Don’t Look for the Resurrected Villainess - Chapter 172

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Chapter 172

“That’s how your entire life will be.”

Lusaka speaking with Jeon’s face and Jeon’s voice was chilling.

Even though I knew that was Lusaka, my senses were so vivid that it seemed like this was actually real.

“You’ll end up alone in the end, abandoned by everyone and dying miserably in solitude.”

Lusaka cackled and sneered.

The sky that I had thought was clear and refreshing had somehow turned gloomy. The lush meadow disappeared, and cracked, parched earth spread out in all directions.

A handful of sand struck my face in the violently swirling wind. I felt a stinging pain that was sharp enough to make me wince.

It’s an illusion, so how can it feel so real?

“Don’t tell me you actually believed those words about liking you?”

“Stop with the ridiculous mockery and just hand over the pendant.”

“That thing, you can’t take it from me.”

Lusaka seemed somehow triumphant. Once again, from his wide-open mouth, an even clearer green light leaked out than before.

“Because I ate it!”

This crazy monster bastard.

Curses rose to my throat, but I was pushed back by an even stronger wind than before and staggered, missing the timing to spit out the profanity.

Meanwhile, Lusaka burst into laughter with an excited voice. Then suddenly became serious.

The eyes that had looked insane now wavered pitifully. Lusaka drooped the corners of his mouth downward and spoke in a forlorn voice.

“Ah, Lady Anelli. You’re not planning to kill me, are you?”

A hint of disappointment crossed his tense face. Surprisingly, it was the face of Jeon that I knew.

“You’re going to stab me with that sword?”

At his words, I quickly looked down and saw a sword in my hand.

It was a dagger with a razor-sharp blue blade.

“Even after you cut open my belly, if nothing changes? Lady Anelli, if you kill me, you’ll be left alone forever. In this empty space. You let everything else perish. Only you and I remain in this place. Do you want to kill even me and be left alone?”

One drop, then two drops of rain fell from the clouds that filled the sky.

As if proving Lusaka’s words that the world had ended, there was no sign of life around. Even from my own trembling breath, I couldn’t feel any warmth of life.

The cold raindrops striking my cheeks were chilling my heart.

“Lady Anelli, am I not precious to you?”

The detestable Lusaka whispered.

Are you planning to kill with your own hands the human you hold dear? Isn’t it horrifying just to imagine?

Hearing that question made me feel as if I’d been covered in filth, and I felt nauseous.

Ah, thinking about it again, Lusaka really was a cunning and filthy monster that I absolutely didn’t want to deal with.

I eventually stopped the train of thought I was following. I didn’t want to think about it anymore.

“Damn it.”

I irritably swept back my bangs and sat up in bed.

I should drink some water and calm myself down. With that thought, just as I approached the table, a faint sound came from beyond the balcony door frame.

‘An intruder?’

No, if that were the case, the Dura’han would have given some signal long ago. I stared intently at the balcony while holding my water glass.

Because of the thick curtains drawn, no shadows were visible. However, something seemed to be moving back and forth between the curtains.

After pondering for a moment, I put down the water glass and strode toward the balcony.

Swoosh!

I pulled the curtains forcefully to the side and froze. The person standing outside the door also looked at me with wide eyes.

“…Jeon?”

Click.

When I unlocked and opened the door wide, cold night air rushed into the bedroom all at once. I stepped aside to indicate he should come in.

“Uh, well.”

“Are you going to keep standing there?”

He looked around uncertainly, not knowing what to do, then cleared his throat awkwardly.

“It’s not that, I…”

“Just come in first.”

Jeon, who had been hesitating with an awkward expression, carefully stepped into the bedroom. As soon as he entered, I closed the door immediately, but the air in the room had already turned cool.

“I thought you were sleeping.”

“As you can see, I’m not. But what’s the matter?”

Jeon carefully pulled back his hood and was about to answer when he made eye contact with me and immediately looked away with an embarrassed expression.

I looked at him in bewilderment, then suddenly came to my senses and strode toward him.

“Is there a problem? Were you attacked? Are you hurt anywhere?”

“No, no!”

Jeon hastily stepped back. He still couldn’t look at me properly.

I frowned at Jeon’s inexplicably strange behavior and grabbed his arm to stop him.

“But why are you acting like this?”

Jeon, whose arm I had grabbed, jumped and turned his head away completely.

“Do, do you have a nightgown or something?”

I could see Jeon’s earlobes turning bright red as he desperately avoided looking at me. Looking at him in bewilderment, I finally looked down at my own attire.

As if proving I had been about to go to bed, I was wearing only a thin chemise.

It was a loose dress-style garment that didn’t cinch the waist, but it was thin enough that my body’s silhouette showed through clearly.

“Ah.”

When I reflexively let go of Jeon’s arm, he immediately increased the distance between us as if he’d been waiting for it.

