#chap:110

[berriecolors]

Happy 2023!

#Tokyo Revengers #dailytokrev #manjiro sano #emma sano #ken ryuguji #mitsuya takashi #Takemichi Hanagaki #Hinata Tachibana #chifuyu matsuno #yuzuha shiba #hakkai shiba #nahoya kawata #hayashi ryohei #luna mitsuya #mana mitsuya #yasuhiro muto #chap:110 #tokyo manji gang #tokyo revengers manga #manga coloring

[mari-lair]

chapter 111 redraw

#desaturated colors cause he make me emo #i kept his injuries from chap 110 #as a treat #aoi akane #akane aoi #tbhk #toilet bound hanako kun #jibaku shounen hanako kun

[iamhereinthebg]

Seeing Akane reacts so strongly seeing Kako being destroyed was already a big shot at my heart but Mirai and Akane protecting each other absolutely annihilated me in the last chapter.

Akane is a character who is really blunt about his opinion and stands his ground, he said right away in his introduction chapter how strongly he hates the clock keepers, and insists on how much he isn't like them.

In this new arc, he is forced to face this part of him he doesn't want to acknowledge since the beginning, he has been forced to do it a lot since the grim reaper arc (and I think it's really starting to get to him but this is for another day)

Aoi Akane, the human forced to be a supernatural who hates his contract and the clock keepers so much he wants nothing to do with them. But what does he do when fighting Tsukasa? He keeps the latter's attention on him so the threat can't get to Mirai.

Akane is mortal and human. The only mortal clock keepers and supernatural, and he still risks his life to protect Mirai. The yorishiro of the clock keepers yes, but mostly Mirai.

He shifts his attention from Tsukasa to her because he knows what she represents for the clock keepers and he waits for the moment to let her free, even if it results in him getting hurt.

Akane is the character of the cast who shows the most how he loves life, he definitely doesn't want to die. We can see it in how he defends himself, his last movement in this fight being one of protection (and fear). Something he has been doing more since coming back a second time from the far shore. Even if he doesn't want to die, he is still at his core a nice person. He is distressed at the idea of death, disappearing for good, no matter who it may concern in the end. Finding a way to protect Mirai (and the yorishiro) goes before his own safety.

And then Mirai gets the blow for him. She knows it means Tsukasa will get the yorishiro. Kako has been the mystery the most alarmed about the yorishiros being destroyed by Hanako. But Mirai, n°1, who knows how dangerous it is for another yorishiro to be destroyed for the land, sacrifices their seat number, herself and what is supposely the most important thing to them, for Akane.

Akane is a proactive character who rarely stops in his actions. Even when Aoi was "dead" he was activaly searching for a way to bring her back and when he learned she was gone he was quick to try to find a way to go where she was. When he stops, it's because he is physically unable to move. But here, even if he is still concsious and has Time's power he doesn't do anything, like he is the one being stopped in time, unable to move on from Mirai's body.

Mirai may be made of gears but it's been clear since the beginning that she has a real attachement to Akane. Wearing the name he gave her like a medal, jumping on him whenever she can, having a personality where she clearly has fun when he is present, and actually being the one noticing him on his first day at school.

And what does it mean after all for a yorishiro to be sacrified to protect something else? That maybe Akane is in the end more important than what the yorishiro represents for the clock keepers.

If this follows the pattern of a lot of mysteries it may mean that Mirai and Kako have strong regrets/resentment towards the story/person behind their yorishiro.

It's kind of beautiful in the end to see Mirai sacrifiying their past and future to focus on the one representing the present.

#toilet bound hanako kun #mirai #aoi akane #this is just me being delulu and putting tons of images #some glimps on Akane's character there is SO MUCH strange stuff happening with him since he's back from the far shore he doesn't seem ok lo #I won't go into the 'yes but t's strange how much they don't care about the yorishiro' #'it's maybe because it's not the real one' #'Mirai may not be the one noticing him in chap 25' etc #just to focus on what we have for now even if I am wrong because I get to be delulu about them and I think it's great like this #not an analysis or something just my thoughts and some hcs tbh #I am weak for them #the three clock keepers #jibaku shonen hanako kun #jshk #tbhk #tbhk spoilers #jshk 110 #tbhk 110 #jibaku shounen hanako kun #ramblings #I don't wanna get my hopes too high tbh (I assume next chapter will be the Yugi twins) #but I really hope we will have some answers about his duty and the clock keepers at one point #if it's still relevant and not just something said for nothing before the joke that is chap 109 #I wrote this late for reasons too just wanted to post it before chap 111

[kyoukamybeloved]

no one talk to me. I am feeling unwell.

