The World’s Best Childhood Friend Episode 939 (939/1020)
The atmosphere in the tea house became chilly.
I asked as nonchalantly as possible. Judging from the turtle’s eyes and distorted breathing, it seemed like it went in the wrong direction.
A slightly swaying beard.
I can’t see very well, but his eyes are narrowed as he looks at me.
And even the shaking of the staff he held.
I can feel the turtle’s attitude, which had been mildly irritated just before, changing drastically.
Did I make a mistake? I was just watching the turtle.
He opened his mouth, which he had been holding back.
“Just now. What did you just say…?”
Is that a look of mishearing? Or is he pretending not to hear it?
I don’t know what it is, but I told it again anyway.
“I asked if you knew how to go back in time to the past or the future.”
The turtle’s eyebrows fluttered again at the same words as before.
“Why are you asking that?”
Watching the words and reactions, this time I showed a strange expression.
That reaction right now is….
‘Does it really exist?’
If you could just say that it doesn’t exist, I thought that being so cautious might mean that there is something.
However, I just feel quite reluctant.
“I’m just curious.”
“The parts you are curious about are quite heterogeneous.”
“Hey, since you write such unique things, I was wondering if this kind of thing was possible. It’s just a small curiosity.”
He tried to brush it off as if it was just a joke, but the turtle’s reaction was different.
“Then don’t wonder.”
“yes?”
It was a rather serious and heavy voice.
“Even if there is a future you want to see, don’t be curious. Even if there is a past you regret, just leave it as regret.”
“…”
After hearing that, I slightly adjusted my posture.
As if moving forward, as if listening to what he had to say.
“Time is just like that. You just have to let it flow, and you can’t catch it again once it has flown by. That’s why it’s called time.”
“… You’re quite professional, aren’t you?”
“Just in case.”
Knock knock.
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The turtle taps the table lightly with his free finger.
“If you want to get something out of this, then it means that you should throw away useless thoughts.”
“why?”
“There is no obsession more meaningless and cruel than this.”
“…”
A meaningless and cruel obsession. It was a word I had never thought of.
So I wiped the smile off my lips and asked.
“Why do you think so?”
How can you be so confident?
I was wondering about that.
His pale eyes.
Because it felt like he was telling his own story rather than telling someone else’s story.
“Do you know what happens to those who are obsessed with such things?”
The turtle asked.
“I don’t know. It wasn’t me. What happened?”
Answering a question with a question.
The turtle answered my words.
“It was torn apart terribly.”
“…yes?”
Ripped apart?
It was quite a scary statement.
“…body?”
“No, soul.”
“Oh really?”
Fortunately, it didn’t mean that my body was torn apart.
He let out a sigh of relief. Hearing that, the turtle suddenly clicked his tongue.
“Did you think it was fortunate that you were single?”
“No, well… I thought it would be better since it wasn’t direct.”
“It would be better to receive it in person. Having your soul torn apart is an even more hellish thing.”
“…”
The soul itself is torn apart.
It feels like the turtle takes it more seriously.
Of course, that doesn’t mean I had enough information to understand it.
“… So, are you saying that I shouldn’t be obsessed with this?”
“If you want to be torn to shreds, then go ahead and do it.”
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“I’m sorry, but I don’t really have that kind of taste.”
Who likes to get torn apart? Oh, I guess there’s something to be found if you look for it. At least not me.
‘Hmm.’
I pile up the words one by one in my head.
What was important now was nothing else.
‘After all, it seems like they know a way.’
Actually, turtles know something about this.
“So, are you saying that there is not a single person who has achieved results without having their soul torn apart?”
He asked, taking a sip of tea.
“…You keep asking useless questions.”
“I was a bit curious about this. Wouldn’t it be better if you could tell me? We’re close friends after all.”
“What is our relationship?”
“A perfect relationship between a man and a woman made through trade.”
“…”
“Give what you have to give, take what you have to take. How neat is that?”
“It’s a relationship where I don’t feel any real affection whatsoever.”
“Some people say it’s a clean relationship, right? Honey, can’t you just speak more comfortably?”
“Why? If you think it’s possible, you want to try it?”
The turtle asked with caution.
Are you asking me to do that? I couldn’t help but laugh at that.
“No, I don’t plan on doing that. I probably won’t do that in the future.”
I’m not interested right now.
No, if it was a past life I might have been interested. But not now.
‘I’ve already been through it, what else can I do?’
If I could go back again, would I call it an opportunity?
It might be a little different, though.
‘I have to go through this again. It’s just so fucked up.’
A world where those who have just come to know me have forgotten everything and become ignorant.
You’ll have to go crazy trying to stack them up again and get different results.
It’s been shitty once, and you want me to go through this again? I can’t do it.
So I’m sure it will be like this.
‘Still, what I’m curious about is.’
