“Opert?” Sina hastily looked around. If Gerard was keeping an eye on her, it would only be a matter of time before he found Opert as well.

Unlike Sina’s concern, however, Gerard didn’t appear.

Opert held Sina’s wrist tightly and pulled her to a corner under the shade of a tree.

“Sina. Weren’t you confident when you told Gerard earlier that His Majesty will return? Were you bluffing all this while?” asked Opert, seemingly frustrated.

“Of course, he will return, but…” Sina trailed off.

“Then, why were you trying to kill yourself?” asked Opert.

Hearing that, Sina finally realized that Opert misunderstood.

Sina shook her head and muttered, “I have no idea what you’re thinking, but I wasn’t trying to throw myself into the Crack. I was just thinking about jumping on that rock.”

Opert followed Sina’s gaze and saw a rock the size of a house at least a few dozen meters away from them. Opert stared doubtfully at Sina. Unless one had wings, it seemed impossible to jump onto that rock.

Opert sighed. “I don’t know even if there’s even a difference between throwing yourself into the Crack and jumping on that rock.”

“I wasn’t really going to jump...”

Sina’s actions was similar to backing out at the last minute, similar to what she had done when she wanted to kill Gerard. However, she couldn’t really be blamed.

She was desperate to act on her thoughts, but she knew better than anyone else that she couldn’t do that. Sina couldn’t help but think that all she had...