I Will Disappear, Grand Duke | LK Adaptation

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Jimin's face darkened for a moment as he watched Lalisa mumble.

"This is Helios Monastery. Lalisa came all the way here."

"..."

"You don't remember?"

'I came all the way here...' Lalisa, tracing her memories vaguely, slowly raised herself up.

At the same time, a shattering pain came over her entire body.

"Ah....!"

Lalisa curled her body up and started shaking heavily.

Starting from her heart and spreading throughout her body, the pain made it hard for her to even breathe.

It was as if something hot was spreading in her chest.

Lalisa barely breathed as she grabbed her chest, which was shaking violently as if it was boiling. Jimin took her hand and hurriedly using his healing power.

But her pain did not subside.

Seeing her shivering, Jimin murmured in frustration.

"What the hell happened during that time...?"

Jimin's gaze touched her body. So far, there were no visible injuries. If there were internal injuries, his healing power should be able to treat them, but even that was useless....

Something terrible must have happened to her on the way here.

Jimin recalled the memory just before they parted.

After he told her how to get to Helios Monastery, they parted and Jimin spent the day trying to distract the knights.

After that, he arrived safely at the monastery and waited for Lalisa, but she did not show up even after a long time.

So a long time passed, a month. Jimin guessed that she might have been caught by them and returned to her original position.

However, contrary to his speculation, Lalisa was found collapsed in the front yard of the monastery the very next day.

"Ha..."

Jimin, who had erased his recollections, bit his lip as he stared at Lalisa moaning.

There was nothing he could do, so he just held her trembling hands.

"Ah....ah...."

Lalisa, who was in agony, slowly lifted her tear-stained gaze.

The pain began to lessen little by little, and her eyes, which had been dim, gradually lit up. Jimin waited until Lalisa's breathing calmed down, and then he asked with concern.

"Lalisa, what happened?"

At his question, Lalisa struggled to recall her past memories.

The last thing she remembered was a deep immersion in the cold river after throwing herself down the cliff.

The cold water current hit her body, and she fainted right after.

There was no memory left after that.

"I tried to escape and jumped off the cliff. I don't even know how I got here..."

Lalisa, who was explaining in a faltering voice, put her hand on her forehead.

That was a territory that bordered the Grand Duke's domain. However, it was a long way from the cliff to the river, near the castle walls.

Jimin listened intently to her interminable speech and dropped his gaze as if he had an idea of what she was talking about.