Chapter 121

Translator: NovelMultiverse | Editor: NovelMultiverse

“Ah!” I yelped. The place His Highness Naaotto brought me to was a stand-alone house, very far outside the city.

The yard was overgrown as if no one had tended to it for god knows how long. However, inside the house, it appeared as someone had been properly cleaning it, and it wasn’t dusty.

His Highness Naaotto forcibly took me by the hand and threw me into a room in this house.

”Ray! I never thought for once after coming to this alternate world that I would be able to see you again. My darling, darling, little plaything. Oh, Ray. I never meant to let you die, you know? You’re my little plaything, and I won’t break you, so relax.”

“Ugh…”

The room’s interior was bleak. It was a room with no furniture, or anything else, for that matter. There was only a window on the other side of the room’s entrance. On the window was a metal grating affixed on the window to prevent exit to the outside world.

Did His Highness Naaotto bring me here with the intention of confining me? If so, then the moment he left the room I would have a chance to escape. I could transport out in a hurry.

I snuck a glance out between the bars of the grating and saw Yuki peering in with worry.

“Yuki-sama. I’m all right. You should get somewhere safe, too, Yuki-sama.”

“No! I don’t want to lose you anymore, Ray!”

“Is there something outside the window?”  His Highness Naaotto must have realized that my gaze had strayed. He shifted his line of sight to outside the window, suspiciously.

“His Highness Naaotto is on to us! Yuki-sama! Run, hurry!”

“Wha!? Wait…”

“…A cat?”

Could I  be quick enough? I instantly used a transportation spell on Yuki. I had only ever used transportation on someone who was by my side, so I didn’t know if it could work, but Yuki had disappeared, so I assumed that she had successfully been transported.

His Highness Naaotto was looking out the window and rubbed his eyes. He must have been surprised at seeing a cat suddenly disappear. Cats are swift animals, though, and they can easily seem to disappear in a blink of an eye. Black cats, especially, hide in shadows quietly and can slip into their surroundings.

“Ah, well, whatever that was,” His Highness Naaotto said, and continued, “In Japan, I could have taken my time with adoring you, but that older brother and younger sister had to meddle and get us divorced. It was because of our divorce, wasn’t it? You couldn’t bear being divorced, so you took your own life, right, Ray?”

His Highness Naaotto creepily pushed his face closer and closer to me. His breath upon my neck was extremely disgusting. 

“P-please don’t come so close…”

“I dealt with that older brother and younger sister accordingly. Hahaha! I had them spend their last moments in misery. All of that, and this, too, is because they took you away from me, Ray. Although there was an unexpected turn of events that after dealing away with them, I slipped and fell off a cliff, transporting me to this world… You must have called me here, Ray. You were lonely and needed my attention, so you called out for me, didn’t you, Ray?”[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]

“Wha!? You hurt Makoto-san and Yuki-chan!!”

“Ahh, you see? You do remember me, Ray. Worrying me like that is a terrible sin. I’ll adore you even more than usual for that.”

Yuki and Makoto were killed by His Highness Naaotto…? It couldn’t be… They were killed because they encouraged my divorce from Naaotto. That’s so… 

“You know, Ray? I’m your only friend, you know? You need to understand that quickly. I’ll get rid of anyone else who tries to be friends with you. You should just relax and be mine. I’ll adore you forever and ever.”

“N-No!!”

His Highness Naaotto took a small knife in his hand and crept closer to me. He touched the knife to the back of my neck.

“The crown prince of Hazurattoon led a very bothersome existence. To me, anyway. That’s why I hired a few assassins. He was injured badly, but unfortunately, he got away. I was going to attack the kingdom of Hazurattoon soon, but since you came me to yourself, I guess I don’t have to, now.”

“W-Why. Assassinating Edward-sama…”

“Why? Because he wanted to keep you for himself, Ray. That’s unforgivable. You’re mine, Ray.” With the knife to my neck, he dug in lightly and made a shallow cut. 

“That hurts…” A small, sharp pain ran through the back of my neck.

“Ohh. I’m sorry, so sorry. Looks like my knife caught some skin. You’re bleeding. That’s okay, I’ll lick it up for you.”

“No!”

With that, His Highness Naaotto buried his face my nape. Just then, there was a disgustingly warm feeling on the back of my neck. He laughed. “You taste sweet, Ray. But, this is a borrowed body, right? Where’s your real body? I want to taste your real body, Ray.”

“I-I don’t know! When I woke up, I was in this body. This is a body lent to me!! Please, don’t harm it in any way!” Yes. After all, this body isn’t mine. It’s Lyra’s body.

“Oh. I see. You have this body, Ray, so you can’t go back to your own body. Ah, I want to see the original you… Hold on? I get the feeling I’ve seen this body before.”

Did His Highness Naaotto realize that Lyra was one of the assassins he hired!?

I looked away from His Highness Naaotto’s pupils, which were firing a turbulent light along his line of sight, and I tightly closed my eyes shut.

Just a moment. All I need is one moment and I… I can transport myself from Lyra’s body away from His Highness Naaotto.

“Oh, I see. You are one of the assassins I hired. Your skin color and eye color have changed, but you smell the same.”

The knife held by His Highness Naaotto was dragged down from the back of my neck. He slid the blade over the collar of my clothes, and continued, cutting open my clothes.

“Ah!” I yelped.

“Hahaha. This is the same scar on the bottom of her left breast that she had. You can’t fool me, now. Ah, I see. I was betrayed. How sad. How disappointing. Rachel’s body is somewhere else, isn’t it? I wonder if it’s safe.”

“…Ah…No…” The feeling of a knife on my bare skin was terrifying. My head swam with fear.

“You know what, Ray? I’ll return you to your original body. Wouldn’t that make you happy? Once you’re back in your body, why don’t you come back to me? If you do that, then I won’t assassinate His Highness, Edward. You’d like that right? You like him right?”

“No…No…”

“Oh, and Ray. You have to come back, ok? If you come back, I won’t have to lay hands on anyone you love!”

“…Ah!” The knife stabbed into me, aimed at the heart. The stab wound felt hot and painful.

“Haha! You’re still alive? If I pull this knife out as hard as I could… What happens?”

“Gyah!” I screamed. The knife was pulled out of me forcefully. Blood spewed from the wound and splashed bright red all over His Highness Naaotto’s face and body.

“Ray. You promised. You’ll come back to me. And if you don’t I’ll take away the things you love, one by one.”

As I listened to His Highness Naaotto’s disturbing words, I lost consciousness.[Read this novel and other amazing translated novels from the original source at the “Novel Multiverse dot com” website @ novelmultiverse.com]