KFBRV Ch 137

Above all, because Charlotte will appear here in just a few minutes.

Although Charlotte's relationship with Odette was the worst, Han Songyi was a girl everyone loved. A girl who was the protagonist, whenever and wherever, just like Charlotte in the game.

Since such a Han Songyi was even the official protagonist of this world, everyone would quickly forget Odette. Just as they did in her past life, and just as they did in the game.

Therefore, the only time she could hurt these Transcendents was right now.

[Karl] "Master. Put the gun down."

His desperate voice was heard. But she didn't look at him.

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Because the time remaining for her was very short.

Within this short time, she had to convince them of her suicide. That they were existence so terrible to her that she would rather choose death by her own hand.

How should I act to make it plausible?

Calculating endlessly in her head, she carefully chose her first line.

[Odette] "You know. I actually suffered a lot."

But the moment she spat out those words, she realized. That she needed absolutely no acting right now. That spitting out the words she had held back and suppressed was enough.

Because her trembling voice already carried the suppressed hatred toward them intact.

[Odette] "Being hated is truly fascinating. With beatings, as you get used to them, you develop calluses, and it hurts less, right? But with being hated, the more you get used to it, the more it hurts."

[Johan] "Odette. Please, please, put down that gun and let's talk."

[Odette] "And do you know when it finally becomes bearable? It's when I realize for myself how terrible I am. Ah, I receive this treatment because I am inadequate. Indeed, who would like me? Even I would hate myself. Once you realize that, from then on, no matter how much others hate you, it becomes bearable."

[Zion] "Albrecht, take your finger off that trigger right now."

[Odette] "Because I loathe myself the most terribly, others hating me just tickles."

She hadn't intended to go as far as crying, but while continuing her words, warm tears flowed down her cheeks.

[Odette] "The entire imperial citizenry, you all, and my family hated me... but no one could hate me as much as I did. Because the one who hated me the most diligently was me."

Normally, she would have forced herself to hold back her tears.

What did you do so well to cry? Do you even have time to cry so leisurely?

Pushing herself like that. But now, she didn't need to do that.

Because her goal right now, at this moment, was to look like she had been driven to the extreme, to look pitiful.

Therefore, she willingly let her flowing tears be and continued her words.

[Viktor] "Darling, put the gun down."

[Odette] "People who hated me so much suddenly say they like me now. So brazenly, as if they had never hated me. Do you know what I think then?"

[Johan] "Please..."

[Odette] "Ah, this is a new torment. To make me excited, to inflate my vain hopes for no reason, to ruin me properly."

[Male Leads] "......"

[Odette] "If it were real love, you would have been faster than this. You wouldn't have left me to hate myself to that extent. And then you wouldn't be able to confess love to me as if nothing had happened."

[Male Leads] "......"

[Odette] "Therefore, this is definitely torment. These people hate me and find me so terrible that they are trying to torment me with the word 'love'."

Her tear-filled voice slowly became dry as she continued speaking.

[Odette] "You all are the same, aren't you? That's why you ignored my words saying I hate it, and persistently tracked me down all the way here."

No one answered her dryly spat-out rebuke. Only a silence heavier than before flowed.

It was then.

[Zion] "Odette."

He called her in a soft voice.

She flinched and turned her gaze to him. Because she could clearly guess the reason he was calling her with such a voice.

Even after saying this much, you haven't changed in the slightest...

As expected, as if to use brainwashing on her again, a golden light was filling his eyes.

However, that golden light crumbled, shattered, and scattered in the air before it even filled halfway.

[Zion's 'Ability Use' is successfully blocked by 'Shackles of Time'.]

Realizing his ability didn't work, his expression hardened.

To think he still had a shred of leeway while warning her to put down the gun... It seemed he was trusting his last resort, brainwashing.

Only then did his face crack, crack, and begin to fill with anxiety.

She looked at that sight ridiculously and smiled brightly.

[Odette] "Look at this, Your Excellency. There's no way something like that is love."

[Zion] "W-Why is this—"

[Odette] "What a relief it is not to be fooled by your lies."

He furrowed his brow at her mockery. As if he wanted to refute her words, his lips parted slightly. But eventually, he shut his mouth tight.

[Zion's 'Ability Use' is successfully blocked by 'Shackles of Time'.]

[Zion's 'Ability Use' is successfully blocked by 'Shackles of Time'.]

[Zion's 'Ability Use' is successfully blocked by 'Shackles of Time'.]

He tried the same thing several times. But the result was the same. As the failures repeated, clear desperation settled on his face.