It wasn’t my own regression.
“You’re curious even though you have no intention of doing it? How contradictory of words?”
“It’s just a young person’s little curiosity.”
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“…”
The turtle looked at me with a puzzled look. Perhaps it had no intention of telling me anything?
At this point, I thought it would be a loss if I asked, so I was thinking of just moving on to another topic.
“It’s impossible.”
The turtle spoke to me.
“Is it impossible?”
“Yes, it is absolutely impossible for the soul to not be torn apart. There is no being who can succeed even if they risk being torn apart.”
“What is the reason?”
“Because there will be no one who can endure the process and the result.”
The turtle’s voice was extremely firm.
There is a clear conviction and belief that you will never be wrong.
“Even if you give up something that has pierced through the heavens due to the accumulated karma in your soul, your soul will often be torn apart and rejected. You can achieve results while maintaining your soul? How arrogant of you to say that.”
There is a hint of sadness in the words spoken with a smile.
I had to frown when I heard that.
“So you mean it’s possible if you give something?”
“…Do you not understand what I am saying?”
“No, I understand. From what I see, it seems like there is something possible or a way to try.”
but.
“Even if I don’t know what the method is, it means that no one will survive if I try.”
“…”
“Do I understand correctly?”
He asked bluntly, but the turtle did not answer.
I always feel that silence is affirmation.
“Hmm.”
Feeling that, I crossed my arms and nodded my head from side to side.
There was something I hadn’t asked yet.
“But, Elder.”
“…What is it?”
“What if there is?”
“what?”
“No, what I said earlier. What if someone succeeds?”
“Didn’t you say there weren’t any?”
“But it could be possible. After all, you can’t know everything about the world.”
“… What have you been wanting to hear since a while ago?”
“It’s literally like that. If it had worked… .”
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“That won’t happen.”
bang-!
The turtle struck the floor with the stick he was holding.
At that moment, the surroundings ripple like waves.
The once tranquil tea house began to sway as if it was melting.
As I was frowning at the strange atmosphere.
“Get out.”
The turtle said.
“yes?”
“I told you to get out.”
“No, I haven’t even asked you everything yet….”
We haven’t even started talking about important spells yet, and you want me to just leave?
“At least for today, I don’t want to talk to you anymore.”
“What is that?”
“If you don’t want to go out, I’ll let you go. Do you want that?”
Keuggeuggeuk-!
The turtle’s eyes sink into the continuously swirling space.
At that moment, he felt something strangely foreign in his body.
OMG.
The five rings wrapped around my heart shook.
It was almost like sending a danger signal.
“…”
Feeling that, I sat up and watched the turtle.
“No. I will go out on my own feet.”
I feel like the more I stay, the worse the mood will become.
It seems I have touched the turtle’s sore spot.
“…”
After hearing this, the turtle tapped the floor once more with the stick he was holding.
Then, the surrounding area that had been shaking suddenly returned to its original appearance.
“I won’t forget the deal we made. Come back later.”
“… If later, then when?”
“well.”
The turtle turned to me and added:
“You’ll probably find out for yourself.”
“…”
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After saying those words, the turtle said no more.
As I was watching that, I also started walking and came out of the building.
“Hmm… .”
Scratch your head.
I thought I’d get something out of this regression, but it seems like that wasn’t the case.
‘… Isn’t that right? It doesn’t seem like I didn’t get it at all.’
The fact that you know the information.
And from what the turtle knows, there is something that makes it absolutely impossible to turn back time.
I guess you could say that’s what we got.
“… It’s not impossible.”
After all, regression exists.
This isn’t just a passing remark.
How could I not know when I’ve been through it myself?
The turtle declared that it was absolutely impossible.
I was living proof of what was possible in front of him.
I went through a regression.
So I was even more curious.
‘The turtle said, ‘No matter how great you are, it is impossible to turn back time.’
To put it another way:
‘If you give me something much greater than that… After all, isn’t it possible to turn back time?’
I don’t know what the method is or what I have to give.
If the value of the offering is right, doesn’t that mean that return is possible?
I took it that way.
“…”
I spent a long time fidgeting with my hands, thinking.
The stiff steps stopped for a moment.
I see something walking towards me in front of me.
A familiar face with dull eyes.
It was obvious that he was looking around for someone.
It was a horse.
She walked lightly, shifting her gaze. She looked this way and waved her hand.
“Oh, I found it.”
“… .”
It seems like he was looking for me.
I frowned after checking that.
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‘Regression is not possible without a price.’
That’s right.
‘What on earth did you give me?’
What did the Heavenly Horse of my previous life give me to make me regress?
Plus.
‘Why did you do that?’
Why did you make me regress?
What do you want and what do you want to do?
I’ve always been curious since I found out that Cheonma was the one who caused me to regress.
Even now, as time passes.
