Now that my favorite character from a novel I've loved for years has died in the story, even news of a broken engagement doesn't move my heart.

"No! No! No! Lexis! Lexis!" "...Are you hurt, Milia...?" "Never mind about me, you...!" Lexis, who had shielded me from the bullets. Copious blood was pouring from his chest. No... this can't be...! "I'm glad you're safe... My life was worthless anyway... but if I could save you at the end, I suppose it wasn't so bad after all..." "Don't say that, Lexis!" God...! Please, don't take Lexis away from me...! "...There's something I've always wanted to tell you, Milia..." "Don't say any more, Lexis!" "...Ever since I first met you at the church... I've always... lo..." "—!! Lexis!! Lexiiiiis!!!" Lexis slowly closed his eyes. His face was peaceful, like a boy drowsing in the afternoon sun. "Nooooo!!!" --- "Eeeeh!? !?" I screamed while clutching the book. No, that's a lie...! Someone tell me it's a lie...! Lexis, my beloved character from "The Wanderer of Woltansia"—"Wol-Mayo" for short—the masterpiece romance novel by the long-beloved author Hikineet-sensei, has... Lexis has...!!! This is cruel, so unfair...! Lexis, to whom I've devoted my entire youth...! Why, Hikineet-sensei...! What am I supposed to live for now...? I'm undoubtedly the most unfortunate woman in the world right now... —But misfortune comes in clusters... "Tiana, as of this moment, I am breaking our engagement!" "...!" The day after the nightmare of parting with Lexis... My fiancé, Second Prince Joseph, suddenly declared this in the middle of the evening party. "...I see." "Huh!? Didn't you hear what I said!? I said I'm breaking our engagement!!" No, you don't need to shout. I heard you perfectly well. But my heart is completely consumed with thoughts of Lexis...