Because I was Terminally Ill, I Married the Male Lead's Brother, and Now He's Obsessed with Me

BTILMB | Episode 166

Posted by Layana, Released on October 21, 2024

Episode 166

‘No. Lloydin!’

This can’t be happening.

I have to tell Lloydin.

I can’t just let him die.

But my desperate cry was merely scattered into the void.

By the time Lloydin sensed something suspicious behind him, the gleaming white sword had already pierced his back.

〈Kuh-uhk!〉

It didn’t stop there. As the Crown Prince drove the sword deeper, Lloydin coughed up blood.

Lloydin, losing strength, leaned on the sword as if using it to keep himself from collapsing.

He then turned his head to see who had attacked him.

〈Your Highness…〉

Lloydin gazed at the Crown Prince with eyes full of emptiness and despair.

It was as though he had always known the one to kill him would be the Crown Prince. He smiled bitterly.

〈The Duke still finds the time to laugh in this situation?〉

The Crown Prince twisted the sword deeper with a vile smirk.

〈Kuhk!〉

‘No. Please stop!’

I was furious.

Lloydin was dying right before my eyes, and there was nothing I could do. I was enraged by my helplessness.

Why am I so powerless?

Why can’t I do anything to save the man I love?

Why… why must I always just watch?

In the premonition of the day Lloydin was executed, even then, all I could do was watch him die.

Despite my determination to do anything for him, nothing had changed.

Even after the divorce, I hadn’t been able to change his fated death, and that fact made me feel pathetic, so much so it was unbearable.

As those feelings surged like a wave, nearly breaking me, Lloydin let out another pained groan.

〈Kuhk!〉

〈To think you’re still not easily killed by this sword… Truly impressive.〉

〈Is that really a divine sword?〉

〈Can’t you see the divine power radiating from the blade?〉

〈Ah, I see it. I see it. Don’t come any closer. You might drag me into this mess as well.〉

In front of the dying Lloydin, the Crown Prince and the man from the Black Forest were casually chatting.

Seeing that, the heated turmoil in my mind cooled in an instant.

‘This is not the time for this.’

Yes. Now is not the time to wallow in regret.

What I’m seeing right now isn’t reality.

This is a future that has yet to happen, something like a dream.

So I need to pull myself together.

To make sure this vision doesn’t become reality, I need to remember every detail, without missing a single thing.

After calming my emotions and regaining my composure, I carefully observed the situation, replaying the conversation between the two in my mind.

They mentioned a divine sword.

No wonder… The light radiating from that sword looked familiar.

It was just like when Noah used divine power to heal Ian.

‘The Crown Prince is trying to kill Lloydin with a divine sword.’

But something didn’t sit right.

Noah had once told me that divine power stabilizes magic.

When Ian was in danger due to a magic overload, divine power had helped, so Noah’s words weren’t wrong.

But now they were trying to kill Lloydin using divine power?

‘Noah would know more about this.’

I stopped thinking further, realizing this wasn’t a problem I could solve by mulling over it.

And just at that moment, the two men started discussing the very issue I had been pondering.

〈To neutralize and drain the magic with divine power…〉

The man muttered, sneering.

〈Did this method come from the High Priest?〉

〈Indeed.〉

〈You must have really hated the sight of him, huh?〉

The man approached Lloydin, who was on the verge of collapsing to the ground with his head lowered.

〈I told you, didn’t I? That you wouldn’t be able to kill me.〉

〈…I will kill you.〉

Lloydin squeezed out the words with a strained voice.

〈Even after seeing your current state, you still say that? Your family always tries to overstep their boundaries. And each time they do, I gave them a gift. Do you know what that was?〉

Lloydin barely lifted his head to look at the man from the Black Forest.

〈…A gift?〉

〈Yes. A gift.〉

At Lloydin’s question, the man snapped his fingers and laughed loudly.

〈Boom! Puhahaha!〉

I instantly understood what he meant. And if I realized it, there was no way Lloydin wouldn’t.

