Aria, the adopted daughter of duke agnes who experiences death Seven times. In each of her lifetimes, she sacrifices herself for the sake of her family she dies believing that this time her family will love her,
She was abused and abandoned by them...
"It's foolish of me to desire such a thing... But there was a time though, when I once dreamt it. That one time I dreamt of becoming a husband and father...
Achieving the unthinkable...
I dreamed of having what I never had...
"I'm fated to die at the age of thirty; I told myself, that I do not believe in happiness," Noah thought to himself with a sad frown on his face.
"I sank into my sorrow and pain again... Like a fool..."
He didn't know how his dream could ever come true... Yet somehow, his dreams had come to life, and became reality...
"But I didn't know that my dream would come true..." Noah whispered to himself with lifeless look
""How old are you?" Lariette asked Noah, with that sarcastic look she had.
"Twenty," Noah responded, with a cold tone.
"Then I can be your younger sister, if you want," she chuckled, with that teasing voice of hers.
But something about that question... Triggered something in Noah...
He started to glare at Lariette, as if he wished to take her life away...
"Wahhh! It's a joke! It's a joke!" she protested, as soon she felt Noah's murderous gaze...
Lariette's behavior was really annoying, and she got on Noah's nerves in their first meeting together.
He envied how she lived every day like it was her first, and her last simultaneously. It was something he could never have done.
Yet, he felt jealous of her... And he wanted her to suffer because of it... He let her do whatever she wanted, all because he was so enraged by her...
"But after all their encounters... After all the conflicts they had with each other...
Something about Lariette... Made Noah truly care for her... Something made him fall in love with her...
She became the one woman that Noah loved the most in his life...
Yet, he feared that she might betray him, and choose the crown prince over him.
'I'm scared, that Lariette will find out what I truly am. She will see me as the cursed one, the devil in the flesh, the evil force of the empire, and the one cursed by God, himself. She will leave me, and choose the crown prince over me...'
"It's true, that I am cursed... But what would Lariette think, if she found out? She would no longer love me, if that happened..." he thought anxiously
Yet, she still chose him over the crown prince. She lost everything she had... All for him... No one had ever done something like that before for Noah...
So, once again, he wanted her to be his wife in the future... But, he knew that he was going to die at the age of 30, and he wouldn't be able to spend his life with her... He couldn't die with her at his side...
So Noah desperately made herself return when he was 20 that way he could always go back to went he meet her for the first time...so he could love her forever.
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"Hey, don't cut your hair. You look great with the long hair, you know?" Lariette said with a soft, smiling look, as she gently looked at Noah...
He couldn't believe what she was saying... Why did she prefer long hair? Was it because she liked the way it looked on him, or because she felt that it was more comfortable for him?
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"What utter nonsense are you saying?" Noah looked at her, with his expression full of disbelief but his heart beating so much
"Hahaha! But, handsome Butler, is that you?" Lariette was teasing him, as he was wearing a Butler suit, and looking very handsome indeed.
"What the f$#&$?!" Noah felt completely irritated by Lariette's teasing behavior, as if he couldn't stand it any longer.
"A playful woman who always wants to tease me. Of course, I have a bad temper and get angry easily,"
"But... But, I didn't fall in love with that annoying girl, because I was lonely, or crazy, or insane, or even bored... I fell in love with that woman after getting to know her personally... I realize that I wanted her to be a permanent part of my world... I want to own her, someday..."
All of these things made him love Lariette, even though she was an annoying woman who irritated him greatly...
"It's all too good to be true... But, I still want it..."
"But my curse is getting worse... Worse and worse, by the minute, by the second... And after each time, I destroy my own soul, just to avoid my mother's painful death... I want to meet that woman again... I want to spend time in that world, with her and nobody else, for eternity..."
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"Ah, it's morning now. I have to go to the 5th floor," Noah said as he stood up from his place. But then, suddenly, he heard a soft voice coming from the rear. It was a gentle, feminine voice, that he recognized instantly...
"Your grace, what are you doing here?" Someone asked from behind.
'What am I doing here? This is my house, and my room, of course, I can go anywhere I want,'
"I-I forgot my glasses!" Noah said quickly, and snapped his fingers, before disappearing from in front of Aria's eyes.
"Wait, Duke!" Aria exclaimed, with a face full of confusion.
She saw him disappear, and she didn't fully understand how he suddenly disappeared...
"What just happened?" she asked, while staring at the empty space in front of her... . . . . . . . To Be Continued~
