There Are Gentle Fairy Tales in Deserted Cities

[Dream] No one has ever understood me... Thanks to those who have despised me... My mother once said that one day, I can transform from an ugly duckling into a white swan, just like a caterpillar emerging from its cocoon and becoming a flying butterfly with waving wings. So, I dreamed of the prince and princess, and began a long wait. But what happened next? The sky turned leaden gray, and even daylight was a luxury. It wasn't until someone as gentle as still water appeared in this cruel world that the almost despairing dream gained the strength to move forward with childlike innocence. The desolate city began to become clean, beautiful, and vivid; the caterpillars also found a shining stage, formed cocoons, pupated, and began to metamorphose. Finally, the lonely butterfly flapped its wings and flew up without fear of difficulty, even though it was covered in mud. This novel and its characters are purely fictitious. Any similarity is purely coincidental and should not be imitated.