章 440: A New Purpose

[BONUS]

"Where did Isolde go? The one who got violated is me. How come she was the one running away as if she had been the one taken advantage of?" Leonel muttered to himself.

After a moment, a shadow loomed over him that made him squint.

"Ah! There you are! Where did you go?! Is that liquor I sniff on you? Anyway, get me out of here." Leonel stopped speaking when he noticed that Isolde's flushed face buckled into a sad smile like she was going to cry.

"W-wait. Why are you crying? I should be the one crying. I was the one who got violated here."

"Leo."

Leonel paused and became defensive. "W-what?"

"Am I . . . ugly?"

". . . Huh?"

"All my past boyfriends admitted that the reason why they broke up with me was that they thought of me as a man and that . . . I'm not beautiful enough–"

"You are beautiful, Isolde," Leonel interrupted her. "You're beautiful inside and out."