Even after suffering heavier punishment, Jon still yearned to escape this place.
The watchtower in the snowstorm submerged him in endless loneliness. No matter how desperately he struggled, he remained powerless to free himself.
He was to stay in that place—for a full forty years.
In this world, how many people could endure such torture?
And how many have ended their own lives because they couldn't bear the loneliness?
Without a doubt, the former were very few, and the latter were many.
Jon too wanted to die.
Death was an escape from loneliness.
But now, he had been bound by a Forbidden Curse, incapable of ending his life through suicide. Now unable to seek death, he could only endure the pain that came with longevity.
To rid himself of this suffering, Jon started planning his second escape, making thorough preparations.
He knew that his capture the last time was mainly because the Priests of Mercury had placed a tracking mark on him, one that could constantly locate him.
