Chapter 70
Current moment.
Two women are staring at me right before my eyes.
One with gleaming red eyes.
The other with her face covered by a black veil.
Oh, by the way, both are ghost stories.
It seems my fate is entangled with ghost stories.
‘Should I like this?’
Sitting across from the two ghost stories that are staring at me, they only watch each other cautiously.
Deeply-
The woman with red irises sitting directly opposite me was sending a piercing gaze.
No, perhaps ‘burning’ would be a more accurate expression.
‘She wants me to speak first, right?’
I inevitably opened my lips that had been firmly sealed.
“…So.”
I slowly, carefully demanded an explanation of the current situation.
“Princess, may I ask what brought you and the Queen here together?”
Unlike knowing about the existence of the ghost story princess, I never expected the Queen to be present here as well.
So I wanted to know.
Why has she been silently standing beside the princess this entire time?
【If you ask me the reason… is it because I love the Queen?】
“…….”
I asked unnecessarily.
I’m a fool for asking so seriously.
Far from resolving my curiosity, I felt like I had fallen into an even deeper labyrinth.
Glancing-
My gaze carefully turned to the Queen, who stood motionlessly beside the princess, not uttering a single word.
The Queen statue, frozen like a stone statue, not moving a single inch.
Was this person always this silent?
The last voice she made was groaning with her head stuck in that middle door.
Since arriving here, the Queen has kept her mouth tightly shut, quietly standing beside the princess as if guarding her like a knight.
As if this appearance…
<Our precious Queen has changed!>
To the point where such a title would suit her, the Queen showed no movement at all.
Originally, based on her typical personality, from that middle door she would have already turned me into her worn-out stuffed doll.
Looking at the current Queen, who seems to have become a stuffed doll of the princess herself.
Unpredictability doubled.
Fear doubled.
‘Just get angry like usual…’
Her current stillness was even more terrifying.
In a situation where nothing could be predicted, the only thing I could do was:
Postpone.
The only thing was to observe the princess’s reaction, the only one here capable of communication.
Since she wouldn’t touch me, it seemed the Queen wouldn’t threaten me either.
For now, I decided to focus all my attention on the princess.
‘The princess is the priority right now.’
Swoosh-
I readjusted the position of my glasses and wore the now-too-familiar false expression on my face.
Drawing a clear crescent moon at the corners of my eyes.
Exhaling a refreshing voice without a trace of hostility.
I stared directly at the princess.
“…I was worried that I might not see the princess again. I was truly worried… But now that we meet again like this, my heart is at ease.”
That’s the reaction you wanted, right?
Our princess.
After suddenly leaving, you must have been waiting for this reaction, this answer, confirming that I missed you.
So I spoke the lines she wanted.
I responded.
I am now…
Here to provide ‘customer service’. And the reason I could confidently act this way was also because of the princess’s ‘that gaze’.
The heart-shaped mark glowing pink within the red eyes.
That mark signifies the effect of the ‘purple bullet’ among the final trigger’s ammunition.
The princess is currently in a state of ‘enchantment’.
If the effect of that purple bullet still remains on this ghost story princess, things change.
It’s highly likely she didn’t come to harm me.
So…
The princess’s upcoming response will probably be:
【…Indeed, indeed! The Prince also felt ‘sadness’ from our parting!】
【Indeed, indeed…】
‘Indeed. The effect is working perfectly.’
The princess’s voice gains strength.
Gradually revealing madness under the name of love.
【Queen! Did you hear that just now! Indeed, the Prince has not forgotten me! You’ve been continuously remembering me! Because you love me!!】
〖…….〗
Suddenly-!
The princess stood up, unable to contain her overflowing emotions.
【Ah, Prince… It seems my choice to seek you out was not wrong.】
【I’m incredibly fortunate that my Prince is someone who truly understands ‘love’.】
Without a break on her emotions, I maintained a composed smile.
But honestly…
I was a bit scared.
When the ghost story princess suddenly stood up, I slightly hunched. Without realizing, I almost pulled out my quill pen.
“…Ahem.”
I straightened my posture and gave the princess a subtle smile.
I stared directly at her.
With a tone as if I were a prince who had been eagerly awaiting this moment.
Subtly mixing in the questions I was curious about.
I asked her indirectly.
“But indeed, being able to meet the princess again like this is possible because you didn’t give up on me and sought me out.”
Maintaining a kind smile, I waited for the princess’s response.
Squeeze-
And at my sugar-coated words, the princess hugged her hands tightly to her chest.
Her red eyes sparkling even more.
Like a rose blooming on her face, a red flush settled on her cheeks.
【That you thought of me that way… I’m overwhelmed. But finding the Prince wasn’t as difficult as I thought.】
【Because the Prince was already a celebrity. Indeed, he is the Prince I love.】
Huhut-
With a girlish smile at the corners of her mouth, she flashed her pink lips at Park Yeon-jeong.
And I repeated the words the princess just uttered in my mind.
