Chapter 294 – White Cow (7)
Consciousness that had sunk in darkness suddenly rises to the surface.
“…!!…Ha…Ha…He…Here…Is…?”
As she looked around her with her blank head, her lady-in-waiting came running in a fright.
“Your Majesty…Your Majesty! Awake… Are you awake! All… I’m glad I came! I’m so glad…Ah!…Wait a minute…Please wait, I’ll call you soon.”
“I am OK. More than that… The West…!! No, did it happen Don’t go looking for it yourself!”
“Your Majesty…Your Majesty! You can’t get up! The scars are still…!”
“Get out of the way!!”
I shook off the maid’s hand and left her room.
‘West…! Mr. West!!’
Even though my body is very damaged, there is no way that I can’t feel Seo Bang’s energy.
I whipped my body to stop moving and headed to the place where Seobang-nim was as quickly as possible.
And in front of the arriving hospital room.
When I try to open the door, my heart beats like crazy.
…Will it be all right?
Just be safe.
It will be all right.
The moment you carefully open the door in case it harms the West while taking care of yourself like that.
“…”
I had no choice but to stop.
Sarak- Sarak-
The figure of Lucia sitting next to Mr. West and gently brushing his hair.
It was so perfect, as if the two had been one since birth.
It seems to prove that there is no place for a girl to intervene in the meantime.
‘No… No… I am the one who is by Seo Bang-sama’s side.’
I felt like my heart would break if I continued to watch that scene, so I clenched my trembling hands tightly and said,
“What are you doing here?”
“…”
Lucia doesn’t answer.
I went over to Lucia and grabbed her by the shoulder and said it again.
“I asked what are you doing here!”
“…Ah…Your Majesty…Did you come…I’m sorry…I’m hard of hearing…So I didn’t have the proper manners.”
Only then was I able to look at Lucia properly.
“…You.”
Lucia’s appearance, which I thought was perfect, was my illusion.
One of her Lucia’s eyes couldn’t see any light, and even her other eye was fogged up and there was no way she could see properly.
Not only that, but her right hand and her left leg are completely dry and twisted like an old tree.
…If it looks like this, will it be fine because it’s the inside?
“…You…That…Body…”
“It’s okay. It doesn’t matter anymore. And she intends to stop by the Parthenon and be healed by her saint. Then everything will be fine.”
“…”
It’s a lie.
Now, Lucia wasn’t just hurt.
Giving her life force literally in exchange for saving Seobang.
Her Lucia’s body died that day.
No matter how sainted she may be, just as she cannot raise the dead, she is a sweet word that will never return.
‘…If.’
If her Lucia had adjusted her magic to take more of her life force from me instead of using her own, she wouldn’t have lost that much.
But Lucia didn’t…
“…How can the original daughter repay you?”
“You don’t have to reciprocate. She has enough of the things His Majesty promised to support Lumen Hark.”
I shook my head at Lucia’s words.
“…That’s something the emperor promised. She is asking what she should do as a woman who has been saved, whom she has loved now, and who has been saved.”
It’s ugly.
It was so ugly that it made me sick.
Even after seeing Lucia’s appearance, she draws her line saying that she will pay for Seo Bang-sama’s life, so she doesn’t want more than that, she herself is so ugly.
However…
Even though Lucia understood what she meant, she smiled softly as if nothing was wrong.
“Then… Please keep the fact that I saved Eugene a secret.”
“…Uh…Why…You…”
If you let me know what you sacrificed so much, the West will…
…I might embrace you, not me.
Even though I knew that, I was afraid to go back.
Then Lucia carefully grabbed my hand and said.
“Right now… It’s not me who’s by Eugene’s side… His Majesty…”
Lucia’s last words made me understand.
What is the difference between me and Lucia?
Unlike me, who can sacrifice anything if he’s by Seo-Bang’s side…
Even if Lucia wasn’t by her side, she could sacrifice everything for her sake.
Fingernails dig under her clenched fists.
Ever since I embraced Seobangnim, I never thought that anyone would lose their love for Seobangnim.
However, when you stand in front of Lucia, your love for Seo-Bang feels fake.
“Mmm…”
“Ah… It seems like Eugene is waking up, so I’m going to leave.”
“…Is…Now… Are you leaving?”
Waiting for so long, sacrificing so much, leaving without even seeing Mr. West rise?
Then Lucia nodded her head and smiled.
“Yes… Because His Majesty has come. Then… Your Majesty. Please take good care of Eugene.”
“..I get it…”
Lucia leaves the hospital room with a limp.
The tears she had barely held back came to her eyes only when her back figure disappeared completely.
“..Haa…Sosoin…Are you?”
“…Huh…Kuhh…Yes…Seobang-sama…Heh…Huh…The girl is coming…”
“How… Are you crying?”
As soon as he wakes up, he doesn’t take care of himself, but rather comforts me.
Her hand is so warm…
I couldn’t stand the sound any longer.
“Heughhhhh?
“…You cry a lot… Thank you… Soso.”
“Ha…Heh…What…What…Are you talking about?”
“…What saved me.”
