episode_0117
by fnovelpia
Beatrice’s mind became clouded.
The heavy raindrops should wash away the clots, but the whoosh-sound of the rain makes me feel even more depressed.
The once sunny kingdom of Primira had become gloomy as if nothing had happened.
It was broad daylight, just past noon, but the once green Dahlia Estate looked dark due to dark clouds.
Before I knew it, a darkness had spread covertly, a darkness that was not pitch black but had a gray tint to it, and it seemed as if the world was being swallowed up.
In that dark world, Beatrice saw shining gold.
It is a brilliant gold color that will make you lose your mind if you look at it straight.
But now, the golden light emanating from his deep eyes binds Beatrice.
“…How on earth do you know Theo?”
He asked in a feeble voice, like prey that has finally given up after being caught in a trap.
“Don’t beat around the bush. Answer my question first. You have to wait in line. Beatrice, I’ll answer your question after I’ve answered mine.”
“……”
It was reckless. It was coercive.
The two of them stared at each other for a long time somewhere in the garden, not even thinking about avoiding the rain.
Beatrice’s crown, wearing high heels, is level with the tip of the sword’s chin.
So the sword is looking down at her the whole time.
On the other hand, Beatrice would meet Karl’s gaze with courage, but at some point she would avoid eye contact.
Karl became even more angry because of Beatrice’s reaction.
What on earth are you hiding?
Beatrice’s gaze, tone of voice, and every gesture, as if she were feeling a prick of conscience, stimulated the knife.
“Silence… That’s an answer, but it’s not an answer I like.”
When Beatrice did not respond, Karl’s disappointment grew.
“Come to think of it, I’m also really pathetic. Don’t you think so?”
“?”
Beatrice looked at him cautiously at Karl’s grumbling.
Her sensual blue eyes look particularly delicate today.
At first glance, it looked like Beatrice was crying because of the raindrops hitting her face.
“What is the relationship between you and me? What right do I have to do this?”
It was a self-deprecating remark, because even the man who said it couldn’t understand it himself.
But I couldn’t stop.
Right now, like this.
It would have been wise to hide and appease his longing, but even though he knew that this was wrong, Karl just didn’t want to hide it.
I didn’t want to suppress my current emotions or impulses.
“You’re not my fiancée, nor are we officially dating. We’re just friends from the academy. We’ve only had a few meals together. Oh! I dropped you off when I was drunk, and you hung around my room. Other than that, there weren’t any major incidents.”
“…You hugged me. Twice.”
“Huh? I can’t hear you very well?”
“Bad guy.”
The sword spoke cleverly.
I wondered if he was the only one who thought that embracing Beatrice was meaningful.
When Beatrice passively questions him in a crawling voice, Karl finally lets out a mischievous smile.
But it wasn’t enough.
“Anyway, if we’re going to be exact, we have no relationship.”
“……”
“We’re not even related, but… I came to see you. Even I don’t know why I’m like this. Is it curiosity? I don’t know. I really don’t know. But since I’m here, I should check it out.”
“What?”
Beatrice’s large eyes blinked. Karl’s footsteps moved toward Beatrice.
“What kind of woman are you?”
Slowly and steadily – take steps back.
“I don’t have the right to question, but I have my reasons. So answer me. Who is Theo?”
It sounds like a question, but at this point it’s practically a threat.
Beatrice responds to Karl’s words with a sense of resignation.
“Brother.”
“?”
“My little brother…”
As he said that, he shed tears without stopping.
As Karl approached Beatrice, he could clearly distinguish between tears and raindrops.
Beatrice is crying.
She was angry, resentful, sad, and bewildered.
I tried to forget the immense pain by swallowing it alone, but I didn’t know that I would have to vomit it out again.
Besides, I really didn’t know that the person who brought it up would be Carl.
The only good thing is that Karl doesn’t know anything about Theo?
It was fortunate that he did not know that he was the prince who inherited Green’s blood.
Beatrice wasn’t sure how honest she should be.
“My younger brother died last year. Are you relieved now?”
“……”
I didn’t even wipe away the flowing tears, I just let them be washed away by the rain.
Beatrice looked up at the sword with her eyes wide open.
What the hell is this kid talking about, why do I have to suffer like this because of this guy?
She herself could not understand herself at all.
How far must I let go, how much must I throw myself down, how low must I fall before this unstable mind calms down?
Beatrice spoke with a sense of letting go of a lot.
Exactly according to her own standards.
The problem was that the man in front of her wasn’t satisfied with just that.
“Stop lying.”
Unfortunately, Karl didn’t believe Beatrice.
He narrows his eyes and faces Beatrice.
“You don’t have a brother. In none of the reports or novels I’ve read has it been said that you have a brother.”
“You…!”
Beatrice bit her lips tightly.
The sword nonchalantly revealed itself to be a possessed being.
If Beatrice had not been possessed by the same spirit, she would not have been able to understand what he was saying.
“So don’t lie. I don’t know about anything else, but I’ve been trying to remember everything about you and the other kids.”
The sword spoke with madness beyond conviction.
This was because he simply could not accept the idea that Beatrice had a sibling.
