294 – EP.11 What you have to lose to know-3
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It was afternoon when I opened my eyes again, and I was on her bed.
Her last memory was lying down on the floor again, as if she was exhausted. I wandered through the maze that was woven from her dreams and made into reality for a long time, and before I knew it, I had arrived at her room.
Her throat was sore and her eyes were watery.
She tried to raise her body. But her gravity grabbed the back of her head and pulled, as if a weight had been piled on top of her head.
It was as if the window in her head responsible for ventilation had been closed, her head was stuffy and it felt like she was filled with fog.
“Ah…”
I intentionally try to make her voice sound to see if it sounds like her own voice.
She couldn’t get up easily for several minutes. After struggling in her bed for a while, she managed to get up by turning her body sideways.
The early morning noise seemed to have calmed down a lot.
“…….”
She observed her own body.
Her whole body was soaked in sweat, so much so that her marks were left on the blanket.
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She took off her uncomfortable top. Her small, rising breasts were revealed along with her cool openness.
She stood up with her hands on her knees and hurriedly left her room.
The cold air of the house passed by, caressing her body. Even though her body was shaking, she thought it was cool.
Walking down the hall to her bathroom, she put her hand to her head and diagnosed herself. Perhaps because I was sweating a lot, my fever seemed to have gone down a bit.
She took off all of her remaining clothes in front of the bathroom.
Her pure white naked body was revealed.
She entered the shower booth and turned on the water, and cold water dripped from the top of her head.
Her body shivered in that cold temperature.
Once she had surpassed her level of coolness, she stretched out her arm and turned her lever toward her hot water, setting it to a lukewarm temperature.
Soon enough water of the right temperature began to drip, and she stroked her shoulders with her hands.
The warm water warmed her body.
***
I took a shower to wash off my uncomfortable body, but it took time to get my damaged body back to its original state.
She pressed her fingers to her temples, trying to calm her dizzy head.
Coming down to her first floor with her wet towel over her head, her messy living room greeted her.
“It’s serious….”
Because there was no one to clean it up, yesterday’s devastation was spread out in plain sight.
– Ugh
I exhale with a deep sense of irritation rising inside me.
‘Yes, I made it like this.’
Her purple eyes turned to the kitchen.
I couldn’t see the familiar looking man cooking.
“…I should make rice, right?”
Where he should stand, she stands instead.
The apron, which had a short string so I could only wear it around my neck, now hangs it around my neck.
Roughly discarded food waste was strewn across the sink, and flies rose like a haze.
A messy situation to make food.
Put on red rubber gloves and start cleaning.
Wipe off the dried rice grains with a scrub brush and place the mushy chunks of Spam in a food waste bag.
The smell of half-rotten food tormented her nose.
“I’m glad I threw up a lot yesterday.”
Even though her body was in pain, she joked.
After finishing a bout of cleaning, she was exhausted and chose to cook instead.
She poured hot water into a small cup of ramen, sat down at the table, and waited for 3 minutes.
Steam rose from the slightly gaping gap.
The smell of soup flavored with msg stimulated my appetite.
“I guess I’m feeling a little better.”
They say that when you’re so sick, you don’t even think about eating, but this body has been crying out for food since a while ago.
After the long wait, she opened the lid. Her curly noodles and red broth are imprinted on her eyes.
“I will eat well.”
As soon as her noodles were about to go into her mouth, she felt a creepy feeling and her skin began to grow.
And then the disaster notification of the cell phone rings.
“Ah… A little…!”
She threw away her chopsticks nervously and stood up, throwing her scarf on the floor.
Clink, the chopsticks fell on the table and made a pitiful sound.
***
I was in a hurry, but the city was already filled with chaos.
When she arrived, part of the building was already half destroyed and the streets were trashed.
Hundreds of human-sized crows were circling in the sky and attacking the city.
“Sudden fire!”
There was no time to chant a spell. She recited her incantation informally, then held out her wand.
If she had arrived earlier, she would have been intercepted in the air, but she gritted her teeth.
A bundle of rays shot out from her staff and pierced the crows’ hearts.
They fell down with their black feathers fluttering, and before they even hit the ground, they turned into particles of light and disappeared.
A large number of crows were killed, but there were more left.
Her gaze went down to the ground.
The first thing I saw were fallen people and overturned cars.
Okay, she gritted her teeth.
“Sudden fire!”
“Sudden fire!”
“Sudden fire!”
Her pitiful cries spread across the city sky.
***
Ten minutes later, having intercepted all the crows, she came down to the ground exhausted.
As always, with the appearance of a magical girl wielding mystical powers, people flocked to her.
Thank you for saving her life,
Hold your cell phone and take a picture,
Ask about her identity,
Various sounds rang in her ears.
She smiled with all her might and dealt with people while half-conscious. She desperately hoped that people would leave quickly.
“…!”
Amidst the crowd of people crowding around like a crowd of beggars, I caught a glimpse of a familiar person.
“Ajeo, Mr.?”
It was a very fleeting moment when I saw through the gap created between people.
Nevertheless, she was convinced that beyond the wall created by the crowd, there was Kang In-ho.
“Well, wait a minute. I’ll pass by.”
Still smiling, she tried to move forward, but the layered wall of people was not easily breached.
“I’ll just pass by. I’m sorry.”
I tried to widen the gap by using a little more force than before, but people were stubborn.
Meanwhile, a woman brought her own child, stopped her next to her, and started taking pictures of her.
“Please look here!”
The noise of people talking louder and louder, and she became increasingly tired.
“It’s been a while….”
She was trampled, drowned out by the voices of those who requested her earnest request.
I waited for a few minutes to be swept away by people like that.
“Mister….”
When the police to mediate the disturbance arrived and the people dispersed, Kang In-ho was no longer visible.
She was not in a good mood.
She wasn’t sure if it was because he was running rampant with a body that wasn’t fully healed, because he arrived late and the city was ruined, or because there were people blocking her attempts to catch him.