215 – Monsters and People (1)
“Uh… Huh?”
Silver Luna couldn’t help but gape at the sight before her eyes. Her tongue seemed to have paralyzed her and left her speechless.
“…What is it…?”
Starlight fluttered from the Watcher and a person was revealed. The person wasn’t even that unfamiliar.
A male employee of an unknown cafe. He was a man with a thin, evil face that aroused people’s vigilance.
But why is he suddenly here? This place is Dark Matter. For ordinary people, just going in and out is an act of suicide, and the only people walking around are ugly people involved in the underworld.
So, did that man work in the back world? Considering his delinquent appearance, it was possible, but unfortunately, it didn’t seem to be the case right now.
The place where he was revealed was none other than the inside of the Watcher.
“A person…? Why? “Why are people here…”
It was something I couldn’t understand. The Watcher is a monster. He is a monster, so why suddenly become a person….
At that moment, Silver Luna remembered what Blue Sirius had mentioned during the argument.
‘A person who can change only his appearance into a monster.’
Not a disguise, but a complete transformation.
From monsters to people, from people to monsters.
What if there is someone who goes back and forth between those conflicting existences? Silver Luna suddenly got chills and swept his arm.
“Holy sh*t… Get out of the way!”
Helios ran out, cleaning up the dazed Silver Luna. Before she could completely move away, Silver Luna reached out her hand and grabbed his wrist, stopping him.
“What are you doing!”
“Ji, what is this situation now?”
“….”
“Why, why did that man appear from the benefactor’s body? Seo, I wonder why you are so calm… Oh, no, you and that man are friends in the first place… Huh? Huh…? What……?”
“….”
“Did you know…?”
The identity of the benefactor is that man.
Helios frowned for a moment and then shook off his caught wrist.
“Everything you saw and guessed is true.”
After saying that, I ran back towards the direction of Blue Sirius.
“Uh… Eh?”
Silver Luna watched her run away with a blank look on her face.
Everything you saw and guessed is true.
Helios knows that the benefactor’s identity is actually that man. It means everything is true.
‘Well, what on earth did I do…!’
In other words, the man she once feared and rejected is her benefactor.
Silver Luna’s face turned white and she quickly ran towards him. That shocked her more than the fact that the monster was actually a person.
“Well, I was wrong before….”
“Sister.”
But before Helios or Silver Luna, Red Vega reached her side.
The voice was not as cheerful as usual. Rather, it was closer to coldness. It was similar to the tone Blue Sirius sometimes used when scolding his junior.
Red Vega stood in front of Blue Sirius and called once again.
“Sister.”
Blue Sirius continues to hold on to Han Jae-joong, as if he didn’t even hear Red Vega’s voice.
I feel his heartbeat and breathing deep in my chest, and I am admonishing my heart that is beating wildly. I fully feel that life is in my arms.
However, the feel of the blood on my palm is so vivid that I become endlessly aware that I am the culprit of this pain.
I can’t hear anything. It’s not even visible. The sound of my heart clogged my ears, and my eyes darkened with fear were blank.
But I can feel it. Yun Seol-hwa’s breathing decreased along with his breathing.
It appears that the heart, which had not been suffering recently, is causing problems again. His already white face became whiter and he looked like a corpse. More than just catching your breath in your arms.
“Ah… Ah….”
I can’t continue speaking. No, I can’t even think about it.
Only deflated sounds escape from the mouth. The corners of her mouth were filled with tears, enough to evoke pity in those who saw her.
However, Red Vega ignored her condition and called her again. She walked over slowly, bent her knees slightly, and looked her in the eyes.
“Sister.”
“….”
“Take off that hand quickly.”
At those words, Blue Sirius raised her head and looked at Red Vega.
He didn’t say anything, but his eyes looked questioning as to why I should do that.
“Quickly. “You can’t stop the bleeding.”
“Ha, but….”
“Are you planning to kill me?”
Shocked. Blue Sirius shivered. The eyes were full of empty fear, and no matter how much hope I put into them, it seemed like it wouldn’t be filled.
Blue Sirius hugged Han Jaejoong even tighter. He was like a child who didn’t want his doll taken away.
“Quickly, take your hands off.”
“I don’t like it….”
Boom!!
The intensity of the resistance was no different from that of a child. Red Vega used his fists instead of words. Sparks flowed between his fingers.
The fist filled with magical power easily separated Blue Sirius and Han Jaejoong.
Even though flames enveloped his body, Blue Sirius did not say a word. He rolled on the ground in silence, not even letting out a cry of pain.
