"——My life had already been completely changed."
Wang Shouyi—or rather "Thirteen Fragrances," had become very aware of this fact.
It was like a childhood dream.
When he was very young, he had dreamt of an otherworld.
It should be the magical imaginings everyone had as a child—opening one's wardrobe to find it led to a wondrous, novel otherworld; or walking through some rarely trodden alley to arrive at an underground gathering of monsters or something; or going on adventures in dreams with classmates and friends every day, then waking up to resume the identity of a normal person and carry on with daily life.
Of course... Such legends-filled romantic fantasies vanished as one grew up.
It wasn't that adults had their imaginations stifled.