My Wife Chose Her Friend Over Me — But My Death Made Her Regret Everything! | Manhwa Recap — Transcript

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1. 0:00My wife was a world traveler who
2. 0:01traveled from one world to another on
3. 0:03missions. People like her were not
4. 0:05permitted to fall in love with anyone
5. 0:07in the real world. But she fell in love
6. 0:08with me the very first time she saw me.
7. 0:10Whenever she did something for me, she
8. 0:12had to endure pain as if her soul were
9. 0:15being torn apart, and she endured this
10. 0:1799 times. Then, I was kidnapped and
11. 0:19taken to a border region where there
12. 0:21was no law, and I was tortured
13. 0:23ruthlessly every day. Just when I was
14. 0:25about to break, I remembered the method
15. 0:27Laura had taught me to contact her. The
16. 0:29connection was established. But instead
17. 0:31of Laura answering, I began to hear her
18. 0:33conversation with her mentor. "Laura,
19. 0:35why did you contact those people
20. 0:36yourself and have Alex kidnapped?""
21. 0:38Isn't he the same man you love?" My
22. 0:40wife's voice was cold as stone. "This
23. 0:42disaster was meant for Colin, who was
24. 0:44the side male lead.""But I have no
25. 0:46other way to save Colin.""Alex is the
26. 0:48male lead of this world.""He has the
27. 0:50protection of this world's will.""So,
28. 0:51nothing will really happen to him.""
29. 0:53Once this mission is over, I will get
30. 0:55permission to stay in this world
31. 0:56forever, and then I will make up for
32. 0:57every mistake made with him." My heart
33. 0:59shattered into pieces. When those
34. 1:01ruthless men moved toward me again, I
35. 1:03stopped resisting entirely. "Tsk, tsk.
36. 1:05This boy's bones are actually quite
37. 1:07strong." I clenched my teeth and
38. 1:09refused to make a sound because I knew
39. 1:11the more I struggled, the more they
40. 1:13would enjoy it. I could only endure
41. 1:15everything in silence and pray that it
42. 1:17would all end soon. My hand and leg
43. 1:20tendons had already been cut; I was
44. 1:21like a broken toy, and they were doing
45. 1:23whatever they wanted with my body. "
46. 1:25Which number is this?""Have we used all
47. 1:27eight torture tools yet?" Laura's voice
48. 1:29was still as cold and calm as before. "
49. 1:31This is the seventh.""Do you really
50. 1:33have to do everything exactly like this
51. 1:34?" Her mentor asked, his voice filled
52. 1:36with great sorrow. "You know very well
53. 1:38that it was Alex who saved you back
54. 1:39then.""Even so, why are you bent on
55. 1:41repaying Colin's debt?" My eyelids
56. 1:42began to tremble due to the pain. Years
57. 1:45ago, during the landslide, it was I who
58. 1:47disregarded my own life to pull her
59. 1:48from the rubble and carry her to safety
60. 1:51until I passed out from exhaustion. But
61. 1:53when she regained consciousness, she
62. 1:55insisted that it was Colin who had
63. 1:56saved her life. No matter how much I
64. 1:57explained, she refused to believe me.
65. 1:59Now I realized that it wasn't a matter
66. 2:01of her not believing me. She was doing
67. 2:03it on purpose. When I married Alex, I
68. 2:06betrayed Colin. I rejected his true
69. 2:08love. I don't want him to have to
70. 2:10suffer this kind of pain. If a man goes
71. 2:12through all this, his life is ruined.
72. 2:14Laura sighed. There was helplessness
73. 2:16and guilt in her voice. Lying on that
74. 2:17dirty wooden board, I laughed until
75. 2:19tears began to stream down my eyes. She
76. 2:21knew full well that anyone who goes
77. 2:23through this has their life ruined
78. 2:25forever. Yet she did this to me. She
79. 2:27kept saying over and over that she
80. 2:29loved me. But with her own hands, she
81. 2:30was pushing me into hell. Wasn't this a
82. 2:32betrayal of me? A sharp pain rose in my
83. 2:34stomach. I started gasping for air and
84. 2:36couldn't stop myself from vomiting
85. 2:38blood. The man standing in front of me
86. 2:39panicked. What happened to him? Is he
87. 2:41about to die? Mentor's voice also
88. 2:42filled with tension. Laura, Alex can't
89. 2:44take any more than this. Don't tell me
90. 2:46the details. Hearing that would break
91. 2:47my heart. Laura quickly cut him off.
92. 2:49Just finish it quickly. Alright? The
93. 2:51next step is to destroy Alex's manhood.
94. 2:53Mentor was left completely stunned. Do
95. 2:55you not want children anymore? Aren't
96. 2:56you the one who loves children the most
97. 2:58? Even if Alex can never have children,
98. 3:00I will still love him. Even if our life
99. 3:02remains incomplete. He must follow the
100. 3:04script exactly. Otherwise, this
101. 3:06disaster will fall upon Colin again.
102. 3:08There was not a hint of hesitation in
103. 3:10her voice, and hearing her words sent a
104. 3:11chill to my bones. Soon, someone
105. 3:13brought some large, rusty pliers. Even
106. 3:16after being broken so badly, I couldn't
107. 3:17stop myself from shrinking back in fear
108. 3:19. I didn't want to lose that part of my
109. 3:21body. How could there be anything more
110. 3:23cruel than this? Every night, Lora
111. 3:25would curl up next to me and tell me
112. 3:27how badly she wanted us to have a child
113. 3:29. She would dream of our future as a
114. 3:31happy family of three. I had planned
115. 3:34that as soon as the mission ended, we
116. 3:35would focus on our health and have a
117. 3:37beautiful baby. But now, she wanted to
118. 3:39take away every hope of me having
119. 3:41children with her own hands. Before I
120. 3:43could even react. Someone brutally
121. 3:45grabbed my legs and pinned them down.
