225 – 43. Farewell
Late evening, the sun has already set.
Originally, it would have been time to stay at the base and read a book, or go to bed early.
Today was different.
“……Preparations are complete.”
The black suit, red shirt, and white gloves he always wore.
A necklace containing .
I tried to give it back, but they told me to shut up and take care of it because it was noisy.
Tarot cards prepared separately in addition to those made with skills.
And.
“……………….”
The right to change the skill name…… There are still some left.
You haven’t used this yet??
‘Well, a lot of big things happened after I got this.’
Climbing the tower of proof with the saint, thinking about myself, going to see the principal, the emperor and Kim Ha-neul’s affairs, and even Abel’s trip to America.
For some reason, it feels like I’ve been running without stopping starting with this ticket.
Is it right to leave this for someone who needs it?
“………Err.”
I don’t know, but once I stock it up, there will be a useful place for it.
More than anything, there is no way things can be resolved easily in the developer’s room.
Obviously, there were other people in that room besides Jisoo──
Knock knock.
“…It’s fast.”
I don’t think it’s midnight yet, as we promised to meet up.
Hearing the knocking sound that I could already hear, I smiled bitterly, opened the door, and went out.
“Namgoong Min, was I a little fast?”
“No way. Lucas, if you’re really fast, the other kids came first.”
“…4 Women, what a guy.”
“One of them is your sister.”
“That’s why it’s so great.”
Lucas’s words seemed to sound sincere.
I walked the streets at night for a while with Lucas, who was waiting outside the door.
“What about other people?”
“…What, are you even noticing my tail now?”
“Huh? Were you following me from behind?”
“Ah. Everyone decided to give us some one-on-one time. Is it a final greeting or something? I don’t know.”
Last greeting, D.
Is everyone accepting it that way?
“……Then, what should I say to you?”
“Huh? What are you talking about?”
“Huh?”
“It won’t be the last greeting anyway.”
“……….”
“You don’t have to try to answer. I just believe that… This is really cringy.”
Lucas frowned for a moment, then looked at me with an expression that seemed to have reminded him of something.
“I think it would be good to know one thing.”
“What is it?”
“The black mass inside the dream disappeared. The thing that created the monster.”
“……What?”
“What’s interesting is that mother… Well, the principal was still asleep. In fact, he seemed to have fallen deeper into a lucid dream. It was as if someone had taken a hand in it.”
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“……………….”
“Is there a being who entered the dream-like dream that even closed off the space, took a hand in the principal, and took that disgusting lump? Or did it naturally disappear within the dream-like dream?”
“That’s…”
“I’m just saying this because you don’t know. Be careful.”
“…Okay.”
Did you think you had conveyed everything that needed to be conveyed?
Lucas, who had a serious expression on his face, soon raised his mouth and looked at me.
With an expression that no longer shows any remaining hesitation.
“So be careful, friend.”
“…Okay, friend.”
Job skill .
After saying hello, Lucas activated several magics at the same time. His body feels lighter, he has more energy, and his heart beats faster.
Strengthening magic, an improvement that takes into account my physical aptitude as a
Fortune teller.
How much trouble must Lucas have had to improve this magic?
“Lu──”
I tried to say thank you, but Lucas was already gone.
It was a short conversation, but I was able to feel his sincerity through these strengthening magics.
I was just looking at the place where Lucas disappeared somewhere with a smile.
“Namgoong Min, your brother has already gone?”
“Ah, Lane.”
“I…I don’t need to walk.”
Unlike Lucas, Lane seemed to hesitate somewhere.
Quietly close your eyes.
“I love you.”
“……………….”
“So, please come back.”
“……Rain.”
“I know it’s a burden to say, but…I want to be by your side no matter what.”
“……….”
“If I talk for too long, I feel like I’ll have regrets, so…”
Job skill .
Wow.
Her psychic powers called Lane Arthur faded away, and everything about her seemed to come into me.
Of course, it does not inherit skills or occupations.
She simply hands over all of her spare superpowers that she has built up inside her body.
I am not a
Superpower, so even if I receive superpowers, it will only end up strengthening my body.
