The Villain Of The Horror Game Dreams Of The Heroine Every Night - Chapter 103
Translator and Editor: Effe and Nabi
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Chapter 103
‘…What nonsense?’
Celine blinked her eyes.
Lute Carl was talking absurd nonsense. What kind of nonsense was that a person who has done nothing wrong should die?
“Lute Ca—”
Still, he didn’t give her a chance to argue.
“Lute Celine, there is no other way. It’s too late to stop the warlocks now.”
“If Leonhard dies…”
She barely managed to cut off his words. It seemed that it was too late to convince Lute Carl, who seemed to have already lost his reason, with the logic that Leonhard had done nothing wrong, so she had to attack something he wouldn’t have thought of.
Lute Carl’s green eyes widened in surprise, not expecting her to mention Leonhard’s death so openly.
“If Leonhard dies, who will take down the warlocks?”
Celine already half-guessed the answer.
‘…It must be me.’
Even if she died, she continued to live, and she had a record of having already released the rebound once. So, talking about Leonhard’s death so easily was probably because there was a substitute like her.
Lute Carl sighed.
“It will go back to before Lord Leonhard became a magic swordsman.”
“….?”
Celine, and even Leonhard, were clearly surprised.
“It can’t happen.”
Leonhard, who had been quietly listening to their conversation until now, stiffly opened his mouth.
“All the wizards who sacrificed their lives against the warlock went mad or died. Which wizard is going to fight back?”
They fought against the warlock then turned into the same warlock.
Lute Carl shook his head.
“It’s something you don’t know.”
Celine glanced at Leonhard. Although his face was hard as if he were wearing a mask, his hands were shaking slightly.
“Everyone knows how. They just don’t take action.”
“….”
“The reason, of course, is because Lord Leonhard is here.”
Celine almost bit his tongue. Perhaps Carl Lute was the first and last person to speak so openly in front of Leonhard.
“So you don’t have to worry too much. The world will not perish without Lord Leonhard… just like it used to be.”
“….”
Silence fell upon them. Even though Leonhard looked like he had a lot of thoughts, Celine couldn’t read his thoughts.
Eventually, it was Lute Carl who abruptly broke the silence.
“Lute Celine. You, too, will go back to the old days.”
“….?”
Celine blinked. It was because the ordinary life that felt very old filled her head at that moment. A life where she didn’t even think about death every hour. Just enjoying her favorite hobby and living a normal day-to-day life with her loved ones…
‘…No.’
Soon, she realized that Lute Carl’s words meant nothing more than her ‘curse.’
“Your curse would be lifted like that.”
“The curse?”
Lute Carl snorted at Leonhard’s murmur.
“It is not a curse.”
Celine’s mouth fell open.
“What…?”
Lute Carl looked right at her.
“Don’t tell me you don’t know what that means.”
Her head was dizzy.
‘No way…’
Despite the fact that she was not unaware of the meanings in Lute Carl’s words, the meaning was too much for her to say, so Celine’s head refused to think further.
“Lute Celine.”
Lute Carl slowly spoke.
“Go back to where you came from.”
“That, that means…”
Her head went round and round. Since Lute Carl didn’t say anything more, the rest of the judgment was up to Celine.
“Celine!”
As soon as Lute Carl finished speaking, Leonhard shouted and picked Celine up. He realized that she had completely lost her consciousness.
This, too, must be because of that mad prophet.
If it had not been for Celine, who had drooped in his arms, his rage would have risen to the point that he would have cut off Lute Carl at once.
“What are you doing!”
Lute Carl looked at him with sad eyes.
“Lord Leonhard, you must learn to give up.”
“…You mean my life?”
Although Leonhard was being sarcastic, Lute Carl seemed calm.
“It meant that you had to give up trying to go against your destiny.”
As soon as Celine opened her eyes, she knew that this place was a dream.
It had to be a dream.
In fact, the scenery she was looking at was not much different from before, except that neither Leonhard nor Lute Carl was to be seen. While the snow covered wasteland, it looked so foreign compared to the vivid sight she had just seen. The trees were trees, the stars were stars, and the sky was a sky… yet it felt so different from the ones she knew.
Like…
‘…Painting?’
Although Celine touched the bare tree right next to her, she felt nothing. She felt something smooth, like heat radiating from it, not the cold, lumpy, hard feeling she should feel from a winter tree.
‘Glass?’
She grimaced, couldn’t understand the meaning of the dream where she had come inside a painting stored in the glass.
‘…This can’t be foresight.’
Clearly, the foresight she saw earlier was as vivid as reality.
