Thought It Was ‘The End’, Only to Return to a Changed Genre - Chapter 81

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Chapter 15. The Face of a Traitor (3)

Genevieve was truly strong.

‘How does such strength come from those delicate shoulders.’

Even in a world that ignored the laws of physics, wasn’t this a bit frightening?

“It’s simple. People usually can’t use all their muscle strength instinctively to avoid getting hurt. I’m different. Since I can heal at the same time my muscles tear, I can exert greater strength.”

“…Don’t explain such things while smiling so brightly…”

It’s scary.

The rope hanging on the wall was thicker than an average adult’s forearm, but Genevieve swung it around as if it were thread, tied it around Edelaine’s waist, and lifted her up piggyback style.

Her field of vision suddenly rose high, but her body didn’t even sway. She held her that securely.

All Edelaine did was grope around the ceiling to find the exit and then push the handle to open it.

When she couldn’t open the tightly closed door and seemed frustrated, Genevieve even stood on her tiptoes to help Edelaine apply force more easily.

‘If I had given her a piggyback ride, Genevieve might have been able to break down the door…’

She decided not to act cocky in the future.

Before opening the door, she listened carefully but heard no signs of anyone. When she cautiously pushed open the ceiling door, a room with a door leading outside appeared. Judging by the miscellaneous items placed there, it seemed to be a place simply used as a passage.

When she opened the door, she grabbed the visible handle and crawled up awkwardly. It seemed they usually hung a ladder on this handle.

The rope was heavy, but with Genevieve supporting her from below, she managed to climb up somehow.

However, she couldn’t find anywhere to secure the rope. Then, as if reading her mind, Genevieve shouted from below.

“Lady Edelaine, just grab onto anything and hold on. I’ll come up right away.”

“Huh, what?”

Feeling her body being pulled downward, she instinctively sat down and grabbed the rope tied around her waist. She barely managed to suppress a scream. She held on by clinging to whatever she could grab, and soon Genevieve climbed up.

‘Even though Genevieve is stronger… I’m heavier…’

A somewhat sad truth was proven by the results.

‘Well, I am taller! Just by looking, anyone can tell I’m heavier!’

What was most frightening was that those slender arms and legs didn’t have heavy muscles condensed in them. It really meant she was repeatedly tearing and healing in real time.

“There’s no one watching. Fortunately.”

“They probably never thought we could escape from this warehouse.”

“That would be like Harrison.”

Genevieve didn’t bother to act weak in front of him. But that’s how image works. Since there was no need to show off her strength in front of her husband, she let him remain mistaken.

Of course, that was the case with the guard knight Harrison that Genevieve knew.

The Harrison who stabbed Lloyd and kidnapped the two of them was someone Genevieve didn’t know.

“I hope there’s only one kidnapper…”

“But if this is inside a ship, wouldn’t it have been wiser to wait for rescue? We’re above the sea anyway even if we escape.”

“Yeah, that’s true, but I thought it would be good to at least buy some time.”

When Edelaine realized that the place she was brought to was a cabin on a ship, she judged escape to be impossible.

As Genevieve said, even if they ran away, they’d be above the sea, and it was winter too.

The Delmes nearshore was shallow and relatively calm, but finding someone who fell into the night sea would be even more difficult, and they could die of hypothermia while waiting for rescue.

Genevieve said she could heal them, but divine power wasn’t a bottomless well either. If she fainted, they would have no choice but to die.

“That bastard didn’t seem like the type to be merciful. Kidnapping us means there’s something to negotiate with our lives, but if things go wrong, he might cut off our arms and legs… He might think having just one of us alive would be enough.”

“…”

“Lloyd was a child, and if the purpose was to kidnap us, there would have been other methods.”

Edelaine paused for a moment and added with a frowning face.

“Our kid isn’t easy to handle, so he might have needed to inflict a fatal wound.”

“That’s probably it. That kid looked far from easy to handle at first glance. Even when a big person was pressuring him, instead of being intimidated, he acted annoyed as if shooing away a worthless fly.”

“Ah, Lloyd is a bit like that. He was like that with Shane too. Incredibly arrogant.”

She had no idea how arrogant he was. Lucian found it quite cute, but Shane hated even when Edelaine mentioned Lloyd’s name.

He seemed to try not to show it, but it was obvious.

For those two people to now work together, it was in some ways a moving development.

The problem was that what they were working together on was confinement.

“You find him cute because he’s arrogant, right?”

“Yeah. Isn’t it cute when kittens bounce around? It’s that kind of feeling.”

“I think he’d hate it if he heard that story…”

“He hates it terribly.”

Edelaine shrugged her shoulders and wrinkled her nose as she smiled.

“That’s also cute.”

“…Lady Edelaine, you’re a bit like an old man…”

“Shane said that too…”

What exactly was wrong with her that transcended both age and gender?

