If They Get Obsessed, I’m Doomed - Chapter 17.1
Translator: Nabi
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Chapter 17.1
“It’s not like I’m trying to take anything away from you, and I also don’t bother digging into your people either.”
“Does that even matter when we share personal connections anyway?”
“If you’re going to be so sensitive about it, I’ll step back from the academy side.”
“You can lie about keeping the boundary all you want. However, when Lex comes back, you’ll regain the territory again and you’ll be doing what you’re doing! Since he has taken the position of crown prince, even the local nobles will have to defer to you to some extent, so why are you wasting your time on a county’s princess?”
“That’s right, but I’m not really trying to be involved with her for the political games.”
“….”
“Why does it look so good in your hands?”
“….”
“The same goes for your fiancée.”
“Stop…”
“But once I had it, it wasn’t fun anymore.”
“…Ha!”
With a sigh resembling a mocking scoff, Skylar let out a low curse. The person who couldn’t stand it seemed to have reached the threshold.
The corners of his mouth quivered as if trying to suppress his emotions.
“…Yeah… I’d feel better if I didn’t own anything personally. I need to get rid of everything, be it people or anything, otherwise…”
Skylar, burning with anger to the core, roughly unwrapped something cold from his wrist.
At that moment, Devoncia seemed somewhat surprised.
“Are you serious?”
Instead of answering the question, Skylar held what he had grabbed from his wrist and looked out at the river. Even without wind, the water’s current wasn’t slow, and something as light as this would be quickly carried away in no time. On the other hand, reading his intention, Devoncia crossed his arms and smiled meaningfully.
It was a slight smirk that seemed to be bitter or perhaps even caustic.
“It’s a sacrilege to mother, Skylar.”
“Shut up. You’ve never even properly commemorated your mother.”
“You know I wasn’t in a position to commemorate.”
“But whether I throw it away or not.”
“You’re the one who cherishes it.”
Upon hearing that, Skylar sealed his lips. His face was fierce, as it was filled with turbulent emotions.
“…I’m sick of it.”
With an air of resignation at the end of his anger, Skylar interrupted the conversation.
His brow furrowed, and he narrowed his eyes with his clenched jaw. Overwhelmed by emotion, he threw what he had in his hand into the river. Rather than saying that he really intended to do that, it felt more like he was forced to give up because of weariness and frustration with Devoncia’s behavior.
The object that fell into the river sparkled with a silvery light. It appeared lightweight and was easily carried away by the current.
Coincidentally, the silvery object drifted towards where Ariel was hiding. Floating and sinking in the calm ripples, it illuminated its slender form—a circular, curved shape linked by chains. Slowly submerging in the water, it was a bracelet that radiated a pearly sheen.
“Why bother throwing it away?”
“I’d rather discard it than get more involved with you.”
“Are you sure you don’t mind? It’s an heirloom, even if you throw it away.”
Even though Devoncia expressed concern, his tone strangely sounded like he was sneering and mocking at the same time.
Still, Sky didn’t say anything.
On the contrary, Ariel was the one who appeared shaken. Her eyes widened significantly as she watched the bracelet being carried away.
‘…What did Devoncia just say? Heirloom? If it’s an heirloom…’
Something left behind by a deceased person. Something they used.
‘If that’s the case, the deceased person is related to Skylar… whom Devoncia mentioned earlier…’
“You’ve never even properly commemorated your mother.”
Mother. His biological mother.
…An item left behind by his biological mother.
It was an heirloom left by Skylar’s mother that was floating downstream, passing by where she was.
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Translator’s Note: Hello, it’s Nabi! I’m the translator of this novel ପ( ๑•ᴗ•๑ )ଓ♡ If you like the novel and would like to support me, please feel free to click the button below to go to my kofi~! Thank you so much for always supporting the novels I work on, even if you don’t buy me a coffee, I really do appreciate it a lot. ❤︎
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So she will jump into the river…… right?👀