How the Regressor Loves the Reincarnated

30. Some water isn’t worth picking up.

1.

Her first impression of her wasn’t that great to be honest. No, she might rather be right to say that she was on the bad side.

Apart from that, she shone so brightly and brilliantly that there was no room for criticism about Adele’s appearance.

However, from the first meeting with her, she skillfully drove her people in the direction she wanted, and it was hard to look at her in a good way.

Especially when she called her a crazy b*tch without even knowing it, the life that Adele showed her was the very essence of her self-righteousness. She said that I was somewhat at fault for calling people crazy b*tches, but wasn’t it a little bit angry that the person who gave me the number of cases that I deserved?

Looking back, it was a little funny that she thought that when Adele was determined to harm me, she thought I wouldn’t be so easily offended.

Well, at that time, she hadn’t even reached the level of a master, but that doesn’t change the fact that the difference between her actual combat experience and the level of heaven and earth. Apart from not being in the right position, if Adele had only had her heart, she could have easily overpowered me.

So my first impression of Adele was like a flower full of thorns, infinitely beautiful and fragrant, but more menacing than that.

Isn’t there a proverb that originally said that flowers with fragrance bloom on thorny trees? At first, I would have expressed it with a little negative meaning, but now, the impression has changed to a very positive one.

Although her spikes are too sharp, Adelera feels that her woman has a reason and worth protecting herself with them.

Her The more I got to know her, the more I felt that I was becoming more and more fascinated by her.

I came to admire her strength in accepting a burden too heavy for one person to bear. I accepted her death in her previous life because it was close to her resignation.

I thought that if I had the same strength as her, she would have struggled with cancer to live to the end. Even though it’s already over, I wanted to emulate her strength.

On the one hand, because she wasn’t as strong as she was, I sympathized with and felt sorry for her, who was suffering only inside of her. Her fragile figure, which she used to see sometimes, as if she didn’t know when it would break, made me want to be her strength.

The mischievous look of her when she tried to make fun of me, needless to say, made me feel cute and lovable. The same was true of her shy look and her flushed face, which I used to see when I teased her in her role.

Far from perfect, the absurdity she showed me made me laugh. I had a small wish that I could continue to see that kind of image in the future.

In fact, until I met Adele, I had no idea what heteros*xual love was.

I had never felt love for a member of the opposite s*x that was not a crush or s*xual attraction that stemmed from the simple appearance or personality of the opposite s*x, so there was no way I would have known such a thing.

But if there’s one thing I’ve realized in the short time I’ve known her, it’s that I didn’t have any particular reason or need to try to define the feeling of love.

I had no idea how quickly her time would pass when I was with her. From a certain moment, even hearing her clear and innocent laughter made her heart beat even more vigorously, and when I saw her smile, a smile that resembled hers formed on my lips without my knowledge. Did.

Just as you wouldn’t know your clothes were getting wet in the drizzle, the presence of a person named Adele ate away at my heart so naturally. By the time I realized that fact, it was already irreversible.

To be honest, that would be a story if I had the heart to turn back, but Adele has already become a very important person to me.

That must have been the case.

“…Is that a lie, Luke? Huh?”

When a weak voice, unlike usual Adele, tapped on my ear.

When she looked at me sadly, she looked like she would burst into tears at any moment.

Without even time to vent her anger about why things turned out this way, I cried out in the throes of her stuff, hoping that my heart would reach her.

No, I was about to shout.

“Keah…?!”

But at that moment, something sharp pierced my chest from behind and forced my mouth shut. With only a handful of mana left in my body, I couldn’t even properly respond to such a surprise attack.

“Oh no! Luke!”

The awl made of water protruding from its chest was dark red, probably because it contained my blood.

“Ah…”

Suddenly, Adele came close to me and was holding me in her arms. My heart aches with the sight of her crying for real, not the expression that makes her cry.

… It might just be the pain coming from a wound in her chest.

She wanted to tell me something, but her body refused to listen to me. Even with blood running down her mouth and even with her consciousness fading away, I managed to move her mouth, keeping my eyes on Adele until the end.

“LUKE!!!”

…Did my words really reach Adele?

2.

“…Is that a lie, Luke? Huh?”

Adele wished he would affirm her own words. It was all lies of that wicked apostle, he desperately hoped for Luke’s answer.

However, the pale green eyes of Luke she looked into lacked the usual warmth.

In reality, it was just her illusion, and Luke was heartbroken when he saw Adele, who looked pitiful as if she were about to break at any moment.

Adele, who did not know that, felt as if all the feelings she had built up, her trust with Luke, and her trust all of a sudden collapsed in an instant.

But Adele overcame it.

‘No. Luke is not like that. I trust Luke.’

