121 – The Sad Love Story of a Certain Villainess -5-
An untold story within the reading.
Ricardo, who couldn’t overcome dark magic, let out a deep sigh and looked up at the old ceiling.
“I had no luck…”
Everything is a mess.
My body.
My mind.
Everything is a mess.
It all started when the gamble where the lives of the two were at stake ended in defeat.
If I gave up the lady, I could have obtained the rare attribute of white magic, and if I chose the lady, I could gain resistance to dark magic, a crossroad of choices.
I started betting, staking my life as a wager.
The absence of luck that always seemed to be on my side brought about the result of failure, and as always, ruin came in an instant and took a bite out of my life.
The status window spoke to me, the one who had lost.
[Main Quest ‘Two Threads of Fate’]
◈Olivia is attempting to use dark magic in unrequited love.
1. Go to the second floor and rescue Olivia.
Rewards
1. Olivia’s survival
2. Olivia’s affinity +1
3. Trait
Penalty: 50% chance of death.
2. Ignore.
Rewards
1. All character affinity +10
2. Magic power stat +30
3. Skill
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Penalty: Olivia’s death.
[Your luck did not reach the 50% probability. All rewards, except for
[You have two years left until your physical breath ceases.]
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Life under a death sentence felt like a first-time experience. Including past lives and present lives.
The fear of death didn’t feel as heavy as expected. Perhaps because I anticipated the outcome, I was a little scared, but as time passed, I could nod my head and calmly prepare to accept it.
Rather than the fear of death, I worried about the image of the young lady left alone, and with a sense of relief that I had twisted her fate, I could nod my head.
And I felt sad that I couldn’t see the young lady anymore, and I felt depressed that I couldn’t accompany her to the end of the novel.
But it was a gamble where I saved half of the stake. It might not be a bad ending.
“Idiot.”
A bitter laugh escapes.
I wonder where the reason lies for going this far, as Uriah said.
I also didn’t know how to answer Uriah’s question. I couldn’t come up with an answer myself.
After the lady used black magic, six months later,
I realized that my body was deteriorating.
The discoloration of the skin, which I thought would stop at black spots, began to spread and grow, and the itching symptoms of the skin gradually turned into pain that felt like scratching bones.
As time went by, I didn’t think the pain would subside, and my breathing became rough.
I thought I could endure it.
Until then, I was healthy.
Because I thought the goddess of luck, the hope, would come to me again.
But…
The status window didn’t show me any other way, as if telling me to take responsibility for the mistake I caused.
“A pathetic bastard.”
Anyway, it was someone who didn’t come when needed. That thing called the status window.
There was a way to survive.
It was the tear of the god Eliseok.
But Eliseok played an important role in the novel, and I didn’t know its location, so I couldn’t find it.
It bothered me to choose to kill the hero who saved countless people just to save myself.
So I chose farewell and decided to lie here alone.
I wanted to protect the lady until the end, but I didn’t want to show her my miserable appearance. I didn’t want to become a burden, and I didn’t want to show her my dark side.
Because I didn’t think I could bear to show my deteriorating appearance. Even though there was a back-and-forth relationship between the lady and me, I wanted to end it beautifully.
I wanted to become a memory like a never-ending story, living somewhere.
But it didn’t work out as well as I thought it would.
At first, it was undoubtedly a dreadful fateful encounter, but strangely, they became someone I wanted to see now.
The villainess that appears in the novel.
A villainess with a dirty personality who enjoys being wicked.
When I possessed her, I thought she was the person I should avoid the most, but somehow, she had become the biggest presence in my life.
“She’s a real villainess.”
Lying on the bed, I covered my eyes, which were getting hot from tears, with my sleeves.
“If she wasn’t so ignorantly beautiful… If her personality matched her appearance, she wouldn’t have caught anyone’s attention.”
The fault of the excessively beautiful young lady was uncharacteristic of a villainess.
The beginning was the worst, indeed.
During my impoverished days, I received salvation from her, gained a new sanctuary, and unexpectedly developed affection for her through bickering.
The determination to escape someday suddenly changed into a purpose to twist the young lady’s fate, and the time spent with her was enjoyable.
During the 13 years we spent together, Olivia, the villainess, had become a tremendous presence in my life. Even if I wasn’t the one, I hoped she would be happy, becoming the object of my longing… and she came to me.
And now.
It seems like the time has come to burn that final spark.
Ricardo slowly sat up in bed.
His legs, which weren’t moving, felt unusually heavy today. His physical condition was at its worst, and his breathing was also terrible, but he felt like he would laugh at the thought of seeing the young lady after a long time.
