Chapter 197 (1/2)
Chapter 197
Chapter 197: Torn
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My eyes shot open froht aiht at my face
Immediately, my heart started to pound ason I tried to get up, but bothon
“Grey Can you hear ht used in hospitals asked caled,you re er frame than the one who had asked the previous question, but I couldn’t make out any other details aside from that
My head throbbed as I tried to recollect the memories, but eventually I was able to sort them out “I… I had just won the tournaht, able to ure standing in front of me
“What else?” the man said calmly
“I accepted an offer to be uity would go unnoticed
“What is the name of this powerful woman and what is your relationshi+p with her?” the man asked The fact that he knew she was a wo me, or he already knew the truth
I pulled at what felt like a thick th reinforced with ki did nothing, I answered “I only know her as Lady Vera, and I just erslicked-back hair, hissed He raised a hand, as if to strike me, but the thinner man stopped him
“What happened after you won the tournans of e to reht after”
Lady Vera had said before we parted that she’d contact s settled down, but better to not tell these men more information than they ask for
I was jolted out of rasped le hand and lifted ain, lies!” he said, his face now close enough to mine to make outhis already-inti “It’d be wise to just tell us the organization that sent you to protect the legacy”
Organization? Legacy?
I couldn’t make sense of their accusations but within the rasp until his thinner co me
Anchored down by the chair I had been tied to, I fell helplessly on the ground I lost consciousness for a split second when my head snapped and hit the cold hard floor
When I caht, face-to-face with the thinner e scarred abomination
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He had short cropped hair and eyes that looked le look into his eyes made me doubt that the man even had emotions to hide
His eyes remained locked on mine for a split second before his lips curved up into a smile that didn’t quite reach his dead eyes
He turned around and walked away “Strip hier man sneered as he tore off the old shi+rt I had worn to bed and the goose-print pajaotten me as a joke for my birthday
“I believe you have some information that we need Fortunately for you, this means that we need you alive for now” The thinner loves In his hands was a small metal cube “If you’re truly e suspect you are, then you ht have prepared for this If by so that we considered as evidence was si soet”
“What? What are you talking about?” I said, still bleary from the recent head trauma
“This will be easy,” the thin er into the metal cube “I won’t even ask you any questions yet”
He smeared a line of shi+ny silver paste just below hter
“W-Wait What are you doing? Please,” I begged, still unable to even process how everything was unfolding
The man didn’t talk He just lowered the small flame onto the silver paste As soon as the fire touched the substance, a pain that I didn’t even know existed erupted
A screa torment that remained concentrated to where the paste was sotten burned before, but coht now, those memories actually felt pleasant
It seeroorse During this time, my screams turned hoarse and the tears that flooded down an to subside, only for the thin man—the demon—to apply another line of the silver paste on a different section of my body
“P-Please,” I wept “Don’t do this”
The man remained silent and lit another hellish fire on my body
I screamed My mind screamed
Every part ofwhatever it could to expel this tor whether I was going to die soon turned to thoughts hoping I’d die
I couldn’t tell how many times the demon sauntered back to me with that wretched silver paste of his, but this time he stood still He didn’t iain, but rather just locked eyes with me
I jumped at this chance If it
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“I-I’ll tell you whatever you want Anything Everything!’ I pleaded,out as a whisper
“That’s better,” he s his face evento paint you a little story and you’re going to help fill in the gaps forany truths will unfortunately lead me to put this in places more… sensitive Am I clear?” The thin demon held up the container of what he called white phosphorus and waved it in front of me
Without even the necessary saliva to s, I siround checks confire by one of the many institutions of this country Head care of you since infancy and the orphanage hat you considered hoain