I Beg Your Forgiveness (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 41

Marien walked alone down the street shrouded in darkness. While she had been eating, the sun had fully set, and the gas lamps had begun to flicker to life one by one.

Liam swept his well-groomed brown hair back once and started walking in the opposite direction from her—without even a word of farewell to Christoph, as if his earlier warmth had merely been a mask.

But Christoph felt the same indifference toward him. Had it not been for Marien, he would never have spoken to him at all.

Christoph stood rooted to the spot, watching Marien’s retreating back.

“I don’t like clingy people.”

Her words echoed in his ears. At the same time, another memory surfaced—

“You said that same thing that day too—‘The sun has set.’ That was the first time I realized you were worried about me.”

He recalled her murmuring those words, half-drunk. After a while, Christoph finally took a step forward.

Marien walked on in silence, passing by the noisy tavern, a hurried stray cat, and then the deserted park, one after another.

Suddenly, she stopped in her tracks and slowly turned around. She stared fixedly at the person standing just a few paces behind her.

“I believe I said I’d go back alone, Christoph.”

“But…”

Christoph stared at her wordlessly for a long moment before finally speaking. His voice, unusually hesitant, was unlike his usual self.

“The sun has set.”

“……”

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