Epilogue. I will live as a villain (6)
“Hey, Hilda… … ?”
Count Barnes muttered with a pale, tired face.
“You can’t believe Hilda’s… … ?”
“Oh, I didn’t know you would remember your name.”
Elice’s ridicule became more intense.
“The presence of a maid named Hilda in that house was erased so cleanly that I thought I would completely forget about it.”
“No way. You can’t be Hilda’s daughter… … .”
Count Barnes gasped. His face was full of distrust and suspicion.
Instead of answering, Elice lifted the necklace she was wearing around her neck.
Well done.
The locket hanging in the center of the silver necklace string swayed slightly.
“That’s it!”
Count Barnes’ eyes widened as if they were about to pop out.
He pressed himself against the bars, trying to get a closer look at the necklace.
“That rocket, that shape is incredible!”
“okay. “That’s the one you gave to your mother as a courtesy.”
Elice looked at the rocket and muttered mockingly.
“Mother thought this was a token of promise. “She didn’t take it away from her body until she died.”
“… … .”
“Even then, he believed in a bastard like you.”
Ellise’s brows furrowed slightly as she looked at Count Barnes.
“… … “Naively.”
The last words he added contained strong contempt and hatred.
“… … .”
Count Barnes looked at Elice without even breathing.
The familiar face of an unfamiliar woman. In Elice, I saw the face of Hilda, the maid I once had.
It was such an unexpected encounter that I couldn’t even think of anything to say.
Elise, who was staring at him,
“Hehe.”
Eventually, a faint smile appeared.
The image of Count Barnes being imprisoned and living like a beggar.
As I looked at it, my heart calmly sank.
The person who made him like this was himself. And they were even ready to throw him into an even deeper abyss.
The moment of revenge that I had longed for so long was approaching.
It felt like a warm breeze was blowing through my chest, which had been frozen the whole time. Even though the words prepared in my mouth were extremely harsh.
‘It looks like I’ve become a monster too.’
Elice smiled as she thought of her master, Abel, who had just thrown the entire imperial palace into chaos.
[think carefully. My goal and your revenge have the same direction.]
I remembered the day I first met him.
At first, I thought I was caught by some crazy person by mistake. My thoughts have changed now.
‘It was luck.’
How I met the owner.
When he first settled in the capital, Count Barnes was in a very high position.
High enough that even a small intelligence guild could not reach it.
But not anymore. Because Elice is the owner of the highest level in the empire.
“So you should line up well.”
Elice opened her mouth in a cynical tone.
“You listened too carefully to what she said about chasing the new sun.”
“How did you… … ?”
Count Barnes was struck by even more shock without any time to recover from the previous shock.
“A living sacrifice, yes! “If you’re Sophia, you’ll fall in love with Cain!”
“… … .”
“What greater honor can there be than to be able to stand next to the new emperor?”
Elise, who was reciting as if imitating someone’s words, finally laughed out loud.
“Ha ha ha ha ha!”
Elice’s laughter echoed throughout the prison.
“What the hell.”
Count Barnes was dumbfounded.
What Eliche had just said was a conversation he and his wife had had in the bedroom of the mansion.
“Well, how about that story…?” … .”
He gritted his teeth and looked at Elise in fear.
“Oh, Count.”
Elise stopped laughing and answered.
“No servant wanted to stay in your busy house. “I gave him some money and he started blowing his socks off.”
“… … .”
“Perhaps the money I gave you was more than the salary you gave me?”
The corner of Elice’s mouth was twisted in cruel glee.
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“Besides, where would your wife have heard such a story?”
“… … .”
“Ma’am, you should have been more careful. No, because of the circumstances, she didn’t have time to be cautious.”
“… … “Off.”
Count Barnes let out a strange sound.
The reason he fell like this, the reason he fell into this pit of despair.
It was because of the daughter of a sasaeng who didn’t even know the name of this person standing in front of me.
“To be honest, it was a bit boring because it was so easy to eat up your business.”
Elice enjoyed Count Barnes’ reaction and spoke even more mercilessly.