‘…A, a celebrity?’
The question I asked to understand the princess ended up raising a new curiosity.
Celebrity.
‘…It’s irritating.’
That word kept bothering me.
The modifier ‘celebrity’ from the princess’s lips, no matter how I thought about it, did not seem to be used in a good sense.
Celebrity = Ghost story?
…Gulp.
I carefully swallowed my dry saliva.
Barely parting my dry lips, I asked her again.
Trying to maintain maximum composure.
“A celebrity, you say?”
The princess continued to explain kindly in response to my question.
【Did you not know? The prince is already considered the ‘person that must be met’ among our group.】
【And not only did such an incredible person remember me, but just by appearing before my eyes like this, I am already as good as having achieved my dream… of course, if the prince desires, I would do even more right here.】
Hahak.
As the princess continued her explanation, her rough breathing flowed out of her mouth without hiding.
However, such a thing did not even enter the sight of one man.
Because.
No matter who looks at this…
Or from any angle…
Park Yeon-jeong seemed to have become quite an ‘celebrity’ among the ghost stories.
Noise sir…
According to your words, I have become a temple that rises and falls from the mouths of various ghost stories.
Naturally… in a bad sense.
Moisture is already gathering at the edges of my eyes.
If those two ghost stories were not in this room right now, I might have burst into loud crying.
I might have beaten the ground and vented my frustration.
But now, I had to endure.
I had to endure…
Drip-
The moisture gathered at the edge of my eye became a droplet, flowing down my cheek.
The princess, looking at the droplet flowing down my cheek, said:
【Prince? Could it be… are you crying?】
‘Yes, the tears are blocking my vision.’
“A belated tribute to the moment you came to find me… tears…”
Sniff-
The man’s hot tears did not easily stop for quite some time.
While I was drying my moisture-filled eyes for a while, the princess continued with additional explanations.
【Oh, and. The reason I came to find the prince today was also to see the prince’s face. (Though that was mostly the reason.)】
The princess cleared her throat and opened her mouth again in a more subdued tone than before.
【I came to convey a request to the prince.】
“…A request, you say?”
And the story that followed was:
【Some people seem to see the prince as a thorn in their side. Of course, I am always on the prince’s side, so don’t worry ♡.】
【As long as the prince does not abandon his love for me. I will always be by the prince’s side… as long as this ‘love’ does not change.】
“……”
Somehow, the princess’s final voice seemed to wrap around the entire space with a coldly sarcastic tone.
I was convinced by the princess’s words just now.
I… am done for.
I’m just done.
I was certain after hearing the ghost princess’s words.
The fact that Park Yeon-jeong himself has been marked by all ghost stories, and that many ghost stories want to kill me.
My face was still smiling brightly at the princess.
But inside me.
It was burning pitch black.
When I was worried not just about the future, but worried about even tomorrow.
Suddenly-!
!
The princess suddenly thrust her face towards me.
Within her flawless white skin, a pink heart sparkled.
Smile-
A magnificent starlight-like eye smile drew all attention.
【In my heart, I wanted to invite the prince to our castle right now…】
【But since the interior of the castle is not yet complete, I will be satisfied with just seeing the prince’s face today.】
The princess gently placed her jade-like hands on the back of my hand, her mouth full of a sunflower-like bright smile.
【I will formally invite you to our castle next time. Then, we’ll spend a cozy time together. Under the blue moonlight… without anyone’s interference.】
The princess swept her hand across my hand and sat back in her original position.
‘…Can I leave now?’
The atmosphere seemed to be saying that.
Judging by the princess’s last comment.
It definitely looked like a farewell, and I slowly stood up.
I briefly checked the princess’s expression.
【We’ll see each other often from now on.】
“…Yes, Princess.”
I hope I don’t see you again as much as possible.
Of course, that won’t go according to my wishes.
I was about to hurriedly move to leave this place.
〖…….〗
But at that moment.
I belatedly noticed the queen’s existence standing beside the princess like a folding screen.
‘I should probably at least greet her.’
It seemed better to greet her than not.
I composed my voice and looked at the queen with the most natural smile possible.
Hoping this would be our final farewell.
With a slight movement of white text.
“I’m really glad to see your face like this again. Your Majesty.”
〖!!〗
The black veil fluttered slightly at my greeting.
Perhaps because she didn’t expect me to speak.
“If the opportunity arises next time. I would like to talk with Your Majesty face to face, not behind a black cloth.”
〖…….〗
This should be enough, I thought.
I bowed to the two ghost women and was about to leave the room elegantly.
I thought everything was over.
Until I turned my head and saw the white text appearing behind me.
『Unfortunate Day』
…?
White skull?
Grasp!
!
With a sudden pressure on my right wrist, the man’s stiff neck fell to his right wrist.
There.
The pale hand of a woman in a black veil was firmly gripping Park Yeon-jeong’s wrist.
And Park Yeon-jeong muttered to himself:
‘White skull…’
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