326 Perun's Seal

"It's because there's no other choice. You are the only one who can touch Czernobog…"

For Suzuki Ara, everything seemed to stand still after that statement. It was as if she was suddenly in a vacuum and the world was devoid of sound. That was how shocked she was. If she wasn't sitting, she reckoned she'd have fallen on the ground in a faint.

Then, there was a loud buzzing in her ears.

She was aware. She knew that to end the cycle of the curse, to free herself from the danger of turning into the harbinger of catastrophe, she had a role to play. But never in her wildest dream had she thought that her role would be too significant that her failure would distinguish all hope of ever attaining freedom in this lifetime.

"Ali…"

"Ara…"