Chapter 219 – Liana Lumenhark (9)
With Tristan’s help, they succeeded in infiltrating the dormitory, but the cost was not light.
“…Haha…”
I’m just walking down the hallway, but sweat pours down like rain and my body feels heavy as if I’m carrying a boulder.
‘…Where is Lucia?…Where is the princess?’
It wasn’t just the physical condition that was the problem.
As if there is a fog in my head, my thoughts do not connect well.
It is because of the aftereffects of having the magic engraved on the body.
It was as Tristan said.
Engraving magic on the body was not a pain that could be overcome with willpower alone.
What would happen if you put thousands of needles heated on fire at the same time?
Every time a letter was engraved on his back his, his molars, which he had bitten hard, were crushed, and blood vessels in his eyes his burst, turning the whites red.
‘…If it weren’t for the blessing of the World Tree and the healing effect of creeping fear, I would have fallen long ago.’
Still, there was no other option.
Because you can’t enter the dormitory without carving a barrier on your body.
If given another chance, I would make the same choice.
I roughly wiped the sweat off my forehead.
‘In action…’
Then, whipping his screaming body his, he stepped forward.
One step like that.
One more step.
Let’s walk forward with staggering steps…
“…Master!”
The voice I was looking for was heard in my ears.
“Lucy… Ah.”
I tried to say the name as plainly as possible, but all that came out of my throat was a cracked voice.
“Master…! Master…!”
Lucia, who came running in one step, was embraced by her.
I stroked Lucia’s hair several times and whispered.
“I’m glad to see you’re okay. I really struggled…”
Koo-!
Maybe it was because she felt her body temperature her and relaxed.
Suddenly, her fatigue her set in, her vision her blurred, and all her strength her drained from her body her.
“Master!…Calm down!…Master!!”
Consciousness going away.
The only thing I can hear in it is Lucia’s voice in her.
‘…If I fall…No…’
Squeeze out the last remaining strength.
Kwajik-
“… !”
The fishy smell of blood fills your mouth.
Fortunately, I was able to bite my tongue before my consciousness completely subsided.
The sharp pain immediately surfaced the subdued consciousness.
“Huh… Lord… Lord… “
“…Ha… It’s okay. I was just a little tired.”
I calmed down the crying Lucia and said.
“… Rather than that, Lucia.”
“…Huh…Huh…The princess is on the roof.”
I smiled at Lucia’s answer to her.
Even without saying it, Lucia knew what I wanted.
“Yes, thank you.”
I patted Lucia’s hair one last time and stood up.
Know.
Even if she tried to stop the princess with her body her like this, she would only die.
No, even if she was in perfect condition, she would never be able to stop Riana unless she knew where Riana’s desire to commit suicide came from.
‘…Still.’
I can’t stand still
If you stop here, you will definitely regret it.
Memories I left until I handed over my body to the ‘resurrected Corruption’ in the first playthrough.
In order not to make that memory in vain, I must move on.
‘Let’s go.’
As soon as I took a step, I felt a warm feeling on my fingertips.
“…Well…Wait a minute…Wait a moment, master.”
Lucia, holding her fingertips, spoke in a trembling voice.
“…I have something to tell the master.”
Before she could even think of her question her in her head her, magic power rose from Lucia’s body her.
Whoops─
Thanks to her experience of her, she immediately realized what Lucia was trying to do.
“… Sensory synchronization.”
I muttered, not hiding my surprise.
Even if he did n’t bother to say it, seeing Lucia’s condition her, he it was certain that there was a battle with her princess her.
‘She said she left her magic while dealing with the princess…?’
Having experienced it myself, I can tell.
Sensory synchronization is by no means an easy skill.
As you can see, it requires a lot of mana and mental strength.
If it was strong enough to use sensory synchronization, it would surely have been of great help in the battle with the princess.
Still, the power left behind…
‘…For me to use…’
As I lifted her head and looked her in the eyes, Lucia smiled shyly.
“…Because I believed that if it was Master, he would definitely come.”
Feeling Lucia’s infinite trust, let’s turn her fingertips into pods.
‘…This.’
The emotions and memories Lucia stole from Liana poured into me like a waterfall.
It was amazing.
Right now, Lucia was using her sensory synchronization as a technique that flooded her memories and emotions of her.
After a while, Lucia, who handed over all her memories of her, sighed thinly and said,
“…Cheer up. Master.”
