That Man’s 101st Bad Ending

The saint hates the grand duke-3

There was no fool in this place who did not know what the word Jeongin meant.

Me too, Adrian too, and Adele too. I couldn’t help but figure out what that word meant.

The momentary impression was understandably embarrassing, but on the other hand, Adele seemed to be enjoying the situation.

The faint smile was the expression he showed when he was joking around.

“Jeong-in… if you say it.”

“In short, it must be a fiancée. I don’t know why rumors circulate, but in the eyes of my subordinates, Robert and I seemed so close. Rather than being close friends, wouldn’t Jeong-in be closer?”

“Pu, it’s just a rumor. I don’t think I really thought so.”

Somehow it was an urgent question, so I met Adele’s eyes and let out a small sigh.

He must have said that with the intention of bullying Adrian.

Adrian would be embarrassed if I took Adele’s side in this situation, so I lightly squeezed my trembling hands while holding the teacup.

As soon as the warmth of my hand touched me, Adrian let out a small breath.

I don’t think it’s something to react to like this, but… I’m sure you’d be surprised if someone you have a crush on is given the title Jeong-in.

Maybe it was a natural reaction, and I could say it was my karma.

“This is just a joke. You don’t have to worry about it.”

“Yes? Isn’t it?”

“How long would you say it has been since you broke off your engagement? I am not such a thoughtless person.”

Adrian looked at Adele and frowned slightly, as if he thought that made sense.

Adele, of course, wouldn’t have lied.

I heard what the lieutenants were saying, so maybe she heard it somewhere too.

Adele just smiled helplessly at Adrian’s gaze.

Adele shrugged at me as if asking what was going on, and opened her mouth.

“Well, it’s just a rumor. But what I wanted to say is that I’m not just treating Robert as an object. don’t you know What do I think of Robert?”

“…I know. I also heard about the call from the north.”

Is it a story about when I was hurt?

Even if Adele was a little light on me, the reason she didn’t complain about it was because she was such a person.

Rather than treating someone like an object, wouldn’t it be better to treat someone like this as a closer relationship?

That’s why I just let it go, but it was just Adrian’s little deep misunderstanding.

As he slowly listened to my explanation, his expression gradually softened,

Eventually, Adrian, who smiled slightly, let go of his hand and licked his lips.

“I guess I misunderstood a little. But… it’s a little uncomfortable for the listener to say that to Robert.”

“Be careful. I will be careful in front of the saintess.”

When Adele spoke, Adrian smiled at Adele as well and stood up slowly from his seat.

“Then I think you two can talk now. Since we originally intended to go out together, I’ll go in first. Oh, it’s okay if you don’t follow me. There is a priest in front of you.”

“Are you all right?”

“it’s okay. And Robert is also seeing the Archduke after a long time. We’ll be together tomorrow anyway.”

Adele laughed at her voice, which was unusually strong in the word ‘like tomorrow’, but

Adrian bowed his head towards us and moved on.

The walk without regret seemed quite light.

With a thump, I swallowed my saliva for a moment as I looked at the closed door.

I’m too busy caring about Adele, but if Adrian is like this too. It felt like my head was starting to throb.

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“You did a little too much.”

Adrian disappeared into the room and said to Adele, who stared at the spot.

I thought I’d argue against Adrian’s words, but I never thought I’d spit out those words.

In many ways, it was difficult for me too.

When did Lotos get caught doing that? Even if I kept my eyes peeled, I was deliberately careful in case Adele heard it.

“You are too much. I even sent a letter asking her to come out alone, but to be able to stick with the saintess like that. I thought you had some idea of what I was coming for.”

“…I couldn’t help it. It was always like that when I was in the South.”

Adele looked at me for a moment, then sat down with a smile.

Perhaps the reason she left me alone was to ask about the contents of the letter.

I was preparing to some extent, but it was true that I was nervous when I faced it.

Adele was still there. Her personality was the same, but her appearance hasn’t changed a bit from when I left the North.

To be honest, I wonder how much it would have changed in two weeks, but I’ve been busy for the past few days.

If two weeks felt like two months to me, I wouldn’t exaggerate.

Adele, who was messing with her white hair, looked at me without saying anything.

Maybe he was choosing what to say.

There were not just one or two things I wrote down in the letter, and they were all problems that I had to grapple with.

“…Looking at you.”

When her red lips opened, Adele’s eyes couldn’t look directly at me.

It looked a bit confused.

A state of superimposing something on me and at the same time not being sure about it.

Then Adele brushed her forehead and quietly added.

