Chapter 302 – Lucia Urella (5)
“…Haha.. Haha…!!!”
Have I finally gone mad?
It was laughter, not crying, that erupted in the face of Eugene’s death again.
What did I do wrong?
I made no mistake.
Relieved emotions
I tried hard enough to die.
Even so, Eugene could not be saved.
It feels like the world wants Eugene’s death.
‘The hell… How many more times do I have to repeat… Do I have to save you…’
In the midst of rising despair, I quietly closed my eyes.
**
5th round, 3 years before the entrance ceremony.
I opened my eyes and looked in the mirror and said.
“…Let’s confess the regression.”
I was afraid.
Confessing a regression is a completely different story from sacrificing myself for Eugene.
How will Eugene react?
Won’t you despise me?
Don’t you think you’ve been playing with yourself until now?
I don’t know.
But…
If I could save Eugene, there was nothing I couldn’t do.
***
“…I’m back.”
“Yes?”
On the day of Carnea’s entrance ceremony, I grabbed Eugene and told her the memories of her past life.
I didn’t believe it at first, but I soon admitted it.
“That operation doesn’t work. It would be better for Vivian to hide and ambush her from the rear.”
“Okay. Then can I ask for Vivian?”
“Yes..Four! Eugene! W.. I will work hard!”
Sharing the fact of regression definitely made me feel more comfortable.
I didn’t have to make excuses when I did something improbable, and it was okay not to give reasons when I objected to something.
But…
There is one fatal flaw.
“U~Jinah♬”
“…Her Highness the Princess.”
Liana Lumenhark started showing interest in Eugene, not me.
It’s not that Liana hasn’t been interested in Eugene until now, but this episode was the first time she’d revealed it so blatantly.
The reason can be roughly guessed.
It’s because Eugene, not me, has been active on the surface.
“Yeah~♪ See you next time, Yujin~”
“Yes, Her Highness, please enter carefully.”
After Riana left, I told Eugene.
“…Don’t be too friendly.”
If you give him affection… He might hesitate the moment he has to kill you.
“Yeah, I know.”
My heart ached when I saw Eugene’s face, which looked somewhat bitter.
**
‘…If we had met earlier… Would we have been different?’
Liana’s will and curse to Eugene.
After hearing those words, I always felt a shadow cast behind Eugene’s face.
I said, pretending not to know her.
“Master…?”
“Ah… Lucia…”
“…Hehe… I guess you’ve gotten used to this title too?”
“…Yeah, I’ve heard it a lot.”
Eugene naturally pulls her shoulder and hugs me.
…In this life too, I succeeded in becoming a lover with Eugene.
“By the way, what about Vivian and Lilith?”
Unfortunately, he wasn’t alone, although the three of them were together.
“Let’s do some research. I will be back soon.”
It’s honestly still painful not being able to monopolize Eugene, but…
Still, thinking that the shield that could protect Eugene had increased, it was bearable.
“Yes… Is it time for ‘resurrected corruption’ to appear soon?”
I nodded my head at Eugene’s words.
Soon, the day of Eugene’s death in the 4th episode approaches.
It was concluded that the accident of that day was caused by the burning of the corpse of Tristan, who would be the host of the ‘Revived Corruption’.
So for this episode, I left Tristan’s corpse intact to make sure I could deal with it.
“…Lucia. We…Can we do it?”
“Yeah… Sure.”
The power of me, Eugene, and Vivian and Lilith has been added.
You will be able to do it.
***
6th round, 4 years before the entrance ceremony.
“…”
The ‘resurrected corruption’ that I was worried about was somehow prevented.
However, it could not prevent the last catastrophe, ‘The Spreading Nightmare’.
The reason was simply lack of power.
True to its name, the omnidirectional ‘spreading nightmare’ destroyed the empire in an instant.
Seeing that, I realize how great Eugene was in the first playthrough when he sealed the final boss.
But is it because the ‘spreading nightmare’ is a disaster with a clear strategy?