Because the amount I was accumulating was sheep, I inadvertently clenched my fist.
“This is…….”
“That would be enough, right?”
It’s not enough, but it’s full of power.
Combining Lucas’ strengthening magic with Lane’s superpowers, it felt like it was flying.
“But, if you use it to the bottom like this…”
“It will fill up again soon anyway. I can give as much as I want for Namgoong Min.”
So.
“……………….”
“……………….”
Raine raises her tiptoes for a moment and touches her lips.
Unlike Liu, her tongue was entangled, and even her saliva came over ──
“Fuha!?”
“…With this, I’ve covered up the scars of that mental illness.”
“Well, how do you do that?”
“Namgoong Min, I’m just saying this now…But you are really easy to spy on. hehehe.”
It comes in an instant and then disappears in an instant.
Are you trying to leave as little regret and regret as possible?
Where Lane disappeared, there were only a few teardrops.
“……………….”
“You look like you’re not comfortable, Namgoong Min.”
“…His Royal Highness.”
“I will now call you Your Majesty. Unfortunately, the coronation is in three days, so I am not sure if you will attend.”
Tap.
Kim Seong-il, who was probably the busiest person and had sent a message but thought he might not be able to come, patted me on the shoulder.
“Walk for a while, I have something to tell you.”
“Yes?”
“Aren’t they such amazing people? They even use the emperor of the Korean Empire as a messenger. Well, if it’s their loyalty to the secret power of the imperial family, we should accept it.”
“Prince….”
“Does that sound familiar?”
“This is how I sang for a year.”
“Then call me that. Honestly, it doesn’t matter what you call me.”
Walking down a deserted street at night.
The emperor of the Korean Empire and a mere fortune teller.
“The saint and the saint have asked me to tell them. They say they won’t be able to come due to unavoidable circumstances.”
“…Aileen, you mean?”
“You said you saw him during the day, right? He received a call from the saint and headed straight to the church. He asked me to tell you… ‘I’m sorry.'”
“Aileen, there is no need to apologize.”
“Saint, I don’t know much about Teddy Bear’s ways, but I heard that she always had an overflowing heart for you. I’m sure she would do it for you.”
“…Didn’t the saint tell you anything?”
“He was going to come back anyway, so why bother?”
“Ah…That guy Raphael.”
He is doing something by calling Eileen to church.
‘Could it be related to the Pope?’
The saint told me to be wary of the Pope, but I heard that he is not doing anything to me or the saint who is actually running the church.
I thought that a Pope who calls himself a utilitarian would definitely move somehow.
What are they planning at the end?
“Ah, there is also the situation in the United States.”
“Abel?”
“Of course, we haven’t been able to contact you, but there is a route where the hero is believed to be advancing. The gate, monsters, and everything else in that area have been destroyed. It’s a satellite photo.”
“This is………….”
“As you can see, the writing is made with knife marks.”
Abel’s movements were being tracked using a satellite because it was physically inaccessible?
That thought disappeared with a photo given by Kim Seong-il.
“……………….”
“‘Dear my friend’. It’s a short but strong piece of writing.”
“Abel.”
“No matter how much it is enlarged, if it is enough to be captured by a satellite, can you guess its size? The hero may not have been sure that this would be conveyed, but it seems he left a farewell message to you in his own way.”
“Thank you for the photo.”
“What?”
After putting the photo in my arms, I start walking again.
The moon and stars rise in the sky, and the streets approach midnight.
We didn’t say anything to each other, but it wasn’t awkward. Rather, it was a comfortable silence.
Perhaps he thought the silence was sufficient, Kim Seong-il quietly opened his mouth.
“It’s okay if you don’t come back.”
“……Yes?”
“It seems like all the other guys are putting a burden on you. Eunha, too…The other female students, and the guys who asked me to tell them.”
“……………….”
“We can’t force our situation on you.”
“…Isn’t it good that the secret power is gone?”
“What? Huh, hahahaha!!! Yes, you might think so. Ah, it’s been a while since I laughed out loud.”
“Did you find it that funny?”
“That’s right. Well, he’s still a secret person.”
“It wasn’t right?”
“That’s actually true. Actually, it’s not that bad.”
