Chapter 2

Sat, 11 Jul 2026 15:11:25 +0000

Inside a small and gloomy room, an elderly woman around seventy-five years old sat beside a bed with trembling hands. Her eyes were swollen red from crying continuously, and tears kept falling down her wrinkled cheeks without any sign of stopping. Again and again, she dipped a cloth into cold water and carefully placed it on the burning forehead of the unconscious person lying on the bed. Every time she looked at his pale face, her heart shattered a little more. Her trembling gaze repeatedly drifted toward the picture of Lord Shiva hanging on the wall. Looking at the deity, she could no longer suppress the pain buried inside her heart. Her lips quivered as she cried helplessly, questioning fate itself for being so cruel to an innocent child. The room echoed with her sorrow as she continued to pray while tears streamed endlessly from her eyes. After speaking, she broke down once again and continued placing cold compresses on his forehead, desperately hoping that his fever would decrease. Meanwhile, the unconscious person slowly began regaining awareness. His eyelids twitched slightly before opening.