568 – 7. Jealousy is my strength (68)
On that day, Celine was locked in a secret room as usual.
It was a day that was no different from the life of a caterpillar. With her body curled up, she is motionless, her daily routine just wishing time would pass.
Even the fact that she was buried under the ground was the same. It was truly a face that even her respect as a human being had lost.
Nevertheless, Celine never made a single sound of bullying.
No, rather, it was a yard where I was even relieved of this boring daily life. A bug-like human continues a bug-like life. How can you be dissatisfied with this reasonable proposition?
Celine’s heart was so tattered.
In the prison, where even sunlight is rare, the senses are gradually fading, and even Ian hasn’t visited recently. There is only one person who can talk to a girl in such a miserable situation.
“You look lonely.”
It was an alluring voice.
I didn’t feel any emotion in my flat tone. As if she was just spouting honest impressions, the plain mother was clean without even leaving a lingering aftertaste.
Is she always hearing whispers?
So much so that Celine, who tried to block her ears by judging that, hesitated.
The startled tawny eyes turned to the front. She even reacts more than necessary to unfamiliar sounds, thinking that she resembles a creature living underground.
Now, visiting other people’s rooms was infinitely unfamiliar.
It’s been a long time since Ian left, who the hell is me?
It didn’t take long for these incidents to stop.
“Hello, Celine Haster.”
In the darkness, bloody eyes were clearly shining.
Even if she took out her ruby and put it on, she wouldn’t have such a brilliant light. The clean skin without any blemishes and clear features were worthy of admiration regardless of gender or age.
Above all, the breathtaking atmosphere.
Clear and cool. The woman’s voice left such a contrasting impression.
The crimson eyes were so transparent that the bottom of them could not be seen through. What is the meaning of the gaze towards Celine along with a short greeting?
A favor? Enemy?
Or is it just curiosity?
Celine felt like she was going to be possessed at any moment. She was so attractive that she was even more afraid of the woman in front of her.
It’s over.
If I fell for this woman, it would be the end. A gut feeling that she would never be able to get out of it ran through Celine’s spine.
As intense as a heated iron skewer.
So Celine squeezed her doubts out.
“Who is it?”
The stuttering tone trembled slightly. A mixture of bewilderment and fear formed in his eyes over his blood-red pupils.
The woman who faced her question was very patient. Instead of answering her, she waited for her Celine to gather her mind and ask her proper questions.
“How did you get in? Are you fantasy too? Like that damn woman who always haunts me…….”
“Illusion.”
As if facing a serious problem, the woman placed her index finger on her lips.
Even that little gesture of her was terribly attractive. She patted her on the lips a few times, and then she smiled faintly.
Curling the corners of her eyes.
“If it’s fantasy, it’s fantasy, and if it’s not, it’s not. Like the heavenly gods that you guys believe in.”
You mean ‘God’?
Celine wanted to burst out laughing at the expression that was not so arrogant but mad. She did, but, oddly enough, her suffocating laugh didn’t leak out.
Are you stupid enough not to even laugh at me?
No.
In the depths of his heart, Celine might have thought that there was a point. In the first place, she wasn’t very religious, she wasn’t that deep.
She said with a weak expression that the woman is still calm.
“If you think it’s fantasy, it doesn’t exist, if you believe it exists, it exists… That is why I am everywhere and nowhere.”
It was a floating sound.
While the woman pretended to answer Celine’s questions, she did not reveal her true identity. She couldn’t afford Celine to the extent that she was doing these Zen dialogues.
I just threw a question full of hostility.
“So who are you after all?”
“You don’t have to fret like that. You’ll find out soon…….”
And then the woman moved her delicate hand. She pointed at the chains attached to Celine’s limbs.
According to Ian’s request, the length of the chain was long enough. At least Celine didn’t feel uncomfortable in her daily life.
Although she blamed Celine for spending most of her half-day curled up in the first place.
But the strength of her chains was real.
Seline had already been manipulated by the Dark Church. It was impossible to leave her dangers in the middle of her academy unattended, so the durability of her restraining sphere that bound Celine inside her prison was beyond imagination.
According to her, she couldn’t even use magic properly.
So Celine swallowed a big laugh and tried to spit out a word of her own.
“Stop it, it’s not the kind that can be broken with brute force anyway… ….”
It was then.
With a pop, Celine’s wrist regained her freedom.
