〈Episode 616〉 Dragon.
[The youngest of the Blue Family is cursed.]
This is a story that spread throughout the North Sea.
Cursed child.
This is what everyone who saw the child who had just turned ten said.
-It’s creepy how you look at me as if you know everything.
-I have no idea what you’re thinking.
-There must be a reason why I treat the blue wolf so lightly, even though it is my blood.
-Well… .
A child who has escaped from his father’s sight.
The youngest there was in that position.
Where did the problem start?
The boy thought about it sometimes.
If anything went wrong, when was that moment?
It was around the time I heard about my mother’s affair.
Or maybe it was around the time I realized my brother’s secret.
Or else.
Was it when I realized my father’s ambition?
Anything is fine.
That wasn’t important to the boy anymore.
“…”
I look up at the sky with empty eyes.
It was snowing.
The boy’s cheeks were flushed red as he looked into her eyes.
It’s because I got slapped in the face by my father just before.
[Don’t look at me with those disgusting eyes!]
It was just because I was looking.
Swish.
The boy caresses my cheek.
Despite the cold weather, her cheeks were still hot.
In contrast to the heat in his eyes, the boy’s eyes were gradually cooling down.
Hear what others can’t hear.
That alone twisted the boy’s life.
When the mother’s affair was revealed, the father became furious and the incident broke out.
When I first realized my older brother’s secret.
My brother had to leave as if he was abandoned in a remote area.
After these two incidents, the boy finally closed his mouth when he heard the sound.
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His father must have thought as he looked at the boy.
perhaps.
Maybe, he will also notice his own secret.
Was that what you were afraid of?
The boy became a nuisance to his father.
It became an awl and ruined the boy’s life.
Cursed child.
The boy did not deny what he had heard.
How can one deny it?
[That… yeah… that…] [Rain…] [Krrrrr… rrrrr.]
Because even in his eyes, it seemed like a curse.
The boy covered his ears.
I tried hard to block it out, but the noise was still loud in my ears.
whine.
The sound of anger.
A scream.
A storm of violent and tearing emotions.
Closing my eyes and covering my ears did not block the sound.
Emotions make noise.
The noise piled up and piled up and became noise.
Life became hell for the boy.
My relationship with my family broke down because I could sense other people’s hidden emotions.
The mother blamed herself.
The brother was afraid of himself.
Father despised himself.
There is no one to comfort the boy when he cries, and no shade to hide the snow that falls on him.
The boy who heard the emotions of all things was actually growing cold towards his own emotions.
That was the kind of life it was.
And, that was the life I had to live from now on.
If this isn’t hell, then what is?
The boy thought as he watched the falling snow.
I think they say there are four seasons in the world.
Spring among them.
The season when all the snow melts and flowers bloom, making the place beautiful.
I’ve definitely heard that there’s something like that in the Central Plains.
Spring never comes to the North Sea, as snow falls constantly here.
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It was like his own life.
A life buried in snow, slowly dying.
The North Sea and my life are no different.
That’s right.
‘If I die, will I be able to feel better?’
Rather than waiting for the spring of life.
If we finish it before the cold winter comes.
That might be a slightly better way.
The boy looks straight ahead as a thought suddenly occurs to him.
There was a frozen lake there.
What did you think when you saw that?
It’s a vague memory now.
If I try to recall my memories,
The young boy was just tired and listless.
It was because I was so tired and the noise was so loud that I couldn’t tell right from wrong.
so.
There was no hesitation in his steps.
Since I was at an age where it was okay to be immature, I was obsessed with my own choices.
Surely, that must be why.
with a plop-!
My breathing stopped with a popping sound.
The cold water, so cold it hurts, wraps around my whole body.
When I opened my eyes, I couldn’t see anything.
So I closed my eyes.
By the way, do you know what’s funny?
Between the stuffiness and the shortness of breath.
The first thing that came to mind was not pain or fear, but comfort.
‘…Be quiet.’
The sound that had just sounded crazy disappeared in an instant.
What a quiet moment.
The boy could feel a sense of liberation at that moment.
but.
That feeling of liberation soon disappeared.
“Crunch…!”
I can’t breathe.
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The moment when all breath leaves and only pain remains.
My whole body began to gradually freeze in the cold water.
Move your body as if struggling.
Even though it was something I chose for myself.
The boy had to show some unsightly behavior at the end.
Did you yearn for life? Probably not.
I don’t know.