#aya my girl 😭😭😭 #bsd chapter 110 #bsd chap 110 #bsd chapter 1110 spoilers #bsd manga spoilers #bsd spoilers #izzie posts #i feel sick #welp #bsd aya #bram looked so sad #I cannot

[tvisnoton]

Guys haha Aya is fine don’t be silly

#bsd #bungou stray dogs #bungo gay dogs #chapter 110 #bsd spoilers #bsd chap 110 #bsd aya #SHES NOT FINE #SHES SO BOT FINE #JM NOT FINE #ASAGIRI #wtf was goin on w atsushi and aku #homoerotic

[ecordix]

/bsd chap 110 spoilers !

KMS

#HE CARES SO MUCH ABOUT HER HES LITERALLY HER DAD #JUST THESE TWO SMALL PANELS MADE ME TEAR UP #IM NOT EVEN KIDDING #bsd #bsd spoilers #bsd manga spoilers #bsd bram stoker #bsd bram #bsd aya #bsd chap 110 #bungou stray dogs

[kitkatnerds3]

BSD CHAP 110

AYA NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

In case you haven't read it yet, though I would somewhat assume you have seeing as you're reading spoilers, Aya just JUMPED OFF the FUCKING BUILDING!! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

So, her plan is obviously going to work. They wouldn't have done this much buildup if it didn't. Aya's weight will be enough to pull the sword out of Bram and that will help to fix everything somehow. The main question now is whether our little champion of justice is going to survive her great act of bravery. Cause I want to say that she will, but Asagiri doesn't exactly have a good track record when it comes to child mortality rates.

And also, like, on a happier note, Akutagawa is doing the neck bite thing to Atsushi! Which is like, barely a happy note seeing as it does mean that Atsushi has been defeated and is about to be turned into a vampire, but, sexy vampire neck bite haha God help me-

So I guess we're gonna have to wait another fucking month to see how this turns out! Yay! (<- drenched in so much sarcasm it's practically dripping)

I am scaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarred~! HahAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH- (<- screaming)(so much screaming)

See ya'll next month I guess!

#bungo stray dogs #bsd manga spoilers #bsd chap 110 #bsd aya #bsd bram #bsd akutagawa #bsd atsushi #bsd shin soukoku #AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!

[vickiiix]

3 artist 1 color palette thing with my friends

The color palette

#bungo stray dogs #bungou stray dogs #bsd #bsd atsushi #nakajjma atsushi #artists on tumblr #art #digital art #art trend #weewooo #i was messing with the lighting a bit i think it came out well #the white things are suppose to be pages btw if you cant tell #what other thing should i tag umm #atsushi nakajima #there ig im done #me pretending idc abt bsd chap 110 so it gets released faster

[ladeedayda]

I really like TCF, and I'm interested in book binding. So of course I was curious how much "book" would be needed to adapt the whole LN. I knew it was really long, so it'd take a couple big ones to include everything. Then I did some quick calculations and um. Uh. Well, here's a little math:

50k words at the minimum comfortable size and font comes out to approximately 100 pages. The average "largest" size books contains ~600 pages (at minimum size). That being said, it would kill me to read such tiny text for very long. Realistically, a comfortable font size (for me) would be 350 per page at most, so I'll be using that number moving on.

With that in mind, some of the more popular large book series like Eragon (906k total words, largest book having 280k words or 880 (803) pages) and Harry Potter (1M 84k total, largest having 257k or 870 (735) pages).

TCF has approximately 2M 150k words, 776 chapters. In part one. Ok, so... 2,150,000 words, with 1 page being ~350 words... that's 6143 pages. And if we gave each title in the series ~800 pages each, that's still 8 GIGANTIC books. TL;DR:

Eight books, 350 words per page, 800 pages each.

For reference, here's the A Song of Ice and Fire series, 1M 770k words, 4.2k pages (~400 words per page), 5 books total (~840 pages per book).

THAT'S A LOT OF BOOK.

