Chapter 65 – Allegory
Violetta couldn’t even scream.
It is horrible. It was so terrifying that I can’t even put it into words.
Curiously, Liam’s expression was very calm. He hardly looked like a man with only his head left. We can only guess what happened, but Liam probably accepted his death happily. He had the ability to do that to the man in front of him.
So it was even more terrifying.
“It was very luxurious. How many people in the world could die so comfortably. Fortunately, I didn’t harm you too much, so that’s how it ended.”
The man spoke inhuman words without hesitation. It was an expression that did not even see Liam, who had died at first glance, as a human being. Even if you accidentally break the doll’s neck, you’ll be more shaken than that.
Violetta involuntarily stepped back from her.
The man tilted his head awkwardly.
“What’s the matter?”
“Why……Is that so? That’s what I call a question now……?”
“Your expression is worse than I thought. What’s the problem? Tell me. If you tell me, I will try to fix it.”
What’s wrong? Will you fix it if I tell you? Judging by the look on his face, it didn’t look like he was joking. In Violetta’s eyes, he didn’t really seem to realize what was wrong.
That aroused more fear.
She opened her mouth in a quiet trembling voice.
“…… Why did you kill Liam?”
“I want you to avenge what you suffered. Did you send an assassin to you? I did the same. Unfortunately, unlike you, this one doesn’t seem to have survived the assassin.”
“Lee, the man Liam sent didn’t intend to kill me. I didn’t have to do this…….”
Violetta said with trembling eyes. She couldn’t bear to look down at her. If she did, she would end up meeting Liam’s eyes again.
However, no matter how much she averted her eyes, the sight of death was already clearly engraved in her head.
With only her hair on her head, what was left of Liam’s eyes did not disappear from her eyes. It was a calm expression, but the eyes of her corpse were empty nonetheless. Her pupils that had lost their light glared at her like her rotten eyes. As if to rebuke.
“Oops…….”
A terrible sense of guilt came over me.
‘Why did things turn out this way…… ?’
Still, haven’t there been quite a few peaceful days lately? That man also behaved calmly without doing anything strange. But why all of a sudden? Why did you do this
‘This happened because of me… ?’
Can you say that this man did it on his own?
Violetta couldn’t easily answer “Yes.”
When her man offered to avenge her instead of her, it was she who nodded her head to do whatever she wanted. Despite her opportunity and will to dissuade her, it was she who did not dissuade her simply because of her petty pride and anger. She never thought she would do something like this, but that did not excuse her from responsibility.
“I don’t know why you are making such a fuss. I thought you would like it this way.”
The man took a step closer to Violetta and said.
Violetta took one more step back to get away from him.
You thought you would like it? It was nonsense. There was no one in the world who would like to receive such a gift. The sense of wrapping a person’s head in a gift box was also bizarre. She didn’t know what made her do this.
The expression on the man’s face as if he really didn’t understand was all the more terrifying.
‘He did this purely out of goodwill.’
If you do, you know she will like it.
Because she got her revenge. Because she took out her anger instead. That would ease her anger at Liam.
I couldn’t break it, so my way of thinking had already deviated from the ark.
She finally remembered what kind of person the man was. She seems to have gotten used to it after living together for a long time.
That wasn’t a person. Something in the shape of a person
The sin of forgetting that fact was heavy.
You should have known from the start. Why did I forget
What was the reason you swore not to borrow a man’s hand? It was because I was afraid of losing people’s hearts.
However, he had forgotten the fact that there was already something with a non-human heart in front of him that he was so wary of.
Liam is dead. She wasn’t as special as Ellie, but she was her family nonetheless. Although they may have fought over the throne, they have never glared at each other’s lives. Killing a relative was a great sin even in aristocratic society.
The man looked at Violetta, alert as his hedgehog, scratched his head nervously, then opened his mouth.
“Tsk. So, he just needs to be brought back to life? Killing your brother isn’t something you just have to do. Will that solve the problem?”
“What nonsense…… ? There’s no way you can bring a dead person back to life…….”
Violetta almost cried. It was a corpse with only her head remaining. There was no way she would survive just putting that thing back on. They treated people like puppets, but now they seem to think that it is possible to fix them like puppets. It was a story that made no sense. It was clear that this was her lie just to placate her and save her from this moment…….
“There is a way to save them. Why can’t you believe it?”
“Stop the bullshit…… ! Do you really think I’m stupid?! You can’t be fooled by such a clumsy lie…… ! Black!”
Her cries grew louder and louder. Her cheeks were sore, and her eyes were blurry. A drop or two of salt on my eyelids. Violetta suddenly felt the water running down her cheeks.
It wasn’t a cry situation. She didn’t even dare to cry. It was a tragedy she caused. She shouldn’t have had the courage to shed tears.
