Chapter 14

The Villain's Ending is Only Death Chapter 14

'There's no reset button!'

I felt like I was about to faint. No matter how much I searched, there was no reset button.

In the meantime, the prince raised his arm, which held a sword, as if he really intended to kill me.

"Wait, just a moment! Just a moment!"

I shouted hastily. The prince tilted his head and asked.

"Do you finally feel like talking?"

"Yes! I'll talk! I, I'll talk!"

I nodded frantically. The bastard lowered his arm and pressed the blade to my neck again.

Then he looked down at me arrogantly.

"Go ahead, try it."

"W, well…."

Although I had said I would talk in a rush, I couldn't think of anything to say.

What could I possibly say? I couldn't tell him I chased him to die, and without a reset button, I couldn't just die and try again.

'Should I open the choice menu?'

But the choice menu wouldn't save me.

In fact, wasn't it because of the choice menu that I had managed to survive this long?

"Can you hear the gears in your head turning?"

Just then, the prince, unable to bear my frantic thinking, sneered.

"I'm very eager to hear what you have to say."

The [Goodwill 0%] above his head flickered precariously.

"It has to be a reason I can accept, princess."

"……."

"I absolutely hate it when someone tries to stop me halfway."

The prince leaned in, pressing the blade closer to my neck. A warm trickle of blood ran down.

The physiological fear and terror of death.

It completely paralyzed my reason.

"……I, I like you!"

Thus, I finally blurted out something without thinking.

"……What?"

The bastard's red eyes widened slightly. I squeezed my eyes shut and shouted. My mouth was already out of my control.

"Because of the commotion earlier, I thought you were very hurt, so I wanted to comfort you…."

This was the most ridiculous and pathetic thing I had ever said, in any mode, normal or hard.

It was true that in the normal mode, the heroine comforted the prince when they met, but that was only because she hadn't seen him beheading the assassin.

'Forget it.'

No matter how much I lacked words, how could I say I liked such a lunatic?

But there was only one reason why a noble lady would chase a man into such a secluded maze… a story that would only make sense in a normal romantic relationship.

'Goodbye, you crazy game. If I die and return to my original home, I'll definitely give you a one-star review with some choice curses.'

I trembled in anticipation of the pain, my eyes closed.

However, no matter how long I waited, I didn't hear the blade slicing through the air.

"Hmm. So the mad dog of the duke's family has a crush on the rogue prince of the royal family."

The night breeze tickled my nose. I cautiously opened my eyes at the prince's muttering.

"That's…."

"……."

"An unexpected excuse, isn't it?"

His blood-red eyes were right in front of me. I held my breath.

The bastard looked at me with a face full of interest.

"You've never even seen me, right? At best, you caught a glimpse of me at the last banquet."

Actually, we were complete strangers. I had entered this damned game right after that.

I replied stiffly.

"Y, you caught my eye at that moment."

"What about me do you like?"

"That's…."

This time, I was completely at a loss for words.

What could I say? I had repeatedly marked him as someone to avoid!

I desperately scanned his appearance, trying to come up with a reason before his patience ran out.

"Your appearance is so outstanding…."

"Is my charm just my face? That's a bit disappointing."

"……Y, you're brave and skilled with a sword…."

"Too cliché. Don't you have anything more original?"

"That's… that's…."

With each barely fabricated response, I was almost on the verge of fainting.

In fact, my legs had been trembling so much that I was about to collapse, but I was holding on with all my might.

The cold sensation of the blade at my neck was too terrifying.

"That's… also…."

The more I sobbed, the deeper the smile on the bastard's red lips grew.

I was momentarily insane. How could I think of dying at the hands of such a terrifying lunatic?

I was about to fall backward.

"Fine. It's not very satisfying, but I'll let you pass this time."

The blade was withdrawn from my neck.

Startled, I looked up to see the prince with a gleam in his red eyes, speaking excitedly.

"But next time we meet, you'll have to explain in detail why, how, and for what reason you like me."

I nodded frantically.

"Go on, that's enough."

With a swish, he sheathed his blade and gestured with his hand.

Just then, a bar indicating goodwill began to flash above his golden hair.

And.

[Goodwill 2%]

I stared at it blankly, not out of joy, but out of sheer astonishment.

'There's no reset button.'

The most terrifying fact was that, right before the prince's blade was about to cut me, there was no reset button.

The insurance I had relied on didn't exist.

That meant I couldn't just die and try again.

'What if, when I die, that's it? If I don't return to my original home but just die…?'

I was just an ordinary college student. I didn't have the guts to take such a risk.

'Why should I?'

After enduring and escaping from my half-brothers, who were related by blood.

'Why should I come to this crazy place and die pointlessly by pleasing strangers I've never met?'

"Sniff, sniff."

Tears leaked out between my harsh breaths.

Thanks to my frantic run following the lanterns, I reached the entrance of the maze garden much faster than when I came in.

Just as I was about to completely escape the maze.

Thud. I collided with someone on the opposite side, whom I hadn't seen due to the dark vision.

"Ah!"

Terrified and not in my right mind, I feared it might be the prince who had come to kill me.

Just as I was about to run away again, thud, my wrist was grabbed.

"Let go!"

I screamed in shock.

"Let go of this!"

"Miss?"

"Why should I die! I don't want to die! I don't want to die!"

"Miss! Miss!"

As I tried to shake off his grip in a fit, I was suddenly grabbed by the shoulders and shaken.

"Are you alright?"

I saw his navy blue eyes widen in surprise. His silver hair glinted in the dim lantern light.

Then, the [Goodwill 0%] above his head shone clearly.

"Sniff, sniff…."

"Shh, calm down. I'm not going to hurt you."

As I panted harshly from crying, the man soothed me with a pleasant, gentle voice.

'Another male lead?'

I realized who the man I had bumped into was and felt despair.

Bunter Verdandi. A mage and a marquis.

"I'm… I'm fine now."

My trembling body, which had been quaking at the thought of the prince, quickly calmed down.

I awkwardly raised my hand to wipe away the tears streaming down my face.

I wanted to go home quickly. I didn't want to stay here for a moment longer.

Moreover, I didn't have the energy to deal with the newly met Bunter.

"I must have made a spectacle of myself in front of a stranger. Please pretend you didn't see it. Thank you."

After composing myself roughly, I mumbled rapidly.

Then, I bowed my head and tried to quickly pass by him.

However, my path was blocked again.

"You're bleeding a lot."

He pointed to my neck.

"Your complexion is also very pale. You should see a doctor."

"No, I need to hurry back…."

"Then at least take this."

Unlike me, who didn't want to get involved further, Bunter didn't let me go and quickly took something out of his pocket and handed it to me.

"Press it against the wound. It will stop the bleeding."

It was a white handkerchief.

I stared at it blankly for a moment before accepting it obediently.

After all, I couldn't just enter the banquet hall with a trail of blood.

I bowed my head slightly again and said dryly.

"Thank you. I'll definitely return the favor later."

"The favor is unnecessary."

He politely declined and suddenly reached out. Then.

"Instead, I hope that when we meet next, the sadness in these beautiful eyes will be gone."

His warm fingers gently brushed the corner of my eye.

[Goodwill 9%]

Distracted by the glowing text above his head, I didn't properly notice how he was looking at me.