That Man’s 101st Bad Ending

I didn’t do anything-4

Theresia’s demeanor was quite dignified.

Rather than coming to ask for forgiveness for my sins, should I say that it contains the determination to find out something about me?

I don’t know what she wants from me.

However, I thought that the original intention would be quite absurd.

…At the very least, it’s clear that he wasn’t trying to sincerely apologize to me.

Looking at the woman walking upright from a distance, I quietly thought of the next situation.

As she walked through the garden and approached us, Theresia’s eyes did not waver at all.

Are you thinking about what to say in your head?

While waiting for her first words to come out, Theresia walked right in front of me and stared at the round table.

“Where is the antidote?”

“Are you talking about the antidote?”

“Don’t pretend, speak quickly. What kind of poison has your brother been poisoned with? Poison that even the priest can’t cure, I’ve never heard of such a thing.”

Of course. Because I’ve never used poison before.

However, it was true that there was no doctor who was good enough to treat the disease called acute pneumonia.

If it was a saint, would it have been able to cure it?

It’s not that I didn’t consider such a possibility, but I had never heard of a saintess’ divine power curing diseases.

The eyes that looked down at me as I sat were still.

The darkness was deep and cold, and it was properly conveyed to me that my mind was slowly twisting.

Do you hate me or do you resent me?

I don’t know which of the two is the right answer, but what’s certain is that she came with a certain resolution.

…But you shouldn’t have lost your manners.

“You’re talking about an antidote as soon as you arrive. I haven’t heard anything about poison either, but is it possible that your brother is not feeling well?”

“…Don’t ask when you know everything. You know that my older brother is dying, too!”

“How do I know that?”

The voice that came out of his mouth was so cold that even he himself was surprised.

However, it is true.

Even if she knew in the future that her brother would be sick, wasn’t it because of the recent contact that she knew that this episode was also like that?

“Are you going to say you didn’t know about your brother’s condition?”

“Regardless of whether or not you intend to do that, you have the right attitude. I was contacted to ask for an apology, but I guess someone else wrote it?”

“I will apologize. By the way-“

“You should have apologized first. I’m not going to come and ask for an antidote first.”

The corner of his mouth twitched at the sudden leak of ridicule. I felt pretty uncomfortable.

It might be because of her face and the blooming past, but my feelings for myself, who had been swayed by a woman of this level, were greater.

I could have thrown it away right away, if only I had knocked it out a little sooner. I wouldn’t have had any regrets like this.

I didn’t take any action around Theresia.

He didn’t do anything to her, but he doubted my words and came all this way on his own.

misunderstood, could have been released. However, that heart is gone.

Perhaps, the moment she came here, her fate was twisted.

The future, which could have been slightly different if I sincerely apologized on my knees, is now starting to completely disappear from my head.

For a moment, Theresia’s body trembled.

As soon as our eyes met, he took a step back, and seemed to be wary of me with his eyes narrowed.

“I don’t know why you’re looking at me like that. Are you afraid of me?”

“…If you give me the antidote, everything will be over. My brother is now lying down like that, how could a person do that?”

“You said that. It’s something I don’t know.”

Theresia’s clenched fist trembled.

It was pretty funny how he tried to suppress his anger.

Where the hell does that confidence come from? There can be no clear evidence.

Because it’s not what I did.

However, there is no way the poison will come out of nowhere.

Of course, there was no poison that had the same effect as acute pneumonia.

Even if there was, her brother Arthur’s disease was not caused by poison.

Theresia was only caught in her own convictions.

I only came this far with the words I said last time as proof.

What a great woman. On such a foolish subject, he even has his own beliefs.

Could there be a more terrifying woman than this?

“The reason I said I wanted to meet your brother is because of this Full Moon Festival.”

“What on earth does your brother have to do with the full moon festival…”

“Arthur Violet is one of the executive committee members of this Full Moon Festival, but did you not know about it?”

Then, as if speechless, Theresia glared at me but couldn’t even utter a word.

Of course, I didn’t mean it in that way.

It was a word I threw out hoping she would do this, but it was she who took the bait brilliantly.

If you ask if it’s my fault, well. Could it be the fault of the victim?

“It’s funny to see them come all the way here and act like they’re not interested in what their family is doing. He said he would apologize for that, but isn’t he talking incomprehensible words like an antidote?”

“…that-“

“Is Taylor funny?”

I asked in a calm voice.

Her actions could be interpreted as making fun of this family.

It was as if they were trying to tarnish my reputation with such suspicion.

Even though I had no attachment to my family, I could use it as much as I wanted.

More brutally than she could have imagined.

Wasn’t it a really good feeling? The most prestigious family in this empire, at this moment, became the best weapon of all.

After that creepy question about Taylor being funny, I smiled innocently again and opened my mouth.

“I wish it wasn’t like that.”

“Well, it’s not like that. I didn’t make fun of the Taylors!”

I don’t know about the antidote. Nor did the Taylors intervene.

When he mentioned his older brother, he just wanted to talk about the Full Moon Festival, which he didn’t know about.

Moaning as she had no words to say, she looked at me with a puzzled expression.

“Then why did you come here? All you have to do is apologize to me. About the past.”

“…….”

After looking at Theresia who couldn’t answer for a long time, he got tired and lifted the teacup.

The effect of chamomile was quite good.

It calms the emotions that can be raging, and allows you to see Theresia only with a calm gaze.

I didn’t care much about the past anymore.

Isn’t that just the past?

The ghosts, who were mere memories at best, would not be able to interfere with my future work.

Theresia’s teeth clenched at my smiling face.

However, even so, there was still nothing to say to me, and there was still no opening of the closed mouth.