The bewildered girl’s gaze turned to my wrist. She couldn’t even see the trick, but before she knew it, the metal block around her girl’s wrist had been cut in half and was rolling on the ground.
I can’t do this.
I heard that it belongs to the highest class among the restraining tools used by the Imperial Intelligence Service. Even the Master would have to struggle for a few seconds to peel it off.
A seductive voice reaches the ears of the girl who was idly searching for her past.
“…… Do you believe in miracles?”
That one word was a signal flare.
Celine felt a thrill as the hairs all over her body stood on end. She thought she was an illusion at best, but she wasn’t this woman.
She has substance.
That fact started to tighten Celine’s heart in her. She was so nervous that she couldn’t even understand herself.
The girl’s eyes wandered aimlessly in the air. Just before her stiff body came out of her head, Celine’s lips moved and squeezed out a faint moan.
“What the hell are you… ….”
“Your story has been around for a long time, Celine Haster.”
So she said, slowly raising her body. The corner of the woman’s eyes drew a light arc as she stood with her hands behind her back.
At first glance, it was a kind expression. If it weren’t for those eyes that looked down on everything.
“Abandoned by the world, abandoned by fate… And now she will be abandoned by the man she loved.”
“…… Shut up.”
It was a word filled with resentment and resentment.
However, she couldn’t erase even a handful of hesitation hidden inside. She looked down at Celine, who couldn’t properly meet her gaze, and the woman soon moved her gaze out of her window.
A girl who is left alone in a prison where not even light can penetrate properly.
She did not know what feelings the woman had in the face of this tragic sight. Celine was just trying with all her might to weave out her negative words.
“You know what? Ian oppa is never that kind of person. You can’t leave me…… !”
“You asked who I am?”
It’s like saying good morning to an old friend.
The woman asked in a flat tone. It was only natural that Celine was speechless.
Her lips twitch as she smiles softly.
“The only one who loves you.”
She didn’t even say anything in response.
Again the woman knelt down and carefully made eye contact with Celine’s, as she gently stroked her cheek as if it were her delicate handiwork.
“I love all those whom God does not love.”
That’s it.
Celine’s vision shook violently for an instant, and soon after, her troubled voice began to be heard.
They were memories she had buried long ago.
Alpenhauser’s Dalton, Fallen Father, and Gold Mine.
There was a whisper that she heard just before she lost consciousness.
“Have a nice dream.”
It didn’t take long for it to be revealed that it was a lie.
It was because from that day on, Celine suffered from endless nightmares.
A dream of being abandoned by the whole world.
Nevertheless, Celine persevered and persevered. She gritted her teeth, bloodshot in her eyes as she went.
There is only one reason why this was possible.
Because she didn’t want to bother her Ian anymore.
No, because she trusted Ian rather than she.
From one day, the nightmare that haunted Celine began to fade. More often than not, when she opened her eyes in a gasp, her lady’s gaze was directed far away from her.
The reason, Celine instinctively realized.
Because the wind smelled of blood.
Every story was flowing towards the end. Just as the rivers gather into the sea.
The decisive battle was approaching.
**
There was some commotion that morning.
The blowing wind was like that, and the chirping of birds was like that. As I shared this sentiment, the girl next to me let out a long yawn.
Soon, sullen eyes turned to me. Rubbing his eyes, he looked quite tired.
“Are you stupid? Why is the normal world suddenly becoming noisy? The only thing that makes a fuss is your heart.”
It was a surprisingly pedantic answer.
After biting my lips for a while, I had no choice but to admit defeat. Is it true that the power of age cannot be ignored?
The name of the girl next to me was Elsie Rainella.
However, it’s not the ‘elsie senior’ I used to know, it’s just a being from a future I don’t know how many years later.
In fact, it wasn’t even the ‘future’ anymore. The timeline had already been distorted as much as possible, and the ‘future’ the girl lived in could no longer approach.
She was a woman who was several years older than me.
She sometimes gave her advice that I didn’t expect. Like right now
I let out a small exclamation.
“After listening to it, it seems to be true. That’s why you couldn’t sleep.”
“…… What?”
Senior Elsie sent a sharp look at what he meant. Because she hadn’t slept, her girl’s eyes were bloodshot and she was creating a more ferocious mood.
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But I wasn’t the type to succumb to this level.
“Didn’t you achieve the reunion you’ve been waiting for? But after being dumped by your first love, how disturbed you must be…….”
Eventually, senior Elsie had no choice but to spit out her curse words.