‘Can I relax a little… or not?’0

Honestly, unlike Kim Hyun-Sung, I didn't find it uncomfortable to see his true face. I didn't feel betrayed, and I certainly didn't feel any urge for revenge. I couldn't even feel the emotions born from that entire chain of events, so how could I possibly empathize with his pain or circumstances? 0

Of course, I couldn't say that his choice was an ethical one.0

By any standards, it was immature, but for a twenty-four-year-old Kim Hyun-Sung, it was probably the best he could manage. I knew he had that side to him, so in a strange way, his decision was actually the most familiar to me. 0

If anything, it was almost refreshing. It was like seeing him stripped bare. But when it comes to my own bare face being exposed, I can’t help but feel resistance. Even if he lays himself bare, why should I have to do the same?3

After tens of thousands—no, hundreds of thousands of years, I would’t care, but for now, I honestly wanted to show only the good, kind, warm version of myself. It wouldn't change just because we were looking at the Pre-Purge First Life Lee Ki-Young. 0

In this era, survival was the top priority, and one had to do just about anything to live, so of course, I was feeling really uneasy.0

I wasn’t as suffocated as Kim Hyun-Sung, but it wouldn’t be strange if I suddenly...0