"You look like a mess," I said.

It had been a while since I’d last seen Edel, and she looked vastly different from how I remembered her.

For a moment, I almost mistook her for someone—or something—else.

The once radiant hair that gleamed with divine light was now dull and lifeless. The eyes that sparkled with brilliance were now shadowed by darkness.

"Ahaha. Aren't you the pot calling the kettle black? We’re in the same boat, aren’t we?" Edel retorted with a smirk.

"Mm…"

She wasn’t wrong.

As much as I wanted to point out her condition, mine wasn’t exactly …