Chapter 54

"It seems like he's still going through a stormy phase."

The sarcastic tone in Darcy's voice made it clear that he was angry. However, I noticed that his gaze remained fixed on the boy. It was different from the anger he directed at Ryan. There was a deeper emotion behind his expression, something beyond mere anger toward the child.

"You want to save him, don't you?"

"Of course not."

"Then why are you looking at him like that?"

Darcy turned to face me, his eyes momentarily clouded.

"He knows what I did. Even if I save him, he won't be grateful."

Darcy confessed the reason why he was hesitant to act.

Although I didn't know the full details, it was clear that Darcy's magic didn’t work on that boy, who also knew his identity. If the boy knew what Darcy had done, it made sense that he wouldn't welcome any help from him. After all, Darcy had once been an enemy to the magicians, fighting against them.

But that didn’t mean we could just turn a blind eye.

Seeing Darcy looking more anxious than usual was unsettling. His brows were furrowed, and he bit his lip.

"Let's just go."

But his steps had long since halted. Despite his words, he didn’t move.

It was as if the guilt he had managed to escape from momentarily had come crashing back, pulling him out of the dreamlike state he had been in.

Darcy, who usually had nothing to fear, now seemed small and vulnerable before these people—people whose very presence reminded him of his guilt, even in a place far from the Empire.

I felt a surge of raw emotion.@@novelbin@@

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