"Ugh…!"

Lucy clutched her chest, feeling the intense pain that surged within as she watched Lin and Rabin embracing amidst the fireworks. They were beautiful together, a pair that seemed perfectly matched even in her eyes.

Watching them sent a wave of anguish through her chest. She reached out toward Lin, but there was no way he would look back from that distant hill. Despair settled over Lucy as she grasped how unreachable he was.

“Ah…”

Arsil, too, quietly swallowed her tears, pressing a hand against her chest. She had to endure, to hold back, to bear it. But she …