Chaotic Nights

Chaotic Nights — Chapter 77. Abandoned (1)

Translator: Atlas

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She felt nauseous. She also had a headache. It was like the first time she drank alcohol. She was unable to recover her composure, as though she had been struck on the head.

Eunha opened her eyes in surprise because she felt someone grab her neck.

A small box that was patterned with mother-of-pearl lacquer came into view.

Once her heart rate returned to normal, the tweeting of a bird became audible to her.

It was a familiar room. On one side hung the clothes she had brought.

Only then did she relax her body. She lifted her upper body, as she slowly regained her resources. She realized that she was wearing clean clothes.

She could not resist their mistreatment. Finally, they abandoned her in a desolate place.

She still remembered when he said not to make any more marks on her face.

Eunha attempted to erase the recollections from her mind.

How did I come back alive?

A sudden question came to her mind. She saw a shadow on the paper door.

When the door opened, Gari appeared with a basin.

“…Are you awake?”

Gari closed the door, then approached her with an angry expression.

The bustling attendants’ footsteps were audible.

“What happened! Why did you escape? Now look at you!”
“Escape…?”
“Then. Why did you disappear without looking back when I desperately called out to you?”

Gari expressed her resentment. She, who hugged her, began to sob.

“I wanted to meet my sister. But I didn’t escape, believe me. I didn’t…”

“Everyone was worried. Do you know how scared I was?”

Not only the assistants believed that she had escaped, even Jihak did too.

Eunha patted Gari on the back.

The sobs cleared her mind. Why was she so sad?

“I’m sorry. I’ll explain, so stop crying.”

“I was afraid my head would be cut off…”

Gari’s sobs stopped when someone shouted from outside the door.

“Quick! She has to eat!”

Eunha, who wiped away Gari’s tears, told her that they should get out.

But Gari grabbed her arm.

“From today, you will have to eat with us.”

“I…”

“I know you’re scared, but you have to eat to recover. My sister was sick for three days, Jihak never visited her room. Anyway, high-ranking nobles are the same. They are only interested in good things.”

She felt no fear.

“Now my sister can only enter Jihak’s quarters under certain circumstances.”

“Really?”

“Even though you’re the only person he likes, Jihak said he didn’t need helpers.”

Her heart quickly pounded. The moment she realized that Jihak finally abandoned her, her lungs tensed as if they were going to rupture.

Eunha, guided into the kitchen by Gary, let out a sigh.

She was abandoned as she had expected.