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The scene changed, and the setting shifted. This time, it was inside a dark room.
“S-Spare me.”
A cadet, tied up with ropes to a chair, pleaded.
“Spare me, I was wong…”
His pronunciation was muffled due to the gag in his mouth. Nonetheless, he pleaded with all his might to the man standing in front of him, back turned. The man was caressing a giant canvas.
“Spare me. Pleas. Pleas.”
The man slowly turned around. His platinum blonde hair shimmered faintly in the darkness.
“Begging for your life?”
“Keugh!”
Snap. The man gripped the cadet’s throat. The cadet’s eyes swirled with terror.
The man—Noah—whispered with an expressionless face. “How dare you ask to be spared?”
“Hu, kup, keugh.”
“You must have had some fun with this painting. Now, you have to pay the price.”
“Keup, kek, keugh.”
On the chair. The cadet struggled violently, resisting as if convulsing with all his might―
Finally, crack. The sound of bones breaking was heard. His movement stopped. The cadet’s neck went limp and hung lifelessly…
“―Ah!”
And at that moment, my eyes snapped open. A massive wave of dizziness hit me.
What was that just now?
I sat up, gasping for breath. My fingertips were trembling.
Was that a dream just now? No, it wasn’t a dream. It was…
Did I just glimpse into the past? But how?
I looked down at my hands. I hadn’t even touched the ground, so how did I read the memories of the land? No, that’s not important right now.
Was it Noah?
Noah killed Justin. Noah killed the cadets. Noah, Noah did…
Why Noah? Didn’t Noah hate and despise me? Always sneering, insulting, getting angry, and slandering me whenever there was a chance? And after mocking me for that nude painting, why?
Amidst the confusion, a truth struck her. Today.
Tonight, Billord Lancaster said they would catch the murderer. A trap that the culprit couldn’t escape from had been set. If that’s the case… Noah will be caught.
I swallowed hard. My heart pounded anxiously, and I clutched my clothes.
Billord Lancaster also said this. If the culprit resists, they will be killed on the spot.
Would Noah surrender quietly? No, he will surely try to escape. There was no way he would just let himself be captured. If that happened, the police would Kill Noah.
What if Noah died? Judging those who insulted me and then died?
I couldn’t bear it and closed my eyes tightly. Show me. Clenching a fist, I shouted in my mind.
I commanded, to the land, no, to the world, no, to God, to the devil. No, no. Whether it is, it doesn’t matter.
Show me.
What will happen to Noah tonight, show me. What will happen to Noah tonight—
Ah!
At that moment, my third eye finally opened. A giant eye that reads the future and scans the past. The eye that looked up and down at the world showed me.
The place was a cathedral engulfed in darkness.
“Noah Windsor, drop your weapon!”
Under the angel statue, a boy is drenched in blood.
“Drop your weapon! There’s nowhere to run!”
And surrounding him were the police and Billord Lancaster.
“If you don’t drop your weapon, we will shoot!”
Billord Lancaster aimed his gun precisely at Noah and warned him. However, Noah didn’t drop his weapon. He simply aimed his gun at the head of a man lying at his feet and calmly fired.
“Noah Windsor! Stop! We will shoot!”
Billord warned again. But Noah did not stop. He shot the man, who appeared already dead, once more.
“We will shoot in 3 seconds! 3! 2! 1!”
Eventually, Inspector Billord placed his finger on the trigger. Without hesitation, he pulled it. Bang!
“Aack!”
I covered my mouth, shuddering. Gasp, gasp, my breathing became much rougher than before.
What was that? That scene just now, what was it?
Billord Lancaster’s shout, the gunshot, and… Noah.
Noah, from his head, blood splattered…
Realizing what that meant, my entire body lost strength. I slumped down as if collapsed.
Tonight, Noah Windsor will die.
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Noah’s POV
I couldn’t understand them at all. So, I asked, “How on earth could you paint something like this?” Drip, drip, blood dripped from my fingertips.
The cadet, writhing at my feet, groaned. “Spare me…”
“I’m genuinely curious, so tell me. How can you see her as an object like this?” I was genuinely curious.
Justin, as well as the comrades I killed not long ago and this junior I hadn’t managed to kill before. How could they feel such vulgar desires towards her?
“You wanted to sleep with that woman?” I asked seriously, kicking the dying cadet’s head. “Is that why you looked at this picture for some sort of vicarious satisfaction?”
“I… was wrong.”
“There are plenty of women around. You should satisfy your sexual desires with other women. How could you think of releasing that filthy desire on her?”
How dare. How could they dare to do that?
“I’m curious, so tell me. How could you harbor such feelings towards her? I really can’t understand.”
How is that possible? That woman, she’s like a saintess.
Since the moment I first saw her shining all white at the age of eleven, I thought. Is she a god? An angel? No, maybe she’s mother. Mother I had never seen before, appearing as an angel in the form of my sister…
No. Those words weren’t enough to describe her. I still didn’t know what to call the most touching existence in the world. But these guys harbored animalistic desires towards such a woman. I couldn’t understand or forgive their easy acknowledgment and resolution of those desires.
“Don’t you feel guilty? You should have denied it. Held back. Not acknowledged it. But you dared to paint such a painting?”
“…”
“Why aren’t you answering?” I nudged the body, but there was no response.
Ah, it seems like he’s dead. Served him right. B*stard.
Just looking at the painting he ordered makes me want to tear him apart a hundred times over. But this wasn’t the end. I was determined to finish things today. I heard another cadet was going to buy a painting that insulted her, disgustingly in a sacred cathedral.
“I heard that painting is up for sale. But be careful. It might be a trap.”
Someone had told me that. There was always a man who informed him. Thanks to that man, I could deal with them. Justin, this cadet, and all the others I would kill, all of them.
I immediately stole a horse from the dormitory and rushed to the cathedral. Ah, I might get caught. It could be a trap, just as that man said. But, so what?
I laughed. Yes, it would be better if I got caught. Maybe then she would regret it. Because my self-destruction is all because of her.
“I love Noah the most in the world. My adorable Noah.”
She said that while hugging me tightly and kissing my cheek.
“Hey, Noah. You know Crown Prince Raios, right? It’s a secret, but I really love him. I’ve never loved a man like this before.”
How could she love someone else more than me? Liar. That’s betrayal.
I still vividly remember. The face of that woman whispered in my ear that she loved another man. The first time I saw her face, drenched in sweet happiness.
I hated that face. I hated it so much that I wanted to make her cry, wishing she would suffer because of me. At least in that moment, her emotions would be solely directed at me…
“Noah!”
At that moment, a small figure sprang forward. Startled, I pulled on the reins. Neigh! The horse stopped abruptly with a loud cry.
“…You.”
It was her.
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