Chapter 67-68 – A Bead That Reflects the Past
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[MC POV]
The second day began after I arrived at Kiella's house.
Although I had uncovered her secret the night before, I didn't act immediately. I needed to assess the situation carefully to decide if it could be used against her.
Regardless of my thoughts, the lord's house remained peaceful throughout the day.
I sat quietly in a corner of the living room while Kiella and Ruina chatted happily on the other side.
The scene was the same as yesterday, but now that I knew Kiella was aware of Ruina's feelings for her, subtle details became noticeable.
I saw the affectionate look in Kiella's eyes when she gazed at Ruina. I noticed how her face would sometimes flush when she looked at Ruina's body.
She was clever.
"Oh my. Ruina, wait a moment."
Kiella suddenly heard a knock at the door and stepped outside.
Curious, I quietly moved closer to see who it was. It appeared the servants had come to visit.
After a brief conversation, Kiella returned with an unpleasant expression, but her voice remained calm and composed.
"I'm sorry, Ruina. Something has come up, and I need to go out for a while. They say I must come."
"That's fine. I can't stop you because you're the lord. Don't worry about me and go ahead."
"If anything happens, you must ask Dayke for help. Okay?"
"Really, Kiella?? I'm not a child… Fine, go ahead. They'll be waiting for you."
Kiella called me over, though she didn't seem fully reassured by Ruina's words.
"Dayke? Wait a moment."
When Kiella motioned for me to follow, I went with her into my room.
As soon as we were out of Ruina's sight, Kiella's attitude shifted completely.
"Remember what I told you yesterday? If anything happens to Ruina, or if you cause trouble, I won't forgive you."
"All right."
"By the way, I forgot to mention this, but Ruina is a child who needs constant care. She's been through a lot of pain. She's physically weak and has hearing loss, so she can't hear unless something is very close. Never take your eyes off her. Understand?"
"I'll keep that in mind."
After that, Kiella left her house, leaving only Ruina and me inside.
Ruina was sitting in a rocking chair in the living room. Judging by how often she used it, she seemed to like that chair quite a bit.
I wondered, what does she do when Kiella isn't around?
At that moment, Ruina was fumbling around her desk and picked up something of her own.
Knitting tools? I thought. Can she really do that without seeing?
As if to contradict my doubts, her hands began to knit.
Her movements were slow since she wasn't looking, but she was meticulous and careful. It was clear she had done this many times before.
"You're familiar with knitting, I see."
"Yes. I've been practicing hard all this time."
"How long have you been doing it?"
"It's been about five years since I met Kiella."
Ruina said she was shy and didn't like strangers in the house, but she seemed friendly with me.
Was she really shy?
For now, I decided it was more important to understand her relationship with Kiella than to dwell on my curiosity.
"How did you meet Kiella?"
"I met Kiella by chance after the war between the Demon King and the Elves ended."
She answered calmly, without hesitation, and then added more.
"At that time, I had lost my entire family in the war and was blinded from my injuries. Kiella felt sorry for me because I had nowhere else to go, so she suggested I live with her."
So Kiella fell in love with Ruina at first sight?
I listened carefully to what came next.
"At first, I refused because I felt sorry. But Kiella told me not to worry about money. She said she had been appointed lord of a village. From then on, I became indebted to her."
"As expected, your lord has a truly big heart."
"That's right. She has never been angry with me, nor has she asked for anything in return for what she's done. I'm just grateful. Without her, I wouldn't be alive today."
I couldn't believe that that difficult woman had never been angry. This must mean Ruina was very precious to Kiella.
"I see. You two looked so close, I thought you might be lovers."
Ruina smiled slightly at my words.
"Hehe… could that be true? We're not human. Unlike humans, elves don't fall in love with their own kind. She thinks of me as a sister, sharing the Goddess's mercy."
It seemed my guess was right. Kiella's love was unrequited and alone.
Ruina didn't even recognize Kiella's feelings, and she didn't seem to believe in love between elves at all.
"Besides, don't you think Kiella feels like I'm more of a sister to her than a lover?"
"It seems that way. I heard she worries a lot about you."
"That's true. I'm grateful, but don't you think she treats me like a child too much? Even though I can't see, I can move around the house by myself now."
Given the chance to vent her frustration, she spoke calmly without hesitation.
"Do you know how much overprotection I get? One time, I hit my hand on the desk and got a small bruise. When Kiella saw it, she cried and was so worried. It wasn't even bleeding..."
"It sounds like she cares a lot about you."
"I'm grateful, but I worry that Kiella is struggling because of it."
The thought of that ruthless woman, who had no qualms about hurting me, now crying over a small bruise made me laugh quietly.
