I Want To Die One Day Before You - Chapter 125
“……Hmm, I don’t quite understand. Not even a little.”
The small mouse perched on the chair tilted its head.
“Is eliminating the royal family how you plan to protect her?”
“I will eliminate all who could pose a threat to her.”
Rufus clenched his fist tightly.
His gaze was no longer directed at the witch who had come to him.
On the bed, his lover lay soundly asleep. All his attention was focused on that small woman who had changed everything for him.
Sarubia, unknowingly immersed in sweet dreams, slept soundly like a fawn.
From the beginning, Rufus had only one wish.
To live a long life with her.
That was all. He had never been greedy for more.
So.
“I will execute all the royal family.”
The cold declaration from Rufus fell.
His eyes, as he spoke, held no emotion. They were dry and cracked beyond revitalization.
‘Ah……’
The witch Odr involuntarily shivered with goosebumps.
It was now clear.
This man was already…
‘Twisted.’
Wearing the guise of a mouse, the witch Odr gave a bitter smile.
Twisted. That was the most accurate description Odr could think of.
Rufus was twisted. He could no longer discern right from wrong.
His heart had been shattered long ago. Holding onto the fragmented pieces, the only things fueling him were his immeasurable hatred and desire for vengeance.
What Rufus initially wanted was an utterly pure desire.
He wanted to be with the one he loved.
To reminisce about the past with her.
To live today with her.
To dream of the future with her.
Those simple things he wanted had been so tragically, so vacuously destroyed in an instant.
And.
Rufus was broken.
He couldn’t cope.
He was unable to properly handle that loss.
For a long time, he wallowed in despair. Trapped in his despair, he yearned and yearned. Yet, as time passed, nothing changed.
The man screamed. Every time he closed his eyes, the horrific scene that pushed him into despair replayed.
The king had killed Sarubia.
When he awoke to a new day he did not welcome, he remembered.
The king had killed Sarubia.
While soullessly nodding during unwelcome briefings, he recalled.
The king had killed Sarubia.
So.
The king must be killed.
Looking at the king who reappeared before him with the power of the Demon King, Rufus gritted his teeth.
The king must be killed.
It must be done. Only then Sarubia wouldn’t die again.
The king can’t be left alive. Otherwise, Sarubia would die again.
So.
He would kill.
Without leaving a single one, he would eradicate the king and his cursed lineage.
This simple and blind logic seized Rufus’s thoughts. He could no longer consider any other possible futures.
The witch Odr was right. Love was a curse. It was driving this man mad.
“However, I plan to approach this from a slightly different angle now.”
At Rufus’s words, the witch Odr suddenly lifted her head.
“What do you mean by that?”
“Now, when I eliminate the royal family, I will no longer personally end their lives.”
Rufus spoke in a low voice as he gently stroked Sarubia’s hair with his cold hand.
“Witch Odr, did you mention that the demons are worried I might mess things up because of Sarubia?”
A bitterly cold sneer appeared on Rufus’s lips.
“From now on, tell them not to waste their nerves on unnecessary worries.”
The demons are fearful that Sarubia will foil Rufus’s plans to kill the entire royal family.
It’s an understandable concern. Sarubia was decidedly human. Unlike Rufus, she had no reason to cooperate with demons.
From the demons’ perspective, Sarubia is a complete thorn in their side.
However, Sarubia would never betray Rufus.
Because.
“From now on, I will use the hands of others to eliminate the remaining royals.”
—Sarubia.
Though I haven’t said it, I know you wouldn’t like that I’m killing the royal family. So, I won’t kill any more of them.
Not directly.
Hearing Rufus’s words, the witch Odr narrowed her eyes.
“Hmm… So you mean to say that you’ll handle the royals in such a way that Sarubia won’t suspect anything?”
“Correct.”
“Good. That’s the confirmation I wanted to hear. I will surely convey this to the demons.”
The mouse with pricked ears leaped down from the chair.
“May the Demon King’s blessing be upon you until the day my dear little son Iruel becomes the king of this country.”
Leaving a curse in the guise of a blessing, the witch chuckled slyly and left the tent.
“……”
After sending the witch Odr off, Rufus silently stroked Sarubia’s hair for a while. The delicate texture and the rising sweet scent of her body profoundly soothed Rufus’s mind.
—Sarubia.
I’m sorry, but I am not as proper or as patient as you think. I am not magnanimous enough to spare the king and his children who killed you.
So.
Allow me to protect you, as you remain unknowing of the whole story.
Don’t ask anything, just love me, as I love you.
With all these words buried in his heart, Rufus kissed the nape of the sleeping Sarubia’s neck. Deeply asleep, she was unaware like a small creature caught in a web.
