225 A Hefty Price to Pay

     I wonder if you are just in my head,

     One day, you will defeat this darkness and rescue me.

     Maybe you are too good to be true, but I have a reason to believe,

     Because we are connected, like two butterflies flying together under the Golden Moon.

Aster was trapped in this endless darkness since the last time he fainted. He could feel his body, definitely, he could walk around, jumped, or even danced awkwardly if he wanted to. But he was still in this darkness. No, rather than darkness, it felt more like emptiness, hollowness.

There was no sound except himself, nobody except himself, and nothing. Aster forgot how long he had been here. Because it felt like an eternity. He sat on the ground and sighed, still thinking about the event in Winter Feast.

'Ramuja, you really cheated on me, don't you?'