episode_0027

Even on the way to Charlotte’s room, No. 25’s legs gave out, and he ended up arriving on her back.

“Ha, what is this?”

While saying that, Charlotte carefully laid No. 25 down on the bed and then sat down next to it.

Number 25 lay on the bed and kept muttering to himself. The intoxication was already taking over my entire body, preventing me from thinking normally.

“I’m sorry… sorry… .”

Charlotte pursed her lips and furrowed her eyebrows when she said she was sorry.

pain. I feel like my heart is being ripped out.

You are the one who really owes him an apology, but you are only hearing an apology from the person who caused you pain.

It was so disgusting that I couldn’t stand it.

I wanted to shatter myself to the point where I couldn’t stand up anymore for not being able to even properly apologize.

Like the thorns on a rose, prevent anyone from approaching your weak self.

There is no need to be hurt or hurt.

To make No. 25 completely abandon his affection for her.

Charlotte’s harsh words kept coming out of her mouth against her will.

“Why are you doing something so sorry? Why do you keep giving me a hard time? It’s hard for me when you’re next to me. Why do you keep clinging to me when you can just ignore trash like me and have a good time with the devil?

Even after finishing speaking, Charlotte regretted it again. Isn’t this too harsh? But there was no way Number 25, who was lying in bed calming his pounding head, could understand those words.

Charlotte repeated with a self-deprecating, exhausted smile.

“No, you are not bad. I am strange. Yeah, I’m a weird bitch.”

Although he always teased Aser by calling him a master, the words were actually directed at him.

One thousand and five hundred years.

These were the years that Charlotte lived.

There was definitely a time when she was a feisty girl. However, the freshness of that time has long since been worn away by time and the environment.

Even after living for such a long time, there was not a single man I liked.

Just thought.

Ah, I am really this kind of person. A person with a heart reminiscent of a dried-up earth where there was no affection to begin with.

This is my portrait.

But that idea recently shattered like glass.

When the Demon King saw a slave he had brought from the slave market, sweet rain began to fall on her dry heart.

Since I have never liked anyone, the way to express my feelings was distorted by strange knowledge I read in books or heard from the mouths of close friends.

After a long time, I thought I had finally met someone who could soothe my feelings, but I ended up hurting the other person because I didn’t know how to express my feelings.

It was the worst.

It was a good thing for him and Aser to make sure that a woman like this had no place in No. 25’s heart.

In this way, Charlotte was trapped in a prison of her own making, blocking contact with others.

Number 25 barely managed to get out of bed, holding his head that felt like it was about to break.

I felt like the world had turned upside down and I couldn’t control my body properly.

Number 25 unconsciously leaned his head against Charlotte’s trembling body and exhaled slowly to suppress the feeling of nausea.

Charlotte put aside her negative thoughts for a moment and looked at the condition of No. 25, who was leaning on her.

It would have taken just one bottle for the smell of alcohol to spread this much.

“Who on earth gave you alcohol? There is one person who can guess, but… .”

Number 25 answered with nausea.

“Ugh… !”

Charlotte stroked his back gently and clicked her tongue.

“Tsk, I can’t survive.”

Another feeling of nausea, but No. 25 could tell instinctively.

This time it wasn’t just nausea, it was real.

But this was Charlotte’s room, and if she threw up, it was over.

Although he knew it in his head, it seemed that No. 25’s body had no intention of enduring it.

In an instant, gastric juice, the alcohol and food I had hastily consumed in the morning had arrived in my throat.

Just as I was about to bend my back and empty out what was inside, Charlotte’s white hand appeared right in front of me.

The vomit that had already flooded to the entrance could not be stopped by personal will.

Number 25 vigorously spit out what was inside her hand.

Number 25 felt sober when he saw Charlotte’s hands getting dirty with her own vomit. Doing something like this at the hands of Charlotte is not enough even if I die a hundred times.

But Charlotte didn’t say anything and just stayed there and touched it until No. 25 emptied everything inside.

Fortunately, the amount of vomit was so small that Charlotte could catch it all with her hands.

After vomiting, my head cleared a little and I was able to understand more clearly what I had done. Number 25 immediately bowed his head to her and apologized loudly.

“I’m sorry!”

“I told you not to say sorry!”

For some reason, Charlotte frowned and screamed, and No. 25, who heard the sound, was startled and slightly fell away from Charlotte.

“I’m not a good enough person to hear those words from you.”

Charlotte, who left behind an unintelligible sound, got up slowly and carefully so as not to spill the vomit that had accumulated on her hands.

“I’ll wash my hands and come back, so just wait a moment.”

