【……..】
The last thought-form died.
In a far-off place, the “Reader of Fate” lifted the hand that had been propping his chin.
It wasn’t that he hadn’t thought of removing Jin Gyeoul beforehand. But it was far too efficient an opportunity to discard over personal feelings.
‘He can’t be kept in the dark forever anyway.’
Hadn’t he already foreseen that Jio would come to know, at least to some extent, about their relationship? Even in previous lives, she always managed to learn somehow around the age of twenty.
‘It’s inevitable.’
He could make excuses as he always had and be done with it.
That child pretended otherwise but was weak to him; if he soothed her well, they could get past it. Surely so… and yet—
‘Why does it hurt like this?’
He’d thought he was dulled enough to be numb…
With a wry laugh, he dryly wiped down his face.
He sat there in silence for a long while.
What broke the silence was an alien alert tone. Watching a space light up in red, the Star smiled.
【You’re slower than I…