The Fiancee Who Betrayed Me Is Obsessed With Me

74 – Revenge (6)

“… I’ll give it back now. “The pain I have experienced over the years.”

Beryl, or rather Ben, wears a helmet and rides on a horse.

“Now, wait a minute… Ben… !”

Yuuna calls him out loud.

It was a story I couldn’t believe right away. I didn’t even know what happened.

But what is certain is that that man was Ben.

It was a ridiculous story, but the memories he spewed out were things that only Ben could ever know.

And the familiarity I felt so far. A face that resembled, or rather was identical to, Ben. The reason you fell for him.

He was right, Ben was right. These stories didn’t make sense unless it was Ben.

But how. That didn’t matter. I had to catch him first.

“majesty! Are you okay!”

“B-Ben… ”

“yes?”

“B-Ben… Come on Ben… ”

Yuna tried to use magic to teleport in the direction he disappeared.

The dead knights around him and the other knights who ran were not even visible.

In her eyes, all she could see was a van speeding up the ridge.

“uh… ?”

However, Yuna felt strange as she tried to use magic.

I couldn’t use magic. I couldn’t move, as if the mana circulating in my body had solidified.

“Why is this… ”

I tried to force the mana back, but it was impossible.

It felt like if I touched it wrong, all the hardened circuits would break.

“… !”

At that moment, a situation passed through Yuna’s mind.

Ben, who suddenly kissed him earlier. And Yuuna swallowed something that fell from his mouth.

Somehow, I felt like my body had become stiff after that. It was clear that it was due to the medicine he had been given.

“Ahhh… ”

And Yuna was able to realize.

All the words he spat while looking at himself with hatred.

The back of him running along the ridge indiscriminately cutting off the throats of his allies.

A medicine that hardens the mana circuit given to oneself.

A sudden declaration of war by the empire that was completely incomprehensible.

It was all Ben’s plan.

From the day Regius fell, he sharpened his sword for revenge.

I trusted him too much to notice. How dare he plot such a betrayal behind his back.

Even though he appeared hiding his identity, it was even more so because he fell in love again. I trusted Beryl and Ben even more. Maybe it was the only thing I depended on.

“Ugh… Ugh… ”

Did Ben feel this way too?

The experience of being betrayed by someone you loved. The experience of having a huge dagger hit my chest without even knowing what was going on.

Being betrayed in an instant by someone you trusted. Even though I still love him.

It was a truly terrible feeling.

It was a terrible emotional fall, like falling off the highest cliff.

How terribly sick Ben must have been. On that day, what kind of feelings did Ben have when he ran away from himself and from Helia?

How painful was the time he went through? How on earth was he able to hide his identity and act by his side?

How crazy did he have to be to do that? How much was my spirit broken?

After acknowledging that he was Ben, I could imagine the pain he must have endured alone for so many years.

Just imagining him was so terrifying.

But what was even more terrifying was that she was grieving the fact that she had lost Ben even though she knew that he must have been so sick.

Ben must have been in so much pain. I would have suffered that pain alone.

But selfishly, she wanted to catch Ben again and keep him by her side. I wanted to be hugged again like before and satisfy my personal desires.

It hurt more that I couldn’t touch him anymore. Meanwhile, I was so disgusted with myself for thinking such selfish thoughts.

“Well, Your Highness… ! “Our troops are being pushed back!”

Someone dares to shake his shoulder. This meant that the situation was urgent.

I looked up and saw that it was one of the royal ministers.

And when I looked up again and checked my surroundings, I saw that the battlefield was a state of chaos.

Since he hadn’t used magic for a long time, his allies were naturally falling behind. Unable to block the enemy’s magic engineering weapons, our troops were rapidly decreasing.

“Uh, we have to stop it quickly! If we keep going like this… !”

I could see how urgent the situation was. So much so that the minister dared to place his hand on the king’s shoulder.

If he didn’t step forward, Helia, or even the entire kingdom union, would have been erased from the map.

But there was nothing to do.

Yuuna had no strength to move, and her mana no longer moved.

No matter what she tried, Yuna, who couldn’t use magic, could do nothing to help her in this situation.

“Ugh… Ugh… Hmm… “

Other than just sitting down and looking at Ben’s back in vain.

***

“Stop!”

I turned far to the outskirts of the battlefield and arrived at the imperial army’s camp.

The soldiers guarding the garrison immediately went into a state of alert and presented their unique magic engineering weapons to me.

I threw him what I had taken out of my arms and raised both arms to show that I had no intention of fighting.

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“Show that to the commander.”

One of the soldiers looked at what I threw for a while, confirmed that there was no problem, picked it up, and ran into the garrison.

The rest of the soldiers were still aiming at me, and I didn’t want to make a fuss, so I stayed still with my arms raised.

-Lower your weapons.

After waiting for a while, I heard a familiar voice coming from inside the garrison.

“… “I never thought you would participate in the battlefield yourself.”

She was the 1st princess.

I’m not sure, but there was a lot of help from within the empire for this plan.

