"Adeline! Adeline, answer me! Adeline!"
The sun went down completely, and darkness fell.
Kael took the lantern hanging from the horse to light up the road and searched for Adeline.
It was the worst situation to find a person. He thought he had about three hours to spare, but judging from the freezing air, it seemed like the blizzard would hit him within an hour.
"Please... Please, Adeline."
Kael eagerly called Adeline's name and looked around.
Unlike the eastern territory, which was safe from snow, the western territory was covered with snow since early morning.
He kept getting angry at the fact that she had gone outside to look around in such a risky situation. He wasn't angry at Adeline. It was an anger directed at Kael himself.
If Kael had been in the castle, he would have somehow discouraged Adeline from going out.
However, Kael kept leaving the castle. He didn't stay inside because he didn't have the confidence to face Adeline, nor should he face her.
It was because of that. That Adeline went out in such a cold winter.
"Adeline! Adeline!"
Kael called Adeline's name until his throat hurt. Through the strong wind, he hoped his voice would reach her.
He was afraid of losing Adeline. His heart had long since lost its original speed, and his head was filled with only the eagerness to find her.
'Please, don't let her be touched by my curse. Please. Adeline, please.'
He was afraid that his love, which was revealed to the whole world, might have taken Adeline's breath.
He wanted to stop listening, but the curse of that day kept lingering in his ears.
The voice of the old woman, who said that everything he wanted to have and everything he loved would die in pain, rarely left his mind.
"Ade..."
As he begged for her to stay alive, he could see traces of a horse rolling around.
He couldn't see the horse, but there were traces of it even though the snow had piled up over it.
Kael's senses were sharpened. He had a feeling that it might be the horse that Adeline was riding.
"Adeline!"
Kael called out to Adeline and ran in the direction of the horse trail.
As he ran in that direction, he saw a large cave.
"Adeline! Are you here? Adeline!"
After getting off his horse, Kael rushed into the cave.
"Adeline!"
At that moment, Kael found Adeline leaning against the wall, barely holding herself together.
"... Kael."
"It's alright now. I'm here, Adeline."
Kael covered Adeline's ice-cold body with his cloak and hugged her tightly.
"Adeline!"
Adeline lost consciousness as soon as she felt his warmth.
***
Kael, who had evaded the blizzard and started a fire inside the cave, worked hard to increase Adeline's body temperature.
He took out all the blankets he had and wrapped them around Adeline. He also took off the thick fur cloak he was wearing and covered her with it.
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The Impact Of The Villainess' Fake Marriage On The Ending
RomanceIt's been eight years since she possessed Adeline, the 'villainess' in a book called 〈 Beyond Orange 〉. In order to end this tiresome possession, she tried to create the ending of being killed by the male protagonist- exactly as the book says. Howev...