Lady Devil - Chapter 184

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The cool, thin lips slowly opened.

“It’s simple.”

“……”

“Make that woman open the last sarcophagus and call me with her blood. And make her beg me for the end of the curse herself. Then the chain around the woman’s neck will be removed, the devil’s body that fulfilled its final power will return to ashes, and my son will finally rest in peace.”

“……”

“As per the natural order set by that miraculous being called God.”

With that final answer devoid of any inflection, Kretzman closed his mouth. Johannes, who had stiffened his entire body in intense tension, also lost his words for a moment. Following Kretzman’s words, his nervously heightened nerve endings suddenly went damp and felt extremely heavy. Like firewood that had burned brightly then suddenly extinguished.

He couldn’t comprehend at all, yet in another sense understood completely, that the curse which seemed so much like his own bloodline and fate could be lifted by such a simple act. He simply lacked the courage to examine what he understood.

He didn’t want to know.

The voices of the man trapped in time and the boy abandoned by time no longer echoed. The underground hall was as quiet as a deep, calm lake, just azure blue. Only the sound of candles burning down here and there between the floor and bookshelves pooled deeply. Kretzman, who had lowered his upraised arms at some point, was staring at Johannes with an expression that even looked somewhat gentle. If not for the head he was ruthlessly gripping in one hand, it would have been a calmness no different from any other teacher in Duke Gustavus’ library.

However, Johannes slowly, very slowly, confirmed what was absent in Kretzman’s words.

As if opening his final gate.

“…Then what about me.”

“……”

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