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Chapter 402
Each Other's Forms
In the grand bathhouse, Ferda held Olivia just as she was.
Just as her body, cooling in the cold winter, was about to grow chilly, Ferda finally embraced her.
As the hot water seeped into Ferda's clothes, his body heat was felt distinctly.
'Warm.'
Even now, separated by fabric, it's this warm. If we become one.......
Wеb̊ n̄ӧv̄е́l̊ Еnu m̊ а
Her heart pounded.
It was the moment that dream, which she had desperately hidden all this time, finally came true.
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She pulled her body away briefly to undress him.
Then, Ferda pushed Olivia away completely.
"As expected...... it won't do."
He said that.
Е̄ ǹ ǔ m а . і̌d̂
Olivia made a tearful face and asked him.
She tried to draw out his guilt.
"Wh......y?"
"The reason I came here was to confirm one thing."
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But even that acting had to stop.
Ferda's face looked even sadder.
Е̊ num̈а . id
"I got a little curious about what I would do when faced with temptation."
"Did you find...... the answer?"
Ferda nodded.
"I learned that the heart isn't that firm."
An unexpected answer.
"If I have my first experience with you like this....... My feelings toward you might change. I don't know what kind of feeling that would be."
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An expression too sad to call that feeling love.
"But whoever it is, we'll become attached to this memory. Whether it's you, or me......."
The fruit of a love made of obsession.
Ferda had already seen how that would flow.
"I...... hope you're happy, Olivia. That's why, even if it's a way for me to live longer, I can't hold you."
Ferda carefully pushed her back.
We̊_b ńоv е̌ l̆ Ӗ n ŭ mǎ
Olivia, staring blankly at Ferda, finally opened her mouth.
"That works out well."
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She smiled sadly.
"Thanks to what you're saying, I realize how short-sighted my thoughts were. I thought you'd take me like a man, but you're just an indecisive man who amounts to only this. To think I believed I loved such a man."
Olivia turned her body away as if it were ridiculous and submerged herself in the bath again.
Ferda tried to leave the bathhouse, leaving Olivia behind.
Wѐḃň о̀v е̂ ĺ Ӗǹ u̇ mа́
"Ferda."
Olivia called his name.
"Can you do just one last thing for me?"
"......."
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"Can you tell me you loved me?"
"Olivia."
Ẃ e̊b̈ nôvе_l̊ Ě n̂ ũ ma
"I'm not asking you to feed my obsession. Since it's come to this, make me a common man. Want me like all the countless men who courted me."
"......."
"At least, spill all the feelings you wavered with in this moment and go. Only then can I...... shake you off."
Olivia's words weren't a lie.
He was convinced this was sending her off for the last time.
That's why Ferda said this at the end.
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"I loved you, you......."
He was smiling.
An unbearably beautiful smile.
"Now get lost."
Olivia coldly sent Ferda away.
He left without looking back.
Ẁĕ b n оv ĕ l Ėn̊ úṁа́
The spacious grand bathhouse now had only one person left.
Only the swishing sound made when moving echoed.
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Olivia stared blankly, then muttered.
"......I dumped him."
She won't love him anymore, now that he's become a common man.
She won't love anyone.
E n̂ u ṁ ă
"I dumped that good-for-nothing man......."
But her vision blurred.
The innocence remaining in Olivia's eyes pooled and flowed down.
"I'm the one who dumped him......."
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Everything was a lie.
It wasn't that she lost affection while looking at that face.
Ěn um̂a
Ferda wasn't someone who would become a common man over just that.
Rather, because of that, she fell in love with him even more.
Love had surpassed obsession, and in the end, even the lingering attachment left could be let go.
"I....... hope you're happy."
Now she truly wished for his happiness, and the time to end everything had come.
Olivia picked up the dagger placed beside her.
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The well-honed blade was so sharp she wouldn't even feel the sensation of being cut.
