64 – Pseudo-10
Yesterday, Sua Lee came to our city.
To be precise, it seems that Ha-yeon and the guild leader found her coming to the cave of the Great Forest, and they got into a fight.
“But what happened? I thought I’d never let you meet.”
“It’s safe with Wolha, and you want to see your older brother, right?”
“That’s right, we were really close before we woke up.”
If I hadn’t just used my abilities, there wouldn’t have been such a twist,
“Will you really forgive me?”
“Because it happened when I was young. When I lost my senses and tried to brainwash my mind again, I tried to forget about my childhood friends and everything, but if I apologized, I would forgive them.”
“But a woman named Lee Soo-ah, it might be very different from what my older brother thinks.”
“Why?”
“Did you call yourself a goddess?”
“I heard you brainwashed yourself into a goddess in another city? Isn’t that why?”
“You seem to seriously think that you are a goddess?”
What the hell happened in the nearly 20 years since I escaped the facility?
I distanced myself from her because she used her powers on me, but that was more of what she did when she was young, not because she was insane.
How crazy can you be to believe you’re a goddess?
What the hell happened to her in the 20 years since I broke up with her?
“You’ll find out if you talk to him directly.”
“Yes, we’re almost there.”
“But you don’t teleport today? These days, whenever you go anywhere, you move by teleporting.”
“I have to walk so I can talk more with my older brother.”
I really thought that was the reason why Hayeon was down.
You have the ability to move fast, but walk slowly to talk to me?
“Wolha and Lee Sooah are waiting inside.”
“Yes, they come and go.”
I opened the door and went inside.
I thought it would be like a prison, but surprisingly it looked like an ordinary family house.
When I glanced into the living room, Wol-ha was working with something that looked like a notebook, and a woman presumed to be Lee Soo-ah was staring at me with her mouth closed.
“Um, long time no see.”
“Soohyun-ah!!!”
Wol-ha grabbed Lee Soo-ah, who was running toward me.
I barely noticed Lee Soo-ah approaching even with my body vision, but when I saw Wol-ha lightly grabbing it, I felt that S-class was S-class.
In the first place, since Lee Soo-ah is also S-class and Wol-ha is also S-class, and both have abilities that are a bit far from combat, it might have been natural for them to be able to read and catch each other’s movements.
“Do not approach within 1 meter radius.”
Wolha’s nerves seemed quite sharp, as if she had heard that I had been brainwashed.
Even when I heard that I lost my memory from Lucia, I was very angry, but with a person who had a history of brainwashing me as a child in front of me, it seemed to become even sharper.
“It’s changed a lot.”
“Because a lot of time has passed.”
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Not only me, but also Lee Soo-ah has changed a lot.
Some of her face shape from when she was young was still there, but even if she passed by and ran into her, would it be her? It was just enough to think of it, but not enough to be able to recognize it at a glance.
As for her hair, it was familiar because it had changed to a light brown color after awakening, and the color of her eyes was the same as my memory, so when I thought it was Lee Soo-ah, I felt like Lee Soo-ah.
Looking at her like this, I realized that a long time had passed since she and I broke up.
It was at the level of looking at each other’s faces and finding commonalities in the old faces.
“I think he was smaller than me when he was younger, but he has grown a lot.”
“What, because I was older?”
“It’s a joke, a joke.”
Still, she was quite similar to Lee Soo-ah in my memory, enough to remind me of my childhood at least with her lively smile.
I haven’t seen it in a while, but seeing it like this reminds me of my childhood memories.
I don’t like the ending, but the times I spent with her were happy memories for me too.
“How are you these days?”
“I don’t know if you’ve heard about it, but I’m preparing a holy war with the believers.”
heard. Did you say you were revolting against the dictator?
A child who relied on me as a child is rebelling against the ruler of the city… It’s hard to believe, but it’s probably true.
“You don’t even have your followers here, so do you have to say that you are?”
“God is right, because I am a goddess.”
There was no doubt in Lee Soo-ah’s eyes when she said that.
Of course, as an S-class Awakener, if you try to trick me, you’ll never notice, but there’s no need to fool me with something like this, right?
It’s been a while since we met again, but I’m a goddess. It would be much easier for me to approach you saying I’m a human rather than approaching you.
‘Are you brainwashing yourself?’
Otherwise, it was something I couldn’t understand.
“Goddess? You must have been a human when you were young, right?”
“Of course, I was very weak when I was with Suhyeon, but as time passed and I reached the S rank, I felt that I had become a god.”
The joy in his voice was enough to notice.
That he’s broken somewhere…
There’s no way a normal kid could call himself a goddess, right? Something must have happened while we weren’t seeing each other.
“Um… Then, Wolhana Hayeon… So you’re saying that the people who fought with you are also gods?”
“Of course, I just don’t notice it myself, in fact, it’s no different from God.”
Wolha shook her head.
“Sua, can you brainwash yourself?”
“Of course, it’s a method I use often, but if I use it well, I can feel no pain and can control my emotions.”
Where should I touch you? can i fix it?
‘No, there’s no need to try to fix it.’
Even if they were childhood friends, they are worse than others now.
I was willing to help if I could think of a good way to have a normal conversation, but I didn’t want to put any special effort into it.
“I see…”
“Am I uncomfortable?”
“yes?”
“I did something wrong when I was young. At that time, I was too young to act without thinking deeply. My sins can’t be forgiven just because I’m young, but can I give you a chance to get to know you again?”
I’m embarrassed because I’m more shocked by what I’m showing now than what happened when I was young, but in this friend’s eyes, it seems like I’m avoiding myself because of my own fault.
“I don’t intend to use authority on me for now.”
“of course!”
It was an answer that came out right away without a second’s thought, but it’s not possible to confirm the authenticity to this extent.
“There are conditions.”
“On what terms?”
“Don’t use authority on yourself from now on.”
“Why?”
Soo-ah Lee looked up at me with a visibly flustered expression.
“You know there are aftereffects of brainwashing, right?”
“aftereffect?”
“Even if the brainwashing is done, you can’t go back to the way it was before.”
“Oh, yes. But why?”
“I think it applies to you as well.”
“I’m fine.”
You called yourself a goddess just a while ago, and now you say you’re fine, you don’t believe me at all?
“I can control the level of my authority.”
“Then, cast the brainwashing on you that you are not a goddess and release it.”
“Huh? Why?”
“If you say you can control yourself, isn’t that enough?”
“No, I’m a goddess, I can’t believe I’m not a goddess, even for a moment.”
I let out a light sigh at the sight of Lee Soo-ah looking at you with eyes that seemed like you didn’t know anything.
“Anyway, until I get you to promise not to use my powers, I won’t be able to get to know you again.”
“Isn’t that strange?”
You must be Korean too, the word no comes first.
“It’s because I’m embarrassed, and if you’re an Awakener like you, you can endure it without having to rely on authority.”
“But, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t use something you can endure more comfortably, right?”
“I won’t compromise, I’ll never forgive you until I get a promise.”
Looking at Lee Soo-ah, who hesitated without giving a clear answer, I could feel that he had gone astray even if he had already gone wrong.
“You don’t want to get close to me again? Should I just live as a stranger for the rest of my life?”
“No! I’ll try to reduce it. So please be my friend again.”
I lightly held out my hand to Lee Soo-ah, who was shaking as if an earthquake had struck her pupils.
“Now then, from now on, never hypnotize yourself. If you brainwash yourself even once, this relationship will be destroyed immediately.”
“Uh, thank you.”
Soo-ah Lee took my hand.
It seemed that Wolha’s vigilance had grown tremendously, but it seemed that this level would be fine.