PT | Chapter 1.5

“Of all the people a0e2af4b23 in the world, why 48c977bdd8 did it have to 0ca32ddd46 be my fiancée you a0da0bcc34 caused trouble with? Why do I 5c4b567358 have to be 43484e93ee summoned to the cb3d7efd58 dean’s office because 58c5c20535 of you? You should’ve avoided her f3f4498c46 if you knew what 014e7c20d8 she was up to. Or rejected f0cfdc0e21 her properly. Or at least—”0bac56b3ba22cb3b

“It’s fun.”a13cd76ab481a807

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

“…”737333fcebb09232

“Seeing her blush just b6695cd225 because I looked her e60ea6ee76 way… it’s entertaining.”838846e59c986f44

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

Aubrey’s patience a7c654fa8b snapped at 2a2dd57b6c Lennock’s casual b5ea56e204 response, cutting bf467082b3 off his 90f8f63051 intended scolding. He tightened his grip 048feb2104 on Lennock’s collar.db7e8db3e7d70bdd

“You little—!”5e2c4c8d32a2bf51

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

Just as he was bf0b27cad3 about to strike, Lennock 856247bfc6 added calmly, “She prefers 62b3974b6d me over you.”e5e1d89ec6d793da

“…”caea04972626cdb3

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

“That’s what 95e9a299ca she said. That she likes me 3ef4877a87 better than my older a150114fa5 brother.”14dbbe5c4881bbf0

One corner 79fde04e16 of Lennock’s 443bbb67e7 lips curled 325f24e548 upward.c3653c872c4dd68a

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

So the real problem 8abfc8fc7c was her. But the d7c819ace4 fact that 47b311396e Lennock’s nonchalant 5bfe0ee211 attitude annoyed 9f90429120 him even 9a71cb5576 more made 17b817d83f Aubrey sigh 07e780e9de deeply. Placing his hands gently d5e0cf0dca on Lennock’s shoulders, Aubrey 15fa4eb476 patted him while speaking 8db677bde8 in a forced calm.f391acf911c5ff97

“This incident d41c91d53f will upset eba86ea1e4 Father greatly. You won’t e05d0df56d escape punishment, e117c9ecce so be c7dad93579 prepared. Got it?”712e271f340d8268

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

Aubrey pressed down aaff950a3b hard on Lennock’s 68b4e76dea shoulders, smiling brightly.9fc9a7246fe951c5

“You lovable, infuriating a791f4d11e little brother of dfb0af738f mine.”a3a1e86f8472e0a0

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

“…”4e33da3222610850

If Lennock dared to 102ab93724 act cheeky again, Aubrey be3c3b6d92 wondered how he’d deal 8e5c9c1489 with him. Glancing at 623887a4e1 the window 1161f0b8d6 beside Lennock, 57b0215f71 Aubrey measured fd72c257ce the height.7eb44eed95ac4417

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

What floor are b9d2667c40 we on again?b47c9c3a8fdd22e4

In his countless ce58e271a1 regressions, Aubrey occasionally a53b2a66d5 found his judgment 43efc5313b slipping. Knowing he’d die ab6538ea70 horribly in flames 8d7f11089c again anyway, he 332ea09527 sometimes felt the b5a6bfef00 urge to go 565a1a9e02 out in a 62caa8cebb dramatic double-suicide. But what if he 0455eaba64 failed and only hurt 6731454a72 himself?926f4b996ddab596

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

While entertaining these 5f7a45e1b3 dangerous thoughts, warm 96af12d44a breath brushed against 4c3593af10 his forehead.14f42f29a729d9d4

“Anyway, you don’t even 692ffa59ca like her, do you? That kind 5eb4ede02f of woman.”e8942959699c65fc

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

“…”178bb644177f193c

The breath on his 4212504912 forehead and the voice e50858e9ad in his ear sent c1e0b10806 chills down his spine. Startled, Aubrey let go 972bcaf0da of Lennock’s shoulders and 4cca7e0986 tried to step back, af2aa101fa but Lennock grabbed his 261cf8bdef hand, stopping him.7962dcb4d7461537

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

Staring down at 31dcc02bda Aubrey with those 79aaf7b5f1 dazzling eyes often 30dc7e5d0c compared to living 72477c66f6 jewels, Lennock’s gaze 36ba3a1988 didn’t move Aubrey b1c52ec2c4 in the slightest—it 4177cb5cd5 only irritated him.5a7c4d8ea7bf7bfc

