Revenge After Death

Chapter 603

"There was a fire outside, and they locked the door. The fire was spreading quickly, and we... we couldn't escape_" Steven whispered with a trembling voice.

He couldn't help but still tremble upon recalling those past experiences of his.

"Actually, we might've had a chance at escaping if I had worked with Simeon. But we argued in the dorm that day, and it escalated into a fight." Steven looked up at me. "He accidentally struck me too hard, and I blacked out..."

Stunned, I looked at him in disbelief. I didn't know something like this had happened.

"Simeon... knocked you out?" Even my voice was trembling.

Steven continued, "He was too extreme. He wanted to kill everyone in the advanced class, and I was stopping him. I knew that they had locked the door from the outside and were deliberately holding him back.

"I never thought those people would start a fire. I thought it was just a prank to mess with us... They never expected the electrical system of the orphanage to short circuit. That spark of fire ended up resulting in a disaster."

and leaned against my shoulder, blaming himself. We stood there for a good

the truth and reason behind the

They would never allow anyone to burn them to

crawled up from the bottom. There was both an angel and a demon

was just like what Steven had said—a person's nature would either keep them sane or lead them astray. If Simeon were to kill, he would've been

the reason Simeon had wanted to kill those people from the advanced class. It

stopped him that day. Simeon struck Steven out of anger and

that those people outside had locked the door. He thought that this would trap Simeon in. He didn't want Simeon to go to extremes and

the orphanage were worse than he thought. They actually lit a fire. Combined with the orphanage's aging electrical system, that spark of fire ended up causing an explosion that engulfed the entire room

himself as guilt washed over him. He shielded Steven, who was knocked out by him, tightly in front of him. He rather let the

must have willingly died in

afraid of being consumed by the demon within him, turning him into