CHAPTER 121

But suddenly Count Riegelhoff and Shane went crazy and said they should kill me too. That's also a scene that didn't exist in the original story. In the original, Edith's head falls off before this scene happened i think.

'What is this? Why this scene happening so suddenly.'

I was so shocked that I unconsciously looked at Killian, but the eyes of the man who said he would save me somehow seemed to be burning more than wanting to kill me. I wonder if Duke Ludwig still want to keep me alive, but he says earlier that he will respect every Killian's decision, and Killian gets even more angrier when he tells the knight to take me to prison for questioning.

'So that means. . . .Edith's ending has changed. . . . ?'

I was confused because I thought I'm going to die today at this place. But whether I was confused or not, the knights under Duke Ludwig's orders grabbed me both sides and lifted me up. Killian got angry again when he saw that.

"Let go of that hand!"

Thanks to this, the knight who standing on my right was shocked and immediately put his hand away from her, and her scarf was caught on his coat sleeve button and fell off along with it.

"Ah. . . . !"

Even though it's a cheap scarf, she still can feel the chilly when the layer covering her skin from the cold air falls off.

She was shivering and nervous , so she glanced back at Killian, and his expression was very strange. No, it's not only Killian, but Duke Ludwig, Cliff, and the people around them also looked strange. It's seems think they saw something really absurd. . . .

"You face. . . . "

Killian couldn't speak more and clenched his teeth. But just that word alone made her realize what they were surprised about.

'Oh, my face was so mess. . . . '

She was beaten by Shane twice when she was kidnapped and being beaten three times by Sophia in the basement of Wellesley's villa. So her face was so messed up with bruised and small scars. At the meantime she felt grateful because her nose did fallen down or her jaw didn't twisted. So it was natural that Baron Ruben and his wife, helping her when saw her condition like that, on they way to the capital, and all the knight who were all over the place also didn't recognize her as she walked around the place because of her appearance. That her face was swollen and full of bruised, it didn't look like her face. There's no way her face would have healed in just about ten days. There were still huge purple and green bruises around her cheekbones. Then, It's was Duke Ludwig who opened his mouth first.

"Who did that? Was there any rough acts while you were get arrested?"

Then the knights who had been taking me were surprised and shook their heads quickly.

"No! She was already like this when we arrest her!"

"Then what happened? Are you saying that she were beaten by a bully while running away?"

Then, Killian, who was staring blankly at me, said without turning his head.

"Edith was also held at the Wellesley villa where mother and Lizzy were kidnapped. She must have been beaten at that time."

"What? Cliff! Didn't you say that Edith wasn't there?"

Cliff looked a little embarrassed by the duke's interrogating. The male lead of story looked embarrassment, it's a sign that rare to see.

"Yes, of course! We searched every rooms in the second floor of the villa, but Edith nowhere to be found. Also, Edith's maid also stated that she wasn't there!"

Killian laughed at the answer.

"Have you searched the basement?"

"What?"

"That vila, has a basement, didn't you know?"

Cliff froze, and Lizzy, who was standing next to him, looked very pale from a distance.

"Leonard, please explain what happened when we went down to the Wellesley vila basement."

When Killian gave him command, the knight who has been with Killian checked the basement area took a step forward and spoke in a clear voice.

"When we opened the door connecting with the basement, there's a several rooms on the sides of long hallways, but only one of the rooms was opened. In the middle of the room there's wooden chair that someone had tied up there, also some horse whips, a blood stain on the floor. . . . And some of Mrs Edith accessories fell there."

Then, Killian's fierce gaze flew to Sophia.

"It's must be you, who tied Edith up there and tortured her, Sophia. And and I'm sure you told them that Edith wasn't there to kill her until the end."

Then Sophia started giggling and laughing.

"She has a long life, how could you manage to get out of there?"

Perhaps because it was a cold execution site, Sophia's laughter was a bit creepy and strange.

'Isn't the greatest villain in this story is Sophia?'

She's a kind of person who like to torture Edith because Edith having what she didn't have. . . .

"I can't wait any longer, so put Edith in jail for now."

The duke, who was deep in thought since earlier, ordered me to be locked up again in a softer voice than before. Killian tried to protest again, but Duke Ludwig sternly turned his head away from Killian. I started walking to the prison again, held by the knights. My legs trembled from the lack of tension, but thanks to the knight who was more polite than before, I was not dragged around harshly. The knight who had put me in the prison rushed out again, and I was quite dazed by the silence, that i could hear the sound of the torch burning.

