The Gap Between You and Me - Chapter 150

With each step she took on the puddle of blood on the floor, there was the slapping sound of wet water. Still, the man gave no reaction.

He couldn’t have not known that she was approaching him. Rather, it seemed that he didn’t even have the energy left to open his eyes.

Slowly, very slowly, Herietta knelt down beside the man. Raising the dagger she was holding and aiming the tip of the blade at the man’s left chest.

Her heart thumped. Her mouth was dry and her fingertips were shaking.

She felt guilty about attacking an opponent who was lying defenseless without even the slightest ability to defend himself, but she tried to ignore it.

All she had to do was drop it like this.

Grab the hilt of the dagger and drag it down. All she had to do was stab the man’s heart as hard as she could.

Herietta’s breathing became rough.

It was a simple thing, nothing complicated. It was a golden opportunity that would never come back to her.

At that moment, the man who had closed his eyes like dead opened his eyes. The thin eyelids lifted, revealing the pupils hidden within them. Empty eyes that have lost their light. The eyes that had lost their way and wandered in the air soon turned to Herietta, who was trying to kill him.

“…….”

The moment the man’s eyes met her, Herietta was seized by an unknown emotion.

A man who seems to have completely lost his will to live, and her who is trying to end his life. The person she blindly hated while dreaming of revenge seemed to be the same person just like she was for a moment. It felt like the line between good and evil had become blurred.

She has to kill him.

The man narrowed his eyes and looked up at Herietta. Herietta, on the contrary, stared down at him. A strange current flowed between the two.

She has to kill this man no matter what.

Her hands that were holding the dagger trembled. The tip of the blade aimed at the man’s chest swayed precariously. Dozens and hundreds of times she imagined stabbing the man’s heart. She fantasized about escaping this terrible vengeance that had clung to her.

If she could just go a little further here.

“…….”

Before long, a sigh escaped from Herietta’s lips. Even if she tried to push herself, she just couldn’t bring herself to stab the man. Accepting that fact, she finally lowered the dagger, which she had been holding up menacingly, down.

“I made the wrong decision and I’m sure I’ll regret it later, but I can’t help it right now.”

Herietta muttered in a grumble.

“Look. Your condition is very serious. Treatment, whatever, I think I need to stop your bleeding first.”

“…….”

“I’m trying to help, so don’t attack me.’

She wondered if the man would obey her just because she explained why.

Herietta hesitated for a moment. She was a little worried that she might be hurt by him after making this hasty choice.

As Herietta approached like a frightened animal, she cautiously brought the dagger towards the man. Then watching the man’s face, she ripped off his top.

Riip. With a fine sound, the sharp blade cut through his clothes. Under the faint moonlight streaming in through the window, the man’s body was exposed.

“!”

Herietta covered her mouth with her hand. The man’s body was like a piece of rags. Big and small wounds, as well as scars that look like it has passed the time. As she looked at his ragged body, she could understand why he was covered in blood.

She thought she’ll be able to properly check the condition if she could just wipe off the clotted blood.

Herietta thought as she bit her lower lip.

She was about to get up, thinking that she should get the bed sheets as soon as possible, but the man grabbed her hand.

“?”

Herietta looked at the man’s face again. A light shone in his blurry eyes. The man looked at her anxiously. It was that look in his eyes, as if he had something he wanted to tell her.

“Don’t get me wrong. I’m not leaving you. I need to stop the bleeding…….”

Herietta, trying to reassure the man, lost her words. As she watched his face, there was something surprising.

“Are you…… crying now?”

It was dark, so she couldn’t see clearly. However, she could tell that the man’s eyes were getting wet.

She couldn’t believe it.

This man was not an ordinary person. He was a legendary figure who succeeded in invading Brimdel, which everyone said was impossible. He led an army that attacked this far to Velicia. In addition to that, he was known in other countries as a bloodless and tearless monster.

For he was now in tears made Herietta even more confused because he didn’t seem like someone to be afraid of death.

“Haa, haa.”

A face distorted in agony. A trembling body. The man gasped, as if he would be out of breath at any moment.

Herietta, who had been staring blankly at him, suddenly came to her senses. She has to let him breathe properly!

She picked up the dagger, which she briefly set down on the floor. It was to remove the mask covering the man’s nose and mouth. But the moment she reached her hand toward his mask, the man grabbed her wrist impatiently.

“The mask…….”

Herietta tried to explain her intentions. But the man looked at her and shook his head quietly.

“Please…….”

Beneath the mask, the man’s lips parted. Herietta’s face was reflected in his eyes, which were consumed by pain.

“Please…….”

Tears poured out of the man’s eyes as he uttered just that one word.

At that moment, Herietta’s heart sank. She felt that something was very wrong. She felt a vague uneasiness, as if she hadn’t seen through an important clue that she shouldn’t have missed.

Why? What?

Wham!

The door was ripped open. Bright light streamed in through the wide open door.

The light hit the man’s face that was in the dark before. At the same time, the lines of his features hidden under the mask were revealed.

“Herietta!”

Bernard hurriedly entered the room and called out Herietta’s name. However, Herietta could not reply to him.

Like under a spell, Herietta and the man looked into each other’s eyes.

It was a short moment, about the blink of an eye, but it felt like an eternity. It was a bizarre moment that made her wonder if the wizard of time had played tricks.

Blue eyes like the sky and the sea.

Herietta knew someone with eyes like this. A man who cared for her and gave for her more than anyone else in the world.

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