IELNDMH - Chapter 146 < You Were Watching Over Me >



“Rebecca!”

Cedric unhesitatingly shook off the monster blocking his path and ran forward.

Lobelia, who was lying on top of me, was pushed backward by the man's enormous strength.

“Ahh!”

Lobelia, shocked by the suddenness, let out a scream.

Cedric took advantage of that opportunity to help me up and smoothed my cheeks while tossing my hair.

“Are you okay? Where are you injured?”

He looked nervous, thinking I might have gotten hurt somewhere.

Lobelia, who had belatedly raised her body, soon landed on Cedric.

She had a very flushed face and ground her teeth as if she would lunge at me again at any moment.

I quickly took my gaze away from her and looked up at Cedric.

“I have to tear up that book, come on!”

I hastily stretched out her hand for the book, and at the same time, Lobelia rushed at me with the frenzy of a madman.

“I told you not to touch it! I guess I’ll just have to wait and see my plan go awry because of that little girl!”

However, her attempt was foiled by Cedric.

He quickly blocked Lobelia, and I took advantage of the opportunity to roughly tear out the ending of the book.

"No-!"

Lobelia screamed desperately while being blocked by Cedric.

Finally, the connection between my body and Rebecca's evil spirit was severed.

All her long-time plans have gone to waste.

After confirming that I had torn out the last part of the book, Cedric looked down at Lobelia with his cold eyes for a while.

Looking at him like that, Lobelia's green eyes were filled with anxiety.

“There, Cedric! First, listen to me, I'll explain what happened... !”

Cedric coldly scolded Lobelia, who was clinging to him.

“No need to explain. Because I know better than anyone else what happened between the two. Now the connection between your soul and that body has been lost and because of that...”

Cedric's eyes turned to Lobelia and became even more grim.

“I know very well that even if you die, nothing will happen to my Rebecca.”

Lobelia's field trembled as she breathed out her breath.

Still, she looked up at Cedric, her face stained with sweat and tears, and forced the corners of her mouth to raise.

“The real Rebecca is me, Cedric. I am the real one, not that miserable soul... I wanted you more than anyone else, so why can't I? Uh, why?”

Lobelia grabbed Cedric's sleeve with both hands and looked at him as if she were looking up at a God.

Her facial muscles twitched strangely.

“I love you too, Cedric! If you like that woman's personality, I will try my best to imitate it, yes?"

“...”

“Anyway, I have the same face and body as that woman, so even if I go back into that body, it won’t be any different to you. Therefore...”

“No, it’s not the same at all.”

Cedric forcefully removed Lobelia's hand that was holding him and continued his words coolly.

“You never truly loved me. You just tried to own and use me out of a desire to be loved by others forever.”

“Cedric!”

“The person who can never escape from you once he gets the imprint is said to have a great position in the empire, so I guess there is no one who would be considered as suitable as me.”

“Oh, no..."

“Then tell me. Have you ever wanted me to be happy, no matter what your sacrifices maybe?”

Lobelia finally blinked her eyes, trembling in anger, but could not bring herself to utter a word of denial.

Cedric scolded her with his fierce eyes right in front of her nose.

“Not even for a moment have you ever wanted me with all your heart, not just greed.”

He spat out the words as if he were trampling her and then walked straight towards me.

Lobelia's cheeks trembled and she scolded him.

"Don't go! Don’t turn your back on me again!”

But Cedric never looked back.

Lobelia's face, staring at his back, was like someone watching a collapsing world.

Nevertheless, Cedric held me in his arms regardless.

“Go back now, Rebecca. The knights will clean up this place.”

“...Yes."

I slowly nodded and held his hand.

Then, a look appeared in Lobelia's eyes as she watched us.

She seemed ready to rush at me at any moment.

“I’m going to kill you... If I can’t get my body back, just kill you and start over!”

Lobelia rushed at me with her teeth screaming.

However, she was soon tied up with ropes all over her body by the knights, and she was thrown face down on the floor.

"Look at this! These dirty things know who I am...!”

Before I knew it, most of the puppets had returned to the form of straw, and the knights were on one side disposing of them by burning them.

During the standoff between me, Lobelia, and Cedric, the knight commander who was in charge of the situation slowly approached us.

Then Cedric immediately gave an order as if he had been waiting.

“Burn this tower, along with the remains of those monsters.”

“Yes, Your Highness. We will take care of the rest, so don’t worry, just take shelter first.”

Cedric held my hand tightly again and walked towards the door.

Meanwhile, the voice of Lobelia, lying on the floor behind him and screaming, rang out.

“Don’t go, Cedric! Argh...! I told you not to go!”

