“Please… would you just die?” I requested.0

It was important to look him straight in the eye. I had to convey my intent clearly, and I believed that, to some extent, it had already been delivered to him. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have bothered saying all these things to him.0

‘Though I’m not completely certain that this bastard values his own life above all else. There’s a chance that’s just my delusion.’0

Perhaps things had simply gone wrong. Even in the thousand-year war, the fact that he alone survived was probably not because he lacked the courage to sacrifice himself for others, but because the events just happened to unfold that way. 0

His survival was probably not because he wanted to live. There was also a chance that he was genuinely looking further ahead, so it couldn't be said that he lacked the courage to die in Kim Hyun-Sung’s place.0

There was no guarantee that everything I told him was true, but what mattered was that the conversation we just had would force him to reflect on himself. I was certain he would reminisce. Even if that hadn’t been his intention, people living with...0