“What… did you say?”

For a moment, I thought I had misheard him.

“Didn’t catch that? I’m the one who placed the curse on Raphne.”

But with his words that drove the point home, I realized I hadn’t misheard anything.

“To be precise, I ordered the curse to be placed on her.”

“Why… why would you do something like that?!”

The Curse of Fear — a curse that makes it impossible to have any interactions with others.

Anyone afflicted with such a curse would be condemned to live a life of eternal loneliness.

Why?

Why would you…

“…Answer me!! Why did you do this?!”

I stood up and grabbed him by the collar.

Depending on his answer, I was ready to beat him senseless. I might even break something.

I would keep hitting him until he begged for forgiveness.

My anger surged to its peak.

I had been there, right beside Raphne, watching her suffer all along.

I had witnessed how much that curse had tormented her.

“…There’s a lot to explain, but if I were to summarize it…”

Despite my glaring at him, he remained calm.

Composed and unfazed, his face showed no guilt.

Dropping his usual sly smile, he spoke quietly.

“Raphne… is the Child of Prophecy.”

“…What?”

His answer hit me like a blow to the back of the head, leaving me utterly confused.

The Child of Prophecy?

Raphne?@@novelbin@@

My grip on his collar weakened, and my hands fell away as Adrian calmly brushed off the wrinkles in his clothes.

He sat down again, folding his arms, and motioned for me to take a seat.

“Sit down. We still have much to talk about.”

With that, I sat back down.

The Child of Prophecy.

It was a term that often came up in the [Ephiris Academy] world, centered around Emily.

The Child of Prophecy was a figure mentioned in a prophecy that the high priestess of the Lilias Kingdom received long ago from the gods.

It foretold that the Child of Prophecy would be born in this era, and their offspring would become the savior who would save the world.

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