Struggling to hold Carlott, I headed towards the driver’s seat. The shoulder that had been jolted and burned in pain didn’t matter now.
The driver was already dead.
“You alone, run away…….”
“Don’t ruin my dreams!”
After smacking Carlott’s forehead, who was babbling nonsense, I quickly separated the horse from the carriage.
“Hey, get on!”
Barely climbing behind Carlott, I drove the horse forward.
“After them!”
Not long after, the two assassins began to chase us.
‘What to do?’
My magic was not offensive, so I couldn’t eliminate the assassins. Carlott was now incapacitated.
The answer was one.
‘Shake them off.’
However, my riding skill, learned merely as a part of my education, was not excellent.
Even now, the distance with the assassins was narrowing.
I deliberately ran into a densely wooded area to hinder their vision.
That’s when it happened.
Carlott twisted his body and threw a dagger.
Screeeech!
With a whistling sound.
“Chk!”
One assassin fell backward, seemingly dead.
“One more, to the, front…….”
Carlott muttered, gripping his sword. But soon, we faced an unexpected obstacle.
Neigh!
The horse was startled and jumped.
Because we had run into a distant cliff after crossing the forest.
There was no way out now.
Turning the horse’s head, I came face to face with the pursuing assassin.
‘I still have one poison left, so somehow I’ll manage.’
I took out the vial from my pocket, but Carlott was faster.
He rolled off the horse and attacked the assassin without hesitation.
Ching!
With a bloodied sword, Carlott once again clashed with the assassin.
He said they had a magical tool that nullifies magic, and Carlott truly couldn’t use his strength.
“Damn!”
Carlott yelled, his sword tip accurately piercing the assassin’s vital point.
I thought he finally got him, but an unexpected attack flew at me.
“Dodge!”
I twisted my body at Carlott’s command, but that turned out to be the wrong decision.
말이 발작하며 나를 떨어트렸다.
기우뚱한 내 몸은 균형을 잡을 새도 없이 뒤로 넘어갔다.
“야!”
카를로트가 황급히 손을 내미는 모습이 아주 천천히 재생되듯 눈에 들어왔다.
붙잡기 위해 손을 뻗은 순간이었다.
그런데 어째서일까.
“나한테 닿지 마. 더러우니까.”
벼락이 내리치듯 기억의 편린이 밀려들었다. 언젠가 카를로트가 내 손을 뿌리치며 했던 말이었다.
‘내게 닿는 게 소름 끼친다고 했었는데.’
……뿌리쳐질지도 몰라.
그 생각이 든 탓에 나는 무심코 손을 거둬들였다. 찰나의 머뭇거림이었으나 결과는 명확했다.
“아.”
나는 그대로 절벽 아래로 추락했다.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]“……야!”
후드득.
발길에 차인 돌무더기가 아래로 떨어졌다.
얼마나 까마득한지 절벽 아래는 온통 암흑일 뿐, 무엇도 보이지 않았다.
“Elodie Ferdia!”
목에 핏대가 설 정도로 이름을 외쳤지만, 이미 상대는 절벽 아래로 추락한 이후였다.
카를로트의 얼굴에 핏기가 가셨다.
충격이 가시지 않았다.
왜.
왜 내 손을 안 잡았어?
“……왜?”
내 도움을 받을 바엔, 차라리 죽겠다는 건가?
그 정도로, 나를, 혐오한다고……?
아직도 눈앞에 선했다.
내민 그의 손을 잡기 위해 손을 뻗다가 체념하는 얼굴로 추락하던 그 모습이.
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
