Guidelines for the Perfect Goodbye - Chapter 128
However, Evelyn didn’t seem to have the energy to care about her unauthorized outing.
Evelyn gently grasped a bright part of the quilt on her bed as if trying to hold the light falling on it.
“The weather was really nice today.”
“……”
“How was it outside?”
“……I’m sorry.”
“No, not that.”
Evelyn asked again.
“I mean the weather outside. Was it nice?”
“……Yes. It was… nice.”
“I see.”
Evelyn mumbled with a faint smile.
“I’m jealous…”
Jealous? I’m the one who’s jealous of you, Evelyn Lasphilla. I’m so jealous I could go crazy. Lilith swallowed her thoughts and sat on the chair Evelyn had offered.
On a sunny day, it was just the two of them. It was an ironic and bizarre combination for the main wife and the mistress to be together on such a peaceful day.
“You know.”
Evelyn parted her dry lips.
“I’m going to die soon.”
“……!”
Lilith looked up sharply.
She couldn’t bring herself to mimic the maids’ worries by saying, “Please don’t say that!”
Lilith just stared at Evelyn, frozen like a statue. Evelyn looked calm.
“I’m going to die soon, and this child might not even be born.”
“……”
“It’s okay. I don’t really like children anyway.”
Lilith’s expression was full of doubt. Liar. Her eyes said so.
Lilith wasn’t particularly fond of children either. But her own child was different. Her child, whom she had carried for ten months.
Cecilia was her blood, flesh, and life itself.
But Evelyn didn’t seem to look at the child in her womb with any affection. To Lilith, it seemed like a lie.
“It’s true. Honestly, even Caroline and Margaret… they resemble me a lot. So I don’t particularly dislike them, but I don’t love them dearly either.”
“……Are you serious?”
“That’s a rude question.”
“I’m sorry…”
“Yes, I don’t love my children. But I do have a sense of moral responsibility and duty.”
Evelyn continued,
“I will die soon, and then my children will be lonely. In this household, they are likely to go astray… and you will probably contribute to their warped upbringing.”
“Are you planning to… kick me out?”
“Of course not. I don’t have the authority to do that.”
Evelyn’s smile became crooked.
“I have just one request.”
“…What is it?”
“Don’t kill them.”
“…?”
“The children, don’t kill them.”
Lilith shook her head slowly.
“I would never…”
“Never what?”
Evelyn chuckled.
“You’ve already tried to kill me several times.”
“That was…!”
“What? Did you think I wouldn’t know?”
“…”
“Even a fool would notice if you were that clumsy. At the very least, if you had already made up your mind, you shouldn’t have hesitated.”
“…”
“You couldn’t even see it through, and you made it so obvious. Let me tell you now, it was exhausting pretending not to notice.”
“Th-Thank you.”
Thank you for turning a blind eye to my attempts to kill you. That was what she was babbling.
Looking back, it was embarrassingly shameful. But at that time, Lilith had no leisure to reflect on herself.
“Anyway, you owe me your life, and in a way, I owe you mine too.”
“Um…”
Lilith tilted her head. She realized something was off about Evelyn’s calculation, but she couldn’t figure out exactly what it was.
Evelyn continued nonchalantly.
“So let’s each repay our debt to the other.”
“So, you mean… by not killing them?”
“Yes. It would be better if you could help them, but honestly, it will be hard. I’m not kind, my husband is not kind, and this household is not normal… Once those children grow up, it will be difficult for you and your daughter to stay in this house. I don’t expect that much.”
“…”
“Let me correct that. I don’t expect you to go that far. I know your conscience only extends to not killing anyone.”
“…”
Lilith awkwardly pursed her lips. In reality, the most important things to her were Cecilia and herself.
And… the one thing supporting them—Adam. Lilith believed that Adam was that one thing.
“So what is the debt you will repay me with?”
She asked with a shallow conscience.
Evelyn pulled out a box from beside the bed.
“This.”
When she opened the box, a strong light reflected and sparkled in various colors.
It was a pure white wedding dress.
