#122. I'm sorry
Rotten pus should be treated by popping. But Daphne felt suffocated by the foul smell. Asherad was incapable of saving Daphne. He tried to save her, but he couldn't. The corners of her eyes were also dyed red.
Whose fault is this?
Daphne couldn't say anything about the truth he revealed for the first time. Daphne covered her mouth with her hand. It was because she didn't know what he was trying to say.
Asherad was looking at Daphne with bright red eyes. Daphne felt like she was being sucked into the past. Asherad's breathing quickened.
She gasped as if someone was covering her mouth. After gasping for breath for a long time, her mind finally returned.
"But it could not have bothered me."
Daphne bit her lip and stared into his eyes clearly. In the past, she would have fallen for those words. But it didn't go over anymore. Six years later, getting out of Asherad's cage gave her plenty of time to think.
"You could tell."
"What?"
"You were able to tell me why you couldn't help me. You just had to tell me."
"Why me?"
“...”
"Why do I have to show you my incompetence?"
Daphne laughed at that.
"Of course, you wouldn't have to show that to your dog."
It was a cold laugh. Her counterattack made Asherad furrow. Asherad didn't know that Daphne was such a cold person.
"I know your situation, Asherad. I knew that just because I like you, just because you like me, doesn't mean you have to improve my situation."
“...”
“But I want you to know, I loved that piece of cookie you gave me.”
Rotten pus should be treated by popping. But Daphne felt suffocated by the foul smell. Asherad was incapable of saving Daphne. He tried to save her, but he couldn't. The corners of her eyes were also dyed red.
Whose fault is this?
Daphne couldn't say anything about the truth he revealed for the first time. Daphne covered her mouth with her hand. It was because she didn't know what he was trying to say.
Asherad was looking at Daphne with bright red eyes. Daphne felt like she was being sucked into the past. Asherad's breathing quickened.
She gasped as if someone was covering her mouth. After gasping for breath for a long time, her mind finally returned.
"But it could not have bothered me."
Daphne bit her lip and stared into his eyes clearly. In the past, she would have fallen for those words. But it didn't go over anymore. Six years later, getting out of Asherad's cage gave her plenty of time to think.
"You could tell."
"What?"
"You were able to tell me why you couldn't help me. You just had to tell me."
"Why me?"
“...”
"Why do I have to show you my incompetence?"
Daphne laughed at that.
"Of course, you wouldn't have to show that to your dog."
It was a cold laugh. Her counterattack made Asherad furrow. Asherad didn't know that Daphne was such a cold person.
"I know your situation, Asherad. I knew that just because I like you, just because you like me, doesn't mean you have to improve my situation."
“...”
“But I want you to know, I loved that piece of cookie you gave me.”
Daphne laughed softly, trying to finish alone again. Asherad saw it and shouted behind closed doors.
“That's why!”
“...”
“So it was that in my incompetence you... you...”
Asherad gritted his teeth. Daphne knew something inside him had broken. It took him a long time to tell her that he was incapacitated, but then it didn't take him long to tell her how he felt.
“What if you... leave...”
Daphne's eyes narrowed at the words that followed. She was seeing the downfall of the absolute ruler who now ruled her. This was no longer the glorious sun god who had taken her under his wing and toyed with her.
God was a man, and Daphne was keenly aware of it.
This person is a coward.
As much as he resented and tormented Daphne, he liked her, but he didn't know how to do it. Or, if he did, he didn't have the ability to do it, so he hid it even more and simply deceived her.
The fact that Asherad abused Daphne hasn't changed.
He wanted revenge on her, but he loved her, and he loved her, but he was incapable of pulling her out of the muck.
So he chose the easiest deception. It was easier to hate her, the revenge he was going to take anyway, but he wanted to monopolize.
A tear fell from Daphne's eye.
“So, you killed someone who had nothing to do with it?”
“...”
"You only have to torture me, you killed so many people and started this war?"
Asherad was speechless. But he still thinks Why is that? He had a look. Is life that important? What's wrong with him as an Emperor and taking the lives of those who go against his will?
It was a difference of values that Asherad and Daphne could never bridge.
Asherad did not start a war. King Thalassa coveted the Empire of Asherad and started a war. The same goes for Pindus. Nevertheless, Daphne condemned it.
Asherad looked at Daphne and thought and thought again.
"I don't know if that's wrong."
“...”
"But if you say you're wrong, I'll fix it."
Asherad looked at Daphne with a desperate face.
"So Daphne... Don't leave me."
“...”
"Stay by my side, stay with me."
“...”
"I can't live without you."
Daphne's breath caught in her throat at the desperation. Looking at his face, Daphne squeezed her eyes shut. They were honest with each other. Asherad told her about his weak past.
"Poor man..."
That was all Daphne could say. She Did. She hated him, but the thought she had in the back of her mind was that he was a pitiful person. Because he didn't know how to love, he was anxious to have Daphne, and at the same time, he hated her and bullied her.
Emperor and Empress.
Everyone was Asherad's perpetrator, and he didn't receive the love of his mother, who was fingered as a witch.
He wanted to be loved by someone who hated him, and even now, he was begging for Daphne. She was just someone who gave him warmth.
"Daphne."
“...”
"My love, my Daphne."
Daphne's face flushed red. She felt like she was going to melt under that sweet thrust. She shook her head, breathing rapidly. It was like being possessed by a demon. She managed to lift her head and stare straight into Asherad's eyes.
