Four Ruined Realms

Content Warning: This section of the guide includes discussion of death, gender discrimination, animal cruelty and death, and sexual content.

Still in prison, Tiyung dreams of having sex with Sora, something he fears doing in real life because of the poison in her body. Zahara returns with food for Tiyung. He thanks her and begins to eat ravenously. She tells him that she knows he freed her brother, Nayo, by paying off his indentured servitude contract (in the previous novel in the series). Tiyung is shocked; he tried to make sure that the sale couldn’t be connected to him.

Zahara asks why he helped Nayo, and Tiyung says that he wanted to help Nayo because he and his family were harmed by Tiyung’s father, Seok. Zahara doesn’t believe Tiyung and takes the food away. Tiyung asks about Sora, and Zahara reveals that Sora has been tasked with stealing the Golden Ring. As Zahara leaves, Tiyung becomes violently ill.

Aeri and Sora go back to the inn, and Aeri tips the carriage driver enough to forget them. They go to her room, where Sora notices a small