128 – The Changing Future
“…Hello.”
“……?”
Around the time when the world, which had been overturned several times, became quiet again. Kang Ha-neul, who entered Ariel’s room again, began to tilt her head quietly.
“Why are you doing that?”
“…Nothing.”
Ariel was leaning against her bed with a look of despair on her face.
“Is your body hurt? If so, go get treatment…”
“…It’s okay, yo.”
“Hmm…”
The river sky, which was moving her steps while looking at the scene with her slightly worried eyes, stopped her steps as her body flinched at the cold voice that flowed from her mouth.
‘…What is it?’
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Nothing actually happened, but when she met Ariel’s dark gaze, she felt her whole body tremble for some reason.
‘I wonder if I caught a cold because I worked too hard these days…’
It was quite strange, but since the cause was unknown, Kang Ha-neul dismissed it as just a weak body and quietly buttoned up his clothes.
“……”
“…Sigh.”
Ariel, who had been staring at him like that, corrected her posture, and her river sky twitched her body slightly again.
“What is it really…”
“So why are you here?”
“Oh, well.”
Thanks to that, Kang Ha-neul scratched her head by herself, then started answering Ariel’s question that flew by.
“There’s something I really need to tell you.”
“…What is it?”
“I didn’t want to tell you at first, but I don’t think it’s the right thing to not tell you after hearing that…”
“Get to the point.”
“…Yes.”
As Ariel cuts off her explanation in a dark voice, Kang Ha-neul, who had a puzzled look on her face for a while, resumes her story.
“My colleagues and I will be going to the 7th main event soon. This weekend is probably the most likely…”
“…….”
“If you’re interested too, then…”
“I will cooperate.”
Then, before he could finish his words, Ariel nodded in agreement with him.
“…The story isn’t over yet.”
“There’s nothing more to hear. I’ll be with you unconditionally.”
“It will be quite dangerous. You could lose your life or become their captive.”
“I understand.”
Kang Ha-neul’s eyes tremble slightly when he sees her resolute expression.
“…Basically, the position is to protect each other’s bodies. Even if they fall into danger, there is a high possibility of leaving them behind.”
“Because I understand.”
“And…”
“Hey there.”
As his words grew longer, Ariel, who had been quietly nodding her head, interrupted Kang Ha-neul again.
“Why is that?”
“…Sorry.”
It was Kang Ha-neul who couldn’t say that Ariel’s appearance from a moment ago overlapped with Justia’s enthusiasm for everything.
“…Because he’s a precious disciple, I don’t know.”
“………”
Because of that, Kang Ha-neul makes such excuses in a low voice.
“You think of me as a disciple.”
“…….”
“Or, just think of it as something that needs to be protected.”
Ariel’s slightly darker voice pierces his ears.
“…I think of you differently.”
But it was inevitable for Kang Ha-neul.
Because I’ve been hiding the fact that sometimes Justia from that day comes to mind when I’m looking at Ariel’s face.
And, crucially, unlike herself, she was still an academy student.
“…You’d better prepare in advance.”
Because of this, Kang Ha-neul started to ignore her words and turned her steps.
“Including you and the concept of death, at most five people have to defeat the legends of the past. So…”
– Swoop…
“…..What?”
However, Ariel, who had come right behind such a river sky, quietly grabbed his arm.
“”………..””
And then the static began.
“…No. Let’s stop now.”
“…..What are you doing?”
“I’m going to run it anyway. It doesn’t mean anything…”
Ariel, who was trembling with his hands and trying to give strength to his arms, muttered that with a sullen expression, and the river sky began to tilt its head.
“But, if you don’t mind.”
Then, Ariel looked up at him and quietly opened her mouth.
“…It’s good for the cheek, so why don’t you kiss it just once?”
“…….”
“That much can be passed on to an expression of affection for a disciple.”
Cold sweat begins to flow from Kang Ha-neul’s forehead.
“Who in the world is like that…”
“Do it.”
It wasn’t just about whether or not I should kiss the girl in front of me on the cheek.
“…Do it.”
It was because Ariel was holding on to her arm while using the power of the ‘hero concept’, and the blood stopped flowing through her arm.
“Uh…”
So, Kang Ha-neul is at a crossroads between giving up her own arm as it is, or betraying her girlfriend within a few minutes of dating.
– Ikki…
“…..?”
