150 – Scene 150# Total Lunar Eclipse
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“Count… … .”
Wendy fell asleep holding Tristan’s hand tightly. Intermittently, while spilling the word ‘count’ like a drool.
Her eyes were swollen as she had been crying all the time.
Helga leaned against the wall of the hospital room and looked at Wendy with pity.
Then he let out a deep sigh.
Tristan’s heart stopped once.
Amidst the urgent cries of the healers, Helga was unable to do anything.
Contrary to what she thought, her body did not move.
Even after Tristan fell, Helga managed to remain calm.
As an escort knight for the Ruelberta family, he couldn’t show his disheveled appearance to others.
Hiding her agitation was not that difficult for her, who had passed through countless crises on the battlefield.
But… This time it didn’t go well.
Helga sat down slowly with her back against the wall. and covered his face.
I thought I tried to keep my composure… . It wasn’t calm.
In fact, her heart was also broken.
Tristan’s heart stopped beating.
Watching that, Helga felt like she was thrown into a swamp of despair.
At the time when her entire life was immersed in darkness, Wendy was the only one who moved there.
Wendy was the first to collapse as soon as she arrived at the hospital.
But where did that little body have such power? What courage did you have?
Wendy, without hesitation, joined the healers and cooperated in resuscitating Tristan.
And made his heart beat again.
Until then, Helga was doing nothing.
I just watched helplessly.
“What kind of escort knight is this? .”
Helga barely swallowed what she was about to cry out.
I feel like I won’t be able to stop crying now.
I don’t think I’ll ever get up again.
She grabbed her wobbly leg and somehow got up.
Tristan was lying unconscious on the bed.
Even his face, which was pale from the loss of blood, was somewhat lively.
It was all the result of the therapists and Wendy’s desperate efforts.
But treatment has only just begun.
hell. It is the den of demons, and the place where the wicked who commit great sins fall. Tristan’s consciousness was in a place so infamous that even the demons were reluctant to mention it.
Helga placed a hand on Tristan’s forehead. With his eyes closed, his face looked very calm. Just like when we met at the hospital on that young day.
– I killed my father.
Helga still couldn’t forget the shocking confession from young Tristan.
Murder is an incurable sin.
It is also a felony among felony crimes of killing one’s own relative.
Tristan was determined to destroy the absurd world that had given it such a harsh fate.
Thinking back, Tristan had already made up his mind. Be prepared to fall into hell.
That’s what it means to be the enemy of the world.
That it is prepared to be destroyed at any time.
Understanding that, Helga shook her head.
“But it’s too soon… .”
Only Helga, once abandoned by her family, had understood Tristan’s ideals the longest.
so i could say Not yet.
“This is… I believe it is not the ending the Count said.”
Helga rubbed her left eye.
I could feel the traces of Tristan.
Now I could feel him everywhere.
“Don’t worry about anything, Count.”
Even if he is in hell.
in any form, in any form.
With these eyes she would recognize him.
“I will wait forever. As much as… . As for me… .”
He quietly approached Tristan’s face.
“Because I’ll be waiting for you at the ending… .”
And the moment Helga was about to kiss him… .
smart.
“May I come in?”
“… Yes. Come on in.”
Helga straightened her tie as if nothing had happened.
The door opened and entered was Blanche, a tall woman with a ponytail.
“Is Miss Wendy all right?”
“I fell asleep a little while ago.”
“Is that so… .”
She seemed to have come because she was worried about Wendy.
Helga asked as she watched Wendy put a blanket over her shoulder as she slept.
“Did you come alone? It seems that the noble princess you serve has returned home, right?”
Unknowingly, the sarcastic words came out.
Helga wasn’t calm enough to hide her resentment towards Bella.
At that aggressive question, Blanche shook her head slowly.
“My lady has gone to pray.”
“Pray… . That’s great. Now, not only the healers have come, but also Albert, the artisan master, is looking for a way to wake the Count. By the way, is the princess praying peacefully?”
“… Helga. I don’t know what you think, but the lady is trying desperately to save the Count.”
“effort?”
said Helga with quiet anger.
“Where do you look at praying? No matter how much I pray, will the Count come back from Hell?”
“that’s… … .”
“I’m sorry to say this, but I don’t want the princess to approach the count anymore.”
At Helga’s cold words, Blanche lowered her head with a dark face.
“Hello. It’s not my lady’s fault.”
“I beg your pardon… ?”
“Rescuing the girl who was put to sleep by the dreamer was originally what I should have done. I am the one who brought the Count… . I lost my mind because I thought I would lose her forever. So, without realizing it, I stopped leaning on the Count… … .”
