Chapter 315: Seventy-Seventh Floor, Euros’s Flower Forest (3)
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The soft radiance emitted by the flowers dispelled the night’s darkness. The sight of a boy and girl drifting in, crimson dandelion seeds in hand, had a distinctly fairytale-like quality.
For a moment, I stared at the scene in a daze.
It wasn’t their sudden appearance or the fact that I hadn’t sensed them that left me spellbound—it was the sheer beauty of the moment.
I only came to my senses when they drew a little closer.
Damn.
Before I could dwell on the unsettling feeling, I put on my gas mask. Walking around the forest with my face exposed was the same as broadcasting to the world that I was a lunatic.
They had probably already seen me, but better to do it now than never. The area was illuminated, yes, but it was still nighttime. They hadn’t necessarily noticed, although they could have also just assumed I was insane.
According to Ha Hee-Jeong, some individuals, after succumbing to poison, had wandered toward the forest’s center, only to die.
Either way, it is better than casually talking with my bare face showing.
Remaining still, I waited as they made their way toward me.
Meanwhile, my thoughts raced. No matter how I looked at it, something felt off. The fact that I hadn’t noticed their presence was strange in and of itself, and I had never once heard of a tribe residing in the forest’s inner regions.