People valued different things, but survival was really valuable to me. Being carried by Kim Hyun-Sung was very important, but I also did my best to survive. I had put my life on the line several times, and I even threw the dice when I visited Cha Hee-Ra. Moreover, there had also been a lot of planning involved just to get rid of the crazy gramps I couldn’t get along with. Every day, I thought about how I could climb to a higher position. I knew I should belittle others or mock the worth every person had, but I just couldn’t relate to Yoo Ah-Young’s issue.

‘I understand it, but…’

She was in her early 20s, and I could understand that she needed someone she could rely on when living in a place where monsters existed. A relationship could really help the mentality of both sides, and even though I had no idea what she was thinking, I was sure she survived only because she had someone she had relied on mentally.

‘My mental stability lies with Kim Hyun-Sung.’

I could remember feeling a great sense of relief when I was with our warm-hearted regressor, and it may be a bit different from Yoo Ah-Young, but I...