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(Elaine’s POV)
“Treasure yourself more…”
A muffled voice lingered inside my mind from my ears, accompanied by a gentle touch coming from a mysterious source. Somehow I feel like I’m free from my troubles and was reborn; as if I’m an entirely different person. I also felt strangely warm and… wet?
I rolled my irises, trying to rip my eyelids open but My Lord, why is it so heavy?
After a few moments of me literally struggling to open my eyes, I managed to crook it open for a bit. Immediately, a blinding ray of light enters my squinted view as I frowned. I tried to accostume myself with the light, which took a few moments for me to open my eyes fully.
“…Huh…?” I breathed.
Where am I?
I calmed down a bit when I think that I might still be inside the ward room. But, shouldn’t I be dead already?
I blinked my eyes several times to figure out my surroundings.
This place definitely doesn’t look at all like the he
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