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>”N-...No...”
“No?” you replied
“You...you killed my comrades. Terrorized this village for who knows how long...and now you want me to spare your life?”
>She let out a painful scream as you gripped her heart even tighter than before
>”F...ine...go ahead. Do it...” she said, panting a and sweating heavily from the pain
>”K-...Kill me, then.”
>Small tears formed in the corner of her eyes. You weren’t sure if it was from you choking the life out of her, or if it was from the sheer horror of the situation she found herself in
>Either way, you didn’t care. This creature had to be destroyed
“With pleasure,” you said, gripping the heart again, one last time
>”Wait!” you heard Heinrich say, as he hurried to the monster’s side
“What are you doing, boy? Get away from her. I’m going to—“
>”Please, sir, please spare her.”
“What!?”
>The very idea that this boy would rush to the aid of this monster was beyond you
>”I know, it’s crazy to say it. I know she’s killed people, but...but...please, she was a human too, once.”
“A...human?”
>Heinrich told you a bit about her untimely death as a human, and her deal she made with a Lich in exchange for her borrowed time
>What Heinrich told you began to convince you that maybe, just maybe, she didn’t deserve to die
>At least, not as much as you had previously thought
>You kneeled down to the doubled over ghoul, stretching out your hand to her face, still holding her heart, and you told her,
“Eat it.”