Even if Your Regret Holds Me Back (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 124

“Snap out of it. You’ve spent years building this tower—don’t tell me you’re ready to walk away just because you’ve been hit by a few water cups?”

“Of course I don’t mind. In fact, it’s just stress relief for me. I’m only saying this because I’m worried about you, Lady Cheshire.”

Despite his subdued concern, Natasha sharply tossed a handkerchief at his face.

“If it’s bearable, then just do your job properly.”

“Here you go again. Next time that madwoman does it, just dodge her a little. You’re an expert at that sort of thing, aren’t you?”

“If I become an assassin and still haven’t been caught after all this time? Letting her keep hitting me makes her drop her guard. What simpler strategy is there than making your opponent believe they’re superior to you?”

“Yes, yes.”

As the scolding dragged on, Raptor bobbed his head vaguely, pretending to understand before letting it go. Natasha also stopped replying and wearily swept back her hair with a tired expression.

Her head throbbed, and her body felt as heavy as waterlogged cotton.

Truthfully, despite her claim that it was bearable, even this petty bickering felt like a luxury—Natasha was utterly exhausted. Beyond Christine’s tyranny, many other things had drained her strength.

Knowing her well, Raptor pointed directly at the biggest among them.

“So, is that bearable too?”

Raptor’s fingertip pointed toward Natasha’s belly—a stomach deliberately swollen by forcibly distending organs and flesh. Once the limit of what the drugs could inflate was reached, it would soon expel stagnant blood and pus.

Just imagining it made Raptor grimace in disgust.

“Even if you drain it later, it’ll be hard when the old pus and blood come out together.”

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