This BL Novel Is Ruined Now - Chapter 276
Chapter 276
Translator: Yonnee
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Lehman confessed like he was making a true confession and sighed deeply as he sat down.
“You always had a radiant beauty I didn’t possess. The kind that shines wherever you go.”
“Hmm… I don’t think so. Do you know what my nickname was at the academy?”
It was Poison Witch. Poison Witch, I tell you.
“You know I was the one who spread that rumor, right?”
Ah… that was true. It was one of the facts revealed during Lehman’s trial.
“But actually, even before you spread it, I was already infamous among the nine households as the crazy Poison Witch. You know that, right? That’s why I became so famous for being jilted.”
“You must have had a reason for doing that. You’re not someone who harms others recklessly.”
“……”
Why is he acting like this? This isn’t like Lehman at all.
When she blinked, he looked at her with an earnest expression.
“Hey… Why are you being so different today?”
Why are you being so sentimental and honest, like someone who’s about to die?
“Is something wrong?”
He then broke into laughter, like a world-weary old man.
“Why are you making me anxious? Are you overwhelmed with work lately? If so, how about taking a vacation? Resa can’t function without you. I mean, I don’t want to burden you—”
“Reina.”
As she rambled with concern, Lehman cut her off abruptly.
Having stood up, Lehman approached Reina and, after fiddling with his earlobe for a moment, forced out a short word.
“Sorry.”
“…What?”
“I shouldn’t have treated you that way at the academy. Whatever the reason, my actions back then can’t be justified.”
Reina could feel it. This was a heartfelt apology from deep within him.
“And… thank you, Reina. For creating a future where I can be a better person… for giving me the chance to apologize.”
“……”
Yes, life isn’t just black and white.
Everything contains both good and evil, and while holding goodness, there’s always a shadow of evil.
Living in such a world, Reina had come to understand something.
“Lehman, in life, it’s so very hard to keep holding on to righteousness.”
Born human, it’s not easy to always be correct.
“Sometimes, when you’re exhausted and struggling, when the situation is too dire, you might turn a blind eye to the right path.”
But you can’t stay in that despair. You have to strive to return to the right path eventually.
“Thank you too.”
Thank you for not ignoring the right path in this moment of newfound clarity.
“Thank you for holding on to the hand I extended to you.”
That’s enough. For you, and for me.
* * *
There’s a phrase that goes,
‘Out of the blue.’
Yes, when you think about it, Reina’s life was a series of ‘out of the blue’ moments.
Not because of stormy nights or some random word from someone, but filled with truly sudden connections and realizations.
‘Thanks to those things, I am who I am today, right?’
Honestly, her life had deviated quite a bit from the path of a ‘diamond spoon’ where ‘money piles up just by breathing’.
Now, if she ‘just breathed’, thousands or tens of thousands of lives would be at risk.
“But I like this too.”
It makes her feel alive.
At her murmuring, thick with happiness, Reina’s grandmother, standing nearby, cleared her throat.
In the empire, during the bride’s entrance, the grandparents who raised her would hold her hands and lead her to the groom.
“Is there a problem?”
At the whispered question of her grandmother, Marquis Chantra, Reina shook her head slightly.
“No. I was just lost in thought for a moment.”
When Reina answered neither too long nor too short, her grandmother, who had been silent for a moment, spoke again.
“Reina.”
“Yes, Grandma.”
“You were truly tireless.”
Why is she bringing up my wild days all of a sudden… It’s embarrassing.
“Hoho… Was I?”
She couldn’t deny it.
“That cleverness of yours… It was like taking care of your three siblings at once.”
Suddenly recalling the past, Grandmother pressed her fingers against her eyes as if to ward off the memories. Reina, trying to avoid the topic, rolled her eyes.
“Hmm… I don’t think it was that bad…”
“Nonsense. You were like that until just recently. And stop looking around while you’re walking. What if you trip on a day like today?”
“…Yes, ma’am.”
Reina focused on the procession as her grandmother instructed. Her grandmother’s voice, filled with years of experience, resonated again.
“But Reina.”
The marquis paused and turned to Reina.
Her lavender eyes, just like Reina’s, and the deep wrinkles around them felt inexplicably warm.
“I still believe in you. You always end up on the right path.”
Even if the process seems odd and sometimes hard to understand, eventually, everyone will recognize your righteous intentions.
“So now, your parents and I all trust you.”
Feeling a surge of emotion at her grandmother’s words, Reina bit her lip to keep her makeup from smudging.
“Grandmother…”
Then the marquis reverted to her usual stern self.
“Don’t cry before you stand in front of the groom.”
“…Why do you turn cold so quickly?”
No time to bask in the moment.
Worried that Reina might start crying, her grandmother quickly led her forward.
“Please take care of my girl.”
Although Ethan outranked her, in this moment, she regarded him as the man taking her granddaughter away.
“She may be a wild child, but she’s precious to us.”
“Yes, she is very precious to me as well.”
Ethan, the happiest man in the world at that moment, respectfully took the hand of his soon-to-be wife.
“You look so beautiful, Reina.”
Why did everything seem so wonderful? He couldn’t stop smiling.
“And you look so handsome, Ethan.”
Ethan gently pulled her hand to his lips and kissed it.
“After a long and arduous journey, you’ve finally come to me.”
“Thank you for waiting through my long, long journey, Ethan.”
Though they regretted the days of the past they couldn’t share, they had many more future moments ahead of them.
“On rainy days, on days when the sun shines brightly and lifts our spirits, on days when nothing seems to go right and everything feels stifling, will you fill all those times with me, Reina?”
“Of course, Ethan.”
At her answer, vibrant flowers bloomed. It was another spring created by him.
“People are surprised by the sudden spring, Ethan.”
“With you, Reina, every moment is spring for me. Everyone will have to get used to it.”
His playful response made Reina laugh.
“Reina, meeting you has finally allowed me to breathe a sigh of relief.”
Now she understood what he meant.
Hearing people’s inner thoughts—what could be more terrible? It was like being forced to constantly see others in their moments of vulnerability, an unending torment.
“The same goes for me, Ethan.”
Blinded by survival, buried in a past life, forgetting the present, it was you who brought me into the ‘now.’
“Because of you, I finally became myself.”
At her confession, he smiled gently.
“Without you, Reina, there would be no more love in my life. I love you with all my heart.”
“I love you with all my sincerity, Ethan.”
Perhaps it might be overwhelming, the feeling of ‘too much happiness’ might be hard to handle, making one want to avoid it. Sometimes, the unexpected changes brought by the other might be both novel and frightening.
But what’s certain is, 1+1 is not 2 but ‘finally 1’.
Knowing this well now, Reina and Ethan embraced all the uncertain variables and kissed.
Thus, their two worlds became one.
—The End—
t/n: this marks the end of BLR! thank you so much for sticking with Reina and Ethan until the very end~ there aren’t any side stories published at the moment, but i’ll keep tabs on the novel just in case the author decides to publish some. still can’t believe it ends here! ㅠㅠ
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