Finally, on the 78th chance, when the CP burst through the warehouse door, he finds Richard sitting in the chair, smoking a cigarette. (I kinda forget what happened here in between). The important bit is that after getting close to Richard, the CP takes out a magical tool and plunges it into Richard's neck. The magical tool can erase memories. And so the CP kills Richard to let him regress, but at the same time, wipes the memories of the last few regressions. That way, Richard can live in ignorant bliss from before his image of Daphne shattered.
After they regressed, the CP confronts Daphne, saying he will oppose Daphne for the sake of Richard. Daphne laughs and says don't tell me you are in love with him? When the CP doesn't deny or confirm, Daphne just says, "It's fine as long as you don't take it seriously. I once tried to hook you up with Richard, but the law of Plausibility was immediately broken and the world regressed. You can do as you please so long as you don't break the Plausibility. Or else I will take things into my own hands."
And that is why the CP acts so cold and indifferent towards Richard, and why he wanted to break off the engagement. All to protect Richard from Daphne.
(also, this entire time, Richard asks the CP, "Don't you hate me?" And never once does the CP say yes. I also feel like Richard asks that question constantly because he needs affirmation that they hate each other. The way the CP acts towards him is one of absolute devotion. So Richard wants to confirm they are enemies).
And now back to the present, the CP curses the moment he regressed and rushes straight to the warehouse. To find, yet again, Richard hanging himself. After all the effort he went to erase Richard's memories and to protect him from the truth, Richard ended up finding out the truth again. And now, he'll continue this cycle of death for who knows how long. But the CP does not hesitate. He kills himself. He will follow Richard. He will save him. No matter what. Until Richard finds a moment to rest and he can save him.
I forget what regression, but it's somewhere in the hundreds, the CP finally gets to talk to Richard. He tells him he can help him. He has a magic tool that can help him forget. Wouldn't that be good? And for a second, Richard is tempted. But then he remembers Daphne's cruel question of, "Don't you still love me?" and some part of him feels revulsion at forgetting. So he refuses Caelius' offer and instead kills himself with a dagger through his throat. And so the regressions continues. All the way to the 140s. At some point, Richard stops immediately hanging himself. He waits for the CP to burst through the doors. The CP always finds some way to stop Richard from killing himself, by sharing some stories of previous regression that Richard forgot. The CP always talks to him affectionately, the mask of aloofness all gone. Richard can feel the CP is desperate to save him, but he doesn't know why. And so after the CP finishes his story, Richard always ends himself. All the way to the 177th regression. During this regression, Richard patiently waits for Caelius to burst through. But after waiting for a long, long time, Caelius doesn't come. A creeping feeling crawls up Richard's neck. He leaves the warehouse to look for Caelius. Everything is deadly quiet. When he goes to the banquet hall, he finds Caelius' dead body. Richard cradles the body, his heart sore for some reason, and realizes that's what Caelius didn't make it to the warehouse to find him. But then...if Caelius is dead, why did the world not end? It ended the first time when he killed Caleius bc with the male lead dead, the story can't progress. Someone comes up behind him a knocks Richard out, saying Richard sure is quick on the uptake.
Finally, on the 78th chance, when the CP burst through the warehouse door, he finds Richard sitting in the chair, smoking a cigarette. (I kinda forget what happened here in between). The important bit is that after getting close to Richard, the CP takes out a magical tool and plunges it into Richard's neck. The magical tool can erase memories. And so the CP kills Richard to let him regress, but at the same time, wipes the memories of the last few regressions. That way, Richard can live in ignorant bliss from before his image of Daphne shattered.
After they regressed, the CP confronts Daphne, saying he will oppose Daphne for the sake of Richard. Daphne laughs and says don't tell me you are in love with him? When the CP doesn't deny or confirm, Daphne just says, "It's fine as long as you don't take it seriously. I once tried to hook you up with Richard, but the law of Plausibility was immediately broken and the world regressed. You can do as you please so long as you don't break the Plausibility. Or else I will take things into my own hands."
And that is why the CP acts so cold and indifferent towards Richard, and why he wanted to break off the engagement. All to protect Richard from Daphne.
(also, this entire time, Richard asks the CP, "Don't you hate me?" And never once does the CP say yes. I also feel like Richard asks that question constantly because he needs affirmation that they hate each other. The way the CP acts towards him is one of absolute devotion. So Richard wants to confirm they are enemies).
And now back to the present, the CP curses the moment he regressed and rushes straight to the warehouse. To find, yet again, Richard hanging himself. After all the effort he went to erase Richard's memories and to protect him from the truth, Richard ended up finding out the truth again. And now, he'll continue this cycle of death for who knows how long. But the CP does not hesitate. He kills himself. He will follow Richard. He will save him. No matter what. Until Richard finds a moment to rest and he can save him.
I forget what regression, but it's somewhere in the hundreds, the CP finally gets to talk to Richard. He tells him he can help him. He has a magic tool that can help him forget. Wouldn't that be good? And for a second, Richard is tempted. But then he remembers Daphne's cruel question of, "Don't you still love me?" and some part of him feels revulsion at forgetting. So he refuses Caelius' offer and instead kills himself with a dagger through his throat. And so the regressions continues. All the way to the 140s. At some point, Richard stops immediately hanging himself. He waits for the CP to burst through the doors. The CP always finds some way to stop Richard from killing himself, by sharing some stories of previous regression that Richard forgot. The CP always talks to him affectionately, the mask of aloofness all gone. Richard can feel the CP is desperate to save him, but he doesn't know why. And so after the CP finishes his story, Richard always ends himself. All the way to the 177th regression. During this regression, Richard patiently waits for Caelius to burst through. But after waiting for a long, long time, Caelius doesn't come. A creeping feeling crawls up Richard's neck. He leaves the warehouse to look for Caelius. Everything is deadly quiet. When he goes to the banquet hall, he finds Caelius' dead body. Richard cradles the body, his heart sore for some reason, and realizes that's what Caelius didn't make it to the warehouse to find him. But then...if Caelius is dead, why did the world not end? It ended the first time when he killed Caleius bc with the male lead dead, the story can't progress. Someone comes up behind him a knocks Richard out, saying Richard sure is quick on the uptake.