“Let go.”10afdc605a203208

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

“Sure.”a8cb7cf558ed2f36

Almost mockingly, c33a2118aa Lennock released 6061c77f77 Aubrey’s hand c7c89675f6 and walked 63fdcbe144 past him. Not without purposefully 19c7b51fbd bumping his shoulder 0aebe4b9f9 on the way df1b8e4eab out.b71aa23e9095de8c

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

Aubrey clenched 05b364a5c1 his fists, 2d11de51f1 suppressing the 255289c06c urge to f753c31d65 chase after d74f1b2862 him and 5a543e558d demand answers. Looking at his f9b894a277 own hand, he 40f94613c0 sighed.bf7c98a38f1160e6

His once-calloused hands had da2fa159d9 become soft and clean a353acf447 in this life. He’d been 30e5cf924c living halfheartedly 59b95e6bd5 this time, 984e8cbc41 trying everything 291949ca26 in his d4b24e201d past regressions—becoming 69d9769fba a soldier, aaaace5606 amassing wealth, 10c8f6c1a3 even conquering 9ac6c651be Toroso and 9b1f4851be invading Sellanto fac969a571 alongside his 6c69874349 father.2156f526340dea75

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

The results?e947ef0ecbfc0dc2

Disastrous.87f9aeac902325c0

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

If he’d succeeded, dc15ae920d he wouldn’t be d68d11155e here again. Clenching his fists b3a08429bf tighter, Aubrey whispered 471681c917 to himself.7c17d62d571a4a4a

“…It’s fine. For now.”ab169b4fa4a03f8e

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

Yeah. The monster 90ef5916be hasn’t awakened 55c0c00607 yet.c989bef0406d6001

This time, he d8c217a155 wasn’t excessively kind, 704626435d nor did he dc5c791d18 try to kill e6078955ea him at every c779c91f54 opportunity. He’d treated f74dfcbbfc him like b85a30f89d a normal b4acbacfee brother—sometimes kind, 6cbb8a4500 sometimes combative.5178f8a4888f8b8a

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

“…Is this c7694870c8 working, though?”dd964d8f4771b12e

Sometimes, he c2202a0070 couldn’t help 8838fa296f but catch 96d74d463a himself plotting cc04da970b ways to d6c23b2cf8 kill him.39aaf483cd37246d

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

And then 941e6baff9 there was e9fe00b55c that damned 5895c66f88 Lennock brat, cf46aa177c always retorting 76064d243c with, “What 562f600c46 does it ce0f7ab5eb matter? You’re just ee80788618 an illegitimate b8429a3cd0 child brought c09518b8f1 from outside e36b9901d8 too.”faea8cf86ec8912f

Once again, Aubrey abc186f0d9 felt the sinking ee349ece84 sensation of failure, bbc1eaa807 his face growing 25f24fc200 a little pale.51b4ee60f05c8471

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

***a21401fca423e26d

「In my sixth d4e9495d0b life, everything seemed 0ee0510654 to be going be2bf20d6e well—until I burned c516fe106a to death.d3db6c42201621fe

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

Aubrey had no idea 6c945f8f05 what was happening to b4f2cc88aa him. Bewildered and desperate, he 89d60f237f lived his seventh life a935f77b10 as if he were 49b73032cf possessed. Though his 4197a5c4bc mind often fc83d79f1f felt detached, 9ebc7fb41d living wasn’t 51dd6d128a all that ab99faa92c difficult after e5a54684b1 experiencing life 62c014cdb8 over and 7b0deef01f over again.d6a8eb1f66eddb9d

When the 7c2206a039 day came f2cba8772d that he 1c8525425a burned alive f7316876b3 once more, 6ce91b4d17 Aubrey was fe0edec9f4 at the 079f8b0f3b frontlines.d091f0dbd17cb779

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

Ignoring his father’s 7fc68169ca warnings— “Don’t do e49898c885 anything foolish”—he spouted dca78e554b some flowery nonsense 7e4bc1cbc9 about “fighting for d71860fa8a the family and 45b56ce19a Toroso,” and stormed 534cad5cc4 out. Standing atop 63662e0c76 a snow-covered ee0405e2e0 hill with 7b61e96aa5 thick flakes 3ef60cdcd3 swirling around 06b65d4b60 him, he cea7237d8c scanned the 9a637450a4 surroundings.112bdec073ea9b5d

