Freshia felt her world turning upside-down as soon as she noticed that her control over the realm key was nothing more than a fable her mind had cooked up.
She still had a connection over the realm key but she could no longer pull any magic from it. She was powerless and had been reduced to a normal demon in front of Yohan’s presence. And the worst thing was, she did not even know when things went wrong.
“When did you gain control over the realm key? How did you do it? Are you someone from outside of the story as well?”
Freshia asked as her head spun with the new burst of information. She no longer knew what she should do.
“A story? Are you still going on about that stupid thing you believe in? Did the little goddess of yours not tell you that this is not a story but another realm you fell into? But then again, that little bitch has a history of screwing people over.”
Yohan spoke it freely and he was aware that he was causing Freshia a lot of pain and suffering. But he did not care about her enough to warrant her well-being in mind.
And besides, it was something she needed to learn sooner or later. Otherwise, she would not be able to survive long in this world.
“B-But what about the queen? Surely, she would not have allowed you to take control of the realm key. How did you even get close to it?”
Freshia was still hell-bent on denying what happened. She was panicking and looking for more reasons to see what was wrong.
“As if it even matters when I met the queen and how I gained access to the realm key. The only thing you need to know is that I gained access and that is it. Everything else can come later into the equation.”
Freshia bit her lips at Yohan’s words. He was sounding too smug for her liking. And not only that, but he was also right.
Freshia no longer had any right to ask anything of him. She had never treated him right even after she had been sent here. She had not considered him important enough since she had not read anything about him in the original story.
“God, this is not a novel I read. The things that are happening are too much and they are happening too fast. Is this reality? Is this real and what is happening not a part of my imagination?”
Freshia questioned with a surprised expression. It was just hitting her what happened. Her brain was constantly in a mess of emotions and she no longer knew what she should do.
How could she have messed up fantasy and reality so badly that it was haunting her in her waking hours now? It was all her fault in the first place and now she had no one else to blame but herself.
“Well, it was nice knowing you miss Freshia and I hope you are well in the future as well. In the meantime, I hope you reflect on what happened here.”
Keith might not like Freshia much but he was willing to leave her alive for now. She could prove to be good entertainment and Keith had a lack of entertainment in his life.
“No, this cannot be. I will not go down, not like this. I refuse to go out like this. If I am going to die anyway, then I will take you with me as well.”
The female denied any possibility of herself being mistaken. She was not even grateful that her life had been spared by Keith. She was just angry at her circumstances and taking it out on Keith.
Freshia picked out her knife and rushed at Keith with everything she had. She was about to end his life right now.
“You know, are you not very bright and that is why you ended up like this after all, you were not even able to recognize your best friend’s true face all this time. And even once you did recognize it, you did not run away and allowed her to close in on you.”
Freshia did not get enough time to dodge the attack. She had too much momentum to change her direction now. The bullet that stuck her caused her to lose her balance.
She looked up, only to see Rui’s calm eyes looking back at her. The one who had shot Freshia was Rui and no one else.
“R-Rui, are you betraying me a second time? Why? What did I ever do wrong to you? I was always nice to you and -”
“Nice? You always used me for your gain and refused to listen to me. I told you again and again that people were two-faced and you refused to listen to me.”
Rui rebutted calmly and Freshia’s mouth snapped shut. She could not deny that Rui had said all this to her before.
“B-But still, that does not mean you needed to go this for.”
Freshia complained but even she knew it would not matter anymore. Rui had already used a special bullet that would cause Freshia to die slowly and painfully. There was nothing anyone could do about it.
Rui refused to feel bad about Freshia dying. The bitch had it coming when she tried to mess with Rui’s emotions and safety.
“Remember Freshia, the one who betrayed me first was you. If you had not planted the seeds of treason all over my home, I would not have a reason to come after you. Well, except for Yohan.”
The last thing Freshia saw in this life was Rui pulling Yohan down into a kiss. It was such a bitter-sweet moment for Freshia to realize that everything she had wanted to own was out of her reach.
She did not even have enough strength to curse the people in front of her. She could only die in fitful agony.
Huye noticed this all from the shadows and with a blank expression. She could not believe what she had just witnessed and she knew she needed to report back to the little goddess and the rebellion.
The queen was already dead and the palace was under someone else’s control. She needed to tell this to everyone before they made a mistake.
And maybe then they will regain their love for Huye back.