Chapter 237: Epitaph Palazzo
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That day, I headed towards the burnt remains of the Witch’s Forest. In the burnt remains, houses turned into black charcoal mountains were still left abandoned. The bodies were buried, but the remnants were deliberately not cleared.
‘Coming here reminds me of the day they were burned. Is the last remaining Epitaph Palazzo really fortunate? He will live on. Even if he wants to die, he cannot take his own life. To die or to be alive in hell. There are various opinions on which is more fortunate.
If humans had no survival instinct and a painless method of dying was available, making death easier, I think more people would quit life. This world is not an easy place for everyone to live in. Why am I doing this without any remaining motivation? Maybe I’m just alive. Perhaps it’s because I have money, no reason to die, and nothing else enjoyable. Or maybe because I want to make my daughter’s life better. If I work hard, my daughter, whose name I haven’t even decided yet, won’t have to live a life crushed by heavy responsibilities like Simonei.’
I stared at the charred remains of the Witch’s house. I probably just wanted to fill the hole in my heart. After recalling the feeling of that day, I headed to the Marmaset’s mansion.
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All of the Great Witch’s houses have a back entrance opposite the front entrance, which leads directly to the Witch’s Forest. Entering the Marmaset’s mansion directly from the back door, I was guided to the room of the prison cell. I entered the room.
Though it was on the ground floor, there was nothing but a toilet and a bed on the wooden floor. There was only one window, lower than knee level. The iron bars had no horizontal bars. Surprisingly, the upper part of the door, which would normally require horizontal bars, was made of thick boards. In other words, there was no place in the cell to hang a rope. With only one part made of boards, it must be intentional.
‘Even if you try to tear clothes to make a rope, you can’t hang yourself without a place to bear your weight.’