My Husband Has Changed - Chapter 163



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#163. End of Bad Relationship
2024.03.11.

Even in her daze, Adele struggled to escape from Morrig’s hands.

Her pale face was covered in tears and cold sweat.

Adele took out her water bottle and emptied it of all the water inside. It took a long time for her body to completely stop shaking.

“How are you?”

It was the worst. She didn’t have the strength to respond, so she just shook her head.

“See? Even after all that hardship, it hasn’t even reduced by half.”

Morrig pointed to the corruption as if to show off. Sadly, he was right. The corruption had barely decreased from its initial amount.

“I told you. All we can do is kill the monsters and turn them to ash.”

“… … That’s already failed.”

Her voice came out rough and hoarse, perhaps because she had strained her throat to suppress her screams.

She coughed a few times, put the water bottle in her bag, and smoothed out her crumpled clothes with her hands.

Morrig gaped at her as she prepared to move again. He clicked his tongue in disbelief.

“Are you going to keep going? Even with that appearance?”

“I’ve only had one goal from the beginning.”

“You just experienced it. Even if you go, there’s nothing you can do about it.”

“That’s none of your business.”

Adele put her bag back on her shoulder and looked back at Morrig.

“Are you going back now?”

“No… … .”

He looked vaguely dispirited.

“I said I’d see the end of the bet.”

They passed the castle and headed north. At some point, the compass broke down.

Adele relied on her senses and experience to determine the direction.

The air seemed to get thinner the further north they went.

The monsters attacked from time to time, but fortunately, they never got into a dangerous situation.

She moved as cautiously as possible, as she did not want to use her powers as much as possible.

It had been ten days since the castle, and five nights since they had passed the ‘watchtower’. Finally, a forest of bare trees appeared before them.

“This is… … ”

Adele looked down at the forest of trees spreading out below the cliff, clutching the strap of her bag tightly.

It was a sight she had seen before.

The closer she got to the forest, the more she felt a faint heat. The air smelled of acrid ash, and the trees were pitch-black, like burnt charcoal.

There were a few leaves on the bare branches, but they felt more like stuffed animals than living leaves.

She carefully reached out and touched the trunk of the tree.

The bark cracked at the tip of her finger, and red sparks flew into the sky.

‘I feel like I’m almost there. I can feel it.’

She held her burning hand tightly and placed it against her pounding heart. After passing this forest, a plain that had turned black spread out.

And beyond that, there would be a sanctuary that she had longed to reach.

“The sun is setting.”

She came to her senses at Morrig’s words. As he had said, the sky was gradually getting darker.

They had to find a place to rest tonight before it got completely dark. Perhaps

because they had entered deep into the land of the monsters, the moon had not been visible for several days.

Fortunately, soon after, they found a large, hollow tree. She carefully checked to see if there were any monsters nearby or anything rotten or corrupted.

Fortunately, it seemed enough to spend the night.

Adele carefully put down her bag and took out her dagger first.

“You still don’t trust me?”

Morrig, who had been quietly watching her actions, asked sarcastically.

Adele stroked the sharp blade and carefully placed it on her lap.

“You are treating me better than I initially expected….”

“How badly did I expect you to be?”

“I thought you’d show your true colors right away. You might force me while I’m asleep.”

“Are you disappointed that I didn’t act according to your prejudices?”

“You put it strangely. It’s not that I’m prejudiced; it’s just what I expected based on my past experiences.”

“Your experiences?”

“Even if I didn’t experience it myself.”

Morrig burst into laughter.

“For a human to remember such trivial things… .”

“Do you like me?”

At first, he looked at her with absurd eyes.

As if he had heard something extremely strange or illogical.

However, as they met each other’s eyes, the expression on Morrig’s face gradually disappeared.

The man’s lips, which had always been smiling sarcastically, met shallowly. Only then did Adele feel like she was finally facing his true face.

“Please answer honestly.”

“… … Well.”

He slowly approached her. A dark shadow fell over Adele’s head.

He knelt down as if to meet her gaze, and carefully grabbed her long, golden hair.

As if he had finally been given permission to touch it secretly.

Finally, he slowly raised his head. Green eyes shone in the darkness.