I don’t remember up to that point.
If there’s anything I remember.
“Ugh… Ugh…”
The point where you start to lose consciousness after struggling for a while.
with a plop-!
At the same time as the sound heard from far away.
Hwaak-!
Something was pulling him towards something.
Thin, slender arms move around my body.
A short time passes.
“Phuha!”
The boy was able to get out of the water.
“Cough… keuk…”
He lies face down on the ground, trembling, and vomits water.
After spitting it out for a while like that.
Something wraps around my body shivering from the cold.
It was a dry fur coat.
I looked at the person who covered me with clothes, wondering what was wrong.
“Whoa! It’s cold…!”
The first thing I saw was pure white hair that resembled snow.
He was soaking wet and damp, just like me.
The age difference doesn’t seem to be that big either.
She was a girl of exactly the same age.
The boy was looking at the girl with an expression of incomprehension.
The girl smiled and spoke to the boy.
“It seems like the weather has gotten a lot colder lately. Doesn’t it?”
“…”
“The water is too cold. It feels too early to go swimming.”
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What a truly clear smile.
Through the falling snow, the boy looked at the clothes covering him.
“So. If you’re going to swim, let’s do it together next time when we’re less active.”
“I am….”
“It’s so cold now!”
The boy tries to say something.
The girl cut him off.
I found out later though.
The girl said she already knew what the boy was going to do.
At that time, with my small head, I couldn’t think of words to change the boy’s mind.
So that’s what he said.
What should I say?
It was a story that just made me laugh.
The boy couldn’t open his mouth in a situation he didn’t understand.
This is a space that cannot be entered carelessly.
Even though the boy’s father had blocked the place so that no one could enter.
How on earth did this girl get in here?
When such questions arise in your mind.
“nice to meet you.”
The girl reached out her hand to the boy.
“Are you the youngest son of the blue wolf?”
“…”
How many people in the North Sea can call their father like that?
The boy was young but smart, so he knew that the number was definitely not that large.
Even if I try, I can probably count them on one hand.
If you say that she is a young girl, the answer is obvious even without looking.
Even though he knew that, the boy did not react.
Just look at the girl.
at that time.
Swish.
The girl reached out her hand to the boy.
“My name is Yuri.”
I thought as I looked into her blue eyes.
It is truly splendid.
“What is your name?”
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Obviously, the boy at that time didn’t know.
This girl.
That it will be his belief and spring.
******************
Stop.
Stop.
Blood flows down the sword.
The blood that flowed like that fell to the floor and turned my eyes red.
How far did the tip of the sword penetrate?
The pain is rising.
I adjusted it to my own liking, but it seems like I made a slight mistake.
“Man… This hurts so bad.”
I avoided the vital points and inserted the needle, but it still hurt.
‘How long has it been since this happened?’
How long has it been since I was stabbed?
I’ve been hit many times, but it’s been a long time since I’ve been hit like this.
I think it’s the first time since the regression.
Gulp.
Blood is flowing from the corner of the mouth.
I didn’t really clean it.
Suddenly.
The sensation comes from the sword stuck in my stomach.
As soon as I felt it, I gripped the blade tightly.
“Don’t move. If you move too hard, you’ll hurt my hand.”
“…you…!”
The master of the sword spits out a warning.
Woohyuk says, widening his eyes.
“Now, what are you doing…!”
“You wouldn’t know it if you saw it?”
Every time I brought up the subject, blood boiled at my mouth.
This is so dirty and corrupt.
He said, trying to ignore it.
“I’m trying to make you come to your senses.”
“Pull out the sword right now…! We need to stop the bleeding first…!”
I couldn’t help but laugh at the words Woohyuk brought up.
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“You said earlier that you wouldn’t let me pass unless I killed you. What’s the rush?”
“…!”
As soon as I uttered the previous conversation, Woohyuk frowned.
And then I saw her biting her lips hard.
That sight was particularly amusing.
Kid, you were pretending to be indifferent, but I liked how your expression got so distorted.
It has to be at least that much for the stabbing to be worth it.
He spoke to Woohyuk while covered in blood.
“I gave it some thought.”
I bring up the subject, but Woohyuk just stares at the sword stuck in his stomach.
“You just tried to die, didn’t you?”
“…!”
Woohyuk stops after hearing those words.
“You tried to kill me.”
No answer came.
But, I already knew the answer.
Woohyuk was about to die just now.
He was trying to die by my hand.