Seeing Zion crumble brought a sense of relief. He, who had always wielded her as he pleased, was struggling with such a desperate face. Because he couldn't do anything about the one Odette he had always looked down upon.

Right. You should crumble to that extent. Even if I am forgotten soon, I intend to become a deep wound to you all for this moment at least.

[Johan] "Odette, I was wrong. I was completely wrong about everything, so please just put the gun down."

At Johan's plea, she smiled and shook her head.

[Odette] "The mistake was mine. I should have made this choice much earlier..."

Holding the gun, she reached her remaining hand behind her back. Pushing the curtains aside and opening the window, she took a couple of steps back.

Onto the balcony protruding toward the cliff.

[Johan] "Odette!"

As she stood on the balcony, rain drenched her entire body. The fierce sea breeze whipped her hair around.

Lowering her gaze, she saw a sheer cliff right beneath her feet. The seawater swirling in steep currents made her dizzy.

Odette chuckled, recalling what she had done to Marco at the Imperial Palace.

So I was practicing for this moment?

Just as she had done to Marco, she sat lightly on the railing facing them. And turned her head.

[Zion's 'Ability Use' is successfully blocked by 'Shackles of Time'.]

[Zion's 'Ability Use' is successfully blocked by 'Shackles of Time'.]

Toward Zion, who was still trying in vain.

[Odette] "Your Excellency, I told you. Leaving without an oath is something I can do plenty of."

Zion, who had been repeating futile efforts with a dazed face, breathed heavily at her words. Then he spat out words, stuttering.

[Zion] "Albrecht. Don't do this. No. This isn't it... I will never do that to you again."

Along with his pleading voice, his face began to contort bizarrely.

[Zion] "I, I was completely wrong. I've done nothing but wrong to you."

He was a human who seemed like not a single drop of blood would come out even if stabbed, but surprisingly, before she knew it, a single tear fell from his eye.

She wanted to mock him thoroughly for looking unsightly, but... perhaps because he was a male lead certified by the worldview. Even on his despairing face, a shred of nobility remained.

Wasn't his setting that he hasn't cried since losing his mother?

It was unexpected, as it was a sight she had never seen even in the game, but that was all.

She turned her head without lingering attachment.

[Odette] "Colonel König. Why make such an expression? You should be happier. It's the most famous scene you wanted to see so much, isn't it?"

[Viktor] "Darling, please come here."

[Odette] "I asked you not to call me 'darling', yet you are arbitrary to the end."

She spat the words out, smiling with a light tone, but he let out a groan full of pain.

[Viktor] "That's not it."

A face turned completely white. Excuses muttered as if squeezed out. But his intentions were none of her business either.

Ever since Odette sat on the railing, Johan had been screaming Damn it, damn it! the whole time, struggling to break free from the invisible, intangible shackles.

[Johan] "Odette. There is something I want to tell you. Something I should have told you a very long time ago. Please, just listen to my story—"

He pleaded in an urgent voice, but she wasn't curious about his story at all.

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She turned her eyes away from the despair dwelling in Johan's eyes and finally looked at Karl.

On the face that still retained a youthful appearance, shock, a sense of betrayal, and fear were mixed.

[Karl] "Master... You promised not to abandon me."

[Odette] "I am sorry I couldn't keep the promise."

Saying so, she severed the Imprint entangled in her blood. Then, his eyes returned to the red color of the day they first met, rather than the color of her blood.

[Karl] "Master...?"

Perhaps noticing the Imprint had been released, he spoke in a much more urgent voice.

[Karl] "Damn it, damn it! Do you think I'll let you go like this? I will never let that happen!"

Karl also struggled forcefully. Because of that, blood poured from his ankles.

Is it because he looks full of malice that his face overlaps with his face from my past life?

The sight of him chasing her was full of hatred.

She didn't want to bid him farewell like this either. However...

Don't worry. Soon, when your Loathing reaches 40 and is inflated by 61 times, you will think it's a relief that I'm dead.

That desperation would change into persistent killing intent with Charlotte's arrival.

Only by bidding farewell like this could she avoid dying by Karl's hand.

It was also the only way not to be swayed by the damned Transcendents and Charlotte.

At least in this life, it seems my death won't be an object of mockery and ridicule.

She smiled with a sense of relief toward them.

What should the final farewell be?

At that moment, Viktor's voice, heard at the edge of her past life, suddenly came to mind.

[Viktor] "Goodbye, darling."

The last farewell she heard in her past life. It wouldn't be bad to match that greeting. Although they wouldn't remember.

[Odette] "Goodbye. Take care, everyone."

There was no hesitation. She put strength into her finger and pulled the trigger.

Bang—.

A roar echoed across the cliff.

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