Chapter 173
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Translator: Ebonarch
Chapter: 173
Chapter Title: It's an Incurable Disease After All... (2)
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“Hiiyak!!... Huuuh...!♥... Eugene... Ah...! ...Huuuuh... ♥”
Gulp—gulp—
After taking in his fifth load, Bianca came clinging to him, breathing raggedly.
As he stroked her head in appreciation for her efforts...
“Huuuh... ♥... Ah... Daddy...! I'm daddy's girl... ♥... Bu... but... I need... more... ♥”
Bianca, her face completely lost to pleasure, tried to move her hips again.
“...”
If Bianca truly wanted it, he could go all night.
But the way she was acting now, it didn't seem like she was enjoying it. It felt more like she was compelled by some obsession to keep going.
“Bianca. That's enough. Let's stop for today.”
“...No...! I... need... to... do... more...!”
“Come on, you can barely speak properly. You're exhausted. I won't tease you about your sloppy pussy anymore...”
“...I said no!!... I'm... not... tired!!”
The moment Bianca shouted, Lucia grabbed her wrist.
“...Bianca. Are you not hearing Master? He said to stop.”
“Let... go of me.”
“What if I can't?”
As the glares between Lucia and Bianca grew fiercer, Eugene wedged himself between them.
“Enough, Lucia. Let her go.”
“Yes... Master.”
Once Lucia released her wrist, Bianca threw herself into his arms again.
“So... we're continuing?”
“No. Calm down, Bianca. You're too worked up.”
He grabbed her shoulders and pushed her back to create some distance.
“Eu... Eugene. I'm not worked up, I swear? I'm totally fine right now! It doesn't hurt at all!”
“See? You're getting worked up again. Bianca... that's enough for today. We can do it again later.”
At that moment, Bianca slapped his hand away and yelled.
“...No, we can't!”
“Bi...anca?”
“...No... we can't...! For me...! Right now... is all the time... I have...!!”
She spat the words out in a desperate wail, then her eyes went wide as she bit her lip hard, forcing the rest back down.
“...It's... nothing... Sorry for yelling, Eugene... I... got too excited.”
“...Bianca.”
As he reached for her, she shook her head.
“...It's really nothing... Like you said, I just got too excited... I'll go get some air for a bit.”
“I'll come with—”
“Don't!”
Startled by her own shout, Bianca's face paled.
“I'll... go alone... No, I'll just sleep in my room tonight. Goodnight, Eugene.”
She threw on her clothes haphazardly and stumbled out the door.
Thud—
“Bianca's not acting right.”
“...Sister's been off lately.”
The door had barely closed before Lucia and Vivian spoke up in unison.
“...”
He wasn't the only one who noticed Bianca's odd behavior.
And it wasn't just today.
Lately, Bianca had lost all her usual composure.
'Why...?'
He couldn't make sense of it.
Everything had been resolved, hadn't it?
No matter how he thought about it, her sudden change didn't add up.
“...Haa... Bianca... what the hell... is going on...”
With a sigh, he pressed his throbbing temples.
“.....”
Back in her room, Bianca hugged her knees to her chest and hung her head.
'...Idiot.'
She'd wanted to make one last good memory, and this was the result.
Far from good memories, she'd only made him hate her.
“I didn't want him to see me like this...”
Looking at her trembling hands, she bit her lip hard.
She thought she could endure it.
After all, when she'd thrown herself to protect Eugene, she'd been truly prepared to die.
But bracing for death in the moment was worlds apart from preparing for it now.
'I'm scared...'
The amount of blood she'd seen in the bathroom that day was anything but normal.
'It must be... that wound from back then. It's rotting my insides...'
No matter that she was a saintess—no one could heal a wound that badly tainted by demonic energy without leaving scars.
...She didn't regret it, not one bit.
If she hadn't stepped in, that idiot Eugene would've died for sure.
Saving the man she loved gave her life meaning enough.
'Is this the reprieve the goddess granted me...'
Bianca gazed at the night sky through the window and gave a bitter smile.
If she asked Eugene for help, that fool would do everything in his power.
...But he knew it was pointless.
If even a saintess's healing couldn't touch it, no one could cure this internal injury.
So she had to spend whatever time she had left without regrets.
Bianca turned to the two letters on her desk.
The one with purple paper and floral patterns was for Vivian.
The pink one covered in hearts was for Eugene.
It was embarrassingly blatant, but...
'It's the last one...'
Sleep was out of the question tonight anyway.
Bianca sat at the desk and picked up her pen.
[Um... hi, Vivian. It's your sister.]
She hesitated over the opening for a while, but once she started, the words flowed naturally.
[I've always been a lousy sister to you. I'm sorry. I wanted to be better, but I lacked the courage.]
She poured her apologies and gratitude for Vivian into the letter.
As a P.S., she asked that if Vivian ever had a child with Eugene, to bring it to her grave someday.
'...For Eugene...'
Honestly, she'd agonized endlessly over whether to leave him a letter.
Even now, pen in hand.
Part of her wanted him to forget her and live happily with Vivian.
