Chapter 38: End
The transition from evening to night was rapid, and the sky darkened rapidly.
His heartbeat sped up unnaturally, and he turned pale as the maid returned to the room.
“I… I need to go for a walk.” He pushed past the maid, resisting his growing discomfort.
Seeing this, the maid hurriedly ran in front of him and blocked the door.
“Absolutely not! My mistress told me that you’re not allowed to leave after dark!”
Looking at the maid’s pouty face, a strong, unexplainable resentment rose in his heart, and it started to echo in his ears.
Bursts and flashes of tiny, inaudible whispers clawed at his eardrums. They roared, they cried, they giggled, they…
“Shut up! Be quiet!”
Yibei yelled as he kneeled on the ground, and he wasn’t sure if he was yelling to the whispers in his ears or to the maid blocking his way.