“The Gate of the Yellow Springs marks the boundary between the living world and the realm of the dead. When it opens, the miasma of the underworld will seep into the human world, and anyone unfortunate enough to be caught in it will die without a proper burial. To seal the countless Gates of the Yellow Springs, communities everywhere have independently adopted similar methods: through inhuman rituals, they force ‘maidens’ with spiritual power to endure agony beyond what ordinary people can bear, using poison to fight poison and suppress the spreading miasma. But what does that have to do with me, a ‘witch’ who transmigrated here?”
“...In our eyes, you’re a witch. But in the eyes of the Yellow Springs, you’re a maiden.”
