episode_0050

Shortly after getting off the carriage, Luna was taken to solitary confinement for interrogation.

It’s just a solitary confinement, so you can think of it as a small, well-decorated room for interrogating nobles.

“You can stay comfortably in this room for the time being.”

The Pope even provided a bedroom for me to stay in for the time being.

The same goes for Diana.

Anyway, if you look at it formally, Diana and I came here as witnesses to the incident and as guests.

“Master, are you okay?”

“It’s okay, so go.”

Diana was led to a room quite far away from me.

This was an unavoidable measure taken not to discriminate against Diana, who was once an outcast, but simply because there were no suitable rooms to stay in.

A hectic day passed by like that.

“… ”

I fell into contemplation as I walked down the hallway.

Isabelle was completely broken.

He was crazy to begin with, but now it’s to the point where I’m starting to wonder if he’s inhaling drugs.

There is nothing certain about why this happened or when the symptoms became so severe.

The problem, however, is that as Isabel went crazy, the Vatican also started to go crazy.

The entire Vatican was swayed by Isabelle’s single word, and people called clergy began to wield power using their faith as a shield.

It has been so badly damaged that it is best described as being truly corrupted.

I was shocked.

Let’s see the reality of those who must be cleaner and more transparent than anyone else in the empire.

“Kyle.”

I turned my back on the voice I heard.

Isabelle Justia, the powerful person here, was approaching me.

“Where are we going?”

“Visiting.”

“… … Who?”

Who is it?

Is there anyone other than Luna who is being interrogated here now?

Are you really asking because you don’t know?

I snorted.

“To Luna.”

“… … Why?”

“I wanted to check the status. So get out of the way.”

At that moment, Isabel’s smiling face distorted.

She gritted her teeth and scolded in a gloomy voice.

“Like that.”

One step.

Another step.

Isabelle’s face got closer and closer.

As she got closer, her eyes glowed like burning flames.

“Is it that good? That woman?”

And Isabel’s nonsense annoyed me.

“What did you say just now?”

This is nonsense that should not be spoken out loud.

Especially if Isabelle knows about the relationship between Luna and me.

There is no way she doesn’t know this obvious fact.

No matter how stupid Isabelle is, wouldn’t she have at least some sense?

Yeah, normally, I would never have said such nonsense, even if I had noticed.

But why?

Isabelle is angry with me now.

“Is it that good?”

Isabel’s eyes boiled like lava as she stopped.

She raised her eyes wickedly and smiled with a messed up face.

“What on earth did that bitch give you?”

“… … You are out of your mind.”

“Why, did I say something wrong? KYLE You hate Lady Luna. You have to hate it. Then you don’t care if she gets kidnapped, interrogated, or killed by someone. No, I should actually like it. But why is he showing this much interest?”

Isabelle sarcastically spoke in a deep voice.

And, finally, I crossed the line.

“Did you really get along with that woman?”

“… … What?”

“If that’s the only reason, then come to me.”

Isabel twisted her mouth with unfocused eyes.

“If I can ask for your forgiveness, I will give you my body.”

I couldn’t help but laugh at the constant crazy noises.

How far will this nonsense go?

I watched Isabelle with her arms crossed and her eyes furiously glaring.

“Why? Luna can be that girl, but there’s nothing I can’t do, right?”

“… ”

“If you want, I will pretend to be an animal, so don’t look for Lady Luna in front of me again. Don’t even care what happens to that woman.”

Ah, it was only at this level.

Every word he said was low, mean, and childish.

The anger burning in my head is slowly cooling down.

I spoke in a quiet voice.

“I didn’t know. I couldn’t believe you were that serious.”

Isabelle’s breathing was heavy.

He must have come to his senses only after pouring out things indiscriminately, and his eyes were shaking as he looked at me.

“Do you want to be forgiven?”

That face, those eyes, that voice.

Every single thing, every single thing, is abominable.

“I heard Luna raided you?”

I wish it was more broken.

I wish it was more painful.

I hope it hurts so much that I think it would be better to die.

Just like Kyle did.

Just like I did.

I hoped that that disgusting face would be colored with pain.

My conscience began to cloud.

“Then I should have died then.”

When I saw Isabel’s distorted face, a smile escaped my lips.

“If I had died then, I would have felt at least a moment of sympathy.”

Isabel’s eyes turned red.

