"I can endure the darkness because I have never seen the light."
Luo Chuan took a sip of fruit wine, feeling the sweet, crisp liquid sweep through every corner of his mouth. He raised the glass before his eyes and looked at the world, as though it were shrouded beneath a pink filter—half real, half illusionary, dreamlike.
"I can endure the darkness because I have never seen the light..."
Yao Ziyan softly repeated Luo Chuan's words, then turned to look out the door, slightly lost in thought.
A human was trudging along from the other side of the street. The streetlamp cast a long shadow behind him. His somewhat messy hair covered most of his face, and his footsteps seemed heavy.
What was he going to do? Where was he going? What was he thinking?
Yao Ziyan did not know the answers. The human soon vanished from her sight. The world was simply like this; for many people, life had been bitter from the very moment they were born.
Perhaps when she encountered certain things, she really would intervene.
But if it meant completely changing all of this... Yao Ziyan did not think she had that ability, nor would she choose to do so.
Just as she had said before, the world was simply like this.
Complete change had always been impossible. Just as light and darkness had always coexisted, all people could do was try their best to change things. An individual's power was always insignificant.
And it was not only humans; there were other intelligent races as well...
"The witch's story... you saw it at Anno's place?"
Luo Chuan's voice pulled Yao Ziyan's thoughts back from wherever they had drifted.
"Ah? Yes."
She nodded, her expression becoming much more mysterious. "They say it was adapted from a true