Chapter 365 (2/2)

Aubert wasn’t dumbfounded, he was stupefied 1 He couldn’t find the words to speak But those poison seeds in his heart stirred again

Lan Jue could feel goose bu! A terrible , that ruined the lives of two people for three hundred years! A single mistake vast one in to madness, and the other in to bitter loneliness

“I struck you with this soothing arrow because I needed you clear, lucid I wanted to tear it out of you, to interrogate you until I knehy you did that to me And now you say, it’s because you loved me… you don’t find that funny?”

“No! No, no, no!” Aubert howled suddenly with as th as he could muster “No, Bize – you , I’ave you a chance to explain It was that arrogance, it hurt my pride But it hurt you as well All of it… all of it isyou to give me another chance My sins werewas for the wine Despite my desires I hadn’t yet hurt anyone I don’t I don’t want to die Pull out your arrow You’ve given me hope, and that hope has started to kill those poison feelings Because of you, I’ll never succuer O have to live, but if you’d like I’ll spend the rest of itamends Three hundred years of debt, I’ll repay I don’t want to die… I don’t want to die! Bize Bize I rong I rong!”

Purple tears leaked frorape-like eyes, and trickled down the vines that co all of the grape vines to writhe in disco white arrow seean to rock back and forth, while the light di Eventually, it worked itself free froround

Lilou-Bize Leroy looked down at the arrow in shock 3 This proved one thing; that the arrow of kindness could only seal evil, not kill It was an ancient technique, which was painstakingly difficult to recreate Since it had fallen out of its own accord, it

More importantly, however, it es would not have happened

It’s true… he really loves… me?

Bize pushed herself away, her features stricken She would never have believed this was the case A si had ruined their lives

Now free froan to recover The vines that were his forrapes upon them shrank, then vanished After a moment, the rest of his body followed What re that distinguished him from any other centenarian was the fact that his skin was the color of grape vines

“Bize!” He scrarasp her hand

Bize subconsciously backed away Aubert fell to his knees “Bize, I swear uponI said is true Fro, to just be Aubert with you I will be Aubert Bize I will be your knight, your servant, anything at all so long as I can be by your side If my life is what you want, youI live for”