If he persisted here, he could probably live for another two months, but as a man, he couldn’t stand by and watch the woman he loved go through something sad.
And he knew that the young lady was not someone who would be treated unfairly.
With a small smile, he stood up.
[The limit breakthrough tests the limits of ‘regeneration’.]
[The Limit Break tests the limits of ‘endurance’.]
[The Limit Break tests the limits of ‘addictive painkillers’.]
[The Limit Break tests the limits…]
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“Let’s go.”
It was time for Ricardo to perform his final duty as a butler.
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Ricardo stood in front of Olivia, who had her head bowed.
Dressed in his black butler uniform, just as he always had been, Ricardo seemed to have abandoned himself.
Olivia’s pupils trembled greatly.
Startled, Olivia stammered with her lips trembling and clenched her fist, shouting at Ricardo.
“Why are you coming now?!”
It wasn’t a cry of overwhelming emotion, but rather anger at the belated appearance of the butler, who had come too late.
“Do you know how much I’ve suffered?!”
“I apologize. My long vacation was so overdue.”
“You’ve been demoted for a year! And what about my personality and all that?”
Thud. A rotten egg fell from above Ricardo’s awkwardly smiling head and trickled down his forehead.
“Well, this is… a bit severe.”
Thud. Stones and tomatoes thrown by the spectators hit Ricardo’s back and fell away, carrying the anger directed at Olivia.
“Get out of the academy!”
“That witch should have been kicked out a long time ago!”
“Birds of a feather flock together!”
“Crazy bitch, let’s give her a piece of our minds so she never sets foot in our academy again!”
“Do you know how much I’ve suffered because of you? My academy life is ruined because of you…”
“Get lost, you witch!”
Ricardo looked at Olivia with a faint smile. No matter what the crowd said or whatever fell on his back, he only had a tender smile as he checked Olivia’s body.
Is she hurt anywhere?
Is she bruised anywhere?
He carefully observed Olivia’s body.
“You all make cruel jokes.”
Ricardo asked Olivia with a chilly smile.
“Should I kill them all?”
He asked Olivia kindly, in a tone that truly meant it if she wanted it.
Despite his dying body, he was capable enough.
Because he was capable of dancing with a sword even with his dying body.
Olivia’s pupils, who noticed Ricardo’s sincerity, trembled greatly. She spoke lightly as if suggesting they go for a walk, but she knew how Ricardo would react based on her answer.
Slowly, a red aura began to flow from behind Ricardo. The grotesque aura, unlike anything seen before, quickly ensnared the crowd.
The insults directed at Olivia were silenced by Ricardo’s aura. The filth falling down was also blocked by Ricardo’s aura and couldn’t approach.
Ricardo smiled as he stroked his hand through his hair.
-Just kidding.
Ricardo gently bent his knees and caressed Olivia’s head.
-So, you see…
Then he took the black object from Olivia’s hand. The tightly gripped, sweat-drenched black stone brought a sly smile to Ricardo’s lips.
-Don’t do this with your hands, miss. I went to all the trouble of blocking dark magic, what will become of me if you use it again?
-I knew…?
-I know everything about you. After 13 years, I can even guess the color of your panties without seeing them.
-What color are they?
-White teddy bear?
-No. They’re black.
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-Oh… still, it was nice to be able to know the color of your panties.
Ricardo chuckled.
-Isn’t it time for you to start a new life as well?
Slowly, the black stone that Ricardo took from Olivia’s hand began to tremble, emitting a pitch-black darkness.
Formulas. Calculations. Innate talent for magic. And even the experience of failing at dark magic.
Olivia met all the requirements to become the worst witch. Moreover, the swamp of emotions falling into darkness was enough to lead Olivia into corruption.
-So, you see…
With a small smile, Ricardo firmly pulled Olivia down.
-Let’s stop now.
Ricardo bit his lower lip and wept, becoming the shadow that persecuted and tormented him.
Tears welled up in Ricardo’s reddened eyes as he held back his sobs, and a small tear rolled down his cheek.
With trembling pupils, a faint light emanated from Ricardo’s hand.
At the same time,
Ricardo bid farewell to Olivia.
“I hope the memories we shared were joyful.”
“Why are you suddenly like this…?”
“Just wanted to be sentimental today.”
“No… Something feels different.”
“It’s the same.”
Well.
“It was a good life.”
Ricardo’s body grew limp,
Leaving behind scars all over.
And Uriah, concealing the scars she didn’t know about,
Bid farewell with a small smile.
[End of reading.]
AARRGGHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
😭
How sad