Unlike the fierce protests in my mind, in reality, my mouth couldn’t articulate proper words.
“Uh, um, Reed… er…”
“Yeah, it must be hard to put into words.”
Reed, as someone who knows the entire story, seemed to have roughly predicted this would happen.
Just like when I had to do the ‘Ask the Guest’ quest, the ‘Pay the Price’ quest window also kept flying around in my field of vision without disappearing.
Feeling helpless about what to do, I covered my face with both hands. It was as if the sculpted naked body of the peerlessly handsome man was already in front of me, making it impossible to look at him.
“Don’t worry. You don’t have to do it.”
“Huh?”
It was at that moment, when his sudden voice interrupted, that I slightly parted my fingers covering my face.
“Because I’ll receive the punishment.”
“What?”
When Reed’s hand picked up the painting knife, a large, ugly mark appeared on the canvas. Reed had defaced…