Yet, it was a satisfying thought.
If Kiella cared about Ruina this much, I could use that to my advantage for revenge.
After exchanging a few more words, our conversation ended.
As I quietly watched Ruina knitting, Kiella returned from her duties as lord.
It was the second night since I arrived in this village — the beginning of my second round of revenge.
'…Alright, let's do this.'
After checking my plans and supplies one last time, I stood up from my bed.
There was no fear of failure.
***
As I said yesterday, I had prepared ways to withstand Kiella's attacks through the app, along with methods to exploit her weaknesses.
Still, my heart pounded with anticipation — the hope that I could finally erase the painful memories that haunted me even in my dreams.
"…"
I quietly left my room and headed toward where Kiella's bedroom was.
This time, she had closed the door properly, but when I put my ear to it, I heard the same moaning sound as the night before.
'Is she masturbating every day? She is so horny but pretends to be pure in front of others'.
-Ah ♥ Mmmmm... ♥ Ruina... ♥
Kiella was so absorbed in comforting herself that she didn't notice I was there.
I knocked boldly on the door.
Knock…Knock…
-What! Who, who... Are you Ruina?
A rustling sound came from inside before the door opened and Kiella appeared, hastily adjusting her clothes.
"Dayke, you bastard...!!"
The moment she saw me, her eyes flared like a wild beast's. Her fist clenched, ready to strike me in the face.
"How long have you been here?"
"I just got here."
"…Did you hear that?"
"What?"
I asked, and she sighed in relief.
But her relief didn't last long.
"Ah~ The sound of you masturbating while calling out to Ruina?"
"You bastard heard everything! ...Come in."
Kiella struggled to control her anger but let me inside. I guessed she wanted to talk properly where Ruina couldn't overhear.
As soon as the door closed, I heard a voice growling like a lion.
"Take what you heard to your grave. If you ever tell anyone, I'll kill you on the spot."
"It seems like you really care about Ruina."
"What? Stop with the nonsense and just answer me."
"Why don't you confess your feelings to her?"
Kiella's eyes sharpened as she stared at me.
"Answer me properly, no more nonsense."
Maybe it was because I had been obedient yesterday, but surprisingly, she was patient and trying to have a serious conversation.
What she didn't know was that I no longer had any reason to indulge her.
"Oh, it's not that you don't want to confess, it's that you can't. You are afraid that if she discovers your true self, she'll despise you."
"That's ridiculous…"
"The scene where the hero was fucked in the royal castle."
"…"
The air suddenly grew colder.
I could feel the chill in the voice that followed.
"I don't know where you heard that, but unless you've investigated it yourself, don't believe just any rumor. More importantly, who told you this?"
Normally, Kiella's fist would have flown by now, but surprisingly, she was still holding back.
This was understandable.
A secret known only to her and Alvin had just been revealed by another human—me.
From her perspective, this was something that had to remain hidden, so she needed to find the source of the rumor.
"I'm asking you again. Who told you this?"
"Why?"
"Why? Because we need to catch the rat spreading nonsense."
"Aren't you worried the truth about your past will come out?"
"I told you it's just a rumor. If you talk back again, I won't hold back. Just answer the question."
Since I could only talk and not prove anything, she planned to keep pressing me.
Fortunately, I had solid evidence.
"Well~"
I opened my right palm, and a light appeared.
A fist-sized gray bead, unlike anything she had seen before, materialized there.
"…Memory crystal?"
Kiella's words confirmed it.
It was a magical tool called a memory crystal, which displayed the owner's memories as images.
Only high-ranking wizards at the royal castle could create them.
Since wizards had mostly vanished to focus on research, only a few of these crystals existed, making them nearly impossible to obtain, no matter the cost.
"No matter how powerful a knight is, they can't get this, so how…"
Of course, I bought mine from the app store, using points earned through hard work with Agnes.
While mine had a drawback—it could only replay one memory, unlike the original that allowed choosing which memory to view each time—it also had unique features.
One was that it normally disappeared, like now, but could appear whenever I wanted.
"Can you still say this is just a rumor?"
Holding the crystal, it emitted a bright light. Soon, an image appeared in the air like a hologram.
[Hey, stop quickly. Is this what a hero can do?]
[Please stop, Chief Justice! I can't do this anymore!]
[Noisy. If you cum without stopping, I wonder if blood will come out instead of semen, so try cumming quickly!]
On the screen, my past self was crying while Kiella tortured me that day.
She was speechless as she watched the scene unfold.
After a moment, I spoke with a heavy, meaningful expression.
"If Ruina sees this, do you really think she'll call it just a rumor?"