Prologue

edelweiss

With a filled suitcase and dry skin, he walked through the crowd of people. No one was obviously waiting for him. He was nearly suffocated by the little, smoky air between each person. The cleanliness instantly disappeared and came back to give him a small amount of oxygen. He wasn’t yet sure if he should accept the reality and let go of himself, or do everything to survive till the very end.

He looked to the left, then the right. Incheon. To think he’d ever end up in a place like this. It was like a nightmare that had turned into a small reality.

His eyes met the screen of a well-known device. His hands shook as if he was going to face his own death that barely mattered to anyone but his heartwarming mother. He could obviously stop his thoughts, looking away. However, he decided to stare. To stare longer than he was supposed to. He couldn’t get his eyes off the glossy screen.

'Act like one of them.'

It made him shiver. He wasn’t yet sure how their actions were done. He wasn’t sure if they were murderous as he was told — or if they were, well, different