Chapter 98 – 98
Where Larry and Melione had been sitting across from each other until a moment ago, Euro and Larry now sat facing one another.
For some reason, Euro could not sit still and kept glancing around. He was too anxious that someone might see or overhear them to say a word.
Seeing him like this, Larry waved his hand as if to reassure him.
“You can speak comfortably. I’ve made it so no one can hear us.”
At those words, Euro’s eyes snapped open and he exclaimed,
“Why are you here?”
“Not so loud.”
“Larry!”
“Because I didn’t think you’d listen to me.”
“…….”
“Judging by your state, it seems you listened to me well enough [Read on Read BL Novels]on the way to the capital, though.”
“Did you meet His Excellency?”
At Euro’s question, Larry nodded. At this, Euro’s expression twisted fiercely.
“Didn’t you run into him once in my bedroom before? If he remembers, what are you doing here in this state…!”
“No one recognizes my face but you. If he had, do you think your servant would have let me into the mansion so easily?”
Since Dent had not accompanied Euro to the Imperial Palace, he had remained at the mansion. He didn’t know Larry was a dragon, but he was well aware that Larry shared a very close relationship with Euro.
“…Well, it was a close call.”
“What does that mean?”
“The curse has lasted so long that it seems he’s less affected by my power. You could say he’s grown accustomed to it, like developing a tolerance to medicine.”
“…….”
“That day, I definitely put everyone in the mansion to sleep. But for some reason, Duke Spioren was awake. I had a suspicion, but seeing him this time confirmed it.”
“You mean you almost got caught?”
“It was dark, so I couldn’t see his face clearly. He probably found it difficult stolen contentto recall exactly. Even so, he asked with uncanny [visit our site]precision if he had seen me somewhere before.”
Larry spoke as if it were nothing, but Euro felt a sudden wave of dizziness and covered his face with both hands.
“What would you have done if you were caught…”
Euro muttered as if groaning. He felt as if his heart had dropped. Every day already felt like walking on thin ice; he didn’t want to experience any more stress than this.
“I can just erase the memory. Though it’s not my specialty.”
“You said your power doesn’t seem to work well?”
“I adjusted it on purpose so it wouldn’t be too excessive. I only made a mistake because I didn’t know it would be like this.”
“That must have been only that day you came to my bedroom. You didn’t do it on purpose today?”
“…I wanted to check.”
“You really are…!”
Euro glared at Larry, his fists clenched tight. No matter how much he thought about it, he could not understand this fickle dragon.
“Don’t get so worked up. If I hadn’t come, you would have had no choice but to use your healing ability. Then you would have died right there on the way back to Silon.”
“…….”
“The Duke’s condition is not good. Your healing ability was only a temporary measure, and once it wore off, the power of the curse that had been suppressed began to run wild, twice as strong as before.”
As Larry spoke, he opened his bag and took out a vial of potion. He then pushed it toward Euro.
“Drink this.”
“What is this?”
“You said you have insomnia. Why didn’t you tell me?”
It seemed Melione had mentioned his insomnia as an excuse. In truth, Euro didn’t have insomnia. That might have been true for the real Euro Leches, who took medicine and alcohol as if they were meals, but not for him.
“I don’t have insomnia. Euro Leches might have, but I don’t.”
Euro turned his head away as if he didn’t need it, but Larry stared at Euro’s face and let out a hollow laugh.
“You don’t look like someone who sleeps well.”
“It’s because I wasn’t in a situation where I could sleep with a peaceful mind.”
“That’s exactly what insomnia is.”
“…….”
“I already know you aren’t Euro Leches. So there’s no need to go out of your way to distinguish yourself from that man.”
Seeing that Euro had no intention of taking the medicine, Larry picked up the vial from the table, opened the cap, and forced it into Euro’s hand.
Having the vial thrust upon him, Euro frowned deeply and glared at Larry.
“What changes if I drink this? Is everything solved just because I feel a bit more at ease?”
Larry remained silent even as Euro shouted irritably. This silence only made Euro angrier. It was absurd that Larry acted as if he had come all the way to the capital out of concern for him, when he had no intention of lifting the curse anyway.
“I don’t know what you’re thinking coming all the way here, but just go back.”
“I can’t.”
“Why can’t you?”
