Chapter 459. You’re Still Letting Her Follow You Around

Seven Sins System Chapter 459. You’re Still Letting Her Follow You Around

I mentally kicked myself for the oversight. “I forgot,” I muttered, realizing that I hadn’t explained everything to her. “Mrs. Elara,” I clarified. “The academy owner. She was my servant.” The words felt strange on my tongue as if I were discussing something from another life—which, in a way, I was.

Julia’s eyes widened slightly as she connected the dots. “The academy owner? Your servant?” she echoed, her voice tinged with surprise. “You mean she’s one of your...”

“One of my soldiers,” I finished for her, my tone firm. “She was loyal to me during the war, and now she’s back.” I kept the explanation brief, not wanting to delve too deeply into the complexities of my past relationship with Red—Mrs. Elara, as she was known to everyone else.

Julia absorbed the information quietly, her expression thoughtful. “I see,” she said after a moment, nodding slowly. She sat down and scooped a generous portion of the casserole onto both of our plates.

Meanwhile, I focused on finishing up my big tomato juice.

Julia watched me for a moment, her eyes searching, as if she was trying to gauge my mood. She seemed to hesitate, then finally decided to speak. “I saw her still following you,” she said, her tone carefully neutral. It was clear who she meant—Puriel.

I didn’t respond immediately. Instead, I took a long sip of the juice, letting the silence stretch out between us.

“I know,” I said finally, setting the now-empty cup down on the table. “She’s been... persistent.”

Julia raised an eyebrow, her curiosity evident. “Persistent? That’s one way to put it.”

“Yeah,” I replied shabbily. “She just keeps following me around like a stalker. So annoying," I scoffed and a small ironic smile appeared on my lips. "Can you believe it? A goddess stalks a devil like me.”

Julia studied me, her gaze piercing but not unkind. “And yet, you’re still letting her follow you around. Why is that?”

I didn’t have an easy answer to that question. The truth was, I wasn’t sure why I hadn’t pushed Puriel away more forcefully. The thread of fate was a convenient excuse. But even that wasn’t the whole story. If I really wanted to avoid her, I had more than a thousand ways to do it. I knew how cunning I could be, how easily I could make myself disappear from her life outside the infirmary.

No, I even could’ve used my double to replace me there. It wasn’t like I hadn’t done it before. It would’ve been easy. And yet... I didn’t do it. I stayed. I let her follow me, let her be a part of my life in this strange, twisted way.

More than that, I had found myself buying her food—small things at first, like sandwiches and snacks, but then more. I had started making her breakfast, despite my pathetic cooking skills, just because I knew she needed to eat something in this mortal realm while she didn’t have the money. It was ridiculous, really. I, the Prince of Darkness, fumbling around in a kitchen trying to make something edible for a goddess who probably despised me. And yet, I did it. I kept doing it.

Julia watched me as I struggled with my thoughts, her silence giving me the space to sort through the chaos in my mind. Finally, I looked at her, feeling a mix of resignation and frustration well up inside me. “You’re right, Julia,” I said, my voice low and strained. “I’ve fallen in love with her.”

The confession was heavy and undeniable. It was a truth I had been avoiding, burying under layers of excuses and rationalizations. But now that it was out, there was no taking it back. And it didn’t make me feel any better. If anything, it made everything worse.

“I’m not happy about it,” I continued, my tone laced with bitterness. “In fact, it’s the last thing I wanted. Love... it’s poison for someone like me. It clouds judgment, makes you weak, makes you do things you wouldn’t normally do.”

Julia nodded slowly. She squeezed my hand. “I can see that,” she said quietly. “But love isn’t just a weakness. It can be a strength too. It can give you something to fight for, something to hold on to.”

I scoffed, shaking my head. “Maybe for mortals. But for devils? It’s a different story. The last time I fell in love... I lost everything. I lost myself.” The memories of Ravenna’s death, of the madness that had consumed me afterward, came rushing back. I had become a monster, even by my own realm’s standards, driven by grief and rage.

“I can’t go through that again,” I said, my voice barely above a whisper. “I can’t let myself fall that deep again. Especially not with her. It’s a dead end, Julia. It would never work.”

“But you can’t just turn off your feelings,” Julia pointed out gently. “You can’t just pretend they’re not there.”

“I know that,” I snapped, more harshly than I intended. The frustration was clear in my voice, and I immediately regretted it. Julia didn’t deserve to be the target of my anger, but the words had already escaped. I sighed deeply in a futile attempt to calm the storm raging inside me. It felt like my emotions were at war, tearing me apart from the inside.

“I know. But what am I supposed to do? I can’t be with her, but I can’t seem to stay away from her either. It’s like I’m trapped in this endless cycle of wanting and denying.” The words tumbled out, laced with a bitterness that felt like it was corroding me from within. I couldn’t figure out how to break free, and the more I tried, the more entangled I became.

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