144 – Scene 144# day
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Bella walked for a while on the wave-swept beach in silence.
The wind from the sea was warm.
The grainy sand trodden on the soles of her bare feet.
I thought it wouldn’t be bad to live in a place like this for the rest of my life.
But… . this is all a dream
“Is the time okay?”
“yes.”
Tristan, who was next to me, showed me the bracelet on his wrist.
The bracelet, which was said to be originally made of red thread, seemed to turn completely black soon.
If it turns completely black, you will be trapped in a dream forever.
“Don’t worry. Enough until tomorrow morning.”
“… Thank you. Thank you for accommodating my useless stubbornness.”
“Does not matter. If you remain attached to this dream, we will not be able to leave this place completely.”
“Whoops… . It is very difficult to wake up from this dream.”
Bella smiled bitterly.
I was rather fortunate.
It’s hard to wake up from this happy dream.
“count. Do you remember?”
“… ?”
“The day we first met… . you did that to me I will never say I’m sorry.”
I remembered it belatedly.
Tristan was present in many of her dreams.
“yes. You said that.”
“At first, I really thought there was no idiot like this… . Now that I think about it, he meant that he would make me feel nothing to be sorry about.”
“… … Why is that interpreted that way?”
“Whoops… . Isn’t it better to be seen as a romantic nerd than just a nerd?”
Tristan laughed at Bella’s deft question.
“I can’t deny that.”
“Right?”
Bella crossed arms with Tristan.
He gave her his arm without refusing.
I could feel my forearms tightened up.
Leaning on that confidence, Bella quietly whispered.
“Then can I take that to mean that you make me happy?”
“… If it’s convenient for you, do it.”
Tristan answered indifferently.
There was a person next to her who cared for and cared for her the most in the world.
It shouldn’t be like that, but Bella secretly prayed that this earnest dream would not be broken.
It was a time that would have been impossible in reality.
The day will come when Tristan and her will walk together on the beach.
I knew it was a dream, but I wanted to enjoy this happiness even a little more.
“… Would you like to stay with me today? Tristan.”
“yes. Stay by my side.”
“then… .”
Bella undid her arms and walked away into the waves.
The cold seawater soaked his toes.
Eventually, she walked in until it crossed her calves and reached her knees.
When I put my hand in the turbulent seawater, I touched the transparent seawater. It was a dream that was more real than reality.
Tristan was watching her from a distance on the other side.
Seeing this, Bella waved her hand and shouted.
“What are you doing when you don’t come in?”
As much as this moment, with a bright smile that will never fade.
“We’re a couple until today, right?”
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Until the sun went down, I spent time with Bella on the beach.
With the sunset light behind us, we returned to the cabin.
When I was playing in the sea, my clothes were soaked.
I was trying to find the towel when Bella suddenly opened her arms.
“Please hug me.”
“… what?”
“It’s cold, hug me. Are you going to let me catch a cold?”
Water was dripping from Bella’s wet hair.
“… It’s a dream, so you won’t catch a cold.”
“Nope. did you get it? Etch! Etch! look. You are already sneezing.”
“… … .”
He sighed once and hugged Bella.
As I embraced her slender body, I felt her body temperature.
“Are you feeling better?”
“What… . It’s warm. ah-! How about this?”
Bella took the blanket from the bed and wrapped it around me like a towel.
“Jam. In this way, the two of you can dry yourself together, right?”
If Bella had done this in the mansion, she might have heard what the attendants were saying.
But it was just the two of us here.
Seeing her elated, I felt like I was about to laugh, but I held it in.
“You must be like a child who doesn’t listen.”
“Oh my gosh… . You mean I’m cute like a child?”
“… Don’t you think the elixir is a bit harsh?”
“why? I want you to think of it as you like. whooping… .”
Anything… .
We wiped each other dry with a blanket.
I gently brushed through my wet silver hair.
The silver eyelashes revealed from underneath looked like a snowy forest.
“… Yes. count… . No, Tristan.”
Suddenly, when I came to my senses, Bella was looking up at me.
“I think living with you in a place like this would be fun. Throw away family, honor, and status and just stay between a man and a woman.”
It was hidden under the covers, but I could make out the blush on her face.
“I imagined these days once. When I wake up in the morning, your face is in front of me. Playing in the water with you on the beach until you’re exhausted. And the days you watch over me until I close my eyes at night… . You who are always by my side.”
