“It… really… hurts…” I muttered.0

There was no way Hee-Ra was the kind of person who would strangle a little kid to death. Strictly speaking, she was not suffering from madness. She was simply being consumed by her instinct. She instinctively craved power. More than that, she wanted to crush powerful opponents. 0

A mere child could irritate her, but I doubted if she would see them as worth the effort to kill, especially when the kid wasn't showing even an ounce of will to fight. 0

If the kid were to stand tall, laugh in her face, and mock her, it would be a different story. 0

If the kid showed fear and came off as weak and unworthy of her wrath, then I believed that she wouldn't harm that kid.0

‘Right? You won’t hurt me, right?’0

For now, I had no choice but to take the position of someone pleading to be spared. I believed it was the right answer, and it really was the right answer. Sure enough, I could feel the pressure in her grip slowly easing. Strictly speaking, she hadn’t been using her full strength, but at the very least, it was getting easier to breathe compared to before.0

‘One wrong move and I...0