Episode 204

Elisha opened her eyes slowly. Her whole body was like wet cotton and she couldn't breathe.

'What happened to me?'

Okay. A fire flickered before her eyes. All around her was a sea of ​​fire.

'I hate burns.'

She didn't want to go back to her ugly distorted face. Pain was felt all over her body. Elisha opened her eyes slowly.

I groped her face. But there was nothing but the feel of her smooth skin. She opened her eyes slowly.

“Nora?”

What came into view was Nora's worried face. Nora was kneeling in front of Elisha's bed. She was holding back tears.

“I killed the woman who set the fire. Sorry. I arrived too late…….”

Elisha barely understood what Nora was saying.

She nodded her head slowly. And she stood up in a daze. She was laid in what appeared to be her hospital room.

Bandages were all over her body, but she was alive. She headed to the next room. I could hear the voices of the people there. Lucerne was lying there.

Bandages were wrapped around half of his face. Elisha's face was distorted in her previous life. It was exactly the same location.

Elisha lost her consciousness and she hunched over her slowly on his bed. Tears fell from her eyes. And slowly she buried her body in him.

She said what the doctors said.

“There is no danger to life.”

“You will be fine.”

It was mainly those words. But Elisha was afraid beyond his bandages.

'Because of me.'

Alas, Elisha struggled to escape her fate. In order not to become an ugly woman with half her face distorted, she went in search of Lucerne.

She couldn't think logically at all. Maybe Lucerne was hurt like this to avoid her fate of being unhappy?

“Mmm.”

Then Lucerne slowly opened her eyes. Elisha's vision was stained with water. He looked at Elisha. He grabbed her wrist and said softly.

“Why are you crying?”

He said. To Elisha, the tone felt like a dream.

“Because of me.”

“All right.”

Lucerne said. The doctors next to me said something else. But none of it was heard at all. It seemed that there was only Lucerne in Elisha's world.

*​ *​ *​

“All……. Are you getting better?”

When Elisha couldn't calm down, her doctors managed to pull her out and soothe her.

“Yes. You're right. He's a peculiar body type. Don't you know Since childhood, he grew up wandering around the battlefield. Still, there are no noticeable scars on that person's body. It is because of its special constitution to regenerate any wound. This time, the burns are bad, so it will take a while, but I will definitely recover.”

As he made his way through the burning forest, Lucerne had ugly burns all over his body.

'How is that better?'

Elisha instantly felt her resentment and even absurdity. But the feeling she felt afterward was a relief that made her body tremble.

“Thanks. Lucerne. I.”

Elisha's eyes trembled as she spoke to Lucerne. Lucerne beckoned and Elisha went to him in her docility.

“So how long will it take?”

Said Elisha, cradled in her lucerne's arms. She was trembling for fear of touching the bandaged wounds all over Lucerne's body.

“One…….”

The doctor thoughtlessly tried to answer three months. If she poured the holy power of her high priest, it was possible to heal faster than that.

But at that moment she met Lucerne's eyes. Lucerne was glaring at him coldly.

“Pretty……. It takes a long time.”

Fortunately, the doctor was quick to notice. So the doctor answered vaguely. Lucerne stroked the back of Elisha's head and said.

“It will take about a year, but the appearance will definitely return to normal.”

“Does your appearance matter now?”

Elisha removed her head and fired at her pack. Lucerne smiled, raising only the corner of her mouth.

“You like my face.”

“I never did.”

“I have.”

“When?”

“A long time ago.”

Lucerne replied sluggishly. Tears flowed from Elisha's eyes again. She caressed Lucerne's cheek.

Yes, at this moment he and she were together.

“You have barely calmed down.”

After Elisha heard from the doctors that Lucerne was fine, she went back to sleep. Elisha, who had been imprisoned and dragged around by the householder and other people for several days, showed symptoms of dehydration along with mild delirium. Lucerne silently looked down at her sleeping Elisha on her own bed.

“If possible, treat wounds on the face slowly.”

Lucerne whispered to the doctor.

“Don't be too ugly.”

The doctor looked like he had heard the most bizarre order in his life.

“If you can get her burns and keep this girl tied up, she's a trade off.”

She was able to avoid it, but she made an error because she fully protected Elisha. But it was fortunate that the wound was on the right side of her face, not her left.

An illusion Lucerne seen through the shadows. It was because it was an image in the same direction as Elisha in the dream.

The joy of having Elisha in his arms was greater than the pain in her body. Lucerne thought that if she could hold on to something like this, she would have burned her face in the first place.

Lucerne said.

“Then, I must punish those who neglected to protect my woman.”

However, Lucerne's eyes were warm when she said that, and her hand caressing Elisha's shoulder was even sweet.

*​ *​ *​

107 people.

The number of her agents who guarded her around Elisha reached a whopping 107. Their role was to keep an eye on Elisha from all over the city and check for suspicious people.

It was the result of Lucerne's obsession with not being able to approach Elisha because she hated her.

Roti. She was called 'freckles' because she was in her laundry room.

Missing her was entirely the mistake of her agents. Even so, from the day Lottie appeared in front of Elisha, her investigation and house search had already ended.

However, Lottie got a job at a store with branches in the capital city and small city of Malaysia, and had a perfect identity. Besides, Lottie got a job at the Chamber of Commerce on her own. So the agents couldn't even find a problem with the papers. In addition, the upper house was clearly separated from the owner of the stake.

Lucerne rented the entire hospital, and in the backyard there were about twenty high-ranking agents gathered. Among them were Margaret of the cafe and Philip, an agent who worked at the butcher shop.

The rest were waiting in the nearby woods. It was waiting to be punished.