Genevieve untied the rope around Edelaine’s waist and said.

“He’ll be alive.”

“…Yeah.”

“Kids like that don’t die easily even when killed. I’ve seen many. Even if they go to heaven’s gate, they’ll come back.”

She decided not to ask in detail what she had seen so much of.

“No matter what kind of fatal wound it is, if there’s just a thread of life left, I’ll save him. I promise.”

“…Then, we also need to get out of here safely.”

Genevieve patted her chest and said.

“Just trust me. I may look like this, but I’m God’s favorite.”

“…Mmm…”

“Your response is quite lackluster.”

“No, well… When someone who just got betrayed by her husband says such things, it’s not very convincing…”

“…”

“If you also promise to slap that bastard at least once with your own hands, I’ll believe you.”

“I should promise at least that much.”

A spirited smile bloomed on Genevieve’s face, who couldn’t hide her momentary bewilderment.

“By now, His Excellency must have realized the situation too. Lucian Call was watching near the residence, so it shouldn’t be difficult to track us.”

“Even Lucian is involved?”

“…Since we’re in this situation, I’ll tell you – there’s no one among the people who know Lady Edelaine who isn’t angry.”

“Why is that guy Lucian angry…”

“The fact that you say such things is probably also part of why he’s angry…”

Genevieve thought of Lucian Call.

Genevieve meeting that person was purely by chance. She didn’t know him well enough to say what he was like, but it was clear to her how special Edelaine was to him.

Edelaine said he was someone who would do anything if paid enough.

Of course, Lucian Call was famous for being a cold-blooded person who would do anything profitable, but as much as his handsome face was worth, he was someone who would never do anything that would get his own tail stepped on.

How much so that even Edwin gave up on completely destroying his forces?

The requests Edelaine made were generally things that would endanger even him.

Moreover, recently he heard it had become difficult to operate with Delmez as a base due to Shane’s surveillance. Even so, he listened to everything Edelaine said, yet she didn’t even know why he was angry.

Genevieve shook her head to clear her thoughts and said.

“If we find a place to hide and hold out, His Excellency will come to rescue us soon.”

“…He’ll come, right? Since you’re here too…”

“Why are you including me?”

“Shane will think I ran away.”

Edelaine muttered bitterly.

So this time, he might finally get tired of me and give up.

*

Edelaine and Genevieve found an empty cabin and hid.

It was an ironic coincidence that the cabin happened to be next to the room the culprit was using.

“We should have killed that bitch first!”

“If we had killed even one of them, the Crown Prince and Duke wouldn’t have agreed to negotiate.”

“What will you gain from this deal?”

“Brubewin’s survival. And your life.”

“Not interested in that damn country. I just need to kill those two bitches and be done with it.”

“I’ll grant that the Saint is Keith’s enemy, but what grudge do you have against the Duchess?”

“….”

“Keith left behind something incomplete like this and departed.”

“Shut up, Harrison. Have you forgotten the grace of being saved?!”

“It was Keith who saved me. Not you.”

“Keith is me, and I am Keith!”

Harrison scoffed as if dumbfounded.

“Keith planted me in the Imperial Palace to kill the Crown Prince someday. I was part of that kid’s plan spanning over 10 years. Not yours.”

“I know that too. That’s why you abandoned and betrayed me. You abandoned me saying you’d follow Keith’s orders!”

Harrison looked at the woman who had briefly been his lover. He spoke coldly.

“If only the Saint’s assassination had succeeded 5 years ago, I wouldn’t have needed to approach that woman.”

“It wasn’t my failure, that was Keith’s….”

“Keith’s will was for me to become the final means to surely kill either the Crown Prince or the Saint from the closest position someday. Living for that purpose was my mission.”

Even if he couldn’t kill her, becoming her husband would give him means to hurt the Saint.

Having affairs, or taking any children and leaving…. There were many methods.

For that purpose, Harrison had to love Genevieve with all his heart. That was his mission.

Creating ‘Harrison, the Saint’s husband and guard knight.’

“Keith is dead! Such plans are useless now!”

“Right, that’s why I’m risking the rest of my life to grant your request. I put poison in the tea to poison the Duchess, and even kidnapped her. Since Keith is dead, I’m trying to repay the debt of being saved to you, his twin at least!”

“…You’re Keith too, in the end.”

“….”

“You too, and Princess Mia as well.”

Kaitlyn pulled her knees up and buried her forehead against them. Harrison spoke with a sigh.

“You said you’re Keith, and Keith is you.”

“….”

“It’s the same for me. In the end.”

While listening to the moans of the two people kissing, Genevieve tried to recall what the face of the person who had been her husband and closest friend just hours ago looked like.

What kind of person was he, that person.

What was he like.

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