My Insolent Shadow (22 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 54

Of course, saying I hoped he would return was just empty words.

After all, he wouldn’t come back anyway.

Whether he recovered or not, the outcome would be the same.

No matter the conclusion, Alphonse—this past version of himself, nothing more than a shameful secret to him—had absolutely no reason to return as “Young Master.”

Knowing this, Yuriciel found herself ridiculous for uttering such honeyed words.

Yet there was genuine feeling mixed into those words as well.

She truly wished for the Young Master to return alive.

Though he was a strange presence, always accompanied by fear whenever she neared him, she still longed to see him healthy just once.

Of course, actually seeing him in person seemed hopelessly distant—but even glimpsing him in the pages of some newspaper would be enough.

It felt rather despicable of her to entertain such thoughts, considering she was writing this letter solely for her mother’s medicine.

Would the Young Master himself read this letter and think the same?

Everything had begun to twist and go awry the moment she first confessed those absurd words of affection to him—even before she started writing this false letter.

I will bear all the consequences myself—please, just don’t take Mother away from me.

Yuriciel prayed and prayed again as she firmly pressed down the last sentence.

Half-truth, half-lie.

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