Chapter 26 (1/2)

Translator and Editor: Lea and Ishy

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Chapter 26

I silently clenched my teeth.

‘I have to endure it somehow. At least, until Lennox arrives.’

Whether it was to run away or launch an attack.

“Then, enjoy your walk.”

‘Huh?’

“As you said, the weather is chilly, so don’t stay outside for too long.”

But contrary to my expectations, Carinne let me go too easily.

‘What? This is impossible.’

She turned away, leaving me at a loss.

My pulse suddenly went away.

‘Good, that’s good. Let’s get out of here before–’

“By the way, Olivia.”

Carinne—who was walking towards the mansion—suddenly stopped and looked back at me. Her lips drew into a smile with only her head turned. But something felt off in her delicate expression.

“Have you ever entered my room?”

Thump.

My heart sank.

“No. Why would I do that?”

I tried to pretend, but I could not hide the tremble in my voice.

“Yeah, why would you come into my room? Unless you had something to take in secret.”

“…!”

My whole body froze as if it was in ice-cold water.

Carinne noticed. All of it.

‘That’s why I came back to my original body. You don’t have to fool me like you fooled Mary anymore.’

Recognizing her doubts, she took off the mask she was wearing and showed her true colors.

-Olivia! What are you doing!

At that moment, Ash’s lively voice rang in my head.

It was then that the front door opened with a loud noise. People began to rush out through the open door. Everyone in the mansion, not only the Viscount Brienne but also the servants.

The only ones I couldn’t see were Mary and Richard.

My eyes captured the blank white of their eyes. It looked exactly like last night when the Viscount rushed to me.

“Who’s the fugitive?”

“Where is it?”

“I have to grab it.”

The sight of them exchanging words with an evil spirit—like a snake that wanted to wrap its body around its prey and crush it between its fangs—was horrifying.

My survival instinct worked quickly.

My leg—when both seemed to be frozen on the ground—moved on its own and took a step back.

There was a sound of something dropping and breaking under my feet.

At first, the entire mansion was engulfed in silence.

Slide.

Dozens of people turned silently at once, and a dozen pairs of eyes flashed toward me.

-Olivia!

Ash’s cry hit my ears again.

When I came to my senses, I was already running toward the main gate.

“Grab it!”

I heard the sound of a horde chasing after me.

I ran to avoid being caught. Perhaps, I thought, I also threw my bag somewhere.

Nevertheless, the thud of steps behind me was getting closer little by little.

Plus, there was one fact that I overlooked.

‘What kind of stamina is this!’

Olivia’s body couldn’t stand the pressure. No matter how much I ran, I was already gasping for breaths. It was suffocating enough to make my heart stop.

“Hurry, grab it!”

“Grab it! Grab it!”

Leaving the creepy voices behind, I desperately hurried my feet.

I saw the main gate in front of me.

Just a little bit more…

However, just a few steps ahead, my legs gave up and I lost my balance.

‘No!’

With an indescribable fear, I closed my eyes.

When my body touched something warm and hard, and I felt like someone was hugging my back strongly.

‘Why doesn’t it hurt?’

It was right after I noticed something strange.

‘Hold on, hug?’

When I opened my eyes, I saw a man looking down at me with his eyes narrowed. At the same time, a sense of relief flooded in me.

“You came on time.”

It was Lennox.

“You look like you’re in trouble.”

Lennox jutted out his chin behind me.

‘Right, I was being chased!’

I felt like I was hit by cold water when I came back to reality.

“This is not the time to be like this! I have to get out of here right now!”

However, Lennox skimmed through the people running to catch me and pulled one corner of his mouth into a leisurely smirk.

“Really?”

His silent bright red eyes seemed to shine, and then they sank in a daze.

And,

“Gasp!”

A huge and transparent wall erupted between them and us.

The wall was high enough to be Lennox’s boundary.

Blocked by the boundary, they slammed their faces into the wall like crazy. Their madness was incomparable.

But there was no incontinence inside the boundary, and none of them approached me anymore.

“Are you hurt?”