On the contrary, there was less despair than in the previous regression.
If it was simply a lack of strength, I just had to work harder.
‘…You can do it.’
I had 4 years of time to build up my strength.
**
3 days before the entrance ceremony.
A shocking report came in.
“…Eugene Calliope…Is missing? Did I… Have been kidnapped?!”
“No, Lucia. It seems that Eugene left on his own. The Calliope side is also looking for it, but they haven’t found any traces.”
The informant then said something more, but it didn’t come to my mind.
‘…Why?’
He sat down on a chair and touched his forehead.
Why did this happen?
Although the little things have changed during the six regressions so far, Eugene behaved almost the same in the big picture.
But why did it suddenly disappear?
The only thing that had an effect on Eugene in her previous life…
“…!”
Then, a thought popped into my head.
‘…Because I spoke of regression…’
It was clear that I, a being who had gone against time, had some influence because I confessed it to Eugene.
“…Still.”
It was painful, but it wasn’t necessarily a negative thing.
Eugene’s departure meant his soul was back, and if so, he just had to find it.
***
After Eugene disappeared, I prevented several disasters by myself.
This time, he did not borrow help from Vivian.
In a world without Eugene, he had no confidence to endure losing even his one and only friend.
Instead…
“Now, a report on the recent Carnea raid incident.”
I got Bianca Beatrice.
Bianca couldn’t believe that she was Vivian’s older sister, she was a woman with a completely opposite personality and appearance.
“Thank you.”
While losing her report Bianca handed her, a piece of information caught her eye.
The leader of the assailants is a dark-haired man with black eyes and a height of about 180 cm.
“…!”
Black hair and black eyes…
It was a feature of Pavolier.
‘…Uh…It’s a coincidence…It can’t be…’
I don’t know if it’s something else, but there’s no way that Eugene was involved in killing people…?!
Then, her body trembled at the sudden memory of her.
I asked in a cracked voice.
“…Bianca.”
“Why.”
“…They said no one was killed in the last raid.”
“Yes, it is written in the report. Well, some of them were seriously injured… But luckily, none of them died. But why?”
“…No… Nothing.”
I clenched my fists in unbearable anxiety.
***
A year had passed, but I still couldn’t find any trace of Eugene.
However, protecting this world has become more and more accustomed to it.
Strangely, I also felt that the difficulty of the disasters had been lowered, and above all, Liana’s behavior had changed.
Unlike before, when he killed people without hesitation, he seemed to avoid killing as much as possible by reducing the damage.
“…”
It was a good thing.
Liana’s avoiding killing meant that she was able to be stopped with far fewer numbers than before.
“…Are you ready?”
“Yes. Let’s go.”
And finally today.
The subjugation against Liana Lumenhark has begun.
****
I knocked down Liana.
“…Ahaha…Strong…Lucia…”
“…Liana…Lummenhark…”
Unlike me, who was determined to kill her, Liana, who was not determined to kill, could not defeat me.
“…What changed you so much?”
“Ha…Ha…Well…?..Maybe…Isn’t it love…?”
“Don’t be ridiculous… There’s no way you could ever love someone.”
“…Ahaha…The words…Are harsh…Haugh…Haha…I’m also…A girl?”
Then, as if she remembered the man she loved, Liana smiled happily.
“…Finally…I met…My…Understanding…A man who stayed by my side even after giving up everything…”
Heart-
My heart raced.
Liana, because her words reminded me of someone I know.
At that time, Liana whispered in a small voice.
“Ah…Finally…I miss…Yujin…”
“…Lie!!”
The moment my doubt became certain, I denied reality.
It couldn’t be.
There was no way Eugene would choose Riana over me.
“Lie…!! Say it’s a lie! Lianna Lumenhark!”
When I grabbed Liana’s shoulder, Liana’s eyes had already lost their light.
Shaaaaa
It rained.
The buck— the buck—
And in the rain a man walked this way.
