Chapter 25 (1/2)

Chapter 25

“Sorry but, I find what you’re saying hard to believe right now It’s such an absurd story…”

Rosetta nodded after hearing his honest thoughts

In fact, she also knew that people wouldn’t easily believe this

It was better that he honestly said that he couldn’t wrap his head around it

Of course

‘It’sme on the back of my head later’

While Rosetta positively assessed Cassion’s distrust, the man exhaled with a shaky breath

He covered his lips, but he felt his own scorching breath

He looked down at his bloody side, then looked up once aze with Rosetta

This wasn’t the time to smile, but he did

And as he smiled silently, his red eyes suddenly felt heavy

A hot sensation pressed over his eyes The heat weighed down his eyes, and eventually became tears that trickled down

Yet the tears themselves were as cold as ice

Rosetta stared blankly at Cassion

One second he said that he couldn’t believe her words, then the next he was suddenly crying

And he cried coldly, as though he was the winter night hih…”

What seeped out of his lips were sounds that couldn’t be identified, whether they were sobs or laughter

Despite that, his lips that were curved up looked sorrowful

“Why are you crying”

At Rosetta’s not-so-delicate question, Cassion opened his eyes

More tears streamed down his cheeks as he slowly opened his eyelids

“Because I’m sad”

“About what?”

“Because it’s an absurd story, because eventually, it’sme want to just die”

An unbelievable explanation An explanation without any evidence presented

Nevertheless, the connotation of a dog’s death, a ’s death’

Was it because this pitiful, miserable description suited hiht that when he was going to die soless death?

“You knew in advance that I would be in an accident, right?”

“Yes I saw it in advance, that’s why I was there to save you while you were on the verge of dying I planned to save you and ask you to join hands with ether”

But what she didn’t plan was that he would forget about her rescuing hi to Rosetta’s added explanation, Cassion nodded

If all those absurd words were true, then the absurd probability could be understood

He kne Rosetta knew about the carriage ‘accident’

So when she saved him…

And when she suddenly told him to become the next duke instead of Leo…

“What do you plan to do now?”

Rosetta asked Cassion with a hushed voice He was lost in thought

“I said everything I could say But if you’re still thinking about it…”

She stopped talking for a while, then she raised her hand and uncurled her fingers one by one

Index finger, er

As she held up three fingers, a solemn voice came out from Rosetta’s lips

“One, I will do my best to help you, Cassion Carter, while you’re on my side, and I will never abandon you Two, I will make sure that you can survive and become happy at the end of it all And three, if I ever break this oath, I vow that I shall die the cruelest, most miserable death in the world, and that I will remove myself from everyone’s hout the dark alley

And as she stopped speaking, she slowly turned her eyes towards the man

“What a brutal vow”

“It’s supposed to be like that if you want it to be upheld Even if it’s uncomfortable to hear”

At the man’s words which were tinted with amusement, Rosetta also replied with a siers she had folded as she counted were held up again

“Now, it’s your turn to choose”

She had already laid everything she could in front of him All that was left was Cassion’s choice

“Will you die as fate decrees, or…”

Survive With her

Rosetta reached out to the lass shards, still bandaged now—the sanify her vow

The white bandage was stained with both blood and rubble

The blood of the razed to save hiasping voice rang clearly

“I trust you…”

Soon after, he stopped leaning back on the wall

But his head, as it lost the place where it leaned on, faltered dangerously forward

Like a floaying in the wind

“Since I said I’ll trust you… Even if it’s unbelievable, I’ll trust you So after all this, if what you say is true…”

Rosetta stared wordlessly as his black hair fluttered in the air

“Heuk…”

With a groan, his shoulders shook and sank down

But even before he crouched down, a series of biting coughs came out of his mouth

And red blood flowed down the corner of his lips and wet his chin

He steeled his gaze

He was already losing consciousness

Now, he couldn’t even feel the pain any strength and lifted his head slightly

But his gaze lost its grip as his staggering body barely reached Roseta

“I accept your proposition”

His quivering red eyes flashed with madness

“Rosetta Valentine I don’t kno you’re going to ht… Save me Make me the next Duke”

Please

The face that ith both blood and tears smiled broadly