To save the second male lead of a mafia novel!

Chapter 56- The end is near

He tightened his grip around me and looked at me with eyes full of sorrow and angriness.

Some tears were falling down his cheeks and I wiped them away gently.

"My spies...My people... everyone is being taken away from me...I must kill whoever gets in my way. I must eliminate them all!"he said and glared at the dead body besides us.

"But... you told me that killing isn't the solution. That is a new mindset to me. I have a feeling that...you aren't wrong.Rose..."

Endymion said my name and stared at me.

I stare back at him.

I am glad that he has actual sense in him...*sigh*

Suddenly a smile appears on his face.

"Rose..."

*Badum* *Badum*

My heart is beating so fast because of that smile.

It is gentle and big with no worries visible.

"Yes Endymion?"I said and looked at those beautiful eyes of his.

"Thank you for not leaving and saving me...I wouldn't have made it without you"

There is gratitude in his words.

After that his smile faded. He must be emotionally unstable right now...

"I..."I said.

I immediately looked away because of the embarrassment.

"You know... I don't know what I can do for you in this situation. You lost people important to you and almost your life...I..."

...

Determined I met his gaze again.

"I want to protect everyone who is important to me and I think now it is the time that we use our cards. We must get revenge for those brave people that were lost. "

His gaze softens.

"I am willing to search and find ways to defeat master. Those spies weren't the only ones you had right?"

He got back his self control due to my determination. Someone has to be calm at a situation like this and it had to be me.

He got close to the dead body and lifted it up with his bare hands.

What are you going to do with it now?!

I panicked and grabbed him by the shoulder.

"Um! What are you going to do with this now?"

Please tell me you will go get rid of it or something-

His eyebrows twitched.

"Don't worry Rose.We will have her buried somewhere.Even so , this body can't stay where I can see it. I am so mad right now but I can't be that heartless."he said with all seriousness.

"O-oh...I am relieved to hear that... Haha..."I said and quickly let go of him.

Endymion walked towards the door to leave the room. He stopped just before he could make it outside to the hall and spoke to me.

"I am sorry for scaring you...You don't need to tremble now..."he said and left without waiting for a response.

"Huh?What is he talking ab-"

I looked at my body.

"It is really trembling... I didn't have the time to notice..."

I hugged myself with both hands in order to calm down.

Endymion... Killed someone... Right in front of me and I tried to stop him and then... I remembered that his father did the same with Lisa and...

"Even if it is the Endymion that I love and admire... I couldn't help but get scared.He was raised to think this way yet my words knocked some sense into him. That means that maybe in the future he will reflect on himself and understand what awful mindset he was forced to have since he was a small child."I muttered.

I remembered that time that I saved his younger version from that man...

"..."

"Why are you making a sad expression Elena?"

That voice....It is the book's voice!

I quickly look behind me and saw book floating in front of me.

"Book!"I said suprised and turned to face it.

"Yes it is me human.Now...Do you understand what kind of person is Endymion? Do you understand by what I have shown you the reality of this world?"

Why is it suddenly saying all that?

"Yes... At the start I was more carefree to find out but now I get that this world is brutal.I had that in mind before while I was reading it but I didn't think much of it...But why are you saying that so suddenly?"

"I am here for the last warning."

Last warning?

"This is your last chance to pay a price and do something with the help of my powers. The story is going to end soon and your time will be up by then."

The story is ending...

"So that means that I don't have much time left before Endymion gets killed?!"I raised my voice.

"But...Not everything that was mentioned in the book has happened yet?!Why so quickly?"I said.

"You changed the plot with your very presence. That was what you wanted, to change the story and give Endymion a happy ending. But what you are saying isn't clear yet. It is true that the story is ending but we don't know what the ending will be."

"So...how much time do I have left?"I said desperately.

To be continued...