The Fiancee Who Betrayed Me Is Obsessed With Me

86 – Balance(8)

“This… Ben… Memories of… ?”

At the same moment, Yuna was also watching the image drawn in front of her just like Ben.

She couldn’t avoid it either. I had to watch a video where he was shown being restrained by something.

It was immediately clear that this video was from Ben’s past.

This is the self-purifying effect of a great forest.

I had heard about the Great Forest from the elves, and although I never thought something like this would happen, I knew that the Great Forest is a space where the past, present, and future are in balance.

The difference is that what she was seeing were memories of Ben’s past.

She watched Ben’s entire journey from the moment he first met her, until he came back to life with Gerg’s help, entered the dark elf city, and met her again.

“Ahhh… Argh… ”

That’s why she was so sick.

How did he feel when he played Beryl and was by his side?

What was he thinking when he smiled at himself?

What did he do to hide his identity and come to his side?

What kind of life has he lived with since the fall of Regius until today? his pain.

Yuna’s heart ached as if it would be torn apart when she found out all that.

Now that she understood how much he hated her, she felt like she couldn’t even ask him to forgive her anymore.

Because I knew how selfish it would be to ask for forgiveness from him. Because I knew what pain he would feel just by looking at me.

So it hurt so much. I feel like I can never go back to the way things were with him again.

I don’t have the confidence to look into his eyes again.

My vision, which was like pure white drawing paper, momentarily goes dark. And the original world and vision return.

“… ”

The Great Forest was still noisy. It seemed like the fight between the dark elves and the elves was still going on.

“ah… ”

When my vision returned completely, the first thing I saw was Ben standing in the same posture as before.

He was still pointing his sword at himself, and his blade was grazing his own neck.

But his expression was subtle. He was frozen in that position and was looking down at himself with an unknown expression.

He still looks like he despises himself. But inside is shock, or pity? No, it’s not that at all, it’s a vague colored emotion.

It was an expression of emotion that I had never seen before. Yuna made eye contact with him without saying a word.

His arm is trembling as he points the sword at himself.

The throat is cut by a sharp blade and blood flows down. The pain was vivid, but I couldn’t push him away or avoid him.

I could have gotten out of the situation quickly by using magic, but I couldn’t.

Yuna and Ben just looked at each other like that.

Yuna wanted to say something to him, even ask him to forgive her for being wrong, but no words came out.

Because I know what kind of life he lived.

Even if he was not guilty, or could he be said to be innocent, even so, he knew what pain he had caused.

Because I knew that even ignorance was a sin. Because I knew how great a sin it was to ignore my feelings and hurt my loved ones and that it would come back as karma.

I couldn’t say anything to him. But I couldn’t let him go. I just couldn’t let it go.

Even though he knew that he would hate him and never forgive him for the rest of his life, and that he would live to kill him, he couldn’t let go.

It hurt so much. The pain of a loved one was so terrible.

Faced with him like that, Yuuna couldn’t blame anything.

-Waaa-!

After some time, cheers erupt from inside the city.

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It seemed to belong to the dark elves. The war ended with their victory.

The device installed by the Dark Elves to reverse the flow of mana was operating, and the Elves were unable to offer any resistance.

Elia and the World Tree were completely occupied by the Dark Elves, and the surviving Elves were captured.

If things continued like this, Yuna’s future was also clear.

But Ben didn’t kill her or let her go.

He was just staring down at her with his sword pointed at her neck.

“Ben… ”

Yuna’s cracked voice breaks the long silence.

I knew his pain and sympathized with him. It no longer occurred to him that he could ever forgive himself.

Looking back, it was an incredibly selfish thought.

I realized that even missing him, who lost everything overnight and was betrayed, was a nuisance to him.

“only once… ”

But that didn’t stop me from trying.

Even after learning that he was alive, I didn’t have the confidence to live my life without feeling pain.

Just once. Let’s be selfish just one more time.

Let’s do it just one more time. Lastly, love him and ask for his forgiveness.

Maybe even this will be painful for him, but just one last time.

Yuuna wanted to place her hope in him one more time.

“Can you listen to my story just once…” ? I won’t ask you to forgive me. It was all a misunderstanding… It’s my fault too… I won’t even ask you to love me. “Can’t you just listen to my story for once?”

Ben lowered his sword.

