The Only Ending for the Evil Count Pig Is Destruction

43 – Scene 043# Curse of Ruelberta

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I froze on the spot.

If it hadn’t been for ‘pride’, she might have noticed my agitation.

Bella was looking at me with a keen gaze.

“I saw it. Count, when you shot that gun, the mana shimmered.”

Only then did I guess why Bella noticed.

I poured the accumulated mana into a bullet and fired it.

Since he is not a master shooter, the purpose was to increase the accuracy by changing the trajectory of the bullet.

The mana used there was a faint level of mana.

‘I can’t believe you noticed the magical power in that short moment… .’

Maybe he underestimated Bella too much.

Isakhel inheriting the power of light magic.

The daughter of that family, Bella, was also born with the ability to detect magical powers.

“Why did you hide it all this time?”

I didn’t deliberately avoid her face.

Because I didn’t want to arouse suspicion.

“Count, why did you hide the fact that you can use magic?”

“… … .”

I quietly approached Bella.

Then he freed the rope that was restraining her with a dagger.

“count… answer.”

“Shouldn’t you say thank you first?”

Only then did Bella bow her head with an apologetic expression.

“Thank you for saving me. count. But how did you come to know that I was kidnapped?”

“I came here because I had something to do, and I heard what the thugs were saying. The impression they talked about was similar to yours. So I came here once.”

“… is that so.”

“yes. Yes.”

But I didn’t know there was another girl.

I reached out to loosen the rope from his wrist as well.

“Don’t come! Bad people!”

The little girl suddenly cried out.

Bella was surprised and hugged her.

“Alice! You can’t talk like that. This person us… .”

“I don’t know! Don’t come close to my fairy sister! You devil!”

A girl named Alice was glaring at me.

It was pure fear, not resentment or hatred.

Apparently, Alice had only seen what I had done a while ago.

I caught a glimpse of the fainting hoodlums in the room.

exactly… It was not a scene for children to see.

She is younger than Wendy.

It could have been a trauma.

“Alice… This man risked his life to save us. But for Alice to say that is impolite. Do you understand?”

Bella spoke softly.

Alice, who was pointed out for her lack of manners, was stunned.

“Don’t worry… I am a fairy.”

“Does not matter.”

“… ?”

Bella and Alice looked up at me.

“It doesn’t matter if you hate it. I’m the bad guy, as you think.”

“Yeah, too!”

“count… !? What are you talking about… .”

Even if I tried to wrap myself up as a villain because I was born as a child, they wouldn’t believe me.

It is better to be a villain than to become a good character.

“Bad uncle! Go fast!”

“yes. Then I’ll go call someone. wait here.”

I was sneaking away, but Bella’s voice caught me.

“Don’t sneak around. count.”

“… Why?”

“Are you asking because you don’t know? We still have something to say.”

“I have nothing to say.”

“I have.”

Bella boldly grabbed my arm.

It was tough for the strength that came from that thin arm.

“… You are a tenacious woman.”

“Since when? How did you become able to use magic?”

“I am cursed and cannot use magic. Don’t you know that too?”

“Yes. But… .”

Bella’s voice trembled slightly.

“If you… No, if you were freed from the curse passed down through generations of the Ruelberta family… .”

I shook my head.

“Bella. Do that.”

“Now you don’t have to bear the stigma of being a cursed family. Why do you want to live with such a misunderstanding?”

yes… Is it a stigma?

When Bella thought about it, it seemed that she was thinking that the Ruelberta family had a stigma.

Among the nobles, there were many who feared but hated the Ruelberta family.

They even whispered that they had committed a great sin against God and were punished for not being able to use magic for generations.

In other words, it is an unholy family.

It seems that Bella wanted to restore Ruelberta’s honor.

I’m sorry for her, but it’s not a stigma.

It’s true.

From the beginning, Ruelberta had no honor.

I said with a sigh.

“Be misunderstood.”

“…Yes?”

I took out the revolver that was in my pocket.

Then he pulled out the bullets inside and showed them to Bella.

