The Escape of Layla

I'm attracted to Leila. If you've admitted it, it was Layla's feelings that bothered you the next time.

Leila doesn't see how the house or her parents are deeply thoughtful because she seemed like a courtier who grew up in a rather harsh environment. But sometimes you'll miss your hometown. When Leila said she wanted to go home, she was going to make that wish come true. I don't want to tie Leila to the capital of the Phantom King. If you want to see me, you can come see me. [M]

Honestly, I was surprised by the idea. Because I like Leila, I was more than willing to wish Leila happiness, even though I should certainly have the desire to keep it on hand and protect it dearly. I thought it was too pathetic for her to be imprisoned by me when she ran away for freedom.

Besides, even if Leila is the only one for me, that's not necessarily true for Leila. It's probably selfish to get her love until you hurt Layla any more, just because you realize you love Layla.

Leila is already alive and hurt. I can't help but curse the whole month that I've trampled Leila's heart like that, but I'm sure we'll keep her heart out of this. Yes, I had made up my mind.

That's why when Leila and I went out to the king's capital of the kingdom, when I saw your portrait of Leila's ex-fiancé and Leila's sister, I thought it had failed.

In the crowd, I can't help but worry about Layla looking up at the portrait with her straight eyes. I didn't hear the details, but the fact that I was shocked by the engagement of Prince Wang and his sister, I guess Leila preferred Prince Wang. For Leila, she's the one you can call your first love. Isn't the news that such a first love married his own sister still harsh, albeit something he knew before?

"... sorry, Leila. Let's get out of here."

I don't want to see Leila sad face. You don't have to go out of your way to show off your harsh reality. I can't believe the wedding of Prince Wang took place. It was only a matter of a little research that I would soon find out. I deeply regretted my lack of preparation for not gathering information.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine"

"But..."

Leila stares at me with a grin. I love the poor smile, but it was also true that I was anxious to see if I was really laughing from the heart.

Wouldn't I make it impossible? Wouldn't you be strangely concerned about me before I made such a dishonest proposal?

"It's not about strength or anything...... now Rose and His Highness are tied together and I think this would have been good if we were both happy. Besides, Rose is about to give birth to His Highness's son. As a citizen of the kingdom of Altair, I'm kind of very excited."

That's what I said and laughed at. I didn't think Leila had a lie on her face, and I stared seriously at Leila.

"Leila is... a really strong person"

Truly, he's a very core person, contrary to his poor, flimsy appearance. I may have been forced to be strong in a harsh environment, but that mental power can only be described as brilliant. It has often grown so straight and undistorted.

The royal family misses a spare person, etc., and I find it ironic. If Leila had married Prince Wang without a thing, she would have become an excellent and popular Princess Wang.

"That's not true. About half abandoned it and tried to run away from home.... but now that I think about it, the decision to leave the Duke's house was probably the best choice of my life. This is how I met Mr. Leanhardt."

Leila thought she had said hello with a poor grin, and she dyed her cheeks red at once, realizing what the words meant. That reaction makes my pulse faster this way.

I can't believe you're glad you left home because you met me. Knowing that Leila thinks you're such a cutie, she's going to rise. You can't be unhappy that Teng himself took my heart out of you.

"... Leila's a lot worse. That kind of surprise is against the rules."

Unexpectedly, I softly hug Layla. I was hesitant to touch Leila without darkness more than I had the background of bringing Leila half forcefully, but now I couldn't stand it. I'm going to get drunk on the sweet scent of a fluffy, drifting leila.

Layla is attractive everywhere. The more I spend time with you, the more I can't wait to love you. I'm going to stick with Leila like this.

Love is scary, really. Enough to drive people crazy. I let Leila have another taste of happiness. [M]

Then one day, about two weeks later, Layla fell. That's right in front of me, too.

I wasn't completely unconscious, but obviously I'm just relieved to see Leila's complexion in blue and white.

Scary. I just ran out of that one word. People die before they know it. If you're such a poor Leila, you must be taken away by Reaper in no time if you take your eyes off her. I couldn't wait to be scared and scared to think so.

What if Leila is dead? I just endured that fear as I embraced the thin body of a fallen Layla.

For once, I can't even remember that shard of intent to kill for Amelia, even though she's also the one I wanted to kill for her. It's a really selfish mind, but that's about it, Leila was being irreplaceable to me.

What if Leila is dead? No, I just can't imagine. Now it's time for me to break. No matter how many souls go around, Leila never shows up again. I'm not even allowed to go after Leila now. I guess Leila doesn't know how afraid I am of that.

