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Chapter 59

‘No matter how much his life is at stake, isn’t it too easy to accept?’

It was good for me, but it wasn’t a situation where he was forced to accept Alan’s decision.

Benny took a step closer to the bar and casually brought up another topic.

“Are you coming to the masquerade too, Princess?”

I glanced at Alan lightly. Alan gently stroked my hair and whispered.

“Do whatever you want, Lily.”

Although it was a matter of showing myself in front of the public, unexpectedly, I did not show any repulsion.

The fact that the event was held inside the castle rather than in the outside world seemed to have a big impact.

As soon as his permission was granted, I turned to Benny and nodded vigorously.

“I will definitely go!”

Normally, I would not have been interested in things like a masquerade, but I had to participate because it was such an important event to inform the public of Benny’s power.

Benny stared at me and suddenly spoke to Alan.

“In exchange for revealing my power, I have a request.”

“Request?”

Alan raised his eyebrows as if Benny’s words didn’t make sense.

The difference in temperature compared to when he looked at me was so great that I felt chills.

Hugo, who was next to him, also helped Alan.

“Hey, monster. You’re not in a position to ask for anything. After being a mere guardian of House Bauner, your arrogance sure is skyrocketing”

It was strange that each word was full of contempt, yet he still used honorifics.

Even with the fierce gazes of the two men, Benny was not at all discouraged.

“If you do not grant my request, I will not show my strength anywhere. Then no one will believe the duke’s words.”

Wasn’t this almost a threat?

There was a lot of tension. 

Afraid that Alan would draw his sword, I snuggled around his neck and whispered.

“Dad, can we listen to what Benny wants?”

Alan looked very angry, but soon nodded reluctantly.

Hugo didn’t like the situation, so he gritted his teeth and moved away.

“I can’t keep listening to a monster’s bullshit.”

Hugo left the dungeon. 

Alan glanced at the exit and spoke sternly towards Benny.

“I refuse to make you an escort knight.”

“Let’s put that aside… there is a place I want to go.”

It was an absurd request. 

Alan seemed to think so too, so he raised his eyebrows at a sharp angle.

“You are not in a position to roam freely.”

“It only takes a little while. It’s not far from the Duke’s Castle.”

Benny looked straight up at Alan. The eyes that were revealed through the silver hair that covered it’s corners were as bright as amethysts.

“I want to go to the collapsed stadium.”

It was an unexpected request. Alan raised his eyebrows and questioned Benny.

“Why do you want to go there? You destroyed everything, so there is nothing left.”

“I left something behind.”

Benny lowered his delicate eyelashes and knelt.

I was completely taken aback by his sudden action, he always did unexpected things.

“Please.”

Alan raised one eyebrow, but didn’t say anything.

He quickly headed for the stairs. 

When I thought that the negotiations had broken down, he added a few words.

“I’ll be back tonight.”

***

The land on which the stadium once stood was now nothing more than a wasteland.

Although the barrier was restored, no one approached it because it was still considered a dangerous area.

Benimus looked at the ruins he had destroyed with dry eyes.

Alan, who was standing behind the boy, urged him with a hint of annoyance.

“I’ll give you five minutes. Find it within that time.”

It was not enough time to search this vast land.

But Benimus moved forward without complaining.

The chick-colored shawl around his neck swayed like waves in the wind.

He stood on an especially high vacant lot of building rubble and put his hands on the floor.

His hands turned black and elongated with a shrill, vivid sound.

The deformed hand stretched out into several branches and sank deeply into the ground.

Then the cry of evil spirits was heard from the ground.

Whooo, whooo. 

It was a loud sound that almost tore eardrums. But the duke didn’t pull out the great sword on his back and just watched the boy.

As if everyone except Benimus couldn’t hear this sound.

Even the duke with sharp ears couldn’t hear it? Benimus realized the obvious fact and concentrated on the search.

The more he stretched out his squishy black hands in all directions, the louder the sound of the evil spirits’ cries were heard from the ground.

It was a familiar noise. A cry that most people should hear once in their lifetime.

But for Benimus, it was the background music of the world he had been listening to since he was born.

After a moment, he stood up and returned his hands to human form.

A lump of dust was attached to the end of the longest branch.

