Chapter 81 – 81
“You’ve skipped over too much of the conversation. Shouldn’t the order be that you explain who you are to me first?”
Euro stared at Larry, his eyes wide with shock. He had suspected that Larry was receiving reports about the happenings in the mansion through someone, but he hadn’t imagined that Larry had realized the truth of his existence.
“Drink up; it must have gone cold.”
Larry reached out and gave the teacup in front of Euro a light push. He didn’t seem particularly surprised, as if he had known for quite some time.
With a stiff expression, Euro’s eyes darted around before he gripped the teacup as Larry instructed. However, he had absolutely no intention of drinking it.
From his lips to the root of his tongue, he was parched. The fact that he was a possessor—that he was Kim Euro, not Euro Leches—was something no one knew.
Even Raymond and Dent were unaware. Euro couldn’t fathom how Larry had come to find out.
Ultimately, Euro drank the tea, trembling. Despite the subtle scent of [visit our site]herbs, [unauthorized copy]his mind refused to calm down.
“It’s an interesting story. That this world is merely a tale written by the hand of a mere human.”
“…….”
“I did wonder if you were simply a madman. I thought perhaps you’d fallen into some strange delusion and momentarily lost your mind. But from what I’ve observed, you didn’t seem like a madman.”
“……How did you know?”
“Does that matter?”
Euro couldn’t find any words to answer Larry’s question. How or by what means he found out—what did that even matter? The only thing that mattered now was the single fact that Larry knew everything.
“It’s an absurdly bold decision. Where is the guarantee that I would even lift the curse for you?”
“……That was the only way for me.”
“No, you had plenty of ways. You simply chose this one.”
“…….”
“You chose a method that is utterly nonsensical and dangerous. Even while not properly knowing what your own ability is.”
Watching Euro, who was so anxious he could barely speak, Larry quietly set down his teacup and let out a small sigh.
It seemed that Euro, who came from another world, was actually unaware of the most important fact of all.
“You knew that I am the dragon who cast the curse on the Spioren Family, and you knew that you would be infected by the curse. Yet, you don’t properly understand your own healing ability. I don’t know why that is, but…”
“…….”
“If I hadn’t come to your bedroom, you would have died.”
Larry spoke as if muttering, and Euro stared at him, seemingly deeply shocked. Euro’s face turned pale, as if he had forgotten how to breathe.
“There is no ability in this world without a price. An equivalent exchange must occur. Of course, that varies depending on how exceptional the ability [stolen content]is. When I Read on Read BL Novelschecked, your healing ability was certainly impressive. But that’s all.”
“…….”
“The person you are treating is someone afflicted by a dragon’s curse. Do you know what that means? No matter how great your ability is, you are a human and I am a dragon. The scale of our power is entirely different.”
The curse cast by Larry, the dragon, was currently in progress. It grew more powerful as time passed, eventually claiming the victim’s life; it was absurd to think a mere human like Euro could stop such a colossal curse alone.
Making that curse—which no one had been able to eliminate until now—seem as if it didn’t exist for even a few days was not as easy as it sounded.
No matter how great a power Euro possessed, continuing to pour that much strength into someone was nothing short of a suicidal act.
“Doing something that causes a massive backlash even once, multiple times—and maximizing the effect by using a love drug at that. Do you even realize how insane your actions are?”
“…….”
“You were infected by the curse I cast, and you continued to use your supernatural ability in that state. It’s a miracle you’re alive; your body has already reached its limit. If I hadn’t come, you wouldn’t have been able to wake up and would have died within a few days.”
Euro’s mind grew hazy just from the realization that death had been far closer than he had imagined. Yet, at the same time, he still couldn’t understand Larry’s behavior.
“……Why did you say those things?”
“What things?”
“Aside from the fact that you saved me, why did you say things about whether I know what love is or not? That has nothing to do with this curse.”
“…….”
“Do you want me to thank you for saving me? Is that why you’re telling me this now? What I asked you wasn’t about my current condition. It’s about why you said those things.”
“…….”
“Whether you’re right or wrong isn’t the point. You intentionally let those words slip. Either way, the fact that that person will die doesn’t change; your curse ended right there. Was that not enough for you?”
Euro questioned Larry harshly. The fact that Larry knew everything made it even more incomprehensible. If he didn’t want to lift the curse, he could have simply rejected Euro’s request.