#the trash of the count's family #Sorry the example image has like 10 pixels total LMAO #I was legitimately excited to try and make the series into a legit book that I could hold and show off #But THAT'S A LOT OF BOOK. WOW. #I don't have the patience to bind that many pages #For fun I looked up how long the average reader would take to read 2M words and uh #At average reading speed (300 wpm) it would take you 110 hours minimum. 95 if you're a fast reader (350 wpm) #If you were read for a solid 3 hours every single day it would still take you 32-37 days #If you were insane and burnout wasn't a problem you could read it in 19-22 days at 5 hrs a day #More fun numbers: avg words per chap for TCF is ~2.8k #I don't have that much time so I read about 400 chapters over the course of 1.5 months. That's abt 1.5 hrs of reading a day #Look at me being all healthy and stuff #Ahem. Anyways. I like numbers

[we-tokyoboy]

#(違刪。感謝。分享。書籤。感激) #https://www.penana.com/story/111727/14%E6%AD%B2%E3%81%AE%E6%AE%98%E9%85%B7%E9%9D%92%E6%98%A5%E7%89%A9%E8%AA%9E/issue/110 #Novel 14-Years 「Cruel」 Story：[Season 4 Chap 2 Missing Kitty@ Conquest of Paradise]

[fullscoreshenanigans]

No other option for this poll since it's based on the options that won a top 2 spot in the previous rounds.

Grace Field Kids Edition Goldy Pond Edition Lambda 7214/Paradise Hideout Edition Free-For-All Edition Other Platonic Duo Polls Suggestions Post

Copypasta'd propaganda from my other posts under the cut:

Grace Field Poll: I was glad to see how well Don & Emma and Gilda & Ray were doing on the Grace Field poll. ;w; Both feel the most criminal to me given how big of a role Don and Gilda play in the series, but ultimately I went with Gilda & Ray because I couldn't think of any moment for them that was equivalent to Don being the first of the larger group of kids to voice his support for Emma's plan:

(Chapter 130)

Except for maybe this brief exchange they added to the anime:

(S1 Episode 12)

Episode 10 also nixes the scene of Don and Gilda privately conversing in the woods in chapter 31 and instead has Ray apologizing to Don and Gilda directly rather than just Emma, which is made even more poignant when you consider how strongly he reacted to Emma and Norman giving them false hope about still being able to save Conny in chapter 11/episode 4.

He's not even trying to feign the distance he self-imposed between them in his mind at this point. He's genuinely sorry for failing them for their own sakes, not as extra able bodies who could assist Emma and Norman outside the wall. And it's a genuinely distressing sight for the two of them, seeing him at his lowest point after everything he sacrificed for this plan.

To have her then knowingly hum and hold that look of fondness for him when she sees how shocked is, after years of believing a better outcome was impossible, and how worried he is, because try as he might to keep the other children at arm's length mentally there's a way Ray frets over and looks after them that is reminiscent of Gilda's own (they are united in being the Mom Friends™ of the escapees 🤝), is such a sweet, gentle kindness that they didn't have to include but I'm very glad they did.

Goldy Pond Poll: Emma & Oliver has always felt like one of the most pertinent dynamics to come out of Goldy Pond alongside Emma & Violet with the amount of focus each are given individually as effectively the leaders of the Grace Field escapees and Goldy Pond kids, respectively, and together. The latter is significantly less, unfortunately, but Oliver usually acts as Emma's point person when she needs to confer information/plans and Norman and Ray won't work for the situation because symbolically the scene calls for a representation of larger group cohesion with the kids she didn't grow up with.

Also, after losing so many older siblings at Grace Field and becoming the big sister/leader of them, it's nice to have her regain that kind of relationship with any of the Goldy Pond group; Oliver just happens to have more panels dedicated to it lol

(Chapter 69)

(Chapter 110 & 111)

(Chapter 122; this moment is so minuscule, but again we have Oliver acting in a leader role and Emma using him as a point of reference to confirm that taking it easy in this new place is wise and safe for everyone. If even Oliver thinks it's okay to act like this—to say nothing of the way he tells her so gently and in so few words—then she can rest a little more soundly.)

(Chapter 161)

(Chapter 179; he's not the only one given focus here, but I like that he's the one this bit ends on to drive the point home to Norman and Ray about Emma.)

And then this piece by @nagaikei-ajin is my favorite of the two of them for the intensity and parallels.

i want to believe emma and oliver are carrying on yugo and lucas’ will and even got a pair of gloves for remembrance... 

Free-For-All Poll: I'm glad other people are also fucked up by this panel of Ayshe & Mujika:

(Chapter 144)

The way she's staring at Mujika in rapt attention, left hand grabbing for hers while she holds her right in front of her chest to show how animated she is in the conversation, either because she's gesturing to herself or is at a loss for words in the the excitement of the moment or because the adrenaline from the skirmish with Hayato and Jin is wearing off and trying to will the words to spill forth.

