Not Knowing The Betrayal Of That Day - Chapter 111
Translator and Editor: Effe and Yonnee
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Chapter 111
Though it had been aiming for her all this time, the misfortune suddenly opened its mouth, growling while getting ready to attack Hert at any moment. So, Tessa ran to call him, forgetting that she had planned to just look at him from afar.
Even now, misfortune was targeting Hert and licking its lips. An unpleasant laugh reverberates through Tessa as if it were going to eat him at any moment. This made Tessa’s mind even more anxious.
“Tessa.”
When Tessa stopped speaking, Hert called to her quietly. Tessa closed her eyes tightly, then opened them. Her mouth barely opened to answer his call.
“I don’t… want you to… go. I want to continue to stay with you…”
In the end, she chose not to talk about the misfortune.
“What are you saying again?”
“So… If you don’t go…”
Tessa, who continued her words, stiffened at the misfortune she could see over his shoulder.
There was something glistening in the misfortune’s mouth.
Before long, a red tongue stretched out from the damp darkness. Tessa shook her head.
No!
You can’t!
“…Her!”
By all means, misfortune comes and devours everything. Misfortune coveted its prey in a direction that no one expected.
Thud!
―Gulp.
.
.
.
Lange left the place so that the two could have a comfortable conversation. He headed to the place where Ferdale was tied up.
There were several soldiers guarding the area, so the possibility of the tightly bound Young Marquis escaping was remarkably low. But he still wanted to check it one more time.
As soon as one of the soldiers watching over Ferdale saw Lange, he lowered his head and spoke to him with a serious face.
“Welcome back, Sir Geoffrey. The Young Marquis since a while ago… seems a little odd.”
“Odd?”
“Yes… Laughing while muttering something like a crazy person… It would be faster to see for yourself.”
The soldier moved out of the way to ask Lange to take a look.
As soon as Lange drew closer to Ferdale, who was tied to a tree, he immediately understood why the soldier had said that. Ferdale’s condition really was odd.
“What… Have you truly gone insane?”
Hert had strangled and beaten Ferdale so much he couldn’t even open his eyes. Right now, he kept muttering to himself, kicking and giggling and laughing. He really looked like a person who had completely lost his mind.
‘Has he gone mad now that his ambitious plans went to waste?’
Lange has pretended to be a hostage rather than actually being a hostage before returning to the Jutert estate. He did to some extent help with the Young Marquis’ plan. Knowing exactly what Ferdale’s goal was, he knew how devastating the current outcome would be for Ferdale.
‘Well, it’s probably hard to endure without going crazy.’
Lange lifted Ferdale’s chin with the tip of his toe. Then he was able to face Ferdale’s eyes that were out of focus. For a moment, he felt an unpleasant feeling. Goosebumps ran through his body, and Lange hastily removed his foot and took a step back.
“Kehe… You thought it was over… But it’s not over yet… I knew this would happen… pfft, haha. I can’t be… the only one… to die… kehehe…”
“What are you saying…”
The voice was small and faint, Lange could barely understand Ferdale’s words. Ferdale kept repeating that it wasn’t over. Then, after a while, his body shook in big movements and he burst into laughter. He looked straight at Lange and said,
“I guess that crazy Marquis… knows it? Kehehe, it’s really… giving me goosebumps… Pfft. Right… I can’t be the only one… If I’m going to die… Let’s all die together!”
Die together? Suddenly Lange raised his head and looked around. Come to think of it, were all those who entered the castle with Ferdale caught? After the castle collapsed following the battle of the territories, the surroundings were cluttered. In other words, it was a good environment for someone to hide in.
‘Could it be that the Duke planted the assassin?’
Lange hurried past the soldiers to find Mozen. In the distance, he saw Mozen, who was roughly dealing with the current situation on behalf of Hert.
“Dame Bosch!”
“Sir Geoffrey?”
“Where are those who entered the castle with the Young Marquis? Did you catch them all?”
As Lange asked urgently, Mozen moved her gaze to the place where the enemy soldiers were gathered.
“Currently, we are trying to figure it out, but most of them have been caught…”
Lange immediately checked the number of enemies. There were not many of them. Lange started swearing at the difference between the number that he knew and the number of soldiers he is currently seeing. They could have run away, or they could have been crushed to death without being able to get out of the castle.
‘Right now, Sir Shine…!’
At this moment, Lange twisted his body to report directly to Hert. On a pathway not far from him, a man dressed as a soldier of the territory was aiming a bow.
The taut string of the bow seemed ready to be shot at any moment. The tip of the arrow was pointed at Hert and Tessa. Lange was hesitant in an instant and shouted.
“…Sir! Behind you!”
And at that moment, the assassin let go of the bowstring he had drawn towards Hert.
Fwick—!
The arrow flew in quickly and accurately to its target with a piercing sound, without anyone even having time to stop it.
Everything happened in an instant.
At that moment when everyone was off guard.
Thud…!
The red hair floated in the air once and then fell in a messy mess. As the small, slender body tumbled into Hert’s arms, he reflexively held her and froze. A ringing came in his ears.
What is this…? What the hell is going on now…
Rather, why Tessa…
“…….”
Hert looked down at Tessa, who was slowly embracing him with dazed eyes. The arrow was firmly lodged on her back as she half-closed her eyes. The long, sharp arrowhead was mercilessly digging into her back.
Quickly, dark red blood began to flow, soaking Tessa’s clothes.
“What…”
Hert lightly put his hand on her back, then soon saw the blood on his hand. His hand trembled. It wasn’t fake blood. It was real blood—exceedingly hot, unbearably smelling like iron. Just like the blood he had shed on the battlefield. It was flowing down Tessa’s back now.
But why?
Why Tessa?
Hert still couldn’t accept what had happened in front of him. No, he couldn’t even believe it. Where did things go wrong?
He remembered hearing his aide, Lange, calling him from far away. So he looked back.
At that moment, Tessa pushed him back…
That was the situation.
‘No.’
‘This can’t be.’
Hert shook his head slowly with a devastated face. This can’t be real. A situation like this could not have been real. It’s just a dream. It was clear that this was nothing. Or it’s just a delusion that his mind suddenly created because of how his head was spinning.
That kind of delusion where Tessa received the arrow on his behalf…
“Her…”
With that sound, the loud buzz around him gradually faded away. There were the intermittent small breathing noises and barely flowing faint voice. He looked down at the woman in his arms once more, his face filled with fear.
In the pale complexion, thin eyelashes trembled like candles going out.
Tessa.. was losing consciousness.
She was dying.
His heart was sinking greatly, and at the same time, he felt like everything was collapsing from the inside out.
Hert muttered in despair.
“N…no… nonsense…”
“…H-Her…”
“No, please… Tessa…”
“Her…”
The pale little hand trembling weakly grabs Hert’s clothes as if to calm him down. Hert looked at the hand, shaking uncontrollably. Before he knew it, his vision was blurred with tears.
Is this real?
No… It can’t be like this.
He let out a silent scream and urgently grabbed Tessa’s hand.
Don’t die, Tessa…
Please, please.
The warmth in her small hands was disappearing. Her small hand was always warm, and gently holding his hand… the hand was gradually getting cold.
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