The Villain Of The Horror Game Dreams Of The Heroine Every Night - Chapter 102
Translator and Editor: Effe and Nabi
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Chapter 102
Leonhard gently embraced Celine, who had stumbled.
“Celine?”
Even though he carefully called her, she did not answer. Only her shoulders shook as she buried her face in her hands.
“Lute Carl. If you don’t explain what all this is about…”
“You can hear about it from Lute Celine.”
“Because of you, she is…”
“Do you really think so?”
His body froze for a moment.
Even though the words Lute Carl used to refute were ordinary, he touched the most uncomfortable part.
So far, Leonhard has been through all kinds of strange things and strange places to break her curse, as Celine explained that she ‘saw it in her dreams.’ This must be similar to it now, given that Lute Carl mentions some kind of prophecy.
“…Speak. What prophecy? What kind of foresight did she and you guys have?!”
“Can I tell you?”
Only then did Lute Carl look straight at him. At the same time, Leonhard pulled Celine tighter into his arms, trying to protect her.
“Yes.”
“It’s a foresight that Lord Leonhard knew well, too.”
The words made him freeze on the spot. There was only one prophecy that Lute Carl could be mentioning.
…A prophecy that made Grand Duke Bernoulli expel all prophets from the north.
“Celine, too, that prophecy…”
“She may not have seen the exact same thing because she is special.”
Then, Celine staggered out of Leonhard’s arms. Despite the fact that he tried to speak, she was a little quicker.
“Don’t mind it, Leonhard.”
“….”
He was at a loss for words.
Until now, he didn’t give much thought to the prophecy he received right after he was born. After all, he has been taught over and over again that prophecies were nothing but fraud and nonsense. However, after meeting Celine, he had a vague idea of what prophecies truly were.
While prophecies weren’t always right, they were certainly far from being nonsense, as his father claimed.
He remembered the day he first met Celine.
‘…That I killed her the most?’
Apparently, she said so.
‘How did I react then…’
Although he would rather that time not come to mind, every moment of the first day he met her was clear.
— I don’t believe in prophets.
— Well, it doesn’t matter if you don’t believe me. If you don’t kill me.
— I won’t kill you, just come with me.
Still, he broke his promise.
Deep underground, he killed Celine.
Celine looked up at Leonhard anxious.
Leonhard was straining, he could not hide that he was swayed by Lute Carl’s words.
Celine bit her lip.
While it shocked her that Lute Carl was proceeding with the story of [ Celine’s Nightmare ] in a way that was a prophecy about the future, it wasn’t something insurmountable. All she had to do was persuade Lute Carl that the future had already been altered.
‘Lute Carl is like… the old me.’
She slowly spoke to Lute Carl.
“The future is bound to change, and in the prophecies, I saw… a lot of things have changed. Don’t Lute Carl know that?”
“Lute Celine.”
Celine flinched. It was because Lute Carl’s voice showed the joy of a man who was sure of his victory.
“You’re right. The future is bound to change, though…”
Lute Carl’s green eyes glowed in the dark.
“The foresight will also change.”
Although she wanted to answer, her tongue stiffened and didn’t move.
…This man was a true prophet. He was completely different from her, who barely knew the story of the game and was pretending to be a prophet.
Then, Lute Carl pulled out the pocket watch from his chest and checked the time.
“It’s time.”
All of a sudden, true darkness overtook them.
She could feel the biting winter wind.
‘…Outside?’
Celine blinked, startled by the blindingly bright snowfield in her vision.
‘Obviously, it was night time before…’
She tried to warm her body with magic, like a habit, but nothing happened. As she panicked and tried to gather her magic, she couldn’t feel any. For a moment, it crossed her mind that this might be Lute Carl’s trick.
‘…It can’t be.’
Lute Carl was a wizard who was only moving according to the prophecy, but he was not a warlock. At the same time, she glanced closely at the surroundings.
‘….!’
Her blue-gray eyes widened.
She knew this place all too well.
As she looked up at the castle, while it felt hideous the first time she saw it, it now felt rather cozy.
‘Why is Bernoulli Castle here?’
Perhaps Lute Carl might have sent them to the north with movement magic.
‘Maybe this too is part of the true ending…’
If so, it explained why Leonhard could not be seen since the main character had to face the true ending alone. In the meanwhile, she dazedly walked towards Bernoulli Castle. Going to the castle was a better choice than walking through an endless snowfield.
The gates were open.
She was briefly immersed in her feelings. It had been a while since she was last here.
‘The first time since I was kidnapped…’
Since she had gone for a long time without even saying anything to anyone, it bothered her.
