The Sleeping Monster Forest

In a fractured world plagued by roaming beasts and climate chaos, only the heavily fortified “Special City” offers a semblance of order. At its heart lies the feared Esper unit known as the White Army —a force dispatched to wipe out monsters and absorb any remaining survivors beyond the city walls. Shinhwa-jin, a low-ranking Esper, has spent most of his life in the shadows—dismissed due to his obscure origins and fragile power. But when tragedy strikes, everything changes. His twin brother, a rare and valuable Guide, is ruthlessly sacrificed by their own squad. Pushed past his limits, Shinhwa-jin loses control, unleashing his dormant power in a catastrophic outburst. When the dust settles, the entire team is gone… and so is he. Presumed dead after leaping from a cliff in a desperate escape, Shinhwa-jin wakes up in an unfamiliar place with no memory of who he is. The quiet, secluded village where he finds refuge is nothing like the brutal world he left behind—and it’s here that he meets Tan , a brooding man who oversees the hidden “library,” a sanctuary tucked far away from the city’s reach. Tan has every reason to hate Shinhwa-jin. His family was lost in a White Army raid. But when the broken stranger appears at his doorstep with no name and no past, something about him softens Tan’s resentment. He calls the amnesiac Esper Hima , and what begins as reluctant pity turns into something deeper. As Hima and Tan grow closer, a quiet tension simmers—one built on stolen glances, unspoken pain, and the weight of buried truths. But as Hima’s powers begin to return and fragments of his identity resurface, the peace they’ve found is threatened by the truth of who he really is… and what he’s done. Is forgiveness possible when love blooms between enemies? Or will the past consume them both?