Chapter 603

"There was a fire outside, and they locked the door. The fire was spreading quickly, and we… we couldn't escape—" Steven whispered with a trembling voice. He couldn't help but still tremble upon recalling those past experiences of his. "Actually, we might've had a chance at escaping if I had worked with Simeon. But we argued in the dorm that day, and it escalated into a fight." Steven looked up at me. "He accidentally struck me too hard, and I blacked out…" Stunned, I looked at him in disbelief. I didn't know something like this had happened. "Simeon… knocked you out?" Even my voice was trembling. Steven continued, "He was too extreme. He wanted to kill everyone in the advanced class, and I was stopping him. I knew that they had locked the door from the outside and were deliberately holding him back. "I never thought those people would start a fire. I thought it was just a prank to mess with us… They never expected the electrical system of the orphanage to short circuit. That spa