Chapter 54

I couldn't describe how I felt after punishing Amber that day. That was because I had never felt that way before, and it all felt quite strange when I began to feel that way. I didn't know what it was; it was akin to guilt and disgust. My heart was pounding furiously in my rib cage and my thoughts were so clouded with thoughts of all sorts.

A part of me felt so bad for leaving her in that wretched condition but I tried to remind myself that she had brought it all upon herself by defying me and spewing insults at me. This was just the introductory antiphon to what she could get from my cruelty. I had even planned to do more for her.

But I wondered why the feeling, despite trying to prove myself right, persisted and kept troubling me. I guessed I had been poisoned but I knew that I wasn't. The feeling was natural and I knew that I wasn’t sick also. I decided to get out of the dungeon immediately while ordering Ethan to be carried to a new dungeon immediately.

But as I walked away, s