The Villainous Family Loves Me Too Much!

In Gabriel’s memories, there was a somewhat disgruntled image of me repeatedly appearing.

‘Why is he thinking about me when he’s not even thinking about the female lead? So, the female lead gets jealous and that’s why…?’

Gabriel’s memory was set in the royal garden, where he and I used to hide presents for each other.

That night, Gabriel had come here secretly to hide a gift for me.

That’s when he witnessed a shocking scene.

Beatrice and Liam were engaged in an affair behind the rose garden.

The two of them gazed lovingly at each other, kissing and embracing, completely unaware that someone had come.

Gabriel tightly clenched the small box he was holding, but he didn’t utter a word.

Gabriel stood there, his lips pressed tightly together to the point where blood almost seeped out. Slowly, he turned and walked out of the garden.

‘When… when did this happen? Then why did my brother decide to marry Beatrice…?’

The next memory that appeared was a conversation between Gabriel and me.

-Brother, Beatrice asked me to give you this. And she said there’s a fireworks event in the city today. How about the two of us secretly go out together?

-Do you like Beatrice that much?

-Yeah! When you and Beatrice get married, you two will protect this Empire together. I want to live happily for a long time in this Empire protected by you two!

A happy ending was impossible from the beginning, from the moment Beatrice committed adultery. Nevertheless, because of my greed for a happy ending, Gabriel had pushed through with the wedding. That’s why all this tragedy had unfolded.

It was all my delusion. Even the thought that everything had collapsed right before the happy ending.

“Are you okay?”

Lucian looked at my dazed expression with concern, using a tone unusually affectionate.

“Yes, I’m fine… Did you see it too?”

Lucian nodded silently.

“Then I understand that it was all because of me. I caused all this, and because of me, this world will perish…”

“Stop with the unnecessary words.”

He extended his hand to me as if to tell me to take it.

“Now that we’ve found the souls, let’s go back.”

I reached out to take Lucian’s hand, but…

‘What’s this?’

Lucian’s hand didn’t grasp mine. He seemed to be not held within my hand, as if he had become a detached soul.

I looked at Lucian with confusion.

His body was partially transparent, except for his shoulders, neck, and head.

Lucian’s soul was starting to detach from his body.

My expression must have looked strange, as Lucian examined his own body.

“This is unavoidable. I guess I’ll leave it here.”

“What are you talking about?”

Even in this situation, his tone was calm, almost indifferent.

“If you come back and rescue me later, it’ll be fine, won’t it? First, do what you need to do.”

I shook my head, trembling.

“This is a problem from another dimension. Your body is here. The moment I leave the wormhole, you’ll die.”

“Exhausting.”

Lucian lay down on the ground, maintaining that same state.

“It’s a natural phenomenon. Since the soul that sustains the body is halfway gone.”

“Then take a break, okay?”

Watching Lucian’s body become increasingly transparent, I couldn’t remain passive any longer.

“Wait a bit. I’ll find your soul right now.”

Then it happened.

-Kugugugung.

The wormhole began to shrink gradually.

As space diminished, memories collided and disappeared with a bang.

“No!”

I held Gabriel’s soul in one hand and Lucian’s remaining body in the other.

“…Leave quickly.”

Boom.

Another soul burst.

Boom.

The sound of souls exploding echoed from everywhere.

The space of the wormhole, which had shrunk at a rapid rate, was now only a small and narrow space as tall as me.

Boom!

Another soul burst out.

In the end, there was only Gabriel’s and my souls left, along with Lucian’s remaining soul and his half-transparent body.

Lucian, whose soul had separated, could no longer speak.

“No, this can’t be happening! This really can’t be happening! How can I do this on my own?”

I clung to his body, which was on the verge of disappearing, shaking it desperately.

“Please come back. I need you. Without you, I can’t do anything.”

I could no longer make rational judgments about what to do.

I just thought that if there was anything I could do, I had to do it.

I held Gabriel’s soul and Lucian tightly and unleashed my ability with all my might.

No matter what the consequences of my actions, this was the best I could do.

* * *

It had been half a day since Karena and Lucian entered the wormhole.

Gevino and Gabriel were exhausted from trying to stop Jonathan, who was trying to jump in, saying he wanted to check the situation himself.

“Have some of this at least.”

Hailey offered a bowl of corn soup she had just cooked, but Gabriel had no appetite.

Even though she was his younger sister, the fact that he didn’t remember anything, and even an unlucky Archduke like himself had all jumped into that dangerous wormhole for him.

‘What on earth are my memories like…’

The moment the two people entered, the wormhole also disappeared.

-But still, don’t go to the open field, Your Highness. We don’t know when the wormhole will reappear.

Gebino earnestly advised, so they observed the middle of the open field from beneath the trees.

Then, suddenly, Gabriel was struck by a severe headache.

“Aah!”

In excruciating pain, he couldn’t even curl up his body.

“Gabriel!”

“Your Highness!”

Surprised, Hailey and Gebino both rushed toward him.

“Jonathan! Hurry down and take a look at His Highness!”

Jonathan, who had been lying on a branch at the top of the tree and was trying to climb down the trunk, began his descent.

Kugugugung.

A tremendous noise accompanied by a strange light emanated from the center of the open field.

“What… what is that?”

At that moment, Gabriel, who had stopped writhing in pain, froze. He suddenly jumped up and began to run towards the light in the middle of the field, as if he had gone mad.

“Your Highness!”

Gabriel, who had run quickly, was halfway inside the light.

“What are you doing!”

Surprised, Gebino and Jonathan followed to pull him back, but something that hadn’t been visible from a distance began to appear.

Gabriel was pulling someone out from within.

“Haa… it’s finally over.”

Sweating profusely, Gabriel, as he exhaled heavily and sat down on the ground, the figure of someone else collapsed alongside him.

The two who fell out of the light were Karena and Lucian.

“You’ve returned, Your Highness!”

But the two who had fallen were still unconscious.

“Your Highness the Archduke! Your Highness the Princess!”

No matter how loudly they shouted, the two didn’t wake up.

“Rena will be fine. The problem is… Archduke Felosite.”

Gabriel, who had regained his breath with difficulty, barely opened his mouth.

However, Gabriel’s tone and attitude had strangely changed.

“Your Highness, could it be?”

“…Yes, that’s right. I’ve regained all my memories.”

* * *

Fortunately, Karena woke up about an hour after being rescued from the wormhole.

On the other hand, Lucian still hadn’t regained consciousness, not until they all returned to Baron Fenris’s Estate after finishing their adventure.

Karena couldn’t leave his side, feeling responsible for what had happened to him.

For over a week, she had been caring for Lucian by his bedside, day and night.

‘Could the situation have been better?’

She couldn’t forget what had happened in the wormhole.

All the souls that had been there had exploded. Lucian’s soul must have been the same.

Every time she thought about it, her body would shudder.

One night when everyone was asleep, Karena was still nursing Lucian by his bedside, holding his hand.

“Ahh…”

When Lucian opened his eyes, he was met with an unbelievable sight.