Episode 167

Elisha couldn't figure out why he was so angry that she had poisoned herself. But I could guess why he did it.

Her contributions were multiplied. She had a foundation to become independent. So he imprisoned her with the tyranny of her name as her check.

“If it's not the first time…….”

“You've been hurt in front of him before.”

Sophie widened her eyes.

“Then you seem to like the madam more now than then.”

“There's no man who'll lock up someone he likes like this, Sophie.”

Elisha turned her head away to mean that she didn't want to talk to her anymore. But Sophie was persistent.

“There are various broken people in the world. He doesn't express his emotions like normal people. That's not necessarily wrong.”

Elisha doubted her ears. What did I just hear?

Elisha put down her wine glass.

“Sophie. You know Lucerne well.”

Sophie nodded quietly.

“Since when have you been an agent of Lucerne?”

“From a very young age. I grew up in a demonic temple. There, the general rescued me.”

“…… How old are you now?”

“I'm twenty-eight.”

“I heard you were three years older than me?”

Sophie hehe, laughed.

“Do I look a little younger? That makes it very suitable for assassination jobs.”

Elisha rubbed her hair. It seemed to her that she had drank too much wine.

But really……. There was nothing to do. Her only conversation partner was Sophie.

“Sophie. Don't you hate It would be frustrating to wait on me in a place like this.”

The sofa smiled. Elisha thought that smile was like a mask.

“Why? It's not like your life is threatened. I'm very happy. Besides, all of the general's subordinates love the mistress!”

Elisha wondered if Lucerne could brainwash people.

“What was your childhood like?”

“Training in the temple of the evil god…….”

“For a moment. There is no such thing as a temple of evil spirits in the world.”

The evil god was an ancient god who had died. Elisha thought Sophie was talking nonsense.

“Oh, there is. The countless relics of evil spirits. Where do those things that cause problems all over the world come from?”

Sophie said nonchalantly. Sophie was said to have been raised by the hands of the priests who still honored the evil god hidden in the temple of the evil god, the deepest part of the world, and produced the holy relic.

“People like me are called experimental subjects. I was a little bit older. It is mainly used to bring children to test the holy relics. Oh, I also use it for drug experiments as a side job. So there are many children who show side effects…….”

“…….”

“The Great General came and wiped them out and saved us. Since then I've been working for my brothers. Because my brothers are happy when I work. It's okay. There are kids who live completely normal lives now. Besides, in the temple of evil spirits, they are trained to blunt their emotions, so all of my brothers are bright like me.”

Elisha's mouth seemed to be twisted. She felt her chest tight.

“This is an incredible story.”

“But can you believe this space? The general, who has nothing to fear in the world, took the lady very seriously and imprisoned her. If so, what is reality? What lies?”

“…….”

Elisha gave up her answer. In fact, when she heard Sophie's words, she didn't even have the energy to get angry.

“Why do temples of evil gods exist?”

Elisha muttered. Sophie's eyes were that she had heard the stupid question.

“Because that makes money.”

Sophie smiled.

“Everything in the world is born that way.”

Elisha felt like she had heard the right answer after a long time.

She was right. She had forgotten Countless weaklings and victims in this world, and predators above them. That was the unanimous rule that governed them.

*​ *​ *​

'Lady. Why are you taking such a hard road?'

'What do you mean by that?'

'If you're stuck here and suffering. You have to move the general. You have to calm him down and convince him. It's difficult to regain trust once lost, so you have to do it very well.'

'It's unpleasant. Sophie. The one who was imprisoned is not guilty.'

Sophie tilted her head at those words.

'Do you think the world is fair, Madam? What does that matter?'

'…….'

'The important thing. It means who is the owner of the mistress. The mistress is taking the easy road the hard way.'

That was what Sophie had just said as she was tending to the bath. Elisha was soaking her body in her bathtub. She bent her head. Dipping her in the hot water made her head go numb. She took a sip of her wine and she set it down on the table by the bathtub.

I couldn't stay sane at all.