It was at that moment that he closed his eyes and quietly made up his mind on how to deal with this situation.
＞ Dear. What so long…
The door opened, and Pandora stuck her head out.
– Shashak…
In that state, Pandora, who stared blankly at the two for a moment, starts sliding towards them at high speed.
– Swoop…
Before long, she grabbed the sleeve of Kang Ha-neul’s clothes and started dragging Ariel out of her room.
“”…….””
Although no words were exchanged, sparks quietly flew in the dark eyes of the two girls facing each other for a very short moment.
“…Hmm.”
The concept of death, which just in time stretched and rose from the seat, looked at it with interest and murmured.
“The atmosphere is nice.”
By the way, the atmosphere that the concept of death likes is a situation where life is prevalent.
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“…Hey, Pandora.”
“…….”
“Pandora?”
Kang Ha-neul, who came out of her room, starts to notice Pandora, who silently holds her sleeve next to her.
“As for the situation earlier… I didn’t take the initiative…”
＞ Kang Haneul.
He tried to make an excuse, but before he could finish his words, he heard the synthesized sound of a drone in his ears.
＞ What would you think if I disappeared?
“…Dora, you’re wrong.”
＞ It’s not that I’m angry. I guess I just have to ask now.
Kang Ha-neul, who was still looking at her and calling her by her nickname, looked at Pandora’s serious expression and replied with a smile.
“…Then you should kill yourself.”
＞ Are you serious?
“Yes, no matter what happens, I will definitely die.”
Although it was a remark made with a playful expression, the voice of Kang Ha-neul, who was facing Pandora directly, contained sincerity that could not be hidden.
“………”
Because of that, Pandora stared blankly at him for a long time.
‘A boy who has never had anything in his life got his hands on something for the first time.’
The words she heard in the conversation she had just had with Rumia came to Pandora’s mind.
‘Even if that something is the most valuable thing in the world, how bad is the boy’s obsession with it?’
“…….”
‘The cost of making a person who has no regrets in life is greater than expected.’
Pandora’s complexion is getting darker.
＞ Hey, you know.
“Huh?”
＞ There’s something I want to say…
How much time had passed like that? It was at that point when Pandora, slightly attached to Kang Ha-neul, looked at him and started talking to him.
“…Excuse me. I think you should come over and take a look at this.”
Rumia, who was quietly sitting on the sofa in the living room watching an old CRT TV, waved to them.
“What’s the matter…”
“…….!”
Kang Ha-neul and Pandora turned their eyes to the TV at her expression, which was different from her usual smile, and Pandora opened his eyes wide and began to make blank expressions.
[Breaking news: The 7 main line raids, the culprit is a top-ranked hero…?]
It was because a very familiar face could be seen in the breaking news on TV.
[Today, around 3:00 PM, members of the ‘7 main lines’, the main actors who led the 7 major evil wars to victory, were attacked.
The culprit of the case was surprisingly revealed to be the top-ranked hero ‘Great Order’, and while the world was in shock, the results of her mental illness diagnosis were recently announced, giving another shock…]
Kang Ha-neul’s head, which had been staring blankly at the close-up of the bloody Gangmaru, slowly began to tilt to the side.
＞ Me, that person… Isn’t that Kang Ha-neul’s older sister?
“…What the f*ck.”
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Meanwhile, at that time.
– Diri-ri-ring…
“…….”
Lee Se-ah, who was contemplative after hanging up the phone with Kang Maru while watching breaking news from far away.
“…Hello.”
She, she answers the incoming call in a blank voice without even checking the caller.
– Oh, there… Sae-ah unnie.
“…Himari?”
Then, a creeping voice began to be heard from her smartphone.
– Mi, I’m sorry… Can you meet me for a while?
“…What?”
– There are things I want to say, and I have something to ask of you.
A cold sweat begins to flow from Isea’s forehead.
– Everything, no difference. I was admitted to the hospital for some reason, but I couldn’t get in touch with the secretaries… If possible, I’d like to pay for the rice and hospital bills…
“…….”
– There is also something I want to request. Uh, you’re an investigator recognized by the Hero Association. Huh?
“…Unbelievable.”
It was because her future, which she had just looked into using her own abilities, was changing in real time.
– Sister? Hello?
“………”
– Hey…?
And that future, for Kang Maru, Minamoto Himari, and himself, was heading towards the worst ending.