The Villainess Whom I Had Served for 13 Years Has Fallen - Chapter 398



398 – The End of the Knight Who Knew Everything -6-

With the words of the blue spear, my vision fades.

-Open your eyes…

I haven’t… seen it yet.

I haven’t properly seen my ugly self yet.

Sending a cold gaze to the me in the reading who hasn’t reached the emotion called guilt, I poured out my boiling resentment and conveyed a voice that wouldn’t be heard.

‘It’s because of you…!’

-Ricardo…

‘If you hadn’t lied, it wouldn’t have hurt this much!!’

-I will… take revenge for everything.

‘If I had done as Ricardo said back then…!

-Somehow…. you.

Unspoken resentment vanished with the wind, leaving only silence behind.

In the reading room, I shed tears.

I, who was looking at the reading, also began to shed tears, marking the end of a nightmare that had been unbearably long.

For what purpose are they showing me this… I really couldn’t understand.

-The perspective changes.

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A voice from the blue window was heard.

A cold, emotionless voice spoke chillingly.

-You are invited to the ‘sanctuary’ of the mad tyrant.

“…Enough.”

-The tyrant is not in a good mood. Beware of the storm.

There was no time to be bewildered.

The blue window did not allow it.

-The perspective changes.

I was merely being swayed by the tyrant’s tyranny.

*

Darkness.

Pitch-black darkness so deep that I couldn’t see an inch ahead was covering my eyes.

Where is this place?

Who is here? I couldn’t tell.

“…”

The moment passed as my eyes adjusted to the darkness. A pale woman’s voice chilled my ears.

“How do you feel?”

A familiar voice.

A voice I had heard and spoken countless times.

Yes, my voice.

But the voice I heard in my ears felt slightly different from the one I produced. It was a voice that seemed to test someone, and it wasn’t mine.

I lifted my trembling head and looked towards the source of the voice. My eyes widened as I saw the face of the woman sitting on the throne with her arm resting on it.

Platinum blonde hair.

Eyes soaked in madness.

The smiling woman resembled me too much.

“Why are you surprised?”

The woman said, looking at me.

“You’ve seen me all this time.”

“Who are you…?”

“Who else… You’ve been seeing me all along.”

“No way…”

“That’s right. I’m the ‘you’ you’ve seen in the reflection.”

“…”

“Come closer. I have something to tell you.”

The woman who called herself ‘me’ gestured for me to come closer.

“Don’t worry, I won’t kill you.”

Is it right to go?

Clenching my fist, I began to fall into deep thought while looking at the woman in front of me. The aftereffects of the reading still lingered in my chest.

“…”

The woman in front of me, who had no way of knowing my pounding heart, just stared at me blankly, with an indifferent expression as she looked at my unmoving legs.

I was afraid that if I approached her, I would have to see the reading again. If this was the beginning of the reading…

-Screeeech.

I didn’t even want to think about it.

The woman’s voice came softly to me, who was flustered.

“Shall I go?”

“…”

“If I go, it won’t end easily.”

At the woman’s cold threat, spoken in a nonchalant voice, I clenched my fist and moved my heavy steps. Right now, following her words was the only way to get out of here.

-Click.

“Okay.”

-Click.

I braved my fear and stopped in front of the throne where she was sitting.

In the reading, I, who had come right up to my face, looked closely and said,

“Your face is pretty.”

“…”

“You praised me, but you’re not going to react at all?”

“…Thank you.”

“Yeah… Anyway, nice to meet you. As expected, I am the ‘you’ in the reading… It sounds weird to say it like that. Should I call myself ‘trash’?”

“…”

“You’re very surprised, aren’t you?”

The woman waved her hand, telling him not to look at her like that.

“Hehe… You must be very surprised. If I were you, I think I would be surprised too… No, since I am you, should I say ‘I’?”

“You are…”

“Still don’t understand? I thought you were smart, but I guess not.”

“…”

“The ‘woman’ you saw in the reading. That’s me.”

The woman looked at him with a clear smile.

“Covering 70% of this world in blood.”

“…”

“Realizing love too late and dabbling in black magic.”

“…”

“A mad tyrant who started a war recklessly to reveal the power of the heretics.”

The woman leaned in and said.

“That’s me.”

“…”

“Disgusting, isn’t it?”

The woman spoke the words she had been thinking.

“You want to say, ‘What’s there to brag about?’”

“…”

“You’re angry.”

“…”

“If you think about it, it all started with my mistake, but even the sight of me crying is repulsive, right?”

“…”

“I know. But what can I do if that’s the only way? I’m angry and I want revenge… If I don’t do it, I feel like I can’t live… So I have to. Don’t you agree?”

