Male Lead, Please Dump Me Three Times - Chapter 2
“Daisy.”
“Hmm?”
“Do you like that person so much?”
“Huh?”
“Does it have to be that person?”
“What do you mean…?”
“I wish you’d be with someone who will treasure you a bit more. Of course, I know well that one’s feelings don’t always follow one’s will….”
So, right now.
Are you saying you’re jealous…
Jealous of me?
“That’s not it, Delian.”
I sighed, pressing on my forehead as I was hit by a wave of realization.
Just how fatally had Killian seduced Delian?
Despite seeing Ray getting confessed to by me twice…
And yet she’s not feeling anything at all after seeing me confess to Ray twice?
“Delian. Is that really all?”
“Yeah. Honestly, I don’t like that senior.”
Even with my self-destructive sacrifice, Delian’s heart didn’t waver in the slightest.
‘How do I awaken this girl? I can’t just show her pictures of the twins since there’s nothing like that….’
* * *
“…Isn’t there a more dramatic way?”
Like the original me, but I couldn’t just throw myself into Ray’s arms.
“That would be too dirty…”
Having finally shaken off Delian, I was wandering alone in the ‘Forest of Dreams.’
The ‘Forest of Dreams’ was almost deserted due to the ominous rumors that ghosts appeared there. But I wasn’t afraid.
“Yeah… What’s scarier, people or ghosts…”
This place was perfect for sorting out my thoughts alone.
“…Should I try making a move on Killian?”
Suddenly, I dredged up the original story from my faint memory.
An appalling passage came to mind.
“No… Killian is off-limits. If I touch him the wrong way, he might take my head off.”
I mulled it over several times, but it still seemed odd.
“It’s really strange…”
Firstly.
The buildings where the imperials and nobles were educated were strictly separated.
So how on earth, under what circumstances, and where did Delian and Killian meet?
Secondly.
Until the current Crown Prince fell ill, Killian had not made his existence public.
Killian’s biggest complex.
Was the fact that he was not the legitimate heir.
Killian was the child born from the current Emperor’s favored concubine.
“Right. It was because of the succession issue…”
Killian was a man full of ambition.
However, until the Crown Prince fell ill, he also had a sly side that didn’t reveal his claws needlessly.
But….
To think he was seducing women while he was supposed to live quietly like a dead mouse?
“Something smells fishy…”
Yes. There really is a smell.
Huh? Wait a minute…
What is this strong smell of blood?
I looked around, alerted by the eerie sensation.
“There’s nobody here… what’s going on?”
‘Thud’
That’s when it happened.
I heard a dull thud, as if something had hit the ground hard.
“…Is someone there?!”
“Huh…”
No, that’s a man’s groan, isn’t it??
I followed the dangerous sound.
“Huhhhh….”
A few meters away, I saw the back of a man.
I cautiously approached the man from behind.
The man was kneeling on one knee, propping himself up with a hand on a tree, barely holding himself up.
His body was trembling slightly, perhaps due to his panting breaths.
“Hey! Are you okay?”
“Don’t… come.”
‘Cough’
With the man’s deep cough, the underbrush beneath the tree was soaked with thick blood.
“Wait! What should I do, should I get a teacher…!”
“Stop it. Don’t do… anything…”
This won’t do. He seems seriously hurt. I have to help…
Wait a minute. But his voice, it sounds strangely familiar?
I cautiously moved closer to the man. As I got closer to his back, I became certain.
It was an extraordinary back.
“Ray?”
Hearing my voice, the man looked at me, his face deeply furrowed.
Soon, he closed his eyes tightly, as if in pain.
“I told you. Not to come…”
“What do I do! Wait, you’ve coughed up so much blood…”
I instinctively ran towards him. It seems as if he could die at any moment.
‘Flop’
His hand, trembling and barely holding onto the tree, fell limply.
“Ugh…”
With his last groan, Ray’s body collapsed powerlessly.
Panicked, I sat down on the ground and laid Ray’s head on my thigh.
“Oh my god, what should I do.”
Deep wrinkles were etched in his brow and his lips were bitten until they bled.
Ray’s lips were stained with blood as dark as his eyes.
“Ugh…”
Ray seemed to be in considerable pain, his trembling hand was gripping his chest tightly.
It looked like he might tear his clothes apart if I left him alone.
‘Wait a minute… could this be…?’
A magical power surge…?
I knew well from the novel that when Ray experienced a surge of magical power, he felt severe pain.
But Ray’s symptoms that I am seeing firsthand were much more serious than I had imagined.
It wouldn’t be surprising if he died from excessive bleeding right then and there.
I took his trembling hands firmly in mine.
