I Left the Time-limited Villainous Duke Without Saving Him - Chapter 35.1

“What’s this…… What flower?”

Covered in scattered flowers, Betty looked around to find the person she bumped into.

However, the existence behind the bouquet, which she must have collided with, was not visible. All Betty could see was a huge crowd of people walking busily.

It disappeared like magic.

‘Oh, I was about to go to the bathroom.’

Betty immediately got up to shake off the creepy feeling.

***

“You’re sure you bumped into each other, but they disappeared without a trace?”

“Yes.”

“It’s a ghost! The ghost has spotted Betty. It will hide under the bed, wait, and try to eat Betty when she falls asleep!”

Alexandra raised her hands above her head and shouted menacingly. Then, with surprised rabbit eyes, Elizabeth asked, “So what will Betty do?” with sincere concern.

To comfort the frightened Elizabeth, I deliberately argued.

“How do ghosts eat people? Ghosts are already dead and can’t eat anything.”

Unfazed, Alexandra said again, “No, ghosts eat too!”, threatening with a loud, loud cry.

Wow, I don’t think it’s a ghost, but a bear.

But Elizabeth cried finding the sound frightening

“Ah, doon’ttt…….”

“And if it’ll have time, it’ll eat Beth too! Kuwaang!”

It’s too much like a Buy 1 Get 1 sale during the supermarket closing hours if the ghost eats up when there’s still time.

Even as she listened to the nonsense, Elizabeth screamed in fear. I scratched my head and pulled out another flower that got caught in my finger. It was a fresh peony, it looked freshly picked.

‘This damned malignant curls, the flowers keep coming out.’

It was only after I returned to the Janus mansion that I managed to get all the tangled flowers out of my hair with Lucy’s help.

When I picked them up one by one and put them together, it came out enough to make a bouquet. It was all fresh and in good condition, so it was a shame to throw it away, so I put it in a bottle that was rolling around the mansion and decorated it in a corner of the room. It was pretty.

‘My butt hurts…….’

My butt tingled ever since I bumped into the person Alexandra claimed was a ghost and knocked me to my butt. I looked at it while taking a bath, and there was a really big bruise.

“It must be painful. I’ll give you medicine, so lie down today, okay?”

“Yes.”

After walking around all day, apart from the sore butt, I got sleepy.

As soon as the medicine was applied and I fell face down on the bed, I dozed off.

I was dozing off in a room where the lights were not turned off, and my eyes suddenly opened. The room was pitch black as Lucy must have been there while I fell asleep.

I couldn’t sleep for some reason, so I only opened my eyes, but I heard sharp claws from under the mattress.

“Lesser.”

Lesser, like a wild animal, still did not understand its name. Why would I call it who didn’t even know it was being called?

Scratch, scratch, scratch.

“Lesser, be quiet.”

Do you happen to know “Freddy Krueger”?

The main character of the horror movie, Nightmare series, which was loved a long time ago.

Freddy Krueger is an evil spirit who controls dreams and kills people in nightmares. He wears long, sharp claws in both hands, and is characterized by deliberately making claw-scratching noises to scare opponents.

Ghosts don’t eat people, but Freddy Krueger kills people, just for fun.

Scratch, scratch, scratch.

I quickly ran out of the room and ran down the dark hallway without looking back. My bruised butt throbbed, but that didn’t matter.

‘I have to go to the one who even Freddy Krueger would avoid!’

I hurriedly opened the Duke’s door and went inside.

“Duke, are you sleeping?”

“…….”

“Duke?”

What if instead of Duke Janus, Freddy Krueger pops out, and in fact, I’m still lying on the bed and trapped in Freddy’s nightmare?

I crept closer and lifted the blanket to check the boy’s white feet.

However, Freddy Krueger in the dream was an omnipotent being. Transforming into another person is not even a thing for Freddy Krueger.

I tried to touch the foot.

“Are you sleeping?”

“…… why.”

Are you Freddy Krueger?

But when I heard the duke’s voice, I felt ashamed of running into him in the middle of the night.

“I’m just calling you. Have a good night.”

“…… Oh my goodness, your heart for the master is so commendable that I shed tears. Our Betty herself runs over in the middle of the night to make sure I’m still alive.”

“Well. Good night.”

And there was a long silence between us.

“Betty.”

“What, why?”

“Why are you not going? Why do you stay there?”

“I’m going to make sure you’re sleeping well.”

“How can I sleep when you keep looking at me?”

“…… Can you see me?”

In the darkness, the boy gave a deep sigh, haaa, as if the ground were going to collapse. From the way he spoke, it seemed like he wasn’t Freddy Krueger.

“Are you afraid to sleep alone?”

“What? Me? Not at all.”

“…… Then go out for a while.”

“Wh, why?”

In fact, I don’t have the confidence to go back to my room by walking down that dark hallway again. My butt hurts too.

“If you’re scared, sing in front of the door.”

“I’m not scared. Go to bed soon.”

“…… Listen up, Betty.”

“Ah, I also bought medicine that is said to be good for the aftereffects of the passion flower, but I forgot and left it in the room. Have it for breakfast tomorrow.”

“This is really…….”

It wasn’t until I saw the boy lying on the bed raising his upper body with a deep sigh that I realized why he had asked me to leave for a moment.

Surprised, I sprang up like a spring and rushed out of the bedroom.

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