Chapter 405. For the End (3) (2/2)
“I just remembered someone from my past.”
“Your past?”
“A high school friend. We were part of the same group of friends that did everything together.”
The topic was unexpected and her tone wasn’t a happy one.
“Yun Seohui reminds me of that bitch…. The way they talk and the way they act, it’s basically the same.”
She frowned angrily at the thought of her friend.
“How are they alike?”
“How should I describe it? They both have a mask. It’s like… they’re fake, or artificial….”
Kim Hannah, who was standing next to Seol Jihu, threw a quick glance at Oh Rahee.
“I can’t pinpoint exactly what’s wrong. Something about them annoys me, but I can’t say what for sure.”
Oh Rahee shook her head, saying that some of her friends still think of that particular friend as a bright and outgoing person.
“Anyway, I don’t want to be anywhere near her. It’s the first time I’ve felt this way about someone since Baek Haeju.”
Oh Rahee, who spat in the direction of the palace, turned towards the carriage.
“Are you still friends with her?”
Seol Jihu blurted out.
Oh Rahee stopped.
“…Nope.”
She turned towards him with a little smirk.
“I cut ties with her a long time ago. It was the best decision of my life, without a doubt.”
With a smile on her lips, Oh Rahee climbed onto the carriage.
Seol Jihu followed after her, feeling somewhat restless.
He couldn’t relax even after settling down in the carriage.
The result wasn’t bad at all.
Sinyoung readily accepted Valhalla’s terms, and the signed contract was in his hands.
She could no longer conspire against Valhalla, at least in Paradise.
Still, he just couldn’t put his mind at rest.
After pondering for a while, Seol Jihu concluded that the reason he was anxious was because of his preconceptions about Yun Seohui.
Come to think of it, Kim Hannah wasn’t the only one who warned him about her.
[Be careful of Yun Seohui.]
Black Seol Jihu had said the same thing.
There must have been a good reason for such a strong-minded and cautious man to say such a thing.
He also recalled the time he looked at Yun Seohui with Future-Gauging Nine Eyes during the opening ceremony.
[What’s your reason?]
[Why does our mighty Spear Demon—why does he hate me so much?]
[I know you have a grudge against Sinyoung. But don’t you know how hard I tried to ease your heart?]
[How could you do this to me?]
[Kill me. Just kill me instead!]
The words Yun Seohui screamed at Black Seol Jihu….
[You didn't do anything for me. It was for Sinyoung.]
[You used my strength to protect your company, and I used you to achieve my goals.]
[That’s why you threw away everything and desperately clung to me.]
[Sung Shihyun told me you were a crazy bitch right before he died at my hands. He was right.]
The words Black Seol Jihu said to Yun Seohui….
[You got discarded, didn’t you?]
[I guess you couldn’t enter his fence~]
[What did I tell you? He’s an uncontrollable lunatic.]
[You want to, what, break it if you can’t have it? Is that it?]
And the words Kim Hannah spat at Yun Seohui. He remembered them one by one.
In Seol Jihu’s opinion, Yun Seohui was definitely not normal.
She was unpredictable and totally uncontrollable, as evidenced by the fact that she once switched sides to join the Parasites.
But that was in the past.
Knowing her present self, Seol Jihu was reluctant to draw conclusions.
Because….
‘Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet.’
Yun Seohui was a woman of five colors.
He had seen her become an enemy. But he had also seen the exact opposite of that.
The future in which Yun Seohui, standing beside him as the Executor of Invidia, the Star of Envy, waving her hand at the crowd as they cheered her name.
‘Maybe.’
Maybe it was already too late.
Seol Jihu had forced Yun Seohui to sign the contract and Yun Seohui accepted it.
The contract basically specified that he chose Yun Seora over Yun Seohui.
‘…I don’t know.’
“What’s wrong with you? Are you okay?”
As Seol Jihu rubbed his forehead, Phi Sora leaned closer and asked.
Seol Jihu shook his head without a word.
“Now this is a rare sight. You must really be tired. Do you have a headache? I think the carriage will leave soon. Maybe you should get some sleep, or…. Do you want to lean on me?”
Phi Sora tapped her shoulder lightly and Seo Yuhui, who was sitting across from them, got up in a hurry.
It was then.
“We’re leaving!”
Just as the wagoner lifted the whip, a hurried knock was heard and the carriage door swung open.
Not only Seol Jihu but also Phi Sora, and Seo Yuhui, who was forcibly pulling up Phi Sora from her seat, widened their eyes.
There, a stranger stood, dressed in an oversized cloak with a hood, fidgeting nervously.
The stranger looked at Seol Jihu and spoke in a hurry.
“Excuse me, but could you….”
A thin but low voice escaped the stranger’s lips.
A moment later, the carriage set off.
*
The carriage pulled by four Horuses passed through the eastern gate.
Half an hour later, the wagoner suddenly changed the direction of the carriage.
The carriage spun around to the left and headed back towards the city where it had just left.
This time it moved towards the western gate, instead of the southern gate.
Soon the carriage stopped at a secluded spot near the gate, and two people in hooded cloaks got off the carriage and began walking towards the city.
“…Hold on.”
As Scheherazade neared, Seol Jihu stopped the hooded figure in front of him.
“Pardon?”
“Sorry. I just think this will be better.”
“What do you m…. W-Wait!”
Seol Jihu literally swept the stranger off her feet, and the stranger wriggled in response.
“Hold tight.”
He wrapped his arms around her and raised his mana.
Tong!
With the sound of air exploding, Seol Jihu’s body scattered like the wind.
Tong, tong, tong, tong!
The wind climbed the castle wall and blew into the city, towards the back gate of the Scheherazade Palace.