Instead of My Beloved Sister, I Married a Monster - Chapter 17

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Chapter 17

Evnia, who had been staring blankly at that surreal scene, asked in a voice filled with disbelief.

“Lord Seven, surely that’s not…”

“That fish head from earlier? Yeah, looks like paper, doesn’t it.”

As soon as Seven answered nonchalantly, Evnia hurriedly grabbed the water bottle and rushed to Giyermo.

Had her guess that he would be suffering from not being able to breathe properly been correct?

As soon as she scooped Giyermo’s long body into the water, he stopped struggling.

At the clearly different reaction, Evnia let out a sigh of relief while still sitting collapsed on the floor.

At this, Seven asked as if incredulous.

“Do you really want to take care of the guy who made you decide to die?”

“Lord Giyermo probably didn’t do it with bad intentions.”

Saying this, Evnia adjusted her grip on the now-heavy water bottle with both hands.

Even though his body had changed, was his consciousness still the same?

What had been Giyermo was staring up at her with eyes filled with the same doubt as Seven’s.

Earlier, Giyermo had clearly told Evnia that he hoped Ram would find new love.

Though his method was a mess, he hadn’t planned this incident with intentions as malicious as the result.

If he had known that her sister was alive, if he had known that he would soon be freed, Giyermo wouldn’t have gone this far.

‘I guess I shouldn’t have lied in the first place.’

They didn’t ask, and she didn’t bother to answer.

She thought that much deception wouldn’t be a big problem. Even though greed beyond one’s station always brings trouble.

“But Lord Seven, my words aren’t theoretically wrong, right? If we do that, the marriage would naturally become void… Lord Ram wouldn’t have any problems, right?”

“Just how were you raised to turn out like this?”

At Evnia’s persistent questioning, Seven’s voice finally mixed with irritation. It seemed he was avoiding mentioning it precisely because he knew the answer.

Evnia, confirming that her prediction wasn’t wrong, let out a small sigh of relief.

It was fortunate that there wasn’t absolutely no way to fix this.

If not everyone could smile, it was better for the majority to smile—that was the one sentence that succinctly explained Evnia’s life.

“Lord Seven, do you know this? Outside, everyone calls Lord Ram a monster. They say he’s lived too long and gone crazy, even eating people.”

“Not entirely wrong. That guy is a bit crazy.”

Seven didn’t miss the opportunity to badmouth his friend and snickered.

At his words, Evnia couldn’t help but laugh, letting out a small deflating sound.

How nice it would have been if she had known Ram well enough to treat such rumors as mere jokes.

A bitter mood soon clouded Evnia’s smile.

“I’ve known since I was eight that I would come here. I imagined what the inside of a monster’s mouth looked like more often than what kind of person I would become in the future.”

“…”

“But when I actually came here, everyone was so kind to me. Lord Ram even gets angry every time I say I want to die. It’s strange. People have gotten angry because of me before, but no one has ever gotten angry for my sake. There were people who told me to die, but no one who told me to live… I was always a child whose death would be more helpful. Lord Ram was the first person to tell me that my life was more valuable than my death.”

“…”

“So, it’s okay. I think I can be satisfied with this much. At least now I’m choosing of my own free will.”

Coming here, Evnia had become able to die not as someone who should die, but as someone who shouldn’t die. That was a tremendously big difference.

Evnia looked back at Seven as if asking whether this was understandable enough.

However, Seven didn’t seem to have any intention of agreeing with Evnia’s words.

Seven, with anger rising to the top of his head, rushed to Evnia and suddenly snatched the water bottle she was holding.

If Evnia let go, he looked ready to steal it and throw it to the ground.

When startled Evnia clung to the water bottle, Seven shouted as if frustrated.

“Let go of this! Do you think this guy looks like an ordinary fish! He’s not going to die just from not breathing a little!”

“Please let go, Lord Seven! It’s really going to break at this rate!”

“You’re the one who should let go! Ugh, why is someone who looks like a tragic heroine so strong!”

After a brief struggle, Seven, defeated by Evnia, finally fell backward with a thud.

Considering only physical age, it was a young boy against an adult woman, so it was a natural result in a way.

Seven, who had been lying spread-eagle on the floor catching his rough breath for a while, finally quietly sat up.

Evnia watched Seven warily and hugged the water bottle even tighter.

Seven glared at Giyermo hiding in Evnia’s arms with murderous eyes and said.

“Hey, you want that fish head to be safe, right?”

“…Yes.”

“Ha, fuck… You treat your own life like some nose-wiping tissue, but why do you want to save that guy who’s worse than an enemy…”

Seven, who had been muttering loud enough for everyone to hear while hanging his head, suddenly jerked his head back up.

He pointed at Giyermo with a menacing voice.

“Then from now on, never say anything unlucky like you’ll die in his place in front of Ram. That moment will be the day this guy says goodbye to the world.”

“…”

“Answer me!”

Seven shouted angrily, urging for a response.

When Evnia unconsciously nodded, overwhelmed by his momentum, Seven finally stood up with Hanna’s support.

Even then, his grumbling never stopped.

“Even if someone has to die, it should be the old man who’s lived long enough, so why does she step forward? Really, kids these days don’t know their place, that’s the problem.”

It seemed he held considerable resentment toward Evnia for losing the strength contest.

Seven, who had been glaring at Evnia as if she were impudent, soon irritably shook off Hanna’s support.

At this, Evnia reflexively hunched her body and took a defensive stance, but it was meaningless.

Instead of trying to snatch Giyermo from her like before, Seven extended his pipe and struck it against the bottle opening.

The ash from the pipe fell into the water, instantly spreading a murky color.

Seven looked down at Giyermo writhing in agony as if pleased and said.

“You should be grateful because I just gave you something good. No matter how much Ram wants to chew you up bones and all, he won’t eat fish rolled in ash water as sashimi.”

Seven, who had shoved his pipe back into his pocket, stormed out of the dining hall.

Through the door that hadn’t fully closed, the sound of his grumbling flowed in clearly.

“And why did that damn diamond become so pathetically small? It’s so different from my memory that I didn’t even recognize it.”

Evnia, who had been blankly listening to Seven’s retreating footsteps, suddenly came to her senses and stood up.

Evnia, carrying the bottle containing Giyermo, rushed into the kitchen and immediately took out a deep dish and filled it with clean water.

Only after moving Giyermo to the new container did Evnia release the tension from her body and collapse onto the counter.

Evnia buried her face between her arms and muttered in a helpless voice.

“I should have just gone out to eat like Lord Ram suggested…”

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