So, in the end, the sword’s power must have been lost.
“What are you talking about?”
It seems like Woohyuk is trying to ignore it.
“You know everything and you’re pretending not to know anything. You’re smart.”
That wouldn’t work on me.
“When did it start? When did you start trying to do that?”
“…”
“Say it fucking.”
He spat out a curse and put strength into the blade he was holding.
It’s to dig deeper.
“crazy…!”
Woohyuk, who doesn’t know that, puts strength into the handle.
It was a strange situation where the one who stabbed tried to take it out, and the one who was stuck tried to put more in.
“Are you really trying to die!? Are you crazy?”
“Then are you crazy or not? Why, you can and I can’t?”
I frowned and said as Woohyuk shouted.
“Don’t you know how fucked up that is?”
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You probably don’t know.
The choice you are about to make now will be a huge curse to the other person.
In contrast, I knew it so clearly.
In that situation.
“What the hell. Are you trying to do that to me?”
Are you trying to make me go through this again?
Bam-!
He grabbed Woohyuk by the collar with his empty hand.
“If it’s been a while since I’ve seen you, you should’ve just said hello. Why did you create such a shitty situation!”
In the meantime, I felt Woohyuk applying strength in case the sword rattles.
I kept thinking about it.
What is Woohyuk’s intention in doing this to me?
How can you be so irrational when you know you can’t win?
Moreover, why did you see me?
‘Did you look at him with a look of approval?’
I’d rather say it turned out well.
I’m glad it turned out this way.
I smiled bitterly in relief.
How could that be?
Why did it have to be that way?
I could find the answer to that question just now when I looked into Woohyuk’s eyes.
To act like that with eyes like mine, with those eyes.
The meaning behind it is something I know all too well.
only.
‘I just kind of hate you for trying to make me do that.’
I resent Woohyuk.
It was probably the first time I felt this emotion.
So I could tell.
I looked at Woohyuk, who started to tremble, and said.
“Idiot. Isn’t that really fatal? Just run away.”
Now, I finally realize, albeit belatedly, why my father treated me like that back then.
It was a realization that came too late.
Those words were spoken with such feelings in mind.
“What do you know…!!”
The sword that was stuck in the boat was pulled out and fell to the floor.
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Gulp.
I could feel blood flowing out of the boat.
Oh shit… It got pulled out so suddenly.
I tried to ignore the pain and approached Woohyuk.
“Ugh… .”
“I don’t know, kid. You never told me, so how would I know?”
I don’t know anything.
About Woohyuk, I didn’t know much, including his past life and this life.
There were also things I wasn’t particularly curious about.
There were also things that Woohyuk didn’t tell me.
But that doesn’t mean it was okay for it to turn out like this.
“Then, you should have said something.”
He approached again and grabbed Woohyuk by the collar as he fell.
“Instead of acting like this, you should have asked for help.”
“…”
“Why are you talking nonsense when you didn’t say anything?”
The one who immediately wanted to fight was Woohyuk.
“What is it? Why on earth are you doing this?”
“…”
“Speak up, so I can either help you or make you come to your senses.”
At the words mixed with irritation, a question appeared in Woohyuk’s eyes.
“…why…?”
“what.”
“Why on earth are you doing this to me…?”
Not only his eyes but also his words were full of doubts.
Why am I doing this?
“… At best, it’ll only last a few years. There’s no reason for you to do this to me.”
It’s been four years since we last met.
I call Woohyuk my close friend. That’s because I have memories of his past life.
Because he died for me.
Because I remember him supporting me when I was falling apart, I remember that and call Woohyuk my close friend.
but.
“Why are you doing this to me?”
The current Woohyuk probably doesn’t know that.
And this.
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“I don’t know, you little punk. Ask yourself, I don’t know either.”
It was just like what Woohyuk did to me in my previous life.
“what…?”
“We weren’t that close and there was no way we could become close. You were the one who approached me first.”
The generation of meteors.
The guy at the center of it all reached out to me, who was full of complaints about the world.
Even though I hurled all kinds of curses at him and told him I didn’t like him, he wouldn’t leave my side.
Why would that be?
When I asked him why on earth he was doing that.
What did Woohyuk say to me?
“Because they’re similar? I think that’s probably why.”
Because they are similar to me.
That’s why it’s comfortable.
Woohyuk clearly told me that.
“Isn’t that right? When I heard that back then, what did I really think?”
