Pae'Lom Sprig Prince

The morning arrived with the relentless force of a storm for Erika and the group. Not only was she deprived of sleep, but she also felt frustrated. She followed the group along the dirt path with unsteady legs. Her face and eyes were puffy from the late night.

She wanted to recover while enjoying the sweet scent of evergreen and coppery earth flowing into her nose with deep breaths as she tried to wake herself up.

'How did they manage to keep going all night and still look so fresh!?'

Erika clenched her teeth, watching Yumiko and Ryuji, wondering how they could spend the evening like that. Yet still so fine—though she noticed Yumiko's weak steps, Ryuji seemed perfectly fine after all that movement.

"He's like a beast in human skin..." Erika whispered while biting her lower lip, unable to deny the appeal of what she had experienced the night before. However, the feeling of lead and jelly from her legs made her equally fearful.