PAID

‘What... is happening? I can't make sense of this...’

Shin Do-hwa's face grew rigid.

After realizing that Jin Yoo-ha and the Utopia party were approaching her, she had prepared several strategies to deal with them.

But all of it had fallen apart from the very beginning.@@novelbin@@

The most irritating aspect was undoubtedly these noisy insects.

The horrible sensation of their legs crawling on her face, the creepy feeling of them burrowing into her clothes, and the incessant buzzing in her ears made it impossible for her to keep her composure.

She absolutely hated insects.

They reminded her of the harsh punishments she had endured under the strict upbringing of the Shin family. Whenever she made even the slightest mistake or displeased them, she was locked in a room full of bugs for days.

“Get away! Get away from me!!”

She summoned her mana, igniting flames that seemed intent on burning everything around her.

Fwoosh—

Given that the Utopia group had released the insects, she had anticipated that they might try to use them against her.

She thought she could simply burn them all before they could reach her—after all, insects are weak to fire.

But strangely, every time she summoned flames, they all converged toward one place: the shield held by the black-haired girl.

Not a single insect approached the girl, and her flames only managed to burn a few of them.

Bzzzz—

A fly landed on Shin Do-hwa's ear.

She shook her head violently to shake it off, but another one immediately landed on her hand.

“This... this can’t go on.”