“What… did you say?”

For a moment, I thought I had misheard him.

“Didn’t catch that? I’m the one who placed the curse on Raphne.”

But with his words that drove the point home, I realized I hadn’t misheard anything.

“To be precise, I ordered the curse to be placed on her.”

“Why… why would you do something like that?!”

The Curse of Fear — a curse that makes it impossible to have any interactions with others.

Anyone afflicted with such a curse would be condemned to live a life of eternal loneliness.

Why?

Why would you…

“…Answer me!! Why …