“The pillars shake at the slightest touch, right? “I guess the foundation work was done too poorly.”
“… … .”
“There were many secret enemies. “If you light just a little bit of fire, it will burn brightly on its own, right?”
Perhaps it was because Count Barnes’ face, which turned pale the more he spoke, was so amusing that he couldn’t stop talking easily.
‘I guess I’m taking after my master’s nasty temper.’
After briefly mocking herself, Elice decided to end it appropriately. If I added more, I thought Count Barnes would faint.
“Yes, you. “You said you stayed in prison to save Gasol’s life?”
Elice’s tone became even more somber.
“The mansion is falling apart, and what little property is left. “I will eat it all.”
On the other hand, harsh pleasure drenched it.
“If that happens, what will happen to your wife and daughter who are left alone?”
Elise lazily stuck out her tongue and licked her lips.
“-Ah, it’s fun just imagining it.”
Count Barnes raised his head in surprise. His wrinkled eyes trembled uncontrollably.
“There isn’t much that a mother and daughter can do naked on the street.”
Elice whispered, taking in every tremor in her eyes.
“That’s what I experienced.”
“Uh, uh, ah!”
Count Barnes’ body slid to the floor.
“Ugh, turn it off!”
He clenched his fists and let out an unintelligible scream.
There was nothing I could do. Even if you put your hands together and beg to save the two people, it will only backfire.
Count Barnes instinctively realized that fact.
There was no warmth in the eyes of my daughter, who had grown up incredibly beautifully.
“Goodbye, Count Barnes.”
Elice looked down at his thin crown and smiled broadly.
Again, again.
The sound of her high-heeled shoes grew further and further away from the bars.
Eliche never called him father until the end. And he didn’t even tell him his name.
thud.
Elise, guided outside by the guard, leaned against the wall.
“after… … .”
The subdued breath dispersed like a sigh.
After standing there for a moment, she began to walk slowly. She was walking so precariously that she almost fell.
“laugh!”
Then when she stumbled hard,
“master.”
A large hand with a heavy body odor grabbed Elice.
“… … William.”
Elice was embarrassed when she saw him holding her.
“Why are you here… … .”
“Isn’t it obvious where the master is coming?”
“I was waiting for you since a while ago.”
Next to William was Dexter.
“Sister, this.”
He held out a handkerchief to Elise.
“-ah.”
Only then did Eliche notice the tears flowing down her cheeks.
“Ugh… … .”
When I realized that fact, the tip of my nose suddenly became cold.
Elise buried her face in Dexter’s handkerchief. Silent cries poured out.
“… … .”
William and Dexter just stared at Elise blankly. Without hasty comfort or clumsy pats.
“… … Everyone, thank you.”
Eventually, Eliche took the handkerchief away. She laughed, the tip of her nose turning red.
“If it weren’t for you two… … .”
Eliche couldn’t finish her sentence because her throat was sore.
However, William and Dexter were able to guess what she was trying to say.
“Thank you for persevering.”
William spits out an uncharacteristically long sentence,
“It’s thanks to you.”
Dexter also left an uncharacteristically short sentence. The tips of the noses of the two people who answered were also red.
The three people looked at each other and smiled.
[Let’s name the guild Vendetta.]
[great.]
[I like it too.]
Thinking back to the day when I first formed a guild with a pledge of revenge.
It was the end of a long revenge.
❖ ❖ ❖
That time.
“Theodore, Theodore.”
Rachel’s kind voice woke Theodore up.
“… … .”
Theodore barely moved his immobile eyes. I couldn’t even blink, and my dried-up eyes were in pain.
“I’m here.”
Through my hazy vision, I could see Rachel’s unchanging face.
A face that is hateful and terrible, yet one that Theodore eagerly awaits.
All Theodore did all day was lie in bed.
Bedsores formed on the skin that came into contact with the floor, and ascites filled the stomach, which was no longer able to function properly.
He was getting older day by day. He restricted his food to reduce excretion, and his skin crumbled like a dry leaf.