He retreated almost to the far end of the bedroom, standing as if he might press himself against the wall. I watched him blankly and calmly put on a robe.

“I’m not going to eat you, so you don’t need to be so startled.”

“Eat me? Who’s talking about that now…!”

Jeon, who had been about to retort with an exasperated expression, soon sighed and stopped speaking. After checking my attire with a sidelong glance, he slowly approached me.

Then he carefully reached out and fastened the front of my robe more thoroughly.

However, since he was still looking elsewhere, he couldn’t fasten it neatly.

I watched what Jeon was doing with an incredulous look and asked in a calm voice.

“Did you come here to fix my sleepwear?”

“Of course not!”

After finally wrapping my robe tightly around my collarbones and below my neck, he finally faced me.

“Well, ahem. When we parted earlier, your expression looked so bad that I was worried.”

“If you were curious about my condition, you could have used the ring.”

“I was afraid I might wake you if you were sleeping, so I just came directly. Since I left the Imperial Palace, visiting here isn’t particularly difficult for me.”

Jeon seemed to regain his composure as he explained. Although there was still a reddish tinge to his complexion, his gaze showed much more rationality.

“And since you took the full brunt of Lusaka’s attack, I wanted to check if you had any aftereffects.”

As soon as I heard Lusaka’s name, my face automatically scrunched up.

Seeing my reaction, Jeon narrowed his eyes and asked.

“Is something lingering?”

“No, nothing like that.”

“But your expression looks bad.”

“Just, thinking about it makes me feel sick.”

I eventually stole back the power and opened my eyes. The Lusaka couldn’t believe it and tried to attack me again, but Palides’ sword, which was swung faster, killed them first.

Since we were trying to kill several at once, a few tried to flee desperately into the water, but thanks to Samuel joining in, we didn’t miss any.

With that task finished, the stolen power was recovered. It was now dwelling in my hands.

“Breaking free from that last dream must have been… quite difficult for you.”

Instead of answering, I turned around. I picked up the glass I had put down earlier when I was about to drink, downed the water in one gulp, and looked back at Jeon.

“So are you going to put me to sleep?”

When I asked casually, Jeon looked at me with a dumbfounded expression.

“…Pardon?”

“I was just troubled because I couldn’t fall asleep.”

He repeated my words out loud.

After repeating this behavior a couple of times, Jeon’s complexion turned blue, then white, then finally red.

“Um, I’m a person.”

“I know. That you’re human.”

With Jeon standing there looking bewildered, it seemed ridiculous that I had ever confused him with that damned fake from the illusion.

The Jeon that Lusaka had been mimicking only looked cunning and deceitful.

‘This is the real one.’

As I was erasing Lusaka, who had called me a monster, from my mind, Jeon spoke urgently.

“No, I’m not an illusion but real.”

“I said I know.”

I replied listlessly and headed toward the bed first.

‘Since I stayed by his side before, this time I should ask him to stay by mine.’

I had been considering calling some Dura’han anyway, so this worked out well for me.

Since Jeon’s abilities would make escaping the Roam Estate easy, I felt less guilty about keeping him here so late.

Even as I straightened the wrinkled blankets, Jeon remained standing there blankly.

“Are you always this lacking in wariness?”

“Hardly. You know well how much I distrust and suspect people.”

After adjusting the pillow position properly, I looked back at Jeon again.

Seeing him not move a single step from where he stood, a deflated laugh escaped me.

I said.

“I mean I need the sound of breathing right now.”

At that moment, Jeon’s expression, which had been full of perplexity, stiffened rigidly.

After fidgeting with his lips uselessly, he soon let out a long sigh and removed his coat. He draped it carelessly over the sofa, then slowly approached me.

“I don’t know what to call this feeling of being happy yet not happy.”

His face looked as disgruntled as his complaining murmur. I chuckled and turned around.

“If it’s good, then it’s good. If it’s not good, then it’s not good.”

“I’m happy that you’re asking me to stay by your side, but…”

Just as I was about to slip under the covers, a presence that had suddenly drawn close pressed right against my back.

My breath automatically stopped at the arm that wrapped around my waist from behind.

“But I’m also unhappy because you seem to have no interest in me at all.”

The voice grumbling by my ear was a bit low. Somehow the end of his voice seemed to crack slightly too.

Slowly exhaling the breath I had momentarily held, I turned my head to the side.

The golden eyes that had been looking down at me from close range trembled lightly when they met mine.

Countless emotions rippled within them. So many that I couldn’t pick out just one.

“Do you have nightmares you want to forget?”

Jeon’s face asking that question was closer than I had expected.

Close enough for his breath to reach me.

What is it that I need right now?

Looking up at Jeon, whose breath was somehow only just reaching me from so close, I suddenly wondered.

Why am I holding onto Jeon with such an absurd excuse?

‘What I want from this man right now is…’

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