The Impact Of The Villainess’ Fake Marriage On The Ending - Chapter 60

Chapter 60

Adeline was so stunned that she couldn’t say anything.

The situation was no different with Kael. Grasping his shoulder at the pain of his flesh tearing apart, he exhaled heavily and looked at Adeline.

“Kael.”

“Stay away!”

As Adeline, who had barely come to her senses, called his name and tried to approach him, Kael shouted at her to stay away.

It was a harsh voice, which Adeline had never heard before.

“Is it because of the dark magic? You said you were going to get medicine. What about the medicine? Did you take it?”

Kael tried to avoid Adeline by moving inward even if just a little, but Adeline stepped closer to him as much as he ran away from her.

“Why are your eyes…”

“Please stay away.”

A desperate voice tied Adeline’s feet to the ground for the first time. The words that echoed desperately stopped Adeline.

Adeline, who was distracted by the fact that Kael seemed to be in pain, suddenly remembered the bright red eyes she had seen before.

[Did you see?]

[I saw red eyes. Eyes that burned like fire.]

The bright red eyes Adeline faced in the basement of the castle the day she got lost in the castle, that is, the day she was taken by the Red Knights under the emperor’s decree, were clearly revived in her mind.

The sharp eyes she met in the pitch-black darkness. Adeline vividly remembered those eyes glaring at her, with the color of blood and fire.

‘That was Kael?’

The intense figure remained clear in her head, and the unforgettable eyes were similar to those of Kael that she was now facing. Kael’s eyes, which he was looking at now, were a little lighter, but the feeling was the same.

‘At that time, it seemed like a monster was roaring. It sounded like it was going crazy because it was in so much pain.’

It was a horrible shriek that echoed in the basement and remained intensely in her mind as much as the red eyes. A painful sound that transmitted pain just by hearing it.

If the red eyes she had seen at that time were Kael’s, then the sound stained with pain was also Kael.

“Ugh!”

As she was thinking about that day, Kael fell to the ground due to the agony that struck him. His already harsh breathing became even harsher, and his body shook greatly.

Thanks to Kael’s stumbling and shifting position, the light of the lamp shone on his back.

‘That can’t be.’

Under the white shirt, which had turned transparent with the sweat, there was a black scar that looked like his skin had been torn by the claws of a giant beast.

Even if she didn’t know as much as a professional priest, thanks to Simeon, Adeline knew several forms of curses left behind by dark magic.

What was on Kael’s back was a vestige of an incredibly powerful curse.

Adeline closed her mouth with one hand, and what had happened flashed through Adeline’s head.

[Where did you get the potion you sprinkled over these roses? I think you bought it from a guy who is going to end up in an underground cell the moment I get my hands on him.]

[…]

[Unfortunately, this drug doesn’t work on me.]

When Kael didn’t get affected even though she used a forbidden potion.

[Brother Leo. Didn’t you tell me that the blood of the Corrupted will melt away everything it comes in contact with?]

[Yes. That’s right. I saw it with my own eyes.]

[Then how…]

When Kael was fine even though he was covered in the blood of the Corrupted.

[I can feel a great curse of darkness from the Grand Duke.]

[A curse of darkness?]

When Simeon said he felt a strong curse from Kael.

[If there is not the slightest lie in what you said, I will make you my wife, by all means.]

[…]

[It is my most desired wish, my eternal wish. Ending this tough life.]

Even when he recited that dying was his wish.

Adeline’s heart thumped with each piece fitting together.

“Kael.”

Adeline called out in a trembling voice. Kael flinched at the sound of her voice.

“… Please go back. I still have my reason, but I don’t know when I’ll completely lose my mind. When that happens, I won’t be able to control myself eith— ugh.”

Kael couldn’t speak. His eyes turned redder each time he was tormented by the pain.

“Tell me what to do. What can I do to help you? Where is the medicine you received? I’ll get more.”

“What I said about the medicine is a lie. There is no such thing.”

“Then, whenever you’re like this, how…”

“I need time. It will subside with time.”

A tired voice barely spoke.

The moment she heard that he needed time, she remembered the conversation she had with Zion before being taken by the Red Knights.

[There is no other way right now. Unless His Grace can come flying right away. Is that possible?]

[… It’s impossible.]

[In that case, there’s no helping it. Instead, please put a message in for His Grace. Can he check it right away?]

