They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 559

Chapter 559: What It Does To Me

His words tumbled out fast, a mix of fear and anger. "We wanted you to have time to grieve before we started working something out. And all this time... all these weeks... you were planning this suicide mission—" he pointed sharply again "—behind our backs?"

Nnenna’s eyes glistened. Her hands trembled, but her voice didn’t falter. "You don’t understand. I need this. I can’t move on with my life if I don’t do this. Even if it means I die, I don’t care. I’m already... I feel so empty." Her voice broke into a whisper. "I just need to avenge him. Please. Just let me do this. If I die, then I die."

The words struck Carl harder than a blade. For a moment, he just stood there, frozen, unable to process what she had just said.

He had thought, no, he had believed, that giving her space these past two months was helping her heal. That silence meant recovery. That her distance was just her way of grieving.

But now... now he saw it. All this time, while they thought they were respecting her wishes, she had been quietly building this... this death wish.

His stomach twisted. By trying to honor her pain, had we only let it fester into this?

While Carl was still reeling from her words, Nnenna had already stormed out the door and was halfway down the stairs.

He bolted after her. "I’m not letting you leave!"

She whirled around, her eyes blazing. "And what are you going to do, stop me?"

takes." Carl moved in front of her, blocking the stairway. His

was just... him. And that made it even scarier, because Nnenna knew, once Carl

that your training level is way beyond university students, but if I don’t do this now, I’ll

could see she wasn’t thinking straight anymore, her grief had

the halls, echoing sharp and loud until the entire castle stirred. Servants peeked

Ava, and their parents appeared, alerted by the commotion. They

look on Carl’s face,

Something big was unfolding.

down she knew the truth, she couldn’t get past him. Not today. Not like this. So she stood

voice was no longer cold, but the weight

mean nothing to you, Nnenna? Emily, Ava, Arthur, their parents... me? We’ve been here for you as long as I can remember. And yet, because you lost

Her lips trembled, the word coming out sharper than she intended. But it didn’t matter. It already sounded wrong. Because the way he said it... it was

softened, but his tone stayed firm,

to put us all through another round of pain? Is that why

cracked, leaving only silence as she stared at him. The pain in his eyes was clear, raw, and heavy, and for once she realized

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