Weed ~The One’s Gardener~ - Chapter 27

“I love you. Please accept my heart. This time.”

Words wouldn’t work. Hana screamed.

“Please leave me alone! You’re disgusting! I said get out of here!”

“This is so good. Hana. Shin Hana… If we die like this, we’ll be together until the end… right?”

As he uttered so and reached out his hand to grab her shoulder, a glance at his other hand revealed that he was holding a knife as well.

She had no desire to die with this ba*tard! Hana was trying to shake off the man who didn’t wear a seatbelt by turning the steering wheel—

Kiiikkk—

—On a winding mountain road.

That was the biggest mistake.

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“…Do you understand? Weed, are you listening?”

Weed didn’t say anything. He was a few steps away with his head bowed.

Hana sighed.

Even though she heard that his condition was not very good, she did not know how much. She had just explained her condition, but she did not know whether he had heard it or not.

She thought she explained so that he could understand. Although she had reasons for wanting to go back to where she came from, it didn’t seem more important than this. If possible, she wanted to stay here and find something to repay him within two months, so this is rather fortunate.

In fact, looking back on her life, she would go back to her original world with a life with nothing good.

In this place, they treat the sacrifice with utmost hospitality until they leave, and as far as the record goes, they did not forget the sacrifice’s deeds and were grateful.

Besides, she seemed unable to forget her life here. It may have been a normal thing here, but it was quite a sparkling day for Hana. She would die anyway, so if it could be used like this, it was meaningful to her.

Weed was still silent.

“Weed.”

“The symptoms… what did you say?”

Weed’s voice was slightly hoarse at that brief moment.

“Come again?”

“Hana, in here, in Lár de Ligna Initia, any disease can be cured.”

Hana jumped up.

From beginning to end, this man was only trying to send her back.

She now knew how important Weed’s position was in this place. She knew very well what a void was. It was originally in her plan, so there was nothing to lose, and it wasn’t bad if it was for this kind person and for the priests who followed him.

While it was a bit grandiose, it was okay to think it was for this beautiful world.

It really was. It was really not a bad ending… much more than returning to the original world. So much more.

“Weed, I don’t mind becoming a sacrifice?”

“If you tell me the symptoms…”

She bit her lip. Even now, he kept saying that he would send her back like a parrot so she was slowly getting annoyed.

In the end, she spoke frustratedly.

“Who wants to live? When did I say I wanted to live!”

She didn’t even know what those words meant to him, towards Weed more than anyone else.

He had been acting as if he had lost his soul from earlier. As soon as Hana said that she did not have long to live, he turned pale as if all the color from his body had drained. His voice was hoarse and subdued, and his expression was somehow blank.

She had heard that he hated the idea of sacrifices, but she didn’t know that he would hate it this much.

In the meantime, Weed repeatedly said that he would send back Hana, who had been called as a sacrifice to her original world. While she said that she would not live long even if she returned because she was terminally ill with an incurable disease, he repeated that he would be able to cure it.

He spoke it in a somewhat desperate, wet voice… as if he would not accept her sacrifice no matter what.

Hana learned that Weed felt a sense of debt about the sacrifice.

In fact, she could tell just by looking at his attitude. He treated her with utmost sincerity in case she got hurt here and constantly emphasized that coming here was a mistake.

The priests also said that. What state Weed had become after completing the ritual of sending the sacrifice down into the void. The priests expected that he would show the same reaction this time and collapse even more seriously.

Still, Weed was rejecting it.

So Hana thought she had to be a little bit assertive. She understood the situation of the people here, and she did not regret the treatment she was about to receive. Originally, she was supposed to struggle in pain for about two months and then die alone in an unknown place, but her miserable situation was elevated in an instant.

Besides, no holiday destination in the world would be more beautiful than Lár de Ligna Initia. It had been a long time since she felt this much peace in her mind and body. Also, Weed always got rid of the pain.

If that daily act lasted until the day of the sacrificial ceremony, that didn’t sound too bad either.

No, actually, it was very good.

It would be so good she couldn’t forget it. It was a two-month vacation that was much better than planned. Above all, as she said to him earlier, this place was a far more ideal world for her. She had that thought from the first time she came here.

It wasn’t a bad death.

Hana raised her head and made eye contact with Weed.

“I never asked for help.”

She emphasized once more. If the person who was to be the sacrifice speaks firmly, wouldn’t he have no choice?

She thought it would be nice if she cried a little.

On the other hand, hearing what Hana just said, Weed shook his eyes even more.

His golden eyes looked unusually different today. It was like an amber that had been burning alone inside a tree fossil for a long time.

Bright light didn’t even come in, but his pupils were constricted to the limit.

Although his pale irises stood out even more, his expression was flat, and his eyes were burning. Even though it was a round pupil that was no different from a human, it felt like she was facing a beast.

Weed stood still in great shock.

In that state, only his eyes were shining intensely.

He didn’t say a word.

Feeling a bit chilly, Hana shrugged her shoulders slightly and sighed.

“I don’t have to go back to the original world. I honestly don’t even want to go, understand?”

He gave no answer. There was not the slightest change in his facial expression. However, he was staring at her. Those eyes grew more and more intense.

Hana repeated what she had said earlier.

“I heard that I could live a few more months if I lay still while undergoing trial hospital treatment with no progress. Still, Weed knows, too, right that I shouldn’t do that. I have to keep moving my muscles to feel less pain. I didn’t want to lie there without energy for the rest of my life, just taking medicine and dying slowly… because that’s not really living, right? There is no one like Weed out there.”

She had aftereffects after an accident when she was young.

When a muscle or bone did not move for a long time, it would cause flashing pain. Even in bad weather, it creaked and shouted in pain. In order not to suffer from it, there was no other answer than to move her body a lot on a daily basis.

Nonetheless, even that didn’t always work. She often had to take painkillers. It was not a specific disease and could not be cured.

In such a situation, the energy in her body was gradually running out. She wanted to move her body, but she couldn’t. It was inevitable that the pain would get worse and worse. When she forced herself to move to relieve the pain in her leg, she gasped for breath and vomited blood.

What could she do with a body like this?

Even if the aging of the organs could be treated, it would not completely improve her body’s condition that had suffered from aftereffects. Her body would still have to move constantly, and she would still have to suffer from pain from time to time.

Besides, what would she do when she goes back?

Who would welcome her?

She had no relatives. Tired people, tiring work. The most annoying stalker died instantly, losing his neck at the time of the car accident, so it was annoying when she thought about going back and being investigated for that.

To sum it up in a word, even before her body was in this state, she had no thoughts of wanting to live.

Despite the fact that Hana thought that, this time, she had made Weed understand, his expression was not convinced. He didn’t have a look of opposition to her.