While gasping for breath, the two of them leaned on the rock staring at each other.

  The training had been extremely strenuous – even more so to Yu Jitae than the months he spent locked in Noah’s dream. Even then, it wasn’t his first time experiencing such things so he paid little regard to it but that wasn’t the case for Yeorum. With a blank look on her face, she began doing strange things.

  “…”


  Lifting her hands, she touched all over her body. She touched her nose and pinched her soft cheeks.

  “…”


  She brushed past the wound on her ankle and wetted her finger with blood. Then, she rubbed it with her thumb and index finger before bringing it to her nose for a smell.

  “…”


  After that, she brought it to her lips. As if having sweet honey, she tasted her own blood and savoured the flavour even though it should have a rusty flavour to it.

  “…”


  Yeorum then turned her gaze towards the world. It was early morning near the end of dawn. Sun of this dimension was starting to rise from the horizon with its ambience covering the entirety of this tranquil ocean. With not a single bird or organism interrupting the scenery, the surface of the water near the horizon reflected the shape of the Sun like a mirror, making the Sun look like a crumpled rugby ball.

  *

  Like that, the ranking competition came to an end and in the middle of a snowy winter day.

  “We’re backkkkk!”


  “Ah, sex.”


  The kids returned to the dormitory.