Being imprisoned by Elisha meant that she would soon die. It reminded him of the nightmare of being blamed by Jacob in his previous life.

Will Lucerne kill her?

The answer to that was, not right now. If he really wanted to get rid of Elisha, he wouldn't have built such an elaborate prison. He was a person who hated troublesome work because he had no affection.

Throughout her two lives, Elisha's appetite for life was very strong. That heart made her a little bit cold.

'Do I feel betrayed?'

Elisha laughed at her own thoughts. That was a stupid idea.

Elisha reflected. Then it didn't work. She shouldn't have raised her mind on the subject and her ignorance. She had to treat him just like her master and boss. It was not okay to show your heart.

Also, he had to treat him like an untamable beast. She foolishly believed he was changing.

'Giving one's heart is a loophole and a weakness.'

That was her downfall.

I didn't have much time. More than being confined here…….

'Lucerne will start interrogating me.'

The past few days, Lucerne has gone mad with her lust and has been preoccupied with doing it with Elisha. However, if this life is stable, she will definitely try to interrogate Elisha.

She will then have to confess everything to him, including everything Elisha did in her previous life. Then he will know 'that thing' too.

Elisha closed her eyes. Her head was spinning. When she got drunk, her memories reached where she couldn't.

'No, no.'

Elisha thought. But she couldn't stop thinking.

An ugly woman with burn scars on her face. Elisha was bending over her. Lucerne was lying on the dirty floor. Elisha was laughing while crying. Slowly she approached him.

'I love you, Lucerne.'

'…….'

'Did you miss me? I really like you. I can't be with you in this world, right?'

Elisha caressed her lucerne's chest. His shirt was covered in blood.

'With me.'

'We die together.'

Elisha opened her eyes. Before she knew it, she was submerged up to her face in the water. She frantically wiped her eyes. She couldn't tell if it was the water in her bathtub or her tears that touched her eyes.

Perhaps,

Considering the sins she committed in her past life.

Okay. All of this may be self-inflicted.

*​ *​ *​

The fact that she shamelessly tried to win his heart in the first place. It was a great sin for her. She forgot about it.

*​ *​ *​

It's a pity, but there are not many cases where the heart of an ugly, persecuted, and humble person is beautiful. The hatred accumulated by being trampled on by others will erupt one day. The heart of such a person expresses even love in a terrible and harsh way.

No, was that love?

Do I deserve it?

Elisha thought.

*​ *​ *​

Lucerne arrived at dawn. Elisha slept and opened her booth eyes.

“Are you awake?”

His tone was very sweet and feminine. Elisha was confused about the situation for a moment. Elisha tossed and turned her body around her. I could feel him lying on my back. Elisha held her breath.

Unfortunately, her body still remembered him. Although she felt a momentary rejection. She didn't hate it. Elisha twisted her lips on her pillow.

She was honestly so bored. He didn't come for two weeks, and Elisha's only conversation partner was Sophie. He wondered if he had returned safely from the battlefield and whether there were any wounds. That was the only thing that came to mind in a really inertial way.

“I think you smell like alcohol.”

Lucerne stuck her nose into Elisha's nape.

“He said he had been drinking. Sophie says she drank wine every day.”

“…….”

“But it is strange. Your body smells sweet even when it smells like alcohol.”

Elisha couldn't stand it any longer. She raised her body and glared at him. His words sounded like mockery.

“I don't need to save face, but I live comfortably. It doesn't matter if you're drunk.”

Lucerne placed a large hand on Elisha's forehead.

“You have a fever.”

He said.

Elisha's hands trembled. Perhaps because she recalled the past, her body ached. I had a low-grade fever and a headache.

Elisha bowed her head. She seemed to give in, though she didn't mean to.

“It should be. Be gentle.”

“…….”

Elisha raised her eyes and saw Lucerne.

He wanted all of himself, she said. Then inside this body. Would you even want this heart that was once uglier than anyone else?

No, does he even know that she has something called her heart?

Elisha wanted to ask.