122. 3:47An agonizing pain surged through my
123. 3:49entire body, and I nearly blacked out.
124. 3:50But a drug had been injected to keep me
125. 3:53awake. So my mind was terrifyingly
126. 3:55alert, and I was feeling every single
127. 3:57moment of that hell. It's done. He is
128. 4:00crippled for life now. What a great sin
129. 4:02. The man holding the pliers looked at
130. 4:04my blood-soaked body. He trembled and
131. 4:06turned his face away. In my darkest
132. 4:08hour, I heard Lora’s voice, which had
133. 4:10a slight tremor that was hard to notice
134. 4:12. Alex, you have to be strong. Once the
135. 4:14mission ends, I can stay in this world
136. 4:16forever and make up for everything that
137. 4:18happened to you. Make up for it with
138. 4:20what? Remembering her cheap love, a
139. 4:22painful scream escaped my lips. My
140. 4:24tears had dried up long ago. Those
141. 4:26monsters dragged me across the ground
142. 4:28like a dying animal. They laughed
143. 4:30cruelly and threw me into a filthy,
144. 4:31foul-smelling sewer pit. Where I lay
145. 4:33soaked in the cold, dirty water. I
146. 4:35don't know how much time passed. Then
147. 4:36finally the door opened, and Lora
148. 4:37appeared with the light streaming in
149. 4:39from behind her. The look of worry and
150. 4:41heartbreak on her face seemed so real,
151. 4:43as if she would burst into tears at any
152. 4:44moment. She rushed to me and held me
153. 4:47tightly in her arms. Her voice was
154. 4:49trembling. Honey, I’ve come to save
155. 4:51you. I lifted my head without any
156. 4:53feeling and stared at her with hollow
157. 4:55eyes. The face I once loved so deeply
158. 4:57now just looked strange and disgusting
159. 4:59to me. You said you always knew my
160. 5:01location. You said you would come to
161. 5:03save me immediately. She froze. Then
162. 5:05she quickly started making excuses.
163. 5:07There was guilt in her voice. I am
164. 5:08sorry. The situation overseas is very
165. 5:10complicated. I had to stay back for a
166. 5:11long time. I am sorry, honey. It
167. 5:13doesn't matter. No matter what happened
168. 5:14. I still love you. I love you more
169. 5:17than anything. I let out a cold laugh.
170. 5:19As if I had heard the most ridiculous
171. 5:20thing in the world. She didn't notice
172. 5:22anything changed in me, or perhaps she
173. 5:24chose to ignore it. She took off her
174. 5:26jacket. Wrapped it around my severely
175. 5:28wounded body. Picked me up in her arms
176. 5:31and ran out as fast as she could. I was
177. 5:33taken to the hospital. When my
178. 5:35teammates found out, they all came
179. 5:37rushing over. Although they were used
180. 5:38to seeing tragedies, they couldn't
181. 5:40catch their breath seeing my condition.
182. 5:42I was taken to the operating theater.
183. 5:44The tendons in my hands and feet had
184. 5:45been severed. The most vital parts of
185. 5:47my body were destroyed, and my entire
186. 5:49body was covered in severely infected
187. 5:51wounds. The doctor kept shaking his
188. 5:53head and sighing while performing the
189. 5:55surgery. The anesthesia had almost no
190. 5:57effect on me. But now, I didn't even
191. 5:59have the strength left to scream. After
192. 6:01the surgery, I was taken back to my
193. 6:03room and I pretended to sleep. I didn't
194. 6:05want to face Laura. My mind was
195. 6:07completely confused and I was exhausted
196. 6:09. Laura came in and sat by my bed. Her
197. 6:11cold tears began to fall onto my face.
198. 6:13Honey, I am sorry. I will never let you
199. 6:15be hurt again. Before, seeing her cry
200. 6:17like this would have made me sit up
201. 6:18immediately. I would comfort her and
202. 6:19tell her everything was okay. But now,
203. 6:21seeing her cry, I only felt disgust.
204. 6:23Just then, a voice came from near the
205. 6:24door. Laura, are you hungry? I have
206. 6:26brought breakfast for you. It was Colin
207. 6:27. Laura let go of my hand and refused
208. 6:29without looking back. I can't eat. You
209. 6:31eat it. Your flight back home is in
210. 6:33about 3 hours. It's not safe here. I
211. 6:35don't want to go back alone. I am
212. 6:36scared. Can't you come with me? Colin's
213. 6:39voice was sweet and insistent. No. I
214. 6:40have to stay with my husband. Laura
215. 6:42refused without a second thought. But I
216. 6:44am really very scared. Laura hesitated
217. 6:46for a moment and finally agreed.
218. 6:48Alright, let me go tell the team. She
219. 6:49always used to say that she only loved
220. 6:51me. But when it came to Colin, her
221. 6:53heart would always melt and she
222. 6:54couldn't say no to anything he asked.
223. 6:56As soon as she turned and left. Colin
224. 6:58revealed his true colors. He came over
225. 7:00to my bed and slapped me hard across
226. 7:01the face. You're awake, aren't you?
