Rain on the Ashes

“Live outside.”

The boy’s words from six years ago endlessly circle through his mind.

*

Shim Seo-woo, somewhat slow but living an ordinary college life.

One day, after a chance accident opens his spiritual sight, he joins “Heun (痕),” an organization that hunts evil spirits.
Recognizing that Shim Seo-woo possesses the purification ability to cleanse malevolent energy,
Heun proposes that he accompany Cheon Ijae, the organization’s successor, but—

“They must be desperate to stick a purifier on me. Even though I said I didn’t want it, they keep dragging you here.”

Cheon Ijae harbors an evil spirit within his body, making him someone all members fear and guard against.

Moreover, he keeps trying to drive Shim Seo-woo away, insisting he doesn’t need purification…

“You’ve lived an ordinary life until now—why are you so desperate to take on dangerous work? Can’t you imagine? Your life could be at risk.”

“……”

“Live outside.”

Cheon Ijae always acts fierce and prickly, yet his gaze keeps turning toward him.

“…Have we met before?”

And the more Shim Seo-woo sees Cheon Ijae like this, the more he’s reminded of that boy he encountered in the past…

*

“That boy I met back then, he seems just like you.”