A genius among geniuses.
A guy who is sure to become the next generation of shamans.
That guy came to me, a disgrace to Sega, and said that I was similar to him.
Who are you kidding?
At first I thought that way and it made me feel even more like shit.
“Now that I think about it, I understand a little bit.”
Now I think I know.
What Woohyuk said was true.
You and I were similar.
So that’s why you came to me.
At that time, I understood a little what the sleeping dragon was saying to me.
We had no regrets about each other’s lives.
I felt empty because I wanted to gain something, but I knew I couldn’t.
That was us.
“You told me to live.”
Live on.
Life is precious, so please live.
It’s something Woohyuk used to say out of habit when he saw me.
“Was that really what you were talking about to me? No.”
This is also a belated realization.
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“Is that what you were talking about?”
It’s a question you’ll never hear an answer to.
It meant that it was meaningless to hear it from Woohyuk now.
“I bet it was. You saw yourself in me.”
“…What are you talking about now?”
“Shut up and listen. It’s my turn now.”
What supported me when I was falling apart.
It was to keep myself from collapsing.
If you want to fix the broken me.
It must have been because he himself was broken.
Was it a sense of empathy or sympathy?
Now that too has no meaning.
That’s not what I should be thinking about now.
That wasn’t what I had to spit out.
“Live. Just live, you little shit.”
I should have told Woohyuk what he told me in my past life.
Although the words came out a bit differently.
“If you have a problem, I’ll help you out a little bit and stuff. Just live. Stop acting like this… My stomach hurts, damn it.”
I had to hold my stomach in excruciating pain to speak.
Although I managed to stop the bleeding, the condition was still not good.
Given his monstrous regenerative abilities, he’ll probably feel better in three days.
“…under….”
As he watched me doing that, Woohyuk suddenly let out a sigh.
“This is ridiculous….”
“Let me tell you something. It’s been a long time since we last met, and you suddenly stabbed me in the stomach. Does that make you feel good?”
“That’s you…!”
“Okay, now tell me. Why are you doing this?”
I dug a hole in my stomach just to hear that one thing.
Now it seemed like I could hear it a little.
No, now I really had to listen.
“If you don’t tell me, I’ll pierce you again?”
These are the words he spoke as he grabbed Woohyuk’s sword that had fallen to the ground.
If you don’t tell me, I’ll drill another hole in your stomach.
That was the kind of threat it was.
The problem is.
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“… What kind of threat are you using your body to threaten? Do you think that will work?”
“Not working? Try it? Do it? I’ll do it now. Watch carefully.”
I was about to pick up my sword and stab him in the stomach.
“Stop…! Stop it!”
Woohyuk raised his hand to stop my actions.
They said it wouldn’t work, but the threats were working.
“You crazy bastard! You are truly crazy.”
“I hear that often.”
It felt really strange to hear it from the second most listened to person.
He put down his sword quietly and looked at Woohyuk.
He even crossed his arms as if telling me to speak quickly.
Okay then.
“haha….”
Woohyuk let out a low laugh.
“… How did I end up becoming friends with this guy?”
I think he regrets it a little.
It’s already too late.
‘I should blame you from your past life for that.’
No matter what you said to Woohyuk back then, nothing would change.
“Okay, first of all, let’s stop the bleeding… .”
“Just say it first. I’ll take care of it.”
Even without that, the energy inside my body was moving quickly.
It is a method to increase regenerative power along with hemostasis.
In fact, the bleeding had stopped a long time ago.
I still felt dizzy because I lost a lot of blood… .
Woohyuk staggers on the horse and raises his upper body.
The hostility from earlier seemed to have subsided somewhat.
I asked while looking at it.
“Speak?”
“Don’t rush me… .”
“If you’re not going to do it, then again-”
“I will, I will! I will… But you have to take care of other things first.”
I turned my head at what Woohyuk said.
That’s right.
Even though things got complicated, Woohyuk wasn’t the reason I came here.
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Thinking about that, I approached Woohyuk and extended my hand.
It meant to grab hold and get up.
“If you don’t do it later, you’ll really fall behind.”
“…Me? Or you?”
“It depends on the situation.”
This part was something I would check and choose as I saw fit.
“ha ha ha….”
Woohyuk heard this and gave the same empty laugh as before.
And then he reaches out his hand to grab it.
That moment.
“Is it the end?”
I heard an unknown voice.
“Then it’s not fun.”
And right next to it.
