Dear Eddert - Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Translator: effe
[ trigger warning: non-con ]
Thud.
Blood gushed like a fountain from the neatly severed neck. After being cut off, Walter’s head, which was still on his shoulders a moment ago, rolled down. A faint smile crept from Walter’s face, seated correctly on the shoulder of the corpse. A satisfied expression. It was the most comfortable face he had ever seen.
“…You have such a strong shadow, but how did you get into this shape?”
Benedict, quietly observing the situation, finally wandered around the blood-stained floor. It was when Walter’s corpse and head were pushed one after another and brought down. Benedict’s eyebrows moved silently as he watched her asleep without any word.
“…Are you agitated now?”
It’s been a long time since she stopped breathing. The soul that had completely disappeared inside was trembling faintly.
It took three days for Benedict to come to the Sernotti estate, sensing the situation when he saw the jewel of the Imperial Family that had lost its light.
He had to cast a spell on the entire detached palace where the papal headquarters was located, avoiding the surveillance of the Imperial Guard, who checked his movements every day, and that slowed his departure. The soul in her body, now visible before his eyes, would have vanished without a trace had she been a normal human being.
Benedict lowered his head and looked at the little jewel hanging from his neck. The light was flickering dimly within the gem that had been cut in half. After staring at the bed without moving for a moment, Benedict finally made a decision. He came all the way here for this anyway.
A blue energy emanated from his white hands. Walter’s severed head moved on its own and attached itself to his body, and his heart, just before it stopped, began beating slowly again. If one has a strong body and quick recovery, it won’t take long to open their eyes. It would take half a day until he could move his body properly.
Now was the time to really save her. Benedict moistened his lips slowly with some unknown sense of tension.
She would be angry if she knew. But now that it had come to this, there was no helping it.
His clothes moved on their own and fell to the floor without a sound. His naked body, which shone blue, appeared in the air.
Flash.
Walter opened his eyes much sooner than Benedict had expected. What was more shocking than the fact that he was still breathing was the sight that was unfolding before Walter’s hazy eyes.
Crumpled linen and loose bandages rolled around under the blood-soaked bed. A bright light was emanating from the dark space. The source of the light was Benedict, who was holding Eden, whose body was in a naked state.
The long silver hair hanging over her body was shining like tens of thousands of fireflies had landed on Benedict. So was his body. There were no wounds or blemishes, and it was a shining bare body that could not be thought of as a human body. Recognizing that Walter was awake, Benedict looked at him and narrowed his eyes.
What are you doing now? What the hell are you doing to Eden!
Walter tried to scream, but only a suppressed groan came out of his mouth.
“…Heuk…!”
He struggled to get his body up, but it was still too much. Benedict exhaled slowly, stroking Eden’s cold body. A bluish glow shone wherever he touched. Eden, who was bare, lying under Benedict’s body, was still motionless.
“Her soul reacts violently. She’s mistaken me for you. Poor thing.”
“Huu… ugh… Urk…!”
Benedict smiled faintly as he watched Walter’s body wriggle in pain. What he said was actually a lie. Her soul was vehemently refusing treatment, that’s why it was taking some time. To be precise, she was showing disapproval of his actions.
He just found out. This was the reason why she died despite having a strong ‘shadow’ willing to risk death.
“You were in love.”
Benedict’s lips whispered in Eden’s ear, scanning the cut on her neck. He smirked, stroking the long torn chest with his hand.
“Such a fool. Born into the imperial family, but you long for love.”
“Ugh…”
He saw Walter crawling towards him. Walter’s hands on the floor trembled in a mess, but he was definitely moving. What an amazing power.
A man who survived a fatal wound that would take more than half a day, was now lifting his hand, no matter how fast his recovery was. It’s probably the same reason why the head that was decapitated and attached back by Walter still moves, and his soul doesn’t disappear even after he completely stopped breathing.
“Are you in pain? Hm?”
Benedict’s lips gradually moved downward, spraying kisses on the wounded body. Even if there wasn’t a wound, her body was full of vague scars here and there. It was a testament to how hard her life had been during that time.
“I am healing her according to your earnest wishes. Is it too difficult to watch?”
Is your love just that much?
Benedict swallowed his words and lifted his head between his long silver hair. Walter, who opened his eyes and bit his lip, didn’t come any closer. Benedict whispered towards him.
“Remember. The terrible thing that happened when she tried to defy her fate.”
Even if Benedict didn’t have to say it, it was something that Walter would never forget. Because no one can forget the sight of his most precious person dying in his arms.
“She is the one who should be the Emperor of the Empire. She’s not the kind of person who deserves a humble death in a place like this.”
“Uhh… huu…”
Walter breathed heavily. He gritted his teeth. He swore he would do anything to save Eden. Her death was more painful for him than his own.
Benedict caressed Eden’s body with a cold hand, and licked it slowly with his lips and tongue. Completely focused on healing, Benedict no longer spoke. Warmth was beginning to radiate through her cold body.
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