Not Knowing The Betrayal Of That Day - Chapter 124
Translator and Editor: Effe and Yonnee
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Chapter 124
The voices were now coming right next to Tessa’s ears. Tessa suddenly burst into tears and shook her head. Please stop! There’s no need to go this far…
‘Well, it’s natural since he was sold as a gladiator slave. It’s unfortunate. So just forget about him.’
‘That…’
‘Stupid bitch, you should know your place.’
‘Help! Please!’
‘You were sold anyway. This, too, is your fault.’
‘Just once, just once…’
‘I would have said that there was no use in shouting like that, right? I told you so many times. ‘I told you there was no one here who would listen to you, you bitch!’
‘…Ack!’
Slap!
Tessa was startled by the sharp sound and unconsciously hugged her stomach again. However, she immediately raised her head when she heard a familiar voice.
‘It’s been a while, Tessa. Why did you betray me?’
Aahh…
Tessa couldn’t say anything anymore. Before she knew it, tears were flowing non-stop from her eyes. She no longer tried to block the voices coming to her. Her body shook violently and she let out silent cries.
So this was it, they wanted to let her know about this.
‘Instead, promise me this one thing.’
‘Don’t betray me again.’
‘I’ll try to forget what happened between you and me seven years ago.’
‘So promise just one thing, please do that.’
A low, blunt voice. Even though he was pressing her tight, his touch was warm and soft. So Tessa greedily told him she wanted to be with him. She says once again she wants to be happy with him…
So she made a promise. Just like that day when they were young, they made a firm pledge with each other’s little fingers.
However…
Why was she here…
What is this?
‘You always make me crazy.’
‘It would be nice if your heart was the same as mine.’
‘I’ve known since long ago. You can’t get everything you want.’
Why couldn’t she tell him? Why couldn’t she say it?
That she was just like him.
Tessa, who had finally come out of the oblivion, cried loudly, shedding tears. It felt like her heart had been ripped open. Regret continued to flow through the open gap.
Where she was now was simply not her home. In the meantime, Tessa was deep inside her oblivion, which she had built up. Inside, Tessa was being deceived by her life that was made up of lies. No, she covered her eyes and tried to forget. However, she continued to criticize and neglect.
Because of misfortune.
She ended up like this because she was a poor child who was abandoned and because she was unhappy.
She made excuses.
Misfortune was just a monster of her own making.
Sorry, Her. I’m really sorry, Her. I had to say it. I should have told you that directly. But I…… I’m here now. I left everything and ran away. I was scared again, I thought I couldn’t handle it…
I forgot everything.
I tried to forget everything and stay here.
‘You… didn’t do anything wrong. Nothing, you did nothing wrong.’
‘Don’t die…’
‘Please…’
‘Tessa…’
You told me not to die.
You told me to live…
I betrayed you.
Even…
Even our child.
Tessa hugged her stomach even tighter. In her stomach was their child, whom she had forgotten and ignored. The child was struggling to live. She had to wake up. She had to remember everything. The child was struggling for the mother, who was infinitely inadequate and weak.
‘I’m sorry, baby… Mom is sorry…’
When Tessa remembered everything, she felt so disgusted and resentful of herself that all she could do was run away. She couldn’t stop crying.
Was she happy? Was she so happy that she didn’t want to wake up? It was just a vain delusion created by foolishness. She was deceived by that fake sweetness and decided to stay here forever. Tessa still couldn’t forgive herself for being foolish and stupid.
But what she couldn’t forgive even more was that she had completely forgotten about those who were more precious than her life. How can she forget them? How can she think of staying here? Eventually, Tessa wiped away the tears with the back of her hand.
She had to make everything right now.
Let’s not run away anymore.
To stay by the side of those she loved.
Tessa decided to be brave one last time.
Tessa stood up with shaky legs and headed towards the door leading to the outside.
The entire scenery melted away, and in the empty space, bright light was pouring down on her from so far away that she couldn’t even open her eyes properly.
Without hesitation, Tessa followed the light and ran towards where it was.
One step, two steps…
The voice of the person she wanted to see the most was guiding her like a lighthouse in the harbor.
‘Tessa.’
The soft, sweet voice made Tessa feel like she was about to burst into tears.
Yes, Her. I’m here. I’m coming to you now. Hold on.
Even though she couldn’t see anything, Tessa was no longer scared. She believed that if she just went straight to where the sound was coming from, she would be able to meet Hert, so her steps were light.
I have to go quickly.
Hert is waiting for me.
And finally Tessa saw the outstretched hand and held it tightly. The firm, large embrace, so full of warmth. It was as if he had been waiting for her.
Tessa burst into tears and decided she would never let go of this hand—never again.
When she barely lifted her eyelids, she saw a familiar face.
The face she had pictured every day for seven years.
She is finally able to face it properly.
“…Tessa.”
Tessa smiled brightly with a crying face.
Hello, Her.
.
.
.
Hert had a very short dream. A dream where he was playing in the field with Tessa a long time ago. In that dream, there was Tessa smiling brightly, wearing a wreath of wild flowers on her head. Her red hair fluttered in the gentle breeze, and her lush limbs, moving as lightly like a butterfly’s wings. Even the small sound of laughter is as pure as a musical instrument.
‘Her.’
A small mouth quietly calls his name. Then Hert had no choice but to focus on what she said.
‘Sometimes I think we too are like seeds.’
‘…What are you talking about?’
‘We too are like seeds…’
The dream gradually became blurry. At the same time, Tessa’s words begin to fade. Hert looked at Tessa disappearing. Tessa was smiling wider than ever.
‘If you wait patiently, won’t the day come when flowers bloom?’
At that moment, Hert felt a small hand wriggling in his hand. The hand was extremely clear. The moment he noticed this, Hert woke up from his dream and realized that he had fallen asleep by Tessa’s side for a moment.
And soon he could feel it.
A small hand holding his hand tightly.
Hert froze without realizing it and looked blankly at Tessa lying down.
Her eyelids, which were always closed, were slowly rising and falling repeatedly.
No way.
He barely managed to call out to her in a bursting voice.
“…Tessa.”
Tessa smiled at those words. Brighter than ever.
Hert couldn’t hold back and burst into tears.
I waited for you.
I hope you open your eyes…
“…Her.”
Suddenly, a cracked voice calls out to him in an answer. Tessa continued to mutter, as if there was something she needed to say now, even though her throat was very dry from not speaking for a long time.
Because of this, her voice broke here and there.
“I’m, so… rry…”
“Tessa, don’t speak, right now just…”
“No, I… have to, say it…”
“Tessa…”
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