CHAPTER 56

'So, do you mean that you rejecting those offers for Killian's sake?'

Based on this situation, that is the only conclusion i could think about, but if so, K has been helped Edith to meet the step 2 exception. Because it was K who encouraged Killian through Lizzy. If I had just let it go, Killian wouldn't have made suggestions 10 times in a row, and if that's the case, Edith, who was relaxed in the middle, might have accepted Killian proposal at least once. Encouraging Killian to strengthen the flow of the original story turned into a reverse blade. It was useless to regret it now.

'Darn it! If i've broken down to level 2, that's means Killian won't listen to me anymore!'

It was the second stage that had never been met before. K's dominance has been lowered to 30%, and Killian will be difficult to control in the future, and the dominance of non-Killian characters will also be reduced to about 70%. But K has never experienced what the situation is like.

'If step 3 exception conditions are met.... what's will happen to this world?'

A fear I hadn't thought of before came over me. As far as K knows, if the condition of the third stage is broken, K will not be able to intervene anything in this world, and the world will be driven by the probability that characters create. But what kind of world would it be, K couldn't imagine. k has considered herself as god in this world, but K felt so helpless when she was driven into this situation.

'I created this world! But why I couldn't do what I wanted!'

The bigger problem was that when the rule of following the original disappears, the time will kept continue going back. At the ending of the story, when Lizzy becomes a Duchess, and the Sinclair family members will regrettably after being desperate, everything slowly fades and then goes back to the beginning of the story, and time continues after that. However, aside from being tired of repeating herself, K wasn't curious about what happened about the original.

'They lived happily ever after, and I don't want to know the rest of the story! i don't want to see Lizzy grow old!'

K wanted the story to stop at the peak of happiness. How could I afford to see Lizzy's face change as time passes. Lizzy must be perfect. She should look young, beautiful, happy, and loved by everyone.

'In order to do that, Edith must die as a villain.'

K gritted her teeth. Unfortunately, however, K could not kill Edith himself. It wasn't until this situation that she realized more clearly, but K was trapped in the huge flow of the original story, along with everything else, only being able to dominate the character she created. And the flow of the original set only Killian can kill Edith.

'Of course, the flow of following the original story has weakened since the level stage-2 exception condition has been met. Then i can use probability to kill Edith, but. . . . The penalty given to me will not be easy.'

If Killian falls in love with Lizzy again. It might make things easier. There's a most powerful weapon K could wield it was "exception condition." If Edith couldn't meet the last exception. There was a high probability that no matter what the sudden situation happened, Killian would eventually kill Edith like the flow of the original.

'So i just need to make the level 3 exception condition something that Edith would never meet, and I should try to kill Edith as much as i could.'

K was no longer in a playful mood. After struggling for a very long time, she managed to decide and set the level 3 exception. The system in this world accepted K's decision.

[level 3 exception has been set]

Maybe it's because it's the first sentence I've heard, so the voice I've always heard felt cold today.

***

"Oh god. I didn't know there was a place like this."

As proof that I'm not treating him like a stallion. Killian and I went out to the opera house as a promise i made to him. I had no choice but to look around and open my mouth. The high ceiling, wide stage, and private rooms around the walls on the 2nd and 3rd floors seemed to be completely intact even if any modern theater was placed. It may be because I only went to the theater in my previous life, but the writer seemed to have envisioned the opera theater in a luxurious way, perhaps it's because Cliff and Lizzy date episode in opera house.

"Have you never been here before?"

"Yes, I don't."

Even though i look through Edith's memory, I don't remember she coming to a place like this. The only places Count Riegelhoff would show his daughter at the parties and gatherings. Even when she seduces a man, she never lets him out to a place where it's hard to watch. He probably thought she would run away if he sent her out to the place where the surveillance was difficult to reach.

"That can't be. I think I've seen Count Riegelhoff and his successor come at this opera house several times. . . . ."

I just smiled bitterly. Killian looked at me and furrowed his brow slightly but didn't ask for more details.

"What's the title of this opera?"

"It's <Odelite>."

"What's it about?"

He answered the title carelessly, but he looked at me curiously when i asked about the content of this opera.

"Don't you know <Odelite?>"

"Is it a famous piece of art?"

I searched through Edith's memories, but strangely, she had no knowledge of opera, theater, or painting. Then, a vague memory came to my mind.

"You don't need to know that! You're ignorant because there's no one would know that. Don't be interested in all the nonsense. Just do what you're told do!"

It was a day when she went to a social gathering of young lady, and she was humiliated by that, because not knowing the contents of the popular play at that time. She asked for something simple to her father, but Count Riegelhoff ignored it with annoyance.

'He might be afraid that his daughter would know more. Because he wanted a dog good at doing what he was told to do.'

Even though it was a setting to create Edith's craving for affection, it's a family relationship that really goes too far. when I showed that I didn't know anything about Odelite, Killian seemed to think about something and explained it with a nonchalant face.

"Odelette, the daughter of a wealthy viscount, goes into the woods to pick raspberries and found an injured man. Out of pity, Odelette helps the man and falls in love with him. The man says he lost his memory, but actually, he was László, a prince from a neighboring country who was being chased by assassins sent by his enemy."

"Oh my, oh my God! Then?"

Killian gave a small sigh and spoke again.

"The to fallen in love. But Odelette father want to marry her with a man from a wealthy family in oder to raise they family name. So when László found out about it, he told Odelette to run away with him."

"But I think she made a different choice."

"You're right. Odelette married the wealthy man after much deliberation, and László, who is desperate, returns to his country. A year later, Odelette was shocked to see her lover in the past László was a prince of neighborly country, who is marrying the princess, and she regrets it, then she commits suicide."

"That's a tragedy."

It was like a European version of Lee Soo-il and Shim Soon-ae, and I wonder how many love stories have similar sad endings?

While we were talking, the lights in the theater went down, and the stage lit up. As the spotlight poured on the stage, a beautifully decorated singer began to sing, I quickly fell in love with the opera. At first, Odelette and László, who grew they fresh love, singing a song with a bright atmosphere. But their love quickly turns sour. Odelette's father introduces the wealthy baron Hubert to Odelette for the sake of the family.

"Oh, God! what should i do! please give me an answer."

Odelite, who is agonizing between the wealthy man Hubert and her lover László. László desperately asks her to trust him and ask her to come with him, and Hubert seducing Odelite with money even though he knows Odelite has a lover.

"Oh, forgive me, László. My heart will always be yours, but I have no choice but to leave you."

A gruesomely clear soprano sang about Odelite's feelings for choosing another man over László. They said that a human body was the best instrument in the world, my mouth fell open, and I couldn't shut it. Suddenly, a handkerchief appeared in front of me.

"Oh. . . . !"

I turned my head in confusion and saw Killian looking at me. And he pressed his handkerchief lightly against my cheek.

"Thank you."

I whispered softly and took the handkerchief from him to wipe my tears away. The play ended with an Odelette stabbing herself in the chest with a dagger behind László's wedding, where everyone was celebrating it. As the actors came to the front of the stage and took their bow, I jumped into my seat and clapped enthusiastically like everyone else. The show was so touching that my heart was pounding.

"Did you have fun?"

"Yes! i had no idea that Opera was like this. I don't think I'll forget this for a while."

I put my hand on my pounding chest and thanked Killian for bringing me here. Then Killian thought about something and asked.

"If you were Odelette, who would you choose?"

I answered it coldly while wiping the tears from my eyes.

"Hubert. and I'm not going to self-determine."

Killian stared at me, with a face that looked a little surprised, and then asked again.