Newlywed Life Begins with a Mistake - Chapter 93

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Chapter 93

As even the hooks creaked and swayed, Evelyn reached out her hand toward Casian.

Casian, who was between the middle point and the final section, picked up speed and approached her.

Just as Casian was passing through the final section.

Crack. The planks that served as footholds collapsed like dominoes.

“No!”

The suspension bridge fell down into the ravine.

Casian quickly drew the longsword at his waist and thrust it deep into a crevice in the rock, while Evelyn, without even realizing it, sprang out like a spring and grabbed Casian’s arm, pulling him toward her.

Fortunately, thanks to Evelyn holding onto his right arm, Casian was able to climb the cliff using his sword as a lever and stepping on the rocks with his feet.

But a problem arose.

“Huh?”

In the process of saving Casian, Evelyn couldn’t bear his weight and lost her balance.

As Evelyn’s head was about to hit the ground, Casian quickly caught her waist like a hook and switched positions while embracing her.

“Ugh!”

“Hup!”

The two rolled across the ground while clinging to each other.

From the impact, Pupu, who had been clinging to Evelyn, was flung away and fainted on the spot.

Thick dust rose from the dirt floor mixed with gravel and sand.

Casian put strength into the arm holding her as if to absorb all the impact, pulling Evelyn’s head tightly toward himself.

When their rolling bodies finally stopped, rough breaths burst out from both of them simultaneously.

Between their tangled breaths, their hearts pounded as if proving their existence.

‘Thank goodness. We’re alive.’

Evelyn expressed relief upon realizing they had barely survived.

But that was only for a moment—when a firm chest came into her view, Evelyn’s body stiffened rigidly.

Their bodies were pressed so close together that they could clearly hear each other’s heartbeats.

If this wasn’t a dream, the person next to her must be Casian.

“…”

“…”

A strange silence fell between the two as their wavering gazes met.

The rigid Evelyn placed her hand on Casian’s chest.

She should push him away coldly.

But no strength entered her grip.

“Are you alright?”

In the end, Casian was the first to get up.

Casian, who hurriedly raised his body, let out a cough. Then he extended his hand so Evelyn could get up.

“I’m fine.”

Evelyn refused his touch and got up by herself, then brushed off the dust on her body.

Casian, who quickly checked with his eyes whether she was injured anywhere, turned away first.

“…Let’s rest for a bit.”

As Casian quickly left the spot, Evelyn nodded and awkwardly rolled her eyes.

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A few hours later.

“We’ve arrived.”

Upon reaching the high ground, Casian turned his body and pointed inside.

“Here?”

“Huh? There doesn’t seem to be an entrance. Did we come here to give Pupu water?”

When Evelyn and Pupu expressed their puzzlement, Casian drew his sword and cut through the vines instead of answering. Then something amazing unfolded.

“Puwaang! It’s a path!”

A passage appeared between the vines.

Though covered with moss and dirt, there were stairs made of stone slabs.

Casian grabbed a piece of wood rolling on the ground and infused it with aura.

Casian, who had made the aura like a torch, entered the passage holding the wood, and soon after, Evelyn and Pupu followed behind him.

Except for the slope and darkness, the interior was clean.

The unknown space maintained its cleanliness to the extent that one might think the passage had been intentionally hidden.

“Bel! There must be a waterway nearby!”

As the sound of water could be heard the deeper they went, Pupu, who was clinging to Evelyn’s shoulder, brightened up.

“That’s right.”

Evelyn also raised the corners of her mouth and quickened her pace.

“Here it is.”

When the river water and a boat came into view, Casian finally stopped walking.

“Puwaang! It’s bigger than the boat we saw in the reed bed!”

Upon seeing the boat, Pupu jumped down to the floor and bounced over.

“Please depart before the current becomes strong.”

Casian, who had been watching Pupu’s retreating figure, cast his gaze toward Evelyn and bid farewell.

Evelyn, who had been standing blankly, finally realized that the end had approached upon hearing Casian’s words.

She had anticipated that the moment of parting would come, but she never dreamed it would arrive in this manner.

Evelyn, who had been about to follow Pupu, looked at Casian with suddenly surging emotions and asked.

“Tell me. Have you ever tried to face the truth, even once?”

Evelyn, who had thrown the question, let out a breath.

“Why did Evelyn tremble with anxiety after returning from the festival? Why did Evelyn desperately beg Casian that Count Heteus must be caught?”

She knew it was foolish to do this now, but she couldn’t stop herself.

