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Title: Between Death and Life đ˘
Novel:Do I Fight My Husband⌠or the Black Tumor?
Genre:Romantic Action Drama
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Chapter 36: Bismillah â¤ď¸â¤ď¸ â Let's Begin đđ
[The Destroyed Battlefield]
A metallic shhhhk slices through the airâŚ
Clara thrusts her sword deepâso deep that the hilt lodges itself in Raiman's chest. Her eyes gleam with maniacal ecstasy.
Raiman (suddenly freezing, eyes wideningâthen smiling desperately):
"âŚClaraâŚ?"
Black blood bursts from her mouth, staining her pale-blue lips.
Clara (twisting the blade inside the wound, whispering with lethal tenderness):
"FinallyâŚI'll be the sole leader after the coup."
Raiman collapses like a lifeless corpse onto the cold ground, clutching her gaping woundâher white hands drowned in blood.
(She stares at the blood pooling in her palm⌠While Clara beams as if she's inherited the whole world.)
Clara (laughing as she steps back):
"The position was always mine!And if I couldn't have it..."
(Her eyes flash with madnessâshe seems utterly detached from reality.)
"âŚthen you certainly won't!Never!"
"Why are you smiling?I'll take your placeâŚ" (furious, almost delirious)
Clara vanishes swiftly into the battle's dust, exploiting their distraction between fighting and trying to save Raimanâleaving Raiman bleeding on the frozen earth.
Suddenlyâ
Derek's roar tears the very fabric of the battlefield apart:
"YOUâŚI'LL CRUSH YOUâŚ"
His fury is beyond words.
He raises his hands toward the skyâripping it open with crimson arrows drenched in blood.
X appears abruptly, seizing Derek's wrists:
"I'll deal with this traitorâŚStop! You're all too angry right nowâwe need to interrogate her!"
But before anyone reactsâ
A metal rod rockets through the air at blinding speed,shredding the ground into flying debris.
Derek (grinning darkly):
"XâŚI don't need anything from her⌠except her death."
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Raiman lies sprawled in a lake of her own blood. Her white hair fans out like broken angel wings. Her glassy eyes stare blankly at the sky. Blood trickles beneath her fragile body like a tiny stream. One cold hand stretches outwardâas if reaching for a hand that isn't there.
Dalia drops to her knees beside her, cradling Raiman's limp form:
"Wake upâŚpleaseâŚ" (panicked, desperately searching for a way to save her)
Derek approaches with heavy steps, his eyes brimming with terror and disbelief:
"Open your eyesâŚjust⌠open them!"
(His hand grips her shoulderâhe's trying to pull her out of a nightmare.)
Foxâfox-like in appearanceâstands frozen. His tail droops like a surrender flag. For the first time in centuries, his wide eyes glisten with tears.
[A faint, faltering heartbeat echoesâlike a clock gasping its last breath.]
Dalia (fingers pressed to Raiman's neck, breath hitching):
"Her pulseâŚit's so weakâŚ"
Derek (lunges forward, arms trembling as he tries to lift her):
"I'll take her to the hospital!There must be⌠there has to be something we can do!"
Sajjad blocks his path, voice eerily calm:
"The wound is too deepâŚEven if you teleport her, she'll die halfway there, you fool."
Derek (growling like a wounded beast, energy exploding around him):
"If you won't helpâthen shut up!You want her dead! That's what benefits you⌠So the Organization can claim her! That's your goal, isn't it?!"
Sajjad ignores him, turning to Fox:
"FoxâŚdon't you have any tricks left? Anythingâlike you did before to heal her?"
[Silence.]
Fox (slowly shakes his head, voice barely audible):
"If I didâŚI'd have used it already. I can only stop external bleeding⌠not internalâŚ"
(His voice fades.)
Sajjad grabs a lock of Raiman's white hair, lifting her slightly. Internally, he fumes:
"Didn't I warn you?Didn't I tell you not to interfere? You foolish girlâwhy won't you ever listen?"
He pulls her from Derek's arms and carries her himself.
Derek (leaps in front of him, crimson arrows materializing around him):
"Where do you think you're taking her?!Are you going to kill her yourself?!"
Sajjad (eyes blazing, voice scorchingâthen glances at Fox):
"If I were you,I'd stop with the useless chatterâŚ"
"You,Foxâstabilize her. Stop as much bleeding as you can."
Fox kneels, focusing his powerâslowing the hemorrhage as much as possible.
Sajjad watches Raiman writhe weakly from pain.
"AlrightâŚgoodbyeâŚ"
Despair etches deep into his face.
