11 Virtues A Hero's Civilian Friend Must Uphold (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 71

Silence hung heavy in the air. As the stifling quiet rose from the floor up to his throat, Hee Won offered no reply at all.

He briefly wondered if his ears had finally gone bad from all the recent stress—but quickly accepted that he hadn’t misheard.

He stared down with trembling eyes at the little demon sitting before him, gazing up with an innocent, blank expression.

He didn’t want to ask what she’d been thinking or what her intention had been in saying those words.

He didn’t even want to know. He just wanted to run away—but knowing he couldn’t made his chest ache even more.

How many minutes passed? Eventually, it was she who couldn’t bear the stifling silence any longer and spoke again.

“Didn’t I already tell you before? Even without feelings, even without dating, we could do anything.”

Had he really said that? He didn’t remember, but this clever girl kept dragging up memories he wished to forget and laying them right before him.

If only he could go back in time and stab his former arrogant self in the gut, warning him to watch his words—but sadly, modern science still hadn’t developed time travel.

So now, all he could do was regret.

His throat tightened briefly, and he fixed his gaze into empty space. His eyes grew warm, but he held back stubbornly.

Biting his lip deliberately to hide the tremor, he turned his head away to avoid meeting her eyes.

But at some point, running away from Na Eun Yoon had become useless—so he finally gave in and spoke.

“…So, what exactly do you want to talk to me about?”

He shouldn’t have said it that way—it came out colder than intended. It was an unconscious defense mechanism, meant only to shield himself from getting hurt.

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