“I don’t know what to say.”

“It’s okay no matter what you say. Sometimes you just have to be angry and you can accept it.”

“Why get angry at someone who didn’t do anything wrong? No, I can’t say I didn’t do anything wrong.”

I wonder if it’s okay to make eye contact with me now, those blue eyes gently curved.

However, the shaking was still there. what are you thinking

To say something to me, did you come all the way from that barren, rough terrain?

After making eye contact for a moment, Adele opened her mouth.

“It’s a sin because you’ve confused people. And that’s the grand duke who protects the north. Can you guess what a great sin this is?”

“Is it because of the letter I left?”

“Yeah, it brought back strange memories.”

The word memory always elicited a response from me.

If I had to point out the most unusual thing about this episode, wouldn’t it be the memory?

Theresia also recalled all the memories of the previous episode, and Adrian also mentioned my previous episode through a dream.

Didn’t Adele say something similar?

Something that has never happened before, but something that is clearly happening in the 101st life.

When my eyes became serious, Adele corrected her posture and looked at me blankly.

I think she would have noticed that I already knew about ‘memory’.

However, I didn’t want to say it first.

It’s always me who hears it first, because she might get confused if I tell her too many memories.

“…I remember meeting you two years ago.”

The moment I heard those words, what came to my mind was the memory of seeing Adele for the first time in all my life.

When I abandoned the name Taylor and ran away,

When I laughed at the fact that I remembered that time, Adele looked at me curiously.

“I was probably crying. I beg you to save me, to take me with you.”

“How do you know? Haven’t you ever been like this to me?”

“For now, keep talking.”

It was still too early to answer how he knew.

It was too early to explain my return with just this amount of memory.

As I urged me to speak, Adele, who crumpled her brow for a moment, sighed and began to speak.

Her words didn’t last very long.

The memories she recalled were short in the first place, but they were so fragmented that it was not enough to be called a single life.

However, the emotions in those memories seemed to be affecting her.

The way you look at me has changed. I was not dull enough to not realize it.

“Is the end of your memory there?”

“Yes, the last time I was with you in the forest is the end.”

He didn’t seem to remember anything about death.

I couldn’t remember the warning I gave her or the words I held on to not go.

It would have been better if it had been hidden, but at this point it seemed unlikely that Adele would be hiding anything from me.

The eyes that looked at me, who had been silent for a while, lit up.

It was an eye that questioned something. It was a natural reaction, as I explained and supplemented her memories.

Adele stared at me for a moment before opening her mouth with a rather serious expression.

“So now I need an explanation. How do you know about this memory, and why did you warn me of the death of the prince in the letter you wrote to me? I have no idea what is what.”

“I thought maybe if you read my letter, you will ask me. So I wasn’t particularly surprised that you came.”

“…I hope this time it won’t go over as a secret. If so, I think I will be very disappointed in you.”

Laughing at that, Adele frowned and glanced at me.

From the time I wrote the letter, I had no intention of hiding it.

I meant to tell her my secrets if she came to me, not just with questions.

I can’t tell you about all my regressions.

Wouldn’t it take a long time to talk about this 101st life in the first place?

It’s just that the time I spent with her was the happiest in my entire life.

So I can explain it to her.

“I know the Archduke’s memories because I was there. didn’t you tell me? He said he saw me.”

“But I remember last winter being the first time you came to the North. Even if I can’t remember-“

“It is not a memory of this life.”

Adele’s movements stopped.

She stared at me and quietly asked if she needed time to understand what I was saying.

“What?”

“It’s because the Grand Duke doesn’t remember it, and it’s a memory that only I can remember. Of course, it’s only natural that I knew that memory, and that the Grand Duke didn’t.”

Strange emotions welled up.

I guess it was because it was the first time I was talking about my previous episodes.

Because it was a memory and emotion that I always remembered alone and only I had.

I thought a lot about how she would react to this.

Wouldn’t they see me as a strange person? Maybe you think it’s my nonsense.

It didn’t matter though.

If only you would listen, if only one person would remind me of this memory that only I remembered.

Because that was enough.

After holding my breath for a moment, I opened my mouth.

The moment of silence felt like an eternity, as if my voice as I opened my mouth to Adele had disappeared for a moment.

Even so, the words are spit out. words that may be irreversible,

On the timeline of this episode. Words that will surely change a lot.

“This is not the first time in my life.”

It wasn’t until the 101st life that I was able to take it out.

“A longer time, longer than the Grand Duke thinks. I have been watching.”