There was no need to come find him to save him, nor to warn him that using his ability frequently was detrimental. As he always had, Larry could have just watched the end of [Read on Read BL Novels]the Spioren Family as they died from the curse.
“……Was it because I deceived you?”
“…….”
“Were you angry because you knew I intended to deceive you and somehow persuade you?”
“I was never deceived by you.”
“…….”
“I don’t consider myself deceived.”
To Larry, Euro was an intriguing and amusing person. He was a rare pleasure encountered during his diversion, and Larry had suffered no loss from him. In the end, Larry had gained nothing but profit.
Even if those actions were intended to win his favor, it didn’t matter. There was nothing particularly extraordinary about the things Euro had done for him.
Euro and he were simply in a [unauthorized copy]relationship [Read on Read BL Novels]where they each took a reasonable amount of profit. Thus, there Read on Read BL Novelswas no reason to be disappointed.
Rather, Larry found it stranger that Euro always treated him the same as at first, even while suffering from the curse he had cast. It was almost fascinating.
“I’m the one who deceived you. Because even knowing you were suffering from my curse, I tried to brush it off with just a few painkillers.”
“Then why did you do that?”
“Because I have no intention of lifting the curse.”
At Larry’s assertion, Euro’s face instantly contorted.
“I don’t want there to be any misunderstanding, so I’ll be blunt. Get out of that mansion, and I will lift your curse.”
“…….”
“I bear a great deal of responsibility for how you’ve become. It’s not just because of the curse. For humans, the sensation of pain is very important. It’s what protects oneself from danger.”
The painkillers Larry prescribed played a large part in Euro’s condition. Because the danger signals were forcibly paralyzed, unauthorized copyEuro didn’t feel the pain and overused his supernatural ability.
It was a result stemming from the goodwill of wanting Euro to feel a little less pain. However, it was nonetheless a clear mistake.
He had done it without knowing that Euro possessed a healing ability, but regardless, it had brought Euro to the brink of death.
“Because of the medicine I gave you, you couldn’t stop at the appropriate time. It was a mistake born from my petty guilt, and I want to correct it.”
“…….”
“But not Spiorene. I cannot lift that curse.”
“Why, why on earth? I can’t understand why you’re doing this. This should be enough; just how many people have to suffer before you’re satisfied?”
“There was only one person I wanted to suffer, Euro.”
Larry thought of Carlton for a moment and then erased him from his mind. He fell silent as if he didn’t want to say any more, but Euro had no intention of backing down here.
Since Larry knew everything anyway, Euro wanted [Read on Read BL Novels]to hear the truth. Larry had brushed off even the acting Euro [unauthorized copy]had done as if it were nothing.
Then why couldn’t he do the same for Carlton? Why did the curse continue to breathe and live within the Spioren Family? Euro wanted to hear the answer now.
“That person died over 300 years ago. I don’t see any reason for this curse to continue. I have no idea why you continue to stay here and watch over it.”
“Is there any reason I should tell you that?”
“……What?”
“Yes, when I went to save you, I saw Melione. I had clearly put everyone in the mansion to sleep, but while I was treating you, he came to the front of your bedroom. He saw me through the gap in the open door.”
“…….”
“So I told him the truth. It was something you needed to know, and in the end, Melione admitted it too. That he doesn’t know things like love.”
Larry spoke as if there were no problem because he had conveyed only the truth. Euro felt a pang of bitterness at Larry’s unwavering gaze. The two stared at each other for a long time, but the gap in their perspectives did not narrow.
Eventually, Euro was the first [visit our site]to [Read on Read BL Novels]avoid Larry’s eyes, barely managing to speak in a strained voice.
“That person knows nothing about me.”
“…….”
“It’s not that he doesn’t know love; it’s that he doesn’t know me. Because I didn’t tell him. What kind of person I am, where I came from. What purpose I had for coming here, and how I ended up like this—I didn’t give a single excuse from start to finish.”
Euro vented his frustration. It was like a form of self-suggestion. The reason Melione had said such things was that he knew nothing.
If he knew the truth, his heart might change. Euro firmly believed that if Melione knew there were reasons and that he hadn’t deceived him on purpose, he would never say that he didn’t know love.
But as if mocking this, Larry spoke in a cold voice.
“Euro, you will gain nothing. Just like me.”
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