"You may have noticed... He's your child."
“...”
"His name is Ian, and he's about to turn seven. He's very smart because he looks like you. He's six years old and he's already in school."
“...”
"His face looks like yours, and those green eyes... Green eyes. It's so pretty."
Idiot. She hated those green eyes. However, Daphne said a sweet lie. Daphne smiled at the man she had once resented excessively, but now she had become pitiful.
"I'll raise him well. So you don't care."
“...”
"Let's stop our bad relationship."
At Daphne's words, Asherad closed his eyes. Tears dripped from their eyes. Daphne thought that at this moment, Asherad might reveal his desire for exclusivity to Daphne again.
Isn't it just holding hands and dragging them away...
Ignoring his worries, Asherad said nothing.
"I... I was wrong."
“...”
"I'm wrong, Daphne."
“...”
"I'm sorry."
Is it a means to catch them? Asherad burst into tears like a child. Daphne was looking at the cry in a daze. He collapsed several times in front of Daphne.
He also made an unthinkable "apology" to Daphne. Daphne finally realized what she wanted to do.
She wanted to hear his apology.
I've been wrong for a long time. I'm sorry. She wanted to hear that.
"I apologize... I apologize..."
Daphne's voice trembled. She swallowed her tears.
"It's not enough to apologize..."
“...”
"My life... What happened..."
Daphne sobbed. Are you sorry to hear the apology you were hoping for? I felt sorry for myself, but I felt sad. Why didn't you apologize sooner? Sadness, sadness, came over me. We have already crossed an irreversible path. Daphne gritted her teeth.
"Asherad."
“...”
"I won't thank you for apologizing to me. That's natural."
“...”
"Nevertheless, I hope you are happy."
Daphne finally got up from her seat. She raised her hand and wiped away her tears. And without looking back, she left the inn. That's it. Now, that's it. Daphne sobbed as she walked.
Now she really says goodbye to 'Daphne'.
There is no such thing as favor anymore.
She regretted it. She feels sorry for herself, but she doesn't know why she's crying. Asherad did not take Daphne, and Daphne escaped from him.
Asherad saw Daphne on her way back. There was sadness on his face. He wiped his tears expressionlessly.
"Look, Ioannis, you can't get caught."
Let's be honest this time? He's become honest, but nothing has changed. It's just over.
"It's best to just bring them back by force."
He has to take Daphne in his hands and force her to be with him. Suddenly, his eyes became gloomy. Asherad stood up. Yes, he can do what he does.
He stood up without wiping away his tears.
You went to school, didn't you?
Asherad stood up. He trudged to school. He knew a lot of ways to make Daphne his own. The school was a very small building, and the students ran out when the bell rang.
Asherad looked around.
Daphne was so foolish. Isn't it too easy to fall for the word sorry? If she doesn't follow him, she doesn't know that he can force her. Although he has nothing now, he was able to do enough.
It was really stupid.
Really, it was stupid...
He covered his face with his hands and wiped his face dry.
A sense of self-deprecation came over him.
Should we go this far? In this way, it was a repetition of the old days. It was against Ioannis' last words. He shouldn't have done that. It was against Ioannis's love.
Although he resented his dead child, Ioannis was his own brother.
He sighed quietly and walked away.
"Huh?"
Then Asherad heard a boy's voice in front of him.
"Uncle, that homeless man back then, right?"
He turned his head and saw the boy with the green eyes. Asherad stared at his son.
"Asherad."
“...”
"I won't thank you for apologizing to me. That's natural."
“...”
"Nevertheless, I hope you are happy."
Daphne finally got up from her seat. She raised her hand and wiped away her tears. And without looking back, she left the inn. That's it. Now, that's it. Daphne sobbed as she walked.
Now she really says goodbye to 'Daphne'.
There is no such thing as favor anymore.
She regretted it. She feels sorry for herself, but she doesn't know why she's crying. Asherad did not take Daphne, and Daphne escaped from him.
***
Asherad saw Daphne on her way back. There was sadness on his face. He wiped his tears expressionlessly.
"Look, Ioannis, you can't get caught."
Let's be honest this time? He's become honest, but nothing has changed. It's just over.
"It's best to just bring them back by force."
He has to take Daphne in his hands and force her to be with him. Suddenly, his eyes became gloomy. Asherad stood up. Yes, he can do what he does.
He stood up without wiping away his tears.
You went to school, didn't you?
Asherad stood up. He trudged to school. He knew a lot of ways to make Daphne his own. The school was a very small building, and the students ran out when the bell rang.
Asherad looked around.
Daphne was so foolish. Isn't it too easy to fall for the word sorry? If she doesn't follow him, she doesn't know that he can force her. Although he has nothing now, he was able to do enough.
It was really stupid.
Really, it was stupid...
He covered his face with his hands and wiped his face dry.
A sense of self-deprecation came over him.
Should we go this far? In this way, it was a repetition of the old days. It was against Ioannis' last words. He shouldn't have done that. It was against Ioannis's love.
Although he resented his dead child, Ioannis was his own brother.
He sighed quietly and walked away.
"Huh?"
Then Asherad heard a boy's voice in front of him.
"Uncle, that homeless man back then, right?"
He turned his head and saw the boy with the green eyes. Asherad stared at his son.
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