episode_0127
by fnovelpia
The music stopped.
The dance that seemed like it would last forever has ended.
People cheered and clapped their hands, signaling the end of the Christmas Eve celebration.
Amidst the cheers, applause, and commotion, Karl and Beatrice also stopped.
The passionate dance ended and there was a lull, but the two still remained inseparable.
Karl held Beatrice’s waist and held her, twisting her body slightly as he did when dancing.
Beatrice surrendered herself to Karl, leaning on his strong arms without any strength left.
“The end… right?”
“…I see.”
Both of them knew that the end had come.
And I had a gut feeling that the ‘end’ between the two had arrived.
“Why don’t you let go?”
“You should let go first. If I let go like this, you’ll fall to the ground, right?”
“No. You’re holding my waist too tightly and won’t let go……”
As the sword said, Beatrice was hanging on with her hands wrapped around the sword’s wings.
But she spoke as if she had no choice because of the knife.
“Get up slowly.”
Karl supported Beatrice. Reluctantly, Beatrice slowly raised her head and tried to stand up straight.
At that moment, Carl felt the back of his neck tickle. The abundant hair brushed against his neck. The white face that rose from near his collarbone licked its tongue.
Beatrice’s lips touched the nape of my neck, and I felt her breath. Then I felt her cool tongue.
“!”
Carl was startled.
I flinched and closed my eyes for a moment, then looked down at the woman in front of me.
“What are you doing?”
When Karl asked, Beatrice pulled away with a squeak.
Then he looked up at the sword and said.
“Ah, the wound hasn’t fully healed. There’s still blood left. I’m sorry, I’m not used to healing magic.”
“…What if it leaves another mark?”
“Oh, sorry about that too. But it’s better than bloodstains, right?”
As Beatrice spoke with a smile, Karl sighed deeply.
I had a feeling that Beatrice’s markings would last longer than the wounds Chloe had inflicted.
On top of the dry skin, only the nape of her neck, where she had licked it, felt cool.
Beatrice seemed pleased with Karl’s troubled appearance.
“……”
Karl was speechless.
She was really cute when she was shy before dancing, but now she’s a different person.
Before I knew it, Beatrice had returned to her usual self, and the relaxed demeanor of the princess I had seen earlier.
“If the mark I left lasts a long time… Look in the mirror for a while and think of me.”
“Crazy bitch.”
The sword became distant. He let go of Beatrice and caressed his neck with his hand.
I also thought about whether I should have killed him when he left his body defenseless.
I had the illusion that a sticky darkness was blooming around the smiling princess.
Beatrice spoke again to the stern sword.
“Goodbye, Carl Maynor.”
“……”
“If we ever meet again… will I be able to hear a different answer than a harsh reply like ‘I’ll kill you’?”
“No.”
“Then, I hope we don’t meet again. If we do, it will mean you are bothering me.”
“Maybe.”
Carl deliberately answered more bluntly.
The more I talked to her, the more I felt like I couldn’t shake off the princess’s stickiness that was eating away at my heart.
“You’ll regret it.”
The princess said, placing her hand on her sunken waist. It was goodbye to that waist that I often looked at.
Maybe I should have just broken that back while dancing. Considering what she’d done, that would have been the right decision.
iced coffee.
As she said, you will definitely regret it.
“It doesn’t matter.”
But it doesn’t matter.
The sword answered with determination.
“I chose it because I was willing to take that risk.”
“Select?”
“Letting go of it nicely according to your words. Not taking the easy way out and killing it when the opportunity arises.”
The sword’s golden eyes shone impressively in the light of the campfire.
His tightly shut mouth was expressionless.
Beatrice couldn’t read any emotion from Karl’s expression.
So it was a pity.
“Hello, Beatrice.”
“……”
“With this, another heroine route disappears.”
Silence followed.
Beatrice thought about Karl’s words expressionlessly, and Karl also collected his thoughts expressionlessly.
Fucking ice.
Carl didn’t like the fact that the plot was so different from the original. However, there was no way to turn back what had already happened.
I decided to accept reality.
Swish- I extend my hand and say goodbye.
