I Became the Villain's Master - Chapter 108
Chapter 108
At dawn, Kiris, who had become an adult, looked at Ethos’ back as he stared outside.
It was a voice devoid of attachment, to the point that it was impossible to tell that he was a man who did not have much time left to live.
“You are the most powerful mage among all the mages, so I am proud. You were my first disciple, and at the same time, my last disciple.”
“Sir Ethos.”
“When are you going to stop using that gloomy title? Are you going to do that even after I’m dead?”
Ethos clicked his tongue and turned his head.
“You know there’s no one else who can lead the Magic Tower, right?”
“Yes.”
“I expected that. You need that kind of confidence to lead the Magic Tower.”
Ethos raised a small robe, channeling his magic.
“This robe. I’ve kept it all my life. It’s the first gift I gave you when we first met. Hehe….”
Then he used magic to place the robe in Kiris’ arms.
“I’ll give it back to you. This old body can’t have it even if it wants to.”
Cough-
Blood came out of his mouth, and Ethos, wiping the blood nonchalantly, gasped for breath.
“Thank you. Kiris.”
Pssst-
The figure turned to dust and scattered in the wind.
“…No!”
Kiris rushed over in a hurry, but all that remained of Ethos was the shattered particles.
Kiris touched the particles with his hand and chanted.
“Thank you, Father.”
* * *
“This is it. Mistress.”
At the same time, I returned to the Tower Lord’s room where I had been staying.
“…Kiris.”
I couldn’t say anything for a while. I didn’t know what to say to comfort him.
‘So that’s it.’
After seeing Kiris’s past, which he couldn’t talk about, I understood why he had looked at me that way.
The previous Tower Lord, Ethos, was the one who had painted the darkness of his past with light.
Everyone lives with their own pain.
Unspeakable wounds, memories they want to forget, follow them around like a tag.
“My biggest regret is that I couldn’t call him Father.”
Kiris continued calmly.
“He was my teacher who made me the Tower Lord, and my only family.”
“So that’s it….”
“After the previous Tower Lord died, I had a hard time. It was empty without someone to rely on.”
I could sympathize with Kiris’s feelings a little.
After I possessed this body, when I was alone in a world where no one knew me.
The loneliness and despair.
It was indescribable.
I became independent without anyone to rely on and lived forgetting it, but the pain remained.
It must be the same for Kiris.
“But now I’m okay. You saved me when I lost my memory, and now… I’ve come to rely on you.”
“Kiris?”
His alluring eyes were fixed only on me.
His long fingers caressed my cheek, and Kiris, who smiled languidly, felt almost erotic.
“You’re the only one who can have me.”
Kiris whispered, holding me in his arms.
My heart pounded as if it would burst, and I was nervous that Kiris might hear it.
“How nice it would be if you would rely on me too.”
Thump-thump-
The place where Kiris’s hand touched felt like an electric shock, and my whole body was hot.
“But it’s my greed. I shouldn’t ask for too much.”
“…No.”
Without realizing it, I faced Kiris and patted his back.
“You can rely on me. Kiris. I… I only want to rely on you too.”
Kiris, who was trembling, opened his eyes wide.
“…Mistress?”
“I understand now….”
At first, I took care of him out of sympathy. How could I just pass by someone who was hurt?
But he was Kiris, the Tower Lord, and I treated him well even though I knew the original story was being destroyed.
And-
The red eyes that held my image. The pounding that reflexively jumped when I got close.
I’ve been avoiding all of this because of his appearance, but now I can’t deny it anymore.
“I love you.”
Maybe it’s because I saw pain in Kiris’s past.
I blurted out my true feelings without realizing it. My throat was dry as if my heart was burning.
I put my arms around Kiris’s neck and pulled him close.
Because of the height difference, I looked like I was tiptoeing, but I wasn’t in my right mind to care about that.
Soon, Kiris, who was looking at me intently, smiled with joy.
“I love you too. Mistress.”
His red eyes craved me longingly, and his lips, which felt strangely erotic, slowly approached.
As if that was the signal, I closed my eyes tightly.
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