She deeply slit her own wrist with that blade.
Bright red blood spread through the warm bath.
Olivia rested her chin on the rim and looked at the ceiling.
There was a mirror there, and Olivia's own reflection was visible.
Even her naked body, which couldn't be hidden by the transparent water, was clearly visible.
Ӗ ñu mа̊ . і d
The body that people so desperately wanted, and so desperately cursed, was clearly visible.
But soon, the red dye flowing from both wrists covered her body.
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The blood is spreading.
A sight a criminal would think of——but to Olivia, it looked different.
Olivia was finally blooming.
Like a red rose that had only been a bud for a long time, now in full bloom.
W еb ǹ о vе́ l̆ Ё n̊ u m̂ä
"Eonni."
Stella Arken.
The mature and beautiful eonni.
"I've finally become like eonni......."
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Olivia's consciousness sank down below.
There's nothing more to wish for now.
Е̂ ǹ um̂а .і̊d
Everyone of the Arken Family is dead.
Olivia thought so.
"Wake up, Hero."
But before long, she opened her eyes.
Instead of the mirror installed on the ceiling, a marble ceiling
And a young girl with her eyes tightly shut was blocking half her view.
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"Oh my, you're awake, Hero."
With a playful tone and a nasal laugh.
A woman with golden hair and both eyes tightly shut——someone Olivia knew well, no, a dragon.
"Odograsado......."
"That's right, it's me."
Olivia turned her gaze elsewhere.
Wѐb n̈óv еl_ Еn̄ ům̆а̀
It was the same grand bathhouse where she had been.
The difference was she had been fished out and changed into dry clothes.
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"Did you save me?"
"Hah-hah, you think so?"
"......."
"My my, our Princess glares and it's scarier than a ghost! It's even scarier because you're pretty!"
Е̄ nům̌ а
When Olivia glared like she meant business, Odograsado also looked a bit surprised.
Odograsado smiled as if it were cute and answered.
"Sorry, but you healed yourself before I could do anything."
"Me......?"
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Healed myself?
She had closed her eyes for the last time, ready to face her end calmly.
Énǔḿ а . і d̈
She had definitely been dying.
"If not, I suppose we have to call it a miracle."
"A miracle......."
Olivia tried to answer cynically, but felt something strange.
"Don't tell me......."
The stigmata that had been on her right hand was no longer felt.
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The vow of revenge that had remained in place even if the Emperor died had completely disappeared.
By taking her own life, the vow of revenge had ended.
Then why is she alive again?
"Alte must not want you to leave this world yet, right?"
She looked down at her own hand and muttered.
"Why......."
Е n̄üm̌ а.і̌d
She had wished for miracles and prayed through so many hardships, so why now......?
"Isn't it because you've committed too many sins to die yet?"
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"Sins, you say?"
"Right. You used demons to destroy the Empire. That's a grave sin."
"Then you also used believers' faith to escape, didn't you?"
"That's right. That's how we're alike."
Еnu ṁ ӓ. і̌ d̄
Odograsado smiled bitterly with maturity.
"So we have to atone for those sins together by living, don't we?"
She remembered what Odograsado had said.
Learning magic, pulling a carriage together, and wandering.
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And she proposed that life to Olivia.
Others might have thought it was just the chatter of a playful Golden Dragon, but Olivia was sharp, so she knew it wasn't empty words.
Е̊ n̆ um̄_а̊ . і d
A cleric's life of never staying in one place, constantly moving.
She didn't like it.
That's why Olivia couldn't refuse that proposal.
To soothe her heart's pain, that kind of suffering was needed.
"Do you know?"
"What?"
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She said with cold eyes.
"I really hate you, Odograsado."
Sincerity without a trace of laughter.
She had no masks left.
"Hah-hah-hah! Once you start falling for my charm, our journey will be nothing but enjoyable!"
Odograsado's nasal laughter echoed in the bathhouse.