“…Uh, yes?”
“The emperor of the Korean Empire and his close friend and brave fortune teller. It’s not a bad sound.”
“……………….”
“Oh, should I also call you brother-in-law?”
“Yes?”
Quaaa-
“… Don’t worry about what you say, Min.”
“……The prince flew far away.”
“You’ll be fine.”
“You couldn’t even leave a scream…”
“He’ll be fine. Shall we send him all the way to the Korean Empire?”
“No, I think he will send me to that world.”
Anyway, there was that loud noise, but no one woke up? Didn’t I say everyone is following me now?
It’s really good, right?
“Then, I’m the last one. My Min.”
“……Is that so?”
“My people?”
“Probably so. Saint and Eileen are at the church, and Abel is in America… So we talked about everything. Oh, and Mr. Liu…”
“Who?”
“Yes, Mr. Liu.”
“A man sinking in the Great Lake?”
“…Galaxy?”
“I’m just kidding. If he’s a wealthy person, he’s probably watching us from nearby. Honestly, my last date was with Min, but I have to endure this, right?”
“Ah…….”
“I’m the last…I want to hold on for a long time, but that would be too selfish. So.”
Sureuk.
Eunha held my hand and placed her hand on her chest.
…… He tried his best to get out, but he couldn’t move at all.
“Uh, galaxy?”
“It’s not what you imagine. It’s just… Can you feel it? The sound of my heart?”
“Uh…”
Excited. Excited. Excited.
The warmth felt from Eunha’s body and the periodic sound of her heart.
Excited, Excited──
It was getting faster and faster.
“The Inside me is shaking. When it comes in contact with our people, it subsides, but when I’m alone, I try hard.”
“……………….”
“My Min taught me self-control. So I will endure it. I will endure it again and again. During the time when I cannot meet my Min, I will definitely endure it.”
So.
“No matter how long it takes….”
“……………….”
“Remember, I’ll wait. OK?”
Eunha did not shed tears.
He was just held in my arms.
The warmth of her body, and the heartbeat…… Now I feel like it’s in danger.
I quietly hugged Eunha.
“You’re going, right?”
“…Yes.”
“I’ll wait.”
Knowing that she couldn’t keep holding on, Eunha quietly slipped out of her arms.
And waves her hand with her smiling face.
Suddenly a thought occurred to me. I have to answer. I need to answer clearly in some way.
Because I could have made her wait forever.
“……………….”
But nothing came out of my mouth.
The words she couldn’t say just lingered in her mouth speechlessly.
In the end, I couldn’t give any answer.
“…Goodbye.”
Therefore, I had no choice but to shake her hand.
That was all there was to it.
*
Where is she walking? Actually I don’t know.
After saying goodbye to everyone, I walk down the street alone.
It was a road I walked while talking to someone just a little while ago, but now it feels so cold and lonely. Is it because of my mood?
‘Are they still following me?’
…… Probably not. I couldn’t tell with my skills anyway, but it seemed like everyone had returned.
Because they are like that. My friends.
Walking and walking along the streets at night like that.
“…Now come out slowly.”
Now that we are no longer on a street full of buildings, but at the beginning of a mountain.
He quietly chanted even though there was no one in sight.
“Everyone has gone back, right? This is the last time.”
Trug.
“In the end, we too have to come to an end.”
“……Namgoong Min.”
Trug.
“Yes, Namgoong Min.”
“I said we would meet again.”
“Did you manage to escape from the dream?”
“…That’s right.”
Trug.
Namgoong Min and Namgoong Min.
One was fine, but the other was in complete disrepair.
When I came out of the dream, did I not come out smoothly?
With the principal and mediator who were on the same side gone, they wouldn’t have been able to get proper treatment or even rest.
Nevertheless, in Namgoong Min’s eyes, along with fatigue, a determination that could overwhelm it was flowing.
“This is the last time, Namgoong Min.”
“…That’s right. This is the last time, Namgoong Min.”
Unlike when we first met, Namgoong Min is filled with determination rather than hatred.
Namgoong Min is smiling like a fortune teller, just like when we first met.
We looked at each other like that.
It was truly the last time.