I’ll Wrench the Neck of Sweet Son of a B*tch - Chapter 10
Episode 10: The Death Song
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Unlike the tight security outside, there were few people wandering inside the abandoned castle. We hid as much as possible and crept up the stairs.
“There she is.”
A faint light leaked from the room at the end of the hallway, which Lord France had pointed at. I took a deep breath to hide my trembling heart, then carefully walked and opened the door.
“Estelle…!”
I could see my child sleeping on the cradle. I hurriedly ran and held the child in my arms. Both cheeks of my child were too cold.
“You have to hurry up and go out.”
Without any time to be moved by the reunion with my baby, I walked after Lord France.
My weakened body had no choice but to move slowly because it was hard even if I ran a little. To make matters worse, the child who woke up began to whine, I became impatient.
At some point we made it down to the first floor and when we opened the door to go outside we heard, “I’ve been waiting for a long time.”
My face hardened with the unexpected appearance of Kailos.
“Where are you going, Chloe?”
Seeing him approaching with a sly smile gave me a creepy goosebumps. His soldiers took the child from me.
No, no…….
He hugged me forcibly as I struggled desperately.
Estelle… No, my baby……
Lord France was seen being captured and dragged by soldiers in the distance.
That was the last day, since that day, I have not seen my little Estelle, nor Lord France, who helped me,
The place where I was detained was the Emperor’s bedroom. The space where I spent time with his brother one day now belonged to him.
It was one day when Kailos, who was tired of soothing me, did not visit the bedroom for fifteen days.
“Tsk tsk. You don’t look like a human being.”
It was the Empress, the former Marquis Elizabeth Rosaline, who came to visit me. I know she’s been bothering me for a long time.
“My child…… Please help me to meet Estelle.”
The woman coldly looked down at me and handed me a small glass bottle.
“Go to the child you miss so much.”
The clear liquid in the glass bottle overflowed and tempted me. I took the vial with trembling hands, without asking, I knew what it was.
Does that mean that my child is no longer a part of this world? Now, even tears did not flow.
“His Majesty is very soft, I said the hounds that have finished their use should be removed immediately.”
Hounds that have finished their use, I guess I was like that to him.
“But isn’t it a relief? Because before my child is born, he had to take care of you.”
Iglanced and looked at the woman’s belly hidden in the hem of her voluminous dress.
“So go ahead now. Your child is waiting.”
I opened the lid of the glass bottle.
Tuk, spin, spin.
The lid that fell on the floor rolled with a loud noise, Without further hesitation, I swallowed the liquid in the glass bottle. Something cold flowed down my throat.
The moment of death.
My child’s cry lingered in my ears, my red blood wets the front of the dress. Behind the woman, who has always had a cynical expression on her face, is the vision of the man I loved.
The man I loved hugs the woman and mocks me.
My eyes became heavy and hot, my whole body heated up violently. I slowly closed my eyes. Pain ripped my body and broke through my mind.
Kailos was right, I’ve been broken down for a long time already.
‘Poor Chloe, you are alone.
In the faint past, the young Kailos smiled at me calmly.
“Now come with me.’
A burning flame flashed behind him. White snowflakes flew over the darkened darkness. The palm extended toward me was a temptation that could not resist.
‘Why did you save me?’
When asked, recalling the unforgettable afterimage of that time, he replied with a big smile.
“Because you’re pretty.’
‘Do you like pretty things?’
”Not me, but my brother likes pretty things, very much.’
At the age of twelve, I couldn’t understand what he said, but he was the first light I saw in my life.
The servants of the Duchy who followed him informed me that he was actually the illegitimate child of the previous emperor and that the ‘brother’ he said was none other than the only Emperor of the empire.
But that fact didn’t really impress me. The Emperor, the Grand Duke….. Because it was all a distant story for me.
‘Chloe, you were hiding here.’
‘Why did you skip class and run away?’
I don’t want to learn letters. It’s hard and I have a headache.’
Seeing the twelve year old me who ran away from the tutor he had given me, the seventeen year old him laughed softly.
“I specially hired that person for you, but I’m very upset to hear that.’
