Cheat Awakening

Chapter 425. Glimpses of Shadows

myne stared at the horrific corpse in front of him, dazedly, not knowing what he was thinking. though the body was stripped of its skin, with its nose, ears, and eyes removed, the facial features were unrecognizable. but if you stared for a few minutes with a specific image in mind, you could still vaguely make out an outline and guess who this person might have been when she was alive.

click!

perhaps because myne was emotionally distraught after seeing this hellish place, or maybe he figured out something and unconsciously tightened his grip on the magic lamp. a sharp creaking sound suddenly resonated and dense creaks appeared on it. however, myne remained oblivious, his eyes fixed solely on the unknown corpse before him.

"this can't be real! how could this happen?... i... i just wanted to help!"

myne muttered under his breath continuously, looking like a madman. before, he didn't want to get close to those corpses out of disgust or fear, but now he didn't care about those minor things and directly came in front of the horrific body and placed his hand on the heart that had long stopped beating. he then moved it upwards to her chin, tilting her face upwards.

the face was a gruesome sight. her eyes were gouged out, her mouth agape as if screaming in pain even before death. her tongue was missing, and two gaping holes replaced her nose. her exposed skull was visible beneath her hair, with only a few strands of purple remaining.

"it's all my fault. i shouldn't have left you alone with that beast, even knowing how he treated you. please forgive me."

myne, who couldn't stop his tears, apologized to the corpse in front of him, his voice full of regret and self-blame.

"sob, why do these things happen to those i try to get close to? first velvet, now rosy... it's all my fault. i should be the one hanging here. i promised to protect you, but when you needed me most, i was fooling around somewhere else. sob, it's all my fault.

if only i had been with you yesterday, this wouldn't have happened... please forgive me, i couldn't save you."

the tears in myne's eyes overflowed like a tsunami, drenching his face. a few drops even trickled from his nose, touching his lips. but myne was clearly in no state to care about such trivialities.

however, amidst his emotional outburst, he failed to notice a small white flame like a will o' the wisp, erupt from the green emerald in the golden disk on the altar with astonished speed, followed by countless black chains invisible to the naked eye.

as he approached rosewell, still lost in her daydream and smiling idiotically to herself, he noticed a small detail that both he and rosewell had missed due to carelessness. there was someone hiding behind the tree.

if it weren't for the fact that this unknown figure was releasing intense golden light which even a blind person could see, myne definitely have missed it again, as the person was hidden just too well.

panting heavily, a dangerous doubt arose in myne's mind. he bypassed rosewell, lost in her own world, and came to the back of the tree. there, he saw a small opening, probably made by dogs for shelter. but right now, in that opening, lay a small figure with whom myne was very familiar. after all, it had only been half an hour since they parted ways.

"nethan!" myne growled angrily through gritted teeth, a curse escaping his lips. yes, this small figure was none other than the little orphan boy who had delivered rosewell's – or rather, the supposed rosewell's – letter to him and received a generous tip from him.

rage surged through myne. he reached out to grab the ungrateful little bastard by the collar and pull him out of the small hole, only to find his hand pass directly through the small body as if they were a just illusion, and couldn't affect the reality.

after his failed attempt to grab nethan, myne's inner rage subsided slightly. he was now sober enough to think clearly instead of being blinded by anger. just when he was trying to figure out whether his soul had travelled in the past or he was under the effect of skill, he saw another small figure approaching rosewell.

it was the little loli he had met in the kitchen, the one with the interesting skill, which he greedily looked forward to getting his hands on.

the loli spoke a few words to rosewell, which could be summarized as "greeting, dinner, go home, etc." rosewell's smile had vanished upon seeing the loli. after listening to her nonsense, she snorted coldly and completely ignore her, before walking away, leaving the loli behind awkwardly watching her fading back while clenching her fists so tightly her palms bled.

after glaring in rosewell's direction with murderous intent, the angry loli quickly calmed herself and approached the tree where myne was standing, observing everything with a murderous glint in his eyes. even if he still didn't know who are real culprits behind rosewell's death by now, he might as well dig a hole and bury himself in it.

b*tch just you wait, i see how long can you behave like this in front of me, as long as i can remove you from my path and get that fatty under my control all the things you have would be mine. just you wait..."

although the loli was still so angry that she could murder someone for a slight matter, she somehow managed to calm down and put on a fake cute smile upon reaching nethan. she helped him out of the hole before asking the question she'd probably been waiting ages for:

"did you find anything? who was she talking with? what were they talking about? tell me quickly, and all those 20 gold coins will be yours."

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