Thought It Was ‘The End’, Only to Return to a Changed Genre - Chapter 86

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Chapter 16. A Blade Below the Neck (2)

The two people’s kiss didn’t last long.

Because someone came to call for them.

When a gruff male voice that seemed to belong to a sailor said something, Harrison answered, and soon after the two left the cabin. Edelaine held her breath and stayed silent, then slowly examined Genevieve’s complexion.

‘What kind of vivid soap opera scene is this…’

The cabin separated by mere wooden planks had terrible soundproofing. Even if the walls were made of wood, hearing lip-smacking sounds and moans meant the walls weren’t functioning at all as walls should.

If Edelaine and Genevieve hadn’t hidden first, if they had carelessly made noise, they would have been caught and captured again long ago. But fortunately, they hid first and then the two men and women entered the next room, so they weren’t discovered.

Of course, just stabbing Lloyd and kidnapping the two of them made the betrayal obvious.

But the shock of adding the sounds of an adulterous affair on top of that would be different.

Edelaine cursed inwardly while tightly holding Genevieve’s hand.

Damn bastard, looking like a bear and pulling all sorts of shit. Wasn’t betrayal enough, you had to commit adultery too? At least Edwin had the looks to match, ah, of course being handsome doesn’t make cheating okay, but at least it lets you mentally prepare, but what are you…

‘Who does he think he is, hurting our girl.’

Genevieve’s complexion was pitifully pale.

She wished she would get angry instead, but her violet eyes were just calm and quiet, making her heart ache even more. Edelaine lowered her head to meet Genevieve’s gaze.

Focus returned to Genevieve’s eyes that had been blankly lost in thought.

“Lady Edelaine? What’s wrong?”

“No, it’s just… you seemed shocked.”

“Well, it’s not exactly pleasant to hear your husband, who was sleeping skin-to-skin with you until yesterday, making out with another woman…”

“…”

“As you said, Lady Edelaine, I’ve already been betrayed and kidnapped by that husband. I wonder if this is really something to be shocked about now.”

“Is, is that so…?”

“If the order had been reversed, I might have been hurt.”

Genevieve spoke monotonously with cynical eyes.

Since the person involved said she was fine, asking repeatedly seemed rude, so Edelaine swallowed the words “I don’t think so” that had risen to her throat.

“If you’re okay… that’s a relief.”

Anyone could see she wasn’t okay, which was the problem.

“Right now, getting Lady Edelaine safely escaped is more important than such things.”

“We have to leave together.”

At the nuance that seemed to suggest if only one of them could leave, you should be the one to survive, Edelaine quickly added. She didn’t want to hear death flag statements at a time like this.

‘Whenever they say lines like that at times like this, that character dies…’

A Saint death ending – no matter who survived, it would ultimately be a destruction ending.

It would open a dystopian worldview.

Edelaine had a sense of mission to somehow keep Genevieve alive.

Of course, part of the reason was that Genevieve was the female lead and the Saint.

If this girl disappeared, the world would be destroyed, and even though it was a world that hated her, it was still a place where people she loved lived, so wanting to protect it was natural.

But setting aside all those reasons, Genevieve was someone she wanted to protect.

Not a female lead who had everything, but like a younger sister who had lived too difficult a life, naturally awakening protective instincts.

‘Indeed, the female lead’s charm that makes even the villains in novels fall for her…’

Perhaps she too, being a villain for now, had easily fallen for Genevieve. She never expected to find her identity as a villain in a place like this.

Edelaine let out a hollow laugh, then realized the reality and pulled herself together.

Genevieve, despite appearances, probably wasn’t in her right mind.

Even if it was a loveless marriage, having your spouse betray you and cheat would be quite shocking. Moreover, Genevieve had been opening her heart to him. Not passionately, not like a movie-like intense love, but quietly enough that you could tell she had allowed him by her side.

She had looked at that person with eyes that clearly showed she trusted him.

Edelaine couldn’t forgive the man who betrayed that trust. Because she knew that Genevieve actually had trouble trusting people.

So she had to keep her wits about her and lead Genevieve.

Escaping from the warehouse had been the right thing to do.

The voice saying they should have killed him was thick with resentment. She wasn’t in a rational state. When people reach their limits, you never know what they might do, and Edelaine had learned through countless nightmares just how cruel a ‘mage’ could become.

‘But when will someone come to rescue us.’

Lloyd had collapsed, so the remaining people were… Lucian? Edwin?

Would Shane come?

She knew in her head.

With Lloyd collapsed, they wouldn’t think Edelaine had run away of her own accord. They would know that Edelaine would die before leaving the dying Lloyd behind.

But thinking of her last conversation with Shane, she couldn’t blame him if he didn’t trust her.

‘I already have a history of faking my own corpse and running away, so he might think I could fake Lloyd’s too.’

This is why cheating husbands develop paranoid jealousy.

Because they’ve done things themselves, their suspicion toward others grows too. They think everyone in the world is like them.

Edelaine shook off her distracting thoughts and said to Genevieve.

“Let’s get out of here. From what I heard, even if hypothermia is scary, falling into the sea would be better.”

Did sharks live in the waters off Delmez?

“The sailors all seem to be under a curse. If we encounter them, I’ll take care of them.”

“That’s reassuring…”

“If you hit vital points when they collapse, no matter how big they are, it’s one hit.”

Edelaine decided to handle that part. She searched the cabin for anything that could be used as a weapon. Fortunately, she found a hammer in the toolbox.

The two carefully left the cabin.

In the corridor, a sailor like a game mob was wandering around with vacant eyes, but while Genevieve made him stagger with her technique, Edelaine struck his head hard and knocked him unconscious.

“H-hey, Genevieve. Won’t hitting someone’s head with a hammer kill them?!”

“It’s okay, Lady Edelaine. I’ll treat him just enough so he won’t die.”

“Should I trust you? I’ll trust you?”

“Just trust me.”

Why doesn’t this feel reassuring at all?

It was clearly a benevolent smiling face, but it sounded like the mechanical response of an overworked office worker.

Edelaine walked through the dark ship’s corridor feeling like a murderer wielding a hammer. After taking down two sailors, they found stairs leading up to the deck. Genevieve grabbed Edelaine’s arm and put her index finger to her lips.

“Find those bitches right now and bring them to me!”

A shrill voice screamed angrily.

‘Were we discovered already?’

Since the cabin they were locked in was warehouse-style and not easy to peek into, she had hoped they would check slowly, but they were discovered faster than expected.

“Even if they run, they’re still inside the ship.”

“So I should be patient? Don’t be ridiculous. They escaped because you locked them up carelessly in the first place! Bring them to me right now. Otherwise, you won’t be safe either!”

“Ha.”

“Listen carefully, Harrison. While you’ve been clinging to that bitch’s side, bring me proof that you haven’t betrayed ‘us’. Proof that you’re not a traitor…”

“I!”

Harrison raised his voice and shouted, cutting her off. He spoke through gritted teeth.

“I’m not a traitor.”

“…”

“I would never betray Keith, Kaitlyn. Watch your words.”

“…If you want me to believe you, bring me that proof right now.”

“…”

A moment of silence followed.

With a low sigh, heavy footsteps echoed across the deck.

‘There’s not just one entrance… Are they checking this side late because it’s where they came out?’

The female mage seemed to be alone.

Would it be better to subdue that woman like this, or would it be better to pretend to be crazy and jump into the sea?

That’s when it happened.

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