Charlotte, who went straight to the bathroom to wash her hands, suddenly felt miserable when she saw herself reflected in the mirror.

The sunken eyes, the smile that disappeared before you knew it, the hair that became brittle from not sleeping properly.

I didn’t even want to see it. I couldn’t believe that I was standing in front of No. 25 in such an ugly way.

Charlotte reflexively shattered the mirror in the bathroom. The broken glass was stuck in my hand and blood was flowing, but the mental pain far exceeded the physical pain.

A nearby maid heard the sound and was startled and ran to the bathroom.

She raised her voice, looking alternately at Charlotte, whose hands were dripping blood, and at the mirror.

“Maid Master!?”

Charlotte shook her hands and said indifferently.

“It’s nothing.”

As if to prove it, Charlotte’s hand was healing rapidly. Charlotte told the maid to clean up the broken mirror and headed back to the room where No. 25 was waiting.

Waiting for Charlotte when she returned to the room was No. 25, who remained motionless and tensed. The redness on his face had not gone away yet, but he was still able to have a conversation at this level.

“Sit.”

No. 25 looked at Charlotte’s words and sat down on the bed again.

She nervously shook her head and sat down slightly away from No. 25.

I tried to feel weak when I saw No. 25 crying, but I had to shake it off. It’s time to fulfill my forgotten duties as a maid again. Charlotte closed her eyes tightly and began to say things she had no intention of saying.

“Why do you keep following me? Do you want to receive an apology for what happened yesterday?”

“It’s not like that.”

“Then what is it?”

“I just… I want to talk to Charlotte again like before… .”

“Conversation like before? Do you think I have time to have a leisurely conversation with you? If I break even the one remaining horn, will those words be included?”

It felt like my heart was being ripped out every time I uttered a single word.

I don’t want to say this, I just wanted to say that I love you honestly like the devil.

For the first time, I hated myself for not being able to do that and my status.

Number 25 seemed greatly shocked by Charlotte’s words. My hands were shaking, and my eyes were already looking towards the floor.

If you show just a little more, a little more thorns, No. 25 will completely lose interest in you, along with fear.

Yeah, that’s it.

Charlotte clenched her molars and said the words she had repeated to herself dozens of times, but never wanted to say out loud.

“I wasn’t the one who saved you from that fucking world. Since it’s not enough to give your heart solely to Aser, why on earth do you care about someone like me? Why give it room? This is someone who touched your body without permission, right? It’s the worst kind of trash, right? Then just be honest! People like you are the worst, trash, and the person I hate the most!”

Charlotte, who let out all the false emotions inside her, even felt relieved.

Yes, it was a relationship that couldn’t possibly work out anyway. No. 25 was out of reach from the beginning.

The moment I thought I had reached him, he disappeared like a dream.

I have finally realized that even if I wanted affection, there was no way I could get it.

Number 25 silently held Charlotte’s hand as she was breathing heavily.

I thought I felt a slight tremor in his hand.

But it was Charlotte’s hands that were shaking.

Number 25 opened his mouth quietly, looking calmer than ever.

“It is true that the Demon King first gave me light. But Charlotte is also the first person to show me kindness.”

Charlotte looked him straight in the eyes and shook her head.

stop.

Don’t say any more than that.

You barely organized it, right? I said everything you didn’t like, right?

But if you say something like that, I… .

“So, I like Charlotte as much as I like the Demon King.”

At those words, all the false sand castles I had built up until now began to collapse.

Charlotte lowered her head and muttered in a calm voice.

“Okay… . That’s your truth. You are saying that you like this country too. Me who hurt you… .”

Number 25 gently touched the broken horn and smiled slightly.

“But I also don’t like being sick. I like the friendly Charlotte better.”

Okay, let’s be honest now.

Hiding your feelings can be tiring.

Charlotte snapped her fingers, and the small lamp next to the bed flashed a soft blue flame.

In a room darkened by blinds, small lights began to appear like starlight.

No. 25 opened his mouth at the dreamlike sight he had only seen in a dream, and looked at the floating lights.

“Just for today.”

After speaking, Charlotte took off her clothes.

As her bare body was revealed, the room was filled with a sweet scent.

Charlotte, now naked, lay down on the bed, smiled softly, spread her arms and slightly lifted her waist as if telling her to come over.

An attitude to easily accept No. 25.

Number 25 slowly approached her, and Charlotte hugged Number 25 kindly.

The soft, soft body of a woman. A sweet scent that fills your nose.

A languid feeling of satisfaction mixed with moderate intoxication dominated No. 25’s body.

Charlotte whispered into the ear of No. 25, who was in her arms.

“Just for today. It may only be a dream for one night, but I will be the kind Charlotte you want… .”