The Runaway Maid is Loved by the Archmage - Chapter 307

※ This book contains depictions of coercive/dubcon/noncon acts, violence, and immorality. Reader discretion is advised.

“Yoseph!!”

Roina swallowed her breath like a scream. Yoseph’s body slowly fell to the floor, and the dark energy that had surrounded him quickly disappeared.

Yoseph had sacrificed himself, completely driving out Ryuhyeon. Roina hurriedly approached Yoseph. Thud, thud, the scattering blood looked unreal. Her eyes grew hot, and tears welled up as if it were an inevitable course, then burst out. Her vision blurred, and she felt like she couldn’t make proper judgments.

“Ro, Roina-nim.”

Yoseph’s voice trailed off, barely audible. Roina shook her head vigorously, meaning for him not to speak. But he not only ignored her words but even raised his trembling fingertips to lightly touch Roina’s cheek.

“Don’t cry…”

At his appearance, letting out a faint, labored smile, Roina swallowed her breath and covered her mouth. This couldn’t be happening.

“I’m happy… that you’re the last thing I see.”

Yoseph breathed heavily like that, then thud, his hand dropped. Roina, without realizing it, murmured, “No, no,” but Yoseph’s breath did not return. He had heartlessly uttered those words to her and breathed his last. Roina felt a sorrow as if she had fallen into a bottomless swamp. He didn’t have to die.

At that moment, there was a hand that wrapped around Roina’s shoulder.

“Lutan…?”

“There’s still a way.”

“A way? You say there is?”

She asked what way, but Lutan wore a hesitant expression for a moment. His eyelashes fluttered and drooped sorrowfully. Surprisingly, he spoke with a sad tone.

“Make a new contract.”

“A new contract…, Lutan!”

“It’s possible if you overwrite it. Roina-nim, you can do it.”

Roina turned to look at Lutan with astonished eyes. A possibility she hadn’t even considered. Lutan himself was talking about a new contract.

Roina had five contracts of an abnormal form. Lutan, Ethan, Rager, Jason, and the crown prince who had been imbued with Ryuhyeon’s power. They had something in common. They had gained power or regained proper life through their contract with her. And, they had to have a physical relationship with Roina.

That would also apply to Yoseph.

“It’s better than you suffering for the rest of your life.”

“Lutan…”

Lutan carefully wiped away the tears falling down Roina’s cheeks. His warm body temperature touched her cheek. His touch, comforting her as if to say it was okay, was gentle. Roina slightly grasped Lutan’s hand and turned her head to look at Yoseph.

Her breath hitched for a moment with hesitation, but soon it became calm. She looked at Yoseph with determined eyes, then lowered her head and gave Yoseph, whose eyes were closed, a deep kiss.

Soon, she felt a sensation as if she were sinking and submerging into the deep sea. It was inside Yoseph’s consciousness. Fortunately, his life and soul had not yet completely left his body. Roina swam towards Yoseph, who was gradually sinking into death,

As she moved, she felt the sticky energy of darkness blocking her. It was Ryuhyeon’s residue. With a firm expression, Roina emitted golden energy, driving out that residue one by one. She entangled each one with golden energy, making it unable to exert power, and preventing it from controlling Yoseph. Unlike the crown prince, Yoseph was not having his control taken away by Ryuhyeon.

In that way, Roina slowly but surely approached Yoseph. Just before Yoseph completely fell into the swamp of death and became unable to return, she grasped Yoseph’s hand and pulled him up.

“Roina-nim…?”

His eyes, which had been closed as if asleep, slowly opened, revealing Yoseph’s blue pupils. He confirmed that Roina was in front of him and widened his eyes in surprise.

“Listen carefully, Yoseph. From now on, we will make a contract.”

“Yes?”

“It’s the only way to save you. To extend your life as a contract, and in return, I will constantly supply you with magical power.”

“But if you do that, Roina-nim, you will become unable to escape the form that Ryuhyeon had created. Knowing that Roina wanted to gradually resolve the contracts, Yoseph felt confusion and sorrow. And at the same time… he felt a despicable joy.

“There’s no time. Let’s make a contract, Yoseph.”