Her Tale of Shim Chong

· @manga_collector· Seri (세리)

Chapter 96

1. "No!!"

1. "W-Why...?"

1. "If I drop you, it's over." 2. "...I know you were lying earlier." 3. "I felt how much your hands were shaking!"

1. The warmth of her tiny hand, her racing pulse... 2. Even in the icy cold air, I could feel them 3. crying out that she's still alive. 4. "Never talk about wanting to die again, got it?"

1. "You're scared too," 2. "aren't you?" 3. "Nng... Waaaaahhh!!"

1. So afraid.

1. "It's okay, I lied too." 2. "I never killed Dok."

1. I couldn't bring myself to do it, 2. just like I couldn't leave him in that fire. 3. He's done nothing wrong.

1. They all despise me. 2. A shameless harlot, 3. who abandoned her own son.

1. "There she goes, starting fights again." 2. "She really is a shameless woman..." 3. Do I need to grin and bear it? Because they're right, it is my fault... 4. "...Why do you keep talking like that?" 5. "......?"

1. "You keep calling yourself a heartless, terrible mother." 2. "I couldn't tell you what a good mother is since I've never had one myself," 3. "but everyone sings my father's praises just 'cause he goes begging with me sometimes."

1. I wanted to be told it was not my fault. 2. "Ha, I guess you're right..."

1. That day, I was saved by a beggar girl. 2. "Ugh, it's so cold now I've sobered up." 3. "What was I even doing out in this weather!?" 4. Was I just shaking earlier 'cause I was cold too? 5. "Once winter passes and spring comes..."

1. "I should go see the flowers in the village." 2. "It would be a shame to stay cooped up inside all the time out of fear for what others think." 3. That's all I ever really wanted... 4. To live my life with no care for what others thought of me.

1. Even though life got no better... 2. "What's wrong with you!?" 3. "You thought I'd just forget you sneaking in last night!?" 4. "W-What!?"

1. "I bet you were hoping for some fun with a lonely single mother, huh?" 2. "I swear, if I so much as see your face anywhere near my house again, the plague god will smite you down!" 3. "Someone get this crazy witch off of me!" 4. "Play innocent all you like, I—"

1. "Oh? Shim Chong?" 2. "Hey! Don't you run away from me!" 3. "Come back here! I need to make sure"