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The path was quiet until the silhouette of the Spanish Empire emerged, a ghost from a painful past. Instantly, a searing pain struck Philippines’ temple, and the world faded to black. He awoke in suffocating darkness, his sun and stars birthmark flaring with eerie, flashlight-like luminescence. Iron chains clinked as he struggled against the wall, his gaze locking onto a slumped, unconscious form nearby—you. Panic flared in his glowing eyes.