Because She Had A Time Limit, She Became The Villain's Daughter-in-law - Chapter 133
Translator and Editor: Effe and Nabi
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Chapter 133
After that, Evan didn’t build any special memories with Laria because Ludva said he shouldn’t be happy with her. Still, once in a while, whenever he got sick, he would talk about this and that with her.
“Head of the Academy? That’s really great. Winning the youth swordsmanship competition? I’m so proud. That kind of person is my husband!”
After Laria jokingly treated him ‘nicely,’ she always added her true feelings.
“Though I guess you must have really wanted to brag about that to me?”
Evan got used to the two-faced Laria like that… both the kind, sweet, and pretentious Laria and the quick-witted, cunning real Laria.
He trained swordsmanship with Ludva until he was exactly sixteen. However, it had to stop then, as he was able to beat Ludva perfectly. It was then that Evan realized that Ludva was not normal. He had received the education of a successor, and he, too, had matured.
…Nonetheless, his body was already full of irreparable wounds.
For a long time, both Laria and Evan were sick and indifferent to each other. Just like that, everyday life went by.
For example, it was like dinner time when Laria held out a plate of tart to Evan, who came in late one day.
“You seem to like sweets.”
“I don’t like it.”
Laria quickly added to Evan’s blunt words.
“I ordered Lisa to order tarts from my favorite bakery as a child. I ordered yours, do you want to eat it together? Not because you like it, but because I like it.”
At those words, Evan replied annoyedly as he placed flowers on the table without saying anything else.
“…Give it to me.”
“You do like it, right? But what is it? What flower is this?”
“Because the spring flowers are pretty. You can’t see it because you’re always in your room.”
The more time they met, the more memories they had of each other.
Time passed just like that.
Evan turned twenty, and Laria turned twenty-one.
Despite hearing that the doctor, Avery, was quite good, Laria’s condition showed no signs of improving, and she could hardly go out of the room. So, from the time Evan first saw her, she had been doing nothing and had been confined to bed.
Her coughing was getting more and more frequent. In addition, her body was thin and her face was pale. Although she had long since come of age, she was still in such bad shape that she still looked like a child.
Kallaudin was still not interested in them. It was because he was very busy fighting for power with his political opponent Duke Orlando. Evan wasn’t very interested in his father either.
Rather…
“You’re here? Cough, cough.”
When he entered the room, he was more concerned with Laria, who greeted him.
“Are you feeling unwell today?”
“Well, always.”
Laria laughed weakly and replied.
Due to Ludva’s influence, Evan didn’t try to get along with her at all. But nonetheless, after sharing the same room every day for several years, they had no choice but to build a friendship. Even if he tried to stay away, he felt like he was being stopped somewhere when he was talking to her, so they were like good friends.
“I’ll wash up and come back.”
As always, Evan went into the bathroom attached to the room first. He was almost done washing and putting on his indoor clothes when he suddenly heard a thump and something fall outside.
“Laria?”
Recalling Laria, who looked too weak earlier, he ran into her room without even thinking about picking up his clothes.
“Ah…”
Laria, who was lying on the floor, was barely raising herself.
“I’m a bit dizzy…”
“…You’ve never been like this. Has it really gotten worse lately?”
He asked anxiously, supporting her. However, she did not give an answer to that question.
“…Evan.”
She just ran her trembling hand over his body.
“What’s this?”
“Ah.”
Come to think of it, he ran out of the bathroom in a hurry and couldn’t get his indoor clothes right.
“It’s nothing.”
“What do you mean nothing?!”
She gave off an uncharacteristic rage.
“Where are you getting hit? You said you won the youth swordsmanship competition! Was that all a lie?”
“Why would I lie to you about something like that?”
“Then, what is this?”
“Calm down for now.”
As Evan let out a sigh and slowly laid her down on the bed, Laria asked as she continued to fidget with his wound, and then she suddenly asked.
“Is it father?”
“What?”
“The person who can… hurt you like this…”
“No.”
Evan smiled.
“He’s never been a good father to me, but he’s not like that.”
