To My Beloved, I Present My Exquisite Nightmare (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 162

The man—no, Badin—tried to rise, but Lilit’s hand pressed down hard on his shoulder.

Though she was merely a human woman, Badin could have brushed her aside as easily as flicking away a feather, yet he did not. Laila watched the scene numbly, her expression tinged with slight astonishment.

— Darling, Lilit. What are you doing? Calm down.

Lilit’s hand, which had been pressing his shoulder, stroked Badin’s skin—now transformed into that of a human. His pupils flickered with a blazing light before turning red.

— So you truly weren’t human after all.

Lilit spoke. Veins stood out on Badin’s temples. It was almost strange that they hadn’t burst already.

— Lilit, stop…

— What are you? A demon? A monster? Or a ghost? It doesn’t matter. Why did you deceive me? Why did you lie to me?

Badin said nothing. Or perhaps, Laila thought, he couldn’t. She remembered when Eustar had asked her, “Why did you do it?”—when she had summoned Badin to save him…

Even then, Laila hadn’t been able to give a proper answer. Countless emotions surged within her, impossible to explain with mere words like “I did it for you,” yet voicing them felt unbearably difficult.

Badin, pinned beneath Lilit and lying as if dead with arms limp at his sides, had now fully changed. Black hair, red eyes—an utterly alien appearance never seen among the humans of Searrow.

And that wasn’t all. His face, once handsome yet ordinary like a country youth, now bore a sharp, haunting beauty—stunningly handsome, yet heartbreakingly lovely.

— Is that man dead?

Lilit murmured quietly. It was almost miraculous how clearly her voice reached Laila’s ears.

It sounded like a sob, yet Laila understood every word she meant to say—everything already spoken, and everything still left unsaid—flowing in like a river.

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