Everything you Acquire in the Future Shall be Thrown Away by Me Translation

33.2 Those who are Born in Vain, Die in Vain

“…Why do you know so much about me?”

What welled up within me—I didn’t know whether it was anger or sorrow.

“…Why didn’t you do anything? If only Grandfather would have done something…”

—Then I wouldn’t have died.

“If only you had acted, I wouldn’t have met such a demise.”

“That way, Aries also wouldn’t have taken the wrong path.”

“That way, I could’ve formed a proper relationship with my father.”

“That way, everything would’ve been different.”

Such thoughts swirled within me.

“I thought it best to leave everything as it was—to let everything run its course. No matter how prosperous of a lineage is, it’ll eventually perish. Be it for people, things, and houses—everything that is destined to be born is also destined to die. Hence the reason why.”

…Everyone would inevitably die.

Of course, I was aware of that, but it didn’t make sense.

I wasn’t the only one. All deaths were meaningless. People were born in vain and die in vain. Only the trajectory made while being alive created meaning and value.

However, neither of those existed in my previous life, I had only been a puppet.

Hence why I was killed—because I didn’t matter.

“I have lived my life dedicating everything to the Lark family. However, when my daughter perished, everything felt meaningless. What is it that I had been protecting? I dedicated my life to this family, yet they couldn’t even protect my beloved daughter.”

At that moment, I understood everything.

I was never reflected in his eyes.

“Sofia, live the way you see fit. If you want to succeed the Lark family, I’ll support you. At the very least, I’ll silence those who complain or try to get in the way of you becoming the duchess.”

“Please let me think for a moment.”

***

(side: Rudolph)

“…Oh, it’s you again.”

As soon as Sofia had left, a certain young man came.

I was sure that he would.

I spoke to him.

“Recently, I’ve been plagued with a lot of dreams. In those dreams, Sofia merely obeyed Adley and refused to stand up for herself. As a result, she was driven out of her home and had to marry into a viscount family. After a while, in those dream, you came to me.”

The young man was filled with remorse, regret, hatred, anger, sadness, and various other negative emotions.

“…Sofia is dead. She was beaten to death by her husband.”

Tear overflowed from his eyes.

Without any shame, the grown man sobbed like a child.

“Why didn’t you protect her? You have that power; you could’ve done exactly that.”

The young man blamed me, and at the same time, himself.

While Sofia was indeed my only granddaughter, she wasn’t my beloved daughter. Every time she came before me, all I felt was anger and regret. Every time I looked at her, it was as if I was staring directly at my past mistake. As such, when I was informed of her death, I was more relieved than I was sad or remorseful.

“A young man’s body was found at the riverside. From his belongings, his identity was revealed to be Viscount Dahal Kinvally—you murdered him.”

A smile full of madness substituted the young man’s answer.

If what I dreamed was real, I had lost Sofia once. As for that young man, he must’ve gone mad. I had heard that the serpent tribe was insane from the beginning, but he might’ve become even more so after losing her.

“Your Highness Weiss, you used the royal treasure, didn’t you?”

It was said that the royal treasure could grant one, single, wish.

“However, even the royal treasure can’t resurrect the death. Hence, you desired to travel back in time to when Sofia was still alive. Nevertheless, you couldn’t exactly pinpoint how far back in time.”

Do you love my granddaughter that much…?

However…

“…Sofia is filled with nothingness. She can’t see a single road ahead.”

“I don’t care. If she wants to die, then we can die together. I don’t need a future without Sofia. All I want is her, I’ll grant every single one of her wishes. I don’t need you, either.”

I heard the sound of something slithering on the bed.

While listening to the sound, I quietly closed my eyes.

This’ll make it easier…

The thought of being able to go to where my daughter and wife were gave me peace.

I must’ve been the worst grandfather possible.

Even if Sofia was my daughter’s memento, I was unable to love her regardless of what happened.

As such, I let her die, despite knowing her innocence.

I knew I didn’t deserve to say this.

I knew it was too late.

Still, Sofia, I wish you much happiness in the future.


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