In my previous life, Robin had used this exact same pretense to lure me to my death.I forced a shy nod and said, "Okay. I've prepared a gift for you as well."I followed her up to the top deck. The lighting was dismal, and the railing was trembling, as if it had been tampered with.Robin walked to the railing, her back to me. Her voice turned icy all of a sudden. "Look how deep the sea is. If you fell, you'd probably lose consciousness really quickly, wouldn't you?"Then, she spun around and tried to press a handkerchief that stank of ether against my face. I didn't even see it coming.Kyle, who was hiding in a corner, ran over and tried to hurl me over the railing.If this were the old me, I would have been paralyzed with fear. But since our rebirth, Cynthia and I had been secretly mastering self-defense. Before Kyle charged toward me, I suddenly dropped into a low crouch. His momentum sent him crashing straight into Robin. Her pregnancy made her unsteady on her feet, and the
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