The bad ending of an Otome game MTL - Chapter (151)
Episode 151
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The Gloucester butler was not surprised by my unexpected visit.
The master was on the go, and when he asked what he was going to do, he replied that he would wait.
As I sat in the empty parlor, sipping tea, fifty thousand thoughts came to my mind.
Edmund must have heard about Elodie by now, right? How would you react? …… How would you treat me if you found out that I kept it a secret from him and stole Her Majesty the Princess and Elodie?
I was prepared to sit and wait for an hour or two, but Edmund arrived sooner than I expected.
As Edmund entered the drawing room and saw me, he asked, half frowned.
“What happened without notice?”
Unknowingly, I stared at Edmund at the unexpected reaction.
Feeling my gaze, Edmund frowned.
“…… What was the reaction again?”
“no. I thought you were calmer than I thought.”
“It is still blatant that you are occupying the drawing room without saying goodbye.”
“You said you would stop by the library sometimes.”
“The situation is like this…….”
“The situation?”
“…… It’s really shameful.”
Edmund, who gnawed his teeth as if he was about to get sick, looked a little angry and annoyed, but it wasn’t much different from usual.
That was weird. I thought you’d threaten me by grabbing my neck and telling you to blow up whatever you know about Elodie?
“You can’t go to the royal palace in this situation, can you?”
Edmund’s eyes narrowed as soon as he heard me.
He seemed to be suspicious of something, and he seemed to be hiding his plans. Anyway, it was more reassuring on the side.
“The royal palace? Why are you?”
“Even though I was with the Princess and Her Majesty before the attack…… There is a sin in not taking care of him until the very end.”
“In that sense, everyone in the forest is a sinner, right?”
“Yes. Sir Edmund is a criminal.”
“Without me, in critical moments, the damage would have increased exponentially. You must have died too.”
“Yes, I am a guilty conscience.”
“Are you treating me like an idiot who took the place of misfortune because I couldn’t save everyone from an unexpected disaster?”
“Oh, I didn’t even think of it that way. If Sir Edmund thinks so, then he is right.”
Edmund’s face flushed red.
“now…… !”
“Just kidding, I came here because I wanted to ask you something.”
Edmund, who was about to yell at me at any moment, reluctantly killed my momentum a little when I asked a question in a straight voice. Yes, even though it was evident that it was still unpleasant.
“Is there anything you want to ask me?”
“Yes.”
“What?”
“Aren’t you worried about Lady Elodie?”
“Now say that…… !”
Edmund was about to burst out screaming, but the next moment he stopped talking unnaturally.
“What is it? My feelings for Lady Elodie… … Yeah, you’re just selling it off as if it’s not a plausible real thing, and what are you going to say now? I’m going to see if he even protests against the king’s command.”
“…… There is no need to misrepresent my intentions like that. I’m just here to ask the Lord’s thoughts.”
Hearing my words, Edmund avoided my gaze with a troubled look on his face.
I just had to understand. He is now the heir to the Earl of Gloucester. You can’t tell me that you’ll openly protest against the king’s orders, and that specific obsession won’t allow you to say that you’ll give up on Elodie though.
“To Sir…… I want to ask you about what happened during this hunting competition.”
“What do you mean?”
“Kyung-eun dealt directly with the enemies with magic. But I……. I don’t know much about this. However, there is another person whom they said ‘sacrificial’… … . If it’s just a conspiracy, there might be a way for us to prepare for it… … .”
“Who is ‘we’?”
Edmund gave a cold laugh.
“That’s funny! Isn’t it Lady Emilia, who despised me like a champ? I didn’t know I would be so easily incorporated into the fence after I saved my life once in a hunting contest! If I had known it would be like this… … .”
“Why are you mad at me?”
“Of course, Lady Emilia said nonsense…….”
“I thought you were going to struggle to find a piece of straw about Lady Elodie’s whereabouts, but you don’t even ask.”
“…….”
Edmund Gloucester shut his mouth like a clamshell at my words. He had a troubled look on his face, as if he was in despair.
I narrowed my eyes at the strange feeling.
“What do you know?”
“Abandon the habit of blaming others at will, Lady Emilia.”
“If only Sir Edmund Gloucester I had ever been through…… I think it’s unfortunate that Lady Elodie was in such a predicament, so she cried and complained to the point of tears in her eyes, and argued that she was just using such a nonsensical frame because I didn’t save her.”
“That, that nothing…….”
