After narrowing her eyes open, Maria looked extremely confused.

Like a child who just woke up from a horrible nightmare, she looked around her room anxiously.

“Don’t tell me… Did I do it again…?”

Her gaze remained on the shattered pieces of glass before she started to sob.

No tears came out of her eyes.

But Maria cried sorrowfully in Seol Jihu’s embrace. Meanwhile, she never let go of his left hand, which held the crucifix artifact.

“Miss Maria….”

Patting her back, Seol Jihu’s expression sank.

Suddenly convulsing, getting calm, and now crying.

He was half in doubt when he heard she had gone crazy, but now it really looked like something was wrong with her head. She must have developed a trauma after suffering a near-death experience during the war.

Misunderstanding her situation on his own, Seol Jihu became even sorrier than before.

Soon, Maria stopped crying and wiped her eyes with her palm.

Once again, not even a single drop of tear had come out of her eyes.

“Sorry… I didn’t know it was you, Oppa…”

“What happened? Were you having a nightmare?”

Hearing how worried he was, Maria shook her head with difficulty.

“I don’t know… Maybe I’m dreaming… Or seeing a hallucination…”

‘Dear god!’

Seol Jihu’s jaw dropped. She couldn’t tell a dream from reality. This wasn’t a joking matter.

“I can’t let you be. Maria, stand up. We need to get you treated…!”

“No! You can’t!”

Maria jumped in a startle before twisting her body and resisting. Seol Jihu’s eyes widened.

“What’s wrong?”

“I, I already tried getting treatment.”

“It wasn’t effective?”

“No. What I’m experiencing right now isn’t a physical problem but a mental one. It’s not something that a healing spell can fix.”

Maria said all this very fast. It was hard to fix mental injuries with healing spells. Knowing this as a matter of fact, Seol Jihu bit his lip.

“Then what about on Earth!?”

“I already went. I tried to forget everything and rest, but my condition didn’t show any sign of improvement. In the end, I…”

Maria couldn’t finish her sentence. Seeing the sniffling blonde girl, Seol Jihu’s eyes waned.

Just how difficult must it have been for her? Her once flushed, chubby cheeks...