Chapter 19
Category:
Romance
Author:
MoniqueWords:683Update time:25/05/26 19:59:27
He quietly whispered.
"Because you really died and came back."
"If you can overcome life and death, Seraphine, what is it that you can't do?"
"How can I still trust you?"
He hoped for my life, but now that I was truly alive, he couldn't live with the uncertainty.
I had once been a person, and as a person, I had vulnerabilities, things he could control.
But now, what am I?
He didn't know.
My existence had surpassed his comprehension.
He was terrified he couldn't hold onto me, and that fear consumed him, day after day.
The mental strain manifested as madness in reality.
He was running wildly down the path of obsession.
"Lucas..."
I opened my mouth, but for a moment, I didn't know what to say.
After a long pause, I took his hand and seriously told him.
"Don't overthink it. I'm just an ordinary person."
"What you see now is my original body, I only have this one life left."
"Coming back to life was a stroke of luck. Something beyond reality. I don't have a second chance."
His gaze remained faint, betraying no sign of emotion or belief.
I paused slightly, loosening my fingertips.
The system, sensing what I was about to do, repeated its sharp warning.
"You can't say it. You must not say it!"
"Once the main characters awaken, this world will collapse, and you'll all die!"
The arm I had raised slowly fell helplessly.
I mumbled in a daze: "I really won't leave."
"What would it take for you to believe?"
"I'll always believe in you."
He wiped away the tear at the corner of my eye, his voice shaky."I just don't believe in myself."
"I'm weak, sensitive, suspicious, hopelessly awful... I'm afraid you'll get tired of me, hate me, and leave, never to be found again."
His voice began to tremble more and more.
"Seraphine... do you like me now?"
"Or do you still just see me as a little brother who hasn't grown up?"