153 - The Sacrifice of Child

“T-that’s ...” My courage suddenly ebbed away indefinitely. The toughness I saw in the gleam of his eyes, made me insecure in my mind.

'Come on, Lizzbeth! Hilbert wouldn't do something like that! Look at how he almost lost his life to save you two! Clear your mind!'

I rejected the bad thoughts many times by saying the mantra. In reality, I was still me five minutes ago.

Standing in front of my former servant, who was asking checkmate questions, but in truth, I could never deny anything.

“Your Highness?” Isabelle broke my hallucination with her rhetorical question. “How? I'm sure you can't ask Lord Hilbert. Judging from the way you look now, you're not sure of your decision yourself. If that's true, may I infer that you agree with my statement?”

“N-no!” I replied spontaneously, even though I had no idea what I was saying. “Hilbert would never do such a thing! He's changed! And he—”

Wait, he what?

He loves me?

Lizzbeth, where has the logic gone in your head? In all your life, have you