That Piece Of Trash Was Me - Chapter 292

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Side Story Chapter 10

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Benjamin couldn’t sleep a wink.

His beaten body throbbed with pain, but his mind was clearer than ever.

Throwing a few worries at his brothers was nothing. They were stupid and greedy, so when he told them about a few noble ladies from the Briyang Empire, they immediately went wagging their tails like peacocks.

“You, if you cause trouble again while we’re gone, we’ll skin you alive. Got it?”

Benjamin simply intimidated a court attendant and immediately escaped from the palace. He had found out where Tulia was staying, so he just needed to go to her side.

That would be enough.

“The Grand Duchess is over there. Please be especially careful with your behavior… Ah!”

The court attendant’s scream was useless.

Benjamin was already running again.

Only then did he truly realize that he had definitely changed into a young boy.

Where had all that patience gone? He used to be able to bend, bow, and grovel, so why had he changed like this?

Why was he running toward you like this whenever he saw you?

Swoosh.

Benjamin wanted to embrace Tulia.

However, he was too thin, and instead ended up looking like a doll being held by Tulia.

But even that was good. Really, it was maddeningly good.

“Tulia, Tulia…”

Benjamin buried his cheek in her embrace and murmured. It was her. It really was her.

But.

“How, how insolent!”

“Where did this brat come from!”

“Drag him away immediately!”

The servants around Tulia pulled Benjamin away with pale faces.

Benjamin looked up at Tulia as if pleading.

“Who is this insolent brat?”

Tulia was not the Tulia he knew.

He could accept the cold words. But those eyes were truly unfamiliar.

“What should we do? Should we lock him in the Imperial Palace prison right away?”

“Hmph. He must have had a dream because I’m too beautiful. Just slap him a couple times and chase him away.”

“Yes!”

And so Benjamin watched Tulia walking away while holding his swollen cheeks.

Do you really not know me?

What on earth is this world?

Did I perhaps die and get reincarnated?

Benjamin couldn’t make sense of it.

Even while receiving all kinds of curses and beatings from his brothers afterward, his mind was filled only with thoughts of Tulia.

That dawn.

Benjamin realized.

If Tulia didn’t know anything, that was actually better.

“Now I can be by your side.”

Finally.

Benjamin hugged his pillow and buried his face in it.

Whatever world this was, no, even if it was hell, he didn’t care.

He just wanted to become the only man who possessed her.

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‘This is a bit more troublesome than I thought.’

I had just rejected Klaus’s twelfth letter.

No, I had to tear it to shreds and send it back. That was the character of the ill-mannered Tulia.

‘Klaus was revealed to be a prince of the Lupinus Kingdom, so Dave was imprisoned.’

Klaus’s subordinates had arrived at the Briyang Imperial Palace three days ago.

Dave had already lost the Emperor’s favor, and after causing such an incident, he received tremendous criticism.

So he was confined, and Empress Carmi fought with the Emperor almost daily before being driven out.

The fact that young and beautiful concubines filled her place gave me various feelings.

‘But well, this is a fake world created by the Sacred Tree anyway.’

Moreover…

I looked up at the sky.

In the place where Kim Ddongbyeol should normally be flying around, a small Sacred Tree symbol had been flying around since last night.

Next to the symbol was a number, and the number that started at 100 had already decreased to 30.

At first I thought it changed with the passage of time, but it didn’t.

Every time I tore up Klaus’s letters, the number decreased.

‘I should do as Mother first said.’

If I showed my cruel side to Benjamin and Klaus, this purification magic would end too.

‘Will a letter come tomorrow?’

Actually, it would be nice if it could end with just tearing up letters. This story is fiction, but she said their souls are real.

That means the wounds I inflict are also real.

‘Why does the massacre ending even exist?’

I don’t want to become such a cruel person either.

I let out a deep sigh and slowly fell asleep.

Then when I suddenly opened my eyes to a chilling presence.

“…?”

“Are you awake?”

A very soft and gentle female voice reached me.

But it contained anger that couldn’t quite be hidden.

“Empress Carmi?”

“Hahaha. Now even the Grand Duchess doesn’t call me ‘Your Majesty.’ That’s right. His Majesty the Emperor has brought in numerous concubines, so my position is becoming dangerous too…”

I realized a beat late that a strong smell of blood was wafting from the surroundings.

It was too dim around me to notice, but moonlight happened to seep in and illuminate the surroundings, and I almost screamed.

“Shh. Don’t make a sound, Grand Duchess.”

Actually, I might have actually screamed.

Blood was pooled all around me. Numerous women in thin dresses were dead, and thanks to Tulia’s memories, I could tell who they were.

“The, the Emperor’s concubines…”

“You have good eyes indeed.”

Empress Carmi smiled gently. But blood vessels were bulging in her eyes, making her look simply grotesque.

“What are you trying to do, Empress Carmi?”

“If you’re lost from the Imperial Palace, all of Frazier House will be greatly enraged, right? Naturally, the Emperor’s position will become very dangerous too.”

“…”

“Moreover, since concubine struggles are originally fierce, what if these damned women were plotting schemes and you, who happened to be in the palace, got caught up in it? Both the Grand Duke and Marquis of Frazier would try to kill the Emperor.”

At Empress Carmi’s words, I kept my mouth shut.

So, you lost the Emperor’s favor and now you want to use me to get revenge on him?

I was dumbfounded, but at the same time, chills ran down my spine.

The smell of burning was already rising. Empress Carmi was going to set this place on fire and slip away leisurely.

“They say burning pain is the most terrible, so I’m sorry for making you experience it. I wanted to dispose of the Grand Duchess cleanly beforehand, but the coroners would obviously find out.”

Soon flames blazed up fiercely.

Empress Carmi wrapped her body with a robe that must have been specially made. It seemed she had personally set the fire because of the importance of today’s events.

I wanted to snatch her robe immediately, but I had no strength in my body at all.

‘Really, whether in reality or fantasy, she’s infuriating.’

Even while gritting my teeth, I was concerned about the number next to the Sacred Tree symbol.

‘What if I die before it reaches zero? Won’t the magic end in failure?’

Really, Empress Carmi was no help whether in reality or illusion.

Whoosh!

It was then that the fire spread to the corpses too.

How do I get out of here?

Neither my arms nor legs would move at all.

Just as my heart sank with a thud.

“You’re Tulia Frazier, right.”

A wet cloth covering my nose and mouth, and a familiar voice reaching my ears.

I lifted my head up, and soon my gaze met with bright blue eyes.

It was him.

Klaus Rosevar.

He had transformed into human form and was looking down at me with his bare upper body exposed.

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