"Please, don't be gone. Don't leave me..."

Unexpectedly tears at Leila. Layla looked at me like she was confused, but still couldn't get away from Layla. No, I can't feel safe without touching Leila's warmth. I thought it might seem depressing to Layla, but still I couldn't loosen my hand hugging Layla.

In response to that incident, I decided to give Leila a magical pendant. Used for the pendant is a traditional stone that is originally given to a married person and is a fantastic substitute for adding radiance by shining in moonlight for 10 days. This would be the most appropriate stone to keep the magic granted. Keep the magic in place so that you can see right away when Layla falls or is in danger of her life.

The truth is, you can rest assured if you keep an eye on me at 46: 00, but I don't want to deprive Leila of her freedom. For my own peace of mind, I never wanted to imitate hurting Leila again. That's why I decided to give you a pendant.

Layla received her pendant with a loving smile. When I say the pity of that smile, I can't describe it in words. I felt like I could really do anything to protect this smile.

And then maybe we were just complacent, but I think we were doing really well. Layla also started to forgive me a little bit, and I just didn't describe my relationship in words, and I had sweet days where it wasn't an exaggeration to say lovers to each other.

Every day was so much fun that I unconsciously avoided talking about Lewayne's curse or Amelia. I knew one day it was something I had to talk about, but I couldn't really tell you what Leila would react to.

Especially when it comes to Amelia. I find it distracting to bring up the story of my previous lover with Leila, who is now in a position like my lover. Plus, it's hard to say that the first month I met Leila, I was pushing Amelia's face against Leila. Return the back, and that's about how from the beginning, Leila and Amelia were different people in me, but I didn't feel like it was just an excuse to explain it.

But as a result, the hesitation only made things worse. Leila asked about Amelia from Haino. I'm sorry I was caught off guard.

There was no way Heino could have seen Leila and kept Amelia's name out of her mouth. Either way, Leila and Amelia really look just like each other because of the different colors in their hair and eyes. Heino, who so desperately stopped me from using the ban, might have anticipated the worst I could do by uncovering Amelia's grave and using the ban.

When I heard about Amelia, Leila was not long overwhelmed. If I chose the words as carefully as possible and proceeded with the conversation, apparently Leila knew about Lewayne's curse and relieved me that Leila was beside me after accepting the curse.

But when Leila tells me it's Amelia's rebirth, it changes the course of the story that was neatly underway until then.

Layla had a self-derisive grin that didn't suit her with a beautiful heart as she wept a great deal.

"You were... all the kindness, the love, everything... because I am the rebirth of Princess Amelia..."

For a moment, I didn't know what they were talking about. I said that I had suffered so much because I saw Leila not as Amelia's rebirth, but as Leila. Even though I was burned by my guilt for Amelia, I still continued to be attracted to Layla, so this is how I whisper love to Layla now.

Besides, there's no way Leila could have known about my ugly feelings. There was no reason for Layla to be shocked either. Perhaps my choice of words was also bad. I thought so, and I opened my mouth immediately.

"Eh, Layla! That's not true, it could have been a bad word, but..."

"- What's the difference? I... am just a part of the repetition of the soul of your 'Destiny Man'. If I die, can we just wait for the next one? Isn't there nowhere for Mr. Leanhardt, such as why I have to be me!

What are you talking about? I'm so crazy about Leila that I can't live without her anymore. [M] It has to be Leila for me.

I do like Layla's face, but that's not because she looks like Amelia. I liked it because I think it was Layla's face. It was lovely because I think all the voices that rolled that bell, all the poor tricks, all the lit smiles, belonged to Layla. For me, there are so many reasons why Leila has to be Leila.

While we were spending time together, I thought that was something that was passing on to Layla at all. But apparently it was my mistake. I've never seen Leila so disturbed.

I'm sure he didn't have enough words. More properly, I should have conveyed my love for Leila. I'm disgusted with my impudence for making Leila so unstable just because I told her about Amelia.

"Leila, that's different, no..."

From what, we should talk. Because of that stray, words of good denial don't come out. Leila didn't seem convinced, and she looked down at me with a staring sharp eye. A natural reaction.

"So what gave you the white lily that time you proposed to me? I'm sure it's because Princess Amelia liked white lilies, right? Doesn't it all remind you of Princess Amelia, the number of tea sugar you prepared for me for the first time, and the likes of apple pie? In the end, that would be more than anything else that Mr. Leanhardt sees me only as Princess Amelia's rebirth."

"Layla!