The sun was setting through the window.
“Are you of the same mind as me?”
At those words, I felt like I was out of breath.
Because her passionate heart toward me has been conveyed.
Have you ever faced such straight feelings towards someone in your life?
But… .
“… i told you the other day That we don’t get along It’s dark and gloomy for me to have… . You are beautiful and noble beyond measure.”
“does not matter. Because from the first time I met you… .”
Bella reached out and caressed my cheek.
“I liked you. All of that arrogance, bluntness, caring heart, and even ugliness.”
“… … .”
Bella was staring at me with faint eyes.
It was painful to look into those eyes.
Because I couldn’t accept it.
“… Even if you become my partner, we will never be happy.”
“it’s okay. Having you by my side is my happiness.”
“It’s not like that. I have no future that can make you happy.”
“Are you doing this because of the child? Do you think the curse will extend to the child?”
yes. There was something like that.
Tristan’s curse was placed on him by a very powerful demon.
Bella came close to me.
“If only you wanted… … .”
Bella took my hand and placed it on her stomach.
“I am determined… .”
“… … .”
A gloomy darkness descended on the bedroom.
Needless to say what she was determined to do.
“It’s okay not to use magic here. It’s a little clumsy, but you can learn one by one. Even my child… . You can grow like that… ?”
“no… . I can’t.”
I shook my head with difficulty at Bella’s pitiful words.
It had to be.
“why… ? Why?”
Bella was already crying.
“Am I not enough? I don’t have the confidence to hate you anymore. I don’t even have the confidence to like someone other than you… .”
It was a hoarse voice.
In the end, I had no choice but to tell you the truth I knew.
“Bella… . There is a fact I haven’t told you yet.”
“… Are you saying you didn’t tell me?”
“The curse placed on the Ruelberta family is not limited to not having magical powers.”
I took a moment to catch my breath and told her. about why we can’t.
“Women married into the Ruelberta family lost their lives while giving birth to children. Because of the curse.”
“… !!”
Bella sat down on the bed next to her.
The curse placed on the Ruelberta family was far more powerful than Bella thought.
A curse passed down from generation to generation to the head of the Ruelberta family. Its impact was not only on the child, but also on the mother.
All of Tristan’s mothers and grandmothers died in childbirth.
It was known externally that she died while giving birth, but in fact it was because of a curse.
A woman giving birth to a child of Dangju loses her life. The Ruelberta family had been hiding this curse for generations to come.
It was an ugly reality.
Uncontrollable tears flowed from Bella’s eyes.
I dare not wipe those tears.
I just felt miserable and drove a nail through her chest.
“If you become my companion, you will have nothing left but to shed tears.”
My throat was choking, but I managed to endure it somehow with ‘patience’.
I spoke in the calmest voice possible.
“Sadness will be everything to us. i don’t want to lose you so… . I cannot accept your heart.”
“… … I got it.”
Bella said with a dark expression.
“I see… . That’s why you didn’t tell me.”
“… … .”
“Ahh… . Also, I don’t want to wake up from this dream. The only place I can connect with you is this dream… .”
I closed my eyes.
It was for this reason that I did not want to mention this fact here.
Even entering the dream was possible with the power of the Dream Demon.
However, in order to get out of the dream, the will of Bella, the owner of the dream, is absolutely necessary.
If Bella decides she doesn’t want to wake up from the dream, we’ll be trapped in this dream forever.
And the ending won’t be as sweet as Bella thinks.
Because being trapped in the devil’s dream meant falling into hell.
Maybe I should prepare for the end, I thought.
But Bella shook her head.
“But I won’t.”
“…what?”
Bella stood up, wiping away her tears.
“It’s okay to say that the future with you is nothing but tears… . sadness… You can say everything.”
As soon as I heard her words, I realized again.
The fact that Bella survived this game to the end and resisted with the players.
And that she was a woman who never gave up until the last moment.
“I… . Tristan, I will definitely save you from reality… .”
No matter what I said, I could never break her heart.
“… … is it.”
“Now, unfortunately, let’s go out soon.”
The sad look from a while ago was nowhere to be found, and she asked me with a spirited look as usual.
“count. Tell me please. What can I do? To wake up from this dream.”
yes. I just wanted to cheer you up.
But the words that came out of my mouth were harsh for Bella.
“Kill me.”