“If… even once… If you had asked me for the truth, I might have confessed everything.”

A calm voice filled the surroundings.

Though her tone was quiet like a still lake, it carried deep resentment.

At this unexpected statement, Casian’s eyes shook finely like reeds unable to find their bearings.

“…What’s the point of asking now?”

After a long silence, Casian slowly asked back.

Evelyn, who had been staring into his clear purple eyes, replied coldly and turned her head.

“Just because. Forget what I just said.”

As Evelyn bit her lips and passed by Casian, Casian spoke as if entranced.

“I hope you remain safe.”

“…Remain safe?”

At Casian’s words, Evelyn suddenly stopped walking.

Evelyn, clenching both fists, swallowed her surging emotions and looked back at him.

“Do you think I could possibly remain safe?”

Evelyn let out a hollow laugh and impulsively called Pupu.

“Pupu. Take that out.”

At her cool voice, Pupu, who had been on the boat, glanced around and threw something toward Evelyn.

Evelyn raised what she received from Pupu to her face.

“This is…”

Casian’s eyes shook greatly upon seeing Evelyn wearing the mask.

Because that appearance overlapped with someone else.

“Quite a face that raises many questions, isn’t it?”

Looking at Evelyn’s bitter smile, Casian couldn’t say anything.

Evelyn is not Count Heteus.

Count Heteus is someone else.

He realized that the hypothesis he had been so certain of was clearly a misjudgment.

“…Why are you revealing your identity now?”

He had thought everything would be fine once Count Heteus was caught.

But there was Evelyn wearing a half-mask before his eyes.

“I felt there was a need to remind you of the reality you’re avoiding.”

“Did it have to be now?”

Casian, who had been asking quietly, raised his voice for the first time.

He had helped her by suppressing his personal feelings, trying somehow to help Evelyn escape.

But Evelyn cruelly revealed the truth and deeply wounded his heart.

“Yes. It’s shameless to say this after receiving help, but the knot in my heart from following you around just wouldn’t come undone.”

“Even so, you should consider the time and place! Has your judgment become so clouded that you can’t even control your childish emotions?”

“Would this have happened if you hadn’t avoided the truth in the first place?”

“Perhaps not. But I wouldn’t have killed you with my own hands, madam—no, Princess!”

“No! You tried to kill me. As long as I am Count Heteus, you and I have no choice but to point swords at each other!”

The undeniable fact pierced his ears like a sharp arrow.

At the same time, silence fell.

Casian moved his lips to offer a rebuttal, but he ultimately couldn’t speak. A pale figure was trembling pitifully before his eyes.

“Pathetic, isn’t it?”

After a moment, Evelyn let out a self-deprecating laugh and removed her half-mask.

Having vented her anger, Evelyn steadied her breathing while putting strength into her trembling hands.

Casian, faced with the cold reality, couldn’t hide his confusion and confirmed the truth once more.

“…Are you really Count Heteus?”

He hoped it was a lie, but.

“Yes. It’s me.”

It was the truth.

At her cool acknowledgment, Casian’s breath caught, and the sense of unease he had felt was instantly resolved.

“So that’s why you said those things earlier.”

Casian, belatedly mulling over her question, swallowed his rising anxiety and demanded an answer. To this, Evelyn replied obediently with resignation.

“That’s right. I once thought we might be able to establish a new relationship. But it seems we really can’t work out. Like tangled threads.”

A relationship that couldn’t be untangled no matter what.

A wrong connection.

A relationship destined to be severed.

These meanings were conveyed to Casian.

“In the end, I ruined everything.”

Faced with an undeniable truth, Casian felt belated regret.

Though he had initially approached her with impure intentions, before he knew it, he had fallen for her like gentle rain soaking through.

So he had wanted to extract Evelyn somehow.

Himself, the Emperor, Count Heteus.

He had tried to help ensure that no one could threaten her, but his wish was not fulfilled.

The dishonorable relationship ultimately ended in an unintended direction.

“Bel, it’s time to go!”

As the calm waterway’s current grew fierce, Pupu urged Evelyn on.

When Evelyn turned her body, Casian reflexively reached out his arm.

But he couldn’t hold onto Evelyn. The moment he met her cold gaze, his breath caught in his throat.

As Casian’s hand wandered through empty air, a bitter smile crossed Evelyn’s lips.

Having boarded the boat, Evelyn met Casian’s gaze and pronounced their farewell.

“Let’s never see each other again.”

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