Dear Eddert

Chapter 24
Translator: effe

“After that, you called my name several times and begged. Please don’t finish it. Please finish it later. Right where you are sitting now.”

Hyemi’s face turned red in an instant. The image of her last night, which she had struggled to avoid, was playing vividly in her mind.

Walter looked straight at her with an unchanged expression. It was funny that she was ashamed of it alone, but she couldn’t control the sudden rush of blood to her face.

“Last night, when I woke up… It felt like my brain was tangled up. Therefore… I was obviously just speaking out of my mouth, but I felt like I realized what I was talking about a beat late. Do you know what I mean?”

“No. Not at all.”

As Walter replied without hesitation, Hyemi swallowed a sigh and closed her eyes tightly without saying a word before opening it. There were people in her world who were just as bad as him. In times like these, it was more important to explain calmly. Because when a fool panicked, it was really scary.

“I think… It was this woman who unconsciously called your name… I wonder if Eden’s body has, you know, like a learned habit. Think about it. If we could separate the soul from the brain, wouldn’t it be possible?”

Hyemi explained enthusiastically, pointing her fingers alternately between her own head and chest. Walter, who had been watching her quietly, finally got up from his seat and slowly approached her.

“Look, hey, I must have asked you not to come closer….”

Her eyes fluttered in embarrassment.

“Eden.”

Walter knelt silently on one knee in front of her. His large hand came up and gently grabbed Hyemi’s hand that was on her lap. Hyemi shut her mouth, unable to shake him off.

Why did this man suddenly get to his knees and embarrass someone?

Thump, thump.

Her heart was beating faster than it should. Walter’s thumb gently stroked her pulsating wrist. She could feel her heartbeat a little faster and her breathing warmer.

“As far as I know, you are not a head-and-heart person.”

Dark brown eyes with a beastly longing for her. Hyemi looked into his eyes and she didn’t know what to do, so she just held her breath.

“You are honest, you are strong. You can’t do it because it’s bothersome to deceive others, and that must have been the reason why it was obvious in your face when you told a lie. Is that all? You’re also the type of person who runs away with embarrassment when you get praised while working secretly for others.”

It was as if a faint smile had flashed across Walter’s face for a moment. She wondered what he would look like when he truly smiled.

“There was no one in Sernotti who didn’t love you like that, Eden.”

“She… really must have been a great person.”

Walter moved his lips curiously again. His eyes narrowed with a friendly glow.

“She was great. In many ways.”

Hyemi suddenly became envious of the woman named Eden. What kind of person could she have been to receive such strong affection from others? She must have been a special and wonderful person in the 1%. It would be incomparable to Hyemi herself who was like 99% of the average person.

Does this man really believe that Hyemi was that woman? Or does he just want to believe so?

“Walter.”

Hyemi called out to him in a slightly subdued voice.

“Yes.”

“How did Eden die?”

Walter hesitated for a moment, then opened his mouth heavily.

“She was murdered.”

It wasn’t unexpected. Perhaps it was an unfortunate death. That’s why so many people must have tried their best to save her.

“Why did she die?”

“… Because I couldn’t protect you.”

A thick darkness fell on Walter’s face as he answered in a low voice.

When he looked at Eden who was asleep as if dead, it was the night he remembered every day. If he could turn back time, he would make a different choice than before. He swore that if Eden would just open her eyes, he would live his life as her dog without being greedy.

“So you… brought her back to life? Because you couldn’t protect her? Because you were sorry…?”