Chapter 221 Stripped Bare

• ROWAN
• The moment my shoes touched the dock, scents crashed into me all at once. It was too overwhelming for my senses. The scent of the water clung to my skin, familiar enough, but it was drowned beneath a flood of artificial fragrances. Humans layered themselves in strange scents, some sweet and musky, but often mismatched. In this heat, vanilla? It clung heavily in the air like rotting sugar. My nose wrinkled in disgust.
• I lifted a hand to rub the bridge of my nose, exhaling slowly. This was Ylarc. I had finally stepped into the infamous city I had heard about only in stories, and already, it felt suffocating. However, aside from that, it did feel strangely serene.