A Different Husband Every Night (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 111

I approached those trembling with their foreheads pressed tightly against the stone floor.

“Lift your heads.”

Even though I gave the command, they couldn’t raise their heads. Their faces had turned deathly pale, likely recalling the reckless words they’d just spoken to me.

“We—we didn’t know anything and spouted such foolishness to someone so… so exalted….”

“Please, spare our lives… just our lives….”

“Spare you? How amusing. Just moments ago, you were ready to die by your own hand, yet now you fear I’ll kill you?”

“Th-that’s….”

“If you’ve already resolved to die, why shake so pitifully? What more could possibly happen if you’ve insulted me—you’ll only die anyway. Why keep your heads bowed? Even if you looked straight into my eyes, you’d still only die.”

Though my words were perfectly reasonable, they still refused to lift their heads—their survival instinct, crushed to the very edge by the unbearable reality that had brought them here.

“…Now that death stands before you, you’re frightened and wish to live, aren’t you?”

“….”

“That is precisely the true feeling you’ve been desperately hiding and concealing. Who in this world truly wishes to die after being born? You were forced here against your will, with no other choice but to live.”

I slowly surveyed those kneeling before me.

“Were you planning to sell your life cheaply for your wife and newborn child?”

The man flinched in alarm, stiffened his face, and shook his head.

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