This Time, I'll Be the Villain's Favorite Daughter novel Chapter 384

Chapter 384 Love?

“Like you said, I don’t have much empathy.”

Finished

He didn’t revere life. He never bothered counting the blood on his hands, because those numbers meant nothing to him.

He looked down on everyone except his own family.

Alfred also didn’t respect his own life.

Pain or death didn’t matter to him. He didn’t even possess a basic sense of fear or suffering.

“But on the first day she arrived at our home, Mom told me to protect my younger sister.” Alfred watched Snowfinch approach step by step, his voice so soft it almost sounded like self–talk. “I promised her.”

Yes.

Of course he would protect her.

Give him a little time.

For her, he would learn how to be a proper brother.

Even if he didn’t truly understand what love was.

He would still dedicate himself to her.

That was likely the only distorted way Alfred knew how to express affection.

“You really aren’t afraid of death, are you?” Snowfinch’s voice suddenly closed in, his blade cutting through the cold fog. “Any last words?”

“No.”

Alfred didn’t move away. He slightly lifted his chin, calm to the extreme, even smiling faintly “When I came here, I never planned to leave alive, sir.”

He seized Snowfinch in return and pulled him into the dense white mist.

After being exposed to the cold for so long, both of them were already stiff and slowed.

A fighting method meant for mutual destruction, using every advantage of the terrain and environment to build a path that guaranteed Maya’s safety.

As long as Snowfinch died here, Alfred could be certain that even if Maya was intercepted, she would still

survive.

So, he had no final words.

Dying here was exactly what he intended.

11:13 am

Chapter 384tove?

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Snowfinch’s expression turned colder. In the freezing fog, his movements had also become sluggish.

Realizing Alfred’s intention and noticing his own worsening condition, the man broke free and immediately aimed for a lethal strike at the boy’s throat.

He showed no hesitation.

A slash of blood opened across Alfred’s neck. His body fell backward, hitting the icy curved surface of the tank before slowly sliding down.

Blood streamed from his neck, flowing across his collarbone and pooling together.

White fog rolled across the roof, half concealing him in the endless cold.

His vision darkened layer by layer.

In his chaotic thoughts, only Maya’s name remained.

When Maya found out, what would she use to remember what they had shared?

Would she think of him tying her hair?

Would she remember the secrets they whispered when they were children?

Maya had once said he was her best brother.

Then in her heart, would he still remain her best brother?

The fading memories before death made Alfred, for the first time, recall something even earlier.

The first time they met, Mom had told him, “Family must be protected. You will protect your little sister, right, Alfred?”

Alfred had looked at the little girl who was shorter than him.

He had agreed.

He said, “Okay, Mom. I will protect her.”

Back then, Alfred didn’t understand what protection meant, nor what love was.

He had been too young to understand…

That spoken words could become a lifelong oath.

In his fading vision, Alfred silently spoke in his heart.

Mom.

I protected Maya.

The second explosion from the reactor finally echoed.

11:14 am TN

Chapter 394tore?

The fire below had ignited the tetrahydrofuran vapor at last.

The tank could no longer contain the rapidly expanding gas and shattered with a deafening blast.

Finished

Flames consumed everything. The already unstable structure collapsed. It became a conclusion of mutual destruction.

It was over.

Alfred had already informed Ned and also contacted his mother.

But judging by timing, by the time they arrived, everything would already be finished.

Against an opponent of this level, ordinary guards or mercenaries were useless. Killing Alfred and then returning to kill Maya would only take moments.

Alfred had calculated everything precisely. Ideally, he needed to trap Snowfinch in the facility until he died, exchanging his own life for Maya’s survival.

Fortunately, in this round, he had succeeded.

Maya was looking at her phone.

She saw a message sent by Alfred.

It was unusual.

The image showed an unfamiliar man with a stern, hardened face.

Before she could ask anything, a word followed.

Snowfinch.

Her heart sank instantly.

At that moment, the car suddenly braked hard.

The driver in front said, “Someone is blocking the road.”

From the situation, the visitors were clearly hostile.

Lawrence became cautious at once. He immediately locked the car doors. The other side didn’t seem intent on attacking directly but wanted to force them to stop.

Both sides remained in a standoff for a moment.

For some reason, the unease in Maya’s chest kept growing heavier.

The people outside didn’t smash the windows. They only pushed the car toward the roadside slowly and steadily, like hunters surrounding their prey.

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This Time. Be the Villain’s Favorite Daughter