A metallic screech slices the airâ
Suddenly,the ground vanishes beneath them, as if reality itself has been ripped away.
Derek (seething with rage):
"Damn it all!If we hadn't been fighting so recklessly, this never would've happened!"
He punches the wallâshattering it completely with raw fury.
SuddenlyâŚ
[The Door OpensâŚ]
A throne of bones floats in the void, hovering above a frozen river of blood.
Idris sits upon itâQueen of Hellâher fingers idly playing with a child's skull.
The Great Door swings wide, revealing Idris's kingdom:
¡ A throne woven from interlocked human bones, adorned with crimson lights dangling like the eyes of sleeping monsters.
¡ Black glass floors, beneath which rivers of frozen blood swirlâfaces of the screaming damned trapped within.
¡ Eyeless slaves stand motionless, golden threads sewing their mouths shut, their severed hands hanging like chandeliers.
Idris lounges cross-legged, her crimson gown flowing like a fresh blood waterfall:
¡ Her long white hair writhes like a living serpent.
¡ Her fingers tap the child's skull in her lapâher laughter bends the very air in terror.
Idris (yawning exaggeratedly):
"AhâŚdear Sajjad. Finally come to surrender?"
(Pleased,her fangs glinting.)
She gestures toward Raiman's pale form in his arms:
"Is this your gift to me?Or a sacrificial offering? She looks quite exquisite⌠perhaps as a doll to beg for your freedom?"
(Her voice drips with false sweetness.)
"Impossible that I'd ever let you goâŚ"
She bursts into a manic,bloody laughâand crushes one of her servants with a mere flick of her wrist.
A long, echoing shriekâlike the wailing of a thousand deadâfills the airâŚ
Sajjad stands at the threshold, Raiman limp in his arms like a broken doll:
¡ Her blood drips onto the doorwayâwhere a flower sprouts⌠and withers instantly.
Sajjad (eyes burning with black, disgusted fury):
"With your powerâŚrestore her."
Idris (laughs like a broken bell):
"Really?You're asking me for healing?"
(Her laughter spirals into pure madness.)
"And my answer isâof course not!"
She lunges forwardâher shadow swallowing Sajjad whole.
"Don't tell meâŚyou love her? Oh, this makes her even more useful to meâŚ"
(Surprisedâthen claws her own cheek.)
Sajjad (internally seething: "Why does everyone keep spouting this nonsense?!"):
"Heal herâŚNOW."
(His eyes scream:Hurry up!)
Idris (extends her handâher nails morphing into razor-sharp knives):
"Very wellâŚbut everything⌠has a price~"
Sajjad grabs a broken glass shard and slashes his palmâblood gushing like water:
Sajjad(smirking, though visibly repulsed):
"Is this the price?Heal herâI'll give you my bloodâŚ"
Idris (drinks greedily, eyes widening in ecstasy):
"AaahâŚdelicious! Just like your mother's blood!"
(She licks her lips.)
Sajjad looks utterly revoltedâlike he wants to kill her on the spot.
Idris raises her handâher fingers elongating into monstrous clawsâblood tendrils coiling around Raiman:
¡ Raiman's breathing STOPS abruptly!
¡ A demonic smile spreads across Idris's face:
 "But⌠I'll take her hand as a keepsake after she's healed!"
Sajjad (furious): "HURRY! Enough of my blood! Or I'll obliterate you!"
Idris (sighs dramatically): "Ugh⌠fine~ I was just taking what I wantedâŚ"
She points upwardâwhere thousands of eyes suddenly blink open in the ceiling.
"But rememberâŚyour head stays attached to your body⌠for now. It might make a lovely statue for me somedayâŚ"
Sajjad (mocking, brimming with arrogance):
"Even you should remember your placeâŚin my world."
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[Location: Summit of the Shards Mountain â A Sea of Fire Rages Beneath a Black Sky]
A white-haired woman stands on the edge of the abyss. Scorching winds whip her long hair like wailing white ghosts. Her bare feet burn on the molten rocksâbut she doesn't flinch. Her crimson eyes glow like embers in the night.
Beside her stands a little girlâhair in messy braids, dress tornâgripping the woman's hand tightly. Her ash-streaked face smiles with innocent madness.
The Woman (voice melting into the fire's howl):
"I trulyâŚwant to fly."
(She gazes downâwhere flames roar like ravenous beasts.)
The Little Girl (gigglesâa pure, shattering sound like a broken bell):
"This is our freedom!We'll become birds!"
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Chapter 37: Bismillah â¤ď¸â¤ď¸ â Let's Begin đđđ
[Location: The Old Wooden House]
Raiman awakens on a cold floor. Sunlight streams through the window, casting ghostly patterns across her trembling body as she struggles to sit up. Before her...
