On the Other Side of the Nonhuman

[Dual Male Leads/Couple: Scaramouche × Lin Xu]

At the heart of Tatarasuna lies not a ruin, but a living wound. It seeps corruption, breeds the bizarre, and draws in everyone connected to the “abnormal.” Scholar Lin Xu comes here to investigate an energy disturbance, only to encounter something more mysterious than the contamination itself: Scaramouche. Powerful, beautiful, and covered in scars, he is a walking forbidden zone of riddles.

As the truth behind the ruins and the puppet’s past close in at the same time, will their relationship lead to salvation, or will they plunge together into the abyss?

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“You say puppets don’t need body heat?” Scaramouche grips his wrist, lightning flickering faintly at his fingertips. His voice drops low. “Then what is it you’re feeling right now?”