Blanche knelt before Helga.
“If you wish to resent me, it is correct to resent me, not the lady.”
“… … .”
Helga clenched her fists.
In fact, I knew that this was just a simple venting of anger. Also, it’s a pointless criticism. Even so, he was mentally exhausted to the extent that he could not control his emotions.
Understanding that, Helga held back her anger and said.
“That’s Okay… . wake up. I was talkative.”
“no. You should be angry. If the same thing had happened to you, I would have done the same as you… .”
“It’s done… . wake up soon before forcibly raising it.”
At Helga’s repeated words, Blanche eventually stood up reluctantly. But her face was still dark.
“… So, are the therapists and Albert-sama still in a meeting?”
“Yes… . I have to do everything I can… .”
Helga sighed and said as if she had just remembered.
“Ah, I hope the princess will give you some advice at the meeting later. After all, you were with the Count until the end… .”
“that is… . The lady has gone to paradise, so I don’t know when you’ll come back.”
“Paradise? Where is it?”
“Didn’t I tell you earlier? The lady said she went to pray.”
“Well… ? Who are you going to pray for?”
In response to Helga’s question, Blanche gave a concise explanation.
“My lady went to ask God for help herself.”
*
“You are so tenacious… .”
The blond-haired girl, Michaela, shook her head as if she was fed up.
She was sitting in an armchair and admiring the night sky.
To be precise, it was sweeping the sky like the pages of a book.
Every time she ran her hand through the air, the stars were speeding past.
However, only the heavens of paradise were applicable.
Because her authority was only displayed in paradise.
And the one kneeling in front of her was the silver-haired princess, Bella Isaachel.
“Mikaela… . Please help me.”
She had already been asking Michaela for hours.
“I beg you, please wake up… ? Everyone who sees it is uncomfortable.”
“I can’t get up until Michaela-sama helps me… .”
“Sigh… … . Since when did that man become so important to you?”
The reason Bella asked for help was because of that man, Tristan.
He is asking Michaela to rescue him from hell instead of him.
“Tristan saved me. So, I must save him.”
“When did you say you hate men like that?”
Bella bowed her head on the lawn.
“I would pay anything to save him.”
“cost?”
“It’s okay if I lose my honor, status, or even the magic of light.”
“what?!”
Michaela frowned and glared at Bella.
“You, do you know what that means?”
“really sorry. Ms. Michaela.”
“Bella, you really… … !”
“I have a lot to pay back to that person. To the point where I don’t know if I’ll be able to repay it even if I give everything I have… .”
Bella was determined to save Tristan, even if it meant exchanging everything for herself.
Her clear eyes were looking up at Michaela.
“under… … .”
In fact, Michaela was already feeling it.
No matter what I said, I couldn’t stop Bella.
No matter how many times I hit her, I could never break her heart. no. Actually, I didn’t have anything to complain about… … .
Michaela sighed and said.
“okay. I’ll help you, so just get up.”
“… Michaela?”
“Ahh! Please don’t look at me with those respectful eyes. Because it’s embarrassing.”
But Bella couldn’t hide her thrilled face.
Because she desperately needed Michaela’s help.
“really… . Thank you very much… … .”
“I was going to go even if you didn’t come to ask. Alas! I finally found it!”
Michaela’s hand, which was eagerly crossing the night sky, stopped.
The moving night sky suddenly became darker.
“Black moon… … ?”
When Bella looked up, a black moon hung in the sky.
Michaela shook her head.
“no. It’s a total lunar eclipse.”
As he said, a jet-black shadow was covering the moon floating in paradise.
Then the darkness was swallowing the paradise.
Michaela murmured as she looked at the darkness gathering over the hill.
“Paradise is linked to Hell. As you can see, it’s only one day. Thanks, it took me a while to find.”
Michaela got up from her seat.
Seeing that, Bella jumped up.
“I-I’ll go with you… !”
“no. Where do you dare to go? Do you want to fall into hell?”
“But… .”
“From here on, it is a matter for the gods to resolve. There is no place for you.”
Bella hesitated for a moment, but soon realized it was useless and bowed her head towards Michaela.
“I know… . Please be careful.”
“yes. Please wait quietly at home.”
Leaving Bella like that, Michaela walked into darkness.
I felt a gloomy aura different from the usual paradise.
When was the last time you went… . Michaela, who had been thinking about that, grumbled involuntarily.
“Sigh… . I really don’t know anything else, but I wish I didn’t meet ‘that guy’… … .”