An Extra Who Wants To Escape The Obsessive Male Lead - Chapter 49
Chapter 49
The intelligence department, led by Rick, strongly opposed Diello’s personal investigation of servants on the third floor and below. Of course, it was natural since it meant that Diello Argenta, who had maintained the image of a ‘weak-minded head’ so far, would completely throw away that image.
“Step aside.”
However, as it became clear that Diello’s body was imbued with magic and could cause an emotional outburst, they stepped back.
There was no way to stop it. Who could stop the flames burning in a dry field?
Nevertheless, Diello, who lost his reason and became closer to his true nature, was more angry than he expected.
“Most of the servants on the third floor and below didn’t know anything, but the news will surely spread.”
He uttered to the members of the intelligence department before entering the space where the servants were gathered.
His scabbard was gone, and he carried only a single sword.
“Then, pass on this message.”
He whispered as he opened the door with the hand holding the sword.
“I’m crazy about Krua.”
Others didn’t matter… that thought suddenly came to mind. It didn’t matter how others saw him now. After all, didn’t he already look like a weakling?
…It was just one person.
“Diello, I’ll teach you.”
He thought Krua couldn’t know about this. She wanted a gentle lamb of a person, didn’t she?
He wanted to change the situation this time. Beyond the fact that Diello Argenta couldn’t regain his senses because of his wife, he wanted to let her know that even ‘that Diello Argenta’ would lose his reason if someone touched Krua.
If someone touched Argenta, it should be him, not Krua.
Thud.
The tip of the sword was the first to penetrate the gap in the door. As he pushed the large door open, the people of Argenta began to tremble at the sight of their head, who looked like a different person.
Of course, among them were spies as well.
* * *
Another dream…
There might be many kinds of poison, but this poison seemed to not be very strong. Otherwise, why would I have dreams like this day and night?
In the dream, I was looking at an old cell phone with a broken screen. It was probably the phone my cousin gave me eight years ago, presumably before I could change it to a new phone to celebrate my independence.
The novel I was reading was ‘The Three Duke Families,’ the novel I was reincarnated into…
I didn’t read it until the end!
I threw away the novel because of a simple reason that I had been suffering at my uncle’s house since I was young and thought, ‘Do I have to read this trashy novel even though my life is already a mess?’
If I knew I would be coming here, I would have finished it! Even though I regretted it, it was just a dream.
“Krua is dreaming again.
I muttered in my dream.
It was clear that I was talking about the dream of being trapped in the place where the original Krua dreamed of fire. When I actually saw the dream, the fire was even bigger than I thought. It even made an uneasy creaking sound as if the building was about to collapse.
The dark-haired boy in the middle was even more full of despair than I thought.
‘…Why is he trapped?’
The cold dream version of me was watching the story of a boy.
[ The boy was full of despair. “I can’t do anything.”
“The fire is too strong. The way out is blocked.” ]
I glanced at the contents of the book and said in my dream.
“Though you should try at least once.”
Yes, I thought I said something like that.
“If you’re about to die anyway, you should try something and die. It’s better than dying without trying anything.”
It was a valid point. Even after that, I encouraged the boy, but I couldn’t reach him.
Bam!
The scene changed suddenly. This time, it was Krua’s memory.
“Useless!”
Without fail, Duke Alors revealed her true character to Krua, who seemed to have a glimmer of hope at first.
‘He’s still her father.’
With that thought in mind, my heart ached as her feelings were transmitted so clearly because she knew how painful it was to have one-sided love.
“If only it weren’t just the money your father lent us, you wouldn’t be here.”
The words I heard until the day before I became independent came to mind.
“It’s fortunate that you have a house to stay in!”
I’ve been hearing that since I was a child, as I tried to comfort myself by saying that it was okay not to have a family.
I just waited for the day I would become independent.
Still, Krua was a little different from me. Instead of giving up early on the love, she longed for it even more. She turned into a person who tormented others in order to be noticed by her father. As a result, she gained the nickname villainess.
“Krua Alors, the Duke is calling for you.”
In the meantime, the Duke Alors finally called her.
“Father?”
Krua had a glimmer of hope at the call.
She hoped she could hear a reprimand. She wanted to hear him say, “Stop it.” Then, she could go back to being a good daughter…
However, Duke Alors, who called her, crushed her heart.
“Become my pawn.”
“Yes?”
Krua twisted her way to get her parents’ love, but she was not a fool.
“I will personally engrave a name on your back.”
Every word stabbed at Krua’s heart. Duke Alors’s eyes showed no love for her. It was just a gaze that saw her as a tool to be used.
“Tie Krua up.”
And at the moment when the name was engraved on the back of her neck, she gave up all her love and hope for her father. She felt the pain in her heart and the world breaking. The despair and disappointment at that time seemed to consume her heart.
This was truly a nightmare. As I thought that, my consciousness became clearer.
“…It seems like a critical moment.”
The voice of the doctor who said that was clearer.
“Krua.”
The voice calling me was also clear.
…Was it a voice from reality?
Poof!
I remembered the white smoke that spread quickly.
Diello, who was pulling me urgently.
…Was he okay?
“Krua…”
The voice seemed to be worried, and his words hurt my heart.
‘…This isn’t the time to wander in a dream.’
At that moment, a strange energy surged inside my body. It was my water manipulation ability.
“….!”
The weak energy, like a blocked water stream, became stronger, and eventually, a refreshing and cool sensation spread throughout my body — it felt like it was moving to protect its master. Then, the next moment, it expelled foreign substances mixed in my blood and quickly spread the antidote that had entered my body.
In the end, blood was also water.
This meant that Alors couldn’t escape from the control of the medium, which was water. If Argenta could eliminate the poison with the purification flame, it seemed that Alors could also do such things.
‘…Okay.’
I started to control my instincts more precisely to expel the poison that had taken over my consciousness.
And so, I exerted my power for a while.
* * *
“Ah…”
I woke up from my sleep with a short sigh.
“Madam?”
As the surprised maid quickly approached me, it looked like she was one of the Argenta on the fourth floor.
It seemed like she was waiting for me to wake up.
“Liz.”
That was her name. Liz nodded her head at my voice.
“Yes, it’s Liz. Madam.”
However, it seemed like she was the only one next to me.
“What about the others?”
There should have been many people around me. Maybe they did it because I needed fresh air, I could see knights through the gap in the open door, though there were fewer of them than usual.
“Now…”
It was when Liz awkwardly lowered her head that someone quickly approached from the direction of the door.
His face, which used to have a cheerful expression, was now lacking in humor.
It was Rick.
“Madam, have you woken up?”
With a serious expression, he kneeled in front of the door. If that person’s face is stiff, it must be a serious matter.
I opened my eyes wide.
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