Chapter 161

Cade could not go directly to the temple of Skellus with the power of the wizard.

He could only move magically to the outer borders allowed by outsiders.

He left behind those who discouraged him, and Cade came here with only two escort knights. Burke, who took on the role of the emperor’s deputy, which he did not want to, may be crying and cursing him.

Burke bragged that he would usurp the throne, but if Cade hadn’t made this choice now, he was likely to regret it later.

Cade made his way through a snowstorm that made it even more difficult to open his eyes. The knights blocked Cade as much as possible, but it was not a snow storm that could be avoided. Even though it was close to the village, they couldn’t even enter because they weren’t allowed.

“Shit.”

Cade chewed the curse with his teeth. There’s Abella somewhere over there…… In an anxious mind, he slashed the barrier with the scabbard. The transparent barrier that completely blocked the inside from the outside trembled.

He couldn’t give up here.

The wizard said that it is better not to oppose the power of the gods, but if he still has to break the barrier, he needs to find a weakness.

All barriers have weaknesses. Cade pulled up the cloth covering his mouth with rough hands. It was to prevent his lips from freezing.

Thankfully, the wizard gave him clothes to stop the cold wave, but he couldn’t stop the snow storm that blew into his face.

Cade tapped the barrier with his scabbard and looked at the barrier with a hawk’s eye, focusing on where the reaction came from. That was when he went around the barrier to some extent.

“Cade?”

Cade lifted his head at the voice calling him.

*

There was nothing wrong with what Skellus said. Abella, who staggered out of the temple, slumped down on the stairs.

She didn’t die inside as Timur had feared, but Abella was thinking that she might have been better off dead now.

The pain and sense of defeat derived from the truth God had uncovered was pulling Abella’s ankles. Her life belongs to her. Don’t think that her pain is the hardest.

“That’s so true…….”

Abella laughed.

No matter what Abella went through, the reason the world rolled as if nothing had happened.

It was because there really was nothing like a coincidence that happened in this world.

Because Abella is only a small and insignificant being as the dust of the world.

Abella buried her face between her knees.

What the hell has she been thinking all this time? After leaving for Vincent in order to become the subject of her life, as soon as she returned to Timur, she eventually lost her way.

In the end, Abella’s happiness was shifted from hers to someone else’s. She never wanted a life like this. Delegating her happiness to others, being resentful, and pushing her own life into grief.

“Why are you like this, Abella…….”

She was disillusioned with herself. She can’t even guess where it came from.

Not knowing Abella’s body was freezing, she burst into tears. She couldn’t even look back at herself because she was resentful and hateful.

In the end, it was Abella herself who pushed her into the darkness.

“Stupid Abella… … .”

Moreover, according to Skellus, it was none other than Abella who decided to repeat this life.

She was afraid to hold onto the memories herself, so she eventually drove it to others.

Abella let out a cry like a beast.

At this rate, she can’t even resent Skellus.

In fact, Abella knows there are far more unhappy people than her. Can such misfortunes be compared to Abella’s?

Why didn’t she think of moving forward, making herself the most unhappy person?

Deep footprints were imprinted in front of Abella, who cried silently.

The large shadow that covered her seemed to cover even Abella’s tears. Abella, who had been crouching for a long time without noticing a presence, slowly raised her head. It was none other than Cade, reflected in her blurry vision.

“…… Cade?”

How could he be here?

“…… There’s nothing I can’t do because of you. right?”

Cade laughed bitterly. Cade, who sat on his knees in front of Abella, brushed her cheek.

It hurts his inside to see hot tears dripping onto his fingers.

What else could have made Abella cry so much?

As he wiped it away, tears dripped down on Cade and his cold eyes.

Like the melting snow, Cade’s rotten heart seems to have melted and pooled in his body.

Abella frowned.

She couldn’t see anything because she didn’t even have time to look around.