I Plan to Repay Kindness with Enmity (1 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 167

He could not deny that he had harbored dark intentions.

Yet, seeing her hand injured by his cherished sword, blood dripping steadily, his heart sank. He regretted his recklessness.

From then on, no matter how much she insisted, he never again handed her a weapon.

Because he never wanted to see her bleeding again.

He coaxed her out for a walk, soothing her grumbles. The ground was muddy from the rain the day before.

Mud splattered onto her leather shoes, gifts from the Waterfolk. He knelt and wiped the mud away with his palm.

When he looked up at her, her previously disgruntled face had flushed red as if furious.

“Leo is right. You’re treating me like a child.”

After she left, he pondered deeply about what had angered her.

He simply hated seeing her hurt—and hated dirt clinging to her.

Since he’d never felt such emotions toward anyone before, he didn’t know what to do.

He resolved to ask her tomorrow, when she came, why she’d been angry.

But she never came.

One day passed, then two, then three.

Had this empty house always been so silent?

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