Chương 467: Drink [4]

I wasn't even sure why I was doing what I was doing. 

What I had told Leon wasn't exactly the truth. While the nickname did bother me, I wasn't helping Linus because of that. 

'Ah, fuck. Why did I even have to remember that moment again?' 

Rubbing my head with my free arm, I looked at the trembling Linus before me. His expression was pale and his eyes were unfocused. 

Whatever he was experiencing, it was probably traumatizing. 

'...He might misunderstand this and even think I'm messing with him, but that's fine.' 

I thought back to the time when I first came into this world. 

To the time when everything felt foreign to me and I was suddenly thrust into a precarious situation that could've cost me my life. 

'Even now, I can still remember the cold touch of Leon's blade against my neck...'