Chapter 15

In the end of the novel, Lakis didn’t kill Hestia, who was living together with Annmarie . He returned Hestia, who got kidnapped back to Annmarie . It wasn’t such a bad choice to do that .

Because Annmarie didn’t know that Lakis wanted to harm Hestia, she regarded him as her benefactor . It’s pitiful indeed .

Lakis looked down at Xenos and moved around him slowly . At his words, Xenos flinched for a second . Lakis bent down .

He grabbed Xenos’ soaked red hair, and lifted his head up . Lakis looked into his eyes with a twisted smile on his beautiful face .

In the midst of the pouring rain, his voice was sing-songy and soft .

Thwack! Bam…!

The next moment, he slammed his rugged fist into his head and into the rain-covered floor, several times .

Xenos’ blood covered his hands . The noble man, who claimed to be the knight of Annmarie, had become a broken rag and was bleeding miserably . Still, his distorted eyes were glowing more than before .

Lakis mockingly smiled at him .

– Chapter 19 The Death of the Flower Knight –

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(T/N: i’m going to use first person perspective from yuri’s side for this bc i think it’s supposed to be that way…)

It was a clear, sunny morning . I woke up at the same time as usual .

I frowned . It’s weird…… I’m having a hard time remembering the dream I had last night . I don’t remember what it was . When I opened my eyes, I couldn’t remember the contents of the dream, so I’m kind of worried about it . Somehow it seemed like someone familiar was in the dream…but I just opened the door and left to go to the living room, brushing it off .

It was a sunny morning, but it was dark inside the house because the curtains were covering the windows . I went to the kitchen to get a cup of water, just like every morning .

Rattle .

Trickle……

I grabbed my cup of water and pulled a thread out with my other hand while walking through the room . It was to pull up the curtains . At that very moment, my eyes met with someone else in the living room .

Stop .

“…”

“…”

I stopped . For a moment, I was speechless .

Wow . I was a little surprised this time .

That’s right . There was someone else living in my house now, right?

No, when you wake up, you’re either drowsy, or you forgot about stuff because you‘re still half asleep .

Ssssk…… . (T/N: a soft sound or describing the movement of something scraping against the floor . )

I pulled the thread back into my fingertips .

…Did he see it?

The house was dark and I only pulled a few threads out, so he might not have seen it .

“You’re up, Mr . Lakis . ”

I just said my morning greetings .

My attitude was calm and collected like always .

“How are you feeling?”

I approached him . Lakis was still half leaning against the sofa in a light shirt . He must have felt a little stuffy during the night, so he unbuttoned his shirt sleeves and shirt collar loosely, so now I could see his forearms and neck .

A very thin outline of his body could be seen dimly lit through the curtains, it was still in perfect pristine condition today . Perhaps because he was the king of the dark world, that dark background seemed to suit him terribly well . His blue eyes, which were shining vividly in the dark, were silently staring at me . They were narrowing slightly . Perhaps he was awakened by me coming and going out of the room .

“If you don’t mind, I’ll open the curtains a bit . ”

I walked to the window and moved my hand . I thought it was a bit cumbersome because I had a habit of using the fragments’ powers, but I couldn’t do it now .

Rattle .

Like I said before, I pulled the curtains slightly down and turned around, I could see Lakis’ face, which got lighter because of the sunlight .

He stared at me standing by the window, covering his eyes with his hands as if he were blocking out the sun . It was like a gleaming figure . He was badly hurt, but the scene in front of me seemed to be like a photo shoot . As expected, the term “fashion” is meaningless to a handsome face .

In a way, it was like a picture even though it was a bit messy . I just lifted up the curtains, and the mood did a 180, since it was dark a little while ago . Suddenly, it felt like the black swan had become a swan, or it felt like Hyde had become a guardian . In the morning sun, Lakis was showing off the innocent vibe of the man that I saw yesterday in front of me .

In the dark, his eyes that were shining alone, gave off a vibe of a wild animal hunting for its prey, but now the Lakis in front of mr was just… like a cute little kitten that had just woke up from it’s sleep . Of course, there was a danger of being slaughtered by this villain, so I couldn’t say this out loud . I don’t know if he saw my web or not because there was no sign of that .

“Sorry if I woke you up . I have to get ready for work . ”

Lakis heard me and stretched out his arms to pull the paper and pen left beside him . He wrote something down and showed it to me .

[It’s okay . I don’t mind . ]

With the personality of the Lakis in the novel, I thought he would throw a pen at my head, but what followed was a thoughtful and courteous answer .

In this way starting a conversation with him was easy . When he first woke up, I casually said, “I know about your situation, so I think it would be better for you to not overwork your vocal cords . ”

There aren’t any vacant rooms in the house, so Lakis was still occupying the sofa in the living room . There was space in the basement/storage room, but there were dolls stuck in it… I think I’ll clean it up later when Lakis isn’t looking .

When I told Lakis yesterday that I didn’t have a vacant room, he said that using the living room was fine . He was fully aware that he was an uninvited guest . But I was still suspicious of his habits .

“Did you sleep well or did you still feel sick?”

This time, he shook his head .

“It may be a bit early, but I have to leave so breakfast will be ready shortly . If you aren’t hungry, you can eat it later . ”

Lakis was still sick, but that wasn’t a reason for me to be absent from work . It’s a different story if he were a fragile creature that needed all of my care .

But he was a villain with a pure appearance and a life force of a cockroach . At least he was a strangely well-mannered villain . Well, it’s better than being arrogant, and ordering me to do this and that .

“Please wait a minute . If you need anything, just let me know . ”

I said so and headed for my room . First of all, I had to change out of my pajamas .

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His blue eyes stuck to Yuri retreating back to her room .

‘What was that just now?’

He frowned, questioning what had happened a little while ago . In fact, he was awake before the door even opened and he could hear the sound of Yuri moving about .

—She’s going to work again today . Do all the eastern kids get up and go to work all day like ants?

Lakis was a pessimist, who never knew when or where he would be beaten to death .

No matter how injured he was, he couldn’t fall asleep anywhere .

—Fuck, a life like that is no fun . Yeah . When I see kids like that, I want to give them the luxury and entertainment of the people of Carnot .

When he came into this house, he was stunned that someone was taking care of him, but…It was an exception because he was so exhausted that he fell asleep .

He was watching her every move in the dark living room . He was especially surprised to see her out of her room in her pajamas .