“If you’re okay, then I’m okay too.”
“Really?”
“Yeah. I’m used to it. I’ve been through it a few times.”
“……”
Thesilid suddenly acted affectionate out of nowhere.
He’s a regressor who’s been despised by the entire world. Among the countless trials the world has thrown at him to crush and break him, there were experiences of being framed or persecuted.
The most notable examples were the end of the 87th cycle, where he took the fall for Muriel’s sins on her behalf, and the end of the 88th cycle, where Muriel branded him a heretic, leading to his execution by burning at the stake.
Recalling it doesn’t just sour my mood—it makes my stomach turn. I glanced at the side profile of the handsome man, now tinged with a deeper melancholy, and asked seriously.
“Reed, should we just call it quits? Now that I think about it, this doesn’t seem like a particularly good experience.”
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