I Hope It Doesn’t Hurt When I Die

Pale white hair and red eyes that feel ominous.

Lusien, a girl treated as “bad luck” in the orphanage and even in the wandering troupe.

One day, Duke Winfield comes to find her and asks for a favor.

“Lusien, you can help my son. In fact, you are... ”

He asks her to help Benedict Winfield, a boy suffering from an unexplained hereditary illness.

Because an unexpected accident turns that into the duke’s last words, she does not know what the “job” is supposed to be,

“But I’ve decided to make you my special counselor.”

Thanks to the young duke willingly making space for her by his side,

Lusien is happy for the first time in her life in the “home” she has been allowed to have.

[At last, I found the “promise crystal” that will solve the illness. I will absolutely not let Benedict die now.]

Not until she reads the late duke’s diary and understands the meaning of those final words.

“For Benedict to escape the curse that feels as if his body is burning away—”

Lusien must die by Benedict’s hand.

If that is so, then she is prepared to die.

For the sake of the one she loves.

“Please eat my death, Benedict.”