Strange. Strange. Dangerous. Her heart was beating frighteningly fast now.
"I was hoping you would recognize me, but you didn't call me by my name once."
Even though his voice was low and low, it sounded eerily grand. It seemed that the waves were not reaching the ears, but the soul.
Her teeth cracked, and her whole body began to tremble. Her heart was beating faster, faster, as if it was going to explode.
She felt like she was going to faint. Just like humans who face God.
"I've lived all my eternity looking at you alone."
The voice of the infinitely high. How can the holy sound that resonates with the soul be so muddy and evil?
'The years of eternity'. It was hard to understand, but Odette didn't have time to dwell on the word.
It was only enough to grit her teeth to hold on to the consciousness that was about to move away from her due to the presence in front of her.
***
The precursor symptoms were from the dungeon.
The foreshadowing signs that something sealed in Karl's body or soul was about to emerge
A long, long dream that continued like a story, a fragment of a past life that came to mind every time she turned back time to catch Odette.
Every time he felt the precursor symptoms, he felt the shell of the egg that had sealed something tightly broken, little by little.
And the shell was completely shattered the moment Karl arrived in the sea. Or more precisely, the moment when his body was wrapped in this sphere.
Suddenly, with a sound, the egg cracked, and something that had been suppressed rushed out through the gap like a black wave.
The black water, freed from bondage, filled Karl endlessly. The more it pushed him away, the more he realized.
It was Karl's memory that had been sealed so tightly.
Everything he thought was a dream and an illusion was, in fact, Karl's memory.
***
The long rainy season had ended, but the drizzle was still pouring down. As a result, the forest road was muddy and muddy, and the soil and sand were easily crushed.
If he had climbed up to such a high ridge, he would have had to follow the main road to avoid slipping, but Odette didn't have time to do so. He walked impatiently, choosing only the narrow and slippery path, and looked back several times to see if anyone was following him.
It looks like a snort. If you look back a hundred times, you will see something. Karl is already looking down at her from far above the ridge she's heading towards.
At this rate, Odette would eventually meet Karl. At the top of a mountain, where there is no way to escape.
"Transcendent bastards of the Empire. There is a degree of clumsiness."
Karl laughed. In the end, he was the one who found the fake purifier again.
It had already been half a year. For such a long time, no one but Karl has been able to find Odette.
At this point, Karl had no choice but to notice. Karl is the only one among them who is really chasing Odette.
At the beginning of the chase, Odette showed quite a bit of a trick to catch them off guard, but a man who has been pushed to the limit by exhaustion can't always come up with novel tactics.
However, at some point, John and Shion have been looking for places where there is no hope, and even Victor, who seemed to be sincerely chasing her, continues to miss her.
If he hasn't found it, he wouldn't know, but does it make sense for S-class transcendents to miss Odette after discovering it?
It was obvious that she was playing a prank.
'It's not a bad situation. I need Charlotte's favor.'
Charlotte, the only purifier, had to make her believe in Karl. If they get rid of her, they can ruin the entire empire. Even if it's to avenge the loss of the Fenril children.
Karl looked at Odette as she walked up the mountainside with impatience. As the worn-out robes fluttered in the wind, Karl muttered lowly.
"Stop."
He whispered lowly, and the sound of the wind that had been ringing in his ears all the time stopped.
The bird that was flying dynamically froze as if it had been stuffed in the air. The leaves that were fluttering in the wind and the water droplets that were falling were suspended in the air and did not move anymore. Even the circular ripples that the thin rain made over the puddle of water stopped in concentric circles.
Odette's head, which was desperately looking back, was also fixed with a slight twist to the left.
The scenery in the forest was like a masterpiece. Karl strode into the picturesque world.
His gaze stopped at Odette's face.
Her shoulder-length hair was limp from the rain. The shadow under her eyes is dark. Lips that have lost their color, and clowns that have been starving for a long time.
Karl stared at Odette, who was as hard as a plaster statue.
"..."
Her pupils were unconscious of him, and she really looked like a sculpture. Karl stared at Odette for a long time, as if he were admiring the work
'Nothing is the same as back then.'
A warm breeze swept through the palace gardens. A girl who was buried in lace and whistled with a bird on her finger.
How many times did he think of that? He thought that the reason why she caught his eye at that moment and why he thought about it repeatedly was because of the brilliant colors surrounding her. Everything was so gorgeous that it caught his eye, so it was just what stayed in his mind.
Then why now?
Even though it looked shabby, it seemed that the surrounding scenery was filled with color and liveliness. His heart trembles with a strange tremor. Just like the moment when he lived in the tundra and saw spring for the first time.
'Don't think long, cut her throat quickly.'
His head throbbed. Karl's mission was to protect Fenril. He was willing to give his life for the missing Fenril.
'I have already spent half a year.'
Charlotte will soon start to wonder why Odette hasn't been caught.
To make her believe in his loyalty, he had to bring Odette's neck with his own hands. So that they would not dare to doubt that Karl loved Charlotte.
Isn't this also the woman who asked the Fenrils to be locked up in a prison cell? The moment he met this woman in the garden of the Count's outbuilding, he vowed to kill her with his own hands. There was no reason to hesitate to kill her.
"..."
Karl pulled out his axe. Worrying more than this is crazy. It really had to be over.
How many times has he stopped time for something like this? What is the difference between Victor and himself?
"Damn."
Karl had stopped time on the entire mountain. Using this ability in a wide range consumes a lot of physical strength. No matter how good Karl's physical strength was, he would only last a few minutes at most.
If he doesn't want to repeat the waste of reason forever and forever, not now, today....
Karl's red eyes were filled with determination. Just as he was about to swing his crude, massive axe, something caught his eye.
It was Odette's foot. Because of running on the mountain road for a long time, the heel of the shoe scratches the back of the ankle.
The blood on her skinned ankles was pooling without flowing.
Karl stopped his hand at that moment. The axe blade that was lifted was also fixed in the air. As if he had become a part of a forest where time had stopped, a picturesque landscape.
"..."
Karl's eyes dimmed. It was her ankle that was scratched, and it felt like it was scratched in his stomach in a strange way.
He can imagine what kind of thorny path she must have taken with her skinny ankle.
A tingling sensation in his heart spread through his axe-holding arm. Karl stared at the feet for a long time, and finally took the axe he was holding in the air.
Not today. It doesn't have to be now. He can take her life at any time, so it won't be too late even after her feet are healed.
With an excuse that no one but himself could hear. Karl strode out of the picturesque world.
Just as he was out of Odette's sight. It began to rain again.
As time began to flow again. Odette turned her head and looked back. No one chased her. Nothing would have changed in her eyes.
The blood that had pooled down Odette's ankles, still hurriedly treading up the muddy road, dripped down.
It was only after a year and two years of repeated stupidity that Karl belatedly admitted it. He knew that he couldn't kill Odette.
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