Raiman (shocked, disoriented):
"Where am I?My head⌠Why am I in this house...? Didn't I just get stabbedâŚ"
She tilts her head,muttering:
"I hope this isn't one of Fox's tricksâŚ"
Suddenlyâshe freezes in shock.
A little girl (4 years old), dressed in a torn nightgown, stands beside her:
"Mama!Is this our freedom? Will we fly like birds and sing like sparrowsâtra tra!"
She skips in place like a tiny sparrow,her laughter filling the dim room.
Her mother smiles softly.
Raiman (confused, disturbed):
"That'sâŚthat's exactly what I said after Clara stabbed meâŚ"
She pauses, eyes narrowing.
"But waitâif Clara stabbed meâŚI was caught off guard. Normally, I sense the power of those around me. Yet I couldn't resist⌠I couldn't even fight back⌠Does that mean⌠I wasn't conscious? Am I⌠dead?"
She sits up slowly, then smiles faintly.
"You pulled me hereâŚdidn't you, little oneâŚ?"
A woman's spirit appearsâwearing worn servant clothes, her eyes identical to Raiman's:
"AloushaâŚstill singing, hmm? Did you dream of beautiful things?"
She laughs,clearly charmed by Alousha's voice.
Alousha (stops singing, beams):
"Yes!Hehe!"
She hugs her mother tightly as the woman stirs a pot on the stove.
Raiman smilesâthen suddenly reaches out. Her fingers pass right through the woman's body like smoke.
Raiman (voice trembling):
"S-soâŚam I⌠in an illusion?"
A tear slides down her left cheek.
"Why am I cryingâŚ?By GodâŚ"
She catches the tear,bewildered.
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[The Shattering Moment]
The room instantly floods with crimson lightâlike the world has plunged into bloody sunset.
Alousha clutches the hem of her mother's dress, eyes brimming with tears:
"Mama,no! Don't go! I heard you're taking me somewhere scary⌠I hate it!"
She tries to calm herselfâbut her voice erupts in desperate screams:
"I don't want to go to the orphanageâŚ!"
She slams the door in her mother's face.
Her mother sinks to her knees outside the door, exhausted handsârough from endless choresâtrying to wipe away tears while forcing strength⌠until she breaks:
"My sweet AloushaâŚI don't want to leave you with them⌠butâŚ"
Her voice cracks:
"I can'tâŚI don't want you to die. You have nothing to do with this warâyou shouldn't pay for crimes you didn't commit⌠So live. Be strong⌠for both of us."
Alousha flings the door open, crashing into her mother's arms, sobbing like a waterfall:
"M-MamaâŚplease don't say that! We'll always live together⌠don't give up⌠MamaâŚ!"
They cling to each other, weeping.
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[The Painful Realization]
Raiman (internally):
"Why does this hurt so much?Why do I feel this grief? It's just a dream⌠That child⌠is she⌠me? Noâthese aren't my memories. Then why do I feel so connected? Why does their pain cut me so deeplyâŚ?"
Alousha (hugging her mother tightly):
"Promise me you'll take me away!Promise? I don't want to live without you, Mama!"
Mother (holding her with heartbreaking tenderness):
"I promiseâŚmy loveâŚ"
Suddenlyâ
Alousha vanishes.
Her silent scream echoes as the space around them distorts.
Raiman (shivering violently):
"Why do I feel so coldâŚso afraidâŚ?"
She can't move a muscle.
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[Location: Abandoned Hall â Walls Bleed Ash, Air Thick with the Stench of Burnt Flesh]
Raiman's eyes widen in horror.
Behind her, an image materializes:
¡ A charred corpse, still clutching a pendant engraved with "Alousha."
¡ Its burnt hand stretches toward Raimanâas if begging for vengeance.
Men laugh cruelly, closing in on a terrified little Alousha.
Alousha (screaming, writhing in pain as they beat her):
"Let me go!LET ME GO! AAAAAHHHH!"
Raiman turns her head away, unable to bear it.
One man sneers:
"Don't worryâŚwe'll start now."
He stomps on her head,then plunges a dagger through her earâstraight into her eye.
Raiman (raging, helpless):
"LEAVE HER ALONE!"
Alousha (internally, broken):
"Why,Mama� Why didn't you do anything� It's not your fault⌠but why�"
She collapsesâthen rises weakly, pulling the dagger from her skull as if it were nothing. The men stare in terror. Raiman stands frozen, mind blank.