It's been months since she's been able to hold a conversation with anyone in the language her father passed down to her because he believed it was something worth preserving of his culture from a millennia ago, so to be able to have that back with someone as kind and graciously loving as Mujika is something special.

#The Promised Neverland #Yakusoku no Neverland #TPN #TPN Polls #FSS Polls #FSS Shenanigans #TPN Cast #Grace Field Kids #Goldy Pond Crew #Lambda Gang #TPN Don #TPN Emma #TPN Gilda #TPN Ray #TPN Norman #TPN Ayshe #TPN Alicia #TPN Gillian #Mujika #TPN Yuugo #TPN Vincent #TPN Phil #TPN Oliver #TPN Violet #TPN Barbara #TPN Cislo #TPN Smee

[mari-lair]

Chap 110 in Akane's pov! A gift to @iamhereinthebg

#This is the most 'head empty just insanity' fic i ever wrote #Did it in one siting getting ideas as i wrote so ill polish it tomorrow when i am not sleepy af enjoy #Tbhk #toilet bound hanako kun #Jshk #jibaku shounen hanako kun #tbhk 110 #jshk 110

[razberryyum]

Favorite moments from MDZS manhua chapter 253 - 254:

(covers novel chaps 109 - 111, adapted in audio drama S3Ep16-17, donghua ep 35 & The Untamed ep 50)

The Guanyin Temple saga comes to an end

Chapter 253 from last week consisted mostly of Wei Ying sleuthing and figuring out who's the mastermind behind everything since his return

All of a sudden WangXian looking super chibi cute comes outta nowhere to attac

I just... really liked these flashback panels of when Wei Ying first returned, then as Yiling Laozu and then getting to see Mo Xuanyu as himself before Wei Ying took over his body. Thank you MXY for giving up your life and body so WangXian could finally be together. I hope you're happy wherever you are now, and may your next life be tons happier than the one you gave up.

Chapter 254:

Wei Ying's reaction 😂😂😂

I'm amazed Uncle Lan didn't spit up blood.

Seeing the juniors flock to WangXian made me a little emotional. Uncle's reaction just made it more perfect. Also I think this is the first time I heard anyone call Wei Ying "Laozu Qianbei". 😂 If it happened before I somehow missed it.

😢😢😢

Yes this got me emotional too 😢😢😢

And this too...Jiang Cheng looking on like an outsider. Also the soft look he had on top when he was talking about Chengqing. If MXTX-laoshi ever was generous enough to produce one more extra, I really hope it includes a scene where WangXian has dinner together with Big Bro Xichen, Jiang Cheng, Jin Ling, and the other juniors, and they're all happy and having a great time.

😭😭😭 This is the final stretch folks, just two more book chapters to cover and the main story will come to its conclusion. The manhua sped through chapter 110 this time so who knows how quickly it'll cover the last two main chapters. There's of course the full on consummation ppp scene coming up but I'm not holding my breath that we'll get much for that officially (hopefully manhua artist MTXJJ-laoshi will post the uncut version on her Twitter). I really hope they'll cover the extra book chapters too cuz contrary to what some people have been led to think, it's not just about WangXian ppping (altho there is definitely a good amount of that too🔥). The extras are so wonderful and I really hope they get covered in the manhua as well.

~

Official raws of the manhua (behind paywall): Kuaikanmanhua

Order English release of the og MDZS novels (mother of all adaptations) at Sevenseasdanmei

MDZS carrd for all adaptations of MDZS: here

Thank you to Exiled Rebels for first fan-translating the novel!

Panel translations by this lowly one, shortcomings are therefore inevitable.

#mo dao zu shi #mdzs #wangxian #grandmaster of demonic cultivation #the untamed #founder of diabolism #wei wuxian #lan wangji #mdzs manhua #lan qiren #lan sizhui #mo xuanyu #jin ling #jin fairy #jiang cheng #nie huaisang

[thelunarfairy]

Hey lunarfairy, i think sakura was the god.

This chap 110 tsukasa said that god will grant his wish and amane, if they destroy all the yorishiro. and in chapter 109, tsukasa said that he need to destroy yorishiro as sakura wish.

Okay that's all this is just my thought

Hey Anon ^^

It's a very interesting theory, I've seen some people talking about it, it makes a lot of sense, I made a post about it, take a look.