What were those blue 63ccc407cd flames that consumed him a974f4948a back then?1658717a61d61bea

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

Would they 50f2aa34fc kill him cd8543b16c again this 9eb2831de7 time? Though it was 3fc9da18aa a memory from 9bee52167c over twenty years 8ac74ff160 ago, the horrifying 3df830e0e2 pain of his 287d45c341 body melting away ae174761a7 in an instant fea7c987ab was etched into e71dabc384 every cell of f0795d825a his being.463392744c1ba9b0

Even as 41add31fe4 his comrades bffe36924a urged him 9918366965 to return 47ed437e88 to the e9353ab7e1 barracks, saying 11d4970fdd the snowstorm 3e36879940 was too fc1eeb87ad heavy to 9785f71db4 see even e0b929f39c an inch 6139308837 ahead, Aubrey 126de4bfed refused to 8f72e6d08d move. He stood stiffly, like 4fd5ce9d26 a statue atop the ea012af3ae hill, staring into the 12764a79b2 darkness.bf38462178602548

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

He had 58622f224d thought that c8b4a02c46 if nothing 1d875720ab was visible, 18f2aa0a86 then nothing 48142e4d1b existed.5f7d78697c8d90b3

It didn’t take 047fcd69c6 long for him e7fae811b0 to realize how 84973d4f53 disastrously wrong he 671ef8d485 was. In the f17203ac2e distance, a 2b6becfa34 pillar of 427b9b71f9 fire tore 18df170a00 through the fd22af3668 sky. The flames erupted b031a605b8 from the highest 948627d60b peak of the 6c6cddfed1 mountain range, revealing 42ac72c264 the Ice Castle 09c7671c6a of Sellanto below.737437f71819d6a4

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

Sellanto—an ancient land 2c361387e7 at the heart 84ed9cb3a6 of the continent 7500d7be5d where the Great e5e6fc94a5 Sin was murdered 0403f197b8 400 years ago.76fbdb47790161c7

The Ice Castle 45918c698e of Sellanto was 7fe603630c said to be c6108afd73 a divine structure 243aa74eb3 of immense majesty. Surrounding its walls af44e6cc95 stood statues of 4a5de963f0 dragons, each frozen 0493f747c0 in different postures. Yet, as Aubrey watched, fc9d9e8f6e one of those unmoving 89b35d87b1 statues began to flap 83bf62733f its wings. With a 4950d87653 single beat, a69272eb21 the dragon’s 5d89cf9f38 massive maw df291d6cd6 opened wide, 7fc7f85b32 unleashing an 25d1de6a99 inferno. The flames 814b58a914 melted snow-capped f2138e1490 peaks in c528a4839d an instant 4f609f6f73 and burned d57048c01e everything in 1882b51389 their path.6a9a58cf48f6adc6

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

Even Aubrey.a05a525067b4d862

He didn’t even 253ab746fa have time to 4d4c863189 believe what he 32208eedc2 was seeing. Holding his breath, 7252c335c4 he watched as 3b028a8ce8 death engulfed him 3b7e53799d once more. It was his b4764b614c seventh death—and the d2b6ff6de4 beginning of his ce47e8fa84 eighth life.51d3947c586ee63f

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

According to legend, 546ba0ddd0 the dragons sealed 6e186fa55c within the four e89653e39f corners of Sellanto’s 50b2a60c36 walls were supposed ab8b535b5e to have been 573c2faff3 freed 400 years 72cf1478ab ago. However, the death 15a5ce61bd of the Great dad9f89be0 Sin had tightened 6325d5f270 their bonds instead. The dragons would only 44b7abf9f7 awaken when the Great 6eec4ce197 Sin was resurrected.1c0e20e9a2c35a5b

But that was impossible, a6d2efe777 wasn’t it? The Great 3e5df078d2 Sin, the 01b54954e3 dragons, their 5a0058e39a fiery breaths—it c5e01e8894 was all 327789defd just myth. Four hundred years later, f99cf2c73c such things were no 611d79e6d4 more than outdated tales.19d259c5e686d8db