[Sadly not. Contact will be possible in three days.]

Kael wasn’t on the border at that time. He was in the basement of the castle, enduring the time in agony as he was now.

Adeline was now completely convinced.

The situation where he said he couldn’t be contacted at all, the reason why he needed exactly three more days without giving notice, and the way Kael strangely blamed himself after saving Adeline.

The reason Kael couldn’t do anything while Adeline was being taken away was that he was also fighting the curse of darkness.

“Adeline, please! I might hurt you. So please!”

Kael tried to push Adeline away somehow. Kael was struggling with all the nerves in his body, afraid that he would lose his mind completely, be eaten by the curse, and hurt Adeline.

But Adeline couldn’t leave Kael, who was in pain and struggling. The scream filled with pain she heard in the basement of the castle that day continued to creep in her ears.

She had to help. She wanted to do something to help him relieve even a bit of his pain.

‘… The necklace.’

Adeline, wondering if there was a way, recalled the necklace she was wearing.

[By maximizing the divine power, a strong protective shield will cover you. Would it be easy to understand if I told you that you would become a purifier yourself?]

He said that Adeline herself would become a purifier thanks to Simeon’s abundant divine power.

According to his words, Adeline could make Kael’s darkness fade.

As soon as Adeline realized that, she strode over to Kael.

After being pushed to the wall and no longer able to escape, Kael sighed and tried to fill his hands with the shackles on the wall.

But Adeline stopped Kael.

Adeline took his hand with one hand, and wrapped the other around his face.

“Ah…”

“Ugh…”

The moment Adeline’s hand touched Kael, they both let out soft groans. They couldn’t help it, as Adeline felt the sensation of her energy being transferred to Kael as if she were being sucked in somewhere, and Kael felt the pain in the first moment that energy came inside him.

“…”

But as soon as that momentary pain passed, something unbelievable happened.

The pain faded.

The pain, which had not subsided even if he tried countless medicines that were said to relieve the curse, tried to purify it, and took all the methods that existed in the world, was surprisingly healed the moment he and Adeline touched each other.

Kael’s eyes, which barely met Adeline’s, shook like crazy. It was the biggest agitation Adeline had ever seen.

“I have a necklace that Simeon gave me. A necklace filled with his divine powers. You remember that too, don’t you? The necklace that protected me when I was taken by the knights.”

“…”

“He said that makes me a purifier. I can purify something myself.”

“…”

“So I’m sure it will work. I’m sure it’ll get better.”

Adeline carefully caressed Kael’s lips, which had been stained with blood because he bit them so much.

The longer her hand touched him, the more Kael’s eyes gradually returned to their original colors. She could see the red energy mixed with blood and fire gradually disappearing.

“Are you alright?” Adeline asked cautiously, but Kael couldn’t answer.

It had been ten years since he had fought this terrible curse. In that long time, nothing could save Kael.

He had no other way but to clench his teeth and endure it. The pain that destroyed Kael’s body for more than a week after it struck him while keeping the cycle constant, made Kael so desperately wish for death.

However, it was a curse that even such a death was not easily allowed, so Kael was trapped in the shackles of pain.

“I’m sorry. Because of me, the black magic touched you even more… I’m really sorry.”

But the woman who was crying and saying it was because of her became Kael’s salvation.

The moment Adeline touched him, the moment her warmth touched him, the pain disappeared for the first time.

However, Kael could not rejoice at the miraculous salvation. Adeline should not have become Kael’s salvation. He couldn’t keep coveting her like this.

While Kael was absent-mindedly pondering his nasty fate, Adeline slowly covered his lips with hers, hoping that the pain would disappear completely.

Adeline kissed him boldly but shyly, as if she didn’t care that he was covered in blood.

As soon as the lips, which were always terribly sweet, touched his, Kael’s eyes regained their blue-grey color, and his reason completely fled.

Adeline’s shy kiss turned into a hot kiss from Kael’s end, who coveted her warmth.

While he was longing for Adeline with only his instinct left, the curse he faced in the middle of the battlefield ten years ago was vividly revived in his mind.

Everything you want to have and everything you love will die in pain, and you will struggle with that pain until you die. But even death will not be easily granted.

That was the curse that fell on Kael.

A curse fell on the young Kael, only fifteen years old, who had been left behind after losing his father and brother.