It felt like the taste of blood was rising in my throat, as if I had run at full speed for a long time, and my heart and lungs felt like they were about to burst.
On top of that, the air in the room was extremely humid, making it even harder to breathe.
My body felt as if I could die at any moment, but my heart felt light.
‘I did it…!’
I had broken through Ifrit’s mental barrier and completely destroyed his mind.
Now, he would no longer be able to commit any evil acts.
‘Perhaps it even affected the demon fighting Rastan.’
Although I had received help from House Lansval’s heirloom, I felt proud and satisfied that my ability had reached that extent.
‘Haha, Father and Huan, who used to belittle me so much for not having an ability, should have seen this.’
Even while struggling to breathe, the corners of my lips weakly lifted.
Earlier, Ifrit had threatened me, saying that if he tore away my ability, I would remain alive but not truly living.
‘But now, he is the one in that state.’
It seemed that the saying about people receiving back what they did to others was true after all.
Even as I thought that, my vision gradually grew blurrier. I could tell that I would soon lose consciousness.
‘Am I going to die here like this…?’
If Ifrit had become as good as dead, then there would be no one who knew I was here…
‘If I’m left here like this for just an hour or two, I’ll die.’
I had already died once anyway, so dying again didn’t feel unfair or wasteful.
I was simply grateful for the second chance at life, where I had been able to change past mistakes and misfortune.
‘I’m satisfied just knowing I won’t die as Gerald’s fiancee or wife.’
The only regret was closing my eyes without seeing Rastan.
‘Is Rastan safe? Before I die, I want to see him just once more…’
Why was it? At this moment, my death in my previous life suddenly came to mind.
‘Back then too, I closed my eyes in Rastan’s arms.’
Through my fading vision, it felt as if I could see Rastan.
The sight of him running toward me as I collapsed in the snow… that was the last thing I had seen with my own eyes in my previous life.
Over the image of Rastan running toward me, the face I had seen just before he left the ducal estate two days ago overlapped.
That face, smiling warmly yet sadly—was that the last image I would see of him in this life?
‘I haven’t told you yet…’
My fading vision soon turned completely black.
Just as my consciousness was about to extinguish, suddenly, without the sound of the door opening, someone’s presence appeared.
Gathering all my remaining strength, I opened my eyes slightly and saw a large man, covered in blood as if cut by blades in many places, running toward me.
“Evelyn!!!”
Rastan dropped to his knees on the ground and lifted my upper body, raising me halfway into his arms.
His blue eyes, filled with shock, filled my entire vision. I couldn’t tell whether this was reality or merely a hallucination before death.
But it didn’t matter either way. Seeing the face I had desperately wished to see just once more, I barely managed to move my lips.
“Ras, tan…”
“Evelyn, come to your senses…”
“I… love you…”
With the last of my remaining strength, I said the words I had desperately wanted to tell him. But I couldn’t see his face after hearing them.
Because in the next moment, I immediately lost consciousness.
***
A little earlier, in the spirit realm, a fierce battle was underway between Rastan and the other demons.
Rastan blocked the relentless attacks with swordsmanship worthy of a war hero.
However, there were no fewer than six high-ranking demons, including Astaroth. They attacked him not only with blades but also with mental assaults.
“Where do you think that woman you treasure so much is now?”
“Did I tear her apart and kill her? No, was it that one who burned her to death? Kkihihihi…”
“What if she’s already gone to hell by now! Leviathan, stop putting on airs and go back to hell yourself, shouldn’t you?”
The demons spewed vile and cruel words, constantly provoking Rastan’s anxiety that Evelyn might already be dead.
Rastan tried not to respond and focused on the battle, but he was driven nearly mad as the image of Evelyn lying there, brutally wounded, kept appearing in his mind.
Swish!
Stab!
Whenever Rastan faltered even slightly, the demons seized the opening and slashed and stabbed him without hesitation.
‘Ugh…!’
He clenched his teeth and suppressed his groan, but that didn’t mean he couldn’t feel the pain.
However, what hurt more than his body right now was his heart.
‘Evelyn, please answer me. Tell me where you are…!’
His only thought was that he had to defeat them quickly and go find Evelyn, but as his injuries increased, it gradually became harder for him to continue.
Covered in blood, he looked as if he might collapse at any moment.
Then suddenly, Astaroth staggered greatly, as if his vision had spun.
“Ugh… what is this…?”
Rastan’s eyes, which had been clouded with pain, suddenly flashed with light.
He didn’t know what had happened, but he had no time to wonder about such things now.
Without hesitation, Rastan seized that moment and cut off Astaroth’s head.
“Aaah…!”
With the sudden reversal of the battle, the remaining demons faltered in shock.
At that moment, he suddenly felt Evelyn’s presence. It was like when electricity returned after a blackout, and all the lights in a house turned on at once.
It was because Astaroth had vanished, and the mental barrier he had set in the underground prison had been broken.
‘Evelyn?’
Rastan’s eyes widened. New strength surged into his body, which he had thought might die like this.
Leaving behind the remaining demons in their confusion, he instantly moved from the spirit realm to the human world. There was no reason to remain in the spirit realm any longer if Evelyn wasn’t there.
After returning to the human world, Rastan immediately tried to follow Evelyn’s presence, but the remaining demons hurried after him.
“He’s already covered in wounds, so chase him quickly and finish him off!”
“Yes! An opportunity like this rarely comes!”
Rastan glared irritably at the demons blocking his path while he was pressed for time.
“I’m busy, so get lost.”
Now that he had left the spirit realm, this battle became far easier for Rastan. He dismissed the summoned sword into the air and instead used his immense demonic power to easily subdue the remaining demons.
“Aaaaargh…”
Some vanished on the spot, while others fled.
Rastan looked disappointed that he hadn’t been able to eliminate them all, but he didn’t have time to waste on creatures like them.
He immediately focused again on Evelyn’s presence.
Though her presence was faint, as if it could vanish at any moment, Rastan was able to pinpoint her location without difficulty.
In the next instant, he arrived in the underground prison and his eyes widened upon seeing Evelyn in a near-death state.
“Evelyn!!”
Seeing Rastan, who had come to find her, she gave a faint smile.
“Ras, tan…”
“Evelyn, come to your senses…”
“I… love you…”
Before he even had time to react to those words, Evelyn’s hand fell limply to the ground.
A shock far greater than hearing her say she loved him struck Rastan’s mind.
It had only been a few months since she had closed her eyes in his arms in the snow.
‘No. Never, never again will I lose you.’
Struggling not to cry, Rastan poured all the healing power he possessed into her.
His own condition was far from good, but that didn’t matter at all in the face of Evelyn’s life.
***
I could faintly hear the commotion of several people moving and speaking nearby.
But I hadn’t dreamed. It simply felt like a very short time had passed in darkness.
And then I slowly opened my eyes.
‘It’s a luxurious room, but somehow it feels familiar… Where am I…? Did I die? It doesn’t look like hell, so is this heaven?’
As I lay there, blinking blankly with such foolish thoughts, suddenly an excessively handsome face appeared before my eyes.
“Evelyn?!”
Even though his face was more shadowed than ever, as if he had suffered greatly, I recognized that breathtakingly captivating face immediately.
“Rastan…?”
Before he could even react to my pitifully cracked voice, Rastan pulled me into his arms with a face that looked as if he might cry.
“Thank you, Evelyn. For coming back alive…”
I had wondered, but hearing his words, it seemed that I hadn’t died and had survived.
“This… how did this…?”
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