THE ARCHITECT OF SILENCE.
Prologue — Introduction
*MI JIN AH-POV*
*Honestly, I don't remember the exact day I stopped trusting people.*
(Sniffs.)
*Maybe it was the day I was forced to smile while they performed shamanic rituals to "cast the devil" out of me...*
*Maybe it was when she called me bad luck and decided to throw me away.
Or maybe it was when I finally realized that silence is safer than speaking—*
"Yah! Mi-jin-ah!"
The shout sliced through my thoughts.
*Maybe it was during the hell I called childhood… or when I—*
Splash.
Cold water drenched me.
"Yah, Mi-jin! How dare you ignore me? You're nothing but trash!"
I looked at the girl standing in front of me and felt… pity.
*They say there's a thin line between victim and monster.*
Hmm.
I crossed that line a long time ago.
"Yah! You're nothing but a worthless nobody. How dare you look me in the eyes? Look down before I make you—."
I laughed.
Her fingers tangled into my hair.
"How dare you laugh at me? Girls… make her pay."
*Is this the life I'm meant to live forever?*
Something inside me finally snapped.
*I released the monster I had tried so hard to cage.*
She pushed me to the edge.
So she became my first Rogue.
An arm for an arm.
An eye for an eye.
This is the life I choose now.
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*THE ARCHITECT OF SILENCE*
TBC…