Didn't Plan to Become a Companion (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 99

“I won’t run away. I won’t even suffer harm for something I didn’t do wrong. Now that our enemy is clear, it’s actually a relief.”

As Ricardo said, if he were swept away by water, I would simply let myself be swept away with him; if he were struck dead by lightning, I might even drive a blade into my own body.

And if by chance he were ever burned by fire, I would merely leap into the same flames as he did.

Thus, there was nothing to fear and nothing complicated.

“I won’t waver, and I won’t hide anywhere.”

Before anything that felt frightening, I had never stepped back—never let fear consume me entirely.

“If Ricardo threw himself into fire for my sake, then I, more than anyone, refuse to let that sacrifice be in vain.”

“……”

“I won’t be intimidated in advance. Who knows what whims that god might indulge in next.”

The last words were nearly a murmur to myself.

Thunder roared fiercely, as if the god himself were mocking my resolve.

Afterward, nothing could be heard in the reception room but the sound of rain—silence otherwise reigned. I turned my gaze toward the garden, where the rain fell.

So many thoughts swirled violently that my surroundings seemed to fade into a blank white.

“Ha.”

A sound escaped the Crown Princess—whether sigh or exclamation, it was hard to tell.

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