That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 261

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Chapter 261

I laughed out loud.

“Is that your wish?”

“Yes.”

There was no time to discuss trivial matters like whether he really meant those words, or if he was just saying nice things to seduce me.

Golden hair matted with blood. The twins who had been shedding tears endlessly flooded my mind.

I couldn’t see your past, but…

“Then Ferdinand. If a god later said they would grant you one wish.”

“…”

“Could you use it to save the Crown Prince of Sorsen, or the Crown Prince of Lupinus Kingdom? One of them, or both?”

Ferdinand frowned for the first time.

“I told you not to think about other men, and now you’re openly mentioning them.”

“I’m talking about people right now, not men.”

“They’re the ones who proposed to you. Fine. I’ll tell you since you keep worrying about them.”

Ferdinand roughly ran his hand through his hair.

“According to my last report, both of them are alive. So stop worrying about those bastards.”

At this welcome news I’d heard in a while, I smiled brightly.

“Really?”

If it weren’t for those damn heretics’ attacks.

If it weren’t for the system window’s errors and glitches.

It seemed like everyone would survive and all these problems would be resolved.

“But just in case. Will you grant my wish or not?”

Ferdinand was silent for a moment.

“Ferdinand?”

“Why do we have to make such hypotheticals? Would a god suddenly appear and grant wishes?”

“Monsters suddenly appeared too, didn’t they? Anything can happen in this world.”

“Do you really have to save those guys? This would be a chance for me to make a wish.”

Ferdinand adjusted his position holding me and met my eyes.

“Hmm? Tulia Frazier.”

His red eyes still reminded me of strawberry jam. I was probably the only person who would associate such cold eyes with something sweet and cheerful.

“You said earlier that my wish was your wish.”

“…Ha.”

Ferdinand finally spoke.

“Fine. I’ll do that. It makes me feel sick just imagining it, but I promised, so I’ll do it. Tulia.”

My eyes lit up. Ferdinand seemed to feel even worse seeing my expression brighten, but what could I do?

“Then what should I promise you in return?”

Ferdinand asked back with an expression that showed he couldn’t understand at all.

“Did you perhaps receive an oracle while you were sleeping? That a god will descend soon?”

“As you know, I’m in a position running a huge salon, so I’m originally thorough with transactions.”

The playful laughter slowly subsided.

“So Ferdinand. What should I promise you?”

“A promise.”

Ferdinand looked into the air once, then smiled faintly.

“Marry me.”

“…What?”

“Let’s hold a royal wedding as soon as we return.”

“…”

“All the preparations have been made at the Crown Prince Palace.”

“You didn’t say you would prepare, but that you already have?”

When I asked in bewilderment, Ferdinand laughed.

“Yes.”

“…”

“I’ve liked you for much longer than you think.”

Seeing me speechless at his sudden confession, his red eyes took on a rare gentle light.

“Tulia.”

Ferdinand lifted my hand and lightly kissed the back of it.

“I’m proposing to you again right now.”

“…”

“I like you, Tulia.”

“…”

“I’ve been in love with you for a very long time.”

Ferdinand let out a self-deprecating laugh.

“…Though you probably didn’t know.”

I lowered my gaze. Somehow my cheeks felt hot.

How could I not have known?

How could I not have known the affection this man held for me?

How could I not have known the heart of this boy Crown Prince who protected me, embraced me, gave me faint smiles in return, and eventually even kissed me?

I knew.

It’s just that survival came first for me.

Because the situation surrounding me was too complex and bizarre.

Thinking about it, I suddenly found it amusing.

This large man who was now a head taller than me was just a tiny little boy I had to look down at not long ago.

Ferdinand also lived with all his might for survival, seizing victory with his own strength.

So we were both in the same situation, in the same pain, just the speed of our emotions…

Only that speed was slightly different.

I realized it like fireflies brightly illuminating my vision.

It wasn’t that I suddenly fell for him, but that emotions buried in darkness were just beginning to become visible.

I liked this boy.

I blinked silently. Emotions soft as a melody spread through my chest.

This feeling of brightness being added to my heart. This confession that was strangely unfamiliar and ticklish, yet oddly choked me up…

We were silent for a moment. We just looked at each other like mirrors.

I was the first to look away. Because my ears had grown hot. I reflexively avoided Ferdinand’s gaze and cleared my throat.

“…I never thought I’d pay my marriage as transaction fees.”

When I muttered awkwardly, Ferdinand’s eyebrows twitched slightly.

“Tulia. I think you’re severely mistaken about something.”

“What am I mistaken about?”

“Marriage being transaction fees, and such. Setting aside that it doesn’t make sense.”

“…”

“Your marriage is already mine. You’re my Crown Princess, and you’ll become my Empress. Wasn’t that already settled?”

I blinked.

“…When was that settled?”

“At your coming-of-age banquet. You made a deal with me, didn’t you?”

I let out a hollow laugh.

“You seem to have tried some highway robbery.”

“Then did I look kind enough to just help and be done with it? Your misconception is truly astounding, Tulia.”

“Yes…”

The day of the coming-of-age banquet.

I made some kind of deal with Ferdinand to suppress Coriko and give the High Priests a hard time, and thanks to that, I received a marriage proposal performance.

But that was supposed to be acting, not an actual confirmed marriage…

Both amazed and dumbfounded, I stared intently at Ferdinand. He also gazed at me quietly.

Ferdinand’s light brown hair still swayed gently, and his bright red eyes didn’t carry their usual cynicism.

They were just serious enough that laughter might escape.

“There is one thing I wish of you.”

“What is it?”

Given Ferdinand’s personality, I expected him to tell me not to die or something like that.

“If.”

Unusually, he hesitated. He didn’t continue immediately and slowly closed his eyes before opening them again.

“If today, I die before you do.”

“…”

“You should live and do as you please. You can marry another man, or better yet, don’t. But if you really can’t help it and come to love another man and marry him.”

“If I do?”

“Please treat him as your second husband.”

My laughter was brief.

“You must live, even if it’s like that.”

“…”

“Promise me. That you will.”

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