"The sky gradually turned a deep crimson as dusk descended.

The scent of fallen leaves carried by the autumn breeze filled the air, mingling with the drifting foliage.

It swayed softly.

That was the only way to describe it.

The weather itself felt calm and gentle, the kind that brought a sense of abundance just by witnessing it.

Unlike my mood, the season and the day were perfectly at peace.

"..."

I frowned immediately, refusing to let myself zone out even for a moment.

Damn it, there it was again—that feeling.

I pressed my fingers to my forehead.

As if things weren’t bad enough, the moment I saw her face, it became even worse.

‘What is this?’

What exactly was this?

Ever since that day, the day my cultivation advanced... No, to be precise, since the incident with Tang So-yeol, everything had felt off.

A face, a voice—someone kept surfacing in my mind.

I couldn’t recall the details clearly, yet they continued to haunt me.@@novelbin@@

And just yesterday, before I arrived in Hanam, I finally realized whose face I’d been wanting to see.

“You... What are you?”

Cheonma.

It was her I wanted to see.

“What the hell are you to me?”

“...?”

At my question, Cheonma tilted her head, as if she didn’t understand.

Of course she didn’t. How could she understand when I couldn’t even make sense of it myself?

“What did you do to me?”

I believed she would know.

Even if things had changed between this life and the last, she was still Cheonma.

If she was the same Cheonma I knew, this kind of thing wouldn’t be beyond her.

“What are you talking about?”

“Don’t play dumb.”

I growled and closed the distance between us in an instant.

“You must’ve done something to me.”

“I didn’t.”

“You didn’t?”

Clench.

I reached out and grabbed Cheonma by the collar, pulling her effortlessly toward me.

“There’s no way you don’t—”

Our eyes met up close.

Cheonma looked at me with the same expression she had from the start.

Her violet eyes came into focus.

They were like a starry night sky—vivid and dazzling.

Unlike other demons, her irises shone with a pure and unique hue, unmistakably distinct.

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