〈Was it you…? The one who made the magic go berserk…?〉

〈Now you get it? You should have known your place from the beginning.〉

Lloydin’s expression quickly turned icy at the man’s words.

In response to his growing anger, a black aura began to radiate from his entire body.

〈You still have strength left?〉

〈Then why Ian…? Why did you do that to him?〉

〈He became unnecessary. Sometimes, I erase those in your family who no longer serve a purpose.〉

The mention of Ian was the final straw. Lloydin couldn’t hold back any longer and lunged at the man from the Black Forest.

But the Crown Prince, watching from behind, plunged the sword deeper into Lloydin to stop him.

〈Ugh!〉

Seeing Lloydin’s face contorted in pain, my fingers grew cold, and tears welled up in my eyes. Without realizing it, I shut my eyes tightly, but quickly forced them open again, realizing my mistake.

Even though I couldn’t do anything at the moment, turning away because it was hard to watch would only leave me with regret. I had no choice but to grit my teeth and keep watching.

〈Whoa, calm down.〉

The calm and composed Lloydin I once knew was no longer there.

He glared at the man, radiating pure rage and hatred.

〈There’s someone who desperately wants to kill you this time.〉

The man pointed his chin toward the Crown Prince.

〈No matter the method, the fact remains the same: you’re going to die, Lloydin Blighton.〉

As he spoke, Lloydin’s body gradually began to slump. He gripped the sword tightly, his knuckles turning white as his veins bulged, trying not to fall.

But it was clear his mental strength had reached its limit.

‘Lloydin…’

I kept calling his name in my mind. It was a meaningless action that would never reach him, but even if this wasn’t reality, I wanted him to feel he wasn’t alone until the very end.

〈Let’s finish this now.〉

〈Fine.〉

The Crown Prince exchanged a glance with the man from the Black Forest and moved closer to Lloydin.

He then whispered something into Lloydin’s ear, low enough that only the two of them could hear.

The man from the Black Forest couldn’t hear it, but since I was connected to the Crown Prince, I heard every word clearly.

As soon as Lloydin heard it, despite being on the brink of death, he began to resist fiercely.

〈Cloud Leteus…!〉

〈Whoa, what was that? What did you say to him?〉

The man from the Black Forest, startled by Lloydin’s sudden burst of defiance, stepped back.

The Crown Prince didn’t answer his question. Instead, he pressed the sword further into Lloydin’s body with force.

When the blade was driven so deep that it was no longer visible, Lloydin’s body slumped completely.

He didn’t move anymore.

〈Is he dead?〉

〈Yes.〉

〈Finally dead, huh.〉

The man from the Black Forest let out a loud, celebratory laugh.

I watched the scene unfold in a daze.

‘He’s dead. Lloydin is… dead.’

Witnessing Lloydin’s death for the second time, I felt my mind slipping into a fog.

Even though I knew it wasn’t real, I couldn’t help the way I felt.

Just as my mind went blank, I suddenly heard someone calling out to me.

“…Lady.”

Realizing it was the Crown Prince’s voice, my concentration broke, and I snapped out of the memory.

“Lady.”

I looked up in the direction of the voice.

To my dismay, a face I despised was looking at me with concern.

“Are you alright, Lady?”

I had wandered in that long dream for so long that it took me a moment to grasp why I was in the Crown Prince’s arms.

Then, realizing I had tried to use the confusion to make contact with the Crown Prince, I hurriedly pushed him away and pulled myself out of his embrace.

“Lady?”

The Crown Prince stared at me intently, puzzled by my sudden change in demeanor.

“…I’m feeling better now.”

I felt filthy, disgusted, and on the verge of vomiting.

I didn’t want to stay in the same space as the Crown Prince for even a second longer.

‘You killed Lloydin.’

You killed my husband, the man I love!

I vividly remembered what he had whispered to Lloydin at the end.

The Crown Prince had mocked Lloydin as if he had claimed me as his prize.

‘Your wife is mine now.’

I will never forgive him.

No matter what it takes, I will make sure the Crown Prince feels the same humiliation, fury, and helplessness that I did.