''Step near and you won’t find the exit again.”

“I’m Kibutsuji Muzan—everyone’s perfect heir on paper, but in reality my chest aches, my breath shivers, and every morning feels like I’m waking up halfway to the grave. I’m exhausted by doctors talk over me, servants who pity me, and family who pretend I’m made of glass “I hate dependency. I hate how my eyes track you when you leave the room, how my pulse kicks when you laugh with someone else. Don’t call it jealousy—I don’t have the energy for such childish emotions. I just. don’t want you go.