Chapter 5508: Give Yourself an Answer
"They wouldn't hurt me."
The Young Scholar knew that, of course.
"They had no reason to lie to me, either."
"But..."
The Young Scholar felt like he was about to fall apart.
"How am I supposed to doubt myself?"
The Young Scholar covered his face with both hands.
"I saw it..."
"I really saw it..."
"More than once, too."
"...It isn't an auspicious sign..."
"It really exists."
"Little brother..."
The woodcutter and the woman were startled by the Young Scholar's behavior.
The woman felt bad for him, her heart softening...
She looked at the woodcutter.
Had they pushed Little Brother too hard?
The next moment, the woman froze.
"...Dear..."
Her voice wavered slightly.
The woodcutter's expression was grim.
Very grim.
Hearing what the Young Scholar had just said, the woodcutter felt a deep sense of empathy.
He understood his little brother's anguish.
Because he felt the same way.
His little brother had been his pride since childhood.
He had always treated him well.
No matter what happened, he had always taken his little brother's side.
Or so he had thought.
He never imagined...
That something so incomprehensible could happen.
His little brother insisted that he had seen a Black Monster that no one else could see...
The woodcutter could no longer take his little brother's side.
He hoped his little brother would come to his senses.
He hoped he would realize he was wrong...
That there was no Black Monster at all...
But his little brother's near-breakdown just now made the woodcutter realize even more deeply...
Getting his little brother to accept that...
Would be hard.
Very hard.
How could the woodcutter not feel...
The woodcutter took a deep breath.
He tried to rein in the emotions starting to