Yes, the number of sugars, the white lilies and the apple pie are all the result of me pushing Amelia's face on my own. I can't cover that up anymore, and all I can say is that I did something sorry to Leila. I know it's unforgivable no matter how much I apologize.

But all that dishonesty stems from my love for Leila herself. I'm not kidding that I only see Leila as Amelia's rebirth. How easy it would have been to see you as just a "destiny man" and as Amelia's rebirth.

I was in so much pain because I couldn't do it. [M]

That can't be passed on to Leila, but I accidentally abhors my voice to the frustration of being trampled on the grid born of loving Leila and the spiciness of being denied my thoughts on Leila. Stand straight up from the chair and grab Layla's thin shoulder. We have to do something and solve this misunderstanding.

Leila seemed frightened for a moment when I grabbed her shoulder, but she didn't stop staring. In the meantime, the tears of a large grain pound and fade away.

"You also cared so much about me when I fell... in the end, if my body, which is Princess Amelia's soul stuff, breaks, it's just because you have to wait for the next one again"

I can't believe you're just Amelia's soul. [M]

Did you seriously think I was taking such an insulting view? [M]

So much so that this thought of mine hadn't reached you?

Was I the only one who thought this love was conveying when I was let through my heart a little? It was just sad, angry, and for the first time in a long time I felt my heart filled with black emotions.

"I'm not kidding... you don't believe me that much, Leila. That all the time I spent with you was a lie, that it was all just a look at your soul and the action I took... you seriously think?

I don't know if this emotion that springs up with two is anger or a disappointment in an impudent self. I accidentally grip Leila's shoulder hard.

Yeah, a shoulder so thin that it's going to break easily.

But even touching you like this, if this cowardice of mine that I feared would destroy you, was making you anxious.

"Well, I wonder if I put up too much with it on my back... I should have told you in action that I loved you more."

Release your right hand from Leila's shoulder and place it on her chin and turn upward. The frightened look was also cute, and he mouthed it forcefully as it was.

Truth is, I was gonna do it after I heard Leila's answer to the proposal, but that's enough. If you are forced to seek it this way, one piece or so of this love will pass on to you as well.

But I felt Layla resisting so hard in my arms that I allowed her to leave. Leila was dyeing her cheeks red, yet she was blurring and tearing away. A drop of that clear tear fell on the back of my hand and returned to me all the time.

Oh, no. I did it. At my own initiative, I made Leila cry.

If you don't say something, right away, you have to apologize.

"Huh..."

But before I opened my mouth, Leila left the mansion to escape. I wanted to go after him, but now it would be counterproductive for me to go. It just frightens me extra.

Lean gently against the table and squeeze your forehead all the way. Nature and a deep sigh leaked.

"... what are you doing, really"

Leila is nothing wrong. If I found out that I was my ex-lover's rebirth and that I had two faces, I couldn't help but notice that Leila would react like that. Instead, you would have even felt betrayed by me. I hurt Leila.

And yet I can't believe I'm alone in a hurry that this love hasn't arrived and hit Layla with that frustration in such a shitty way.

I'm disgusted with too much scraps. Such a selfish thought, it's natural that Leila hasn't arrived.

"Sorry... sorry, Leila..."

Is love such a painful thing?

For the first time in hundreds of years, I learned the pain of love this day.

Then a while later, it was completely stained at night outside. Whenever Leila could come back, she was ready to brew tea and took out simple treats, but there was never any sign that the mansion door would open.

No way, are you gonna leave like that and not come back?

If I thought so, I couldn't help but be scared. Please, give me a chance to explain. Whatever you do, I'll make sure you prove that I love Leila myself. You can tell me how you feel about Leila until morning. You can hit me until you feel frustrated and anxious. [M] So, please, come back.

Then for another 30 minutes or so, I was still observing if the door wouldn't open, but waiting was already the limit. Maybe he's going away where Charlotte and the others are. I may be frightened again, but let's pick him up here.

Across the mansion yard, we reach a distance in less than a few minutes. If you knocked on the door, Charlotte in an apron showed up. I guess I was even preparing dinner.

"Oh, brother. What's going on at this hour? Grete's gonna be okay now, right?

Yeah, with that said, you said Grete was sick or something. Even though it's about my pretty niece, I totally forgot.

"... is Leila here?"

"Leila did? We're here in the daytime, but we're not here now, are we?

"... right"

Then where the hell are you? Even though it's still warm, it gets cold at night. Now, it's getting cold outside. Have you shivered in the cold somewhere?

"... you don't have Layla?