“…Huh…!Huh…Huh…Huhh…Hhhhh…Huhh…”
“Uh huh, didn’t the West say something? Stop crying It’s the life you saved. Don’t cry, laugh.”
No
It wasn’t me who saved the West.
Even knowing that I never received anything in return…
A woman who sacrificed everything to save you.
“Huhhhhh”
In the end, I put the truth that I couldn’t convey into tears.
***
A few months after Lucia leaves Aslan.
Disaster approached in earnest.
Humanity struggled quite hard.
However… The disaster was more powerful than that.
Humanity has tried every method they can think of, but no matter how much they block it, enemies continue to pour out.
From a certain moment, borders, classes and races did not have any meaning.
It was because it was too much for me to just kill something that wasn’t human.
And…
Finally everything is over.
***
“…Sosoya…”
Seobang-nim on his back called me in a low voice.
“Yes, Mr. West…”
“…It’s cold…”
“Joe…Please be patient…Seobang-nim…The girl…Will…Warm up…Soon…”
“Okay…”
Small breathing.
Temperature keeps dropping.
All of that scares me.
“…”
“…”
But all I can do is believe in the breath of Mr. Seo that touches the nape of my neck.
I continued walking while earnestly pleading with my broken body, not knowing when to stop.
“Soso…”
And…
The moment you hear the voice of the West again.
I sensed that the end was near.
“…Yes, Mr. West…”
“I’m sleepy… Well… Can I… Close my eyes… For a while…”
I tried to raise my voice and answered so that Seobang-nim could be relieved.
“Yeah…Now…Hold on…Close your eyes. Seobang-nim…Wake…When you wake up…I…Everything…Will be better…”
“…Sorry…I see…”
“No… Mr. Seo…The girl…Is fine…So…Don’t…Don’t…”
“I’m sorry…Ha…Gu…”
Tuk-
The weight of Mr. Seo, who seemed to have suddenly increased.
West’s drooping hand.
A breath no longer felt.
“…”
If I shed tears now, it seemed that I would not be able to stand it and collapse, so I forced myself to swallow my emotions and moved on.
“…Straighten…Rest in peace…Seobang-nim…The girl…Soon…Will follow…”
That buck-
Jerk-jerk-
The building finally arrived.
As I climbed the stairs with a staggering body, I saw the world on fire outside the window.
And…
I got to the place
After putting Seobangnim on the bed, I kissed him one last time and whispered.
“Really…Really…So much…I love you…”
***
“Haha…”
How many times have I lost my mind and woke up?
Looking at the puddles of blood on the floor, death was really close.
“..Haa…Really…When…Should…Come…?”
I don’t think I’m wrong.
It just wasn’t the right time.
Limp— limp—
It was then.
In the midst of my receding consciousness, I heard the sound of slowly approaching footsteps.
Kiik-
Soon the door opened, and a woman was waiting for her.
“…Haa…Lucia Urella…It’s been a while.”
“…Your majesty?”
“…Ha…Ha…Ha…When did the empire fall…Call me, Your Majesty…Comfortably…Call me…”
“…Here how…”
Lucia’s eyes, which had been looking at me, opened wide the moment she confirmed Mr. Seo.
“Master…!!”
As soon as Lucia confirmed the death of her husband, she glared at me with hateful eyes.
“…If you… Want to…Curse…Me…Who…Couldn’t…Defend…The West…You…Deserve…They…”
“…How can I… Even if I see you…”
Lucia’s words made her laugh.
“…Ha…Girls… Don’t have…Time..So…I’ll tell you right away..I’m buying…Lucia…I…You …I peeked into the memory…”
“…My…Memories?”
“Keot…Yes…I haven’t seen…Everything…But…It’s…Quick…Too..Golden…Remembered…That…Day…Haha. ..The me…Who…You…Saved…The West…Ha…Ha…If it were you…They…Will…Meet…The end…At this place. ..I believed it.”
At this very place where Mr. West and Lucia first connected.
“…In fact…Even…Seen…Memories…The cow…Girl…Still…Understand…How you could make that choice. …You can not. Kkeuk..!! Kkeuk!… Kkeuk!!”
“…You…!”
When Lucia saw a clot of dark red blood oozing out of her mouth mixed with her intestines, she was startled and tried to approach her.
“This is my declaration of war to you!! So listen carefully! Lucia Urella!”
I shouted with all my strength
“…Ha…You saved…Seobang-nim’s life…Really…Really…Thank you from the bottom of my heart…But…Your…Last moments. For allowing me to be with you, I will… Think… That I don’t owe… Any more…”
“…”
“…Ha…Keheuk…Ha…That…So!!…Ha…Ha…Lucia!! Next time…Don’t run away!…Even if you…Don’t give in…I…Will…Make sure…To take possession of you by any means…!”
After saying that, the body can no longer support the weight and collapses.
In the blurry field of vision, only Seobangnim’s face comes into view.
‘Seo… Bang…’
Please don’t go too far…
Girl…
Soon…
I’ll follow…
…
“Let me embrace you.”
“Yes, gladly!”
To my words, Baek So-so answered faster than light.