Beatrice stared blankly at Karl’s outstretched hand, then extended the same hand to shake his hand.
“……”
Neither of them said anything else.
They just shook hands silently.
We only felt each other’s body temperature transmitted through our fingertips.
Beatrice’s steps were heavy as she finished shaking hands and left the square.
I walked forward, telling myself never to look back.
I muttered to myself as I walked.
“Heroine……”
As the sword said, one heroine route disappeared.
“Heroine……”
No, the ‘one’ heroine route disappeared.
“Sorry Carl, I won’t be a losing heroine.”
Instead, another route emerged.
The princess smiled.
It was the laughter of a villain aiming for the sole heroine’s spot.
*
Chloe came to her senses at the sound of cheering.
The time of staring blankly at the plaza came to an end.
The orchestra had finished playing and was clearing the stage.
The painful time of watching Beatrice from afar is finally over.
“Are you in pain?”
A woman’s voice was heard by Chloe, who was standing alone.
When I turned towards the voice, there stood Julia, with neat silver hair.
Instead of her usual uniform, she was wearing a maid outfit.
“Julia.”
“Now that I don’t have to stay at the Academy, I’m going to get back to doing my duty.”
Julia answered as Chloe’s eyes scanned the maid’s uniform.
Then, on the contrary, I glanced at Chloe’s uniform.
“Yeah. That’s right. The Academy is over now.”
Chloe looked at her shoulder and tore off her gold epaulettes.
With a thud, the epaulettes symbolizing first class fell to the floor.
“As expected… you give up so readily.”
“?”
“First class, academy, future, you want to give up everything to join us……”
“I just follow Beatrice. I want to share a little of the heavy burden she carries.”
Julia closed her eyes briefly in reverence.
“Yes. You’ve always been like this. In no world have you ever betrayed a young lady.”
“……”
“That’s why I feel sorry. Because I know you, who are unchanging, and because I understand your heart a little, and because I feel the same way as you.”
Julia raised her head and looked down at the plaza.
Chloe also turned her head to where Julia’s eyes were directed.
At the end of his gaze were Karl and Beatrice shaking hands.
“Did you watch it from beginning to end?”
“Yeah.”
Chloe had been watching Beatrice from the moment she entered the square until now, without missing a single moment.
I watched her tensely, not even breathing comfortably, trying to protect her from any possible danger.
“You must have had a hard time.”
No answer came.
There was no need to answer.
Chloe’s sea-green eyes cannot hide her anger.
“I know how you feel.”
“Is that so?”
“Yes, because I’ve felt it for forever.”
“I see……”
Actually, I don’t care.
Chloe had no interest in what Beatrice’s maid thought or what her true identity was.
I just think of her as a somewhat special maid.
Right now I’m just madly jealous of a guy named Carl Maynor.
And I hated it.
“There’s only one thing I can say to comfort you.”
“?”
“That the opportunity will come someday.”
Violet eyes glared at Carl Maynor in the distance.
Chloe was startled by the sudden feeling of murderous energy.
She turned her head and looked at Julia’s profile. She still had the appearance of a noblewoman rather than a maid. And the noblewoman smiled faintly.
“There will definitely come a time when you have to deal with that hateful man.”
The moonlight hidden behind the clouds illuminated the silver-haired maid.
Chloe felt a strange creepiness coming from the moonlit maid.
“So please wait.”
Chloe nodded without realizing it, towards Julia, who was speaking indifferently.
The moonlight was obscured by clouds again, and the two were plunged into darkness.
But the sea blue and purple eyes shone.
Two pairs of glowing eyes were still staring at Karl Maynor even in the darkness.
*
The sword was leaving the square without any strength.
I couldn’t walk with my back straight like when I came here with Beatrice.
Now that he was left alone, Carl walked with his back bent and hesitant.
Even when people who knew him passed by and said something to him, he didn’t even have the energy to respond.
I heard a lot of things, but… I ignored the knife and just walked.
Then, realizing that there were fewer people around, he stopped, leaning against the wall.
“After……”
I took a deep breath.
And then she grabbed her left chest with her hand.
Thump thump – strangely the shaking won’t stop.
shit.
As Beatrice leaves, the belated excitement does not subside.
