Chapter 408: The Spider and Viper (5)
“It might have started as a simple prank from Teacher Jeremi.”
Daisy spoke.
“If it had ended there, if nothing had happened afterward, I probably could have covered it up and pretended as if it had never happened. But everything that happened from that point onward, was your doing.”
“I really……didn’t know…….”
“That’s a relief.”
Daisy continued to tighten the noose, making sure there was no escape.
“It’s good that you were blissfully ignorant. I’m glad that only I knew, that only I had to suffer, and that only I had to get scarred. It’d be great if you could live like that forever, completely oblivious. If you do, you could avoid responsibility by claiming ignorance.”
Silence hung in the air.
It took some time for the mental structure Luke had built to collapse. The beliefs he held and the pride he felt crumbled slowly to the depths of his heart. Time flowed by fleetingly.