227. 7:03Stop pretending. We all know you were
228. 7:05drugged to stay awake. Colin looked
229. 7:07down at me. His eyes were filled with
230. 7:09mockery and arrogance. So, how does it
231. 7:11feel to be a crippled man? Must feel
232. 7:13terrible. I heard your limbs are ruined
233. 7:15too. How pathetic are you? I forced my
234. 7:17eyes open and glared at him. Even in
235. 7:19this state, Laura won't divorce me to
236. 7:22marry you. Laura loved me to the point
237. 7:24of madness and never returned Colin's
238. 7:26feelings. His expression changed. Then
239. 7:28he suddenly laughed with disdain. Don't
240. 7:29be so arrogant. You don't know, do you?
241. 7:31Laura is taking me back with her so I
242. 7:33can steal your credit. I am the one
243. 7:35getting the credit for catching those
244. 7:36criminals now. My eyes widened in anger
245. 7:38, and I gritted my teeth with the
246. 7:39little strength I had left, "You people
247. 7:41have no shame at all.""This operation
248. 7:42was originally only our team's." Laura
249. 7:44said she was worried about me, so she
250. 7:46brought her team along. I never thought
251. 7:48she came not to care for me, but to
252. 7:50push me into the jaws of death. Colin
253. 7:52picked up a syringe and, without a
254. 7:53moment's hesitation, plunged it
255. 7:54straight into my vein. You should just
256. 7:55die. Look at your condition now.
257. 7:57Staying alive just means counting the
258. 7:58days. So why not do Laura and me a
259. 8:00favor and let us be together? He
260. 8:01laughed with a dark, snake-like smile.
261. 8:04This drug causes a blood infection.
262. 8:05Laura also wants this to be over
263. 8:07quickly. So let me be the one to send
264. 8:08you off from this world. Goodbye. In
265. 8:10the next life, don't fight me for a
266. 8:11woman. He walked away, laughing loudly
267. 8:13without a care in the world. It hadn't
268. 8:14even been 5 minutes since Colin left
269. 8:16when the monitors started blaring an
270. 8:18alarm. Doctors and nurses rushed into
271. 8:20the room, and there was chaos
272. 8:21everywhere. This is very bad. The
273. 8:22patient's vital signs are dropping
274. 8:23rapidly and his blood isn't clotting
275. 8:25anymore. If this continues, the
276. 8:26infection will take his life. Take him
277. 8:28back home immediately. Only the
278. 8:29hospitals back home have the special
279. 8:30serum. But there are no more flights
280. 8:32back home tonight. My teammates
281. 8:33panicked. Then one of them suddenly
282. 8:34remembered something. Wait, the
283. 8:35helicopter. Laura had arranged a
284. 8:37private helicopter. We can ask her to
285. 8:39take Alex back. A glimmer of hope
286. 8:40awakened inside me. I wanted to live.
287. 8:42Everyone quickly rushed me on a
288. 8:44stretcher toward the airfield. There,
289. 8:46we ran into Laura and Colin, who were
290. 8:47preparing to leave. Jake stepped
291. 8:49forward quickly. He grabbed Laura's
292. 8:50sleeve and shouted desperately. Let
293. 8:52Alex go first. His condition is very
294. 8:54critical. If he doesn't reach home in
295. 8:55time, he won't survive. Laura refused
296. 8:57without a second thought. No, only two
297. 8:59people can fit in the helicopter. I
298. 9:00have to take Colin back right now. It's
299. 9:02too dangerous here. Her voice was firm
300. 9:04and held no trace of hesitation. Jake
301. 9:06yelled at her. Alex is about to die. He
302. 9:08is your husband. Is getting Colin home
303. 9:10really more important than him? Colin
304. 9:12started his act of being weak and
305. 9:14scared once again. Laura, it's okay.
306. 9:16Maybe Alex is just jealous of me. You
307. 9:17should take him with you instead. I
308. 9:18will be fine here alone. Laura
309. 9:20hesitated for a moment at first. But
310. 9:21hearing Colin's words, her heart turned
311. 9:23to stone again. Alex will be fine. His
312. 9:25wounds were stable just a little while
313. 9:26ago. Don't all of you try to fool me
314. 9:28together. This is no time to act
315. 9:30childishly. Saying this, she grabbed
316. 9:31Colin's hand and started leading him
317. 9:33toward the helicopter. Jake tried to
318. 9:34stop her, crying. Alex really won't
319. 9:36make it. Are you just going to leave
320. 9:38him like this? Laura coldly swatted
321. 9:39Jake's hand away and turned her icy
322. 9:41gaze toward me. Honey, try to
323. 9:42understand. I will drop Colin home and
324. 9:44come right back for you. Don't be so
325. 9:46jealous. But Laura, I'm not jealous. I
326. 9:48am actually dying. I was lying on the
327. 9:49stretcher. I couldn't speak a single
328. 9:51word and felt my life slowly slipping
329. 9:54away. My vision began to blur. Laura
330. 9:56took off her goggles. She came close to
331. 9:58me and gently pulled my oxygen mask
332. 9:59aside. Her warm breath brushed against
333. 10:01my ear. Wait for me for 6 hours. Okay.
334. 10:03She stroked the corner of my lips.
335. 10:05Between her thumb and index finger was
336. 10:07still the scar from taking a bullet for
337. 10:09Colin. When this is all over, I will
338. 10:11take you to see the Northern Lights.
