The Story Is Not Over Yet - Chapter 177
Translator and Editor: Effe and Nabi
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Chapter 177
“If you really loved me.”
“….”
“Don’t kill me if I leave you, Daniel.”
“….!”
The end of a mistress was always death—either being killed by the man who changed his mind or being killed by the wife.
Daniel couldn’t open his lips at her words.
“Goodbye, Daniel.”
As Sylvia left the mansion with a greeting, he was left alone in the empty mansion.
“How did this happen…”
Among the bursts of light, Zagnac fell to his knees with a vain look.
As Livia finished chanting the spell, the light that had filled the parlor gradually disappeared, and the room grew quiet.
After using ancient magic properly for the first time in her life, Livia was strewn out and barely able to open her eyes. Even though she was breathing weakly, like it would soon die off, she searched for Azela with her eyes.
‘Azela.’
Azela was lying on the floor with her eyes closed. Fortunately, her figure did not disappear. If her soul disappeared, did that mean her form would remain? Was she dead, or was she still breathing?
She had no way to check.
Tears welled up in Livia’s dry eyes at the thought. If she failed, she was sorry for not being able to help her, and if she succeeded, she was sorry for killing her. Either way, she just felt sorry.
“A…zela.”
At the same time, a very faint light appeared and disappeared on Zagnac’s body as she knelt. His hands were shaking. Despite the fact that he had lived his entire life without knowing anything about fear, he was so scared now.
He was scared as he felt his own body, which had been blurry, become clearer.
“Azela.”
Although he called out Azela’s name again, she didn’t give any answer. Even though he knew it was unsightly, Zagnac crawled towards the fallen Azela on his hands and knees.
“…Azela.”
He wanted to shake her, but all he could do was call her name again. What if he shook him and she wouldn’t wake up? What if he touched her hand and it only felt cold?
He just felt anxious and worried.
Looking at her, Zagnac soon averted his eyes to Livia, who had collapsed on the sofa. The Princess, barely able to blink her eyes, was crying so hard that the sofa got wet.
“What happened?”
“….”
“What happened? I felt her life fading away. Why on earth…”
Zagnac, who was about to argue with her, turned his eye to the book lying next to the fallen Livia. It was a book that he was familiar with. His expression distorted as he looked at the book, and his fists clenched tightly.
He could tell the source of the book without asking… it was Lane.
Zagnac touched his forehead. It seemed that he was caught off guard by Lane again last time.
He frowned at Livia.
“…Did you succeed?”
Livia moved her eyes without answering his question. That meant that she didn’t know.
She didn’t say a word, but he managed to understand her meaning. Then, nodding his head, he quietly raised his hand and touched Azela’s cheek. Was his hand warm, or did the spell fail, and she didn’t die?
He didn’t know.
“…If something like this happens again next time, I won’t stay silent.”
“….”
Of course, he didn’t know if there would be time until next time. Zagnac carefully lifted Azela, leaving a warning to Livia.
Her entire body was warm.
The throbbing of her heart felt vivid against his skin, telling him that she was not dead.
…She didn’t die. She was alive.
At the thought, he turned away with a sigh of relief.
When Zagnac, who was holding Azela in her arms, left the parlor, Daran, who had been waiting outside, quickly entered. While the surprised Daran was calling out for Livia and asked to bring a doctor, he lightly ignored it and left Livia’s palace.
“Why…”
He pressed his cheek against her forehead as he sighed. Although he couldn’t hear her breathing, the pounding of her heart put him at ease. Still, it was impossible to know what side effects the spell, once performed, would bring.
Zagnac hurried his steps.
At the mansion, he felt that Azela’s energy was fading and flew away, so he did not prepare a carriage in advance, though fortunately, there was a carriage that Azela rode, and the two rode it and returned to the mansion.
“Ma, Madam!”
After arriving at the mansion, he got out of the carriage with Azela in his arms. Baharf came running out with a shocked face. The butler’s face turned pale and cold, seeing his madam’s limp body.
“Shall I call a doctor?”
Zagnac paused and looked at Azela’s face. Her tightly closed eyes even looked like she was asleep, like she was trying to wash away the fatigue of the past few days. Even if they call a doctor, nothing would be resolved.
He slowly shook his head.
“No, it’s fine.”
“Then what…”
“Do nothing. Make sure no one comes up to the bedroom floor. Just clean it.”
“But Master…”
“That’s enough, Baharf.”
Zagnac, who had said that it was enough, looked very tired. He clearly seemed exhausted, but it was somehow more vivid than usual.
Seeing his master’s fatigue, Barharf quietly looked at Azela in his arms and nodded. Then, as he stepped aside, Zagnac climbed the stairs to the bedroom floor, holding Azela. The maids who were cleaning the bedding came down the stairs all at once.
In the quiet bedroom, Zagnac carefully laid Azela down.
“Azela.”
“….”
Although he called her name carefully again, there was still no answer. Zagnac, who was scared once again, dragged a chair and sat down next to the bed, holding her hand.
“Please don’t do that anymore.”
“….”
“If you want to punish me, this is enough. Stop it now, Azela…”
His throat was choked from the emotions welling up in his eyes. He pressed his trembling lips and slowly said one word at a time.
“I’m sorry I fell in love with you.”
“….”
“Even if I loved you, I should never have shown it. I should never, ever have been caught.”
Amid the quiet cries, Zagnac eventually shed tears.
He shouldn’t have said he loved her in the first place. When she asked him to marry Livia, he just had to do it. If that were the case, even though her heart would have been hurt, her body wouldn’t have been hurt.
“…If that’s the case, I would rather die.”
“….!”
Zagnac, who had lowered his head and was shedding tears, lifted his head in surprise at the voice he heard. The blue eyes, which he thought would never open again, were looking at him.
Azela, seeing his face, raised her hand and wiped away his tears with a tearful look.
“Seeing that I’m able to look at you like this, it looks like even that failed.”
“…Azela.”
“It was the last resort. Really, it was the last thing I could do… I was hoping to never see you like this.”
“Azela.”
“I do want to see you again… Zagnac, I do miss you… but I begged not to see you again. I hope that will be the last time.”
She couldn’t say anything because even he knew what she meant. Zagnac could only remain silent as Azela’s hand wiped his cheek while he shed unstoppable tears. The pillow became damp from the tears.
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry.”
He apologized as he buried his face in her palms. The bedroom was filled with the sounds of two people crying for a long time. While they were looking at each other and crying for a while, he suddenly raised his head, and his tears stopped.
Zagnac, who had stopped crying, tilted his head. Seeing his tears stopping abruptly, Azela also rounded her eyes.
“…Azela.”
“Yes, Zagnac.”
“You…”
He paused and placed his hand near her heart. Her heart was clearly beating smoothly. This time, he placed his finger under Azela’s nose. She was breathing properly as well.
“Zagnac, what’s wrong?”
So, what was this…?
Zagnac looked surprised and thought for a moment about how to put it into words, but eventually gave up.
“Your soul is strange, Azela.”
“…What?”
“Besides, something is strange with me as well.”
“What do you mean, Zagnac?”
At his words, Azela got up from the bed she was lying on. Perhaps it was a side effect of the magic, but she felt dizzy.
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