“I desire you.”

“… … .”

“I didn’t know you loved me.”

“… … Since when?”

“From the beginning.”

“Why?”

“Because you’re mine. Because you were born as mine from the beginning.”

A strange heat gradually rose to his voice. Adele faced him without avoiding his gaze.

Shaking eyes, slightly rapid breathing, a faint flush, and a rippling throat.

Some signs of someone in love… … Adele let out a cold laugh.

“You. You really like me.”

“… … .”

“Disgustingly.”

It was absurd for a conclusion that had tormented her so terribly for so long. She

had fiercely rejected and detested the doll arranged by ‘God’, but in the end, she fell in love just as ‘God’ had arranged. What kind of horrible joke was this?

She slowly blinked her tired eyes. Now, in fact, she didn’t even have the strength to laugh at him.

“How long are you going to follow me?”

“… … until you go.”

“Is all you want to do is see the results of the bet? What on earth is the bet about?”

“Oh. That would be boring if I told you.”

“Is this all a joke and fun? For you?”

“Yes.”

He furrowed his brows even after I answered.

“Are you sad that an ant or a butterfly died? Humans die and are reborn countless times. What do you want from me?”

Well. I don’t know. But one thing was clear: it was time to end this tedious cycle.

Adele quietly looked into his eyes. In Morrig’s eyes, shining green, Michael’s soul was reflected like a mirror.

He was begging her, trapped in a prison with no exit.

To save him. To free him from this terrible pain. That pushed Adele’s back, which had been hesitating.

“… … I.”

Adele reached out and grabbed Morrig’s front with weak strength. She

only pulled it very slightly, but the man’s entire strong body tilted toward her as if it was pouring down.

Morrig looked very embarrassed. His collapsed posture was tangled, and his breath was tangled at a distance.

“You, what the heck?”

“Right now.”

She cut Morrig off abruptly. In the short silence, Adele could feel his trembling breath.

He seemed to be in disbelief at the terrible luck that was happening right now.

Morig’s eyes, excited with anticipation, quickly scanned her white exposed nape and lips.

Adele suppressed her disgust and slightly lowered her eyelashes.

“Just like this.”

At the moment when she thought that even the wind that had been blowing very slowly had completely stopped,

Morig carefully cupped her cheek with his trembling hand. She saw light seeping into her once turbid eyes.

Green eyes that shone clearly even in the darkness. Morig’s soul, which had been torn apart into pieces, was now squeezing into Mikhail’s body.

Soon, it became smooth and complete like a glass bead.

“… … You.” At the

moment he opened his mouth to say something, Adele frowned and slightly pulled her shoulders back. As if the part he had grabbed was sore.

And the next moment, a sharp blade rushed in from an angle he hadn’t seen, along with a bluish light.

Crunch.

… … Stabbed. Adele squeezed her eyes shut and put more strength into the hand holding the dagger. She felt a terrible sensation of something being pierced.

Crunch, crunch. With a shattering sound, hot liquid flowed down her hand.

Even though she felt the strong throbbing through her palm, she didn’t let go of the dagger until the very end. She stabbed it in deeper.

“Crunch… … .”

Morrig grabbed her wrist as hard as he could, almost breaking it.

When he opened his eyes, he saw that the blade had penetrated exactly where it was intended. It was the exact spot that Valentin had taught him before.

The weak point that could even destroy a god.

“… … Ah, ha.”

Adele was surprised that he could still laugh. However, that laugh gradually turned into a dejected self-mockery.

Perhaps sensing that it was already too late, he slowly let go of Adele’s purple-colored wrist.

“Wow, wow, quite… … .”

Black liquid gushed out from his mouth as he sneered. He lurched forward and touched the floor as if he could no longer endure it.

“I succeeded. Am I right?”

He didn’t answer, but Adele already knew the answer. Morrig’s body was slowly turning into stone.

From his knees, through his thighs, arms, and chest… … .

Like a wildfire spreading through a dry plain, he was hardening very quickly.

“No one will remember you. No one will mourn your death.”

He opened his barely moving lips to say something.

When Adele hesitated and lowered her head, he raised his hand and stroked her wet cheek.
　

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