Benimus held it carefully, as if he was handling a glass flower, and dusted it off.

A faint smile crept across his lips. 

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‘I found it.’

What Benimus held in his hand was a handkerchief soaked in purple flower water.

“If you find it, let’s go.” 

That girl’s father called Benimus in an empty tone and took a quick step.

Benimus followed Alan quietly, looking at his back, and completely assimilated into the darkness.

Suddenly, he remembered a goal he had forgotten for a while.

‘I have to kill that.’ (TL/N: The same as before, Benny didn’t refer to Alan as a human, but a thing.)

Because the man in front of him killed his mother. 

Revenge was his only reason for living.

Suddenly, Benimus clenched his handcuffed hands. He didn’t forget his promise to kill him.

The murderous intention he had cultivated since the time he was born became his identity.

If it had been Benimus in the past, he would have crushed that man’s head right here right now.

There were shackles on his limbs, but something like this wouldn’t get in the way.

…However.

‘If I kill that, will she abandon me?’

It was okay to be hated by her. Because he didn’t even want affection in the first place.

But he couldn’t stand the idea of her moving away from him.

Benimus, who had been contemplating over and over again, finally loosened his clenched fist.

The quiet world she gave cooled Benimus’ head, allowing him to realize the most obvious fact.

‘I can’t kill that as I am now.’

He couldn’t kill him if there was even the slightest chance of her disappearing from his side.

Even if he was the enemy of his parents. He had no intention of giving up on revenge.

For now, the correct answer was to hide his teeth until he found another way.

After drawing the conclusion, he was suddenly exhausted.

His whole body ached. Tired. In a way, it was natural.

Since he was born, there hadn’t been a single day that he had rested peacefully.

Now that revenge was delayed, Benimus had only one wish.

‘…I want to be by her side.’

Upon returning to the Duke’s Castle, Benimus was immediately imprisoned.

He laid down, squeezing a bar right in front of him that would bend like a branch with a little force.

There was a hard bed in the prison, but this side seemed closer to her.

Whooo, whooo. 

Even though he was careful not to put his ears on the ground, he could still hear the cry of the evil spirits.

Benimus hoped the sound would subside.

Because it meant that she came to visit him.

However, the day Benimus and Lily faced each other in prison never came again.

***

The next morning. I woke up to the noise.

The bedroom was empty, but a chattering voice could be heard from the dressing room connected by one door.

I got up and the sound looked over there.

“Because the princess dress is always amazing.”

“That’s right. The finish and shape are perfect.”

Four layers of the same voice, like a lark chirping.

Apparently, the maids were already in the dressing room.

I checked my watch and tilted my head.

‘It’s not time to get up yet.’

9 o’clock in the morning. 

I didn’t sleep until it was really late today. Rather, it was quite early by the standards of the nobility.

The Bauners are nobles, and the other nobles don’t get out of bed until after noon or something.

I slowly got up and headed to the dressing room.

A roar of laughter echoed through the door.

“Hey, look at this lace. So cute!”

“Hey, be careful.”

“A roll of lace would be more expensive than a ready-made dress full of jewelry.”

I was a little surprised by the words of the larks. 

The clothes I usually wear were much more modest than the jeweled dresses I saw in the Nobility Yearbook. So, between the two, of course, I thought that the jeweled dress would be more expensive.

‘Now that I see it, there are many differences between the aristocratic culture from what I think.’

Since I was a child, I thought they would only wear light clothes, but surprisingly, despite this, it must have been extremely expensive.

Suddenly, the chemise pajamas on my body felt heavy.

As I counted the dresses I had worn so far in my head, the door to the dressing room opened wide and larks appeared.

“Oh, my. I knew it!”

“The Princess has woken up.”

“I’m sorry, Princess. We’re just so excited.”

The four chattered in the same voice.

I brushed my puffy hair and smiled.

“It’s okay. I think you came a little earlier today…”

As I alternated my gaze between the clock and the larks, their eyes widened and they looked at each other.

‘Did I say something strange?’

As I scratched my head, the larks’ four pairs of eyes headed towards me at once and shouted with their mouths together.

“It’s because…”

“Today…”

“Is the day of the masquerade!”

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