I was afraid to even breathe because every breath of air seemed to tear my organs.

�I wish time would stop.�

Who can dream of a hopeful future in a life where every moment is painful?

�I have to endure it.�

At least Gaold did, so she clenched her fists and took a deep breath.

�Keugh!�

Just as the signal of pain pierced his brain, Gaold�s voice was heard from the door of the watchtower.

�Initially���

Standing side by side with Maze, he looked down at the city and opened his mouth.

�I am angry.�When you�re too angry, listen to fight the pain.�Picking up the wounds, prodding them.�But how long can that be?�In the end, you are the one who hurts.�

Before I got emotionally ill, I thought it was all about putting up with the pain.

�Pain is not like that.�

Any terrible pain can be endured if there is hope that one day it will go away.

�True pain is���

The fact that it never ends.

�Can I hold on, can I?�Will I be able to fight to the end without succumbing to pain?�

like Gaold.

�Stupid child.�how����How can I live like this?�

I thought I understood all human emotions on the journey to the extreme.

How arrogant.

�Human beings shouldn�t talk carelessly about things they haven�t experienced.�

I thought I knew Gaold�s pain.

It will be hard enough to die.�It will hurt thousands, tens of thousands of times more than if my hand was cut.

that would be really terrible

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should have been silent

At least I shouldn�t have made any judgments about his pain.

Gaold asked.

�Are you really going?�

There is no way to survive in the spirit of Ymir, where 10 billion Gaians are united. JrNovels.com