Thought It Was ‘The End’, Only to Return to a Changed Genre - Chapter 92

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Chapter 16. The Blade Below the Neck (8)

Harrison wasn’t moving, but he was alive.

“There’s no share for you.”

Shane had decided to kill them all. There were no exceptions.

“Lady Edelaine told me. That this is something I’m allowed to be angry about.”

Genevieve spoke while looking at Edelaine, not Shane. Edelaine found herself nodding unconsciously. She had definitely said those words to Genevieve.

Shane also gazed down at Edelaine’s profile.

She could feel his gaze, but Edelaine didn’t look at him.

“You want to spare him because he was your husband?”

“I will kill him with my own hands.”

That was both responsibility and final courtesy toward someone who had once been her spouse.

Genevieve reflected on whether she was angry at Harrison.

There had been no love between them.

There had only been appropriate timing and one-sided expectations.

Even so, Genevieve only realized after being betrayed by him that there had been trust. That was why she felt frustrated and sad.

However, the fact that he had betrayed her was surprising but didn’t make her angry.

Then all that remained was paying the price for his sins.

They had never been a couple who loved each other for even a moment, but it was her own mouth that had sworn before God to ‘be together until the end.’

“That’s too good an ending for a traitor.”

“Your Excellency got the words you wanted, so you can give me this one man.”

Genevieve looked at Shane and let out a rare cold sneer.

“You’re already in a good mood, aren’t you? You finally heard a confession from Lady Edelaine.”

“What?”

I confessed?

Edelaine’s eyes widened in surprise.

‘Come to think of it, it does seem like a confession…?’

It was the first time she had said out loud that she liked him.

Flustered by the confession mixed in with words poured out in sorrow, Edelaine stared blankly at Shane.

Their eyes met as soon as she turned her head, wondering just how long he had been watching. Shane smiled brightly as if by magic.

“Shane…?”

“I love you too.”

It was a radiant smile like a blooming flower.

“…You said you didn’t care if I lived or died…”

“I said you were mine whether dead or alive. I never said I didn’t care.”

“Isn’t that the same thing?!”

“It’s different, Edelaine.”

Shane spoke very lightly and firmly.

“I wouldn’t let you go even if you died, but I never said I’d let you be killed. I would never dare let you die.”

She couldn’t understand what the difference was at all.

“I needed to make them let their guard down to get you back safely. Sorry for startling you.”

“In the end, you blocked it with your hand like a brute?”

“Ah.”

Shane looked at the deep wound on his palm and laughed carelessly as if it was nothing.

“I was excited.”

“…”

He looked so truly happy that Edelaine was left speechless.

‘He made that threat because he was excited…?’

The words he said while excited from receiving a confession were a terrifying threat to cut off limbs and feed them to someone.

Is this man really okay…?

“If you were going to lie, at least don’t get hurt…”

“I never lied though.”

“…”

“If you allow it, I can give that one to Genevieve.”

“…Let’s give him to Genevieve…”

Let’s not ask for details…

Rather than pondering over what Shane had said, Edelaine chose to set it aside for now. It wasn’t the right time or place to peer into the abyss.

Edwin spoke.

“He was my knight, but it seems my permission isn’t needed.”

“Don’t say such uncool things, Your Majesty. The coolest thing a boss can do at times like this is simply help process the resignation.”

Edelaine wanted Genevieve to do whatever she wanted without any interference.

Edwin was silent for a moment. When Shane pulled Edelaine’s shoulder into an embrace, he spoke with a short sigh.

“Right. I can’t say uncool things.”

His gaze lingered just a little longer than usual before falling away. He spoke to Genevieve.

“Genevieve, Edelaine’s neck bothers me.”

“Yes.”

Genevieve approached and placed her hands on Edelaine’s neck.

“It won’t leave a scar.”

“I’m not worried about that.”

“I’m worried about it.”

So resolute, Genevieve… I might fall for you…

She couldn’t see her own condition, but it probably wasn’t very pleasant to look at.

Genevieve was the same.

When she stroked Genevieve’s somewhat haggard face with her palm, Genevieve leaned against Edelaine’s hand and closed her eyes like she was acting spoiled.

“I will definitely kill Harrison with my own hands. Thank you for yielding to me.”

“What yielding…”

“You were beaten a lot by him.”

Shane tightened his grip on Edelaine’s shoulder.

“Wait. I didn’t hear about that.”

“The story’s already over, Shane.”

She had wondered why he was letting it slide so quietly.

When Shane arrived, it was already after Genevieve had treated Edelaine’s wounds.