“Why does a child like me need to learn letters and write them?’
“Someday, a day may come when you need it. That’s why people always have to prepare for the future in advance.
‘But I don’t want to learn.’
“Hmm…’
He was engrossed in my strong refusal for a moment, then patted my head and lowered his voice.
‘Then what about this, Chloe? You can study with me.’
“What?’
I’m a very busy person, but I’ll make time especially for you.’
“Why?’
“Because you like me.’
I frowned again because I didn’t understand what he said.
“Why? Because your younger brother likes pretty things?’
‘No.’
Shaking his head softly, he whispered in a sweet voice.
‘I realized that you are a very lovely child.’
Even when I was young, I did not yield to the bullying of my half-brother, even when I was living as a talking beast of the Garnet’. His (Kailos’) voice was sweet enough to make my cheeks blush.
The gentle voice that made me a woman blind to love, faded away. A dark abyss encroached on me.
As my body and mind gradually became lighter, the warm sunshine tickled my eyes. I raised my eyelids carefully, frowning.
. ..In the world where I opened my eyes again, the man I once loved so much looked down at me with a pale face.
Chloe, Chloe. Silly Chloe.
The woman blinded by her love is so dull that she crossed the river from which she could not return.
Sweet tears, that becomes hot rain and wet the cold ground.
Chloe, Chloe. Poor Chloe.
A lost child, hungry for love goes against the flow of time.
Sweet sorrow, you become a hungry beast and devour the pitiful world
Sad love, cursed relationship, terrible pain, foolish
Chloe……
Chapter 2. I’ll Wrench the Neck of Sweet Son of a Bitch
Blink, blink.
No matter how many times I blinked, it was him in front of me.
Kailos, the man who saved me from the mud and put me back in the mud after everything was over. The man I loved with all my heart and body.
Since I had seen him from the past, I thought this was also an extension of that. That’s why it’s often referred to as a ‘kaleidoscopic’.
“Chloe…..!”
His handsome face was pale. Even beyond the blurry view, I opened my eyes thinly, and I saw his grey hair that was soaked in cold sweat and stuck onto his forehead.
I somehow became sorry at the appearance of him.
Wait, am I feeling sorry for him?
For a moment, I was terribly surprised by the emotions I felt without knowing it. I was so startled that my heart, which had once died, started to beat hard again.
Kailos was my sanctuary that I could not dare to disobey. He was my savior and guardian who rescued me, who almost lived a miserable life worse than an animal in Garnet.
Not only was he the man I loved, he was the first person to teach me the feeling of love, which was broken somewhere, so that I could have interest and affection for others.
I frowned gently in confusion. Kailos, who was cautiously approaching me, became hardened like ice.
“Chloe…Are you still sick?”
His asking voice was trembling a little.
That’s absurd. What does it mean, Kailos being careful about me? My past, through ‘kaleidoscopic’ was subtly changed.
“The fever has gone down considerably, your highness.”
I heard a different voice next to me, I saw an older man I knew with a gray beard. Estelle… he was the doctor who examined me at the time when I found out that I had conceived the child.
So, is this the memory of when I first discovered I was pregnant with Estelle? There were a lot of strange things to say, it’s a memory.
Above all, it was none other than Kailos who rejoiced more than anyone at the news of my pregnancy, even more than the emperor, the child’s parent, or myself. I still remember the evening I found out I was pregnant.
“She is pregnant.’
“Oh my gosh, Chloe!’
As soon as the doctor finished speaking, there was a hug and a hard chest that hugged me. Kailos adored me in his own way, but it was definitely the first time was in his arms.
His arms, which numerous women, including Marquis Rosaline, would have been hugged by, were so enchanting that I rejoiced with him.
“You really did it!
He was quite excited and lost his usual relaxed composure.
“I always believed in you. I was sure that the day would come for you to succeed like this,’Kailos said, holding me in his arms, stroking my head, I barely looked up at him, suppressing my heart that seemed to explode.
‘I’m so happy to be of help to my uncle.
Once again, he hugged me with my shy answer. His heart was beating with me on the chest that touched him. It would have been such a pleasure for Kailos to conceive the Emperor’s child.
