Twice Betrayed, Once Redeemed

Synopsis

It was snowing heavily when I found a mute boy, nearly frozen to death, at the entrance of my estate. I was just about to give him some hot soup. Suddenly, the Book of Fate in my mind started flipping pages like crazy, displaying a line of ominous blood-red text. [This boy is the reincarnation of the cursed child. If he enters the house, he'll doom everyone inside. Kill him now!] Just as I was about to bring the butcher's knife down, the boy's timid inner voice reached my ears. The boy thought, 'You're the only one who's ever shown me kindness. Someday, I'll fight to the death to keep you safe!' In the first timeline, I couldn't bring myself to kill him. I took him in, gave him the chance to study and train in martial arts. Ten years later, he rose to absolute power. The first thing he did was cut off my legs and hands, sealing me inside a wine jar as his twisted trophy. He said, "Only like this will you never leave me. You'll be mine forever, and only mine." In the second timeline, I trusted the Book of Fate's warning and had the servants beat him to death with clubs, then fed his corpse to the dogs. But after he died, his hatred soared. He turned into a vengeful spirit and put all three hundred members of my family through a death by a thousand cuts. He sneered. "You vermin who worship the rich and trample the poor. All of you deserve to burn in the eighteenth level of hell!" After dying tragically in both lives, I still couldn't escape the torment of fate. When I opened my eyes again, I was back in that snowy afternoon, the boy gazing at me with those wide, innocent eyes. This time, the Book of Fate's warning and the boy's inner voice appeared once more, right on cue...