***

The knights set fire to the remains of the puppet, which had been tied together as a pile of straw.

They then left the tower, leaving Lobelia alone, bound to the ropes and lying face down.

Of course, they didn't forget to lock her door so she couldn't come out.

How much time has passed?

Soon, mixed-blood demons began to gather around the tower.

They were so angry that they set fire to the garden around the tower and shot fire arrows high.

At the same time, they shouted out loud their words of resentment towards Lobelia.

“How dare you threaten our Duchess?”

“She truly cared for us half-blood demons! A woman like you wouldn’t dare touch him!”

Curses and resentments were flying towards her from all directions.

Lobelia lay face down on the floor and didn't even move for a while.

Then, for a moment, her body began to shake slightly.

She continued giggling for a while.

“Kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk...”

She made a sound that I couldn't tell whether she was laughing or crying, and eventually, she managed to get up.

I couldn't read a single expression on Lobelia's face.

With both her arms bound, she barely managed to get up from her seat and slowly walked towards the window.

Below, the mixed-race demons who had gathered with the sole intention of killing her were setting fire.

Lobelia was already stained with red fire, and she looked down around the tower and smiled.

There would be no more opportunities given to her now.

She held on until the end to win someone's love, but in the end, all she got was the pain of burning again.

"Haha...”

A teardrop fell down her cheek as she smiled faintly.

In her head, Lobelia's scream for her own body to be returned rang again.

The times she had to endure such pain and the current reality felt so harsh.

'No matter how many times I relived my life and tried countless times, no one loved me.'

That is the only conclusion that can be drawn even at the complete end of life.

Emptiness consumed her heart.

She was so exhausted now that she didn't even feel sad.

She planted her feet on the window sill and struggled to stand on it, leaning her arms against the wall.

Only then did she realize that her difficult life was coming to an end.

If she throws herself into the fire that colors the underside of the tall tower, it will all be over.

It was a time when her body was shaking dangerously in deep despair.

“Your Highness!”

She heard someone running along with an urgent shout.

When the intruder appeared, she wasted no time in throwing herself underneath her.

However, her body was held precariously in the air by someone.

“Your Highness, you must not do this!”

Lobelia slowly turned her head and looked back at the man who had caught her.

He grasped the rope tightly wrapped around his body and tried his best to grab hold of Lobelia and pull her.

“Put this aside, don’t disturb me!”

Lobelia pushed the man away and leaned her body under the window.

His tone became more earnest.

“You said that to me before. Your Highness was abandoned even here.”

“...”

“No one truly loves Your Highness .”

As she searched for memories, a memory of one day suddenly appeared in her mind.

'I was abandoned even here. No one truly loves me.'

That night when she shed tears while saying that, and the man who truly listened to her sad thoughts.

Lobelia slowly raised her gaze and looked at the man.

His short blonde hair, blue violet eyes, and a faint smile tinged with sadness.

He looked at her with eyes filled with pity.

Just like that day.

“It was all my fault. From that day on, I always worried and watched over Your Highness out of guilt. Therefore, I can understand how Your Highness made this choice.”

“...”

“There’s someone like that for you too... There was at least one.”

The blue-violet eyes facing the woman were full of sincerity.

At that moment, Lobelia's eyes, which had seemed dead the whole time, were slightly agitated.

“So don’t die. Please live your life to blame me for making Your Highness like that.”

The man's voice was desperate.

The emotions of others fluctuate not to curse and kill her, but to protect her.

Even though she had turned her life around several times, Lobelia was speechless for a while as she saw this scene for the first time.

But... Her meetings with him were all part of the plan, except for her first.

Where did it go wrong?

Finally, her face broke down in tears.

Regrets about her foolish past life, and feelings of relief and disappointment at belatedly discovering the existence of someone who truly cared for her.

Tears, she won't know where they came from, poured down like rain.

Adrian held her closer and pulled her closer.

And he very carefully untied the rope to hold her hand.

Then he finally reached out his hand towards the woman.

“Hold it, Your Highness.”

She watched Adrian's outstretched hand and slowly removed her lips.

“Someone was watching me...”

The woman's voice muttering softly was unusually peaceful.

As she stared into Adrian's eyes, she finally smiled comfortably.

“I’m glad I found out now...”

“...”

“... Thank you."

The woman who said that pushed Adrian away with force.

At the same time, her body fell helplessly into the huge fire.

There was still a calm smile on the woman's lips.

“Your Highness!”

Adrian screamed as he looked down at the fire that had engulfed the woman.

However, that desperate cry soon died out as it was engulfed in a huge fire.


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