11 Virtues A Hero's Civilian Friend Must Uphold (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 54

There’s always a tall staircase on the way home.

Her sluggish steps climbing the uneven, irregular stairs felt harder than before.

Hee Won stood far behind her, anxiously watching Na Eun as she slowly stepped up each stair.

At midnight, with the moon high in the southern sky and only a few streetlights casting dim light over the dark stairs, Na Eun finally stumbled—without even holding onto the railing.

Hee Won rushed forward the moment he saw it.

Grabbing her arm from behind to steady her, Hee Won said, “This won’t do.”

“Get on my back.”

At Hee Won’s firm tone, she lifted her head.

After finishing that confusing, venomous argument with Jae Kyung on the academy rooftop—neither quite an insult nor a real fight—she felt utterly drained.

Emotional exhaustion affects physical stamina too; even though she hadn’t exerted herself all day, her body simply refused to obey her will.

In truth, even taking a single step required effort for Na Eun. She blinked slowly, then met Hee Won’s worried gaze and, after a moment, nodded gently.

As if he’d been waiting, Hee Won quickly stepped in front of her, turned his back, and bent his knees.

At his silent signal to climb on, Na Eun obediently leaned her upper body onto Hee Won’s back.

Even on the steep stairs, Hee Won stood upright without the slightest sign of strain, carrying Na Eun on his back.

Wrapping her arms around Hee Won’s neck, she held on as he climbed the stairs at a pace incomparably faster than her earlier steps.

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