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CH 4 PART 2

Without fail, SeoYoon entered EunSeo's room when the sun had set. He was secretly surprised to see the transformed EunSeo inside. Was she the same woman who had glared daggers at him as he embraced her last night?

However, now she was sitting docilely as he entered. She had applied rouge and powder on her face. She looked so beautiful.
Up till now, SeoYoon had brought EunSeo many presents.

From ornaments to silk, he had brought it all. However, EunSeo never used them.
But now, she was wearing the silk clothing he had gifted her and had even hung the ornaments on her waist as she blankly looked up at him.

"Did... something happen?"

SeoYoon sat down in front of her as if he wasn't bothered. She had even prepared some liquor for him.
"What can happen to me here?"

Ever since she had entered the brothel, she had only addressed him as 'you bastard', 'you beast', and 'how dare you'. However, now she was speaking to him as she used to long ago.
But the cold daggers were still in her eyes.

"Have you given up on revenge?"

"Of course not."

EunSeo laughed softly. It was full of hatred.

"I'm going to live and have my revenge. In order for that to happen, don't you have to stay by my side? Because I'm tethered here, I cannot go outside. If you stop coming here, I will not be able to have my revenge until the day I die. Therefore, I decided to make sure you won't get bored of me."

"Good thinking. I'll come to you every day, so keep thinking about how you're going to have your revenge on me."

"I'm going to make you cry tears of blood. Just as I did."

"Do whatever you want."

At EunSeo's cold smile, SeoYoon laughed silently. However, his laughter wasn't laughter. Tears of blood. He'd already shed them. When he ripped out his friend's heart with his own hands, he shed endless tears of blood.

"Don't shoot!"

He still remembered that day whenever he closed his eyes. However, no matter how much he cried or regretted it, he would never be able to return to that day.
He didn't know.

He never meant for this to happen. No matter how many times he said this, it didn't matter. So he'd rather just continue to be hated.
If hating him was what kept her alive, he was happy.

There was a beast living inside of him, and there was a beast living inside of her.
The beast inside of him yearned for her, and the beast inside of her was a beast of revenge that wanted to kill him. However, even if she had turned into this, as long as she lived, SeoYoon was satisfied.

"May I have a cup of liquor tonight?"

"Would you like me to pour it for you?"

EunSeo lifted the liquor bottle and slowly poured the liquor into the cup in front of SeoYoon. SeoYoon immediately poured the liquor down his throat.

"How can you drink it so well? What if I added poison?"

"It doesn't matter whether you added poison or not."

SeoYoon looked directly at EunSeo.

"I plan on dying by your hands."

"I will take your life later."

"Not now?"

"It won't be painful enough. Poison is too short... Your death will be long. I'm going to make sure that you suffer for a long time."