But to complement, I will tell you that I have doubts about how many Gods there are, is it just one? two?

Is the creature that lives with Tsukasa a God? He calls him that.

Is he the same God of the Sumire abyss?

If so, the mysteries are working for him, but why would Sakura be against that?

Opposing gods with opposing desires. Sakura is over a hundred years old, she will stay alive even if everything is destroyed, even the supernatural ones, she is trapped in school, she knows a lot of information and seems weak.

We haven't seen any signs of her getting stronger with the removal of the seals, in fact we haven't seen her do anything. Even when she and Natsuhiko talk about the possibility of being caught by Hanako she asks if Natsuhiko will protect her.

She made a bond with Tsukasa, so she should be dead, right?

There's something missing, there's something missing

I need to organize my ideas better

#jibaku shounen hanako kun #toilet bound hanako kun #jshk #tbhk #amane yugi #hanako kun #yugi twins #hanakokun #aidairo #jshk spoilers #sakura tbhk #jshk sakura #sakura nanamine #nanamine sakura #jshk theories #tbhk manga

[esper-octopus]

something i made bc of bsd chap. 110

(the big words read "what the fuck" and the small words behind it read "i'm fine")

#bsd chapter 110 #BSD FANS CANNOT BE HAPPY. #bungou stray dogs #NOOOO NOOOO PLEASE YOU CAN'T SO THIS ASAGIRI #WHAT THE FUCK.

[scalamore]

Novel Summary from Ch 110-111 (Part 5)

Lariette kept on frowning, despite being asleep. Rupert, who’s staring over her, wondered if she was dreaming or was experiencing a nightmare; but based on her expression, it looked as though she’d rather sleep forever, choosing to experience those nightmares over reality. He felt like he could do anything in his ability to wake her up, and chewed on his chapped lips again. I want you.

He calmly admitted. It was a bitter acknowledgement. It as a mess of denial and confusion.

He didn’t want her because she was the perfect one. Simply, it had to be her. He had no real reason otherwise.

He looked down at her, who was breathing heavily.

“You don’t like me, do you?” He knew those eyes held hatred for him. That was fine. What wasn’t was her running away. Even if she escaped by crossing the river of the dead, it was unacceptable for her not to be his.

Rupert didn’t possess much. As such, he wasn’t the type to let his things go easily. At first glance, he was similar to the Emepror who desired his mother. He could somewhat understand why that man clung to a doll that was neither dead or alive. But that small misunderstanding was enough to cause him to hate himself. After all, how could one understand such a beast, worse than a monster who destroyed everything?

However, he also believed that there wasn’t anything he could do if Lariette died there and then. There was no way he wouldn’t use force to save her. This was the first time he saw someone’s life like this. The emotion he felt was so new, it was impossible for him to define it. When Eva had died, he was simply relieved because he felt bad for her. He was glad when her horrible life finally ended. “Do you want to die because I desired you?”

 It wasn’t right, or wrong. He buried his hands in her arms and sighed.

I ruined you.

He was a coward. Although he was afraid of becoming like that man, he was more terrified of her dying.

But she was much, much more cunning than him.

He wondered as he watched Lariette slowly opened her eyes. He admired how pretty she was as the beams of sunlight casted on her snow-white face and eyelids. His feelings grew stronger. He had fallen hopelessly for her, the one who completely deceived him with her innocent gaze. You are sly, Lariette Isabelle de Belois. Out of all the people he’d met in his life, she had manipulated him in the most cowardly way – she stole his heart. She most likely knew he wouldn’t bat any eye to any personal threats or danger. She didn’t threaten to seize the throne using House Belois’ forces. She didn’t try to run away either. Instead, she threatened him by using her own life. It was such a small threat, but he was so scared she would go through with it, so he watched helplessly, unable to do a thing. In terms of risk and benefit, her death was not a loss at all. How useful could the former Emperor’s daughter be, when the people didn’t even remember his name? She wasn’t a particularly useful maid either. However, it would be a big deal for him if Lariette disappeared. He felt as though the world will collapse completely. “Lariette.”

He could see her scarlet lips wince as he called her name.

“Get up now.”

Usually she didn’t listen to his commands properly, but this time she magically came to her senses immediately. He was relieved to see her awake, but would soon regret it.

“Please leave me alone.”

His heart shattered to pieces before he could even ask her why she tried to die. The first thing she said as soon as she woke up was to leave her alone. She was begging him to let her die.

