That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 249

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Chapter 249

The man’s body collapsed to the floor with a thud.

As his body turned, his pale face was revealed. And….

“Why are you here, how did you suddenly get here…?”

“Damn…it, almost…too late….”

Klaus with his pale complexion smiled faintly.

“…You’re…not…hurt, right?”

Cough, bright red blood poured out with his coughing. I froze instantly.

“Don’t talk…. Don’t talk! You’re bleeding…!”

There was a clear hole pierced through Klaus’s chest. If I looked a little closer, it seemed like I could see his pulsating heart.

It would have been better to look inside Klaus in that way instead.

The hole that penetrated his chest was so terribly clear that I could see the scenery on the other side….

Blood was flowing.

Too much was flowing.

The red blood poured endlessly, soaking my hands, my body, my face.

I embraced Klaus and lifted my head.

“Ahahaha! Ahahaha!”

The pink-haired woman was just laughing madly. Like a doll made only to laugh, she just repeated that eerie laughter like screams.

Even with my head feeling foggy, I realized belatedly.

The woman couldn’t move now. Whether it was because of the hole in her stomach. It was an abnormal sight where she didn’t shed a single drop of blood, but she seemed to have taken a fatal hit.

“Hahahaha! Hahahaha!”

But her lips, gaping wide like a demon’s, endlessly burst into laughter as if mocking Klaus and me.

“Ahahaha! You die like that again! You always die like that! Stupid things…! Haaak!”

[System] Using Benefit Beauty That Topples Nations!

[System] ‘Your replica’ takes damage!

“Ahahaha! No matter how much you attack, that wolf bastard is… Aaaaak!”

[System] Using Benefit Beauty That Topples Nations!

[System] ‘Your replica’ takes damage!

[System] Using Benefit Beauty That Topples Nations!

[System] ‘Your replica’ takes severe damage!

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.

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[System] Using Benefit Beauty That Topples Nations!

[System] ‘Your replica’ begins to collapse!

Only after hearing that it was collapsing did I stop using my Benefit like crazy.

The woman was like a sand tower that had begun to crumble. Pieces slowly scattering away.

“Ahaha… hahaha… hahaha… aaaaak!”

Tears flowed endlessly from my eyes.

The woman didn’t stop laughing terrifyingly even while screaming. I wanted to grab that flowing pink hair right now and check that damn face.

‘It would probably be Han Ina’s face again anyway, or maybe Tulia’s face!’

Since it said it was my replica!

Why on earth was the Grand Temple hiding my replica and carefully creating it?

What exactly were they trying to do?

My head wasn’t working well.

Like instinctively avoiding when facing something scary, I actually wanted to kill that crazy woman so she’d never be visible again.

I couldn’t muster the courage to look down at the man I was holding in my arms.

“Klaus.”

I was covering the wound on his chest with my hand, but the blood kept flowing without stopping. As if there was nothing my mere hands could block.

“…Klaus. Please answer me.”

His body temperature slowly cooling.

He had died before. No, he had met me while dead.

But back then, I could save Klaus. I was surprised and flustered seeing him dead, but it wasn’t as scary as now.

But now….

“Klaus….”

Those playful blue eyes that always clung to my side and pestered me were hidden beneath pale skin.

“I’m not hurt, so please answer me! I’ll bow and thank you for saving me, so please answer!”

I shouted with a trembling voice, but not even a single strand of his ash-gray hair moved slightly.

It was as bleak as facing eternal darkness.

When a person dies, when someone I never expected dies trying to protect me.

The time surrounding me seemed to move impossibly slowly, and my chest felt as cold as being cut countless times by a cold blade.

Even breathing was difficult, so I gasped several times like a drowning person.

“Benefit….”

If I used Beauty That Topples Nations to destroy Klaus’s death, wouldn’t he come back to life?

I knew it was an absurd thought, but like someone who had lost their mind, I tried it.

But Klaus….

“….”

Couldn’t get up.

The moment I slowly blinked my eyes.

Suddenly, a familiar color sparkled before my eyes.

