PART SEVENTY-TWO (2)

[Nowo's POV]

If everything he said was real and that I was born only to face the darkest fate in this land, then why do I need to be born? The headmaster as well as Arphen knew it from the start, and they chose to let me live in a big lie. All this time, I thought that my purpose could be something far different from this, but then I guess the old saying is real: I should always expect the most unexpected and horrible thing.

My parents shouldn't have met each other that day, and I, on the other hand, shouldn't have been born. If the Queen is indeed a great one, if she is what I thought she is, then she shouldn't have let me live.

I wish I could just die with her, so that I wouldn't have to live such a painful life. As I think of it, I begin to wonder and ask myself if there's anything more painful than knowing this fact. I wonder if I could still handle some kind of very unpleasant truth.

"If only Fraise were here, then maybe I could be better," I uttered to myself.

I looked out of th