Lucerne stumbled a little when he came out into the backyard, but otherwise moved normally. He slowly caressed the scabbard in his hand up and down and sent a languid gaze.

“Jacob hid in that woman's house for half a year, but you couldn't find him. Throughout her life, she has seen a lot of people who are lacking in me and lacking.”

“…….”

“There were 107 stupid people under me. It's so strange and unbelievable. Right?”

Lucerne said. The agents flinched.

“Margaret, wake up.”

Margaret rose from her seat and carefully conveyed the situation.

“It is entirely the fault of our agents. But…… A woman named Grotty was more thorough than he thought, and after making only one contact with the lord, she never made contact again. And Jacob really held his breath and didn't leave the house for half a year. And Lottie is smarter than I thought, so Jacob didn't reveal the location of the basement. That's the cause of the mistake. Please punish me.”

Margaret was the leader of the agents surrounding Elisha. At least it was Margaret's credit for finding Elisha.

Margaret couldn't shake the feeling that even though Lottie had once passed the “Test,” She was strangely sinister. On the day Elisha was kidnapped, the entire city was almost empty for General Welton's memorial service.

The moment Elisha disappeared, Margaret knew that Lottie had entered the city that day. She said Margaret was keeping an eye on Lottie. After that, she was able to find Elisha because she focused on Lottie.

“Well.”

Lucerne made a low sound.

“It seems that everyone has lost their senses after spending half a year or vacation-like schedule.”

The agents were silent.

“But, since her wife is safe, she's not going to die.”

“…….”

“It would be okay to select a few people by lottery and arrange them.”

Lucerne's aides knew. That he is most angry when he is calm and calm. The eyes of the agents shook.

“Are you going to do that?”

That was the moment. The door to the hospital leading to the backyard opened. And then Ian came in.

“General. The madam is looking for you.”

Lucerne looked them over. Lucerne raised and lowered the corner of his mouth.

“Tell me later.”

When something of the utmost importance came to him, he left them behind. The remaining agents groaned in agony.

Ian winked at Margaret.

“Don't worry. Our madam still has some mercy. He's just like our captain, but that's the only difference.”

Ian thought so. If Elisha really wanted to lose her affection for Lucerne, her sids would have to be cold. But Sid didn't hate it. That alone made her benevolence almost like that of a saint when compared side by side with Lucerne.

Ian was quick-witted. When he said this, he meant that he had leaked to Elisha about the agent's disposition. Margaret had worked with Ian for a long time, so she understood what he meant right away. Oh, you live. Margaret thought.

*​ *​ *​

Lucerne took the bandage off after a week.

Elisha was relieved that the scar on his face wasn't as bad as she thought. She wasn't ugly like Elisha in her previous life. If you look closely, you can see only reddish skin peeling marks. Besides, her scars were also much smaller.

At that time, Elisha was staying in one of Lucerne's residences.

Lucerne brought Elisha to one of his safe houses near the capital. Lucerne hoped that Elisha would stay in the safe house for a while in preparation for the unexpected.

Elisha was worried that Lucerne would go away with an injured body, but fortunately he stayed in the hospital.

'Why is this person still handsome even when he's injured?'

Elisha looked at him blankly and thought it was unfair.

“You don't want to see it?”

Lucerne asked silently. Elisha shook her head slightly. She caressed his scarred skin around her with her white hand.

“Don't worry, it will really disappear.”

“I hope so.”

Elisha, who had spent the days following the incident with Lucerne, was regaining her composure. Her expression became calm again and she looked at her calmly from time to time, as if analyzing her surroundings. Lucerne liked this woman's cleverness, madly……. No. She would love it even if she were to be dumbfounded from today.

“Are you going back?”

Said Lucerne, running through her Elisha's hair.

“Do you want to go back to your house?”

Elisha flinched. Contemplating, she shook her head.

“I cannot leave you. Having gone through something like that……. It's scary too. You were right in part. I must have been too careless for half a year.”

“You can't say that again.”

Lucerne said languidly.

“What did you do wrong? Rather blame me for not keeping it.”

Elisha's expression became strange. She looked at him

“Do you want to live with me?”

“What would you do after asking dozens of times, of course.”

Lucerne whispered.

“I only dream of you even when you are gone.”

“You felt like flattering while I couldn't see you.”

Lucerne laughed. Very faintly.

“I want to live with you.”

Lucerne whispered.

“This time, until the end of my life.”

Elisha looked at him with her quivering eyes. Elisha thought he was like the other Cartiers. After all, he uses her and treats her as her property…….

But I know. No one jumps into the fire for a mere possession.

Someone like Gazoo and Jacob would sacrifice Elisha without her hesitation. A man like them, she chose the former without her hesitation between the petty gain she would have and the throwing of her Elisha into her fire.

The Lucerne.

Through her two lives, the man she loved was different……. He will be different.

Tears fell in torrents.

I knew from the beginning. That you are different so I loved you

“I thought there was nothing to be afraid of anymore.”

Said Elisha.

“But I am also afraid of everything. Being with you……. I'm afraid I'll break. I'm afraid you've been hurt because of me.”

My heart was so big, I loved him so much, I kept getting greedy when I saw him, so I was afraid of everything.

“Sounds useless.”

Lucerne said.

“Again, not because of you.”

Just as Elisha can hurt him. Even a man who can truly hurt her. She knew that now she was the only man who could break her heart.

Okay. She had nothing to fear if she did not love him.

“Don't worry.”

Lucerne said.

“I said I wouldn't lie. I'll keep it right this time.”

“…….”

“Just stay by my side. Your husband is capable enough to solve the troubles in your little head.”

Elisha nodded her head.

Alas, this is the end.

So she started her second her heart.