The Story Is Not Over Yet - Chapter 159
Translator and Editor: Effe and Nabi
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Chapter 159
Azela grumbled in a tone of annoyance, casting a quick glance towards Chises and Zagnac. She wanted to go over there. She has to go and stop Chises. When she turned her head once more, she met Daniel’s gaze, who stood before her, perspiring with a pained smile.
“I love Duke Ferial.”
“….”
“Not you, Daniel.”
Daniel’s eyes quivered, his countenance reluctant to accept the truth.
Observing the trembling in his eyes, Azela sighed disapprovingly, clicked her tongue, and pivoted away.
“Don’t look for me again. Don’t even try to see my face.”
“A, Azela…”
“If you feel sorry for me, at least don’t try to see me again. You are the one who cannot abandon me.”
Daniel tightly pressed his lips together in response to Azela’s remark. It was true. She had abandoned him and departed. However, it was he who couldn’t let go of her, and it was he who clung steadfastly to the thread of regret.
“Even if you miss me, even if you feel like dying without me, bear with it.”
“How, how could I, Azela, without you…”
“That is the path you have chosen.”
He covered his face with trembling hands as she spoke firmly. How could he live without her? It was nonsensical that he could live without thinking of Azela.
Eventually, Daniel collapsed.
It was not that he couldn’t admit it, it was that he didn’t want to admit it.
“Come back, Azela.”
He howled. Daniel had always valued other people’s eyes, but that didn’t matter to him now. It didn’t matter whether others laughed at him or looked at him with sympathy.
“Everything, let’s go back to the way we used to be, Azela.”
“….”
As long as he could get her back to his side, it didn’t matter.
“Azela, I’ll let you do anything you want to do. If you want anything, I’ll give it to you. If you don’t like Sylvia, I’ll make her leave. That, so…”
“I told you. Now, Daniel, it doesn’t matter what you do.”
Azela spat in a grave tone and turned her body away.
As she walked away, Daniel’s eyes welled up with tears. He couldn’t comprehend where things had gone wrong. Was it a mistake to bring Sylvia? Still, that was a common thing that all other nobles did, so why did it happen only to him?
He hastily wiped away the tears with the back of his hand.
“…No, it can’t be Azela. You will come back to me.”
Lost in his own thoughts, he muttered quietly to himself, appearing somewhat deranged. Those around him began to discreetly distance themselves from his unsettling presence.
Azela shifted her gaze from Daniel and turned her attention towards Zagnac. Although she couldn’t understand their conversation, Chises seemed at ease while Zagnac exuded a dangerous aura, as if his sanity had been severed.
Impatient, she quickened her pace.
And then it was.
“Azela…”
She could hear a groggy voice. The startled Azela paused and stiffly turned her head away.
“…Sylvia?”
Seeing Sylvia’s presence, Azela couldn’t help but question her own eyes.
Sylvia, adorned in an elegant dress, failed to possess the beauty that would complement such attire. Her cheeks appeared gaunt and hollowed, while her countenance resembled that of a specter. Her emaciated figure, devoid of flesh, seemed fragile as if it might crumble at any moment.
She appeared so frail and haggard that it wouldn’t be surprising if her life were to slip away tomorrow.
“It’s because of you.”
She directed her sorrowful gaze towards Daniel, who continued to mutter incoherently. Concealed in the shadows of the gathering, she too overheard Daniel’s words, “If you don’t like Sylvia, I’ll make her leave.’
…He had abandoned her.
Clutching her right hand tightly, Sylvia’s grip grew firm.
“This is.”
Her bloodshot eyes turned to Azela.
“Because of you, Azela.”
“…You are still the same, Sylvia.”
“If only… you had been quiet.”
Had she not declared her departure from the estate, had she not mentioned seeking a divorce, the circumstances would have been different.