That was nice to see.

So I couldn’t hold back and continued speaking.

“What did Luna offer me?”

“… ”

“Nothing, nothing.”

The more she spoke, the more cracks appeared on Isabelle’s face.

The anger was peeled away, and the resignation and despair hidden inside was revealed.

“I said I would give up my body if I came to you.”

I bent forward and looked at her.

“No need.”

“… ”

“So, if you get the chance, just die. Or even pretend to be dead. Don’t even think about breaking away from the past or changing. Do you know anything? I might think differently about you someday.”

Damn—

Isabel’s mask shattered.

and.

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At that time, a completely hoarse and cracked voice fell out.

“Don’t change… ?”

Isabelle cried and laughed.

Her tear-soaked hair stuck to her face here and there, and her laughter cracked like the sound of metal.

She trembled as if in a fit and then screamed as if she was squeezing herself out.

“You too… … You’ve changed.”

“Me?”

“Okay, Kyle. Yes, you. you liked me I loved you. How could you change the topic and say something like that to me? How on earth!”

Suddenly—

The barrage of nonsense words tore apart my reason.

“… Ha.”

It was especially difficult to be patient today.

I don’t even know what this feeling is, boiling like lava.

In an instant, realization struck my mind like a tornado.

Yes, this is anger.

The anger that has been building up ever since I was possessed by this world.

Those black, indescribable emotions finally became a huge wave and overflowed.

I said to Isabelle with a mocking laugh.

“If you’re curious, would you like to listen?”

Isabelle stared blankly into space with a face that did not tell whether she was crying or laughing.

Then he nodded slowly, very slowly.

“One day, a boy was born.”

Kyle Winfred.

The villain in the game, and the extra who meets a trashy end.

“But no one welcomed the birth of the child because the life itself was inherently strange. In the end, the boy who was abandoned even by the parents who gave birth to him is soon sold to a noble man whom he has never met before.

I recited his story.

No one cares.

A story that was buried beneath the surface, ignored even by the world.

This is not a fragmentary story scrawled in a game setting book.

All the terrible stories I experienced firsthand while living in Kyle’s body.

“But is there any way that the family you were sold to will treat you well? My self-esteem and personality slowly began to wear away due to the repeated bullying that was a daily occurrence. And then I thought. Oh, if I keep going like this, I might die. No, would you rather die? Why do I have to live like this? I suddenly felt skeptical about living itself. I’ve been dreaming of a normal life, but I realized that I can’t overcome it with effort alone.”

“Kyle… wait for a sec… ”

“Then, I met a girl. He fell in love at first sight, and the feeling of hope sprouted for the first time in a life that had lost all meaning.”

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Isabelle took a step back, her face turning white, shuddering in deep fear.

“Hope is a mess.”

“Please tell me… ”

“I got engaged and got married, but instead of becoming happy, my life was horribly ruined.”

I just threw whatever came to mind.

I’m not Kyle, but I expressed the same emotions that Kyle felt.

Each word turned into a heavy stone and poured down on Isabel.

Her mouth, which opened to answer something, closed as if she was lying.

“Isn’t it strange? I thought I was used to being hated, but the contempt I received from the woman I especially loved hurt as if my soul was being torn apart.”

“Please… Please stop… ”

“Misunderstandings piled up, and that’s how he started to break down. The wounded soul has become so tattered that its form is unrecognizable, and all I can think about is that I want to die like this?”

Tears welled up in Isabel’s eyes once again.

She wrapped her arms around her neck and gasped in pain.

“The woman who hated her husband all her life ended up putting poison in a teacup and killing him. By obtaining with your own hands the poison that causes the most terrible pain.”

“Heo Eok… ”

“That day, for the second time in his life, he felt the feeling of hope. A strong hope that we can finally be liberated from this place.”

Isabel sat down on the floor.

The tears that had welled up eventually fell down helplessly.

Her upper body shook several times along with sobbing sounds.

Finally, I made eye contact with Isabelle, who barely raised her head.

“Isn’t it strange?”

The air began to freeze by the minute.

“Then where did Kyle, whom you missed so much, go?”

Isabel was frozen in that position, as if she had frostbite.

“Still.”

Damn it—

An auditory hallucination as if a loud noise was exploding from somewhere pierced my eardrums.

“Do you still see me as Kyle?”