“The Duke asked me to stay here and keep an eye on his condition. Including yours.”
“Since when did you start listening to others so well? Stop talking nonsense.”
Euro snapped coldly and slammed the vial back down on the table. He was destined to die anyway; not getting some sleep wouldn’t change a thing.
However, Larry, still expressionless, picked up the vial again and held it out to Euro.
“Drink.”
“…Are you mocking me?”
“…….”
“Tell me honestly. You said the curse is acting stronger because of my healing ability. In the end, didn’t you come here because you wanted to see Melione die with your own eyes? Since he could die here in the capital.”
His nerves frayed, Euro spat the words out sharply, as if venting his frustration. To this, Larry sighed and spoke.
“If I tell you why I came, will you drink it?”
“…What?”
“I didn’t come because I wanted to see him die. I told you, I don’t want you to die.”
For some reason, Larry’s hand holding the vial seemed to tremble slightly.
“You wrote in your letter that you were going to the capital with the desire to save someone else, even if it was just anyone.”
Larry’s tone was strangely pleading. He pulled Euro’s hand again to hand him the vial, a slightly sad expression on his face.
“So drink it, please.”
The more he acted this way, the less Euro could understand Larry. It was because this face didn’t look like someone who had cast a curse out of their own will.
Yet, Larry would not easily reveal the reason he cast the curse, nor the reason he wouldn’t lift it. It almost made Euro feel the illusion that perhaps he simply couldn’t speak of it.
“I can’t.”
“What do you mean?”
“I don’t think I can save anyone.”
“…….”
“I acted bold and left, thinking there would be a way somehow, but honestly, I don’t know what to do. I’m not that smart; all I know is the content of this novel.”
“…….”
“But things I didn’t know keep happening. Now I wonder if this is really the novel I read. You keep saying things I can’t understand, and I feel like I’m falling deeper into a labyrinth.”
Everything was a mess. He had very little time left, yet the problems he had to solve were endless.
Saving a person is, naturally, not an easy task. He had been prepared since the moment of his possession to endure a certain amount of sacrifice.
That was why he could bear [Read on Read BL Novels]his body falling apart. Even when [Read on Read BL Novels]he coughed up blood, he smiled the next day as if nothing were wrong.
It was because, in reality, he felt nothing. He believed that if he could just endure this pain and suffering a little longer, he could manage the rest of his life reasonably well.
It was a complete delusion. With absurd arrogance, he had flattened and pushed aside all other problems.
“It was a pathetic sense of justice. When have I ever lived such a good life… I’ve never lived properly once, yet just because I knew a few things, I acted as if I were something special.”
“Euro.”
“My life was a complete wreck, a life where I achieved nothing. But I believed it wouldn’t be like that here. I thought everything was going well, and I thought I could definitely lift Melione’s curse.”
“…….”
“I’ve done too many things I shouldn’t have. I’ve caused that man too much pain.”
Euro hung his head low and bit his lower lip hard. With a complacent judgment, he had shaken Melione’s life too violently. He had felt that as long as the curse was lifted, nothing else mattered.
But in the end, he couldn’t save Melione. He had only caused unnecessary wounds because his heart had raced ahead of his head. He was a nobody, yet he acted as if he were a god who could solve everything.
“…I shouldn’t have gone to Silon.”
It was a choice made while consumed by the single thought that he must not let Clope go immediately. He knew that if he let her go then, nothing could be undone.
There must have been a better way. If [stolen content][stolen content]it had been someone else, they might have thought of it. No, if he had thought and acted more carefully, he could have produced a different result.
“Look at this, in the end, I’m the only one who was fooled by the act.”
“…….”
“Only I was stupid enough to be deceived by my own performance. I was deceiving myself… and you expect someone like me to survive alone?”
“…….”
“After making these people’s lives like this, just me? Larry, do you think I could make such a choice?”
Euro let out a hollow laugh. For some reason, he couldn’t stop laughing. But in Larry’s eyes, it looked as if he were crying, and Larry could not take his eyes off him.
“Should I kill the Emperor?”
Euro, who had been laughing like a madman, froze instantly at Larry’s sudden words. But Larry continued with a calm expression.
“You told Kisha that he was the culprit who started all of this.”
“…….”
“I’ll kill him for you, then.”
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