To My Beloved, I Present My Exquisite Nightmare (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 42

Laila’s gaze fixed intently on the child. Then, she looked at the portrait in the frame that had fallen to the floor.

A different child, Laila thought. The child in the portrait had uneven hair lengths on either side.

The ends looked jagged and crooked, as if someone had roughly hacked at the child’s hair. The child she’d seen in the forest was the one from the portrait. But….

“You’re….”

Laila stared down at the girl with braided hair, her lips trembling as they refused to part easily.

“What’s your name?”

“You’re curious about my name?”

The girl asked.

—“Knowing the name of ‘something’ can sometimes be dangerous, Laila.”

Laila nodded, recalling her mother’s words in her mind.

Yet nothing could be more dangerous than this. Could any situation possibly worsen beyond being utterly alone here, with no idea where she was?

No, even so, I must know, Laila thought.

“Yes—your name.”

“Really curious?”

Laila nodded again. The girl giggled softly, gave her braids a slight shake, and said,

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