I Will Offer Stimulation as a Sacrifice

“Let’s break up.” What returned on their first anniversary was not a word of celebration, but a cold notice of breakup. As the sole guardian of his comatose mother, Hanul had lived diligently, commuting only between home, work, and the hospital. Now, all that remained for him was the haze of alcohol and a sense of emptiness. On a drunken night, while heading home, Hanul is swept away by an unidentified black shadow and falls into a strange world where a red moon rises. Waking up on the threshold of death, he discovers a tranquil hanok and encounters its owner—a being that is not human. “You will not be able to return to the way things were.” Having a desperate reason why he must return...