339. 10:13You wanted to see them more than
340. 10:14anything, right? Now, I didn't want to
341. 10:16see them, nor did I want to wait for
342. 10:17you. I watched helplessly as Laura
343. 10:19boarded the helicopter with Colin. I
344. 10:21watched the helicopter blades spin. I
345. 10:23watched the helicopter rise slowly into
346. 10:24the air. Until it finally disappeared
347. 10:26from sight. My heart was now filled
348. 10:28with a despair I had never even
349. 10:30imagined. She was truly that ruthless.
350. 10:32She had gambled my life away for
351. 10:34another man. With my remaining strength
352. 10:36, I took out my phone and wedding ring
353. 10:38and gave them to Jake. Send the
354. 10:39recording on my phone to headquarters.
355. 10:41Don't let Colin steal our team's credit
356. 10:43—I paused for a moment. Breathing was
357. 10:45becoming even more difficult now. Give
358. 10:46this to Laura. Tell her that we no
359. 10:48longer owe each other anything, and I
360. 10:50will never forgive her. Jake froze in
361. 10:52place. His eyes turned red instantly.
362. 10:54Alex, stay strong. We will find another
363. 10:56plane. Alex, I am sorry. We were so
364. 10:58helpless. We couldn't stop them. It is
365. 10:59too late now. I gave him a weak smile
366. 11:02and felt my life slowly slipping away.
367. 11:04Hold my funeral and do not give my
368. 11:06ashes to Laura. I never want to see her
369. 11:08again. After saying these last words,
370. 11:10my eyelids grew heavy and my eyes
371. 11:12closed. In the silent atmosphere, my
372. 11:14teammates took off their caps in unison
373. 11:15and solemnly bade me a final farewell.
374. 11:17An unknown sorrow spread through the
375. 11:19air. At that very moment, thousands of
376. 11:20miles away, a loud alarm suddenly
377. 11:22blared from the communication device in
378. 11:23Laura's brain. The male lead of this
379. 11:25world has died. The world will select a
380. 11:27new male lead. The world's will had
381. 11:29confirmed Colin as the new male lead of
382. 11:31this world. At that time, Laura was
383. 11:33with Colin, trying her best to convince
384. 11:35her superiors to transfer all our
385. 11:37team's credit to him. Suddenly, she
386. 11:39froze completely, and the folder she
387. 11:40held in her hand fell to the ground
388. 11:42with a loud thud. She couldn't believe
389. 11:44it. She checked the notification in her
390. 11:46mind three times. That death notice, he
391. 11:47was gone. Alex was gone. She whispered
392. 11:49to herself. Her voice was trembling
393. 11:51violently. She connected with her
394. 11:53mentor and asked again. The mentor
395. 11:54remained silent for a long time. He
396. 11:56looked at my lifeless face on the
397. 11:57screen and said softly, "Yes, he is
398. 11:59gone." Lora's eyes widened. They were
399. 12:01filled with terror and panic. But he is
400. 12:03the main lead. He has the protection of
401. 12:04the World's Will. How could he die? The
402. 12:06mentor let out a deep sigh. Lora, you
403. 12:08have been blinded by love. This world's
404. 12:10luck is limited. You transferred most
405. 12:12of Alex's luck to Colin. That is why he
406. 12:13lost the world's protection. The mentor
407. 12:15paused for a few moments. There was a
408. 12:16glimmer of pity in his eyes. You even
409. 12:18forced him to endure pain that wasn't
410. 12:20even his to bear. Colin had stolen his
411. 12:22luck a long time ago. He had stopped
412. 12:24being the main lead long before all
413. 12:25this. She clutched her chest. The pain
414. 12:27gripping her heart was so sharp that
415. 12:29she found it difficult to breathe. She
416. 12:31could not believe that she had
417. 12:33indirectly taken my life. Lora shook
418. 12:34her head like a madwoman. This is
419. 12:36impossible. Alex is my husband. The
420. 12:38person I love the most. How could I
421. 12:41hurt him? Lora, this is the truth. The
422. 12:43mentor spoke; his voice was so calm it
423. 12:45felt cold. For Colin's sake, you
424. 12:47repeatedly hurt Alex, and in the end,
425. 12:49that is why his luck ran out, causing
426. 12:51his death. Colin sensed something was
427. 12:53wrong, so he reached out and shook her
428. 12:54hand. Lora, don't be so lost. What
429. 12:56happened? Speak up. Lora violently
430. 12:58shook off his hand. There was a storm
431. 13:00raging in her heart. She no longer
432. 13:02cared about the meeting or the look of
433. 13:03surprise on Colin's face. She turned
434. 13:05and ran out of the meeting room. Colin
435. 13:07stood there as if his body had no life
436. 13:09left in it. This was the first time
437. 13:10Lora had treated him so coldly. He bit
438. 13:13his lip. There was confusion and
439. 13:14sadness on his face. Then he quickly
440. 13:16ran after her. She reached the helipad
441. 13:18directly and prepared to start the
442. 13:19helicopter by any means. She wanted to
443. 13:21go and find me. She did not believe
444. 13:23that I was truly dead. But just as she
445. 13:25was about to board the helicopter, she
446. 13:26saw Jake returning with the entire team
447. 13:28. There was pain and anger on
448. 13:29everyone's faces, and the way they
449. 13:31looked at her—like sharp knives—
450. 13:33made Laura's heart stop for a moment.
451. 13:35She stumbled toward them and asked in a
452. 13:37trembling voice, "Where is my husband?
