I'll Just Be Friends With My Ex-Husband - Chapter 113.1

Memories she had forgotten.

A past that only Gerald remembered.

She saw it all in a short period.

And now she stood at its end.

Gerald would walk that path.

Breaking his stubbornness would be as difficult as being born again.

She knew that Gerald had a subtle stubbornness.

It seemed like he would do anything she wanted, but within that, he always managed to assert his own will.

As if he hadn’t given up on her.

On the other hand, did she give up on Gerald?

Even though she had the power to revive him?

She couldn’t do it.

She might not have known back when she didn’t love him, but she would never give up on what she held dear.

People often say they want to turn back time, even if they have to sell their souls to the devil.

Compared to them, Gerald and she were lucky.

They had the opportunity and the strength.

“Gerald!!!”

But acknowledging something and seeing it happen before your eyes are two different stories.

Tears fell one by one.

The purple ring made a deep sound.

“Luella….”

Gerald smiled weakly.

His once gaunt face was wet with tears the next moment.

Gerald was silently crying.

Gerald opened his eyes.

His eyes were stubborn, never leaving her.

“Look at this. I was right.”

Gerald said in a hoarse voice.

“You’ve come back like this.”

Gerald reached out his hand.

For the first time since coming here, someone touched her.

Gerald pulled her deep into his embrace.

Warm breath scattered from above her head.

“Luella… I knew. I knew you wouldn’t leave me. I knew it.”

Gerald’s voice trembled faintly.

“You wouldn’t leave me. Our promised eternity couldn’t be so short.”

“Gerald, I… couldn’t say it wasn’t like that.”

The illusion of a black serpent shimmered in the ring.

[How about it? Can you do it?]

Do what?

[Can you take that child out of this abyss? Gerald has been wandering in this abyss. That child is reliving the tragedy she experienced hundreds, even thousands of times.]

It was a chilling feeling that made her blood run cold.

Just a brief glimpse was enough to shatter her heart.

It wasn’t because she saw herself dying.

It was because Gerald was falling apart because of her.

And he’s reliving it?

[The more that child uses her power and performs miracles, the faster the repetitions become.]

The voice of the black serpent sank into a whisper.

[That was the price of power. Using the forbidden power of a god inevitably had consequences. The soul shattered, and the weakest part remained here.]

Gerald turned back time twice.

So there’s a second one?

[Fortunately, there isn’t. The souls left in the abyss gather together and stay put. That’s everything of Gerald that remains here. Will you take her out?]

She stared at Gerald, who seemed frozen in her arms.

[He’s returning.]

As the black serpent finished speaking, Gerald melted away.

Into darkness.

And the next moment, she heard footsteps descending into the abyss.

“Luella?”

She turned her head and saw Gerald.

“…I was right. This was the way to get you back after all.”

Gerald embraced her again.

It was a warmth that was almost frightening to hold, another warmth regained.

The reason the first and second lives were different.

And the third had to be different as well.

Gerald was gradually shedding his weak parts.

She stroked Gerald’s back.

“Luella, you had a nightmare about leaving me.”

“Gerald… let’s get out of here.”

She said with a trembling voice.

She no longer wanted to leave Gerald in this misery.

The thought of rescuing Gerald from this place overwhelmed her.

Tears flowed incessantly.

Gerald willingly carried the burden of this misery for her sake.

“Get out…? Where to?”

“To where I am. To a place where we can be happy.”

Gerald tilted his head with a puzzled expression.

“I am happy anywhere as long as you are there, Luella. Isn’t this place good? I can see you forever. I won’t lose you here, not as long as I can help it,” Gerald kissed her cheek.

Pressed against her lips before retreating, he whispered, I’m afraid of losing you, my beloved Luella. I fear a world without you.”

Gerald held her as tightly as he could. “Stay here, Luella.”

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