She was a woman who seemed far from war, but I had no idea she might have followed me to the battlefield to make a decision about my treatment.

“Because I have been delegated the matter regarding you. “Please come in.”

I got off my horse and followed her into the camp.

She entered the largest command center at the edge of the garrison, and I followed her inside.

“Nice to meet you. Ben Harun Leonor. “The last prince of Regius.”

“… Nice to meet you.”

“My name is Macan Sons Brighton, the second prince of the Empire. “You must be tired from the long way back, so let’s sit down for now.”

I followed his recommendation and sat down.

It was not a hostile atmosphere. It wasn’t a welcoming atmosphere, but I could feel that they trusted me to some extent.

It’s probably because I saw Yuuna’s magic stop earlier. Gradually, the victory was leaning toward an empire.

From their perspective, they were taking the first step toward unifying the continent.

“… First of all, thank you. “For participating in this absurd plan.”

“Yes, it was a truly absurd plan. I thought so too, but my sister pushed me so hard. There is no one in the imperial family who can break your stubbornness. In the end, it’s good if it works, and if it doesn’t work out, let’s retreat quickly even if it means antagonizing Helia, and so on.”

“I liked you. “I knew you weren’t the type of person to lie, so I pushed you hard.”

“Thank you. Princess.”

As expected, it seemed that the first princess, Hegna, had promoted this absurd plan from within the empire.

Of course, the Empire probably carried it out because it was calculated to some extent, but I think her biggest contribution was making me believe in it.

“Because it’s good for the Empire. And actually, I was skeptical too, but she really was that princess… No, the king can’t use magic.”

“… yes. “It was difficult to obtain that medicine.”

At the last moment, I kissed Yuuna and the medicine I shoved down her throat was a medicine that hardened the mana circuit.

It was a very difficult drug to obtain that could turn any strong wizard into an incompetent person unable to use magic.

To begin with, the number of wizards on the continent was small, the medicine was useless, and it was a medicine that was not often used due to the requirement that it had to be administered directly into the body.

In the first place, not many people would think of giving such medicine to wizards.

But I managed to get some medicine and gave it to her.

And thanks to this, Yuna was unable to use magic, and the empire was able to win.

“You said you were the last survivor of Regius. “At that time, I heard that the entire royal family was exterminated.”

“It would have been conveyed that way. There was one knight who probably protected me until the end, and he was directly caught by the chase team with the corpse of a child of similar size to me. “I think his sacrifice was probably successful.”

“… You are a righteous person. “Thanks to his sacrifice, you are where you are today and what happened today was possible.”

okay. It was all thanks to him.

Gerg, who saved me and chose to die himself. If it weren’t for him, I wouldn’t have come this far or survived.

My heart ached for a moment at the thought of him.

“… I don’t think I can possibly fathom that pain. But one thing is for sure, you survived and you won. And that means we are trusting you. “When you return to the Empire, your merits will be praised and you will be greatly rewarded.”

“There is no need for compensation. That’s not what I started out hoping for. “Just this revenge is enough for me.”

“… okay. “I was inconsiderate.”

Through secret communication with the empire, they also knew most of my identity and circumstances.

Therefore, even though it was my first time meeting them, they also showed pity and respect for me.

The operation was successful, and the unification of the continent was just around the corner for them. There would have been no reason to look down on me.

It didn’t matter to me whether it was compensation or the unification of the empire’s continent.

I just wish for them and Helia’s downfall.

To cruelly take away happiness from Regius and all the people who took away my precious things.

That’s enough. Now I don’t want to enjoy wealth, fame, etc.

“… But it’s really amazing. Not only did he survive, but he also spent those few years infiltrating Helia and becoming a bodyguard for the four princesses. “They even stole her heart and made him a king.”

“I see. Although she has now become the king, the rumors from when she was a princess… Even in the Empire, it was known. “There was no nobleman more cruel than him.”

“How on earth did you revive her and make her fall in love? I’m curious. “Even though I loathe her, I deceived her by gaining her trust.”

Well, it wasn’t an ordinary thing.

You act out love in front of the person you want revenge on, but at the same time, you develop hatred inside.

Earning her trust and making her let down her guard to the point where she thinks I’m completely on her side. So much so that she wouldn’t even notice if I pointed a knife at her back.

A normal person wouldn’t have been able to do something like that in front of someone they didn’t like for years.

But why? I could do it. Actually, when I thought about it, it didn’t seem like I was fooling myself that much.

“that… “I see.”

because,

“From the beginning… Since the day we first met, I have been sincere… “I think it might be.”

Because I meant it. Because I truly loved her. And that feeling was not easily forgotten even by feelings of betrayal and hatred.

That was just the story. It was my foolish inner self, hating her but not being able to let go of my feelings.

“but… “Now I feel like I can really hate to my heart’s content.”

But, wouldn’t it be possible to let go of that feeling now?

No, it will have no choice but to be put down. Because I already stuck a knife in her back.

It was the end of a long and bad relationship.