She hears Alousha's thoughts clearly:
"MamaâŚMama⌠Mama⌠Why? Why did you do nothing? Why?!"
Thenâcold fury:
"I will take revengeâŚI will destroy everythingâŚ"
Alousha now appears as a phantomâwhite dress scorched, eyes hollow like dark windows, a dagger still embedded in her skull.
Alousha (voice layered with the screams of countless children):
"I'll burn youâŚall of youâŚ"
Raiman stumbles backwardâher back slamming against a wall of charred flesh.
Around her, the corpses of murderers lie crushed by an invisible force. The air reeks of blood.
Alousha's fingers twist into claws. Her white hair whips like living flames.
Suddenlyâ
Alousha (whispering in her mother's voice):
"The world abandoned usâŚleft us to die alone⌠So I'll make it pay⌠just like it did to me."
Raiman is paralyzedâtoo shocked to speak.
Everything fadesâexcept the sound of a child laughing in the heart of a fire, a madness unlike any before.
Alousha's voice (echoing in Raiman's mind, causing searing pain):
"This is what I meant by'flying'⌠You may leave nowâŚ"
Raiman (clutching her head, agonized):
"AlouâŚsha⌠Stop! Not everythingâ!"
She jolts awakeâripped from the dream.
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[Location: Idris's Palace â Chandeliers Hang from Severed Skulls]
Idris (claws like a demon's) presses her fingers into Raiman's unconscious skull:
"This is all I can doâŚIf she wakes, it's a miracle⌠Her heart stoppedâŚ"
Her fingers writhe inside Raiman's skull like worms in dark soilâprobing,tearing.
Sajjad (sword dripping with the blood of her guards, voice trembling with fury):
"This wasn't our deal!You said you could heal her!"
Idris (laughsâa sound that extinguishes the lights one by one):
"Oh?Threatening me? I won't waste myself on a weakling⌠Letting her die was for the best."
(Internally:"Damn this useless girlâŚ")
She narrows her eyes at Raiman's hairânow glowing like liquid white gold.
"She healed herselfâŚbefore I even touched her. Did he know? Was he mocking me⌠or does her body hold power I've never seen?"
A twisted smile spreadsâfangs glinting.
She reaches for Raiman againâ
Sajjad instantly presses his black sword to Idris's throat, blood dripping from his wounded wrist:
"Then our deal is canceled.You didn't heal her⌠And I'm not foolish enough to let you touch her again."
In a flash, he snatches Raiman from her arms, slinging her over his right shoulder like a sack.
(Internally: "My heart aches⌠I must hurryâŚ")
He digs his fingers into his own chestâpain flaring.
Idris (enragedâthe ground trembles beneath her power):
"I want her NOW!How DARE you defy me?!"
Her form begins to twist into something demonic,fangs elongating.
(Sajjad's thought: "What a fool I am⌠I gave her my blood willingly!")
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[The Awakening]
Before the gate that leads out of this nightmare realmâ
Raiman opens her eyes. Paralyzed, she whispers:
"What's happening to meâŚ?Why can't I moveâŚ? It's like sleep paralysisâŚ"
Panic surges through her.
Sajjad drops to one knee like a knightâhis arched back forming a shield over her frail body.
¡ His black sword materializes in his grip, bending like a wounded wolf preparing to pounce.
¡ Blood seeps from a wound in his side, pooling on the floor.
Idris erupts from the shadowsâa storm of blood and darknessâher laughter tearing reality itself:
"FinallyâŚyou wretched little whore! Since I couldn't easily claim Sajjad, you'll be my next target!"
Her fingers intertwine like dead entrails,turning the gateway into a hailstorm of razor-sharp shards.
Raiman (her white hair now a river of molten gold, eyes wide with terror):
"Of all times to wake upâŚ!"
Trapped,immobile, she curses her fate.
Sajjad (blood boiling gold in his veins, voice icy):
"So now she's your target tooâŚI'll never let you reach her."
Idris (power shaking the world):
"You misunderstandâŚI'll fight you for fun. But her⌠I have other plans!"
She laughsâthen grins like a madwoman:
"Since you made yourself a bridge for meâŚI'll burn anything stupid enough to stand in my way. But today⌠it all ends!"
She throws her arms wideâher crimson gown transforming into a thousand black-flame slaves, standing in perfect rows.
Idris (mocking, arrogant):
"How delightful!Even for a second⌠you dare challenge me?"
"I'll drag you back to how you were in SerysâŚa loyal dog on your knees."
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[The Blow That Changed Fate]
âSajjad lunges like lightningâŚ
And Idris smiles with demonic joy.
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