'What will happen to me now?'

In the original, the story after this episode was almost entirely focused on Lizzy and Cliff love story. Even though i know, it won't help me now.

"Uh, it's really cold here."

Until a while ago, I didn't really feel the cold, perhaps because I thought I was going to die soon, but now it was so cold that I wondered why I couldn't felt it before. My body aches that I had forgotten, now I can feel it again. I shivered, pulling my windy coat closer to me. At the same time, screams began to be heard from a far.

'It looks like the execution has started.'

Even though someone's head is being chopped off, I'm not that impressed. Maybe it's because I know those people are going to die at this point. To be honest, I thought I was going to be punished.

'Oh, I'm sleepy.'

I had no intention of hearing the screams of other people dying, but the effects of not being able to sleep for few days finally came to me. I was so tired and sleepy.

'But I fall asleep in a place like this, will i die. . . .'

While thinking about that, I fell asleep as if I was losing my mind. But a strangely familiar darkness unfolded in front of my eyes. The feeling of floating in lukewarm water and the darkness as if look like a universe. . . .

'Uh? This, Isn't that it?'

The moment I thought about that, I heard the voice I had been longing for.

[Step 3 exclusion conditions have been met. An exception has occurred and the authority of the original author has been completely lost. The level 3 exemption condition will be extinguished.]

It's a message that meets the level 3 exception conditions that i had hoped for. But there are a lot of question marks in my head this time.

'What, what is that? What was the exception condition this time?'

It was so absurd that I couldn't even ask as politely as before. However, whether the etiquette was important issue or not. A voice like an announcer answered as usual.

[Level 3 Exception Condition : Don't resist the fate of death.]

Yes? I was dazed and asked again.

'What did you just say?'

[Level 3 Exception Condition : Don't resist the fate of death . . . . ]

'No, I don't ask you to say it twice, what the hell does that mean!'

[It's means giving up your will to live when you faced in danger of dying.]

'Uh, so do you mean, like the thing i did earlier? When i saw the person approaching me to killing me and offering my neck, hoping that he would done it quickly. . . . ?'

[That's right.]

When the Al voice give an clear answer. I feel like I'm going crazy. I was dazed for a long time even though I was in my dream. It was funny to have that feeling, but i did that anyway. And after a while, a great anger rise up inside me.

'This damn original author!'

Damn, Shit, what did you just say? This XX, are you kidding me, your playing with someone life? All the curse words I knew quickly flashed through my mind, and unleashed it all on my anger. Whether the original author is a human or a beast or something, that bastard must be a crazy psychopath! This is an game that never a fair or fun game. Because the exclusion condition still told me to die!

'Don't resist your fate to death, it's sound like the author told me to make up my mind to die!'

If you're a human, no, if you're a living being, that's was impossible to achieved it.

'But i managed to achieve the impossible thing. It's must be a real hit to the author.'

Despite my hardships times in the basement Wellesley's vila, I walked slowly on the top with all my might and walked aimlessly on the road going to the capital. When I got to the capital, I hide myself and covered my face, and thought about how to make a living. And that's what brought me to the execution site.

'Even if I had ridden a long-distance carriage, the knight would have chased me and caught me, right?'

My empty smile kept leaking out. But it seemed that the unfortunate voice work was not yet finished. I thought I heard some kind of crackling noise, but then another announcement flowed out.

[Congratulations on your survival. The original scenario set for Edith Ludwig has disappeared. Since the flow of the original story has become extremely weak, the power that supporting this world has been changed from 'flow of original story' to 'probability'.]

It was a disappointment, but I won the fight with the original author anyway. All the efforts of the original author who tried her best to kill me as a villain went in vain, because of my extraordinary luck.

'What i said to Sophia was half right. A hard working person can beat the lucky person. . . .I never expected this kind of prosperity, but. . . .'

Only then was I able to fall into 'deep sleep' comfortably without any worries.

* * *

'Why did this happen? why. . . .?'

Lizzy had left the execution room at the behest of Duke that Cliff, who told her not to see the terrifying execution scene. However, Lizzy hands still shaking even though she wearing a warm fox fur coat.

'I can't believe I lost! It's ridiculous!'

Lizzy paced outside the execution rooms nervously as if she lost her mind, and biting her fingertips.