She turned her head and saw the pharmacists beside her, so young, some starting their consults at fourteen or fifteen... but many years later, all these people had become mere dust in the annals of time, vanishing with that most tragic battle...
No turning back.
Of course, it wasn't the woman's fault, nor could she blame anyone. It's just... she couldn't get past that hurdle in her heart.
That hurdle called unwillingness, also confusion.
She wanted to avoid the woman she could never compare to in her life, like he said, to set herself free.
But the one thing she now wanted to accomplish could only be completed through that woman.
This was a knot that couldn't be untied.
Binding the heart for nine thousand years.
The heartache was hard to suppress. As soon as she opened her eyes, she returned to this modern world, where peach blossoms danced, and the Shadow Wall remained the same.
This Shadow Wall...
She saw it the first time she entered the royal court.
