Synopsis

The chapter focuses on Karina's confession about her past. She explains that she unknowingly created a person using her art when she was very young after being scolded by her mother. This act of creating life, deemed a taboo and a challenge to God's authority, is the reason for her current deteriorating health. The protagonist, upon learning this, is determined to save her and urges Karina to want to live, emphasizing his own desperation to fight for her.