“Ah, black…….”
A few tears leaked from her dry lips. I could feel the salty taste from the hot heat.
As she controls her cry, the man takes one more step forward.
Violetta spasmodically backed her up.
“Don’t come closer…… !!”
“How about having a conversation first? I think we can clear up misunderstandings by talking to each other.”
“I don’t need it, so don’t come!”
Violetta convulsively drew her dagger from her bosom. A self-defense item Liam gave me as a gift.
She wildly pulls out her scabbard and throws it roughly, then points her blade at the man.
The man who was approaching quickly stopped walking.
At that, Violetta let out a small sneer.
“Why, it’s okay to kill others, but it seems scary to die yourself…… ?”
“…….”
The man didn’t answer and looked at Violetta’s face and her blade several times. Then he suddenly smiled at her mouth.
Are you laughing with a knife in front of you? It was an incomprehensible reaction. The point of Violetta’s sword shook violently as her goosebumps grew.
The man resumed his steps and started approaching.
“What, what is it?”
“…….”
“Everyone, don’t come closer. Gee, I’m really going to poke…… ! I-I don’t think I can…… ?”
Contrary to what she said, Violetta only took a backward step. Eventually, her back hit the wall. She no longer had anywhere to turn her back. The man continued to come toward her. As if to stab myself.
He barely stopped when he put his heart right in front of the blade. Like giving your heart.
“Poke it once.”
“…… What?”
“I am angry that I killed your brother, so you can take my own life instead. One life for another. That’s reasonable. Come on, stab me.”
“Uh, what…… What the hell is that sound.”
“You wanted to get away from me so much. You don’t know, but I’ve lived longer than I thought. It’s not that I have a lot of lingering feelings for my boring life. If you die, that’s not too bad. It’s a romantic ending. Come on, stab it. Do you think I’ll give you this chance again? No There will never be an opportunity like this in the future. You tried to kill me, so you should be punished. It will be rolled more harshly from now on.”
“Ah….”
What are you talking about? Violetta couldn’t understand him at all.
I don’t know why she insisted on killing herself.
Her head felt like it was about to spin.
Thump, thump!
Her heartbeat sounded loud as if her chest was about to explode. The pulsating sound made my ears dizzy.
A trembling hand moved forward.
I really meant to stab the man.
I’ve imagined killing him countless times. He didn’t even have to go through image training. Just reach out his hand a little bit. Then you can stab your heart. Freedom was right in front of me.
You can do it. You can do it.
If you do, you can…….
With chaeng.
“Ah…”
But in the end, she lost her dagger in her hand. Her legs gave out. I thought her body was sliding along the wall, and then I sat down on the floor.
‘I can’t.’
In the end, it wasn’t that he developed a lukewarm mind of sympathy or pity.
She just didn’t have the courage to stab people. She didn’t exactly have the courage to stab him.
Fear outweighed the desire for freedom.
She didn’t feel like killing him would ever get her out of the shadows completely. The trauma he left behind was deep and heavy. Rather, after her disappearance he became a more complete and shapeless nightmare, and he seemed to follow her forever. The guilt of the murder was the period and bondage he gave.
“…….”
Violetta looks up at her in a daze as if in a state of fascination.
Her man looked down at her like that and then turned her body. He didn’t know where he was going. He seems to be giving himself some time to think.
Violetta looked at the man’s back again and again, fiddling with her dagger lying on the floor. However, there was no way I would have the courage to stab him now. It just makes me feel like an idiot because I can’t win even if the opportunity is given to me.
Violetta was greatly disillusioned with herself.
Self-deprecating thoughts that have been weighing down my head for a long time. Fool. Fool. She doesn’t know how to do anything other than being born into a rather proud lineage. Even though her family her is dead. Far from seeking revenge, she was crushed by her fear of her.
Liam’s head sprawled on the floor came into view. Despite facing an unexpected death, a paradoxically comfortable expression. Beyond me Will it be comfortable there?
“…… Ugh, ah.”
Suddenly, courage welled up.
Although she couldn’t kill the man, she had the courage to do something else instead.
There was something she had been yearning for so long since meeting her man.
A much more perfect escape than killing him. I wanted to get rid of the trauma and the physical restraints.
I was sick of it. It is a life that is swayed like a bupyeongcho, and a situation in which people around her are harmed because of her.
Elena, who became pregnant against her will her, and Liam, who lost her life at the whim of others despite taking the throne of her emperor. Even Ellie had once done unreasonable service to that man. All of them are victims of Violetta being alive.
There were no more worries. Her hand tightened as she gripped her dagger.
Fu-wook!
A terrifying deafening sound. The man turned his head at the sound he heard from behind.
“…… Under.”
A frustrated voice leaked out at the sight of the fallen Violetta and the lukewarm liquid flowing down her chest.