His hand still holding the sword was trembling.

Yuna wanted to urge him, but calmly waited for his answer.

He could have suddenly turned around and hit himself in the head.

Still, it didn’t matter. Yuna did not run away.

Of course, I didn’t think he could do that.

As I looked back on his past, I knew how cruel he had committed, but I also knew how painful it must have been for him each time.

Because Ben wasn’t the type of person who could do that in the first place. Yuuna knew best that he was a warmer and more just person than anyone else.

That’s why I knew how much it hurt him. Because I knew how difficult it would have been to kill myself.

“Ben! at there… ”

The moment Ben was about to move his mouth, a dark elf walked out from inside the city and called out to him.

Was it an elf named Arion? It was the dark elf who saved Ben who often appeared in Ben’s memories.

He was about to call Ben, but he held his breath and turned back.

He also knew about Ben’s situation, so he wanted to help him finish well.

“… “Yuuna.”

“Ben… “

After Arion disappeared, Ben slowly opened his mouth.

It was an uncharacteristically shaky voice. In some ways, it seemed like he was holding back tears.

“you… “

Kkkkkk-

“Ugh… ?!”

However, the moment Ben was about to say something, the flow of mana in the forest suddenly became massively distorted and a terrible noise occurred.

Piik-

And at the same time, a spell aimed precisely at Ben flew from somewhere, and Ben barely managed to avoid the attack.

“Uh, uh… ?”

There wasn’t just one magic.

At the same time as the attack magic, a magic circle appeared at Yuna’s feet.

“W-what…” ”

Yuna was able to immediately recognize what the magic circle was.

It was a space movement magic circle.

“not… !”

Before Yuna could say anything, the magic circle was activated, and Yuna’s appearance disappeared.

At the same time, the noise that covered the forest also stopped.

“Ben! “Are you okay?”

“Yes, it’s okay. however… ”

Arion, who had just left, comes rushing back.

Ben answered him, looking at the spot where Yuna had disappeared with a vain expression.

“The elf who was hiding without being caught momentarily touched the force field. The elves took advantage of the gap and tried to escape, but were quickly overpowered. “Are you hurt anywhere?”

“… yes. it’s okay. but… ”

Arion also looks down at the spot where Yuna was. And then I look at Ben.

Ben was still looking at the spot with a faint expression.

“… Maybe it was something he did to get her to escape. “High elves are extremely obsessed with balance.”

“Maybe so.”

“Are you okay?”

“… it’s okay.”

It didn’t look like he was okay at all, but Arion didn’t bother to say anything more.

Anyway, everything will flow in balance. He hoped his work would go that way as well.

“Let’s go back first. great job.”

“… yes.”

Arion took Ben and headed inside the city.

Yuna’s blood was still on Ben’s blade.

***

“Uh, uh… ?”

When Yuna came to her senses, she found herself in a completely different place from the Great Forest.

Judging from the fact that I could see a forest in the distance, it seemed like I hadn’t moved completely far away.

It was clear that the elves had done this. At the last moment, to get himself out of the forest.

Due to their personalities, they would not have been happy to be involved in their affairs.

“no… “

But Yuna was different. I haven’t finished my conversation with Ben yet.

Maybe this would be the last time. I might never have the chance to talk to him again.

Yuuna hurriedly used space movement magic and approached the forest.

Since magic could not be used in the forest, the only way to get nearby was to do so.

“Oh, no… No, no, no, no… “

Yuuna urgently ran into the forest.

I ran and ran towards the center of the great forest, the World Tree, Elia.

“why… why… “

However, after running for a while, Yuna was already back at the entrance of the forest.

It was a self-cleaning effect. Because unauthorized beings could not enter the great forest.

“Why can’t I go back…” Ben… !”

Yuna collapsed on the floor.

An ominous feeling came over me. Maybe I’ll never see Ben again.

The thought that I would never be able to talk to him again or give him my last defense seemed to have disappeared.

“Ahhh… Argh… !”

I fell down with my head on the floor and scratched the floor.

My fingernails were all broken and blood was flowing from my fingers. But that pain wasn’t felt right away.

“Off… Turn it off… ”

end. extinction of hope.

Yuna writhed in pain.

Because I still had regrets, I couldn’t escape from there.

It was only after a week that she escaped from there and was discovered by Eric, who had heard of her sighting.