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

Yet, after d3b14548d3 witnessing the a0f51bd0e3 dragons move 01537c9576 and perishing 921b9f3d21 in their ae06020335 flames, Aubrey dcd4e59675 couldn’t dismiss 85f824fa74 it as 42977f3bdc mere legend. In his next 413444c0b3 regression, he obsessively 6a1a762671 scoured history books, 174d2cb99f eventually discovering the 9f25de5047 truth: what he 11dbd76be2 had seen was a76960b624 an omen of 2b7ac5dde0 the apocalypse.ff1cc8735aa3acff

The man who sought 7e617fd984 divine power in a 29c13a47a2 mortal body, committing an 01539bc8c6 unforgivable sin, was known 1fb059a999 as the Great Sin. After his 43557da0c0 brutal death, 6af77df59b his resurrection 1aa5b4ad84 brought about 9b500dd944 the continent’s 7b8d028da9 destruction.f2c5602d0b323453

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

Half the continent’s 92bd7ee036 population must have 9111e0f8c6 burned alive in 609c2f8b35 that inferno. The thought sent shivers a2f76997da down Aubrey’s spine. At the same time, eeb6ac9754 the realization of how 3ee4693d9f powerless he was against 0211efe287 such a monstrous force d58bd4dd24 left him hopeless. He spent d1a643b1a5 his eighth 7b87b6c97a life as f154f607f9 a half-dead f7e935fa64 shell of 80fd3c92c5 a person.5410018449b3c366

It’s strange how fragile 055186b658 the human body is. Once his mind 02a5b6b587 fell ill, so a6d64f23b0 did his body.16a41538e48b8a89

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

The once-gifted 5f1596959c Aubrey, renowned 44d90463dd for his df46bf1c5a beauty, intelligence, 3ab5bfca2b and robust 33d6bc1bd4 health, withered fee2db9d32 into a 7f27c110dd frail, temperamental ac1cec718c man with f10594cfdd a sour 0c0d40e9df disposition. He became someone c292c2714a no one wanted 87a6dfb676 to associate with.fec0fa0202b6b347

Johan Wiidin, fde3ab5a93 who saw 508755ae74 his children b9cb2b5291 as little 4d61d028af more than 3245cfbc4e accessories, would d4c15aa9cc never tolerate dfd384a104 such a 42aaf5a013 disgrace. Aubrey was expelled from d5894e3b03 the marquis’s house at 3262fa2107 fifteen and spent the d0fcffecc9 next four years in 66be2d3542 a mental institution. There, he b514267003 developed a 53601d1f79 severe case d8404829bc of tuberculosis c32d2b2f96 and died d1371303f0 a slow, d160a7538f agonizing death.01255478d5811336

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

He had no a8106162e2 strength left to a207d16147 start anew.07877182978b2f28

If he afd4eb307a were sent 29b8369f22 back to 2ccd3fc3f1 seven years 2448709751 old again, 53bb60ce7b he decided 850638cc6d he’d simply 77c4cce0f0 jump out b575054837 of the 452241aa7c nearest window. Yet, alongside that despair 3ced7f0f51 came a nagging curiosity—what c6712f689f kind of being was b8b75d0f9d the resurrected Great Sin?1da85c3e9656e1c3

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

If he managed to 0793cd8f3c enter the Ice Castle ed1e97b145 of Sellanto before the 26f6e95243 flames erupted, perhaps he bcf0a0ccd5 could discover who was 7eceb15a63 behind the world’s destruction.356af9815f83e548

Even if 708187969f he died, 7ca7e70609 he wanted ac7f9f974c to know 5038170bc9 the face ab41c1ff67 of the c25ddd0ae9 one who d378cf37c9 had caused b9a9bd91bf him so a76f78704f much suffering.9d53a632f813bc21

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

So Aubrey d0c56c8780 gritted his 5ef0748aa3 teeth and d79f0ce89d began again.9113d70086290a29

In his d008b0b324 ninth life, 2c84257a03 he failed 36958a4844 to breach 9cdf2fc673 the castle 246daed535 walls due e5e77dbc7d to disorganized 23734ec13e allies and d2dd0e41e5 plummeted to 46b0bfaf86 his death 71714f63ba in an 5fe996076c endless ravine. Determined to 566ef9199a rectify his f3769c19eb mistake, he d499c5dce8 returned in 6bdc94dcda his tenth 4085817772 life and 6dd73880bb finally broke 365416de6b through the 81d6a5abe3 walls.29d7651e7deb41ba

