Uh, no. There’s no such thing as romance in my life!

‘And where in the world is such a thing as romance! It’s all fantasy!’

Reality of love is more of a harsh law than being beautiful and touching… …even though I’ve never been in a relationship. From the stories told by my classmates who used to come to me for relationship advice, that seems to be the case.

‘It’s only good at first, and after the shelf life of love ends, it’s just affection.’

And once you become a couple, you see all the things you wouldn’t want to see and live with an annoying affection… …

‘…Grayan’s…what could I not want to see? Does he even have such a thing?’

I forgot my original purpose of looking around Salisbury Castle, and I was lost in deep thought. I walked blankly without knowing where I was going, and walked again.

‘I’ve never seen Grayan in wolf form. Why won’t he show me? Is it a complex…? Or is it bothersome to transform? That doesn’t seem to be the case, as April transforms as easily as breathing.’

Or… Does he have some kind of trauma about turning into a wolf?

‘Hmm… …’

Grayan… He doesn’t seem to be the kind of person who has such a thing. Besides, there was no such description in the original… …

‘But the original is not an absolute prophecy.’

I don’t know if it’s because of my involvement, but the development keeps changing.

“……”

I suddenly became curious. If the ‘development’ of the original is fate, am I changing fate?

‘The fact that I possessed Gloria’s body… rather than coincidence… …’

It seems more convincing to think of it as a plan of some transcendent being.

So does that transcendent being want me to change my fate…?

‘…uh, my head hurts. These are questions that won’t be answered even if I worry about them alone…By the way, where am I?’

After walking for a while, I ended up somewhere I didn’t recognize.

…Did I get lost? Am I lost? An adult of my age is lost!

‘Damn it, I was too absorbed in my thoughts.’

I should have been careful since Salisbury Castle is so vast… …But isn’t it too vast? It’s enough for people to get lost wandering around!

‘I have to go back the way I came… …’

As I turned my body and looked back, I froze.

The corridor… there were two ways.

Left, right, which way did I come from? Damn, I can’t remember. Is my memory like a goldfish?

‘I didn’t realize that walking in thought was such a dangerous thing!’

After pondering for a moment, I pulled out a coin from my pocket. And threw it high above my head.

‘…I’m lost~ Where should I go~.’

Humming the number one song that Koreans hum when they get lost, I waited for the coin to fall onto my palm.

‘If I had to choose my fate… …’

Thuk, the coin fell onto my palm. The result was tails. So… …

‘Left… …’

I don’t know if it’s okay to choose a road like this… …Let’s go, for now. It’s better than standing still.

‘But it feels too dark here, is it just my feeling?’

I moved my steps cautiously, feeling a strange sense of foreboding. The left path I chose… …became darker as I went deeper.

‘…It seems like I made the wrong choice. I think I should go back.’

That’s when it happened.

“……!”

With a ‘thump!’ sound, the floor I was standing on suddenly sank.

“Aaah!”

And I fell into the pitchblack darkness.

‘…I’m screwed. Where is this?’

The front was pitch black. Of course, there’s no flashlight, no smartphone, and nothing to shine around.

‘It’s a good thing I didn’t die from falling from that height… …’

Although the only thing that came into view was the pitch black darkness, something soft was felt when I pressed the floor with my hand. It seemed to be cushioned.

‘…Calm down and think carefully. What should I do now.’

Wait here until people come to rescue me.

I can’t see anything, but I’m going to look for a way out.

Call the butterflies of the world tree and have them find the way!

‘Ah, of course it’s number 3!’

I quickly called out to the butterflies of the world tree. For some reason, the butterflies appeared yawning. Could they sleep too? … …

{Yawn, what’s up?}

{It looks like Gloria got lost.}

{Gloria is a road killer!}

‘No!’

Why do these guys tease me when they get a chance? Is it fun? It’s just like me teasing April…

‘…Is this what they call empathy.’

Having been in a similar situation with April, I feel like I was a little cheeky. I’ll try to restrain myself in the future.

{You called us to ask for directions, didn’t you?}

A butterfly flitted and asked. I needed help anyway, so I nodded.

“Can you find it? It’s pitch dark and I can’t see anything.”

{Of course we can find it. Look at us. We’re still shining in this darkness.}

The butterflies flaunted their wings. Indeed, they were emitting light like fireflies…

“What if there’s a dangerous… monster? Can you win?”

{Hmm… We’re not very good at fighting.}

{Our job was to take care of things.}

{We don’t usually fight. But if your life is threatened, we can fight.}

{But the way we fight might be a bit different from what you think.}

“Hmm…”