The Time of the Blind Beas

He had once been an officer in the king's army,

a war hero who had led the War of the Roses to victory,

a knight and gentleman of noble birth in Valdemar.

Until she blinded him.

The man, eccentric and violent, had secluded himself in a remote villa.

And people called it the Mansion of the Beast.

Late at night, she knocked on the mansion's door.

*

“Do you know who ruined my eyes?”

“…….”

“It was a maid just like you.”

A hand that had cupped her cheek, then passed her chin, clenched her throat.

The pressure on her airway caused her to cough.

“Do you even know how I ruined them?”

“…….”

“I poured poison into my eyes.”

The pressure pressing down on her hand was heavy.

It was the weight of the sins she had committed. Even if I stayed by your side my whole life, serving you, I wouldn't be able to repay this karma.

*

"Meeting you is the greatest luck of my life."

The man whispered.

"Next time, we'll both open our eyes and walk this path together."

Next time... ....

She moved her lips, silently trying to pronounce the words.

Will there be a next time for us?