Celine walked along the hallways that now felt as familiar as her home. The atmosphere, which felt unfamiliar and hideous when she set foot in Bernoulli Castle for the first time, now felt cozy, but she couldn’t completely let her guard down.
In the true ending, the main character killed the villain.
She didn’t know if Lute Carl had moved her with the intention of making Bernoulli Castle the murder scene.
‘….?’
Celine grimaced when she suddenly heard the sound of something falling over down the hall before she took out running.
“….!”
Her mind went blank
Celine trembled and stepped back. As she couldn’t think of anything, the only thing she could feel was the primal instinct to run away from this place.
Still, she could not leave the place.
The one who was slaughtering people while getting the halls of Bernoulli Castle covered in blood was Leonhard.
It was similar to the Leonhard that she had seen a while ago, but with a completely different atmosphere. His usual serious and cool look was nowhere to be found. There was only a murderer wielding a sword in a broken state.
Even Leonhard, who was trying to kill her after mistaking her for a warlock, went this far. He was mechanically butchering people in front of him.
…He could hardly be called a human being.
A terrifying thought flashed through Celine’s head.
‘Like a monster…’
It was like there was a monster in front of her that only moved to slaughter, not a warlock who took away life to increase its own strength. The only difference was that it had Leonhard’s appearance.
‘I have to stop it.’
Celine jumped into the hall without thinking about why or how. If slaughter had moved Leonhard, desperation was moving her now.
“Leonhard…!”
Despite the fact that she screamed with all her might, Leonhard didn’t hear her and slashed the servant’s neck. The smell of death was everywhere and every time Leonhard moved, death came.
Although she struggled to use her magic somehow, she still couldn’t feel her magic.
‘Please, please…!’
At one point, the hall became deathly quiet.
It was because everyone had lost their life.
Celine gasped, kneeling in the dark.
‘Magic… magic!’
The moment the light came brightly lit, she glared at Lute Carl, who no longer forced a smile.
“What trick is it?”
“As expected, it’s hard to see Lute Celine as a prophet like me.”
“….!”
“What you just saw is ordinary foresight.”
“Ordinary…”
As she muttered, half-fazed, Lute Carl spoke bitterly.
“From the time I grew up, I have had such a dream every day. Lord Leonhard found Lute Celine and tried to break her curse, but I had no such luck. Luckily, I was able to become a wizard for the Grand Duchy…”
Her mind was so crowded that she even forgot Leonhard’s existence for a moment.
“Leonhard…!”
Celine called his name urgently.
While Leonhard was breaking out in a cold sweat with his eyes tightly closed, she could feel the tension in his stiff body.
“…Celine.”
When he opened his eyes, she tried not to let her relief be caught.
Leonhard’s eyes were not bloodshot at all. He stared at Celine for a long time before turning his head towards Carl Lute.
“Explain.”
“…It is Lord Leonhard’s future.”
“The future is bound to change.”
Leonhard’s voice was firm like he was certain, but it was clearly made up.
Lute Carl shook his head.
“You don’t understand at all, that’s not the problem. Didn’t I say that I dream of it every day? That dream keeps changing. Every time the future changes.”
“….”
“Lord Leonhard, you will go mad in five years. You would even kill your family with your own hands. Only one person… only the Grand Duke survives in the castle alone.”
There was heat in Lute Carl’s voice now.
“And the first thing that person asked of the Emperor was to kill Lord Leonhard.”
“…I won’t believe it.”
Leonhard’s voice showed his astonishment.
“What do you mean?”
Lute Carl spoke gently.
“I’ll answer anything I know.”
Celine noticed something strange. Until now, it was she who had been the subject of the conversation.
‘It’s because I’m the main character.’
Though a little while ago, Lute Carl started to speak to Leonhard.
Goosebumps were welling up in her.
‘…Am I looking at the true ending?’
Despite her confusion, the conversation between Leonhard and Lute Carl continued.
“How can I go crazy?”
Lute Carl gazed at him.
“Lord Leonhard must have something in mind.”
Leonhard let out a low sigh.
“…The warlocks.”
“That’s right.”
Lute Carl nodded his head.
“If that madness were Lord Leonhard’s fault, I would have told you from a long time ago. Mistakes can be prevented, and Lord Leonhard yourself is a wise man.”
“….”
“However, you did nothing wrong. It’s just that the warlocks completed the long curse.”
Celine’s eyes widened.
…Leonhard did nothing wrong.
He hadn’t done anything wrong so far, and he never will.
‘Lute Carl knows that, too!’
Even though she tried to question Lute Carl, she soon closed her mouth. It was because Lute Carl’s cold voice came.
“That is why Lord Leonhard must die.”
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