Chapter 55: Demon realm
Elder Madam Keir opened her mouth—then closed it again.
A cold dread settled in her chest.
Without sparing her a word, Shin walked past as though she didn't exist, his footsteps echoing through the empty hallway. He didn't even look her way. The temperature seemed to chill in his wake.
She stood frozen in the entryway, hand still raised from where she meant to scold him. Her moment of hesitation passed, and fury surged in to fill the space where fear had just been.
"You ungrateful brat!" she shrieked after him. "No manners! No respect for your elders! What kind of upbringing turns a child into a beast?"
Shin didn't answer.
The only response was the dull thud of his door closing upstairs.
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Inside his room, the quiet was suffocating.
He dropped into the chair beside his desk, dragging a hand down his face. The words from Old Ram repeated again, this time quieter, deeper, like an echo in his bones.
"The echoes of forgotten lives will shake your present..."