44-4. The black room.
***
Familiar landscapes pass by.
A shabby looking snack bar, in front of a stationery store where children are gathered in groups of threes and fives.
I also used to play in places like that in the past. It was a place I used to hang out with my friends before getting burn marks.
“..Where did you and your girlfriend decide to meet?”
“Ah, you can go all the way around here.”
Thanks to my father’s consideration, I got into my own car. Since he is also on his way to work, he said he would give me a ride with him.
“The direction is the same as our house. You don’t have to feel pressured.”
It is also similar in that you often interfere with others. The father in my memory is so true that I hate to deny it.
In a car without a navigation system. A discolored map protrudes from the storage box.
“..Is this the son you mentioned earlier?”
This is a picture of me during my first birthday party.
I caught the red thread. Threads were tangled all over her body, probably because she was playing with them.
“Isn’t it cute? I am now in elementary school.”
“I see. You look a lot like your father?”
Black hair and brown eyes. No matter what anyone says, a rich man like Taiyaki.
“Heh heh, it would be a big deal if he looked like me. Even at work, I often hear that I don’t notice.”
“Noticing…. You say you don’t have one?”
I was stabbed for nothing. It was something that Cainel and Fine talked about often.
I feel sick to my stomach as if I had been beaten in the stomach after being told this by my father, not by anyone else.
“Yes, I prefer to resemble my wife.”
My hands are shaking. I felt a large nail driven into my chest.
You’re alive now.
When I was about 6 years old, my mother died in a fire. Because my family was all unhappy because of the fire.
At that time, even though it was raining, the flames were not extinguished, so how desperate it was.
“It will be okay to look alike. Perhaps as for the son…. You will be proud of your father.”
It’s funny when I think about the ability of my mind sword right now. A guy who can be proud of hating rain the most in the world.
To change like this because of one woman.
“I really hope you do. Because he is such a troublemaker.”
My father, who is driving, tries to smile. I had no iron. Because he had a period of gale rage after getting burned.
“..Firefighters are like warriors no matter what anyone says. The day will come when you will understand.”
The hand holding the steering wheel has a black tip that does not fall out of the charcoal black. It’s similar to how I got twisted and rough hands in swordsmanship training.
Should we call it a non-electronic war? They are also similar in that they do not spare themselves to save people.
“Oh, I think you can drop me off here.”
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I see a building in a hazy memory.
Perhaps it will go unnoticed at this point. If it really came from the past, there could be a problem.
“Go in with caution. Student.”
“Thank you for the ride.”
Fine will feel where I am, so she will come.
“Always.. Thank you.. Father.”
I continued as I watched the white car pulling away.
You can’t hear it at this distance.
***
Others stopped Fine from going out wearing only one piece of clothing.
“Pine, it’s still night. Dress warmer and go out.”
“Thank you….”
Lee Soo-hyun’s mother puts on a warm coat so that Fine doesn’t get cold. Looking at her figure, Fine thought of Empress Belin.
Seeing her worrying about her real daughter brought tears to my eyes.
“Miss Fine, are you going?”
“Ah, Father.. Yes..”
The middle-aged man who was reading the newspaper tilted his head while looking at Fine.
“Then let’s go to the building over there at the crossroads.”
“..Yes?”
“I think the young man I saw at the scene earlier was looking for Miss Fine.”
Lee Dae-hyeon couldn’t see Fine’s wolf ears and tail,
“It was a young man with severe burns on his face…. The way he saved people was dignified. Did he say his name was Licht..?”
I thought it was similar to what someone I had met before opened my mouth.
‘..Licht?’
Thumping, heart beat overlapping. He just assumes that a man wearing a black knight’s helmet has come to save him, but his body becomes strange.
A feeling of happiness that is cozy and comfortable, as if surrounded by clouds. Where did you read these feelings?
“My older sister is leaving..”
Young Lee Soo-hyun holding Fine’s arms with both hands and shaking his head. The boy’s big eyes were filled with moisture.
“Soohyun-ah, Fine’s sister will have a family too.”
The father who removes Lee Su-hyeon from complaining. His hands and face were slightly burned.
“I’m sorry. Because of our child…”
A friendly family. It felt quite different from the situation in her family that she had heard about in the northern part before.
“Suhyeon, I think I have to go now..”
Fine said good-bye to young Lee Soo-hyun as she slowly stroked her hair. As he often did before, lightly touching his ear.
“Are you going to see the prince?”
The boy finally stopped crying.
Richt cried a lot when he was young. He learned something new.
“Yes, that’s right.. Prince..”
Fine didn’t know much about Licht. At least he’s a hero from another world.
He only knew the aspect of missing himself, such as the burn marks on his face and the fact that he often misses the nameless saintess.
What did he do all this time? He was only thinking of having him, at least flirting with Licht.
“Oh, and. Good luck with that burnt young man. Ms. Fine.”
“..Yes?”