Dark hair and black eyes identical to the impression written on the report.
He looks like he is holding a sword like in the first playthrough.
It was Eugene Calliope.
“…I’m very late.”
Carefully approaching Lianna’s corpse, Eugene gently kissed her and closed her eyes.
Then, Eugene stood up and looked at me.
“…”
“…”
What was in Eugene’s eyes was clear hostility.
“Surrender. If you throw away her sword even now… I’ll just pretend you were tricked by Liana.”
“…Lucia Urella.”
A cold voice I had never heard before.
With my heart about to collapse, I bit my lips tightly and said.
“…I say it again. Surrender… Do it… You have no chance…”
It sounded like an order, but it was a plea.
I beg you please don’t let me hurt you.
Seureung-
But despite that plea, Eugene drew out his sword and looked at me.
“Why…Don’t surrender! You know!! It’s Liana who’s wrong!!”
“…Okay.”
At my cry, Eugene calmly nodded her head.
“I’m sure you were right and Riana was wrong.”
“…Even knowing that…!!”
“…But.”
Chuck-
The tip of Eugene’s sword aimed at my heart.
“Nevertheless, I am on Liana’s side.”
“…Why…!! Why the hell…!!…Riana…Was wrong…Even though she knew…!”
I couldn’t even figure out where I had made a mistake.
What the hell did I do wrong?
“Come on, Lucia.”
I can do anything for Eugene…
Why did Yujin and I become enemies?
Quaang—!
It was Bianca who stopped Eugene from running towards me in despair.
“What are you doing you idiot!!! If you’re not going to fight, run away…!!”
“…Bianca…”
“Profit..!!..Shut up..Run away!! And you guys will just watch!! Let’s all attack together!!”
At Bianca’s words, the soldiers aim their arrows and a knight with a sword and spear charges at her.
“Ah…No…!!!…Stop it…!!!…Don’t kill me!!!”
Having come to my senses at Bianca’s words, I screamed with all my might.
Can not be done.
I can never kill Eugene with my own hands.
In that case, I’d rather die.
“What are you doing! I intend to confuse orders on the front line!!”
“Ah…No..!!…No…Birds…Captured alive…Bianca.”
While I blocked the soldiers, Eugene without hesitation dug into the gap between the allies.
“Wake!! Can’t you see our soldiers are being swept away? I just can’t stop it!!! I have to kill you!!”
“…Please…Please…I…Like this…Please…Please…Please…Save Eugene!..Please…Please…!”
I knelt in front of Bianca and bowed his head.
As a commander, he shouldn’t show people, but it didn’t matter.
If he could save Eugene, he could have licked his feet.
“…This…Fuck…Really…!!”
Shouted Bianca, who had spat out curse words at me.
“Don’t kill me!! Capture them alive!!!”
***
After paying a lot of sacrifices to his allies, he subdued Eugene.
“…”
Eugene’s body is a mess, but as long as he’s alive, he can be cured.
I approached the restrained Eugene on my knees and said.
“…Why…Why…Is that so…I told you…There’s no chance of winning…”
“…”
“…G…Just say that you’re turning to our side right now… I’ll save you somehow…So…Please…Please…Just…Say that word…”
“…”
I shouted at Eugene, who was silent no matter how many times he begged.
“Why..!! Why..!! Why…!! Am I…No…Why…!!! I… Could have done anything you wanted..!!!.. But why…!! Not me…Riana…!!”
“…Sorry…”
Eugene’s sudden words brought hope to his broken heart.
“Ah…Yes…That…Yes…I’m…Sorry for being angry…I thought…Well…I…I…Will… Save you at any cost. ..”
“…Soon…Follow me. Liana.”
Crying-
After saying that, Eugene collapsed, bleeding.
“Ah…?”
I knew because it was a scene I had watched over and over again.
Eugene is dead.
I…
Made her die
The hope that had nestled in me became despair and swallowed me up.