“Yes… Cheer up.”
Lucia, who squeezed out the last of her mana her, lost her mind and collapsed.
“…Good work.”
I carefully grabbed her her and leaned her against the wall and climbed the stairs to her rooftop her.
“Now leave the back to me.”
**
“Liana Lumenhark!”
The name Eugene called for the first time.
At that sweet sound, Liana stopped walking without realizing it.
“…Eugene.”
As if responding to her call her, Liana also whispered to Eugene in a low voice.
“What are you doing? I would have said, but this level of rift cannot be maintained for long. Come on, move…”
Although ‘Twisted Desire’ expressed dissatisfaction as to whether she did not like the appearance.
Just ─
The moment Liana snapped her fingers, the bar of light pierced him shut.
“…What is this?”
“Shut up. You can’t hear Eugene’s voice very well.”
“Resolve it right away, this is a level that can be passed as a joke…”
“It is really noisy. Would it be quieter if I rip my mouth open?”
At Liana’s murderous words her, ‘distorted desire’ gnashed her teeth.
In the meantime, Liana straightened the sleeves of her dress, brushed her hair, and turned her body away, smiling brightly as always.
“Whoops♬ Finally, Eugene called my name.”
“If you wish, I will call you by any number of names from now on.”
To be honest, Eugene didn’t look like a prince in a fairy tale.
That’s why Eugene’s condition was a mess.
He somehow maintains his normal appearance on the outside, but inside his body his is already so twisted that he does n’t stand here and needs to be treated right away.
Even so, there was not an inch of fear in Eugene’s eyes.
“…So, Liana.”
Eugene, who met her gaze at her, seemed to invite her to dance at the ballroom.
She said, stretching her arm toward Liana.
“Come to me.”
Eugene asserts forcefully.
Seeing that, Liana smiled brightly.
“Hmm~ Yoojin keeps calling me by name… That’s an enchantingly attractive proposal♬ But I’m sorry. It’s too late.”
I never thought my heart would be shaken just by saying her name her…
Until he met Eugene, he had never thought that this would be possible.
‘However…’
As Liana said, it was already too late.
The urge to kill and boredom are growing stronger by the day.
She is barely suppressing it with her superhuman mental powers of hers, but even that is not far away.
Soon, Liana’s ego will die and she will be left with a monster who finds satisfaction only in her murder of her.
‘If that’s the case…’
If life ends in death anyway, this moment when the empire’s darkness has already gathered.
It is a reasonable choice for her to disappear with them.
Because that was the most worthy death in Liana’s opinion of her.
“It’s not too late!
“No, it’s late. Eugene. Too late…”
“It’s not too late!”
Interrupting Liana, Eugene shouted.
“I’ll make sure I’m not late! Liana, if you hold my hand, I’ll save you even if it means pouring down Urella and Calliope’s strength!”
“Hehe… Eugene, do you know what that means? You’re trying to deceive the empire.”
“Okay! I won’t deceive the Empire for you! Urella, the Calliope family keep their mouth shut, but who dares to speak out! So… Come to me Liana!”
At Eugene’s unhesitating declaration, Riana felt an unknown emotion fill her from her head to her toes.
Her heart beats like crazy and her face her turns red.
Isn’t Eugene’s words literally choosing one woman over the world?
But she can’t hold Eugene’s hand.
Even if she can deceive her empire her as Eugene said, there is nothing she can do about her murderous urge and boredom left behind by Liana.
‘…Sorry.’
Liana said with her expression hardened in an instant.
“It was a very moving speech. But I want to drop everything and go to you? Why should you? Did you just call me by name?”
At that question, Eugene shut her mouth as if she was speechless.
“…”
No wonder.
Liara Lumen Hark gave up her status as the Imperial Princess and countless treasures of gold and silver to be here.
It would be difficult to find something that can replace it even if you search the world.
As she waited for Eugene’s mouth to open, Liana felt her heart her throb.
‘…What the hell did you expect.’
There was a slight sadness in Liana’s eyes.
No matter how much she is Eugene, there is no way to know.
It is Liana’s impulse that she has not told anyone.
Because he can’t know unless he’s a perfect understanding of himself.
However, there is no way there will be someone who understands him completely, even though he himself can’t understand it…
It was then.
“If you hold my hand… “
Eugene’s mouth fell open.
“…I will teach you.”
The worst confession in history pierced Riana’s ears.