“Really?”
“Of course, recently, he kidnapped a priest and took away the holy relic.”
“….”
“I wasn’t even baptized because he was terribly indifferent to his son.”
“…He is bad enough for his child and others?”
“Anyway, it’s all in the past. You don’t have to worry about it.”
Laria’s purple eyes were staring at him.
“If you don’t tell me, I won’t sleep tonight and I’ll keep coughing.”
“You’re threatening…”
“Hurry.”
When she opened her sharp eyes, Evan calmly told her all about his past. When he was thirteen years old, from the time he returned to the Duke’s residence, he was abused by Ludva, the leader of the knights.
When he was able to beat him completely at the age of sixteen, he calmly explained that it was all over and that he threatened Ludva and let him go quietly.
“Still, just looking at a blue uniform made me feel bad.”
He casually picked up his indoor clothes and said so.
“That’s why I told the Knights not to wear blue uniforms.”
“Who knows about… this fact?”
“Me, Ludva, you.”
“Why… why didn’t you tell anyone?”
“Should I tell you?”
“….”
Evan spoke nonchalantly, then he was startled and asked.
“…Are you crying?”
Laria pulled back his indoor clothes and gazed at his wound again. Her face was already wet with her tears.
“How…how can a person get to this point…”
“It is all in the past. Don’t cry. Besides, why are you crying?”
The answer from Laria was so unexpected that Evan was very surprised.
“I’m sorry.”
“…Huh?”
“I’m sorry…”
“Why are you—”
Evan asked, bewildered, and Laria murmured as she swept his wound again.
“From then until now, we kept sharing a room, but I didn’t know.”
“I hid it.”
“I should have known. I wish I had paid a little more attention, but my body is sick… I couldn’t observe more.”
Laria did not even think to wipe away the tears that flowed.
“If at least one person knew, I could have told the thirteen-year-old you that it was nonsense…”
“It’s okay. It’s in the past, so don’t cry.”
Saying so, he raised his hand and wiped away her tears. Still, when her tears didn’t stop, Evan sighed and added.
“I wasn’t nice to you, and we weren’t very close until now.”
“…I know.”
“It wasn’t even happening anymore right now, so why are you sorry for me?”
“But you…”
Laria hesitated, then she opened her mouth again.
“…You are the only one I can talk to.”
“What?”
“Speaking a few words a day with you was the only conversation I had…”
Evan’s head went blank.
“So, the person closest to me is you.”
She knew that she couldn’t even dream of social activities because she was so sick, but she thought she would live talking to the maids…
Laria said as if she had noticed his thoughts.
“Lisa is competent, but something about her seems to be spying on me. My doctor, Avery, doesn’t even explain the symptoms to me properly.”
“….”
“That’s why I was only cherishing you… bit by bit. You’re my husband anyway. It’s not that you’re being mean to me. However, after living together every night for seven years, now I know…”
Tears welled up in her eyes again.
“If I could turn back time… again…”
She whimpered and uttered.
“I will definitely notice something strange about you first and save you before time runs out.”
“…How?”
“Somehow.”
Laria caught her breath.
“Because I really don’t know, but I’m really good at acting and I’m smart, right?”
Evan just smiled and didn’t answer.
“If I had only been in good shape and could move at least, I would have been the powerhouse of this mansion.”
He was worried that she would cry so much that it would be worse for her body.
“Alright, so don’t cry.”
“Why are you answering insincerely? I mean it.”
Laria whimpered and gazed into his eyes.
“I was actually giving up a little bit.”
“What?”
“About living.”
Evan felt his heart thump.
“However… I got a little greedy.”
“What greed?”
“I want to get better and get along well with you.”
The earnestness in her voice kept him silent for a while.
“If something like this happens in the future, then I want to protect you.”
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zoetekim
Why am I crying in the club right now 😭
kuroneko_chan
Oh my gawd! Their past lives was so sad 😭😭 and it sounds like Laria may not have transmigated, that she really was the OG Laria.
Livon Saffron
Oh boi I am tearing up a lil