40 – Suhyeon Lee-5
why? mad?
Even if you stare at me with a pale complexion, it’s not that scary, right?
You shouldn’t be angry, I’m the victim, so why are you f*cking?
“Don’t play with the knight’s body.”
He looks a little different from Hayeon. You don’t treat Lee Soo-hyun because you have a different personality?
“It’s no joke. Did you really shoot to die? I felt sorry for Lee Su-hyeon, who is being held captive by a guy like you, so I just wanted to die comfortably.”
It’s a lie, of course, but it can’t be comfortable to die.
“What do you think you know about the knight?!”
A strong force pushed me down. A visceral fear rose up.
But what? What, do you think a man who shot himself in the head to die would barely succumb to this level of terror?
“I know everything but my memory. I know what makes me angry, what makes me sad, and how to deal with bitches obsessed with me.”
“Don’t be silly.”
“I’ll say it again, but now I’m Lee Soo-hyun, who has only lost his memories. That means that Lee Soo-hyun, who has no memory of you, would have treated you like this.”
grinned and smiled. This kind of thrill, it’s heartbreaking, but maybe it’s good?
“If you gave in a hundred times and saved my life, I would be able to respect Lee Soo-hyun. She is a woman who saved herself, so I think she will be able to endure it even if her obsession dominates.”
But isn’t it?
“But you said you owed your life to Lee Soo-hyun instead? Is what you did to Lee Su-hyeon an appropriate thing to do to a life saver?”
“I am always grateful to you for saving my life.”
“It’s written in words, but it has to be shown in action.”
“It’s because the knight didn’t really want it.”
I also felt that I would feel burdened if I received gratitude from someone who helped me.
Still, this isn’t dory.
“I’m speaking from a third person’s point of view. As long as Lee Soo-hyun is okay, it’s all right? Don’t you think about the burden he will face? Even if Lee Su-hyun says he’s okay, from my point of view, he’s just a weak human being suffering among trash?”
What do you do when you stare at me like that? Are you going to kill me?
“It’s probably not possible.”
I could feel mana gathering in my right hand.
‘What are you trying to do?’
“Something like you must be gone”
It was mighty magic, but it didn’t seem like it would hurt the body.
“When your memory returns, you’ll be back as a normal knight.”
A great magic power swept through my body.
***
It was a strange feeling.
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No weight weighed me down. There was no resistance whatsoever, as if it had become a ghost.
‘What happened?’
It was a blurry world wherever you looked. Where everything was not looking right, there was a single light source.
Since there was no other place to go, I went to the place where the light exists.
It was very strange to feel that I could move only with my thoughts without the effort of walking.
As we headed toward the light, we saw dozens of young children. About 4 or 5 years old? It was bizarre to see them standing up straight despite the fact that they looked very young. There was no error in the spacing of the children standing at 10 times 10.
Among the 100 children, there was a child who stood out the most.
It was the kid standing seventh in the second row.
It wasn’t anything unusual or out of the ordinary. just glanced
Time passed quickly after I started paying attention to him.
The child’s name was number 17.
The child’s life was very simple. I received training from the instructors at the facility all day long. And when I slept, I asked to sleep in a barrel full of water.
I didn’t know how I could breathe underwater, but when I saw that I woke up with a calm face the next day even though I trained so hard every day, I thought it was no ordinary liquid.
It was almost the same day, but there were some differences. First of all, the instructor’s teaching posture changed every day, and the sounds heard around him were different.
After about 400 days passed like that, I could see what this facility was for.
‘Artificial Awakening Experiment’ It was a place to artificially implement the awakening phenomenon in which humans awaken mana on their own.
Every day, they sleep in a special solution in which mana is dissolved, and if there are any awakened talents, they are immediately trained to use them. It was a very simple way.
Instinctively, I could tell that this experiment had just begun. Because it was way too fist-fighting.
About 100 days later, the life of a child who lived the same life every day began to change.
‘Failed student number 97.’
She was the most lagging girl in the facility.
Once explained, nothing was understood, and it was not once or twice that the education of the entire children was delayed because of her alone.
The child, who did not want his education to be delayed because of her alone, approached No. 97.
I taught her during my few breaks.
Even when she was eating, even during short transit times, she stayed by her side.
The two children quickly became close and developed to the point where they were comfortable calling each other.
Thanks to No. 17, No. 97 was able to not drop out of the facility, and No. 17 no longer suffered loss in training time.
100 days after that, I don’t know about the kids, but from my point of view, the two of them maintained a relationship that could be called friends. We always ate together, and whenever we had free time, the two of us talked.
The life of the boy, who had been living the same day every day, changed because the content was different every time he had a conversation.
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No, that would be my life.
I’m not dead, so there’s no way I could show someone else’s memories like this, these must have been my memories. A childhood story that neither Ha-yeon nor Wol-ha would know.
It was like watching a movie, but I already knew the ending. That I hadn’t awakened and that I eventually broke up with No. 97.
Time went on.
When I grew up and was about 8 years old, the incident happened.
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Number 97 had suddenly awakened.
Of course, the facility was in chaos.
A lot of information was needed. It was necessary to know whether it was awakened naturally or thanks to the measures of the facility, and how strong it was.
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Number 97 was no longer with the other children.
It took more than a month for Unit 97 to return after not returning for a long time.
Unit 97 said that it was concluded that he was awakened naturally, not by a facility. The reason I came back here was to see if the awakening rate would increase if an awakened person was nearby.
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Number 17 was delighted. Because an old friend has come back.
From that point on, the flow of time began to slow down.
“The clothes are pretty.”
“My sisters gave it to me! How is it?”
The outfit of #97 was distinctly different from that of #17. Unlike No. 17, who was wearing an achromatic training suit, No. 97 was wearing a pretty dress that looked like a dress.
“Don’t call me number 97 anymore, call me Lee Soo-ah.”
Got a name. Is it that I can’t treat the same as other children because I’ve already awakened? Number 17 felt sad inside.
“I’ll give you a name too, how about Lee Soo-hyun?”
Even though only one letter had changed in his name, No. 17 was overjoyed. It’s because I have something in common with #97 that only the two of us share.
Time passed slowly. Sua was no longer a failed student.
She was a queen who existed at the top of a small society of children. No one could go against her.
“I’m fine now.”
“You don’t have to help.”
“I can do it alone.”
The things I could do for her were gradually disappearing.
I wanted to help her, but she did a lot better than me in whatever I did.
“Shall I?”
The relationship between the two, which had been imprinted on the boy’s head, was broken with that one word he heard from Sua, who always helped him.
Sua doesn’t need me anymore. That one fact broke my heart so much.
You are no longer required to remain in this facility. Soo-hyeon escaped from the facility.
I honestly don’t know why I’m doing that. Is it the difference between a child’s point of view and an adult’s thoughts? Or is it the difference between the memory of direct experience and the memory of mere observation?
What is certain is that the mentality of Suhyeon I see is firmly out.
The escape scene was omitted. He probably forgot the original suhyeon. When I came to my senses, I was in the middle of a large forest.
***
“Ugh…”
I had a long, long dream. I feel like I’ve slept well over a month, but there’s no way I slept that long.
I looked around and saw that I was lying on the bed, and the bitches next to me were looking at me with worried expressions.
“Are you okay, knight?”
I think I believe that my memory is completely back…
“What happened?”
Shall we check if you’re awake?