Chapter 131🎀 · BMMAW

Searching for Survivors

The sky was pitch black, like ink poured across it. A moon, larger and brighter than the one on Earth, hung in the sky. It was the same yellow as the sun, yet its light felt strangely cold and distant. It felt like a quiet rejection—just like the people of this world.

Step. Step.

In the silent darkness, the sound of someone approaching could be heard.

Lee Junghwa was startled and quickly lowered her head, taking her eyes off the moon. The cloak covering her from head to toe slipped down over her forehead.

“Could it be… someone from the royal palace chasing me?”

Her heart pounded wildly, shrinking and expanding like a stretched rubber band. She was so tense that it became hard to breathe.

“W-what should I do…”

She was scared. She didn’t want to go back to that lonely, cold annex. Without realizing it,…