I'll Just Be Friends With My Ex-Husband - Chapter 115.1

Gerald, who had never shown any signs of slackening, and looked lax for the first time.

Alexid and Vilius looked at Gerald, who was nodding off with his head bowed down, with curiosity.

“Shh.”

Alexid placed his index finger in front of his lips and gestured outside.

The implication was to leave Gerald alone and go outside.

Vilius nodded.

All this time, Gerald had hardly been able to sleep.

Despite that, he seemed neither tired nor capable of admitting that he was in the wrong.

He couldn’t shake off the feeling that he was becoming something other than human.

He had always been unyielding and had only shown a perfect image.

As if he was an artificial human carefully crafted by someone.

But now, after a long time, Gerald was showing a human side.

Vilius and Alexid carefully closed the office door and stepped out.

“It would be good to get some fresh air.”

Alexid nodded.

“…Gerald has to be okay too. Flora said she talked with Luella, so they’ll figure it out.”

Alexid’s sigh was deep.

Vilius and Alexid moved their steps with somber faces.

Long shadows trailed behind both of them.

Time was gradually shifting.

“But where is Flora?”

“She seems to be in her room. She must be tired.”

“Hmm… No sign of Luella either.”

The moment they said that, an ominous feeling came over them.

Would Luella really be this quiet?

Lately, she had been wandering around the palace, unable to do anything else.

And Flora was with her.

But today, they hadn’t encountered Luella even once.

Nor Flora.

“I don’t know why, but I have a bad feeling about this.”

“I also feel uneasy.”

Alexid and Vilius locked eyes.

“Let’s go check Luella’s room.”

“Yes!”

Vilius and Alexid changed their walking direction.

It seemed they needed to confirm that Luella was behaving herself before checking on Flora.

“Please, Luella!”

Alexid clasped his hands in prayer.

“I hope my little sister stays quietly in her room!”

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As soon as the door closed, tears trickled down Gerald’s cheeks.

He had had a long dream during his short nap.

It was a memory of his first life.

Gerald felt the loss of that day once again.

It was a feeling of emptiness, with no one left beside him.

Gerald’s parents had tried to convince him that he could meet someone else.

They questioned whether Luella was the only one in his long life.

Even though they had experienced a love like no other in the world, they could not understand Gerald.

Or perhaps they were worried about losing their son as well.

No words could comfort Gerald.

Even when Luella’s parents came and tried to encourage him to make a fresh start, he simply listened in a daze.

A life without Luella.

“A long life without you. I couldn’t live that way.”

More tears fell, adding weight to his sorrow.

His ears felt stuffed.

The people who visited him every day tried hard to comfort him.

They urged him to stand up again, for the sake of the Logan family.

But what could they say to a man who had lost everything?

In the end, what lifted the broken Gerald was a comment from his father.

“Do you remember the talk we had about turning back time?”

It was a story he had heard a long time ago.

Gerald had brushed that story aside, thinking it was just a fairy tale.

But what if it were true?

“Go find that power, Gerald. If you can’t die and have to live, go look for it once.”

Prompted by those words, he ventured into the abyss and met a black snake there.

Memories he had forgotten all resurfaced.

The black snake was not a new acquaintance in this lifetime.

It had been deeply involved in Gerald’s life.

Gerald heard many stories from the black snake.

About the possibilities and limitations he would have, and the side effects.

“You may lose yourself, Gerald. You’ll no longer be who you are. Is that still okay?”

Gerald decided to accept all of it.

Even if he lost himself, he knew he wouldn’t lose his love for Luella.

For love was etched into his bones.

So he turned back time and regained Luella.

He was happy with that.

Gerald couldn’t understand why people worried about him.

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