Even he was afraid to look directly into Eight Number's eyes......."I think I have made my point clear enough," Eight Number said, but his voice trembled again: "I also thought she could understand."He looked at Miss Deer, his face full of helplessness and sorrow: "But I never expected that even after explaining everything to her, and ensuring that I would judge you as a monster...
she still made an unexpected decision.
She didn't refuse my request for her to sue you, but the one she sued was not you...""She sued herself.""..."Land Shin suddenly lifted his head, unsure what to say."She said if justice must be given to those children who died, then she should be the one judged," Eight Number continued, slowly squatting down and looking at Miss Deer.
He seemed exhausted: "So I left as soon as you returned...
I wanted to talk to you, but I had to deal with this matter.""I went to Midnight Court to explain it was a misunderstanding...""But I never expected things would be so complicated because not only did she sue herself, but she confessed directly too.""The contract of judgment with Midnight Court has already been established.""And once the contract is made...
it cannot be broken.""Even more so," he added, "Midnight Court investigated and confirmed a fact..."As if using up all his strength, he slowly said: "She was indeed guilty."......"What?"Land Shin understood Eight Number's explanation.
The truth caused him to feel complex emotions, lost in confusion.But when Eight Number finished speaking, he suddenly looked stunned.
At that moment, he felt Midnight Court seemed absurd.If the initial misunderstanding could be roughly understood, what happened later was nonsense.How could Miss Deer possibly be guilty?Miss Deer...
she..."Indeed, I am guilty," a weak voice suddenly rang out.
Land Shin and Eight Number turned their heads to see Miss Deer had opened her eyes.
Her face was unusually pale from the blood loss;her spirit was on the brink of collapse, making her gaze unfocused as she struggled to sit up on the couch, slowly pulling her legs under it with a dazed motion."Really."She lifted her head weakly and looked at Eight Number, then at Land Shin, explaining softly: "A knife that kills is not guilty;it's the one who holds the knife.
A monster that eats people isn't guilty;it’s...
the person who released the monster!""So I am guilty...""From the very beginning, everything that happened was my fault.""..." Her expression blank and dazed, she looked at Land Shin with a faint smile: "Nine Number, from the start, I knew you were a monster."