Images flickered through her mind like a carousel, finally pausing on the scene where he was full of panic, teardrops glistening in the corners of his eyes, as he desperately called out her name.
Her heart ached, and she suddenly woke from her dream!
But—
The moment she opened her sweat-drenched eyes, her body instantly stiffened!
Before she could sort out the memories in her mind, she closed her eyes, which were breathing erratically, paused for two seconds, and opened them again...
She blinked her eyes incredulously, slowly extending her stiff hand and waving it in front of herself...
Her heart plummeted to the abyss...
Darkness spread before her, a boundless black...
Nothing but darkness, unable to find a second color...
The fear she dreaded, at last, had come.
Love Devouring Water—
This was what his father had told her before he left that day: the reason she lost part of her memory was not due to the inheritance, but because she had taken Love Devouring Water...