Chapter 290
“Eueum…”
“…Are you awake now?”
When Roina opened her eyes again, it was the middle of the night. Looking around the room, it felt similar to a magic tower.
‘Could his interior design taste have been this firm since then?’
She knew it was a slightly useless thought, but she couldn’t help but think that.
“Are you finally ready to listen to my story now?”
At those words, he surprisingly avoided her gaze and looked at a frame hanging on the wall. His face was serious and attractive, but his actions were clearly feigning disinterest no matter how you looked at it. He himself was probably aware of the fact that he had forgotten all decorum and clung to her to satisfy his desires.
“Hmph, what is your relationship with Ryuhyeon? And what did you do to me?”
Roina sighed weakly. It seemed like it was going to be a long story.
“First of all, as a premise, I came from the future.”
“…What?”
“Because I came from about a thousand years in the future, I don’t know what will happen in the near future from this time. However, what I do know is that from a certain point, you and I, a thousand years later, ended up bound by a contract, and that’s all Ryuhyeon’s doing.”
At those words, Lutan fell into thought.
“Why?”
“He said… to possess me.”
“You?”
Lutan raised one eyebrow as if he was puzzled. Roina sighed this time as well.
“I don’t know if it’s true or not. But that’s what he said, and he’s planning to split my contractors into several pieces and then devour them one by one. Lutan, you were also harmed by him.”
His golden eyes took on a calm and deep light as he gazed at Roina. Unlike during the relationship, his eyes were full of reason and intelligence. Roina unknowingly tensed slightly. She didn’t know why, but Lutan’s presence felt that way to Roina. A person who made her conscious of him just by being there. It seemed that a thousand years ago was no exception.
“It doesn’t seem to be a lie.”
He swept his hair back and let out a ha sound. He seemed to be slightly offended.
“That would indeed completely bind your existence. He, who originally shouldn’t be able to interfere with the world, would be able to roam freely. It’s a shortcut, so the rules of the world would be somewhat distorted, but that bastard wouldn’t have cared. It’s a useful method for that bastard Ryuhyeon, but…”
He lowered his gaze and stared directly at Roina. She met his gaze straight on without avoiding it.
“Why is he trying to take you while taking on such a risk?”
“…I wonder.”
Roina also wanted to know. Why such a person was obsessed with her. She wished he would just stop.
“And, more importantly, I want to undo these contracts. I thought I could do that if I fully regained my power, so I was looking for artifacts, and that’s how I ended up coming to the past.”
“Is that so… It’s still hard to believe, but surprisingly, you don’t seem to be lying, so I suppose I’ll have to accept that premise for now.”
Lutan sighed weakly. All the facts were intricately intertwined.
“Yes. And when I first met you, your condition was unusual, so I thought you could regain your reason if we had a relationship once. …It seems like it didn’t end with just once, though.”
“That, I’m sorry. But we also have to consider that fulfilling the contract will ultimately strengthen our bond. I don’t think anything big will happen just from the bond strengthening itself, but how will Ryuhyeon react?”
He looked at Roina with deepened eyes. Roina, feeling tense again at that gaze, swallowed hard.
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