Even though I was strong, I was still only one person and couldn't handle everything by myself. If I had a group of followers, things would have been different. On this island, many things were costly, but human life was cheap. If I wanted some followers, I just needed to visit the slave market; I could find any kind I wanted. But when I left this place, I would have to bring them back to the city, and keeping so many people there could have been a real problem. But when I thought about it, I realized I wasn't the same person I used to be. I used to struggle to survive in the outside world, but that had changed. Making money wouldn't be hard for me anymore. To make all this happen, I needed to survive. I had to outlast the curse. The next morning, word spread about Kougami's death. The

