Chapter 32: The Girl I Forgot to Save

The wind didn't blow in the Drowned Chapters.

It whispered.

Voices. Echoes. Paragraphs that once existed, now stripped of context — floating like ash in water.

Kai walked slowly through the mist, each step disturbing memories that were no longer his.

[System Alert: You have entered – Drowned Chapters]

Warning: Memory instability

Lore Density: 400%

Status: Narrative ghosts may manifest

You are not supposed to be here.

He gritted his teeth.

"I've heard that before."

Behind him, the path vanished.

Ahead, the world pulsed — like a heartbeat made from broken timelines.

Buildings from different arcs jammed together. A castle turret rising from a modern apartment. A temple merged with a subway. Lamps that glowed with moonlight, not fire.

And at the center of it all…

A girl stood beneath a frozen sky.

She wore tattered armor, silver hair matted with blood.