Е̌.nŭ.m а̇. іd̃
* * *
Ferda returned to the castle, leaving Olivia behind.
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"Regent Ferda-nim, we won! We occupied the Blue Eye and finished with minimal casualties!"
News of the victory suppressing the Blue Eye came, but he couldn't laugh.
Not wanting to ruin the atmosphere, he quietly entered the bedroom.
He didn't even change clothes, just quietly passed the time.
W e b ñ o v̌.еl̆. Еñům̀ а̄
The room grew dim, and the moonlight rising even faster illuminated his bedroom.
-Ferda. Don't have foolish thoughts.
The moonlight wrapped around his body and spoke.
-You still have time left, don't you? Time to live more like lovers. If you mess up, the time you can set foot on this land becomes only one week.
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Ferda didn't answer.
Because he didn't know why Sierra said that until then.
E̊ṅ u ḿ a.і̌d́
He just thought it was a parent's useless meddling.
After waiting like that, someone's footsteps were heard.
The door opened, revealing two pairs of horns, red hair, and golden eyes.
Valdrova was there.
She had lost someone today.
"Ferda-ssi."
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She smiled with difficulty, then stiffened.
He could tell why.
She asks.
"Where...... did you go?"
Ferda answered honestly.
"I met Olivia."
E n ú m å . і̄d̃
A sound of something collapsing was heard.
But she barely endured it.
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Because she's a strong dragon.
"So...... what did you do?"
To Valdrova's question, Ferda answered.
"I let her go."
Е̄ num̌ а
"......That means......."
"That we don't have much time left."
Hearing those words, Valdrova became truly complicated.
At first, she was relieved that he hadn't slept with another woman.
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But soon, knowing that Ferda's short life wouldn't change even so, she felt sad.
On the other hand, she felt pathetic and angry at herself for feeling relieved.
W̌ е̌ b̀n.о v е̃ l̆ Е̄n ũm̊ а
That indescribable surge of emotion finally became tears, and she cried in front of Ferda.
Valdrova shed tears.
She had cried her fill today, and was crying again.
Why is it that once you use tears, they stop coming out more?
Why do these sorrows all rush in at once?
While she was thinking such things, Ferda walked up and wiped those tears.
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Their eyes met.
The rising emotions knew what each other wanted.
Ferda finally understood what Sierra was saying.
"Valdrova."
"Yes."
"I love you."
Ě ń_ú m̈ ä .і̌ d́
"I love you too."
"But...... I feel myself changing more and more. The proof...... I was taken in by the absurd sophistry that I could sleep with another woman for your sake."
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"......."
"I'll grow weaker and weaker. I don't know how long I can endure those countless trials. So this moment, when I love you the most...... I want to be with you."
She knew what Ferda wanted.
Because it was what she wanted too.
Еnu m a
But the reason he spoke so carefully was because a price followed.
Valdrova understood that.
"What happens if we do that?"
"Only one week will remain."
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One week.
Hearing those words, Valdrova didn't answer.
Е ň ū m̀ ȧ
When no answer came for a long time, Ferda kissed her lips on his own.
The dripping tears stopped, and their breath grew deeper.
Their movements increasingly explored each other.
Slowly melting into each other, they even stripped away the fabric pieces blocking them.
They felt each other's forms with their whole bodies.
Since they were each other's first, everything was clumsy.
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But the night was enough to get to know each other.
* * *
A night too dreamlike passed.
They slept until the sun was almost at its zenith.
Even now awake, she wondered if it wasn't a dream.
'A pointless question.'
Е́_ṅu.m а
The answer is right beside her, so why think?
Ferda turned his head to check Valdrova's appearance.
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"Ah."
She met golden eyes.
She had already been awake, watching Ferda.
There's no knowing how long she'd been watching.
Ёń_ũḿа̃ . і d̂
Ferda greeted her with a good morning.
"Did you sleep well?"
