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Maybe all mortal males were like Angus. Once they finally win over their first love, her actual lover becomes nothing more than a burden to them.
Angus and Hallie began fighting constantly.
During one of their worst arguments, Angus pointed a finger in her face and shouted, “If it weren’t for you; Rose wouldn’t have left! When you married that mob boss overseas, why didn’t he just kill you?!“}
Seeing all that, I finally felt a sense of justice. I stopped watching the mortal world and devoted myself fully to utilize fairy
arts.
A year passed before I saw Angus again.
When I left, I had abandoned a memento lapis lazuli my father had given me long ago. I returned to retrieve it and found Angus by the lake where he had once saved me.”
I’d heard he had divorced Hallie in a messy, public scandal. The once–proud, meticulous man no longer even bothered to comb his hair. His once–ambitious eyes had turned dull and lifeless, as if they might shatter at any moment.”
One day, out of the corner of his eye, he saw me. Disbelief flooded his face before he rushed forward, clutching my sleeve in desperation.
“Rose! Rose! You’ve forgiven me, haven’t you?!” His voice broke as tears fell, large and unchecked, from his eyes.<
He pulled me into his arms. I didn’t resist, but my gaze remained ice–cold.”
“I know I was wrong, Rose. I really do. You’re the one I love most. I swear, I’ve realized my mistakes–I’ve already divorced Hallie. Every second I spent with her, I resented her. If it weren’t for her, you never would’ve left.“”
But wasn’t he the one to blame for everything? He couldn’t choose between us, unfaithful to both. Wasn’t this just the consequence of his own choices?}
I held back laughter.”
I wasn’t the same person I used to be. All I wanted now was to get my jade pendant and never see him again. When I thought of him after returning to the fox clan, all I felt was pure disgust.
“Do you still have my pendant?”
His expression shifted instantly, his grip tightening around the jade as if he were afraid I’d take it and disappear.”
“You’re planning to leave the moment you get it back, aren’t you?” His eyes turned desperate, his composure unraveling. It was as if the thought of losing me again was more than he could handle.
“Please… don’t go,” he begged, his voice shaking. “Since you left, it feels like there’s a hole in my chest. Nothing means anything anymore.”
As he unraveled before me, his face contorted with anguish, I reached out, my voice soft and soothing.”
“Why would I leave? I’ve seen everything you’ve done for me. I don’t blame you anymore. I want to stay with you, truly… but without the pendant, I can’t remain here in my physical form.””
“I knew it–I knew there was a reason!” He was just like before–so sure that loved him.”
Once, I truly did, but not anymore.[
Just as he once deceived me with promises of forever, I fed him the same illusion. I told him that if he gave me the pendant, I would stay by his side for a lifetime.\
Without hesitation, he handed it over, his arms wrapping around me in a desperate embrace, as if he could hold me there by sheer force of will. He held me for what felt like an eternity, unwilling to let go.”
Finally, he loosened his grip, convinced that I wouldn’t leave.
I smiled, murmuring an excuse about wanting to admire the lake. Then, without looking back, I stepped into the water and vanished.
The last thing I heard was his voice–raw, broken and echoing in the night.”
“You lied to me! You promised me forever!“}
In the days that followed, the rumors spread. The once–proud heir of the Davidsons had gone lunatic.
People whispered that Angus had driven away the one woman who truly loved him. Yet he refused to believe it. To this day, he stays around by the lake, convinced she’s still there.
In the dead of winter, he threw himself into the freezing lake. For an entire hour, he stayed there–searching, waiting- desperate to find the woman who had vanished from his life.\
Not a single elder of the Davidsons could persuade him to come out.”
By the time they dragged him from the water, his body was trembling violently from the cold. When he woke up, he was no
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longer the same.
His mind had shattered. All he could do was whisper her name, over and over.”
“Rose… Rose…”
From that day on, he told anyone who would listen that he had once saved a fox from drowning in this very lake.”
It wasn’t long before the Davidsons‘ attendants let their guard down. Their broken heir waded into the lake once more–this time, never to resurface.
Another tale was added to the old legends, a warning of the spirit fairy spirit who had seduced and lured a mortal man to his own doom.
(The End)
