That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 260

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Chapter 260

“…Tulia Frazier.”

From his body, I could feel faint heat along with the lingering smell of blood. And deep fear.

That struck me as strange. This was the Crown Prince who, even when the Empress slapped his cheek and the Emperor drove him into danger, never showed fear but only returned cold smiles and icy gazes.

No matter what cracks or destruction came his way, Ferdinand had knocked them down without batting an eye.

That Crown Prince who had stood like a towering mountain—why was he now embracing me and showing such clear fear?

“…Ferdinand.”

My voice still came out hoarse. I coughed several times before asking.

“What’s wrong? Is the situation outside that bad? Are there really that many Creatures…”

“You weren’t breathing.”

“…What?”

Ferdinand’s arms tightened around me as he held me.

“I said you weren’t breathing.”

He had his face buried in my shoulder, and I could feel faint moisture seeping onto my shoulder.

The traces of overflowing emotion were being left on me like that.

“How long wasn’t I breathing? What about the Palace Physician?”

Wherever the Crown Prince went, a Palace Physician always accompanied him. I was puzzled about just how long I hadn’t been breathing.

Ferdinand slowly lifted his face from my shoulder.

“The Palace Physician said you were dead.”

“What? Dead?”

I was so bewildered I felt absurd, asking back in a squeaky voice.

“You don’t know how long you couldn’t open your eyes, do you?”

With a strange sense of foreboding, I just nodded without answering. I had vaguely thought that not much time had passed in reality…

Ferdinand pressed his lips to my forehead and murmured.

“A full day.”

“…A full day? I wasn’t breathing for an entire day?”

“Yes. Your pulse had completely stopped too, and no matter how much I called your name, you couldn’t open your eyes.”

“I was really a corpse then.”

No wonder the Palace Physician made a death diagnosis.

I still couldn’t quite grasp it, so I wiggled my fingers for no reason.

The current me felt exactly the same as my usual state.

I glanced at the layers of Creature corpses piled up and asked.

“Were you guarding my corpse here?”

“Yes.”

“To bury me somewhere nice once this chaos was settled? Thank you.”

“No. Bury you where?”

“What?”

Ferdinand’s sunset-colored eyes gazed at me quietly. Those always clear eyes were now rippling with an indescribable fragility.

“You need to be intact for me to put you on the Empress throne.”

“…But you said I was a corpse.”

“What does it matter if you’re a corpse.”

Ferdinand gritted his teeth.

“I don’t care if you’re a corpse. Even if you were dead and rotting, I was planning to crown you as my Empress.”

“…Wouldn’t people think you’re crazy if they heard that?”

“Yes. If you don’t want them to say such things.”

Ferdinand buried his face in my shoulder again. The hands holding me felt like burning coals.

“Please, don’t die. Tulia.”

“…”

“I thought I was going crazy because you weren’t breathing. Really…”

“…”

“I really…”

I felt strangely choked up and nodded. I wanted to firmly promise this Crown Prince, who had experienced so many betrayals, just one thing.

I wanted to let him know about this emotion that had somehow seeped in so densely.

“I won’t die. Ferdinand.”

With his support, I slowly got up from where I was sitting and asked.

“But Ferdinand. The fact that you’re here alone, could it be…”

I swallowed dry saliva and asked.

“Everyone outside was wiped out… it’s not something like that, right?”

He let out a short laugh as he retrieved his sword.

“As if.”

“Then what about the people from our family?”

“They’re safe. Grand Duke Frazier and the Marquis have already entered the Great Temple.”

“Grandfather and Father?”

“Would it just be them?”

“Then why are you the only one here?”

Where’s my father?

Where’s my grandfather?

“The number of Creatures is beyond imagination. The Knight Orders that arrived late haven’t even been able to reach the center yet.”

‘Ah.’

Ferdinand scooped me up and swung his sword to check it before stepping outside. The long corridor of the Great Temple was already piled high with Creature corpses.

“Forces from the Imperial Family and the Empire’s nobles, as well as numerous troops from each country in the delegation, have already been dispatched.”

“It’s gotten that serious?”

“It’s become that big of an incident. Where on earth did that horrible monster come from? We even found an enormous pile of corpses deep in the Great Temple. They were all children.”

Listening to Ferdinand’s continued explanation, I roughly understood the current situation.

That crazy woman—no, I mean the completely insane Coriko—was being perceived as a monster.

It seemed that heretics who had appeared from somewhere and pouring Creatures were protecting Coriko while massacring numerous forces.

“According to the report I received earlier, the Saint has also arrived. All the High Priests have been taken hostage by that monster.”

“What? The High Priests?”

“Yes.”

Ha.

I was dumbfounded. Even rigged card games have limits.

The High Priests and Coriko are on the same side, but while I was having cardiac arrest, they probably pretended to be taken hostage and manipulated public opinion somehow, right?

Coriko, wearing Han Ina’s face, must still be playing the role of a fragile Saint.

But I now know for certain that the pink-haired monster is the ‘main body.’

Klaus, who got pierced by that monster while protecting me…

“…”

When I fell silent for a moment, Ferdinand spoke up bluntly.

“That Prince from the Summer Continent is receiving treatment in the rear.”

“What?”

“So don’t make such a gloomy expression. Just don’t think about other guys in front of me. Tulia Frazier.”

I looked up at him in bewilderment. Ferdinand’s eyes were full of irritation.

The thought crossed my mind that he might have learned mind reading, but only briefly.

The clear jealousy this man was showing made me feel strangely odd.

“Ferdinand.”

“Yes.”

“Do you trust the High Priests?”

“No.”

“What?”

I thought he would believe me.

“Why don’t you believe me? They’re devoted to you.”

“Devotion is what I do for you.”

“…?”

“Since childhood, the High Priests have looked at me like livestock they’d soon devour. I’ve never trusted them once.”

Ferdinand looked down at me and said.

“There’s no way I’d trust a group that’s clearly planning to slaughter me.”

“I see….”

‘…The Crown Prince’s position really isn’t something just anyone can have.’

His intuition is just at beast level.

For a moment, I recalled white wolf ears and tail, then gave a bitter smile.

The red blood that had gushed from Klaus’s chest….

“Ferdinand. Could I talk while we’re traveling?”

“As much as you want. I was already worried you might lose consciousness again.”

“Then, you know. Ferdinand.”

I said while turning my eyes away from the knights’ corpses that appeared intermittently.

“In the past, if God appeared saying he’d grant my wish….”

“If he appeared?”

“At first, I was going to ask him to free me from the poverty that exhausted me.”

When I was Han Ina, I had to balance studying and part-time jobs all day in a small studio apartment.

When I came home, my feet hurt and my legs ached. Each day was very tiring and I hated that the next morning would come.

So like most people, I wished to become rich. I wanted to sleep when I wanted to sleep, and be free enough to wake up when I wanted to wake up.

Of course, Ferdinand doesn’t know about my time as Han Ina, so he’s probably thinking of when I was just a Grand Ducal House young lady in name only, unloved.

“But after becoming rich, the wish I wanted to make changed. I wanted to ask that all the people who had tormented me would become miserable.”

Ferdinand quietly listened to my words.

“But if that wish was also resolved.”

I asked while looking at my pale hands.

“Then what kind of wish do you think you’d want to make?”

“Why are you asking such a thing?”

Ferdinand continued in a strange tone.

“For me, there’s obviously only one. What you want.”

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