“This… ?”

“It’s a magic bullet.”

A golden bullet was placed in her hand.

“Touch it. You would know that it contains magical power.”

“… … !”

Bella took a deep breath.

Like I said, it must be because you can feel the magic.

It was just that the mana gathered from the surroundings was put into the bullet in advance.

“I used bullets with magical energy to increase accuracy.”

“then… Am I really mistaken?”

“yes.”

I added to Bella, who was standing there stunned.

“Luelberta is cursed.”

told her the truth

“And those who inherit the blood of Ruelberta can never escape from that curse. so… .”

I slowly removed her hand from my arm.

“I intend to break this curse from my generation.”

“… … .”

Bella was silent for a moment.

Her expression looked more complicated than ever.

“If the… .”

“… ?”

“Really, if… If I get engaged to you… That’s it, get married… If you did, would the child be cursed?”

I understand quickly.

The example is a bit odd… That’s right.

“yes.”

“… … Maybe it’s because of you… .”

“?”

Just as I was about to ask what you meant, Bella noticed something and shouted.

“… count?! On your ship!”

Bella’s eyes were on my stomach.

His shirt was stained red, probably from an open wound.

“Don’t be surprised. Not this time, but the last time.”

“you… The wound hasn’t even healed yet!”

“do not worry.”

You just have to endure this with ‘patience’.

No, it may have already been tolerated.

Because I didn’t feel it at all until she pointed it out.

“It’s an injury that has nothing to do with you.”

“It doesn’t matter!”

I couldn’t help but be surprised by Bella’s loud scream.

And that wasn’t the only surprise.

“If you are injured, you should rest at home… Why did you do such a thing to save me… !”

Bella was crying.

I could see glistening tears falling like frost on the corners of her eyes.

Even crying is beautiful… It was a sight that left me speechless.

“Why! why do you… ! me… !”

She is so emotional that she can’t speak.

I spoke calmly to her.

“It’s as long as you’re safe.”

Bella is one of the most important names.

It is also a character who survived and resisted until the end.

The moment the world lost her, the game ended.

At that time, I felt resentful of my helplessness for not being able to save her.

I will never lose her now.

I was about to leave with that promise, but someone hugged me from behind.

It was Bella.

“… let go I can’t move.”

“Do not go.”

It seems I’m not the only one who didn’t expect this situation.

Alice next to us was staring at us in awe.

“… What are we going to do now?”

“Don’t go.”

I couldn’t see Bella’s expression, but her voice had the power to captivate the listener.

“I am here with you.”

“Why should I?”

“I will treat you.”

Bella’s arm tensed.

If I could shake it off, I could pull it off enough.

But.

“I’ll treat you… Until then, stay with me.”

I couldn’t.

If it did, it seemed that this delicate shadow would crumble at any moment.

“… Okay, so let it go.”

“… … .”

It looked like it would cling on tenaciously, but at my words, Bella meekly let go of her arms.

When I turned around, her face was in front of me.

The first thing I noticed was Bella’s eyes.

The blue eyes in the silver eyelashes were staring straight at me.

It was like a lake in a snowy forest.

“I… count. If you look at me like that… .”

Was it because I was staring at it too closely?

Bella turned her gaze first.

Then, I found an object lying in the corner.

It was something I missed.

I picked it up as if possessed by something.

“Did you still have this… .”

It was an old teddy bear.

In the ordeal, it was much older than what Tristan had seen in the past.

It was worth forgetting after 10 years, but it seems that Bella still had it.

“… do you remember The Count gave it a name, too.”

“yes. I named him Dmitry.”

The bear I gave Bella as a birthday present 10 years ago.

No, I just mistakenly thought it was Bella’s birthday present… .

“But the stitches on the stomach are all ripped off.”

“Whoops… .”

Bella covered her mouth and laughed at what I said was funny.

When she removed her hand from her mouth, a smile filled her lips.

“really… Don’t go around hurting both of you.”

It was a bright smile he would never have shown to Tristan in the original story.

“Because I will be worried.”