[System]

‘System?’

Why did the System Window suddenly appear when I didn’t even call it….

Blankly blinking was only for a moment.

Content I had never even imagined was carved in the air.

[System] Klaus Rosevar achieves Main Quest A-rank!

A cracked voice flowed out.

“…What?”

Whether my eyes widened or not, the System Window scattered even more content over my blurred vision.

[System] As a special reward for achieving Main Quest A-rank, Klaus Rosevar’s wish will be granted!

“…!”

If I hadn’t been holding the bleeding Klaus, I would have definitely jumped up from my spot.

Staring at the System Window in bewilderment was only brief.

“Klaus, Klaus.”

I began to gradually run out of breath.

“Klaus. You’re coming back to life, right? That’s it, right?”

Klaus had once before used a Benefit to revive a life that had been severed.

So this time too.

This time too, it would be the same.

It would definitely be the same.

‘I need to support Klaus and escape toward the door.’

If I attacked that woman any further, it felt like I would truly collapse and disappear completely.

Caught up in momentary rage, I couldn’t afford to lose that woman who seemed like such important evidence.

I took a deep breath.

“Klaus.”

As I called his name and quickly mapped out a route in my head.

[System] Klaus Rosevar’s Wish

[System] To convey the past he discovered to you

[System] Benefit 4, Klaus Rosevar’s wish will be executed!

Both my pupils froze in place.

Words I didn’t even realize I was muttering spilled out.

“Benefit 4?”

What the hell is Benefit 4?

Then does that mean there’s also Benefit 3, Benefit 2, and Benefit 1?

Meaningless thoughts flickering like a gentle breeze.

But at the end of it all was rage pouring out without my knowing.

“Klaus! Are you really insane?”

No answer came back.

“What the hell are you trying to do right now! Huh?!”

I screamed while crying.

Why in this situation, what wish could be more important than saving your own life?

Why are you trading something as precious as your life for such nonsense?

Just how precious could this past be…?

At the same time my entire body stiffened, my vision turned black.

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“…What’s.”

This?

Ferdinand stopped in place after cutting down the pouring creatures again and again.

One of the Imperial Knights who had also been cutting down countless creatures while heading toward where Tulia Frazier would be immediately asked.

“Your Highness? What’s wrong?”

It was a puzzled voice. Ferdinand almost reflexively asked the knight back.

Can’t you see this with your own eyes?

But the knight’s expression only held questions. Even the other knights were the same.

As if they couldn’t see this unidentified existence that Ferdinand’s eyes could see at all.

“No. Continue advancing. We must find and protect the Crown Princess.”

“Yes, sir!”

The Imperial Knights focused again on cutting down the creatures. Ferdinand readjusted his grip on his sword, then stared blankly at the existence before his eyes again.

From the sky down to before his eyes.

A single star was slowly falling.

Like a snowflake falling from the sky, as if it would melt immediately upon touching one’s hand.

Moreover, it was so tattered. It looked like a young beggar had walked through snow while clutching their starving belly. It meant he felt a strange sympathy.

Perhaps it was because that tattered star had the same color as Tulia’s eyes that he couldn’t look away.

Ferdinand reflexively caught the falling star, and his pupils dilated instantly.

It was because the star that had been swaying weakly and powerlessly greedily devoured his divine power the moment it settled in Ferdinand’s palm.

It didn’t feel as bad as having blood sucked by a leech. Rather, he felt an inexplicable tenderness, like feeding milk to a starving puppy.

He was puzzled that he himself could have such emotions.

Ferdinand ultimately let the star eagerly consume his divine power while quickly moving his steps, destroying creatures.

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“…!”

When I opened my eyes wide, I couldn’t get my bearings for a moment.

Pink hair was sparkling before me again.

But it wasn’t that of the monster-like woman from before.

These few strands of hair now flowing softly along my cheek were…

‘Mother?’

But no voice came out. Moreover.

‘Why are my arms like this? Why are they short?’

My hands and arms had become small like a baby’s.

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