Her demeanor was nothing but gentle. Except for the fact that her words were laced with thorns, she was harshly judging herself.

“There were a lot of problems.”

“…”

“There was a lot of friction with Mikhail.”

“…”

“We both made the same mistakes, but the ways we aimed to resolve them were really different.”

“…”

“Anyway… it was tough.”

I spoke to the woman.

No matter how scared I was, I didn’t want to agree with her excuses.

“Don’t make excuses.”

“An excuse… is that the right word? It’s more like he coddled me too much.”

“…That’s an excuse.”

“Hmm… is it?”

The woman who had been speaking smiled faintly.

“So, how do you feel?”

“Bad.”

“…”

“Why do you feel bad? I gave you new information.”

“…Because it didn’t happen.”

The woman twitched the corners of her mouth as soon as I finished speaking.

“What…?”

“These are things that won’t happen anymore.”

“Puh… Puhahahaha!!!”

“It happened in a story that no one knows, and you forced a story unrelated to me onto me.”

The woman burst into laughter as if she found it genuinely amusing, her eyes sparkling with interest.

“That’s an interesting idea.”

“…”

“Do you really think so?”

“…”

“The worst situations are still ahead, you can’t say you’re struggling with just this.”

The woman, with a cold expression, said to me.

“What would you think if everyone except you died?”

“…What?”

“What would you think if you saw limbs being torn off and blood being vomited just to protect you?”

“…Wait a moment.”

“What would you think if everything was given up just to protect you?”

“…”

“Yes. If someone took on your sins and went to the execution ground… Do you think you wouldn’t go mad then?”

With my head bowed, I spoke to the woman.

“Why…”

“Hmm?”

“Why are you showing me this?”

“Ah…”

“Why are you showing me this!”

The woman drew her hand through the air.

“Shh.”

“…”

“I’m the one asking questions.”

“…”

The cold air began to envelop me. My mouth wouldn’t open. It was as if something was pressing down on my lips, preventing me from speaking.

“You are the one who answers.”

“…”

“I am the one who asks.”

The hidden madness becomes visible.

Her infamous title of ‘tyrant’ slowly begins to reveal itself.

“Don’t whine.”

The hem of her emperor’s robe slipped off her shoulder, exuding a chilling aura.

“Isn’t it enough for you to check the reason yourself?”

“…”

“Why?”

In the reading room, I drew my face closer, eyes mixed with madness.

“Shall I show you one more time?”

“…No.”

“If I show you one more time, you’ll realize it too. You’ll know why I showed you this.”

My heart sank with a thud, leaving only trembling fear behind.

“Hahaha! Why are you so surprised…?”

“…”

“If you want, I can show you one more time. Although it would worsen my mood, if it can avoid the worst, it’s worth it. Even if it breaks a hundred times, it’s fine.”

“…No. Don’t do it.”

“Why, are you scared?”

“…”

“You think it won’t happen.”

“…”

“You think you’re different. That you’re different from the me in the records.”

“That’s…!”

“Exactly.”

The woman who had been sitting on the throne slowly descended and looked at herself.

Same height.

Same face.

Same voice.

The woman in front of her had the same appearance, but there was something distinctly different about her aura.

“Go and see it again. This time, I’ll show you the worst.”

As the hand slowly approached to cover her eyes.

“Ha ha ha!!!”

The woman burst into laughter and placed her hand on her head.

“Don’t be too surprised. I don’t want to do this either.”

“…Haa… Haa…”

“Did you hate seeing my past that much? That hurts a bit.”

Contrary to her light words, the woman’s expression was chilling.

“Yes. You have to be different.”

The woman spoke.

I must be different.

“This time, it has to change.”

“What…”

“I can’t tell you that. If I tell you everything, it won’t be fun. And.”

The woman gazed into the void with a bitter smile.

“Jeong-sil doesn’t expect that much.”

“…Jeong-sil?”

“Yes. A terrifying monster.”

She lifted her eyes and spoke to me.

“Don’t pretend to be strong.”

“…”

“You’re weaker than you think.”

“…”

“If you feel like you’re going to collapse, hold on. If you try to hold on after collapsing, it’s too late.”

-The reading begins to collapse. Crackle… Crackle…

In the reading, I spoke with a cold expression.

“Don’t turn it back this time.”

“…”

“Please.”

– The viewing session is over.

*

In a dark space.

The woman sitting on the throne let out a hollow laugh as she saw the woman breaking through the darkness.

“Why are you so angry?”

“…”

“It’s because it’s frustrating. Can’t you just let it go?”

The white-haired woman replied with a cold smile.

“Yuria also wants to say something like you.”

The woman on the throne sighed and lowered her head.

“This is a big problem.”