This dream did not leave Chu Mu feeling as though his heart had been torn apart.
The memory in the dream seemed to date back to when Chu Mu had first arrived in Belobog.
Yet Chu Mu had never remembered any of it before.
His earliest memory seemed to be his arrival at the Orphanage, with the Old Director standing at the entrance to welcome him.
Chu Mu had no idea what had happened before that, or how he had reached the Underworld.
Had I forgotten, or had some being stolen those memories?
This memory now seemed to be revealing a certain truth.
Was the woman in that memory Supreme Guardian Cocolia?
The tyrant who sealed off the Underworld and caused untold suffering?
Chu Mu found it somewhat absurd.
The woman in his memory should have been kind.
But the Supreme Guardian Cocolia he knew had nothing whatsoever to do with kindness.
She had abandoned the people she was supposed to preserve and protect, betraying her oath as Supreme Guardian!
She was a sinner! She had to atone for what she had done!
Yet she was also Xiao Bu's mother, and might even have saved his life from those nobles.
For a moment, Chu Mu's thoughts grew tangled and confused.
Sampo's smoke bombs had a dizzying effect. Perhaps he had added all sorts of drugs to them, or perhaps there was some other explanation.
Whatever the case, knocking Chu Mu, an Ambrosial Arbor puppet, unconscious was quite an incredible feat.
When Chu Mu opened his eyes, he immediately knew he was in the Underworld.
He knew this place all too well.
The unpleasant smell of rust in the air, the vibrations of machinery coming from the distant mines.
He sat up in bed.
"You're awake."
A familiar woman's voice came