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Chapter 87

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Adira’s POV

I always do my best in every quest and challenge which comes into my life. But there were also times when I got tired from everything, so, I sought a way out of the enormous universe and went to a tinier galaxy away from my responsibilities as the sole heir of Crimson Meadow.

One day during my high school days, I skipped going to school and hopped inside the bus to an unknown city. My classmates and my teacher were surprised that the top 1 student in the whole school suddenly went missing for one day.

Anyway, I enjoyed the long ride on the bus with my forehead pressed up against the window as we passed over the city from a high up bridge. The city lays out beneath the railroad tracks in a limited palette of brown and gray. The first thing that I noticed when we emerged from the apartment this morning were these dirt tones. Got tired from sightseeing, I dozed a little and when I woke up, I realized that I slept for too long and we arrived at the bus’s destination.

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