As a reader, I’ve read it dozens or hundreds of times, so there’s no way I could have missed such a basic setting.
So, Beatrice thought it was obvious that he was lying.
The lies were outrageous and laughable.
Where on earth can you find a heroine like this who dares to lie in front of the reader, Karl himself?
“Oh, forget what I just said, it was just a bunch of nonsense. Anyway, I mean, I know that you don’t have any siblings.”
“I… I won’t lie. With something like this, something like this! I won’t lie…!”
“Sorry, but it sounds like a lie.”
Beatrice cried out with trembling lips.
I was so frustrated I thought I was going crazy.
Since we are both the same people, I can understand what he is talking about. However, since he thinks he is the only one who knows everything and treats Beatrice’s words as lies, we can’t understand each other at all.
“Theo, Theo is my only brother. My poor brother… Hehe…”
My tears won’t dry from sadness.
Looking back, I felt so sorry for myself. No, I couldn’t stand how sorry I was for Theo.
“Then I should go to the mansion and ask the Count if he had a son named Theo.”
“…That’s, that’s not right!”
Beatrice grabbed Karl’s sleeve like a madwoman.
In her mind, the Count might cut off Carl’s head as soon as he says Theo’s name.
Theo was not only a scapegoat for Beatrice, but also for the Count and Blair.
“Then explain to me why in all the documentation and settings I know you are alone?”
“……”
Carl was definitely excited.
He couldn’t keep his composure and subtly revealed that he was not only an agent of the intelligence agency, but also a possessed being from another world.
But Beatrice didn’t care.
After all, she knows the truth about the sword.
Rather, it is just that the sword does not know her identity.
“That… That……”
I can’t say.
Why Theo’s existence is unknown.
The reason why everyone knows that Beatrice has no siblings.
This is information that has not yet been revealed, not only in the intelligence agency report, but even in the original novel.
It is the existence of Prince Theo, and the true identity of Beatrice de Dahlia.
Tricky Green.
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“I can’t answer that. It’s a lie.”
“Ah, no……”
“Beatrice.”
As Beatrice stammered and her lips trembled, Karl called out to her in a low voice.
“Why didn’t you just curse at me and hurt me?”
I couldn’t express all the complexity and anger I felt.
“If that were the case, I would have at least understood. But this is… This is not it. How could you deceive me? With a lie… Are you a man who wants to hide it by deceiving me with a lie? That man!?”
“……No.”
I feel intimidated by the voice of reproach.
So I couldn’t do anything except deny it in a small voice.
Beatrice could say anything, but there was one thing she couldn’t say: her identity.
To explain to Theo and convince Carl, he has no choice but to reveal her identity and her life.
But that won’t work.
That is absolutely not allowed.
Because it is obvious that the terrible future we saw at the border will be repeated.
So, she just kept repeating denials without explanation or excuses, and Karl got tired of Beatrice like that.
“Wow, what a great woman.”
Ahh. What a great heroine.
How dare you try to deceive me like this, thought Carl.
It was disgusting that the heroine not only turned her eyes to another man, but also tried to evade the issue by lying like this.
Chloe and Beatrice, in the end, they’re all just the same.
“How are you, Beatrice. Bye.”
“!?”
Karl bids farewell to Beatrice.
As she turns around, a wide back comes into Beatrice’s sight.
She rushed at Karl without realizing it.
“No! I’m sorry. I’m sorry.”
“?”
He hugged him from behind the sword.
She wrapped her arms around his waist and hugged him tightly.
“Don’t go. Don’t leave me like this. Please.”
I couldn’t stand it.
I’m so sad, miserable, and lonely that I can’t stand it.
Carl felt Beatrice’s warm skin against his wet shirt.
It was provocative. But I couldn’t look back because I had made up my mind.
Beatrice instinctively hugged him tighter.
So that her chest was pressed against the back of the sword, so that he could not escape.
“Leave this alone.”
But all I could hear from beyond my back was a dry, cold voice.
“Beatrice de Dahlia. We weren’t related at all, but we really aren’t related anymore. Let’s not pretend to know each other when we meet at the Academy.”
widely-
Carl’s hand released Beatrice’s thin arm from around his waist.
“I hope things go well with that guy. That precious guy you mutter to yourself even in your dreams.”
Then he walked forward without looking back.
Beatrice just sat down.
I sat there blankly, staring blankly at the sword moving away.
Swish- The sound of the falling rain doesn’t stop.
Because of the sound of heavy rain and the darkening sky, my mind is becoming more and more confused and cannot calm down.
Her cowardice and lack of courage to tell the truth is what brought her to this point.
I felt guilty and regretful, but I couldn’t help it.
A feeling of guilt slowly crept into me.
Guilt gripped her for daring to forget Theo and abandon her desire for revenge.
Beatrice started laughing like she was crazy.
This pain was not something that could be denied.
Yeah, this is a punishment.
The price of sin that fell upon the foolish sister who tried to abandon poor Theo.
Yet, it is a punishment so heavy that it cannot be accepted humbly.
The past, which can never be undone, weighs on her present and threatens to steal her future.
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