453. 13:39How is he?" Jake mocked her, casting a
454. 13:41look filled with hatred and contempt. "
455. 13:43Do you still have the audacity to ask?
456. 13:44He is dead. The moment you left him
457. 13:46behind and took the helicopter, he died
458. 13:48.""How could Alex be dead? He was out
459. 13:50of danger. He just needed rest. Then he
460. 13:52would have been fine. Are you all lying
461. 13:53to me together? What conspiracy are you
462. 13:55people plotting?" She kept talking
463. 13:56incessantly and was completely broken.
464. 13:58Jake glared at her with disgust. "Don't
465. 14:00you know what you have done? Why
466. 14:01wouldn't he die? Isn't he in this
467. 14:03condition because you deliberately
468. 14:04conspired with those criminals to have
469. 14:06him kidnapped, and even at the last
470. 14:07moment, you didn't spare him?" She
471. 14:09shook her head in panic. "How did you
472. 14:11find out all this? Who told you?" Jake
473. 14:12roared loudly, "Not just me, we all
474. 14:14know about this. And very soon, we are
475. 14:16going to report this to our superiors
476. 14:18as well. How much Alex loved you, and
477. 14:20what did you do? You pushed him into
478. 14:22that hell and even gave specific orders
479. 14:24for him to be tortured according to
480. 14:25your wishes. And just when he had been
481. 14:28rescued, you let Colin take his life.
482. 14:30Just so you could steal the credit from
483. 14:31our team and give it to Colin." Laura's
484. 14:33mind was completely confused. "This is
485. 14:35not true. I never told Colin to kill
486. 14:37him." Jake curled his lip in disdain,
487. 14:39took out his phone, and played the
488. 14:40recording of the conversation between
489. 14:42me and Colin in front of her. Only then
490. 14:44did she realize that Colin had injected
491. 14:46me with the drug that caused the blood
492. 14:47infection. She couldn't believe it. The
493. 14:50Colin she had always trusted and always
494. 14:52protected was actually such a ruthless
495. 14:54person. She had no words to say. She
496. 14:57had truly never told Colin to lay a
497. 14:59hand on me. Then Jake took a ring out
498. 15:00of his pocket and threw it on the
499. 15:02ground in front of her. "Alex told me
500. 15:03to give this to you." Laura picked up
501. 15:05the ring with trembling hands. That was
502. 15:06our wedding ring. Her eyes filled with
503. 15:08terror. She just couldn't believe it.
504. 15:10No, honey, please don't do this. The
505. 15:11shine of the wedding ring was stinging
506. 15:13her eyes. I had taken a bullet for her
507. 15:14during a mission. That bullet had
508. 15:16gotten lodged in my rib. She cried and
509. 15:18proposed to me, and I said yes. We
510. 15:21melted that bullet to make our wedding
511. 15:23ring, and at the wedding, I told her if
512. 15:24I ever stopped loving her, I would take
513. 15:26this ring off and give it back to her;
514. 15:28and today, I truly took that ring off
515. 15:30and gave it back to her. Jake let out a
516. 15:32cynical laugh, "Exactly right." He saw
517. 15:33with his own eyes you taking Colin away
518. 15:36in that helicopter. He watched his own
519. 15:38wife leaving him behind. Do you really
520. 15:40think he will still want you? Just then
521. 15:42, a thought echoed in his mind. I just
522. 15:44checked the communication device. Alex
523. 15:45had connected to your device. Maybe he
524. 15:47was trying to call you for help. But he
525. 15:50heard our conversation, so he gave up.
526. 15:53Laura thought that as long as she
527. 15:54didn't say anything, I would never know
528. 15:55the truth. She never expected that I
529. 15:57had heard everything. Every single
530. 15:59ruthless word of hers; Laura had even
531. 16:01forgotten that she was the one who
532. 16:02taught me how to connect to her
533. 16:03communication device. At that time, she
534. 16:05swore that if I ever contacted her, she
535. 16:07would find me as quickly as possible
536. 16:09and would never let me get hurt, not
537. 16:11even a little bit. But sadly, she
538. 16:13hadn't kept a single one of her
539. 16:14promises. She not only failed to stop
540. 16:16me from getting hurt, but she was the
541. 16:18one hurting me. As soon as she thought
542. 16:20about this, a sharp pain shot through
543. 16:21Laura's head. The pain was so intense
544. 16:23that she couldn't even stand straight.
545. 16:25When we first started dating, she told
546. 16:27me she came from another world and
547. 16:29wasn't allowed to love anyone here.
548. 16:31Whenever her heart melted for me, she
549. 16:33had to endure 10 minutes of punishment,
550. 16:35as if needles were being stuck into her
551. 16:36body to cause her pain. Now, looking
552. 16:39back, she remembered that since meeting
553. 16:40Colin, she hadn't felt that pain for a
554. 16:42very long time. This meant she had
555. 16:45stopped loving me a long time ago.
556. 16:46Laura, you are a despicable monster.
557. 16:48Jacob couldn't control his anger and
558. 16:50cursed at him right to his face. Alex
559. 16:52was so good to you. He didn't even care
560. 16:54about his own life for you, and this is
561. 16:56what you did to him. You pushed him
562. 16:58into hell, and when he needed you most,
563. 17:00you stood there watching him being
564. 17:01tortured and dying for another man.
565. 17:04Weakened, she fell to the ground and,
566. 17:06while crying, asked Jake where Alex's
567. 17:07body was. I want to take him with me.
568. 17:10Jake looked at her with cold eyes,
569. 17:11without a shred of sympathy. What body?