No, I just wasn’t aware of it, I was excited the whole time I was with Beatrice.
My pride won’t allow me to express it as “heart pounding”.
A strange tremble… Yes, something strange was overwhelming the sword.
Beatrice must have done something else while using her healing magic.
So this is what it is like.
Now that I think about it, it was like this earlier too.
It was like this the whole time I was dancing chest to chest with Beatrice.
The lower half of the knife struck her abdomen and made contact.
I didn’t pay attention before, but looking back, I feel embarrassed.
shit.
But isn’t it true that you can’t just bend your waist to lead the dance nicely?
Before he knew it, the face of the princess laughing as if she was teasing a child flashed through Karl’s mind.
Carl imagined that he would have laughed at that for sure.
I stamped my feet in shame, as if I had revealed my shame to the enemy.
“Knife.”
At the soft voice, Karl raised his head.
And staggered.
widely-
Alana barely managed to catch Carl, who was about to fall, and supported him.
“Alana? How…”
A surprised Carl spoke to Alana, who was standing in front of him.
“How~?!”
And that was inappropriate.
“You made people expect too much! Huh?”
Alana snapped, her cheeks puffed out with air.
“As if I couldn’t live without you! You only said such sweet things!! How could you do that and then…!”
Carl stared blankly at Alana’s face. Her face was cold and angry, but even that face was pretty.
“Rather, I want to ask. Carl, how!”
“……”
Even if the sword had two mouths, it would have nothing to say.
“Sorry.”
A plain apology was his only option.
“Huh-”
Alana squinted her eyes as she slammed the knife into the wall.
Carl pulled back as much as possible from Alana, who was gradually getting closer. Just in case, like with Beatrice, they might touch.
“Nothing more to say?”
“I’m sorry.”
I was sparing with my words.
I didn’t want to reveal yet why I suddenly found Beatrice and danced with her. I wanted to hide the fact that she was an unknown princess for now.
“Huh-!”
“……”
But Alana either didn’t like Carl’s answer or realized that he was hiding something, so she brought her face closer to Carl and pushed him further into the wall.
“Over there… Alana, you’re so close…”
Carl muttered, looking away from Alana’s holy gaze that seemed to be compelling him to tell the truth.
Alana was leaning against Carl’s chest with both hands, which was so stimulating that Carl was starting to reach his limit.
“Well, I’ll think it was a mistake. After all, when you’re fully conscious, you can’t tell who’s who. So I’ll believe you, you were confused that you chose that kid over me!”
“…Thank you.”
At that agonizing moment, Alana pulled away.
She folded her arms and showed generosity as wide as her chest.
“But by any chance… Oh, no.”
“Huh?”
Alana folded her arms and stroked her chin.
“No. I guess I was just mistaken. I thought I sensed some evil energy at first.”
“……”
She raised her pink eyes, stared into space, and searched for memories.
“I felt ‘magic’ in the middle of the Christmas festival, but I must have been mistaken. I’m still an immature saint, hehe…”
Carl’s expression hardened.
Alana tried to turn around without seeing Carl’s hardened expression.
“Then, shall we go back? You should pay me back for disappointing me with a nice dinner— Ugh!”
Warak-
Carl grabbed Alana and pushed her against the wall where he was standing. He covered her lips with his as she murmured sweetly.
Shh-
Alana opened her eyes wide and took a deep breath.
“Ka…Kaal…eup……”
He automatically grabbed Alana’s struggling arm, pinned her against the wall, and covered her lips.
The sweetness of a first kiss that was completely unexpected.
Alana felt dizzy as Carl inserted his tongue into her, making her think only of kissing, without being able to think of anything else.
“Ugh…, Ph- sigh….”
A groan escaped, mixed with the breathing.
Her arms, which had been flailing around more and more, lost their strength as if in resignation, and her astonished eyes slowly closed, intoxicated by the heavy male scent.
And Alana’s consciousness, which was trying to think of something while recalling ‘Magi’, was also locked.
The sword covered Alana’s mouth like that.
So that she wouldn’t think about it anymore, so that she wouldn’t talk about Beatrice anymore…
I ended up stopping it.
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