Another part wanted him to remember her forever.
...In the end, she chose the latter.
She knew it was selfish.
But she hadn't been able to tell him she loved him back then.
'Now...'
She wanted to say it.
[You were my first love...]
We became lovers.
I wanted to become family with you.
I wanted to live happily ever after, like in a fairy tale.
[And my last.]
As she wrote the final line, Bianca's vision blurred.
“...Ah...”
A cracked voice leaked from her lips.
“...I... said I wouldn't cry... Hic... Sniff... Guh...”
Once the tears started, she didn't try to stop them.
“Sniff... Hic... Haa... Eu... Eugene... Sniff... Hic...”
Tears streamed through her fingers onto the letter.
Only after sobbing for what felt like ages did her emotions finally settle.
“...It's smudged.”
Not illegibly so, but Eugene would recognize the tear stains right away.
'...He'll cry too.'
She'd wanted him to remember her forever...
Imagining Eugene shedding tears like her made her feel like she couldn't close her eyes even in death.
[Don't grieve too long... Just one year.]
That was her final addition to the letter.
A little greed like that wouldn't bring punishment.
'Should I read it over...'
As she slowly read through it, her hands began to shake violently.
“Uh... Uh... Uuuh... Uwaaaah!”
Having vented her emotions through tears, reading it from the start now made her want to rip it to shreds.
She could only write something like this on the brink of death—if not, she'd never have penned it no matter what.
“...Even without the illness, I'd die of shame from this letter.”
She cracked a lame joke, but facing death for real, no laugh came.
Slap!
She struck both cheeks hard, her eyes sharpening.
'Bianca. No more moping—this ends now!'
She'd poured all her feelings into these two letters. From here on, she'd be her old self again.
'Happy until the very end.'
Clenching her fist tight in resolve, Bianca stood from her seat.
“...Hngh... ♥ Gngh...”
“...Hii... ♥ Haa... ♥”
After their usual romp.
Eugene and Vivian exchanged secretive glances.
Lucia wasn't in the room tonight.
'...If I'm here, she won't open up about what's bothering her.'
She'd stepped aside to let them uncover the reason for Bianca's strange behavior lately.
“Bianca...”
“...Haa... Yeah... Eugene? ♥”
Calling her name, she nuzzled his chest and planted a light kiss on his cheek.
Without Lucia around, Bianca was even more affectionate than usual.
Instead of beating around the bush, he cut straight to it.
“...What are you hiding from me?”
“Huh? Hiding what?”
She seemed prepared for the question, brushing it off casually.
“...Sister. Be honest.”
Vivian took Bianca's hand and said.
“What are you on about, Vivian? I'm telling you, I'm fine.”
“...Bianca. Please...”
“Sister. We're begging you.”
“I said I'm okay... Why is everyone like this?”
Bianca swallowed hard.
She hated lying to them, but right now, she had to hold out as best she could.
“Bianca. No matter what you say, I'll always be on your side. So...”
“...Why... why are you saying that... Eugene, nothing's wrong... I told you...”
“Sister.”
Then Vivian's warm hand touched her cheek.
“We won't ask anymore. Just look me in the eye.”
Staring into Vivian's piercing gaze, she couldn't meet it any longer.
“...I finally sorted my feelings... Why...”
Bianca bit her lip.
She'd resolved herself so firmly, yet it crumbled in an instant.
In the end, head bowed, she whispered softly.
“...I'm... gonna die.”
“Bianca... what are you...”
“...I'm... dying...!”
“Bianca! This isn't the time for jokes!”
“Hic... I... wish... it was... a joke too!”
Tears fell from Bianca's eyes.
“...Hic... Sniff... I... don't wanna... die!!... But what can I do when my body's breaking down!!”
“...Don't tell me, Bianca. That wound from that day...”
Eugene's face filled with horror.
“...Sniff... Hic... So...rry... Eugene... I didn't... mean it... like... th-that...”
Her heart felt like it would shatter.
She really hadn't wanted to see that look on his face.
“...I get it.”
Then Eugene stood and started dressing.
“...E-Eugene... Wh-where... are you going...”
“I can't just sit here. I'll find a way.”
“D-don't go... Eugene... Just... stay by my side...”
“Bianca, don't worry. I'll figure something out...”
“You know it's no use!!”
Bianca's festering heart burst out in a scream.
“The saintess treated me! And the illness didn't go away! If even the saintess can't heal it, who the hell can!!”
And the scream turned to sobs.
“...Sniff... Hic... Th-that's... why... Sniff... Eugene... P-please... just pretend you don't know... I'm begging you...”
Tears streaming, she pulled an envelope from the pocket of her discarded clothes.
“...Sniff... It's a letter... for you and Vivian. Read it... after I die.”
Her hands trembled.
“...I took the letter, but I won't be reading it.”
Tucking it into his chest, he gripped her hand firmly.
Just like he'd saved Isolde in the past.
He'd find a way to save Bianca too, no matter what it took.
That was his vow to himself.
Click—
“Te... Teacher... I... feel bad for... Lilith's pussy... ♥”
The clueless saintess showed up.