Defy Me If You Can のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 121 - チャプター 123

But her grandmother wouldn’t understand it, and Vanessa didn’t feel like explaining all of this again to her, especially when her grandmother would never understand it anyway. There were some things that were simply impossible to explain to someone who had already decided how the world worked, and Vanessa had already learned that trying to make Grandmother Sayor see things differently would only end with the same arguments they had before. So instead, she remained quiet, stirring the soup in front of her as the faint steam rose toward her face. She frowned slightly before looking down at the bowl.“I think that today’s soup smells weird.”“Is it?” Grandmother Sayor didn’t look up as she spoke, continuing to sip the soup from her own spoon, and so did her father. Neither of them seemed bothered by Vanessa’s comment, their attention remaining on their meals as though nothing about the soup was unusual. Vanessa continued to stare at the bowl, her nose slightly wrinkled as she tried to id

Victor turned and walked with decisive steps, his expression already settling into the cold composure he was known for. In a situation like this, he knew exactly what had to be done first. There was only one answer, after all: find the source of the problem and eliminate it. Whatever had caused Madam Sayor to turn into a nocturne had to be stopped before it could spread any further.But as his feet carried him down the corridor, they seemed to hesitate.Madam Sayor.And Jane.Wasn’t killing Madam Sayor the priority?Victor’s jaw tightened.In this kind of situation, the weakest would die first. That was the rule of the world, a rule he had been taught and learned ever since he was a child. It was simple, cruel, and absolute. Everyone who entered this world would eventually be forced to obey the strongest, and those who refused would eventually meet the only answer that remained for them.Death.Victor had never questioned that rule.Not when he was young.Not when he had watched weake