570. 17:13He was cremated a long time ago, and we
571. 17:15won't even give you his ashes. Alex
572. 17:17left a message for you. He will never
573. 17:20forgive you. Saying this, Jake left
574. 17:21with his entire team without looking
575. 17:23back. Lora felt as if thousands of
576. 17:25needles were piercing her head. The
577. 17:27pain was so intense that her vision
578. 17:29went dark, and cold sweat started
579. 17:30dripping from her face. Compared to all
580. 17:32the punishments she had endured before,
581. 17:34this pain was many times worse. When
582. 17:36the bone-deep pain finally subsided a
583. 17:38little, Lora slowly lifted her head.
584. 17:40There was a glimmer of madness in her
585. 17:42eyes. She connected with her mentor and
586. 17:44asked in a heavy voice. If I send Colin
587. 17:46back to his original path, will Alex
588. 17:48come back? There was helplessness and
589. 17:50concern in the mentor's voice. Lora,
590. 17:51calm down. Colin is the new male lead
591. 17:53now, and the story of this world has
592. 17:55already changed. Even if you send Colin
593. 17:57back to his old life, Alex still won't
594. 17:59come back to life. Lora let out a
595. 18:01bitter laugh. If he won't come back,
596. 18:03then I won't let him die in vain like
597. 18:04this. Everyone who took his life, I
598. 18:06will finish them all along with him.
599. 18:08Enduring the intense pain crashing over
600. 18:10her, she activated her teleport skill
601. 18:12and vanished from there. The very next
602. 18:13moment, she appeared right next to
603. 18:15Colin. Seeing Lora suddenly in front of
604. 18:16him, Colin ran toward her and
605. 18:18affectionately grabbed her hand. Lora,
606. 18:19where did you go? I couldn't even
607. 18:21follow you. Lora didn't even look at
608. 18:23him. She knocked him to the ground with
609. 18:24a single strike. She grabbed his hair
610. 18:26and forcibly lifted his face up. You
611. 18:28injected Alex with a drug that causes
612. 18:29blood infection. Colin screamed in pain
613. 18:31and, looking at Lora in terror, began
614. 18:33shaking his head frantically. I didn't,
615. 18:34I didn't do it. Lora, what are you
616. 18:36saying? How could I ever harm Alex?
617. 18:38Still lying, are you? Lora grabbed his
618. 18:40throat and her grip slowly grew tighter
619. 18:43. Do you not want to live? Tell me, why
620. 18:45did you do it? Colin began to cough and
621. 18:47gasp for air. Lora, I did this for us.
622. 18:49That bastard Alex was coming between us
623. 18:51. As long as he was alive, we could
624. 18:52never be together. I know you love him.
625. 18:54You were just holding yourself back
626. 18:56because of your marriage. Hearing this,
627. 18:57a flicker of hatred appeared in Lora's
628. 18:59eyes and she choked him even harder.
629. 19:01Stop this nonsense. I never even liked
630. 19:03you. Colin was being strangled. Yet, he
631. 19:05was still trying to argue. No, that's
632. 19:07impossible. You treated me even better
633. 19:09than you treated Alex. How can you not
634. 19:11like me? Lora threw him aside like a
635. 19:13sack of trash and dragged him into the
636. 19:15basement. The basement was dark, damp,
637. 19:17and filled with horrific torture tools.
638. 19:19Colin was so terrified he tried to run,
639. 19:21but Lora immediately crippled his legs.
640. 19:23Whatever Alex endured, you should feel
641. 19:26it too. Lora's voice was cold and
642. 19:28ruthless. It's a shame that I don't
643. 19:29really have a hobby for torture. But it
644. 19:31doesn't matter. This place has plenty
645. 19:33for you to enjoy. She opened the iron
646. 19:35cage. Threw Colin inside and picked up
647. 19:37a red-hot iron rod. No, Lora, please, I
648. 19:40beg you. Let me go. His screams began
649. 19:42to echo throughout the basement. Only
650. 19:44then did Colin realize what a huge
651. 19:45mistake he had made. Lora was not a
652. 19:47chess piece he could play with as he
653. 19:49pleased. She was completely insane, a
654. 19:51monster. Meanwhile, I suddenly woke up
655. 19:53with a jolt and found myself lying in
656. 19:55an unfamiliar room. There were people
657. 19:57around me whom I didn't know. I looked
658. 19:58around with tired eyes. The room was
659. 20:00decorated in an old-fashioned style.
660. 20:02Just like the sets of those historical
661. 20:04dramas. What is this place? Who are you
662. 20:05people? Lora's mentor approached me
663. 20:07with a sweet smile. Alex, I am the one
664. 20:09who made a deal with the World's Will
665. 20:11to bring you here. This made me even
666. 20:13more alert. A deal with the World's
667. 20:14Will? What do you want from me? The
668. 20:16mentor sighed and said softly, "I can
669. 20:18help bring you back to life.""But the
670. 20:20condition is that you stop Laura and
671. 20:21prevent her from breaking any more of
672. 20:22the world's rules.""That small world is
673. 20:24on the verge of collapsing right now."
674. 20:25My heart didn't melt even a little. "If
675. 20:27that world collapses, let it.""What
676. 20:29difference does it make to me?""I am
677. 20:30already dead anyway.""Whether that
678. 20:32world is destroyed or not,""what does
679. 20:33it matter to a dead person like me?"
