71 CHAPTER 71

"Shall we go look around the lake?"

"Sure."

As usual, Samuel and Killian suggested going around the lake on a yacht. I enjoyed the relaxing atmosphere and watched the blue water surface where the sunlight broke. Occasionally, small fish jumped to the surface of the blue water.

"Look there, Killian! Eh! Again!"

"Don't push your body out too much. It's dangerous."

The weather was so calm, there's no wind and the yacht wouldn't tilt's easily. That's why Killian didn't stop her firmly. There was no way one woman could tip the yacht. She reached at the fish that jumping up over the surface of the water in front of the yacht. She know that she could reach the fish, but she felt so happy just feel the coolness of the water. Killian was watched me with a smile while wrapped up the rope on the floor and tidied it up. But suddenly. . . .

"Ah. . . . !"

It seemed that the surface of the water was suddenly coming in front of my eyes. It was only then that I realized that my body was tilted.

"Argh!"

"Edith!"

I could hear Killian's urgent voice in the distance, but I couldn't defy the gravity. Time seemed to pass so slowly that I wondered if the situation i face now wasn't real, and then I fell into the cold lake.

"Fufu! Kukkkk, Kuukkk! Ki-Killian. . . . !"

What a shame. At the time, I only worried that Killian would beat me up.

I had no idea how I fell into the lake, but as I figured it, I thought it because I didn't listening to Killian warnings earlier.

"Edith! hold on to this!"

I saw Killian throwing a rope at me. As i reached toward it and swung my leg, the end of my hem dress caught on the my heel and tangled.

"Wops!"

Suddenly, i could felt my dress was heavy, and my body sank. I floundered my limbs, but the more I do that, i got further away from the yacht.

"Edith! Edith!"

I kept getting lost my sight because of the water. The fishy lake water passed through my nose and mouth, and I was suffocated, and a fear haunts me.

'Let's clam down! I can't die here. The person who can kill me is Killian, so there's no way i die here!'

I tried not to panic by repeating that thought. But then i saw Killian taking off his vest and shoes from a distance. I could see that he was ready to jump into the water

'No! It's dangerous!'

I had to stop Killian from coming. I remember learning that they shouldn't rush jumped into the water when rescuing a drowning person. They have to throw the rope or tube towards the drowning person first. . . . But why is the yacht so far away. . . . ? She barely took off her shoes, sonher feet were free, but the cold water made her feel more dazed. I felt my strength drained because i struggling my limbs and my body sinking slowly. I couldn't breath. I was completely submerged in the water. It was so dark and silent . And it was then, I heard the guide announcer's voice.

[When Edith Ludwig dies as a villain, the story will return to its original flow. Three minutes to go until she dies]

I understood the words, but not the meaning.

'What? What the hell are you talking about! Where is this!'

It was an unfair game to begin with in the first place, but so sudden, the rules change! I wanted to grab anyone by their scruff on the neck and argue with them.

'Why did it suddenly change? was this a game that didn't even have rules in the first place?'

Was I being complacent? i tried to pull myself together and swim, but my soaked clothes were heavier than i thought, and my head was numb for not being able to breathe and the surface water that I supposed to reach, getting further away.

'I'd rather be killed by Killian. . . . Than dying like this"

Even in my semi-conscious state. I missed Killian. I felt a little funny about myself. Will Killian care about my vacancy if I die. No, it can't be. That impossible. . . .

***

[. . . . . It's collapsing. . . . . ]

What are you saying? I think I hear TV announcer somewhere. Is it on living room? Did i fall asleep when the TV still on? Why does my neck and nose hurt so much? Did I catch a cold? While thinking blankly at my condition, I could heard the announcer's voice again somewhere.

[Some of the flow of the original story collapsed due to the excessive intervention of the original author. The original work has been further damaged. The original author's dominance is weakening.]

The voice flowing indifferently. I belatedly realized the identity of the voice.

'Oh! I died and was possessed by Edith, right?'

I came to my senses with that thought. Not only my nose and throat, but also my body hurt, my ribs hurt, and It seems like i got hit all over my body.

'I'm sure. . . . Yacht. . . . Yeah, I went on a yacht. . . . and I fell into the water. . . . ?'

If she can still think like this, she must not dead yet. I blinked my stinging eyes a little, trying to pull myself together. As my blurry vision cleared, I was able to recognize the person next to me, who is looking at me. But she was so confused by the looks.