“Well, no matter how much you say Sir Edmund, your family will be precious. The king’s name has been so strongly dropped, and I can’t deny it in front of me.”
I spoke to Edmund, who was slurring his words with a stabbed face, and was deliberately sarcastic.
It was true that I was worried that I would go wild with the symbol that it was Edmund Gloucester, the king’s name, and that he had to go unnoticed.
But seeing Edmund Gloucester’s squeaky attitude as if stabbed somewhere, I wondered if it was just a performance suspicion.
Is it because of the guilt that he couldn’t keep the place he was with?
“…… But, would you have any desire to save Lady Elodie? You are the person I admired and loved so fiercely that I slapped the cheek of a lady who was outraged by my words.”
“Of course not.”
Edmund glared at me and spit on me.
“First of all, His Majesty, Lady Elodie…… I know you pointed out that Satan was born because he was going to perform a ceremony by sacrificing the princess’s majesty during a hunting contest. Is that really true?”
“…… I too went deep into the forest to hunt with others in the beginning, so I do not know the situation of Lady Elodie and His Majesty the Princess. So I can’t give you a quick conclusion.”
Rather than rushing around without any evidence saying, ‘Isn’t that angelic Lady Elodie supposed to have done such a thing?’ This was a bit unexpected.
But I did not hesitate for a while and answered.
“From a distance, the last time I saw her, the princess and her…… He was in a state of being knocked down by a splash of black water. The enemies were aiming.”
“If Lady Elodie had not been able to control herself, she would not have been in charge of the ceremony.”
Edmund answered with a smirk.
“In the rituals of unbelievers, the sacrifice…… To the last, thoroughly, is a sacrifice. What matters in the ritual is the sacrifice’s flesh, blood, bones, and soul, not the sacrifice’s will. The result also belongs to the person in charge of the ritual. In the classics of the classics, you burn yourself and give it to the gods……. Although it is said that there were occasional sacrifices in the form of being the subject and the sacrifice, it is an ancient story.”
“…… Then why did His Majesty the King point out Elodi as the culprit? In the first place, did the princess disappear along with her? The culprit who aimed for them… … .”
“Because it was pointed out by the enemies in the forest.”
Edmund answered with a worried face.
“…… Moreover, it was revealed only later, but among those who lost their senses and attacked people in the forest…… It is said that there were a particularly large number of missing persons with gray hair – close to silver when light – and green eyes. Anyone can expect that there is a special ‘purpose’. Even if Lady Elodie looked like a victim, I can’t be sure in such a dire situation. It is difficult to clear the allegation of internal pain.”
The problem is its ‘purpose’. It was frustrating because I couldn’t find Laertis in a cool way.
After the king woke up, he couldn’t even see his face properly. Lack of time was also not enough, but Laertes also had to pay attention to the king.
At best, I’m keeping my distance from the Marquis Windrose, and it’s not a good thing to show a road acquaintance in a situation that could be dangerous.
Yes, rationally, I thought so too. It’s not wise to get on a sinking ship.
Rather, keeping your distance now makes it a stairway to help them secretly later when they are truly in danger.
I know, but… … Still, it couldn’t stop the aftertaste from getting bitter.
“…… Is it possible that they were the ones who were targeting Ophelia?”
Edmund froze at my words. His blue eyes fluttered wildly as if he was saying something.
“…… Now, that, what…….”
“I know that Ophelia and Elodie are both related to the ‘Goddess’.”
“…….”
And of course Edmund Gloucester knew it. Most of what Casio hinted at me was right.
Casio’s intelligence is of course reliable, but did Edmund Gloucester, the well-known Ophelia stalker, know more than me?
no. ok This was already half expected due to Edmund’s reaction at the hunting contest.
“and…….”
I thought a lot about whether I should say this or not.
But what is certain is that even though they do not know the reality of the ‘enemy’, they cannot do what they want.
I couldn’t let Elodie die. It was like he said he liked the nuances of Ophelia in the dream, yes, the way Elodie struggles to survive.
If Elodie wanted to die, he wouldn’t have told me to learn how to eat well.
Do you think it’s nice to see someone you don’t like being stubbornly alive? Does that mean you have a reason to live?
“I think Ophelia knew about Lady Elodie before she died.”
Casio Brahmanduff asked me to be engaged. Laertes Hope is in trouble.
Aside from my discomfort with Edmund Gloucester, I had to use whatever was available to me first.
Edmund Gloucester’s pupils hardened for a moment, as if in trouble.
That Otome Game’s Bad End