"I came with this bag, so I had to guard it properly because you were lurking in the dark before," I said, my voice shaking even though I didn’t want it to, clutching the old, beaten leather bag tighter against my chest like it was some kind of shield made of magic, like it could protect me from whatever or whoever he was. I hated that my voice trembled. I hated that my knees felt like soft jelly under my weight. I hated that I could barely breathe in the thick air of that long, narrow hallway, where the walls felt like they were leaning in, like they were watching me too.I wanted to sound brave, truly I did. I wanted to stand tall the way my mother had taught me before she died, telling me to never bow my head even if the ground was shaking, even if monsters were real. But the truth was, I couldn’t do it anymore.The words came out shaky, fragile, like a string about to snap, and my arms felt frozen stiff, like they were carved from ice, thin cold sticks of fear wrapped in skin that
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