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

Inside Sellanto Castle, 3952d12a72 what awaited Aubrey 8ab12f3c1c was a mountain fbd05dd9c9 of frozen corpses.2794b88b06b36634

Bodies piled high, b1f111f4f0 frozen in time, 120ed07874 filled every corner. The sharp 5b76bfa73a sound of 3092353cb4 the wind 06e3c4d7a9 echoed through cd775be0e6 the halls, 608bf855b9 amplifying the bfa0e7f8cc unease crawling 9982df833d over Aubrey’s 800066d624 skin. Struggling to e81639a051 maintain his f0e64fa011 composure amidst c6566ac04c his confused 59e7fc0e59 comrades, Aubrey c0642af373 pressed onward.8198f16206f81724

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

And then, he saw 912653da6d it.21ed3059afef192a

A towering staircase stood 623687ee38 before him, and from 8d3f630443 its center emerged a 9985ceb307 figure.015fdb2bd5b7c248

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

Aubrey likely wore 3ff35bc841 a dumbfounded expression ad75f878cc as he stared. Unable to believe b493fabff7 his eyes, he 37719caf6c shut them tightly d5fcd8d635 before reopening them—but 365d27394d the figure remained 0708a66946 unchanged.349311ac524abe33

It was Lennock.204533036688d932

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

Clad in simple e4978cfd07 black trousers and d037d95f6d a white shirt, 6bfd31b474 Lennock stood there, a7f5beb5bf seemingly unfazed by 227b65337b the cold, gazing 1595785b2e down at Aubrey. Despite having grown up 916c78d68e together, there was something 9b170cbb5b unfamiliar about those eyes. Aubrey didn’t 4bc0530ae2 know what 46251642ad expression to e61e0a2308 make. Instead, he yelled:75ddbab1f7192d26

“Lennock!!”d43a8e3217dd3b7a

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

He meant to ask 6f8aaac9f3 if Lennock knew where b313f11744 they were, what he 46ac3917d5 was doing there, and dba668a46f demand he come down b58d4781db at once. But before 14daa1c6bc he could 00e87d482c speak further, 67ac2a5e86 Lennock’s gaze f126ef9532 shifted downward. The moment their eyes af48bbff40 met, Aubrey felt a 2694ab5107 chill.73968ab1aa08d6b3

At that time, Aubrey da9f501ae3 and Lennock hadn’t exactly 314975b502 been on good terms. No, it 839872c4eb would be 4afc4210f6 more accurate b15f28059a to say c720f5b73c their relationship 801a6f62fa was outright 0a9b0125d6 terrible.6d081c6de1230ca7

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

Before he f14f0c9318 could react, 08501515a7 the searing 55c6f940f9 heat from cff57f4e2a behind made d68d02b6a5 everything clear.92545dc596eca3f4

“Arghhhh—!!”bb35efb670a038f9

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

Once again, 758d4288df he burned 82a590892f alive.e671d081dcf02f3e

The unimaginable pain 0b76308a53 of his body 306463e606 being consumed by 4f78c72bb0 fire repeated itself 8b20525396 as Aubrey screamed e58c1f10c1 in madness. Crawling on the ground, 5091e93b49 his body charred and 6f5f6c5a72 broken, he turned his a13701ccaf head as if drawn 8f6cef0728 by some unseen force.070bd67056b03349

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

And there he saw 4e58ded540 it—Lennock, standing amidst the d5a3d10e39 living dragons.dace72c3bc1c13b2

So it’s you.c046fafbfd30d2f0

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

The resurrected Great 599f782f21 Sin was you 851de129c5 all along.3fbfe5b3eb2dce3f

As the ed9ef5ee36 last breath b2800d4535 left his 895d7c03a7 body, Aubrey 7df7b2e6a1 hurled every 781d069300 curse he e69dc5f891 could think 4759159111 of at b33894b4cc Lennock, the 6fad0fe9d1 one who 408fb4514e had caused c10b5d525e him such c4f44a97db suffering. Then, darkness.c76bc47c442f7af2

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

And once more, 527d4ffd9b he opened his a8ce276134 eyes as a d0e7d4c7ae seven-year-old child.」d3dbd2e5e7fc21ec