Chapter 274
Carynne smiled bitterly at the silence. She could guess exactly what Raymond was thinking. His solution was predictable: kill everyone and run away with her. That would be his plan.
But this time, in this life, she couldn’t let that happen. She didn’t want that. She had struggled so much to get this far. It was the world outside the book that she had finally found after a hundred years. How could she choose such an easy way out?
“Crown Prince Gueuze has ordered me to kill His Highness Lewis.”
Raymond’s body stiffened. Feeling his reaction within his embrace, Carynne thought, As expected.
“Of course, I have no reason to kill him… But the important thing is, as you said, if we do nothing and just run away, Lewis will die this time too. Are you okay with that? Will that satisfy you? Does it not matter to you?”
“Carynne, I…”
Carynne placed her hand over Raymond’s mouth.
I don’t care about that.
She didn’t want to hear those words. She didn’t want to hear that lie. That couldn’t be true. Living for one person alone is essentially a life where you give up everything.
It was the same as how she had once devoted herself entirely to pleasure and distraction.
“Sir Raymond, perhaps it really is none of our business. Just as you said, just as you told me not to worry about Isella. We are detached from time, and this moment could simply repeat again.”