Unwavering Determination

After secretly sneaking back into his room undetected and taking his hat and sunglasses off, just as Ronald was about to go take a quick shower and then head to bed, Iris had suddenly barged into his room unannounced.

"Hey! Get ou-" Just before Ronald was about to belittle Iris...

"YOUNG MASTER!" Iris dashed over to Ronald in a split of a second and burried her face in his chest while wrapping her arms around Ronald's torso tightly.

"I'M BEGGING YOU! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME AGAIN!" Iris couldn't help but snuffle and bawl her eyes out and tremble uncontrollably while still gripping onto Ronald for her dear life.

She was extremely terrified.

Terrified that the Ronald she had sworn to protect and dedicate her life to in this life was in danger...

Terrifed about the fact that Ronald might go through the same experiences again in this life whenever she wasn't around...

And most importantly, she was terrified that Ronald, who had always shielded her from the darkness in her previous life would forsake her and leave her alone once again in this life.

"..." Ronald didn't even dare to move a single inch while Iris was hugging him.

But Ronald could feel that Iris's feelings for him were extremely sincere and truly loved him to the point of obsession.

The main problem was that he really didn't know why she loved him that much.

There was nothing significant he had ever done that deserved Iris's love.

Ronald really wanted to ask Iris why she loved him to begin with, but he knew that it definitely wasn't the right time to ask her right now.

But anyways, since Ronald didn't want to continue being hugged like this, and especially not from a heroine, he quickly tried to think of a way to get out of Iris's arms.

So after some quick thinking…

"Don't worry, I won't leave." Ronald wrapped his arms around her head and pretended to act like he cared for her.

'…'

'It's far too late for me to forgive you now.'

***

After embracing each other for a couple of more minutes...

"S-sorry, Young Master..." After calming down a bit, Iris realized that what she had done was on an impulse, so she slowly started to let go of Ronald while tears were still rolling down her face.

"It's fine... uh why is there blood splattered all over your maid dress?" Ronald couldn't help but ask after noticing the bloodstains all over Iris's maid dress.

"I... umm... did something to Gu Yuan since I thought she had done something bad to you... Young Master." Iris nervously stated.

Even though she knew that Ronald didn't care that she was a world-class killer now, she was still worried that Ronald might think of her badly and start to push her away if she tells him.

But she decided to tell Ronald since he was going to eventually find out anyways.

After hearing what Iris had said, Ronald's eyes couldn't help but widen up in horror.

Although it was extremely hard for a villain to kill off a heroine, since Iris, a heroine, was the one who had attacked Gu Yuan instead, Ronald was worried that Iris might've killed Gu Yuan or something like that.

So with that in mind, he immediately ran over to Gu Yuan's bedroom.

And after arriving to her bedroom, although he was glad that Gu Yuan was still alive, what he saw next had completely shocked him.

'...'

'Iris...'

'I know you love me and all...'

'But holy fuck.'