Chapter 57: I Too

"What I said earlier was a lie," Stella began, her voice trembling with emotion as she opened up to Aether.

"I didn't get separated from my friends," she confessed, her gaze fixed on the ground as she recounted the events that had led her here, "It was a 2-Copper Star Goblin that attacked us, trapping us in its clutches. We were defenceless against its ferocity, and as the situation grew dire, desperation set in."

Her voice wavered as she continued, the memories still fresh in her mind, "I-It... was then that they decided one of us had to be s-sacrificed as bait to distract the goblin while the others escaped seeking help..... And in their eyes, it seemed logical to choose m-me, the so-called 'Useless Healer' for the task."