Vol. 16 Ch. 12: The Kind Prince's Wish

──Revenge

It had always been a frighteningly sweet word to Monica.

When her father died, she could have surrendered to anger and hatred and chosen to live for revenge.

But Monica had only cried and grieved... then fled into the world of numbers.

It wasn't that she had felt no anger or hatred toward the person who had caused her father's death. But she had been afraid to surrender herself to such powerful emotions.

"If you were the one, I wouldn't mind being killed. You could strangle me like this, or burn me to ashes with your magic."

"...I can't."

Even when Monica answered in a trembling voice, Isaac kept her hand pressed against his neck and would not let go.

Isaac's hand was chillingly cold.

"You could have exposed everything the Duke of Clockford and I had done, and pleaded your father's innocence."...