I Proposed Because You Were Terminally Ill - Chapter 24

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Chapter 24

“Actually, I’m a gentleman, so killing a child felt a bit uncomfortable.”

“…Lies.”

“Well, this kind of thing was usually my subordinates’ job anyway.”

He looked at Damia and grinned. She got goosebumps at his pretense of friendliness.

“But your crimes are too serious to just let slide.”

“…”

“Instead, if you tell me everything honestly, I’ll spare your life.”

Damia didn’t believe the man’s words one bit.

“Who exactly ordered you to give the Young Duke a dragon-killing poison?”

Dragon-killing poison?

At these unexpected words, a strange light flickered in Damia’s violet eyes.

Fortunately, the man didn’t notice the girl’s reaction.

“I, I don’t know. I have no idea what you’re talking about.”

Because Damia immediately started sniffling.

“Haha, suddenly being polite?”

“I really don’t know anything…”

“Really? If I interrogate you, I’ll find out what the truth is.”

“Are, are you going to kill me? Isn’t there a way to resolve this through conversation?”

Damia asked, trembling.

She intended to make the man let his guard down by appearing pitiful.

“Ha, conversation?”

“Yes, conversation…”

Contrary to Damia’s expectations, the man’s picture-perfect face twisted viciously.

“Because of you, that damn Young Duke’s heart started beating again, and you’re leisurely spouting such nonsense?”

“Hic, why are you getting angry…”

“Don’t you understand the situation?”

His voice sounded almost like growling.

‘Is he hot-tempered? Why is he suddenly acting like this!’

The man’s shouting even shook the carriage windows. He really didn’t seem human.

‘No. I need to pull myself together.’

Every shake made her head throb. She felt like she might faint at this rate.

Damia bit down hard inside her mouth to avoid fainting. Tears welled up from the sharp pain.

“Please… just let me go.”

“Begging won’t help.”

“I still have so many things I haven’t done. I was only mistreated at home too. You saw the butler trying to sell me off to that old man.”

Damia stammered out between sobs.

Transparent tears pooled in her violet eyes and soon streamed down.

Since she was genuinely terrified, she didn’t need to put much effort into acting.

The girl looked so pitiful and helpless that it was enough to break down the man’s guard.

“…Hey, stop crying. It’s annoying.”

Eventually, the man’s straight eyebrows twitched.

That expression was eerily identical to Cassian’s when he was flustered.

“Sob… I’m only thirteen years old.”

“Human circumstances aren’t my… no, but you are quite young. Almost just a little thing, aren’t you?”

“If you’re not going to kill me right now, stop getting angry. My head rings every time you shout. It hurts so much.”

At the girl’s brazen request to speak her mind even in this situation, the man let out a incredulous chuckle.

He glanced at the darkened forest and stepped back.

Damia, with all strength leaving her body, slid down as she was.

“Don’t get on my nerves like before and stay quiet. Keep your mouth shut until we arrive.”

“You, you won’t kill me right away, right?”

Damia, who was about to get up, hesitated.

Because she heard the sound of a glass bottle clinking inside her coat.

“Right, I need to interrogate you about where you got that detestable drug.”

Fortunately, the man didn’t seem to hear that sound.

“Then where are you taking me now?”

“All the family members are waiting for me at the nest. They’re all very curious about how I’ll dispose of you.”

She didn’t know where that was, but she was certain she absolutely couldn’t be dragged there.

“The nest?”

“We’re departing again, so hurry up and sit down.”

“Do you call the Dragon Clan’s hideout a nest?”

“Just shut up and get up.”

“Please, help me up.”

“What?”

The man narrowed his eyes.

“Please. I have no strength in my legs at all.”

“Don’t you understand the situation? You’re really not in your right mind.”

Damia paid no attention and started sniffling.

As the girl showed signs of wailing, the man furrowed his brow as if fed up.

He closed his eyes as if trying to suppress his anger.

Damia didn’t miss the opportunity. She quickly put one hand in her pocket to find the glass bottle.

“Here.”

The man, who had been conflicted for a while, reluctantly extended his hand.

It looked like he was showing final mercy to a life he would take with his own hands.

“It seems I got involved for nothing. I thought it would be entertaining after a long time, but who knew you’d be such a troublesome brat.”

“Th, thank you anyway…!”

“Hurry up and get up.”

“Yes. …Ah!”

Damia swayed as if her strength gave out while trying to stand.

“What’s wrong with you?”

The man bent down toward her with a puzzled look. This was exactly the opportunity.

Splash!

Damia splashed the purple liquid on the man.

“Ugh!”

The liquid splattered on the man’s face and neck. He collapsed instantly.

Even though it was just a small amount, a burning smell vibrated, and his skin immediately began to melt.

“You, human wench!”

The man staggered backward and screamed in agony.

“You said it was dragon-killing poison earlier, right? Thank you for telling me the identity of the drug I didn’t know.”

Though her legs were trembling, Damia stepped forward.

“There’s still plenty left, so let’s give it a try.”

“You… Ugh!”

The man gasped for breath while clutching his face.

“I won’t… let you go. I will definitely… kill… you!”

He crawled toward Damia with his eyes blazing.

Damia waved the glass bottle threateningly. The spilled liquid soaked the man’s chest.

“Ugh…!”

He collapsed forward. Convulsing his limbs, he began clawing at the ground.

‘Is the heart his weakness?’

The reaction was much more intense than when she had attacked his face or neck earlier.

Damia glanced at the glass bottle. About half of the treatment remained.

This single bottle was all she had brought for emergencies. Though she had acted confident in front of the man, the situation was actually desperate.

‘Now I need to aim only for certain spots.’

She gathered courage and approached the man. He was now gasping with his head thrown back.

Half out of his mind, he didn’t even notice Damia’s approach.

‘I can do this. No, I must do this.’

Damia lunged forward.

Just as she climbed onto the man’s chest and was about to tilt the remaining medicine bottle toward his heart,

“G-get away!”

The man swung his arms as if squeezing out his remaining strength.

She had to stop his resistance before spilling all the medicine.

Damia instinctively pressed down on the man’s neck.

A cold sensation traveled up through her fingertips. It was hard to believe this was the temperature of a living person.

“Ah, aaah!”

The man suddenly began screaming.

What? Not a single drop of medicine had touched him yet…

“Let, let go…!”

Could it be? Damia looked at her bare hand touching the man’s neck.

“Aaah!”

Damia jerked her hand away in surprise. Soon the man’s bare face came into view.

Her hesitation didn’t last long.

“Urgh!”

At Damia’s touch, the man coughed up blood.

The treatment that slowed the Young Duke’s curse – this man had called it dragon-killing medicine.

‘Cassian said contact with me has the same effect as the treatment.’

Just as that medicine was lethal to dragons, contact with Damia seemed to be poison to them as well.

In that case…

Damia gripped the man’s face tightly while raising the glass bottle.

If contact and the treatment worked simultaneously, the effect might be amplified.

“G-get away!”

But this time the man was slightly faster.

“Ah!”

The man shoved Damia hard. The glass bottle slipped from her hand, and the purple treatment scattered through the air.

“No!”

She had to secure whatever treatment remained. Damia reached for the glass bottle while lying prone.

“Ah!”

The man, who had somehow gotten up, stepped firmly on Damia’s hand.

“What exactly are you?”

His slit eyes flashed with murderous intent. The man who had been casually playing along with Damia had completely disappeared.

He now truly seemed to want to eliminate Damia.

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