It was around lunch time when the whereabouts of Li Yang was questioned. Setsuko had woken up extra early to train hard and ensure she won the competition in order to present the man with Beast Cores and make him feel satisfied.
And yet when she returned to her room to have lunch with him, the man was nowhere to be found. Setsuko Hirayama quickly searched for him, and it was like an empty void that stemmed in her chest. It was intolerable and it maximized when it was revealed that the man had left.
Some of the Priestesses admitted to seeing him leave early in the morning and it crushed her. Setsuko didn't know what to think. Were they sure that he left the temple? Did he return to the Kin Hunters and decided that he was done with her? Was there someone else that he preferred? Had he grown tired of her?
She could hardly eat.
