regularly collected my power.

In the end, all that remained was a very slow and very long slide toward the end.

I… couldn’t do anything.

On this wave of pleasure, carefully balancing so that consciousness would not wear away.

Just waiting for the moment the door opens.

Squeak—

How much time had passed?

The door, which had been closed for a long time, finally began to open with a rusty scream.

A ray of light poured in through the gap.

Eyes that had become accustomed to the darkness ached as if they were burning.

I reflexively frowned, but I couldn’t avoid the light.

A red afterimage flickered beyond my eyelids, and tears flowed down my cheeks.

Nevertheless, I couldn’t take my eyes off the light.

Step… step…

The sound of footsteps.

It gradually approached me and stopped right in front of my nose.

I could only feel the silhouette of someone standing in front of me.

For a while, silence flowed again.

Slowly, my eyes began to adjust to the light.

I tried to roll my eyes upwards as much as possible to check the person standing in front of me.

Ash-gray hair, red eyes.

The person I really… wanted to see.

Was I out of my mind from loneliness and hunger?

Foolishly, I blurted out words that I should never have said to her.

“…Sis…ter…?”

Serena, who was standing in front of me and looking down at me quietly, frowned unpleasantly and sneered.

“Ha, sister?”

And she gave a dry command to the back.

“Hey, cut this bitch’s tongue off first.”

…

Inside a lavishly decorated room.

A girl with fiery red hair was being decorated like a doll by the hands of maids.

Sparkling dresses and jewels adorned her body, but the girl’s red eyes reflected in the mirror were empty.

Next to her, Clara, who had been her follower, stood with a stiff expression, watching the scene.

“…It’s finished, Lady Camilla.”

The maids who had finished the makeup carefully said, watching Camilla’s expression.

But Camilla had no reaction. She was just staring at herself in the mirror with empty eyes.

The maids looked at Clara with fearful expressions, gesturing for help.

Clara sighed deeply and said.

“Haa… you can go out now.”

The maids, with relieved expressions, bowed their heads and quickly left the room.

Camilla still didn’t move.

“Lady Camilla…”

Clara looked at Camilla with pitiful eyes.

“The preparations are finished, so you must come out now.”

She called out desperately once again, but Camilla still didn’t answer.

‘This won’t do.’

From all directions, forces were baring their teeth to devour the Medici Family, which had lost its leader.

Her own family, which was a force of the Medici Family, would also…

“You must come to your senses, Lady Camilla!”

Clara grabbed her shoulders and shouted desperately.

“We must gather our forces while public opinion is still on our side! As time passes, the other families will forget their gratitude and rush to devour us!”

“While the Medici Family is still remembered as heroes, before the Duke’s sacrifice fades, we must reorganize our forces!”

At her appeal, Camilla’s expression, which had been colorless, began to return.

But unlike Clara’s wishes, it was with a very cold and cynical color.

“Hero? Sacrifice? Ha.”

“Lady Camilla! Please… please think of the people who are still left to protect…”

Clara continued to appeal to her emotions and tried to persuade her.

Whether her earnestness worked, Camilla began to think deeply about something.

“Protect… what to protect… yes… you’re right, Clara.”

With those words, Camilla’s body, which had been lifelessly drooping, regained strength.

She slowly lifted her head.

In those red eyes, the dying embers were burning again.

At that sight, Clara felt relieved, but on the other hand, she lowered her head with a sorry heart.

“I’m sorry, Lady Camilla. You must be very tired, but I…”

“It’s okay. Let’s go.”

Camilla and Clara moved their steps towards the outside of the waiting room.

To participate in the medal ceremony for the heroes who saved the academy.