Lady Devil - Chapter 96

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Johannes, not receiving an answer, finally pressed me. My lips seemed to part. I couldn’t even ask him to let go of my shoulders. With the rapid breaths coming from below my collarbone all being shocking, I was confused, unable to connect anything.

You must understand. For me, who hadn’t heard any detailed inside story until that moment, it was an inevitable reaction. Even the voice of my younger self from long ago was echoing in my eardrums.

Are you okay with this?

Thump thump, thump thump. The sound of heavy heartbeats climbed up my nape and circled my ears. If I’m okay?

I know you’ll accept that ridiculous request, you blind fool. Don’t ever accept it. Are you planning to walk into the mud on your own?

What are you saying? Why do you think that?

Refuse this madness. Drive him away.

And leave this desperate person? Why should I? No.

While wanting to kill.

I inhaled. Thump thump, thump thump. The twelve-year-old child’s final accusation completely overlapped with my pulse. That you, blind one, will end up killing everyone. Him, me, all of us, you will kill. At that voice, it felt like my heart would completely sink. I shook my head vigorously, as if desperately grasping at something crumbling.

“Why are you saying such things? That’s not true.”

My gripped shoulder hurt. It was then that Johannes’ eyes slowly rose from near my seemingly about to fall heart. Only then did I suddenly come to my senses. I lowered my gaze. My eyes met Johannes’, who was submerged as if sinking into my shadow. It seemed Johannes had reacted to the words I had unknowingly shouted. He wouldn’t have understood the meaning, like some beast.

Don’t say such nonsense. What could I possibly do?

I tried to calm my breath that had become rough at some point. Eyes that had suddenly become gaunt were watching me. Staring at those pale blue eyes that seemed angry at me for reasons I didn’t know, that looked more unstable than me, I whispered breathlessly, as if erasing the voice in my ears, as if making a promise.

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