"Edith? Edith! Are you awake?"

"Killian. . . . ."

"Oh, thank you, Goddess. Hah. . . . ."

Killian held my hand tightly and thanked the God several time.

"What. . . . how. . . . ."

I wanted to ask what happened, but my voice didn't come out properly. Maybe it was because my vision just came to my senses, and i became dizzy again.

"Shhh. . . . Get some more sleep. It's all right now. It's all right."

It's all right? Oh, I'm alive anyway, and Killian seems alright to. It was such a relief. I fell asleep again, feeling relieved.

***

I woke up from a deep sleep without dreaming, and it was midday again.

"Killian. . . . ."

I called him with a small voice, but it was Anna who came to me in a hurry.

"Young lady, are you awake?"

"An. . . . na. . . ."

"Would you like some water?"

"Ugh. . . . ."

Unlike before, where I was feeling sick, I'm a little better now. I finished the glass of warm water Anna offered me and slowly looked around. I knew I had fallen into the water, but I couldn't guess what had happened at all. As I looked in this peaceful bedroom right now.

"Anna. . . . what happened to me?"

Anna sat next to my me and answered, holding my hand tightly.

"When you were on the boat, the yacht suddenly tilted, and you fell into the water. But Master Killian saved you."

"Killian. . . . ? Do you mean he jumped into the water after me?"

"Yes."

"Idiot! What are you going to do if you get in trouble. . . . !"

I raised my voice a little, but my throat hurt. I had a small cough and grabbed Anna's sleeve again.

"Killian, is he fine? Did he get hurt?"

"Yes, Master Killian is fine, he are all right. But . . . . he was really surprised."

"Haa. . . . That's a relief. It's so shame. . . . I should have listened to him when he told me not to lean out of the boat."

I mumbled while sweeping my face. Then Anna swept my shoulder and hesitated and said.

"You didn't fall by a mistake, my lady."

"Huh? Then?"

"At that time, the yacht's steering wheel malfunctioned. Suddenly, the turned in a wrong way, and the ship tilted and moved its own in a strange direction."

I didn't even swim that much, but the ship was far away because the ship moved itself. I guess it was it's my fault. But it was accident.

Apparently, Samuel said he checked the yachts the day before even the small part of the yacht, and he said there was nothing problem with the yacht. . . . .

"So where is Killian now?"

"That's. . . . he is questioning Uncle Samuel."

"What?"

"Uncle Samuel is not the kind of person who would make such a mistake. There has never been a case like this while he is managing the duke's yachts. Besides, he's a really nice person. There's no way he tried to hurt the young miss on purpose."

Even if Anna did not appeal to me, I believed Samuel was not involved in this case. The man who shone with pride in his job could not have deliberately malfunctioned his ship and tarnished his honor. Besides, didn't the voice in the dream tell me what happened.

[The flow of the original story collapsed due to the excessive intervention of the original author.]

The original author, who was playing with me, broke the rules of the game and tried to kill me by intervening in the original. At first, I suspected that the rule itself had disappeared, but I was sure when I heard that the original story had collapsed due to the intervention of the original author.

'I think she got nervous because I met the 2nd level exception. . . .'

The fact that he did so at the risk of weakening the authority of the original author probably means that he was driven to the corner.

'Then there's a good chance that the level 3 exception condition is the last condition.'

I almost died, but rather than being afraid, I tried to laugh. I was so happy that if I met the step 3 exception condition, I could go beyond the setting of this cursed original story. But this situation, which is pleasing to me, would be a disaster for Samuel. I didn't mean to let Samuel, who was only used by the original author, be punished unfairly.

"Anna. Go and tell Killian I woke up. I really wanted to him right now. . . . ."

"Yes!"

Anna seemed to be in a personal relationship with Samuel, and she seemed to be in a hurry, unlike usual, when she was in business with anything. Not long after Anna went out, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside, and Killian came in.

"Edith!"

"Killian. . . . !"

Killian's complexion was noticeably not good. It's dark under his eyes, and even the light in his eyes is moldy.

"Killian. . . . . are you okay?"

"Are you worried about me as soon as you open your eyes? Do you know what is obvious? You almost died?"

I know it very well. The voice even gave me a countdown.