54 - Regret

"What's wrong ... what's going on here?"

Seeing Hilbert so stunned, I wanted to ask him to leave immediately. David might still have some poison somewhere else. And if it was him, I'm sure he wouldn't hesitate to kill Hilbert despite my sacrifice to stop him.

"Hilbert ... Go, now," I said while coughing. "You must get away from David immediately. Leave before he hurts you again."

"Hm? I didn't know we had turned into enemies, Lizzbeth?" David said, hearing my weak voice. "Since when do you go against my orders like this? Did your kiss make you have amnesia? Need I remind you who Hilbert was who sold you out for an insignificant roll of paper?"

I didn't have enough strength to resist his words. It was just that this little bit of energy I had was eager to use to make Hilbert leave as quickly, as far away as possible.

"Cough!" But it seemed that the poison was already spreading at a very fast rate. In just a few minutes, I could already feel the poison spreading into my heart. Making me