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."

tugged on his hair and leaned against my shoulder, blaming himself. We stood there for a good while, and I felt

understand the truth and reason behind the fire

allow anyone to burn them to death in the

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

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 more terrifying than the masked woman

to kill those people

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

had locked the door. He thought that this would trap Simeon in. He didn't want Simeon to go to extremes and down to the path of no

he thought. They actually lit a fire. Combined with the orphanage's aging electrical system, that spark of fire

as guilt washed over him. He shielded Steven, who was knocked out

died in the fire

within him, turning him into a devil