680. 20:35The old man clearly didn't expect me to
681. 20:37react this way. He said with some
682. 20:39nervousness, "If you don't care about
683. 20:41yourself, at least think about your
684. 20:43family.""If that small world collapses,
685. 20:45your family will die too." I froze, and
686. 20:47my heart sank. I no longer had any
687. 20:49attachment to that place. But the
688. 20:51safety of my family still mattered to
689. 20:53me. "Laura, what is she doing?" I
690. 20:55hesitated for a moment, but in the end,
691. 20:57I asked. Another young man in modern
692. 20:59clothes quickly interrupted. "Laura has
693. 21:01gone insane.""Torturing Colin daily is
694. 21:03one thing, but she has also taken some
695. 21:05lucky people hostage to make threats.""
696. 21:08If we don't bring you back to life, she
697. 21:10will kill one person every day.""One
698. 21:12person has already died." I was so
699. 21:13shocked that no words came out of my
700. 21:15mouth. Laura was truly hurting innocent
701. 21:17people because of me. "Go and reason
702. 21:19with her." The old man sighed and said,
703. 21:21"Stop her from committing any more sins
704. 21:22.""We cannot enter that small world at
705. 21:24all.""Only one traveler is permitted to
706. 21:27enter your small world." I nodded my
707. 21:29head. Although I didn't want to see
708. 21:31Laura again, I also didn't want her to
709. 21:32keep killing innocent people because of
710. 21:34me. I walked with the old man toward an
711. 21:37old and dilapidated building. Outside,
712. 21:39the police had surrounded the entire
713. 21:40building and were repeatedly telling
714. 21:42her through a loudspeaker to give up
715. 21:43and surrender. "Laura, you are
716. 21:45surrounded from all sides.""Put your
717. 21:47weapon down, come out, and surrender.""
718. 21:49You will be treated leniently." The old
719. 21:51man moved me past the police line and
720. 21:53directly into the building. The strong
721. 21:55stench of blood filled my nose, and I
722. 21:57barely managed not to vomit. Finally, I
723. 21:59saw Laura again. She was standing in a
724. 22:01room covered in bloodstains. Her back
725. 22:03looked like a statue that had neither
726. 22:05life nor feeling. Colin was lying on
727. 22:07the floor. He was barely breathing. His
728. 22:10entire body was soaked in blood and he
729. 22:12had been beaten so badly that he didn't
730. 22:14even look human anymore. Some other men
731. 22:16were lying there too. They were
732. 22:17hovering between life and death. I took
733. 22:19a deep breath. I went behind Laura and
734. 22:21softly called her name. Laura, she was
735. 22:23startled and immediately turned to look
736. 22:25at me. Her eyes were completely hollow.
737. 22:27But as soon as she saw me, they lit up
738. 22:29again. Honey, you've come back. I
739. 22:31watched her with a storm of mixed
740. 22:32feelings. The woman who once loved me
741. 22:35so deeply had now become a terrifying
742. 22:37person. Laura, why did you do this? She
743. 22:39started looking at me and madness
744. 22:40slowly began to cloud her eyes. I
745. 22:42cannot lose you. I absolutely cannot
746. 22:44lose you. She reached out her hands to
747. 22:46hug me. But her arms passed right
748. 22:48through my spirit body. I shook my head
749. 22:50with a bitter smile. I am already dead.
750. 22:52Laura, give up this obsession. Let them
751. 22:54all go. Her eyes were filled with
752. 22:55restlessness and madness. Honey, are
753. 22:57you blaming me? Are you blaming me for
754. 23:00the fact that I couldn't save you then?
755. 23:02I can avenge you right now by killing
756. 23:04Colin. She suddenly turned her head and
757. 23:06began to glare ruthlessly at Colin, who
758. 23:08was barely clinging to life. I raised
759. 23:10my hand to stop her. Stop killing
760. 23:12people. The Laura I knew was not like
761. 23:14this. She broke down completely and
762. 23:16turned to me like a helpless child. Her
763. 23:18voice was choking. Then what should I
764. 23:19do? Honey, I cannot live even a single
765. 23:21day without you. I thought my heart
766. 23:23would break. But I realized that I
767. 23:25didn't truly love her anymore. I wasn't
768. 23:27even feeling any pain. Laura, come to
769. 23:29your senses. Even if you torture and
770. 23:31kill all of them. I still won't come
771. 23:33back to life. And stop pretending that
772. 23:35you are doing all this for me. If you
773. 23:38truly cared about me, you would never
774. 23:40have hurt me. I looked at Laura with
775. 23:42cold eyes. The love we once shared had
776. 23:44now become nothing more than a desolate
777. 23:46ruin. Lora stood up unsteadily. There
778. 23:48was panic in her eyes and she began to
779. 23:50explain herself restlessly. I didn't do
780. 23:52it. I never wanted to hurt you. I love
781. 23:54you, honey. As she spoke, her entire
782. 23:56body began to tremble violently. She
783. 23:58fell to her knees in pain and grabbed
784. 24:00her head with both hands. As if
785. 24:02something horrifying was torturing her.
786. 24:04I knew this was the punishment for
787. 24:05breaking the world's rules. I knew that
788. 24:07what she said could even be true.
789. 24:09It’s just that her love was very
790. 24:10selfish and cruel. She raised her head
791. 24:12and began to look at me with pleading
792. 24:14eyes. There were entreaties in her eyes
793. 24:15. Honey, look at how much pain I am in.