“Now, today’s vitality.”
Paaaat!
A dazzling white light enveloped Theodore’s skin.
“Hehe.”
Rachel took her hand away from Theodore. The Serenade he was holding in his hand disappeared into his palm.
“… … .”
Theodore stared at her with clouded eyes.
He spent most of the day in a daze, coming to his senses only when Rachel came.
Rachel visited him just once a day. He then cut and slashed him until his anger went away, and then he went away, leaving the wounds neatly restored.
Sometimes, I would give him just one day’s worth of life and leave.
In other words, whether he lived or died everything depended on Rachel.
“Hey, look over there.”
Rachel grabbed Theodore’s cheek and turned him sideways.
Pow! Pow!
Burbububbung!
A brightly burning flame could be seen beyond the small window.
“It’s fireworks. “Isn’t it pretty?”
Rachel’s voice softened.
“Today is the coronation of the new Emperor.”
“… … !”
A sparkle returned to Theodore’s eyes, which had been dazed the entire time.
“It was a very, very fancy coronation. “It was truly amazing.”
Rachel cleverly did not say who the new emperor was. So that Theodore can be as mistaken as he likes.
“Now that means… … .”
Rachel got up from Theodore’s bed. All the while, her eyes never left Theodore.
“-!”
Theodore’s heart sank. I felt something unusual coming from Rachel as she walked away with her back turned to the light.
“… … “The former emperor’s stinking body, etc.”
The ominous premonition was confirmed without fail.
“I’m saying it’s not necessary.”
Rachel grabbed the bedside canopy.
“It’s a waste of manpower, isn’t it?”
“… … !”
Theodore hastily twisted his body.
But to his chagrin, his body did not move at all. Not even a single finger, not even an eyelid.
“Oh my, Theodore.”
Rachel could tell Theodore’s intentions just from the look in his eyes. Rachel smiled beautifully as she looked at his desperation.
“Stop doing meaningless things. It’s ugly. No, it’s still ugly now.”
Cluck cluck!
Rachel’s laughter rose high.
Charalak-
A canopy unfolded from Rachel’s fingertips.
Theodore tried to break through the canopy with a ghastly gaze. A white cloth was blocking the space between Rachel and Theodore.
“Here, like this, I don’t even know if time is passing or stopping.”
Rachel’s voice, heard through the cloth, seemed far away.
“Lonely, without anyone by my side.”
No, it was actually getting further and further away. As Rachel took a step back, her new form gradually became fainter.
“That’s how you die, you.”
Theodore looked and looked eagerly beyond the canopy. But the cloth was never lifted again.
hook-
Rachel even blew out the lamp by her bedside. Soon, complete darkness encroached on the room.
“Who said that? “The best revenge is to live well to make that person proud.”
“… … .”
“So I’m going to give it a try. “Living my life.”
Rachel smiled brightly, her face peeling off even the remaining shadow.
“Welcome to the hell I was in.”
widely.
Rachel quietly closed the door to the room.
There was a time when Theodore slammed my door shut like this and left. And he had to stare at that door endlessly.
Theodore is probably watching the visit now, just like he was back then.
Rachel was sure.
“iced coffee.”
Rachel wrapped her arms around herself and closed her eyes.
An exhilarating shiver ran from the top of my head to the tips of my toes.
‘Is this what it would feel like to be struck by lightning?’
A refreshing and light feeling, as if you were born again. A sense of omnipotence enveloped my entire body, as if I could accomplish any impossible task.
Trudging.
Someone approached Rachel.
“it’s over?”
It was Abel, wearing a gray robe.
“Let’s go, grandma.”
He stretched out his hand toward Rachel. It was a solid palm that was deeply pulsating with the energy of Requiem.
“-okay.”
Rachel placed her hand on it without hesitation.
Even though he, the symbol of darkness and emptiness, was standing right in front of me, I had a mysterious feeling as if I was standing under the brightest sunlight.
“Let’s go, Abel.”
Rachel laughed. She is bright and innocent like a girl.
fantasy,