Should I stay still here?

It didn’t change the fact that even if she stayed like this, she would be ruined.

A woman who collapses after being eaten by her own doubts. Looking back on my life right now, there were not many cases like that.

I had been like that before, so I knew she had crossed the line.

Perhaps even if the conversation ended here, you would hardly see a woman named Theresia any time soon.

Still, I had no intention of ending it here.

It was my wish that I would not see a woman named Theresia in this life.

I won’t kill myself, but I won’t hear his name until I die.

Isn’t it what I wished for her influence to no longer exist in my life?

So I decided to trample on it.

I planted a seed called doubt in her, and it has blossomed and reached so far…

The reason to stop is that there is not a single one.

When I put the teacup down with a clatter, a soft smile appeared on my lips.

It was a smile that came from the heart.

The more I imagined Theesia’s expression in the future, the more I couldn’t stand the feeling that rose up in the name of joy.

“I wish I had apologized as soon as I came. Then I might have forgiven myself…I don’t know.”

It sounds like it’s sad, but it’s not true.

Since she had no intention of forgiving me in the first place, Theresia’s eyes, which had been firm at my words, shook.

He chewed his pale lips, and only stared blankly at me.

“I knew all your sins. Buy jewelry with the money I gave you, and match your dress. Including such cute pranks, the Violet family’s fortunes bizarrely increased. I knew everything.”

“That is my fault. It was something I asked my father to do. It’s not your brother’s fault. I apologize. So please…!”

“No, it’s nothing for you to apologize for. Didn’t I say I didn’t know about your brother’s affairs in the first place?”

When I accepted it with a gentle smile, the expression on my face was spectacle.

He shook his head, saying he couldn’t do that, and then began to complain while holding my hand.

Why are you doing this now on a topic that you have been proud of so far? Have I become a little more desperate now?

I coldly raised my hand and continued talking.

“I had no intention of doing anything about this. I thought that if we just broke up, our relationship would end.”

“Robert, I was wrong. I apologize for the rudeness just now. Just give me the antidote, while I’m doing this my brother. It means that you can die. Please, Robert!”

I knew. Arthur will probably die tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.

He always died around the beginning of the Full Moon Festival, so there must be not much left.

I feel sorry for his death, but it was something only God could do to reverse what had already been decided.

I’m not a god, so I can’t grant her wishes.

However… I wonder if I can make her doubts grow even more. After clearing his throat for a while, he muttered in a small whisper.

“He must be coughing up blood by now, so he must be dying. What a pity. You’re coughing so badly that you won’t even be able to move. Are you eating properly?”

The eyes that had been looking at me wide open, and they are stained with confusion and bewilderment.

No wonder.

In any of the letters she sent me, there would be nothing about my brother’s condition.

Stuttering, she sat down on the floor and weakly grabbed my hand.

As if asking what the word just now meant.

Of course, she will never fully understand the meaning of my words.

This is because I didn’t use poison or intentionally cause pneumonia.

Who will believe that you know the future after dying 100 times?

“Haha, you must be struggling so much that you can’t even pass porridge right now. In just a few days, the condition got worse rapidly, so everyone must be busy. Isn’t it?”

“…I never told you anything like that.”

What was in her eyes was confidence and hopelessness.

Perhaps he was convinced that I had done something.

The hand holding my collar slips and slides down.

Then I laughed quietly to myself, then looked at me and pursed my lips.

“Did you do that? really…?”

“no. I never did anything.”

“But how do you know your brother’s illness, I… never told you that. Robert, are you really poisoned?”

“If you ask how I know.”

With a small smile, he then shrugged his shoulders and replied.

“I do not know. How do I know?”

Theresia’s body showed no signs of moving.

He just stared blankly at me, trying to retrace the meaning of what I said.

The face of the woman who had been confident until just now was full of incontinence.

The collapsed and broken heart was reflected in her eyes as it was, and the Theresia I knew was nowhere to be found.

Get down on a chair and level your eyes.

Kneeling down, making eye contact, gently pulling his hand on the floor. and squeezed lightly.

“Theresia, I have no reason to question your suspicions of me. Also, I have no intention of saying anything about coming here and being rude.”

“……”

“Because you don’t have to. You seem to mistake yourself for anything, but you are nothing to me. There is no need to apologize or come here to ask for forgiveness.”

It was time to say goodbye in my own way to Theresia Violet.

Let’s not see each other forever, if we meet in the future. Let’s not even pretend to know each other then.

Theresia just stared at me in vain as she gently held my hand, as she once did when we were lovers.

He seemed to have a lot to say.

From knowing Arthur’s condition right now to the existence of an antidote.

But I couldn’t give the poor woman anything.

I didn’t do anything, but I know that there is no doctor to treat the disease, but what can I do?

All she could do was hold her hand like this.

I whispered softly to the woman with a pale face as if she had seen a ghost.

“I hope you don’t come to me like this next time. I don’t know anything about this matter. I would have given you an antidote, but unfortunately I don’t know much about that.”

“…I was wrong, Robert. Can’t you just look at it once, just once? please…”

thud-

Now, as he knelt down and rubbed his hands, an empty laugh leaked out.

It hit the head several times with a thumping sound. Her clothes were soiled with grass and dirt, and she did not look noble at all.

He just looks like a madman driven mad by something.

thud-

There was only one thing to say to her in this silent garden.

So, he lifted the shoulder of Theresia, who was banging her head, and smiled softly.

“I remember saying it over and over again.”

“……”

“I didn’t do anything. young lady.”

Will Theresia realize that all of this is true?

I guess I’ll probably never know.

Even if he realized it, he would already be someone who had nothing to do with me.