Daniel wouldn’t have yearned for Azela, and he wouldn’t have forsaken her. In such a scenario, she wouldn’t have become the subject of everyone’s scrutiny, and perhaps… just perhaps, she could have nurtured affection for the child growing within her.
Sylvia gently rested her hand on her slimmed stomach.
Observing her gesture, Azela’s eyes instinctively shifted towards Sylvia’s stomach.
“Sylvia, your stomach…”
The baby wasn’t due to arrive just yet. When Azela asked with her eyebrows furrowed, Sylvia laughed out loud to answer her.
Hahaha.
A loud and unsettling sound that captured the attention of everyone at the party.
“Why pretend you don’t know, Azela! You killed it!”
“….!”
…Killed? With her trembling gaze, Azela looked back at her stomach.
‘No way…’
She glanced at Sylvia with a frown.
“…You miscarried, Sylvia.”
Everyone who had paid attention to Azela’s small voice took a deep breath. Everyone at the party was looking at her slimmer stomach.
Tears flowed from Sylvia’s eyes.
“…It’s because of you. You, you took everything from me.”
“….”
“You ruined everything… because of you!”
Sylvia, who was crying with all her might, pulled out a small dagger from the bag she had brought with her. The sudden appearance of the dagger caused the party hall to become agitated in an instant.
Looking at the dagger in her hand, Azela spoke in a calm tone.
“Are you going to stab me with that?”
“….”
“You still blame others.… Don’t pretend to be the victim, Sylvia. Even if you’re crying like that, I don’t feel sorry for you at all.”
Her grave tone made Sylvia tightly grip the dagger with both hands. Although the hired knights rushed in and tried to subdue Sylvia, Azela lightly raised her hand to stop them.
“It’s all your fault, Sylvia.”
“….”
“It was you who loved Daniel even though you knew he was such a man.”
“…N, no.”
“You were the one who kicked me out to take my place.”
“No!”
“You are the one who couldn’t love the child you had.”
“It can’t be my fault! I didn’t do anything wrong…!”
“In the end, you are the one who killed the child and lost Daniel.”
At Azela’s firmness, Sylvia bit her lip hard.
“Stab me if you can. It will be your fault that you stabbed me with it and became a criminal.”
“This, this—!”
Sylvia bit her lip hard and gripped the dagger.
“Die, Azela!”
Without a moment’s hesitation, she advanced towards Azela, wielding her dagger with deadly intent. Chises and Zagnac, observing from afar, widened their eyes in astonishment.
However…
“Countess Todd.”
To everyone’s surprise, it was Livia who swiftly interposed herself between Azela and Sylvia. The audacious action of the young princess left onlookers wide-eyed.
Livia casually snapped her fingers in Sylvia’s direction.
“Aack!!”
With a single snap, Sylvia’s wrist contorted grotesquely, causing her to cry out in pain. The dagger she held slipped from her hand and dropped at Azela’s feet.
“Countess Todd, you are dreadful.”
“Th, that…!”
In a composed manner, she addressed Sylvia, who clutched her injured wrist with a calm expression. Sylvia’s face displayed sheer astonishment as if she had just witnessed a monstrous creature. It wasn’t just her. Everyone observing the unfolding scene regarded Livia with disbelief.
“Di-did Her Highness do that right now?”
“What is that?”
In a world where magic was gone, what followed Livia’s finger snap was enough to startle anyone. In the past, Livia would have been overwhelmed by such scrutiny, but things had changed now.
“What, what is it?”
“Miss Vellista, are you okay?”
“What, what is this…”
With her twisted wrist, the fallen dagger at Azela’s feet, and the crowd of onlookers pointing and gawking at her, everything seemed to be falling apart. Sylvia, clutching her stomach, smiled wide and pointed an accusing finger at Livia.
“You are a monster!”
Taken aback by Sylvia’s accusation, Azela hurriedly called out to her while examining Livia’s expression. However, Livia remained detached, unaffected by the commotion surrounding her.
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