All this time, I had been huddled alone in this damp, cramped, dark prison.This place didn’t even deserve to be called a prison. The 'prison' that surrounded me, is no less than a shabby eggshell that could only fit me inside.Therefore, it never occurred to me that one day, I would be released from the prison that had confined me from the outside world since the very beginning of my life.It was weird.This place had never changed before, even though time seemed to have passed by forever. Inside this “prison”, I didn't feel conscious, nor that I was fully aware either.It was as if this prison was forcing me to stay asleep, constantly dreaming in a deep long slumber without any need to be sentient.Then, slowly but surely, the layer of the shell that had been preventing me from being free began to crumble. I couldn't hear it clearly, but I could feel the cracking sound slowly starting to crawl, finding its way to my ears.As the crack grew bigger, the light that had been halted for

After my mind was recovered, I immediately got up and decided to continue exploring this cave.I can't say that I've been able to forget that incident completely. The guilt and fear still haunted me.I couldn't deny that I was a selfish coward who only thought about myself. I wanted to be safe, I wanted to be able to leave that place unharmed. My survival instinct overwhelmed any remaining empathy within me.All sorts of wild guesses that came to my mind were quietly eating away at my sanity one after another. It felt like my mind was poisoning myself.However, I couldn't stop here.It was too late to turn back, and the only option was to keep moving forward. From the first time I decided to leave, I should have realized that there wouldn't be any way to turn back.That was what made me finally decide to continue my journey.By now, I was quite far from the cave entrance. Since the light source was too far from here, it was completely pitch black inside this cave.With that, I decided

I didn't want to lose track of him, so I tried to chase after him with everything I had. I believed that he was different from everyone. He was someone who could save me from this loneliness!I immediately got out of the place where we used to worship Adonis before. I turned my head left and right to look for him, and finally, I found him running into the crowd.I had to hurry. He could be the answer to all the questions swirling in my head. I hastily chased after him in the crowd.But because I was too focused on him, I didn't pay much attention to my surroundings. As a result, I suddenly bumped into someone.I fell, but the person that I bumped into didn't. He just looked at me for a while and continued his journey back. I didn't really mind the pain, because right now my priority was chasing him.But then, he was no longer to be found.After I stood back up to look for his whereabouts, I no longer saw his figure. Maybe he blended into the crowd to hide from me.I didn't remember it