On Charlotte's face, the colour of anxiety rises. Since Leila has never been outside by herself since sundown, it would be natural to worry.

"Did something happen with Leila?

Charlotte asks me to chase him down. Somewhere my eyes blamed me, but now it's been strangely hard.

"... I've hurt Leila"

"What the hell did you do! You didn't force Leila to do anything, did you?

"... you're horribly good at it"

"At least... I thought your brother was a gentleman..."

Charlotte's words, which he sees with his heartfelt eyes, stab him where it hurts. I know. I think I sucked at being forced to say it.

"... anyway, you're not here"

Not if you regret it now. We can't start talking about not finding Leila.

"Yeah, I'm not here. I just wanted to find you too..."

Charlotte looks back in the house and shows a hesitant bare gesture. I guess I'm worried about Grete, who's sick.

"Fine. Charlotte's gonna stay with you about Grete."

"... I'll let you do that. Let me know as soon as you find him."

"Okay."

Cutting up the conversation and turning away, Charlotte told him to add:

"Leila had the keys to the store, so I think you should look that way."

That certainly seems likely. It was a walkable distance, but I wanted to find Layla as soon as possible, activated the transfer magic and headed to the store.

Then I searched every corner of the store, but Leila wasn't in the store. I also stopped by the headquarters of the Magic Division, the flower garden that the two of us went to see one day, and the store where Leila always shops, but she still doesn't look like her.

But instead I was able to get a testimony that I saw Leila.

"Mr. Leila would have run to the woods. I was running crying, and it seemed like a lot of pain."

The owner of the tailor, who seemed to be different from Leila, smiled softly as she magically cut the cloth.

"Don't make it so much of a crazy fight, division chief."

Well, I'm just jealous that I've found someone to fight with, but said the shopkeeper, who didn't leak into the example of the Lewayne clan and remained youthful. As a small thank you to the store owner, I immediately move to the woods.

The forest at night was surrounded by darkness that I couldn't even see at my feet. Instead of a lantern, magically let the little light float and go on through the woods.

I don't want to think about Leila being alone in such a dark place, but this is the only clue I have. He proceeded silently, observing the area carefully.

In the end, Leila didn't look like her until she walked through the woods. When I get here, I'm outside the boundaries that are hiding the phantom king's capital from the eyes of the kingdom. When I met Amelia, near the border I was patrolling with Haino was exactly around here.

No way, I wouldn't be going any further. I don't want to think that Leila really got away with it without saying goodbye.

I thought so, and when I tried to turn my heel back, I noticed that the soil at my feet was a little choked. If you move and illuminate the fluffy floating light, there is a small amount of blood mixed in the soil.

I kind of have a bad feeling about it. I decided to stop turning back into the woods and look around.

Leila, where the hell are you?

Driven by anxiety, I try to run and look around. As it was for an hour or so small, looking for Leila without a scratch, I found a small leather shoe rolling in the lawn.

That was what Leila had ordered for her since she came to the capital of the phantom king.

"... Layla?

Come here, the unpleasant feeling stains me with certainty. Leather shoes, which fell unwrought on only one side, clearly showed that something unforeseen had happened to Leila.

"Layla!"

I searched around for Leila's name. Magically widened the range of signs perception and let some light float, which I already desperately looked for. I usually avoided it because doing it so far could cause people in the kingdom to notice me, but I couldn't afford to be on that.

Layla, please respond.

"Layla......!

From the boundary between the Fantasy King's capital and the kingdom, look to the morning sun. A bright morning burn was spreading as if it were a sunset.

I've been searching around all night since then, but only one of the leather shoes was found. There was nowhere like Leila's appearance.

I took the risk of using magic and searched for it for so long. Leila's not around here anymore. But I wasn't convinced by these leftover leather shoes to say that I had returned to the Duke's house.

In that case, there is one possibility.

Someone grabbed Leila.

"... Leila"

What will Leila do now? Are you still crying? Is there anything like trembling in pain or cold?

I said I was the one who hurt him, but I was worried, worried, and I was going crazy. No, I can't believe Leila's gone.

If Leila says she escaped from the capital of the Phantom King for her own happiness of her own free will, that's fine. It's my best wish that Leila live happily ever after.

But if someone took her freedom against Leila's will.

I won't tolerate it, never. Use any means to try to free Leila from everything that binds her.

I promised Leila. Unless Leila wants to go home of her own free will, she said she won't give Leila to anyone.

"Leila... I will never end you unhappy."

When I activated the metastatic magic to see the end of the morning burn, I finally followed the scene.