At The End Of The Hidden Greenery

Chapter 51

Did she happen to do something irreversible? Everyone seemed to be looking at her like a sad wet puppy.

However, as soon as she heard the word ‘thousand years’, Jiwoo suddenly felt a sense of distance from them.

It was because she was once again faced with the realization that they weren’t human. It was also a way out of this situation.

“Um… a thousand years… that’s enough, I’m sure a lot of differences will come out in my lifetime. I won’t live that long.”

However, Enci immediately refuted.

“That doesn’t matter. You’re an Akarna.”

“What’s the difference?”

Enci tilted her head.

“Your time must have almost stopped when you came over here? The aging that this world gives you can also be said to be a primary threat to the Akarnas.”

Her body’s time has stopped? Hearing those words, Jiwoo remembered something she had thought was a flaw.

“Well then… I…”

“You can live with us as long as you want.”

“…That’s not it.”

After becoming an Akarna, her monthly periods had also stopped coming.

The crown prince treated it as a flaw that the imperial family could never accept, and Jiwoo had always thought it was her own fault.

The reason she couldn’t marry the crown prince was because her body had become like this. She thought that maybe it was because she kept purifying the dirty miasma with her body, or maybe it was because she only met the sick. She blamed herself endlessly.

She didn’t know the exact reason. She just thought that she inevitably became broken after she had crossed dimension, or perhaps it was because she was under too much duress at the temple.

“Not being able to succeed is also… a big flaw…”

“Oh that? What’s wrong with that? You’re the Akarna. Of course.”

“Ah… I, I see.”

It’s the first time she has heard that it’s so casual and natural. It was a shock comparable to hearing that an Akarna was just an ordinary person.

Jiwoo held her hands as she was cornered. Wiggling her fingers was the best she could do now.

“But still, I’m human…”

Jiwoo’s voice grew weaker and quieter.

Even if they could communicate, they were of different races and people from another world.

She didn’t know what it was like now, but there would probably be some awkward parts because her values didn’t match with the children of Elandos.

Jiwoo was realistic in this respect. Even for Jiwoo, there was a time in the past when she dreamed of a love that floated like a dream.

Yet the more she lived in this world, the more she became ensnared by the reality of it all.

No matter how much she focused on the good sides and stayed true to her current feelings, it was unknown how long that would stay the same.

She became a coward.

While living with the crown prince, who was human just like her, she had to adapt to life in the empire and life in the temple with great difficulty. It was hard for her to live day by day.