Recalling the comforting words he had given him, he crushed his doubts about Luke. She reminded her that the 11th Apostle of the Zodiac, the archenemy of mankind, is now in this place.

So, to seek answers from Luke, after slitting Aquarius’s head. Having decided so, Adele caught Luke’s figure one last time.

However, the devastation that followed left her stunned.

“Keah…?!”

The moment the water awl pierced the center of Luke’s chest from behind, there was silence as if time had stopped.

“Oh no! Luke!”

“Ah…”

Adele hurriedly moved her body, and she held her Luke in her arms as she was about to fall helplessly in front of her. Putting off even the presence of Julius, who was not too far away, she focused entirely on Luke.

Luke moves his mouth as if to say something. His voice did not reach her Adele, but the mere shape of her mouth conveyed what he meant to say to her.

“LUKE!!!”

Watching Luke’s eyes finally close, Adele screamed. And seeing her like that, Julius burst into laughter.

“Keuhehehe, hahahaha! I-I told you, young master! I will kill you first!”

Even Julius, who was laughing as if he was enjoying this situation, was actually not very relaxed. No, he had no room for him. It was because he used too much power to attack Luke while deceiving the senses of a sword master, so he needed more time to use his authority again.

However, Julius knew from the moment Luke broke the incense burner that was serving as the nucleus of the trap he had prepared that he would not be able to return alive.

So, with the determination to trade their lives for it, they killed the last apostle who refused to obey the will of the god they served. A person who goes against the laws of heaven is an existence beyond his ability, so it could be said that it was the best choice he could make.

Apart from that, Julius could not forgive Luke for turning the trap he had invested nearly a week and a holy relic into in vain in order to catch the one who had gone against the laws of heaven and the transcendent one who had risen to the level of a Master. However, as soon as he broke his trap, the existence of Adele, whom Luke had called, was very disturbing.

That’s why he cheated.

The relationship between the two, whom he had a chance to see for a while, was close enough that anyone could tell, so I thought that the sense of betrayal that stemmed from that would be enough to create a gap.

And Julius’ plan ended in success.

All that was left for him now was to shake the spirit of the one who had gone against the heavenly principles as much as possible before his death. That way, one of the remaining apostles will be able to put an end to the work he couldn’t finish.

‘With Burgo, I’ll be able to succeed.’

Thought so, Julius turned his gaze to Adele, who was still sobbing while hugging Luke’s body, which was still weak and sprawled.

It looks like he’s losing his mind like that now, but Julius knew too well that if he tried to get out of this place, he would take his own life immediately.

The fate of Julius was decided the moment he stabbed the heart of the boy he had served for decades. A fate that cannot be avoided.

“If he hadn’t chosen you, this wouldn’t have happened! What a pity. A person who was destined to be an apostle from birth tried to go against my destiny, so this may be inevitable. Hmmm, to think that I would make that choice just because of one woman like you…”

“…”

“How do you feel, you who go against the laws of heaven? If he wanted to live, he would call you without a fight with me. But he finally called you after destroying the sacrifices I had prepared for the sanctuary.”

As she looked up, Adele’s eyes were bloodshot red. Facing her eyes filled with grief, frustration, and anger, Julius felt it. That there was only one chance left for him to speak out.

“He died in your place. So his death is-“

“…Noisy.”

She was Adele, who handled one more apostle without too much difficulty, but her face was infinitely darker.

‘He died in your place.’

The last words Julius uttered kept ringing in her head.

Turb-Turb-

Standing in front of Luke, who had been lying down with weak steps, Adele collapsed in front of him as if toppling over.

“You said you value your life. Where are you going to do that…”

There were many things she wanted to say, but Adele couldn’t form the right words in her throat, as if her throat had been choked.

Can he really find happiness in this episode without Luke? If there is a next episode, even if it’s only one chance, will the Luke at that time be the Luke he came to know and love?

Feeling her tears dripping down the back of her hand, Adele squeezed her hand.

If she hadn’t been swayed by Aquarius’ words, Luke wouldn’t have lost his life. Adele, who was blaming herself at that thought, heard a faint breath in her ear.

‘Breathing sound?’

She hurriedly turned her gaze to Luke, and Adele saw her Luke’s wound healing, scattering her pale indigo. I had a lot of questions about the identity of that light, and what the hell happened to it.

Still, she was relieved. That Luke was still alive, not dead. She said that only that fact mattered to her.

“Anyway, I think this needs a proper explanation. Don’t you think so, Princess Ludmeyer?”

“…I see.”

Sensing the commotion in the dungeon and responding helplessly to the words of the Duke of Isvant who came down, Adele bowed her head and kissed Luke’s forehead.

“Thank you for being alive, Luke.”

With a light smile, Adele swore on the spot.

Never again, never again will Luke’s life be put in danger.

She swore that even if she died, she would rather die herself.