She and the City Like a Lonely Island

His fiancée left on the eve of their engagement. Five years later, she returned with an invitation... His lover’s lies still lingered in the warmth beside his pillow, while the blade of betrayal was already at his back. He plunged into three successive abysses, his faith shattered. Until a solitary beam of light cut through the darkness. Not to save him, but to burn alongside him. Together, they forged a staircase from the ruins, one step, one mark at a time, crushing the shackles of the past beneath their feet. Now, lights flicker over the grand banquet, and everyone envies me for living above the clouds, never knowing the hardships of the road that brought me here. Sometimes I wonder what love is, what true happiness is, and what it means to truly succeed. So many questions weigh on me. Perhaps I should become a celestial crane and take flight...