Ray was born with a strong magical power. But that was a double-edged sword for him.
God gave him strong power but did not grant him the ability to control it.
The only person who could save him from this pain was Delian.
‘If only Delian were here…’
Without Delian, there was nothing I could do.
‘This is all screwed up because of that XX bastard. That Killeopath XX.’
“I hate that bastard…”
As I thought of Killian, curses flowed from between my teeth.
Ray seemed not even to know what he was holding onto now.
His low moans continued every time they seemed about to stop.
He gasped for breath as if he had caught a deathly illness, exhaling ragged breaths.
Soon Ray’s large, broad hand gripped my hand as if he was going to eat it.
“Ah…!”
Ray dug into my delicate skin forcefully, leaving deep marks on my hand.
As if to transmit the pain he was feeling, a tingling sensation was transferred.
‘Swish’
At that moment, Ray’s head, which had been grazing against my thigh, tilted diagonally.
At the same time, his hand, which had tightly gripped mine, fell to the ground with a thump.
“Hey! Are you okay?”
No, he couldn’t be dead, right?
I cautiously placed my hand on his chest.
Ray’s chest was surprisingly big and solid for his age.
Am I going crazy? This isn’t important now!
I focused on the sensations coming from my palm.
I felt clear heartbeats.
“Phew… That’s a relief.”
In an instant, my tension released, and strength drained from my body.
I wiped off the sweat on my forehead, which had formed in beads.
Delian is currently 18 years old.
Ray has to endure this state for at least another five years.
Suddenly, I felt an inexplicable sense of pity.
I brushed back Ray’s sweat-soaked hair.
“What happens if he stays like this…”
What happens is.
Killian and Delian’s love -> Damned love.
Ray’s magical power surge -> Ray’s death.
Ray’s face looked peaceful, as if he was in a deep sleep, despite the bloodstains on his lips.
“I’ll… return Delian to her rightful place. I’m not sure if I can do it, but…”
I carefully took off the jacket I was wearing.
And as I covered Ray’s upper body with it, I said,
“Just hang on a little longer.”
Then I carefully detached myself from him so as not to wake him.
I resolved,
‘I have to make Delian come to her senses a bit faster.’
Because Ray will definitely need her.
But after that day, I could no longer see Ray.
Ray had disappeared.
As if he had never existed in this world in the first place.
* * *
“Is it okay…”
It’s been half a year since Ray disappeared.
But every so often, Ray’s face vividly comes to mind from that time.
‘Where on earth did he disappear to… I have no clue since it’s before the original story… I’m at a loss.’
Delian was humming a tune happily, unaware of my thoughts.
“Daisy. Will you look at this?”
“What is it?”
In Delian’s hand was a crimson lipstick.
“Isn’t the color so pretty? That person gave it to me as a gift. He said it would suit me well.”
“……”
“By the way, last time, he even gave me a flower powder?”
“You’re pretty enough without putting that on now.”
“Daisy. That sounds like something an old person would say.”
“But it’s true. Why does a student need that?”
Our conversation was like a clash between a spear and a shield.
The ancestors of Korea used to say,
‘See one and know ten1it means to look at one thing and understand the whole thing..’
Just look at the cosmetics that should be worn by adults thrown at an 18-year-old.
It’s ridiculous.
“A woman becomes more beautiful the more she dresses up. But it’s too precious; I can’t bring myself to use it…”
“Oh my. What’s wrong with his values? I really don’t like him.”
“Daisy. Don’t hate that person so much. He’s a good person.”
“……”
Yeah. Let’s not talk about it.
It’s been two and a half years.
I’ve been constantly reminding Delian how bad Killian is, as naturally as breathing.
But every time, Delian was busy defending Killian.
“You know too.”
“What?”
“I’ve… never received such gifts from my family.”
Suddenly, a look of loneliness overshadowed Delian’s beautiful face.
Delian was the illegitimate child in the Count of Ruina’s family. Delian’s late mother was a maid of the Count’s household.
Since Countess Ruina is still alive today,
Delian naturally became the whipping boy of Count Ruina’s house.
“That may be so, but…”
“Whatever the gift, it doesn’t matter.”
“……”
“It’s all precious to me. But I also know well how you worry about me with what kind of heart. So, I’m happy.”
Delian gave me a warm smile.
Yes.
After she said that… what can I say…
But the rope Delian grabbed was a rotting, decaying rope.
And I could only hope that the rope would be cut off as soon as possible.
* * *
[3rd Year at the Academy]
Time passed quickly, and before we knew it, our graduation day had arrived.
And on that day.
Ray appeared before me once again.
Translator
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
