This BL Novel Is Ruined Now - Chapter 259
Chapter 259
Translator: Yonnee
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What is the most important thing in forming human relationships?
Empathy and bond? Compatible personalities? Or is it the attraction to the opposite?
No.
In Reina’s opinion, the first spark of any relationship was undoubtedly ‘curiosity’.
The curiosity to know someone else gives humans the courage to keep integrating strangers into their lives, despite their natural inclination for familiarity.
Of course, this curiosity cannot be simply labeled as ‘pure curiosity’.
For some, it may be the anticipation of filling a void, and for others, it may stem from the astonishment of unpredictability.
However, one thing is certain: the presence of a suitable unknown compels humans to hope, wonder, and make efforts to understand others.
Perhaps the reason why the effort to form new human relationships diminishes with age was due to this. With many experiences, expectations for new people diminish.
Well… it’s certainly possible that some people already have enough people filling their lives.
Anyway, until the unfamiliar becomes familiar and each becomes meaningful to the other, curiosity was undoubtedly necessary to continue the relationship.
But Ethan, who could hear others’ thoughts, was deprived of that opportunity from the start.
Therefore, he might have been detached, indifferent, and uninterested in all relationships.
‘In some ways, he was like me…’
Was it because she had lived two lives? Honestly, she was not the type to be particularly interested in others.
Perhaps, in both her lives, because there were those who loved her as she was, she did not crave human interaction.
That’s why Han Jaehee, and also Reina, neither made friends nor put effort into it.
Especially since Reina already had information about the people of this world, how indifferent must she have been to others?
She merely expanded relationships out of her own needs.
‘Maybe… that’s why I didn’t feel alienated by Ethan’s actions.’
Everyone called him the ‘Cerulean Freak’, but only she couldn’t sympathize with that nickname.
Could it be because that ‘Cerulean Freak’ was another side of Reina? Being lively and sociable are definitely different issues, and caring for others is different from being interested in them.
Yes. The cold Ethan and the very bright Reina seemed very different on the surface, but deep down, they were not.
That’s why Ethan wasn’t bizarre to Reina.
As her thoughts reached this point, the momentary sadness melted away.
‘What does it matter how we began?’
Being similar yet different, we would have eventually loved each other.
Having experienced many events together, Reina felt this certainty settle within her.
As Ethan had shared his secret, Reina’s face, which had stiffened awkwardly, gradually relaxed.
“Thank you for being honest, Ethan.”
Although they needed to contact the grand duke immediately and head to the Jehardt domain, Reina decided to share her own secret now that the topic had come up.
“There’s something I also haven’t properly told you.”
The truth that she had reincarnated… She still had no intention of bringing it up.
However, she felt it was necessary to correct what she had said about the ‘revelation’ in front of Tria previously.
“When I spoke of ‘prophecies’ before, they were actually conveyed to me in a slightly different form.”
“I see.”
Ethan, perhaps having anticipated this to some extent, was surprisingly calm.
“Did you know already?”
“With divine power weakening, the idea of a prophecy was somewhat strange. But I believed it because you’re the one who said so.”
“Ah…”
Indeed. Given that Ethan, as powerful as the dragonkin in sensing divine power, would find the excuse of a divine revelation convincing.
‘Wait. Then did the First Emperor also know and just let it slide?’
“……”
Given Tria’s actions up to now, it was entirely possible.
‘I’ll have to speak honestly to Her Majesty later.’
After briefly sidetracking, Reina refocused.
“Actually, it wasn’t a prophecy, but rather, it appears as a message in front of me.”
“Do you mean it appears in the form of text?”
“Yes. I’m not sure what triggers it, but it arbitrarily flickers before my eyes and occasionally provides crucial information.”
Excluding stories of her past life and the original novel, Reina explained as factually as possible about the ‘guide message’.
And naturally, her story led to the recently learned ‘Bharan’s Shadow’, or the transformation magic.
“You taught me more about magic, Ethan, but it was thanks to these guide messages that I was able to understand ‘Bharan’s Shadow’ more accurately.”
Ethan, who had been intermittently affirming with a simple ‘I see,’ finally asked a question when Reina concluded her explanation.
“Then did you act based on those messages at the Thurn village?”
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