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Chapter 40 Nainiae

To the people in the Magic Tower, she was called a ’disposed product,’ but even someone like her had a name

‘Nainiae, you are all I have’

‘Yes, irl heard a ruirl went forth to particpate

‘If I participate… you will really give ht?’

‘Of course Really That’s not all Even an ordinary citizen will get a chance to learn ic’

‘In that case… I will do it’

‘HuHu Most of the people in Magic Tower are looking forward to your performance We have faith in you Please try to endure the experi forward…? Faith in…? Yes! Please look forward to it!’

Looking forward…

Faith in…

Just fro these feords, she shook off her hesitations and participated in the experiment

The first day was acceptable

The second day was an from the third day

‘… AHHHHAC!!’

‘Endure it You ht? If you can’t even withstand this, what are you going to do?’

‘UU… UUK! Stop! Please stop!’

‘We said we have faith in you, didn’t we? You need to endure this s she was asked to s on the first and second days were the cause

Her skin turned dead to pitch-black and then back to pale white The process repeated

The pain was far beyond anyone’s iination

‘Kill… Killforward to your performance You er recalls, her daily life was changed dra tied up in chains and screa to be killed

‘Please…’

‘We believe in you’

‘…’

She wasn’t even able to keep food down in her sto food Instead of taking et the pain froers, pasted a monster’s bodily fluids or blood on her face or over the top of her ar pain was necessary

It was the only way to receive money

Her misery only continued On another day, an unknownelse was poured on her face

That day, one side of her face including the eye, was coers were bitten off and sed The condition of the girl’s body andstate

‘Even so…turned in to her horrendous appearance, she gradually becarown hair in disarray host

In chains, the hobby she found was ht,’ with this, I ic

Water ic spells that were useful for daily living

Maybe it was due to the drug’s power, but she ic in a record time for a child After that,

‘It has been 2 years The experio’

‘R… Really? Now, that ht You have done well’

‘Ah…’

After being told by Astroa that the experiment was over, she was full of joy like she could juh spirit, she started heading back hoht after,

‘You were the sole survivor How did you e to… Nah It doesn’t matter Since she will be dead soon, can it still be considered as surviving?’

While coughing black blood, Nainiae returned home

It appeared that her ic Tower In her hoh she was finally able to come home,

‘Who… are you?’

‘It’s… It’s hter

On the contrary, she told Nainiae to never coain with that hideous face and kicked her out

‘Nohat should I do?’

In the end, having lost her place to go, she returned to the Magic Tower After going through a fewlifespan numbered to be less than half a year, she was disposed of

"…"

She looked like she had no will or strength left to resist

Riley was directing his sword to cut off her neck, but he stopped his sword in theher knees as tightly as she could She whispered,

"… What was it that I did wrong?"

Her voice was completely torn

It was not certain if it was from self-hatred or resentment toward another

After her cryptic murmur, Riley’s eyes instantly calmed

It was because in Riley’s past life, there was a time when heforward to it, because they had expectations and hopes foron me… I tried very hard I tried my best, but how come, instead…"

Unlike Riley, as praised as a brave warrior in his past life, the specific details of Nainiae’s situation or how she had been treated was different to sorees… However, she did the best she could

To not let anyone down, to live up to their expectations, she tried her hardest with everything she had, yet…

… she heard devastating words from the very person whom she tried to protect In the end, she couldn’t even protect her, and now, she was in this state

"What should I have done differently?"

Nainiae irl’s voice, which sounded like she was about to give up on everything, Riley felt like he atching his former self He steadied the sword he held forward and said,

"… That was the wrong way"

Fro Riley’s voice, Nainiae’s shoulders shivered a little

"It rong from the very first stitch of the needle"

In his mind, Riley continued,

’You have, and…

… I have’

Riley lowered his eyes and looked at top of Nainiae’s head

"… Huh?"

Breaking her silence, Nainiae, who had her head buried between her knees until now, slowly tilted up her head and looked at Riley He said,

"Should I show you a way?"

After asking Nainiae, Riley asked himself in his mind,

What if…

If he could start his entire life over with all of the memories intact, hoould be like?

In that case, he would certainly not do useless things… such as holding a sword as the prophecy foretold or volunteering to fulfill soirl in front of him, he wouldn’t break down either

"… A way?"

With her forehead finally away froood eye, he could feel sincerity and desperation in her gaze

Riley withdrew his sword that was aiht to just tell you, so how about we do a trade?"

"A trade?"

"I knohat is troubling yourit"

"…?"

"That answer, I will tell you"