… Whish, whish, iwish… The heart is a candle, and it shall burn this place…8

This prayer had been handed down for a very long time. Just as monks chanted Amitabha, the people of the demonic cult sang this prayer.0

…Whish, whish, iwish… The heart is a candle, and it shall burn this place…3

No one knew what the prayer meant, not even Soh Baekhyang. Even the old man who had brought her to the demonic cult didn't know the meaning, but they both chanted it together.2

To Soh Baekhyang, the prayer was the song and the scream of the grassroots. It was easy to memorize the prayer even if people didn’t know the true meaning. A scream had no meaning, so wasn’t it natural that the grassroots’ song didn’t carry any meaning?0

People had to learn manners to be polite, and righteousness to practice justice, but screaming was not learned. There wasn’t a lot to know for people to scream, so even the uneducated masses could scream.0

…Whish, whish, iwish…2

Screaming was common everywhere in the world. In Soh Baekhyang’s eyes, the entire world was screaming.0

“There is nothing more to teach you,” the old man said. “Go out into the world.”0

“Where shall I go?” Soh Baekhyang quietly asked.0

The eleven-year-old child was gone. She was now a grown woman with dark hair and eyes and an equally dark uniform. The woman was as dark as the depths of a well at midnight. Her wish was to become...2