"Ce, Cesar. Let me go."
Everyone's teasing cheers and applause made me feel so embarrassed that I wanted to die. I turned a reproachful look towards Richard. He was still carrying the unconscious Bernadetta on his shoulders.
By the way, is Bernadetta okay? Richard walked closer to me.
“Your Highness seems to be much more stable.”
“Ah, yes……”
Although I was very embarrassed, in fact, when I kissed him like Richard said, he calmed down. Richard called Cesar to a corner, saying there was something he needed to confirm, then they exchanged something.
Vittorio quickly walked towards me.
“His Royal Highness the Prince is stable, the two of His Highnesses should return to the Royal Palace.”
But I shook my head.
“My sister hasn't woken up yet.”
Our eyes simultaneously turned to Richard.
"This child suffered a sudden outbreak of Magic Power that cannot be treated with normal medical techniques. I must take him back to my laboratory."
I can't let little Bernadetta go to that suspicious laboratory alone. The place is full of strange, suspicious items.
"I must follow. As the guardian."
"Then I will go too. My duty is to escort your two Highnesses."
I looked at Richard with an awkward expression, but he nodded with an expressionless face.
Finally, we all headed to Richard's lab.
Cesar has been tormented by that voice for a long time. And recently, the number of days that voice tried to control him increased.
The voice constantly lured him down the path of sin. Or, maybe that's just his nature. The nature of a dirty and disgusting monster.
He loves Ren. He loved her so much that he couldn't bear to see her leave him even for a little while. He wants to imprison her. If there was a way to lock her in a place only he knew about, forever…….
He doesn't like Ren smiling at someone other than him. He doesn't like her caring about other people. Even now, he still wants to monopolize her eyes.
He couldn't bear it. He didn't want to be away from her even for a moment. He doesn't want to give in at all. He wanted to live in a world where there was only him and Ren.
There is a way.
Cesar understood what that voice was trying to say. But just thinking about it filled him with fear and horror.
Why stand still? Let's do it together.
It torments him at any time.
You want Ren, right?
Those words made every hair on his body stand up. A cold shiver ran down my spine. Perhaps because he had experienced it once, now he craved it even more. Closing my eyes, memories of that day came rushing back. Feeling her moan under him, her voice whimpering, her cheeks red and her breath hot. Saliva automatically secreted under his tongue.
She always exudes a pleasant scent. A fresh, pure scent like weeds, like lily of the valley flowers. How can a human be like that? If he could, he wanted to sink his teeth into it all day, swallowing that sweet thing down his throat.
Come on, just stretch your hand out a little more and you'll have it all.
But Cesar didn't do that. Or rather, he couldn't do that.
Like an idiot, what are you holding back?
He shook his head vigorously. He had to cover his ears to not hear that voice.
What are you afraid of anyway?
That's right. That voice understood him too well. He was really scared. Although he couldn't explain it in specific and clear words, he vaguely recognized it. If he did that, Ren would leave him forever.
Thinking about that, his heart felt like it was being squeezed, like it was about to explode. He felt like the ground beneath his feet was collapsing.
He was extremely afraid of losing Ren. But on the other hand, even that fantasy delighted him.
Maybe because any emotion he received from Ren was good and made him happy.
It doesn't have to be gentle and warm. It doesn't have to be a positive emotion. Whether it was disgust, horror, or hatred, as long as it was Ren's feelings, he could accept them.
No, he even wanted to see those expressions. He was curious to see her cry. How scared will she be? What will she smell like? How will she perform? Curiosity arose endlessly.
That's because you're a monster. The fact that you enjoy being hated by others is proof of your dirty nature.
No, it's not. He shook his head vigorously again. That's not true. He wanted to scream that he was not a monster.
But he couldn't be sure whether it was true or not.
Because, the words that voice always whispered were probably what he really wanted.
He bit the flesh inside his mouth. The strong smell of blood spread. He must endure. He couldn't defile her with these thoughts.
The only thing that helps him keep his spirits up is Ren. She knew that his condition was unusual, so every night she offered her body and blood to him.
She, who was willing to give her blood to a monster like him. It is truly divine. He was reborn thanks to Ren's blood.
She is the Creator, the object of his love, the person he must respect and worship. Therefore, he also had to fight hard. To not be controlled by that voice. To not lose it.
Then, he went out into the outside world after a long time. Ren says it's a festival. The festival is fun. Actually, anything with Ren is fun.
But there, he encountered a powerful force. A small girl, looking very weak.
Cesar instinctively realized what that power was. However, that power is bound by something and has not been released. Is it possible that others cannot see this bond?
What are you going to do?
At that moment, the voice rang out again. An extremely annoying voice. At that moment, Cesar realized. He is the one who has heard this voice longer than anyone else, for more than ten years. Therefore, just by listening to the voice, he can realize what emotion it is carrying.
It was not leisurely or complacent as usual, but contained a very frustrating emotion.
‘I can heal it.’
The little girl's body was blocked by something. If that blocking part is resolved, the constraint will be removed.
Don't do useless things!
Today, this voice is especially worried. Therefore, Cesar gained even more strength. An intuition told him that he had to do something that the voice that always tormented him did not want. Just like that, he moved forward. Even though everyone was surprised, he still stood in front of the girl and held her hand.
Impossible! I said don't do it!
The voice became more urgent. That made him even more confident. That it was right to do so. He acted on instinct.
The curse of the Crazy Dragon has been on Cesar for more than ten years. In fact, a normal person would have died a long time ago. But he still survived, accepting that terrible curse on his whole body.
Therefore, he also knows how to use part of Cuong Long's power. Although he is still very inexperienced in using his power and does not know how it works, he can sometimes use this enormous power.
It is a power that can sometimes move the universe, freeze the stars, summon ancient gods, and is enough to change a person's destiny.
And now, that power has released the bondage in the little girl's body. Bright yellow light radiates everywhere. It was the enormous magical power sealed in that small body that caused the mysterious intervention.
Damn, you bastard……
The voice gradually weakened and continued to whine.
So can anything change?
He cursed until the end, sometimes yelling at him, sometimes begging him.
But after Bernadetta lit the giant pile of firewood, that voice completely disappeared and could no longer be heard.
Like the fire of
Holy Woman
Burning away all evil and unrighteousness in festival lore, the giant fire of the Spring Equinox averted all misfortune.
Bernadetta woke up in a dark place with an unpleasant musty smell.
“Where, where is this……?”
The girl slowly sat up, the first thing she saw was a glass jar containing a rabbit's body. Không chỉ có vậy. Snakes, scorpions, all kinds of weird stuffed animals, and other weird and scary plants……. The little girl couldn't bear it anymore and let out a scream.
“Ugh, Ah Ah Ah!”
The door suddenly opened and a man walked in.
“Who, who……”