That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 232
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Chapter 232
The teacup emptied in an instant. Benjamin froze like a plaster statue, unable to even breathe.
What…
What is this right now…
However, his shock was shattered into pieces in a different sense the next moment.
The teacup placed in front of him, identical in shape to the one offered to Tulia.
It was because Tulia Frazier had picked up the teacup he had nearly emptied just moments ago and was about to bring it to her lips.
If the teacup had been clean, it might have been different. But there was still some tea left in the cup. It might have been dangerous.
“You…!”
Benjamin’s hand shot out urgently and swiftly.
Unable to catch his balance properly, the teacup shattered, and the remaining tea soaked his thigh completely.
But he didn’t have the luxury to care about such trivial matters.
Just now, she had almost crossed a path of no return.
Benjamin clenched his teeth hard.
“Tulia Frazier! What on earth…!”
Does this person even know what she was just about to do?
“Are you truly afraid of nothing, Young Lady? Or have you gone mad?”
“I haven’t gone mad, Benjamin.”
Benjamin slowly exhaled a dry breath.
“…”
Perhaps because his reaction was particularly intense, Tulia seemed relatively calm in comparison.
In fact, she was similar to usual. As always, moderately full of life, moderately gauging the space between people, and excessively brilliant.
She was just her usual self.
“…”
Benjamin slowly let out his breath. He felt a strange sense of powerlessness.
It wasn’t an unfamiliar emotion. Tulia Frazier. It was an emotion he had felt countless times in front of her.
“Then why on earth.”
Benjamin clenched both hands tightly.
“Why on earth would you do such a thing?”
Why on earth would she bring that teacup to her lips?
Knowing what it was.
“Why are you angry?”
For a moment, Benjamin was speechless.
“I was merely trying to bring the teacup in front of you to my lips.”
At her cold retort, Benjamin suddenly realized. The strength slowly drained from his hands.
“Benjamin.”
Tulia asked.
“Did you drink the mysterious potion?”
Benjamin gazed at Tulia quietly. All the emotions swirling in his golden eyes soon disappeared beneath his golden eyelashes.
After a moment of silence, Benjamin slowly parted his dry lips.
“How on earth did you, Young Lady…”
How did you figure out the truth? How did you notice the real whereabouts of the mysterious potion that no one else but himself knew, and try to bring the teacup to your lips…
Benjamin didn’t ask.
“Lady Tulia Frazier.”
There was just one thing he absolutely couldn’t bury in his heart.
“Why on earth do you look at me with those eyes?”
Resentment and affection were deeply intertwined, and now even Benjamin couldn’t easily define his own emotions.
“As if you’ve spent hundreds, thousands of lives with me, sharing so many moments together…”
However.
Looking back, that woman had been watching him with those eyes from the very beginning.
It seemed like she had been that way since their first meeting.
That’s why he had felt comfort and safety for the first time.
He knew his words would sound absurd. He let out a hollow laugh himself, but strangely, moisture gathered in his eyes.
“That’s why I keep getting confused. Thinking that you actually hold me in your heart too…”
Wiping his wet eyes, Benjamin laughed bitterly.
“Never mind. The effects of the mysterious potion must already be showing. Seeing as I’m saying such things.”
He continued in a choked voice.
“The place where they kidnap children is the Grand Temple.”
Tulia’s mouth fell open in shock. For the first time since entering this VIP reception room, Benjamin felt his heart lighten a little.
“If you want to hear more, I’ll make a deal with you, Tulia.”
He slowly turned over the page with numbers written on it.
The writing on the back page was exactly the information Tulia Frazier had wanted.
Seeing her green eyes harden, Benjamin couldn’t help but smile.
He thought that the time he had struggled to gather this enormous amount hadn’t been entirely useless.
After a brief but highly confidential conversation.
“Benjamin.”
Tulia asked.
“Were there children among the goods you sold?”
“Children do trade for high prices. I did consider it after hearing various offers from here and there.”
Benjamin sneered.
“But I couldn’t bring myself to sell children. The image of you saving me kept haunting me.”
“…”
“Are you satisfied with having raised a worthless bug like me? Lady Tulia Frazier.”
He had given all the information he could, and presented everything he said he wanted to offer.
Benjamin no longer wanted to look at Tulia.
He didn’t want to, but…
“…Why did you take that mysterious potion?”
Tulia asked slowly. She was actually somewhat surprised.
Just moments ago, he had been radiating an atmosphere of never wanting to see her again.
That same Benjamin had suddenly embraced her without warning.
“…”
It wasn’t a possessive embrace like a young wolf showing dominance like Klaus. Nor was it like Ferdinand, burrowing in to fill something lacking.
He had suddenly trapped her in his arms, but didn’t touch her beyond that.
Like a pilgrim worshipping an untouchable, sacred temple. As if he had impulsively reached out in a moment of overwhelming reverence.
And then trembled in fear, wondering if he had committed sacrilege…
“…Is this the power of the mysterious potion, Benjamin?”
“…”
Despite embracing her without warning, seeing how he couldn’t even rest his cheek against her shoulder, anyone would think such a thing.
Benjamin murmured in a low voice.
“…This honesty must be the power of the mysterious potion.”
Even that seemed too much for him, his voice mixed with faint moisture.
“The truth is, I always wanted to… do this with you, Tulia.”
“…”
Tulia felt like she finally completely understood Benjamin’s deficiency.
Though one person cannot presume to judge another’s depths, she kept thinking that.
“…Why did you take that mysterious potion?”
Benjamin’s breath wandered over her shoulder. He murmured in a low voice.
“If I hadn’t gotten rid of it like that, I would have definitely tried to make you drink it someday.”
“….”
The mysterious potion had been an intense temptation. He hadn’t even wanted to bring it here today.
Though he had wanted to break it countless times, Benjamin ultimately couldn’t destroy the mysterious potion.
So in the end, he had brought it even to this place where he would see her, and had even drunk it while looking at Tulia.
It felt as if the medicine was flowing through his veins instead of blood.
“…Benjamin.”
The reason she couldn’t refuse Benjamin’s embrace was because of a certain desperation she felt in his hug.
No, in truth, she couldn’t find any other emotion besides that.
So Tulia was able to realize.
Benjamin Fluas.
He had actually never grown at all from those young and pitiful days.
He had remained there all along.
So all Tulia could do was offer him a handful of apples.
“I’m sorry, Benjamin.”
“….”
Whether it was an apology for hurting him that day, or an apology for not being able to accept him, Benjamin didn’t bother to ask.
Benjamin spoke a few more words honestly, led by the mysterious potion.
“I hope you’ll be happy forever, Tulia.”
Now he would consider even this emotion to be a delusion.
That everything was a delusion that started with the mysterious potion. So it was natural that it was this painful.
Tears flowed down Benjamin’s cheek. It was a downpour that continued persistently like the rainy season in midsummer.
He held Tulia in his arms for a very long time.
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