This Time, I'll Be the Villain's Favorite Daughter novel Chapter 256

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This Time, I’ll Be the Villain’s Favorite Daughter

Chapter 256 Goodbye, Edric

If Edric were there, they probably wouldn’t be fooled by the pilot so easily.

Edric shook his head. “I can’t leave.”

If he left, then the Clarks would be even less likely to let this group of kids off.

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After parting ways with Number 61 and the others, Edric sat on the ground, staring at the dirt- either spacing out or lost in thought.

When Maya looked his way, the boy broke into a bright smile and spoke up on his own. “Maya, when the time comes, all of you should run together.

“Just leave the gunmen to me to deal with.”

He could guess that Maya was planning to act alone.

But Edric didn’t want her to go.

The boy’s voice tightened slightly. “I know you don’t belong here. It’s like you appeared out of thin air.

“You’re not like the rest of us.

“Maya, there’s no reason for you to do anything for our sake.

“I’ve never left home since I was little, and the only time I ever went out was because of this training.” He sat on the ground and tilted his face up, the sunlight falling across his soft, gentle features. “Out there, it’s freedom.

“So you should get out too.”

This was his business.

He didn’t want this slaughter to begin or end because of him.

He didn’t want his companions to die.

He no longer wanted to continue doing things the way Philbert did.

He wanted to make a choice for himself.

Even if it was only once.

Edric said a great deal all in one breath. “I’ve met a lot of people in the past.

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“Plenty of people around me have died too. Every time someone I knew died, I cried. And afterward, I forced myself to forget.”

Edric had had all sorts of people around him, whether teachers or attendants, or playmates who he treated like friends. After he’d known them for a while, they’d either vanish or die.

He was forever the one left behind.

Edric lowered his head and gripped the gun he’d taken off the gunman.

He said it again, “You have to leave with them, Maya.

“Go hide now, and leave the rest to me.”

He could fire a gun.

He wasn’t the good–for–nothing his elders said he was.

Maya hadn’t expected him to have this kind of resolve, and she was mildly taken aback, watching the boy’s hand clenched around the gun and his slightly trembling shoulders, her voice going soft. “So you want to play the hero for once, send us off, and stay behind yourself?

“Edric, even if your grandfather hired them, they won’t hold back against you when their lives are on the line.

“There are six people left. And you? You’re just a kid, all alone. Are you sure?”

For someone with an edge like Maya, it was one thing. But for a kid like Edric, the difficulty was far too high.

Going up against them alone was no different from walking to his death.

Edric smiled. “Yeah.

“So before we say goodbye, could you tell me your name?”

The corner of her mouth twitched, and she answered honestly, “My name’s Maya.”

“All right, Maya.”

Edric switched to the new name right away, pressing his lips together, his expression still helplessly shy. “You know, the way I’d first imagined it, you were supposed to come with me. I was supposed to bring you home.

“What a shame.

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“If I get to see you again next time…” Edric tightened his arms around her, leaned in to her ear, and laughed softly. “I’ll definitely bring you home.”

Maya pinched his cheek lightly, displeased. “But Edric, next time we meet, not only will you not remember me, you’ll actually threaten me.”

Edric, his cheek caught in her fingers, shook his head hard. “I’d never…”

“Okay, okay, don’t get worked up.” Maya’s voice was gentle. “It’s fine even if you don’t remember

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“I’ll always remember the first time I saw you.”

This earnest little crybaby in front of her would stay in her memory forever.

Maya told the system to step in and let him slowly drift off to sleep.

Better that than having him underfoot for what came next.

“Grow up well, Edric.

“The future’s good, and getting to know you was good too.”

Edric looked at her, his eyelids suddenly growing heavy, so heavy his awareness began to blur. Maya’s voice grew fainter by the second.

She caught the boy steadily as he slipped into sleep and said softly, “Goodbye, Edric.”

Goodbye, Edric.

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