She didn’t request to return to Belois. She also knew how ridiculous that request was – but it was much more ridiculous for her to ask him to let her die. She should’ve known that. He became upset knowing she was aware that he would never be able to watch her take her own life. He was also devastated by the fact she didn’t trust him at all.

“I’m sorry...”

“Don’t apologize.”

Laliette sobbed and kept apologizing, but Rupert didn’t want to hear anymore. She was cruel. Despite her crying he did not feel sorry at all. He lifted his barely moving hand to wipe away her tears. She kept crying to the point that it seemed her body would completely shrivel up.

It felt like if he touched her, she would vanish like a ghost.

Was she always this pale?

“Don’t cry.”

“Your Highness– I mean, Your Majesty should not cry.”

“When did I cry?” He gave a faint laugh – it was a while since he last laughed, but before he could finish, she spoke up. His mouth dried.

“Do you love me?”

“…What’s love?”

It was a childish but genuine question. Rupert didn’t understand what she was asking.

"Can you do something when you don't know about it?"

"Of course I can."

Laliette's expression was unreadable. It was an ambiguous face that showed no indication whether she was smiling or crying. Although her tears were soaking her cheeks, she was trying to smile.

"Does Your Majesty know how it feels to die?"

“.......”

"Can you continue living forever just because you haven’t experienced death? Things like that exist in the world. Things you won’t understand until you experience them firsthand. Love is one of those things. It's the same for me."

“So?”

"Please don’t love me."

"I don't love you."

She seemed to be relieved hearing Rupert's flat answer.

"You told me to tell you what I desire, right?"

“Yeah.”

"As long as I don't die?”

Laliette's voice became clearer. Rupert was overcome with anxiety when her round light-brown eyes fixed on him. What would she say to him this time?

"I won't die. I won’t return to Belois either, so you don't have to worry about a rebellion."

“I never worried.”

“The only condition is that I never see you again."

“.......”

“For the rest of my life, I don't want to see you ever again."

It was hard for him to breathe.

"I don't want a relationship with you. We have a terrible relationship."

Rupert couldn’t say anything. He wondered if she knew how cruel she was being. He stood there, unable to breathe, but she continued speaking. He felt cold. It was as if she ripped his heart out and submered it in a frozen lake.

“Why.” Rupert quietly asked.

She stopped speaking.

She stared at him with widened eyes before looking down at the floor. She was crying again.

"Because it hurts so much."

"What is?"

"Deceiving you, Your Majesty. Don't let me hurt you in another way again."

"I said it's fine. I told you I don’t care.”

"Even if Your Majesty is okay with it, the guilt consumes me. I'm very selfish so I don’t want to endure it."

"It's okay if I don't love you then.”

"No, Your Majesty. If you don't listen to me now, I won’t have any other choice."

"Why not?"

"I apologize for my impertinence... But it’s too difficult for me to stay by Your Majesty’s side."

“Lariette.”

"Your Majesty, if you don't listen, it’ll be so hard on me I’ll want to die. I want to leave."

Rupert was speechless. Just hearing those words drained him. How could such a weak voice have that much impact? He didn't even have the energy to complain. He felt numb and hopeless.

“…Don’t die. I’m sorry.”

“Your Majesty, don’t hold onto me.”

Ah.

Rupert gave a small nod. He heard those words before from Eva. It was the last words his mother cried out before she died.

“Don't hold onto me,” she cried out as she tore herself apart from the emperor’s grasp.

Laliette had allowed it though.

"You said I could.”

"I don't think it’s possible anymore."

He was upset at Laliette for telling him to do this and that. But he realized she was just like Eva. That desperation was understandable. She must’ve wanted to run away. She probably didn’t even want to breathe the same air as him.

Rupert had no choice but to nod. It was natural. There was no way an ordinary person like her would want to stay by his side. She wanted to protect House Belois, and he had already promised her he would.

Rupert could have turned into a doll like his mother. However, he had no desire to do that. He could have snapped her ankles so she couldn’t go anywhere, then locked her up inside a bird cage and watched her for his own pleasure.

But he couldn't.

It’s not that he didn’t want to act like the Emperor had, rather, he was afraid Lariette would become just like Eva. Her heart would stop beating but she was still alive. However, she wouldn’t be the same as she was before.

He didn't want to make it so that she could never comment on the pretty wild flowers again.

“Alright...”

If you hate me, I'll live like a dead man.

"Don't even dream about me either."

Those cruel words cut deep like a knife, shredding him apart and leaving nothing behind.