As soon as I finished speaking, the smile disappeared from Kishian's face.
He was silent with a faceless face that seemed a little scary.
I took advantage of the opportunity to speak up.
"I don't think my sister and I are any different. Because she is the same Princess. But if you really want that child... I think it's okay to do whatever you want."
"..."
"My father won't be able to deceive you this time. You can have that child however you want."
I endured the pain that ate at my heart and said those words over and over again.
My expression, which seemed to be distorted by pain and sadness, was barely kept as usual.
I wanted to show him that I didn't care.
I wanted to tell him that even if he didn't want me, even if he tried to abandon me, I didn't care.
I knew it was childish, but I thought it would be a little less miserable.
Kishian stared at me and replied with a hollow smile.
"Take your sister instead of you?"
"...If you like. You have the ability."
"..."
If he abandoned me and went looking for Letie, of course, it would be terrible.
It will be terribly sad and painful.
But I thought it was inevitable.
'If you want them to leave, you have to let them go, because trust has been irreparably destroyed anyway. If you hang on to it, you'll only be miserable.'
It would be the best option to disappear cleanly if he wanted.
The way he looked at me was unusual.
Even though he said he would let go, he seemed to be even angrier than before.
His golden eyes, which were stuck in me unwaveringly, were burning with bright yellow rage.
"Is it that easy for you? You casually participate in deceiving me, hide the truth because it doesn't seem necessary, and then just go back to what happened when you get caught?"
"I'm sorry I deceived you. I couldn't help it because of my father's insistence. So even now..."
As I spoke, Kishian shoved me on the shoulder and knocked me to the bed.
Without a moment to respond, he stepped up and looked down at my face.
"Does this all seem like a joke to you?"
"I am..."
"Stop telling me."
His lips were hot like a hot stigma.
Just as I was about to turn my head to avoid it, he stood up and bit my lower lip.
The pain made my eyes watery spontaneously.
It was a violent kiss like never before.
The more I tried to avoid him, the more I tried to push him away, the more he searched my mouth.
My lips fell off as my head became foggy from the violent heat.
"Don't order me, I choose not to abandon you."
"Not a command, but an invitation..."
"If you have committed a crime, you should quietly reflect on it. You're not going to roll your head to run away."
When I heard that, I finally understood.
Again, this man has no intention of letting go of the woman who played with him.
Even if he had to give up on Letie, he wouldn't let go of the fake thing in his hands.
He was a man who could do everything for revenge.
"Oh..!"
A sharp tooth bit the nape of my neck.
He bit so hard that it left a tooth mark, so I screamed spontaneously
It really hurt.
It was skin that easily left marks, but since I had bitten so painfully, I felt like I was going to get bruises the next day.
I clenched my fists and patted him on the back, but he didn't stop.
Instead, he clung closer to me and licked up the marks he had left with the tip of his tongue.
"I was stupid for trying to talk to someone as shameless as you. It should have been like this from the beginning."
A cruel laugh settled in my ears.
The tip of his tongue slowly licked my body while I covered my face with my hands.
I pray that he won't find out about the tears that are flowing down my face to the point of pitifulness.
***
I don't know what kind of spirit I had to get through that night.
I cried, begged, lost my mind..
I did everything I could, but he didn't stop.
He was preoccupied with leaving his own traces in me, as if reason had been blown away and only my nature remained.
I lost consciousness while holding on to him, and when I woke up, it was morning.
My body was clean as if someone had cleaned up after me.
The clothes were also properly dressed.
However, there was a lot of red congestion on my skin, and my throat was hoarse, so I couldn't speak properly.
When I got out of bed to look in the mirror, I felt a dull pain in my back.
My legs were shaking, too, but I managed to get up and go to the dresser.
The face I looked at in the mirror on the dressing table was not as I expected.
"..."
I was looking at my dried, torn, and scabbed lips and sighing heavily
Suddenly, I saw a vase on the dressing table.
The vase was filled with brightly blooming Lisssenblume flowers.
'Did Anne bring it?'
She must have seen Kishian come out of the bedroom with a very angry face.
It was as if Anne had prepared flowers for me, who would have had a hard time dealing with him.
As I was breathing in and smelling the flowers, a light suddenly came out of the gap in the drawer of the dresser
When I opened the drawer, I saw that the butterfly brooch I had hidden in the corner was glowing.
I picked it up and gripped it tightly, and a familiar voice sounded.
- We are going in that direction. Tomorrow you'll be able to get to the promised place.
It was Rodrick. It seemed that he had sent someone to the north, according to the previous plan.
To make contact with those he sent, I had to start preparing soon.
I trimmed my hoarse throat and replied.
"I see. I'll be on time too, so please come to the place I promised."
- Why is the voice like that?
"..."
- Did you cry?
I'll just pretend I don't know.
I hated asking him about it again, so I replied bluntly
"I just woke up, and my throat was a little soaked."
- Who do you know as an idiot? No matter who listens to it, it makes you cry, and your voice is hoarse.
"..."
- Did you cry because of that person? That's right.
I didn't respond.
I didn't want to hear my hoarse voice because I cried a lot, just like he said.
Even though I didn't answer, Rodrick, who seemed excited, didn't stop and bruised.
- You live by saying that you are lacking something.
"..."
- Even if you pretended to be a Princess Letie, you were the one who tried your best to protect him, even entrusting him to a mercenary.
"..."
- Princess Letie wouldn't have cared if the human died or not. Nevertheless, the Grand Duke is a substitute-
"Stop"
It wasn't a good choice to bruise Rodrick when I had to rely on him completely.
Even though I knew that, I didn't feel good when I heard him insult the Kishian, so I stepped in.
"He didn't do anything wrong. It's natural to be uncomfortable if you're deceived. It's just that I... I did something wrong."
- ...
"Stop talking about him."
After a moment of silence, I heard a long sigh.
- Ha...I'm going to be distraught.
In Rodrick's eyes, I looked pitiful, but I was just in the position of a third party.
The situation turned out to be the karma of me and the imperial family.
- I say this because I'm worried, but you shouldn't say that you suddenly changed your mind when you met him and said that you won't go.
"I don't think so."
- Seeing what you're saying now, I think you still have some regrets for him.
"..."
- If I have already selected only the best guys and sent them there, but you refuse to follow them, I have no choice but to force you away.
He seemed anxious, so he replied in the rashest firm voice he could.
"I've already made up my mind. There will be no reversal."
As Rodrick said, there may still be regrets.
But I wanted to run away so much that I could ignore my regrets.
I wanted to go somewhere where Kishian wasn't there, where I didn't have to be resentful.
- I see. Then I'll summarize the plan in more detail and tell you about it tomorrow. You can't get in touch with them, so you have to hold the brooch tightly.
After that, Rodrick muttered a few more words of complaint and ended the conversation by saying that he was busy.
After the conversation, I also started to get ready.
Prepare to disappear without a trace here.
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