Chapter 64
After finally finding the monster that was disturbing his inner world, he immediately changed the dream as soon as his identity was exposed.
It was too late.
“Here is….”
Yeonnah-eul, who was hitting Gyounwoo’s butt in the classroom, was standing in the middle of the middle school playground.
“Is this a memory from middle school this time….”
His presence was not felt.
It seemed like he would have to find him again.
Yeonnah-eul resigned himself to it and decided to see what dream he was showing.
The sound was heard at that moment.
“Ha-nuel.”
“…Yes?”
It was Dokyeonwoo’s voice.
Yeonnah-eul turned around in the direction of the sound.
The girl who caught his eye lost her words.
Her mouth widened.
Even her rabbit ears shot up high.
“….”
“Thank you for coming.”
Dokyeonwoo was holding a bouquet of flowers.
Under his feet, candles were flickering, forming a large heart around him.
Rose petals were scattered, and balloons were rolling around.
Yeonnah-eul could only ask him while looking at herself, who was smiling softly.
“What… are you doing right now?”
“Just doing something.”
An expression asking if it was necessary.
Dokyeonwoo shrugged his shoulders.
Then, a sound was heard from above.
“Confess quickly!”
“You guys are really amazing!”
“Haneul is so lucky!”
“Guys! Gyounwoo confessed to Yeonnah-eul! Look at them!”
“Gyounwoo! You’re a true romantic!”
“Instead of confessing, study!”
“You guys! Be prepared for demerits!”
“hahahaha, I’ve been through that too….”
“It’s nice. Youth is enviable.”
Students outside the window were laughing gleefully.
The students inside the building seemed to be gathered by the windows.
From the principal to the vice principal, the teachers seemed to be looking down.
“Ah….”
Looking up at them,
Yeonha felt dizzy.
Meanwhile, Dogyeonwoo knew or didn’t know her feelings.
“Ha-nyeo, I’ve wanted to say this for a while. Now I can finally say it.”
….
Dogyeonwoo, focusing solely on his emotions, had put her in a dilemma.
Blushing, he scratched his cheek.
Soon, he knelt on one knee, offering a bouquet to Yeonha.
“Ha-nyeo, I like you. No, I love you. There’s only you for me. So… will you go out with me? I’ll treat you well.”
Dogyeonwoo confessed earnestly.
Outside the window, people leaned out and whistled.
“Date! Date! Date! Date!”
“Dogyeonwoo, your leg must hurt! Hurry and catch it! It’s not polite to keep bouncing like that!”
“Congratulations on your first day as a couple!”
“Heh, it’s the birth of the official school couple.”
“It’s a great time, indeed.”
People were seizing the moment.
A mood was being created where one couldn’t help but accept the confession.
In that atmosphere.
“Uh…”
“Hmm? What is it, Ha-nyeo?”
“I hate ittt!”
Yeonha screamed in frustration.
In her hand, a metal baton was clenched.
“I… hate it? No, why?”
“I hate public confessions!”
Device on.
Yeonha swung the iron hammer.
With all her might.
—
The scene changed.
Dogyeonwoo, nearly beaten to a pulp, and Yeonha, who had demolished the middle school building, were in the school corridor.
….
It was a familiar sight.
It felt like a middle school hallway.
“What are they trying to show this time…?”
Yeonha closed her eyes.
Could it be a confession in the hallway this time?
To avoid getting caught up in the situation like a little while ago, she quickly walked through the hallway to find a monster or something.
“Wow, they really suit each other.”
As she was heading towards the main staircase,
Yeonha could hear the students in the hallway murmuring.
They all were looking towards the main staircase.
“Who are they?”
Yeonha passed by the students.
Soon, she could see a man and a woman having a conversation on the main staircase.
Familiar faces.
“What are you doing after this?”
“Nothing. Why?”
“Then, want to come over to my place today? No one’s home except for Mongshil.”
“Why would I come to your place?”
It was Dogyeonwoo and Kim Sooji.
Kim Sooji, standing on the stairs, was looking down at Dogyeonwoo with a smile in her eyes.
Dogyeonwoo was smiling too.
Even from afar, it was evident that the relationship between the two was not ordinary.
“…”
Yeonha stood frozen in place, watching the scene.
At that moment, she heard the students’ voices.
“There’s no separate couple of Sun and Moon.”
“Dogyeonwoo is from the Shingeomdo family, and Sooji is from the Myeongga family, so there’s no way they’d be at odds.”
“Love is pouring out of Dogyeonwoo’s eyes.”
“What about Sooji?”
“How long has it been since they met?”
“It hasn’t even been a week, right?”
“Did Sooji confess first? I liked Sooji first…”
“But wasn’t Dogyeonwoo supposed to like Yeonha?”
“Oh, that rabbit freak? He did like her. That’s why he even publicly confessed. But what did that rabbit freak do to Dogyeonwoo?”
“How hurt must his pride have been when he got rejected during the confession.”
“Sooji took advantage of that opportunity.”
“Hey! There’s Yeonha over there! Shh!”
“Hey, did I say something wrong?”