794. 24:17I truly love you. I want to be with you
795. 24:20. She began to crawl towards me like a
796. 24:22wounded animal. As if by grabbing me,
797. 24:23she would find the last resort that
798. 24:25could save her. But I stepped back
799. 24:27indifferently and shook my head. But
800. 24:29now, I don't want to be with you. As
801. 24:31long as I am alive, I can never forgive
802. 24:33you. Lora froze right there in pain.
803. 24:34There was an expression of disbelief in
804. 24:36her eyes. Why? You were never like this
805. 24:38before. You always used to be the most
806. 24:40tender towards me. Why can't you give
807. 24:42me one chance? I have only made one
808. 24:43mistake. I looked at her with a cold
809. 24:45and empty heart. There were many ways
810. 24:47to solve Collin's problem. You could
811. 24:48have stopped it from happening. You
812. 24:50could have stopped Collin from being
813. 24:51involved in all this. You had so many
814. 24:53options, but you chose to hurt me to
815. 24:55save him instead of me. Lora, did you
816. 24:58ever truly love me? She was very
817. 24:59intelligent. If she really wanted to
818. 25:01change the situation, she could have.
819. 25:03But still, she chose the most extreme
820. 25:05way and let me suffer all the pain. She
821. 25:07didn't even think once if I would be
822. 25:09able to survive all this or not. Her
823. 25:11heart had changed long ago. She was
824. 25:13just refusing to accept it. I was a
825. 25:15soft-hearted person. But my heart only
826. 25:17melted for the Lora who loved me. Not
827. 25:19for the Lora who deliberately hurt me.
828. 25:22I paused for a moment and looked
829. 25:24straight into her tear-filled eyes.
830. 25:26Lora, I don't love you anymore.
831. 25:27Whatever love I had in my heart before
832. 25:29has now turned into immense
833. 25:30disappointment and pain. I thought I
834. 25:32could forget everything. But my wounds
835. 25:34still ache. I was wrong. I am sorry.
836. 25:37She grabbed her head with both hands,
837. 25:39fell to the ground, and began sobbing
838. 25:41in pain. I sighed, went over to her,
839. 25:43and knelt down in front of her. Laura,
840. 25:45if you truly realize your mistake, then
841. 25:47go and turn yourself in to the police.
842. 25:49Let me go in peace. Whatever you do now
843. 25:51, it makes no difference to me. She
844. 25:53lifted her head and began looking at me
845. 25:55with vacant eyes. There was pain and
846. 25:56anguish in her eyes. All right. I will
847. 25:58do whatever you say. Honey, wait for me
848. 26:00. All right. As soon as I finish all
849. 26:02this, I will come to you. She stood up,
850. 26:04opened the door, and slowly started
851. 26:06walking towards the police standing
852. 26:07outside. But her gaze did not shift
853. 26:09from me for even a moment. Tears
854. 26:11glistened in her eyes while my body
855. 26:13slowly blurred and finally vanished
856. 26:14completely from that room filled with
857. 26:16the stench of blood. When I opened my
858. 26:19eyes again, I was back in that same
859. 26:21old-fashioned room. It worked. Alex did
860. 26:23it. The Mentor and everyone else in the
861. 26:25room erupted with joy. As if I were a
862. 26:27hero returning after achieving a
863. 26:29victory. The Mentor came up to me with
864. 26:31a big smile and asked affectionately, "
865. 26:33Alex, what identity would you like to
866. 26:35be reborn with?" I froze and, without
867. 26:37thinking, asked. Can I not be Alex
868. 26:38anymore? The Mentor shook his head with
869. 26:41regret. No, you are already dead. This
870. 26:43is the rule. You can live on with a new
871. 26:45identity. But you don't need to live
872. 26:47your life all over again from the
873. 26:48beginning. I fell silent. And a sorrow
874. 26:50began to rise in my heart that I could
875. 26:52not describe. I started flipping
876. 26:53through the list provided by the Mentor
877. 26:55. It had all kinds of identities. A
878. 26:57young heir to a wealthy family, a
879. 26:59famous celebrity, and an office elite.
880. 27:01I thought a lot and finally, I still
881. 27:03chose to become a police academy
882. 27:04student. A young man who is training at
883. 27:06the police academy. Even after getting
884. 27:09a new identity and a new life, I wanted
885. 27:11to go back to my favorite career and
886. 27:13protect those who needed help. I looked
887. 27:15at the Mentor and asked, then what will
888. 27:17happen to Laura? The smile slowly faded
889. 27:19from the Mentor's face. He remained
890. 27:21silent for a few moments. Then he said
891. 27:22softly. Laura confessed to all her
892. 27:24crimes in that small world. One crime
893. 27:26after another. She accepted the death
894. 27:27sentence of her own free will. Her soul
895. 27:29should have returned to the real world.
896. 27:32But the will of the world punished her.
897. 27:33Her soul has been completely destroyed.
898. 27:35I was left stunned. She was dead. I
899. 27:38thought when she said she would come to
900. 27:40me after fixing everything, she meant
901. 27:42she would return to the real world. I
902. 27:44never imagined she would choose death
903. 27:46to pay for her actions. I sat in the
904. 27:49chair, completely silent, and my heart
905. 27:51felt strangely empty. I couldn't tell
906. 27:53if I was feeling relief or grief. The
907. 27:55mentor asked kindly, have you decided?
908. 27:57It is time to go now. I nodded, took a
909. 27:59deep breath, and prepared to welcome my
910. 28:02new life. Life at the police academy
911. 28:04was tough but it mattered. I soon
912. 28:06settled into my new identity.