Of course, I[1]was curious about what was going on. I tried to walked back as I held my burning chest, but my body wouldn’t move the way I wanted to. It was obvious why.

‘Magic? But she didn’t cast anything… Is this… possible?’

I learned in class that simple magic could be done without channeling, but I didn’t think it was actually possible. It had to be an improved version of a binding spell.

I had many thoughts in my head, but none of them were normal thoughts because I couldn’t even understand the current situation.

“Ah… ah…”

When I turned my head slowly, I saw the inside of a dark room, and it was a spooky room without a single light. It was difficult to believe that this was the same room I had come into just now so I could talk to her. It was starting to get difficult to breathe, but it wasn’t because of the dagger in my chest. Jung Ha-Yan must have filled this room with magic.

“Ah… aaaccck!”

I unknowingly kept on screaming. Before my brain could process what was going on, my body was already shaking on its own.

“D-Don’t do this! Aaahhh!” I screamed.

“...”

“P-Please spare me… spare me. Please spare me. Please spare me,” I begged.

“I-I’m not going to kill you. I can’t kill you,” Jung Ha-Yan stated.

“Don’t come near me! Don’t come close to me!” I yelled.

“I-I-I don’t want to. Hehehe,” she giggled.

I finally realized why I was feeling anxious back then. I wasn’t seeing things, and I wasn’t sick either. The fear I felt back then filled me up once again, and it was to the point that I couldn’t even feel the pain in my...