Chapter 11: The Gorgeous Duke of Jasmine Dynasty 2
Qiqi, you cried, I felt good and sad, but more importantly, I was happy... because it means that you... you care about me a lot...
That voice, as weak as a mosquito's, rang in my head like thunder. Before I could react, Lagoud had lowered his head and fell weakly into my arms.
"La, Gu, De?" I felt an unprecedented fear in my heart, "Don't be like this, wake up!"
"You bastard, you obviously still owe me so much, how can you just leave like this?"
"It took me a long time to find you."
I hugged Ragud and cried in pain .
"Qiqi!" A group of people from the Human Research Institute slowly came to my side. Before that, Teacher Akashi and a few others had been waiting outside. In addition to giving us two time to talk alone, they also kept watch for us.
Perhaps they heard my crying, so they rushed in worriedly.
Everyone looked stunned after seeing Ragud in my arms.
"Duke Lagoud is really... dead?"
Jean looked very surprised.
"He didn't!"
I hugged Ragud, tears already streaming down my face.
"There must be a way to bring Lagude back to life, right? Mr. Akashi, you must have a way, right?" I still didn't want to give up, and looked at Mr. Akashi pleadingly, "Please, he was just talking to me, how could he suddenly..."
"Qiqi, don't be like this, he's not breathing anymore." Teacher Akashi patted my shoulder. "As early as when the Jasmine mark appeared on your shoulder, I already knew that he was close to death."
"What do you mean?" I cried and shook my head at Mr. Akashi. It wasn't that I didn't understand, it was that I was afraid to understand. The jasmine mark on my back, and the dream that he would embed the ruby in my heart.
"Are you saying that Duke Lagude gave all his power to this girl, so she died?" Ran shouted.
"It's not death, it's early death." Mr. Akashi's calm voice seemed a little too rational at this moment. I listened to his voice in fear, and every word hit my heart, as if it was going to make a big hole in my heart.
"Unless he retrieves his heart, his death is only a matter of time."
"His heart..." Jean looked at me, then at Lagoud, "For your sake, this guy not only didn't take back his heart, but he also gave you all his power - wait, all his power, that is - he gave you the Heart Stone?"
Jean opened his eyes wide in astonishment and stared at me hard: "The famous, invincible, and most powerful Duke Lagude actually sacrificed not only his heart but also the Heart Stone, all his strength and life for a little girl like you? How is this possible?"
"How is this impossible?" Kawakami Feng Baozhu seemed very dissatisfied with Jean's shock and said, "This is the power of love. Lagude loves Qiqi so much, so naturally he is willing to make any sacrifice for her."
"I guess he must have seen Qiqi struggling with the incomplete power in her body and was afraid that she would be devoured by her own power one day, so he sacrificed himself and gave the Heart Stone to Qiqi. In this way, Qiqi can be transformed into a true gorgeous vampire and will no longer be in danger of being devoured."
The power of love...
There was a buzzing sound in my ears. Kawakami Feng Baozhu's words kept coming to me, and I seemed to hear them, but I felt as if my brain did not receive anything, only a buzzing sound.
Love?
Does Lagoud love me?
From the first time we met, he seemed to have been saying that he liked me, but that was all just a lie he told to get close to me and to trick me into giving his word.
"He doesn't love me. That's just a lie he has been telling me." I yelled at Kawakami Feng Baozhu, "He doesn't love me. If he really loved me, he wouldn't have told so many lies, done so many things that made me sad, and suddenly disappeared and died in my arms! If he loved me, he wouldn't have left me alone and made me so sad!"
"How can you be so heartless, girl? He even lost his life for you, and you are still holding grudges against him for what he did in the past." After hearing what I said, she yelled at me angrily, "Even if he did something wrong in the past, at least he didn't hurt you in the end. He even made so many sacrifices to protect you!"
"No, it's not - he just feels guilty and just wants to make up for it, not like him, not love him." I shook my head desperately, as if just by shaking my head I could shake away all the endless pain in my heart, and drive away the suffocating feeling that made me almost unable to breathe.
"I don't want it, I don't want him to love me." Slowly, I lowered my head and buried my whole body in Lagude's arms. I hugged him and hugged him tightly. "I don't want him to love me, I don't like it at all, I'm not happy, I don't want it."
"Compared to now, I would rather he still lied to me and plotted against me like before, or even wanted to take back his heart wholeheartedly. I would rather die myself than watch him die for me like this."
“Qiqi——”
Let be silent.
Kawakami Fuuhotake fell silent.
Akashi-sensei was silent.
Several people surrounded me, looking at me silently, trying to comfort me, but they were powerless.
In the face of death, any words are so pale and all actions are so powerless.
Because no matter how hard we try, we cannot bring back a dead life.
"You don't know how sad I am. This guy doesn't know either. He only knows to do what he wants, but he doesn't know if I am willing." I hugged Lagoud and cried, "Rather than suffering like this now, I would rather know the truth earlier and return the heart to him. Anyway, the heart originally belonged to him."
"I should have died. If I died, it wouldn't even be considered sacrificing myself for him. But, after doing so much, he didn't take the last step - taking back his heart. Instead, he gave me his precious Heart Stone. Didn't he ever think about the pain I felt when I knew that the person I loved sacrificed himself so that I could live. I wanted to die immediately, but I couldn't die for him?"
"If it were you, would you be willing to let the person you care about use his or her life to protect you? Would you be willing?" I shouted at them loudly, "I don't want to, I hate it so much, do you know that?"
"Qiqi..." Teacher Akashi gently hugged me in his arms, "It's all my fault. Lagude might have known that you would have such a reaction, so he chose to disappear suddenly. If we hadn't been determined to find out the truth, you would have been kept in the dark forever, and all you would have in your memory about him would be good memories."
"Yes, if it weren't for us, no matter how many lies Lagude told you, in the end they would only be real and beautiful in your heart." Kawakami Feng Baozhu's voice sounded sadly.
I shuddered, suddenly remembering what Lagoud had said.
"If possible, I really don't want to expose the truth to you. I hope you will live in that beautiful lie forever. As time goes by, you forget me, and I disappear from this world, then the lie will become the truth."
