The Death I Wish For

Liciel, a boy with no attachment to life due to a long-standing chronic illness. One day, he picks up a scruffy child who has trespassed into his garden. Keeping the child—who is clearly his father's illegitimate son—as a servant and teaching him, Liciel prepares for his own imminent death... However, he soon discovers that he, who thought he was dead, has come back to life. **PREVIEW 1** “Do I still look like that little child to you?” “What?” Water droplets dripped from hair that had grown darker, dampened by the moisture. Beneath a shirt clinging to his skin, sleek muscles writhed fiercely. Unlike his own skeletal frame, that body was so brimming with vitality that Liciel forgot even ...