Life as a Tower Maid: Locked up with the Prince - Chapter 274
Chapter 274
Translator: Yonnee
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Out of ignorance of love, it was the result of hard thinking.
Rosé’s thinking was already twisted due to the continuous abuse during her childhood and the lack of proper human relationships.
All that was left for her were the fragments of the fairy tale she had read in her childhood.
In that fairy tale, the prince and the heroine overcame all adversities and came to love each other.
Rosé knew that, just as she had overcome adversities, Albert also had difficult times throughout his life.
She could understand Albert.
Therefore, they were a great match.
They would have a happy ending, just like how it was in that fairy tale.
“…At least, that’s what I believed.”
Alone in the empty prison, Rosé hollowly looked at the ceiling. There was no feeling in her body that had just been tortured.
Blood overflowed from all over her body.
After Jung-in left, all this was done by none other than Albert.
She fainted several times from the unbearable pain and woke up again. The eyes looking at her were cold.
She looked blankly up at Albert. The noble visage of him that she had seen in her childhood remained, but one thing was different.
“A mere insect. That’s what you are.”
In Albert Grey’s eyes as he looked at her, there was just one thing.
Deep, unbridled hatred.
Just like her teacher, Albert Grey did not love her either.
“Haha…”
It was foolish of her to have believed that she could be happy someday.
It was foolish to have believed that there would be a savior in her life.
‘I was foolish.’
She wondered if that woman knew that even being able to say that was a privilege.
No. Of course, that woman wouldn’t know.
Because, in Rosé’s eyes, it was already clear how that woman was being loved.
She thought that if that woman disappeared, she could have Albert.
Because she was the only one who could fully understand Albert.
But, somewhere along the way, everything went wrong.
Albert Grey will be happy.
Continuing in a life without her.
Even the last shred of hope she was clinging to disappeared.
No one loved her.
“You will always be nothing but worthless trash, Rosé Artius.”
It would have been better if that woman had never existed in the first place.
If she had never been in this world, she wouldn’t have had to feel this pain.
She wouldn’t have had to live clinging to futile hope.
Everything happened because Rosé Artius lived, because she existed in this world.
Crawling to the wall, Rosé moved her trembling fingers.
She was tired.
Of living.
Of merely existing.
“……”
Biting her lips, Rosé Artius began to draw the last magic circle with the remaining lifespan she had gathered.
That woman had said it.
That her existence connected the two of them.
That’s right. If she hadn’t entered the tower, if she hadn’t existed, Albert and that woman would never have met.
Not all fairy tales have happy endings. There must be bad endings too.
Rosé realized what she had to do for the last time.
The magic circle she drew with all her remaining life force was much more powerful than the one she had drawn to annihilate the lover.
Powerful enough to be drawn even in a prison for mages.
Her hands began to draw the magic circle.
The final annihilation magic circle for one singular purpose.
To erase the existence of Rosé Artius from the world.
‘If you truly love each other, you can meet without my existence.’
Maybe that would be acceptable.
In her faintly smiling face, sadness continued to linger.
The magic circle was completed.
And so, the existence of Rosé Artius began to disappear from the world.
* * *
I went back to my room with a relieved heart. I had said everything I wanted to Rosé and saw her crying in despair.
My revenge was over. I would leave the rest to Albert.
I thought I would only be happy to see Rosé suffering after she had caused me such pain, but I couldn’t help feeling slightly uncomfortable in one corner of my heart.
With my chin on one hand, I was lost in thought.
“Because I had no savior in my life.”
Rosé’s words weighed on my mind.
I was Albert’s savior, and Albert was mine.
I helped Blanc live, and Blanc saved me as well.
The fact that I saved young Albert but didn’t extend the same to Rosé…
She was the only person I ignored while helping everyone else to live.
For my own happiness.
“What did that maid say…?”
Sitting next to me, Blanc asked worriedly.
He was still wearing the suit he bought yesterday, and it suited him incredibly well.
“No, that can’t be. She’s someone who can’t touch even the tip of my finger.”
I shook my head with a smile, and Blanc nodded in understanding.
“Still, if there’s a problem, let me know…”
Now, Blanc knew to take care of me too.
Look at how reliable he is, being so direct! Neighbors, everyone! Our dear little Blanc has grown up so much!
“So when are we going on a trip? I want to see the ocean…”
Blanc’s eyes sparkled.
“Right. How about we go next week?”
“Yeah, let’s take Albert too. He’ll be sad if we go without him.”
Blanc was the first to mention Albert.
“We call each other by our names now.”
Blanc spoke happily, clearly excited.
“Yes, let’s do that.”
I saw Albert walking from a distance and waved my hand happily.
And as he saw me, he also smiled.
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