The Man's Decree

Jared soon realized he was in the middle of a dungeon. “This looks very familiar. Where am I?” he muttered under his breath.

A pucker formed between his eyebrows. At that moment, he felt disoriented, making it hard for him to discern whether he was in a dream or reality. “Jared? Jared!”

Suddenly, he seemed to hear someone calling his name Jared looked over his shoulder. To his surprise, he saw Josephine locked up in a prison cell.

His heart leaped with joy, and he dashed toward her. “Josephine, is that you? Josephine!” he cried out. Overwhelmed with emotions, Jared held her hands tightly.

“I can’t believe I get to see you again. It feels like a dream!” he said excitedly, gazing at Josephine with a tender expression.

The woman looked at him tearfully. “This isn’t a dream; this is real. I’ve been waiting for you all the while. I missed you so much…”

worry!” Jared wiped her tears away gently as

persuade him to leave. “Jared, you don’t have to save me. I’m satisfied to get to

this dungeon, I

punching the cell before him. I

had his hand firmly pressed against the boulder the whole time The drastic change in Jared’s expression, as well as the rising intensity of his aura, made Flaxseed nervous. “Shoot, he’s a lovesick fool!” Flaxseed

he reached for a yellow piece of paper, bit his finger, and used his blood to draw something on it while

made. He then stuck

red

the dungeon, Jared, who was striking the cell nonstop with his arms,

stuttered, “Y You’re not Josephine. You’re

Josephine sobbed. “No, you’re not her. I’m sure of that.” Jared shut his eyes

a long time, he still saw Josephine in