Ifranci was the eight-meter-tall, conch-like Fallen One that had burrowed out of the ground among the Fallen One villagers who had previously hunted slimes.
It was an entity Nami Village had manifested after sensing Timidit's inner fear, and it was also Nami Village's Guardian.
The name Ifranci held another meaning for Timidit: the man who had once bought her was also called Ifranci.
Ifranci, who had never treated her as a person, was the existence Timidit had always feared and refused to face.
Two hundred years...
The Ifranci on that island had long since died, leaving not even bones behind, yet the fear he had instilled in Timidit had remained lodged in her heart.
Through Namiki's Child's memories, Zhou Qing had come to deeply understand that Timidit's purpose in going out to sea had been both to escape Ifranci and no longer suffer physical abuse, and to flee to a place where no one knew her, so that others would not learn of her past and subject her to psychological torment.
Words could be as fierce as tigers—worthy of respect, but also of fear.
Let alone this era; even in the world of his previous life, there were still people who refused to let go of another's slightest mistake, nagging on and on as if making one mistake meant there was never any chance to change, as if they had to make that person die both physically and mentally.
Timidit was an ordinary person. Once she had the chance to escape, all she could do was continue running away.
Still, after two hundred years, she had achieved some negligible growth, and Zhou Qing was willing to give her a push and make her confront the true fear in her heart.
"How could this be?" Upon learning of Ifranci's existence, Timidit