[“I’ve had a second chance….
A re-gained life, a second-gained opportunity.
I believed that if I had one more chance, I would never make such a mistake again.
I vowed to avenge everyone who had hurt me.
With everything in readiness, I was confident that I could at least do better than her in this life.
However, another life that i I barely received after I vented out violent curse and anger– It was still a failure.”]
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‘That bitch…..’
Jieun muttered, looking at the woman’s back, who had already disappeared.
Aristia, the woman who came visit her at night and left a few words behind.
She was really awful until the last minute. Most people would be glad to have survived, but in the meantime, Tia asked her why she saved her life by calculating the benefits.
[“How cold-hearted she is! Obviously, her blood must be cold.”]
There was a giggle of laughter. There was nothing new about it now. Because the attitude she showed today was her true self, Tia was such a woman from the beginning.
Even though her life was threatened several times, Tia always remained silent for the interests of her faction instead of running around to take revenge on her opponents. Then, and as soon as she got the chance, she smashed it.
[“Hooo, But i like that attitude”]
Yeah, Although she could never like Aristia but Jieun liked her firm attitude. It was a place where she could never break down with her own strength, for the past two years, Tia never let her head down until her last moment.
Duke Jenna, who tried to devour the empire and might have achieved his dream, was by no means a pushover in her second life
Jieun plan to approached him to compete with Tia, and ruining him after earning his trust, but he never let his guard down. The Duke never showed himself a crack.
Furthermore, when he can’t control the emperor and Ruve as he wished, the Duke they gradually isolated her from the aristocrat faction. Luckily, she’s child of God’s prophecy, without it, she would have been abandoned.
But Aristia took down the Duke with such a maneuver all of a sudden. She eventually brought down the place, and eventually overthrew him and his family.
Maybe both of them were born with different talents, but the result was so different even though Jieun was aiming for the same thing
In fact, Jieun still didn’t know why Ruve left the capital city after leaving her alone, but Tia seemed to quickly understand the reason after hearing just a few words.
[‘Why did I come back then?’]
Jieun laughed bitterly. In the end, she neither won nor avenged her in the face-off.
Although Duke Jenna was executed, it was Tia, not her, who made it possible. Moreover, Jieun hadn’t yet overcome her past.
“If only I had thought so from the beginning…….”
She murmured dejectedly. In a determined voice, Tia kept saying that he was different from the past and the present, but Jieun didn’t believe it.
Jieun couldn’t believe her words even though she saw Ruve treating her kindly, unlike when he was treating her in the past, Jieun couldn’t believe him.
She thought that human nature could not be changed, was the he was a same person who looked the same, so Jieun thought Ruve should pay for what he had done in the past.
[“But the moment i saw him crying in front of Tia’s death, that thought melted away.”]
Jieun sympathized with him for the first time. The old him that she used to know would never have shown such a reaction. Maybe that’s why…..
[“Maybe that’s why I earnestly prayed that God would save her.
Although she was offered the miracle of divine power, i earnestly begged God to save her, the woman who i had been hating so much.
[I really wanted to ask her, the only one who has the same experience as me. How did you overcome this terrible feeling of separation? But I didn’t ask her, after all….”]
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“Hahaha…”
After laughing for a long time, Jieun suddenly saw the glass bottle she had left behind. She slowly rose from her seat and approached the table. Then slowly reached out and held the glass bottle in her hand.
Twinkling brilliantly in the moonlight, it was very cold to the touch. Like Tia’s eyes looking at her.
[“Did she say she didn’t want to watch me die…….?” ]
Considering what she told her, it was highly likely that the bottle Tia left behind was poison. Instead of being humiliated in front of everyone, Jieun would rather drink this and kill herself cleanly. She thought she might have recalled her memories before her return.
It certainly wasn’t such a good memory. A bitter smile came to her mind when Jieun remembered that she had attended Tia’s execution before returning. Tia fixed her golden eyes on Ruve without casting a glance at her at all.
Golden eyes, her calm and imposing figure. Although Tia looked haggard because of her imprisonment, she was confident and elegant until her last moment.
If Jieun didn’t drink what was in the bottle, it was clear that she would have the same fate with Tia in the past. Of course Jieun was not sure if she could be as confident as her.
The red tones and the blood-colored madness. As the air surrounding her seemed to be smelled blood, Jieun shuddered unconsciously. She didn’t have the confidence to die calmly like Tia. She didn’t want to die miserably in the face of those laughing scornfully at her.
[“I don’t wanted to end my life like that.”]
[“What should I do? “]
Jieun tightened her grip on the bottle.
She wanted to die, but at the same time she didn’t want to die. Now that she lost her purpose of returning, Jieun no longer want to live in this strange world. She’s had enough of life being treated and despised by people. But she didn’t even want to give up her life too.
How can she end her life in such a vain way when she’s come back to this world? What’s more, she didn’t achieve anything that she wanted.
“Whew…”
When Jieun was staring at the cold glass bottle hesitantly for a long time, she could hear the door which had been tightly closed was opened
Jieun slowly lifted her head, hiding the glass bottle into her sleeve. Thanks to the torch hanging in the hallway, she could see two bright shadows standing in the bright doorway.
“…….”
While examining the shadows to see if Tia was back. Jieun hardened her face a bit. She couldn’t recognize who it was because they stood behind the light, but they were simply too big for her shadow.
So who else are they? For what purpose did they visit her?
While taking a breath of tension and organizing her thoughts, one of the shadow walked in, gestured lightly.
After confirming the other shadow standing beside the door, Jieun turned to the shadow coming toward her. It was clear that it was him who came here to see her for some reason.
“Lady Jenna…..”
A cold voice echoed in the room.
By.Piooky 