The Lie

…I couldn't take it anymore.

“Ghk. Kill me.”

Unable to withstand the shame that only grew instead of becoming something I could get used to, I

finally raised a white flag, along with the phrase the Northern knights supposedly use when acknowledging defeat.

“You should have given up sooner.”

“Shut up….”

I'd already been thinking I'd probably give up around today when Lucy showed up at my room that morning carrying a bundle of bandages.

It was only a little while ago that I nodded at Lucy's suggestion that I wrap a bandage around my chest as a temporary measure.

“Ngh… a little gentler….”

So I stripped in front of Lucy, raised both wings as if surrendering...