Chapter 309: Poison (1)
The village began to stir with the crowing of a rooster in the dim pre-dawn light.
—Tchirrr. Tchirrr.
It started with the sound of crickets somewhere, then was followed one after another by the chirps of click beetles and katydids.
Perhaps because of the coming rain, or just the high humidity, the chorus of frogs from a nearby stream could also be heard.
The village that had been as silent as the grave was now filled with the sounds of life breathing again.
‘Now it finally feels like a place where people live.’
I was still lying in the clearing.
I lifted my body from the soft grass and looked around for the Blood-Blossom Dream Illusion Butterfly.
“Blood-Blossom Dream Illusion Butterfly?”
She had been perched on top of my body, but somehow she was no longer in sight.
Only red powder, left behind by her, remained scattered across my chest.
As ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) I glanced around, I heard her faint whimpering from a short distance away.