Soo-hyeon’s father continued to soothe his son.
“He seems like a pretty decent young man. It’s rare in the world these days to jump into a fire and save a child.”
A soft, approving smile. What he heard from the black knight’s father came as a fresh shock.
“Honey, do you know how awkward it is to say that as a firefighter?”
“What do you think? Saving people is noble.”
A couple laughing and talking to each other. But Fine couldn’t even hear those words.
‘I was allowed to go out with Richt..’
It was the exact opposite of what was in the romance novels that Fine read often.
A scene where parents of different classes gather to prevent marriage. The main characters who were abandoned by their parents because of their different social status and living environment run away in love.
The reason I often read those types of novels is curiosity. Love that overcomes differences in social status or race, what the hell is that for?
To Fine, the concept of love was still a very distant word even though it felt close,
“Thank you. Father..”
It seemed like I could understand why the main characters in the novel wanted permission from their parents so much.
I thought we lived similar lives. Richt grew up with such good parents.
Clearly, if it was his father, Emperor Locke, he would have run amok with his hatchet.
“Someday.. Must….”
Fine is getting weird these days when it comes to anything related to the black knight. She melts away her rationality, and her characteristic cold emotions cannot come out.
I want to run to his side right now and rely on him.
I want to spend a little more time with him.
I don’t want to be taken away by anyone, and I want to be the most precious person to Licht.
What should I say about this mysterious yet bittersweet magic?
Fine’s pounding heartbeat was directed toward Richt like a compass.
“..I will come to see you again. With Suhyun.”
Looking at Lee Soo-hyun’s faded memories, she clasped her hands and made a promise.
***
Here again. The place where I first saw the flyer for .
The rooftop of the building I gave up jumping on.
“..Turn and turn here.”
A group of cars passing below. A thumping exhaust sound is heard, and the headlights become a line and flow like water.
Perhaps when she goes home with her father… Finene will be there, and her mother will be there too.
If that happens, I won’t be able to get out of this illusion.
“…Ha, damn it.”
But I know not to dwell on the past.
A pure white saint who taught me love when I didn’t know it. This time I wanted to repay her.
Devotion to tell happiness to a nameless saintess who does not know happiness.
Even if it was something that could only be achieved by giving up my happiness, I wanted to do it.
Because she was my everything and my hope itself. Maybe you’re thinking too hard.
“Licht..”
With a click, I hear a doorknob turning, and a white-haired girl is standing behind me.
“..Pine, are you here?”
A princess who doesn’t know love. As soon as he sees me, he is happy to see me, and his wolf ears and tail waggle cutely.
“This is Tardun’s test. Maybe this is…. It must be my past.”
“..I know.”
The distance is getting closer. The scent of roses wafts up and moves something in my heart.
Should I say guilt? Or should I say embarrassing. There were many things to hide from Fine.
“..I’m sorry. To get caught up in this.”
“Why are you apologizing..?”
“Maybe this is… the happiness I want.”
I apologized to her, scratching her head at her. What if he had at least been a little more honest with Fine?
“I am a humble person. Blood.”
“..Licht.”
Heart feels heavy, like lead. Lips continue to dry, breathing quickens.
“You know the name Richt is a pseudonym.”
“.. Yes, her real name is Suhyeon.”
Her golden eyes widen with each word of my name.
It’s definitely different from when you look at other people.
“Both of my parents died in a fire when I was young. I couldn’t stay by your side.”
Tuk, hearing my words, Fine’s footsteps stopped. Her ears and tail are drooping.
“..My true identity is neither Licht nor a warrior of conviction. I’m just an immature Lee Soo-hyun.”
I couldn’t reveal the fact that I was possessed by a game character, but I did my best.
“….”
Fine glares at me, biting her lower lip. He must be angry. I know that it is impossible to make a breakthrough through this kind of emotional selling.
“It’s okay if you feel disillusioned. Originally, there is no one who looks good at orphans who have been burned….”
At that time, fine jewel-like tears formed in Fine’s eyes. Why? Why are you crying
“..No.”
The voice of Fine’s weeping gets louder and louder. She is silky and her hair catches on my fingertips.
“I don’t care if you are burned or not a hero…”
The wolf’s eyes shine even more beautifully in the moonlight right in front of you.
“You are my black knight no matter what anyone says.”
Fine hugged me. A warm and cozy body temperature is transmitted through her body.
“Why do you keep saying such negative things? Don’t do it..”
Fine cried and bruised me. She swore she would never cry. Also she couldn’t keep it.
“Because you are a precious person to me. Are you okay.”
My heart beats like it’s beating over and over again, and the warmth that warms the cold night.
“So. If you have a hard time from now on, then….”
It made us feel like our bodies became one.
“..Let’s get through it together. Suhyun.”
When Fine’s kind words finally came to an end.
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As if a fireworks cannon were being fired, a large status window was floating in the night sky.