That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 278

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Epilogue Chapter 1

** Epilogue **

Summer Continent.

A vast land where vegetation flourishes, greenery blooms in full glory, and the blessings of sunlight and earth are endlessly enjoyed.

Among the countless vegetation as numerous as the stars in the sky, there was one Sacred Tree that was uniquely worshipped.

Beta Crucis.

The withered Sacred Tree still appeared to be dead, but who wouldn’t know that spring was budding at the end of winter.

The Grand Duchess of the great Frazier House from the Spring Continent, Tulia Frazier, had defeated all heretics as a guardian, and the withered Sacred Tree had also begun to regenerate.

The Sacred Tree had become known to everyone in this way.

The Sacred Tree that had been like an abandoned stump.

Now it had once again become an existence that everyone revered.

Klaus, with bandages wrapped around his entire body, dismissed his subordinates and arrived alone before the Sacred Tree, Beta Crucis.

“….”

No matter how much he craned his neck, he couldn’t see the end of the massive Sacred Tree.

However.

Klaus carefully knelt down.

The Sacred Tree that had boldly watched over thousands and tens of thousands of seasons.

From beneath it, sprouts were modestly emerging.

Klaus reached out his hand.

His fingertips brushed against the tender light green leaves. The vivid energy of life that surged forth. Each of these sprouts felt like fairies bringing spring.

This vitality that was not easily forgotten. No matter how many budding sprouts you pluck, you cannot stop spring from coming.

Yes, so just like when Klaus, no matter how much he resisted, ultimately had no choice but to acknowledge his feelings for one woman.

“Tulia.”

Klaus Rosevar quietly called out that name.

The name of the Sacred Tree Guardian and Grand Duchess Frazier, and now the Crown Princess of the Briyang Imperial Family, who would also be newly written in history books as Empress.

Perhaps it was all meaningless obsession.

Even if Klaus knelt before this Sacred Tree and looked up at the blue sky with burning eyes.

She had already made her choice.

“Really… I had no intention of falling for you.”

But you know what.

“The heart doesn’t work that way.”

To think I can’t control my own heart as I wish.

Klaus smiled bitterly.

At first, it was simply a pact born from an accident. A covenant forcibly entangled that neither he nor she wanted or expected.

He had only thought of severing it immediately.

He didn’t even think about it seriously. After all, he was a descendant of the Wolf King who inherited the strongest blood among his brothers.

Breaking the covenant was no trouble at all, so Benjamin leisurely lingered by Tulia’s side. He moved lazily, showed his belly, and took naps.

There wasn’t any particular reason.

Just because he needed nourishment. According to bloodline and royal tradition, he needed her body temperature bound by the companion’s compulsion.

“Sacred Tree.”

Klaus muttered while touching the roots of the Sacred Tree.

“Do you perfectly predict which direction you will extend your branches?”

He would show the Sacred Tree the same level of respect as the Great Wolf King.

“Or do you also sometimes extend branches in unexpected directions?”

Klaus thoroughly followed the royal command given to the royalty of Rufinus.

The wind swept by. The green leaves smiled softly. The sunlight pouring through the gaps between the thick branches sparkled like golden fragments.

An endlessly dazzling moment.

“Still, don’t you think I suit you better than that Crown Prince?”

Klaus muttered while unwrapping the multiple layers of bandages tightly binding his chest.

“I can handle your dirty personality better.”

One layer.

“And besides, you Tulia Frazier are from the feline family. I’m a wolf. So I suit you better.”

Two layers.

“You loved grabbing and shaking my tail so much.”

Three layers.

The bandages that fell away had blood stains scattered on them.

The wind touching his exposed skin was slow and gentle. But with the supporting pressure gone, pain surged again.

Klaus slowly gritted his teeth.

There was reason to dutifully endure certain pain. Even if it had no meaning.

Because the Rosevars who lost companions bound by life and covenant willingly endured this way.

Klaus Rosevar. He was no different.

He even thought the pain that felt like flesh dripping away wasn’t entirely bad. To steel his own heart.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath. There was a memory that always came to mind when he closed his eyes.

The woman who would stare into space whenever she had a chance, frowning mercilessly, often punching pillows and repeating incomprehensible curses.

That reckless woman who never looked back even once while walking that rough path, and who unhesitatingly offered her arm to him, that strong woman.

Klaus Rosevar would willingly treasure in his heart. His own season that would take root forever, one he wouldn’t dare break.

In the next life, I mustn’t let you be taken away.

“I must find you before anyone else.”

Klaus, who whispered like a breath, rose from his spot. The ears of his subordinates, who had been waiting almost a village’s distance away following his orders, perked up.

It was time to escort their master back. In fact, Klaus had suffered fatal injuries and had secretly left the royal palace even now.

One of the subordinates gathered in a circle, only listening, quietly spoke up.

“So we agreed not to tell him about the marriage proposal from Briyang.”

Another subordinate who was scolded asked back with an incredulous expression.

“If we hide it and he finds out later, he might get beaten more. Who wants to get beaten? You?”

“….”

The subordinates grumbled but quickly moved their steps.

“His Highness shouldn’t have fainted yet.”

“At least he won’t faint in front of the Sacred Tree.”

“…Well, that’s right, isn’t it?”

“Hmm hmm….”

Even if it meant death, he wouldn’t show himself collapsing in front of that Grand Duchess, or in front of that Grand Duchess’s Sacred Tree.

Because the Rosevars who had offered covenants to someone were such beings. Because they possessed the dignity to rather choose death while standing upright.

“….”

The subordinates said nothing more and hurriedly moved their steps to find their master.

In the place they left, only the sound of gentle wind lingered.

Swoosh.

And the wind also swept past Klaus’s ears. Faint light poured through the branches of the Sacred Tree and embraced his shoulders.

Klaus looked back. The bandages stained with his blood were tied to branches, fluttering white and red like small markers.

As fresh blood stained the pure white cloth, it looked exactly like someone’s hair color.

Klaus suddenly ran his hand roughly through his hair with an irritated expression.

“I’m doing all the foolish things by myself.”

These were actions he previously would have shuddered at and never done.

The sprouts suddenly came into view in Klaus’s fierce eyes.

Someday, the day will come when those small leaves bloom in full.

The day will come when branches and leaves befitting the magnificent Sacred Tree will cast gentle shade for eternity.

“Great Wolf King.”

Klaus raised his head and looked up at the Sacred Tree.

“And Sacred Tree who possesses the same dignity as him.”

He placed one hand over his chest and murmured quietly.

“I humbly beseech you, as a descendant of Roschva who has inherited the Lupinus Kingdom.”

When that time comes, may he meet his companion before anyone else.

“I humbly pray for this.”

Swoosh.

Klaus slowly left the Sacred Tree after removing his hand from his chest.

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