“So what? She severed ties with Dogyeonwoo, right? If that’s the case, shouldn’t we be worried about not receiving the protection of the Shingeomdo family anymore?”
“…”.
Through the murmurs of the students.
Yeonhaneul could sense the situation turning around.
“This must be a dream. Don’t get too excited.”
Yeonhaneul bit her lip tightly to suppress her emotions.
She clenched her fist holding the metal plaque tightly.
And at that moment.
“…Gyeonwoo…?”
Yeonhaneul’s eyes met with Do Gyeonwoo’s.
The corners of his mouth stretched long as he looked at her.
As if to say…
“Oh, they’re about to kiss.”
“They’re being quite obvious about it.”
“….”
Do Gyeonwoo placed his hand on Kim Suji’s cheek on the stairs.
She closed her eyes and offered her lips.
He too closed his eyes, ready to meet her lips with his…
Smack!
At that moment, something snapped in Yeonhaneul’s heart.
Device on.
She swung the sledgehammer.
* * *
A man with sunburnt skin and yellow-dyed hair, endlessly fighting with women with rabbit ears.
They were entwined, creating chaos in the dream world.
The clashing of weapons echoed endlessly throughout the world.
“It’s a catastrophe.”
The intruder in the man’s dream felt deeply perplexed.
Things were going awry.
Disguised as endlessly dividing women, they were waiting for a chance to kill him, but he never expected that he would counter like this, using his own dream.
The numerical advantage became meaningless.
On some level, he understood his intentions.
“He’s trying to minimize the time and cost of finding me, hiding himself.”
Discussing reality within a dream was somewhat amusing.
Realistically, it was nearly impossible for the man to find himself hidden among those women alone.
On the other hand, he was always in a position to find him.
So, he split himself to find him and to create confusion for himself.
It was a clever maneuver.
But it only achieved half-baked results.
The man might achieve one purpose, but he couldn’t achieve another.
“Even if you create a doppelganger, do you think I won’t find it?”
He was a dreamer.
Being able to stimulate dreams, there was no way he couldn’t discern the man’s dream.
Though momentarily taken aback by the man’s unexpected maneuver, he precisely identified the man among those filling the world.
“Even if it’s all just a dream, are you so attached to that girl that you can’t bring yourself to kill her? Foolish and weak.”
Unaware of what he had noticed, the man diligently interacted with the women, searching for himself.
But he was here.
No matter how hard he searched from there, he would never find himself.
He sneered at the foolish man.
In the end, nothing had changed.
He just needed to wait for the right moment to strike.
And that moment was now.
“I have seen enough. I have understood all about a man’s swordsmanship.”
Finally deciding to begin the hunt,
He charged towards the man along with the women nearby.
“Kyung-woo.” “Kyung-woo.” “Kyung-woo.”
“…!”
A sense of defeat spread across the man’s face as he engaged in combat with the three women.
＜Defense Form 6 of the Water Dragon Style＞
Lion’s Trust
The man hastily adopts a defensive stance.
But it was within his expected range.
＜GroundQuake＞
The key to the defensive stance the man was about to unfold was to directly receive the shock of the sword, convert it into rotational force, and create a whirlwind centered around himself.
By doing so, he deflects the attack.
So, all he has to do is attack directly without being blocked by the sword.
Just like crumbling the ground he stands on.
“…What!?”
The man’s rotation failed.
As the ground collapsed, losing his footing, he made a startled sound.
“Now.”
He snickered among the women.
Then, manipulating the women beside him, he launched a coordinated attack, not giving him a chance to respond properly.
“Argh!”
The man was completely cornered.
Just a moment ago, he who used to easily dodge attacks was now frequently exposing himself to them after being hit once.
The opportunity to kill him had arrived.
“This is it.”
He didn’t miss the chance.
Having firmly gained the upper hand, he immediately blended into the crowd of women.
“It’s over!”
Raising a huge iron hammer above his head,
He tried to strike the man down.
It was right at that moment when he felt that something was amiss.
“…!?”
The man’s eyes flickered.
His gaze was fixed on him.
A smirk appeared on his lips.
It was no mistake.
Certainly, there were women around, but
Beneath the blonde hair, a sharp gaze was solely directed at him.
“eeek!”
He must kill him now.
It’s dangerous.
Feeling an unknown sense of unease, he swung the iron hammer while making a growling sound.
Swish!
The iron hammer fell.
The man.
Thud!
Unlike his previous reluctance to kill her,
The man instinctively moved, delving into his embrace, and stabbed with a sword without hesitation.
“…Gah!”
Shwooosh!
The sword pierced his chest.
Dropping the iron hammer from his hand, he couldn’t contain his shock while looking at the sword stuck in his chest.
However, his cry was drowned out by the rain and didn’t spread far.
He was bleeding.
The blood was turning pale.
“How in the world did you…?”
How did you recognize me at all?
In a disbelieving tone, he asked the man who, after being attacked, could no longer maintain her appearance.
The man responded indifferently.
“Well, since the heavens wouldn’t really try to kill me.”