Suddenly, she had a strange thought. The scene unfolding in front of her reminded her of something she had often seen in her past, which now seemed distant.
‘No.’
Celine bit her lip.
It couldn’t be.
‘No!’
However, the next moment, she was stunned.
It was because a pretty girl with blond hair and blue-gray eyes had suddenly appeared in the snowfield. She wasn’t the only one that caused Celine to feel near-terror feelings. In her foresight, she had already seen the future Leonhard. Although t didn’t make any difference that she appeared in her dream, she freaked out.
…Because the girl who appeared in front of her was a picture.
It was also something she would never forget.
“Celine’s nightmare…”
Her mouth went dry. The girl looked exactly like the fluid 2D character she would never forget.
The real heroine, the real Celine Hunt, moved before her eyes.
Celine Hunt, the dainty picture figure, ran through the snowy fields. She tried to chase after the picture but she didn’t have to.
It was because the view changed automatically.
Like watching a movie.
‘…No.’
She realized that this was neither a painting nor a dream.
She was watching the actual game.
The place where Celine arrived after running for a long time through the snow field was Bernoulli Castle. The castle gate opened by itself before she even touched her hand on it, and flickering ghosts were everywhere.
Celine followed the sparkling arrow without giving them a glance.
The arrow passed the central tower and led her to the bridge between the towers.
She knew where it was.
‘It’s Leonhard’s Tower…’
She unknowingly moved her tongue and pursed her mouth, so it should have made a sound, but nothing came out. However, she didn’t notice anything strange, and she didn’t take her eyes off Celine’s movements.
Celine climbed and climbed the stairs.
When a look of weariness could be seen on her pretty face, a door with a howling wolf knocker appeared and she opened the door without hesitation.
A man was staring out the window with his back to the door.
— Leonhard.
The game’s villain, who had already killed Celine Hunt once, slowly turned around.
She wanted to cry, but no sound came out. Although she sensed something strange the next moment, she couldn’t think of a reason why because her head was half losing its mind.
The man who slowly turned his back had a look she would never forget.
A bloody, red-eyed devil.
Leonhard Bernoulli, who seemed to have came out of Celine’s nightmare, was in front of her eyes.
Celine raised her head stiffly.
— Leonhard.
— Celine.
The two looked at each other for a long time. No one raised a weapon, and no one took the stance to attack.
The corners of Celine’s eyes reddened.
— I didn’t want to come here.
— I didn’t want to see you here either.
— ….
— Why are you here? I kept you alive on purpose.
— I’m sorry, Leonhard.
The one who attacked first was Celine.
‘This…’
Even though she tried to hold her head, she realized that she didn’t even have hands or feet. But more than that, what was happening right in front of her eyes felt more important.
She had never seen the true ending of ‘Celine’s Nightmare.’
Since she had never seen a spoiler, she didn’t even know the content. However, she was certain that the contents were completely different from the scene unfolding in front of her now.
The true ending route would also have been about running away from Leonhard Bernoulli, who was trying to kill Celine Hunt. But now, the conversation between the two was definitely different from the conversation that would have occurred in ‘Celine’s Nightmare.’
Rather…
‘…It’s a conversation between me and Leonhard.’
Despite the fact that she wanted to cry, the tears wouldn’t come out.
Celine did not move as fluidly as she aimed at Leonhard. She attacked him at regular intervals and times, like she was stepping in a tap dance. As Ringzor flashed everywhere, the magic emanating from her was blindingly bright.
In the meanwhile, Leonhard counterattacked, blocking all those attacks indifferently.
Both sides moved without rest.
After a long time.
Clearly, both of them must have been exhausted, but even though time had passed, their stances were not disturbed at all. Neither Celine’s magic nor Leonhard’s sword seemed to grow dull at all.
— ….!
Celine widened her eyes.
It was because Leonhard staggered in place for no reason.
Still, she did not miss the opportunity. Just Ringzor pierced right at Leonhard’s chest and blood spurted out, she backed away, surprised by what she had done.
— Celine…
Leonhard looked up at her sadly. There were tears in his eyes.
That was it.
His head bent helplessly and he fell to the floor.
Celine’s knee bent. She knelt down in the blood that covered the floor and looked down at Leonhard for a while… until the night came and the darkness without light swallowed her.
Now, she started struggling. No, regardless that she tried to struggle, she couldn’t feel anything.
Just then, the familiar music was heard.
The music announcing the stage clear…
Giving up further effort, she closed her eyes yet her eyelids were also gone. She had no choice but to actually see and remember whatever she saw.
In the pitch-black darkness where nothing could be seen, golden letters slowly emerged.
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