Although she looked terrible, Edelaine surprisingly hadn’t bled much. The injuries from being beaten by the mage and the sailor she controlled were mainly bruises.

The bruises and fractures healed completely the moment Genevieve laid hands on them. There were no visible wounds and not much trace of bleeding, so Shane couldn’t have known.

Genevieve knew this too, which is why she only revealed it after getting confirmation.

“It’s all over…”

Harrison had collapsed and the mage was captured. Now it was all over.

Then Kaitlyn, who was being held by Lloyd, screamed.

“It’s not over yet! I’ll kill, kill you all…”

“Ha.”

Lloyd sighed and struck Kaitlyn’s back with his knee. Even with her arms twisted behind her, Kaitlyn didn’t stop resisting. Lloyd spoke as if annoyed.

“Master. Please order me to kill her.”

“Which one of us is giving orders, Lloyd…”

“She’s annoying me to death, so hurry up and say it.”

My younger brother and servant is quite domineering…

That was fortunate though.

Having had his dagger taken by Genevieve, Lloyd had no choice but to pin Kaitlyn down with his whole body. Thanks to that, Kaitlyn had to breathe heavily with her face pressed to the ground.

“Why did it turn out like this…!”

“Master, order.”

Now he won’t even complete sentences…

“Why does someone like you who can’t do anything get so much love! Why is the world only generous to you? Why is everything so advantageous only for you! All I’ve been given is dirty and rotten things….”

Edelaine snorted.

If anything, the world had never been generous to her, only harsh.

Edelaine didn’t know what kind of life that woman had lived, and honestly, she didn’t want to know either.

What Edelaine needed to know were only two things: what Kaitlyn had done, and what she had planned to do.

‘That man Keith was probably the mage from the original novel.’

And that man had probably died trying to kill Genevieve.

If he had been alive, the situation would have been very different.

Perhaps it was lucky, and because so many people had changed, they had reached today’s conclusion. After passing through countless branching points.

Even so, what remained unchanged was that it all started with them trying to kill Genevieve.

Even in this world where magic existed and fights and duels were commonplace, it was common sense that when you attacked someone to kill them, you put your own life on the line too.

Was it justified for them to hide in a safe place, not even revealing their identity, while targeting another person’s life? Shouting “You’re in my way so you should disappear” and “My plans went wrong because you didn’t die” was nothing but stupid and cowardly nonsense.

Originally, there was no need to listen to a villain’s sob story.

Villain narratives were only interesting when they existed within written stories.

In real crimes, only the results mattered.

“You talk too much for a kidnapper.”

When Edelaine gave a look, Lloyd grabbed Kaitlyn’s hair and pulled her up. Edelaine matched his timing and slapped Kaitlyn hard across the face before she could even open her eyes.

“If it weren’t for Harrison, you couldn’t have even gotten this far in the first place, yet you’re good at badmouthing him as dirty and rotten. If you weren’t loved, look at your own character first. Think about whether you would love someone like yourself.”

Should she spit on her right now?

She held back because Lloyd would probably be disgusted.

At Edelaine’s cold words, Kaitlyn gritted her teeth.

“Ha, am I the only bad bitch? Don’t make me laugh, what about you guys trying to destroy the entire Kingdom of Brubewinn just to catch me?!”

“….”

“Thanks to your brother, starting next spring, the Kingdom of Brubewinn won’t even be able to obtain food. For the Greenwinsor Empire, destroying the Kingdom of Brubewinn would be easier than twisting a child’s wrist. The only justification is that they tried to kill you. Is your life more precious than tens of thousands of innocent people?”

Kaitlyn screamed and wailed as if she had lost her mind.

“Well, I don’t know the details, but….”

Edelaine looked at Edwin, Genevieve, and Shane in turn. Edwin shrugged and said,

“We haven’t done anything yet.”

He didn’t say they wouldn’t do anything in the future. There was no promise either.

Genevieve and Shane were the same. Shane smiled brightly and Genevieve quietly averted her gaze.

‘At this rate, we’re really the villains here….’

Edelaine inwardly held her forehead. Shane’s threats were probably sincere too.

What kind of demon lord are you….

“I’m not interested in your circumstances.”

“If only you hadn’t interfered!”

If Shane had arrived late, Edelaine would already be pierced by a sword and growing cold on the floor. Everything had been decided by a hair’s breadth.

“The person who planned bad things is the bad one, there’s no reason to listen to bullshit about interfering with that. You absolutely must not die peacefully. Pay the full price for your sins, and spend every minute and second reflecting on your wrongs and regretting them.”

You know the saying about living long with illness?

“Live until you’re smearing shit on walls, definitely.”

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