I just stood there, watching Ash. Even the few maids who passed right by me hadn’t noticed me, but Ash sensed my presence immediately…
It must be because of a strong connection.
Amon, the archangel who, turned love into hatred.
One thing was certain.
“Siani, you’ve come to save me again, haven’t you?”
That this connection would only end with one of us dead.
“I knew you would choose me over that b*stard.”
Ash stumbled in the dark, groping around.
“Why can’t I see you? Where are you?”
Red scratches appeared on Ash’s body as he bumped into furniture and lights.
“You know my weaknesses better than anyone. Even when I got angry and annoyed or sat down and cried, you accepted it all, right?”
“…”
“We are inseparable, Siani.”
His voice was desperate, but I had nothing to say to him.
“You are clearly watching me. So why won’t you answer?”
Crash! His hand swept across the table in the dark.
“I’m looking for you in this state, so why? Why!”
A vase shattered, water spilled, and glass fragments scattered.
“We are perfect together, aren’t we? Right? You are meant to love me! You exist only for me!”
The once tidy room turned into a mess in an instant.
“Who else could you love but me?”
Ash’s eyes, glaring into the void, changed rapidly.
“Who saved you when you were treated like nothing? Who?”
“…”
“Me, it was me! You and I were born for each other and always saved each other. We’re already part of each other!”
I watched him pleading to me, not missing a single moment. Thinking once again that his belated regret is arrogant.
“Right, Siani, actually…”
But then,
“I liked it when you got angry, jealous, and tormented because of me.”
Ash suddenly stood still and muttered.
“When you told me you loved me with that innocent face, I never felt it.”
His expression was hard to read, whether he was smiling or frowning.
“Instead, it annoyed me, disgusted me, and made me feel pathetic.”
But his eyes, hidden by his disheveled blond hair, were blank and empty.
“Why was that? I always wondered, but now I know.”
“…”
“It was because you never truly loved me, right? Isn’t that right?”
The more I watched him, the stranger I felt, but I wasn’t sad or sympathetic. It’s just funny. I have been in this kind of situation more than once. Why was he now so upset about whether I truly loved him?
“Yeah, your love was a lie from the start. That’s why I always hated and resented you.”
“…”
“Being next to you always made me feel like something was missing and suffocating.”
The wounds on his fair skin were widening. And something began to drop from them. Naturally, I thought it would be blood or pus.
“What is that?”
But it wasn’t.
-…They’re soul fragments.
They seemed like pieces of flesh clinging to various parts of his body.
“I’m innocent! I only did what the grand prince ordered!”
“Milord, please spare me!”
I could hear the fragments that had fallen to the floor screaming. How many deaths were on his hands for these mixed cries to spread everywhere?
“Ah, argh.”
Ash groaned, clutching his ears.
“Shut up, shut up! I am justified. I did it to protect my perfect world.”
He seemed to hear the screams of the souls clinging to him too.
“Right, it started back then. Ever since I saw that painting, these damned voices started.”
Ash muttered coldly. “Everything went wrong when that b*stard showed up. He’s a devil, a devil resurrected!”
His once bright emerald eyes had turned murky.
“That devil destroyed everything! That vile creature forcibly tore apart our perfect relationship!”
Ash genuinely believed that. That his perfect world was destroyed by the devil’s curse. I could tell just by watching him.
-You said you’d hit him on the back of the head.
“No, forget it.”
Ananke, who had been quiet, asked.
“He already looks like this…”
The idea of hitting him had naturally faded.
“At least he needs to stay alive until the founding festival to pay for his sins.”
I was worried that if he got hit in that state, he might die.
Judging by those soul fragments filling the floor…
“Ananke.”
He shouldn’t die so easily and comfortably.
-Yes, Almighty Goddess.
Ananke answered briefly, understanding my call. At the same time, the scattered soul fragments were sucked into the wind created by Ananke one by one.
“It seems I’ve gathered enough.”
Searching here any longer would be a waste of time.
“I will kill that hideous devil and bring you back to me. Again. We’ll start everything over.”
Leaving Ash’s desperate muttering behind, I turned to leave.
“To reclaim you, Siani Felicite…”
Following my steps, the paintings on the walls fell and shattered as if cut by knives.
“I can do anything.”
And by the time I completely left the room, all the paintings had lost their form.
“We must be perfect.”
Listening to Ash’s desperate cries behind me made me think. Foolish love is a sin.
* * *
Late at night, Luna headed to the inner part of her bedroom. She passed through connected rooms and unlocked two locks before opening a door.
“…”
In the dim space, flowers were growing.
“It seems like sister has come, right?” Luna smiled brightly at the unusually red and dull flowers.
Her so-called husband was driven mad by nightmares every night, and the grand duke was always distracted by other things.
The goddess’s shield, what a joke…
Grand Duchy Benio is just a name that sounded good only on the surface. This was not a place where people lived.
“Of course, sister must have come to rescue me from this hell.”
Siani, her sister, had come to save her!
Luna was quite satisfied with her life here. Everyone in the grand duchy treated her as if she didn’t exist and there were no rules she had to follow. However, fearing that any commotion might irritate the grand duke, she got everything she wanted, and no one came looking for her even if she stayed in this small room all day.
“I’m going to meet sister,” Luna whispered to the uniquely colored flower.
The gloomier and more humid the weather, the more her flowers bloomed.
“How do I look? Sister hates anything vulgar… Is this okay?”
Luna tidied her hair and clothes as neatly as possible. Despite her excited expression, her fingertips trembled as if she was addicted to something.
“I must save sister from that devil b*stard.”
Luna, who had been practicing her smile in the mirror, turned her head.
“I’m the only one who can save sister, and she’s the only one who can save me.”
Then she grabbed the blooming flower’s root tightly.
“…”
The red juice from the petals seeped into Luna’s nails.
“We are inseparable sisters.”
Luna’s complexion grew paler, but her eyes became sharper.
“So, sister has to rely solely on me.”
Finished with her preparations, Luna headed to the corridor, humming.
The incompetent Duke Felicite, Ash Benio who couldn’t even take care of himself, the grand duke blinded by greed and unable to see ahead. And those vulgar devil b*stards. All of them needed to be driven away from Siani’s side.
“Sister?”
“…”
At that moment, Luna’s steps suddenly halted somewhere. In a spot where the moonlight was unusually thick, she seemed to sense something.
“Sister, is it you? Sister, I was wrong. It’s all my fault.”
Luna knelt on the cold floor without hesitation. Even though she couldn’t see, she could feel it. That Siani was right next to her.
“Sister, it’s true. I prayed and repented every day to be forgiven by you.”
With her hands clasped together, Luna pleaded desperately, almost pathetically. But she didn’t care what she was begging for or what she needed to be forgiven for. She just kept begging to ease Siani’s heart.
“I dared to envy you and dared to displease you. It’s all my fault.”
Her expression was more sincere than when she isolated Siani in front of others.
“Please forgive me.”
Luna bowed her head to the floor. Anyone watching would think she was talking nonsense to the air, but Luna could feel the subtle, overwhelming presence.
“We are siblings…”
As Luna slowly raised her head from the floor,
“…Sister!”
She saw a faint foot about to pass by her.
“Sister!”
Simultaneously, Luna reached out.
“No!”
She grabbed the delicate ankle tightly, squeezing hard. The poison on her nails…
“Don’t leave me behind!”
Was meant to spread throughout Siani’s body from her ankle.
Hi, now you can purchase 10 advance chapters in here.
Miss girl never gets a break 😭💀