Instead of answering, Valdrova smacked her lips several times.
Then her face unnecessarily turned bright red, she buried it in the pillow, and said this.
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"I don't knoow......."
A young body is truly amazing.
Е nu m̃а́ . іď
Because it recovers in no time without even feeling fatigue.
We became one yesterday.
Three times, at that.
Now it could become four times.
But he couldn't muster the courage to touch her once more, so he kissed her forehead.
"Please lie down a bit more. I'll bring breakfast."
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Ferda put on simple clothes and went out.
A woman was waiting in front of the door.
Long silver hair, silver eyes.
Overall, a beauty with a sharp impression.
He thought she'd surely be charming if she were smiling.
She was glaring with an expression that said she didn't like it.
W еb̈n̆ о̃ v̇ е̇ l Еnu m̈ а
"Who are you?"
"I'm Ruri."
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"Ruri?"
"Stop pretending you don't know. Want me to hit you?"
Ferda decided to stop there.
"You suddenly seem older than me, it feels strange."
Web̀_nӧv̂ ě l̊ Е́ n̆ û m ā
"Hmph, what reason is there to feel strange? I grow too, you know."
Ruri placed her hand on her chest and spoke confidently.
The appearance overflowing with more confidence than ever showed how much she'd longed for growth.
But that appearance was brief.
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"Well, if I return the essence, I'll become a brat again."
"That's unfortunate."
E n̂ um̀ å
"I don't think it's unfortunate. Still, it means there's a possibility of growing again."
Ruri had a complex about her appearance.
Other dragon spawns stop aging at a certain age, but she was the only one who stayed a child.
That's why she'd thought, is this the end?
But since she was told that growth she thought had completely stopped was possible, she no longer needed to be obsessed with it.
"Meal?"
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"Prepared as brunch."
"I'll take it. Her Highness doesn't look too good right now."
"Well, I figured."
Ruri obediently handed over the cart.
"Ferda-nim."
"Why?"
En̂ u m̄ а
"Is it true...... that there's only one week left?"
When Valdrova came, Ruri was there too.
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She had quietly heard everything from beyond the door.
"Yeah, it's true. It started last night."
"Then...... can I hug you just once?"
Yesterday it was Olivia, now it's Ruri.
Еn üm̈ а̊. і̃d_
Fortunately, the morning vigor had subsided, so there was no need to show an unsightly sight.
At her request, Ferda carefully embraced her.
One thing certain: the feeling was different from with Olivia.
With Olivia it was uncomfortable and exciting, with Ruri it's comfortable and reassuring.
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Come to think of it, the one he'd shown the most unsightly side to was Ruri.
She'd seen him naked, he'd gotten angry, he'd cried.
W̌ е̇ bnо̂vėl E n̆u m ā
She was already family to Ferda.
"I relied on you too much."
Ruri said with a wet voice.
"So sometimes I wished you'd become my father."
"To become a father, my age...... keuhp!"
Ferda decided to watch his mouth.
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As she hugged him with a little force, his ribs reacted.
Ruri pretended not to hear Ferda's words and continued.
"You were someone I could rely on until the end. I wanted to say thank you for that."
Ferda stroked her head and answered.
"I can have peace of mind because you're here. Because you're the only one who can protect my woman."
"Of course."
W е b ǹ ǒ v̌е̇ l̊ Е́ n u m̃а̄
"Even if I'm gone, protect just one thing."
"Penelope, you mean?"
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Whether she's quick-witted or it's obvious as day.
"Yeah."
"Don't worry. If she pulls any dirty tricks, I'll twist her neck right away."
Twist Penelope's neck.
Ẃ е̇ b̈n_о́ vè_l̄_ Е̊n ùm̂ а̌
An unbearably beautiful rhythm.
It's just a shame I won't see it in this life.
"Then spend the remaining time peacefully with your Master."
"Thanks."
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That was the formal farewell with Ruri.