“Red Vega! “What are you doing now?!”
Helios shouted in panic. No matter how urgent the situation was, it was serious.
“It has to be like this….”
Red Vega muttered as if making an excuse.
“Before… I’ve been hurt like this before… I’ve done it before… It’s okay… I can do it… I can fix it…”
Blue Sirius was not the only one who lost his cool.
Red Vega, like her, was not at her peak.
Jo Ayun’s loss of consciousness and Watcher’s serious injury. Not only that, but their identities were exposed to everyone here.
How much of an impact will this have?
I didn’t bother imagining Red Vega because I was afraid to even imagine it. The immediate crisis was more urgent than the future.
Han Jae-joong is in critical condition. The rapier stuck in his side has fallen out and his blood is flowing freely. It seemed like spring water was flowing between the rocks. A puddle of blood began to pool.
There is no sign of the wound recovering.
“Gwae, it’s okay… don’t worry… I said I’d always… always save you… no…”
Red Vega felt his stomach and found his wound. Without even thinking about taking off his clothes, he immediately placed his palm on his wound.
“I….”
Chiikik-!!! A burning smell accompanied by a terrible sound. An unpleasant chemical odor produced by burning skin and sticking to clothing.
Red Vega attacked Han Jae-joong’s boat.
Silver Luna screamed at that sight.
“aaah!! Are you crazy?!”
He immediately rushed over and took Red Vega away from Han Jaejoong. I slapped him and grabbed him by the collar. Red Vega’s lip was torn and bleeding. It was nothing compared to what happened to Han Jaejoong.
“What are you thinking? That person is not a magical girl! No, you shouldn’t do this to magical girls… But there’s also a risk of bacterial infection or death from shock! I didn’t even take my clothes off… The fibers and skin were stuck! How many hours are you planning on putting that person on the operating table? Are you… trying to kill that man?!”
“Oh, no, that’s me… I’ve tried it before… and it was okay… It was okay at the time…”
Red Vega hesitated and spat out words. Wandering eyes and the tip of the tongue drifting. Even I couldn’t be sure of my own opinion.
She gradually grew colder and realized what she had done. At that time, Han Jaejoong was in good health. But not now.
A person with a terminal illness who does not know when he will die today or tomorrow. When a person like that was weak, he supported the injured area, saying it was to stop the bleeding.
“…It’s okay.”
Oh, maybe this isn’t okay? Red Vega’s lips closed and cold sweat ran down his neck.
“For now, everyone calm down. “Right now, I’m better than that guy.”
“Woman, what’s the problem here with Mr. Jaejoong?!”
The closed lips quickly opened. Suddenly, I became upset and screamed.
Helios’ face didn’t show any of his usual expressionless expression. Her eyebrows furrowed and she pointed forward with her finger.
“Over there!”
There was a lion there, still raging in anger.
When his peaceful daily life was taken away, he lost his peace and started going on a rampage. Of course, due to my lazy nature, I would stop that anger soon, but that moment would not be right now.
The beast roared once again.
The hellfire was raging, and the flames surged in like waves.
“…Oh my.”
Helios clicked his tongue. I can’t stop that with my current self.
“Blue Sirius, hey you… Sirius! Wake!”
“….”
The same goes for Red Vegan and Silver Luna. The only one that could best respond to that flame was Blue Sirius, which deals with ice at absolute temperature that does not melt.
Sirius, who had fallen on the ground, had not yet gotten up and was staring blankly at Han Jaejoong.
Because of his complexion, I doubt he is dead. Everything seemed to stop for her, but her tears flowed and she left a mark on the ground.
“Are you going to let that child die?!”
Even if my ears were blocked from hearing the sound of my heart, I caught such a thing without missing it.
As Helios attacked, Blue Sirius used the rapier as a staff to lift his staggering body.
Because that doesn’t work.
Thoughts still don’t work. His head froze. This was close to a kind of instinct.
He can’t lose even that here.
Divine brooch. The heart-shaped brooch made with love sparkled and the rapier drew a horizontal trajectory.
The cold that would freeze everything seeped through the flames, and the hellfire was once again covered in ice.
The desolate ruins of Dark Matter instantly turned into a desert, and then like an iceberg surrounded by ice.
“Jae, Jaejoong… Jaejoong…? My….”
When all the flames froze, Blue Sirius obsessively turned his head to look for his figure.
“Keuuu…!
Is it because of the burn on my stomach? Jaejoong Han suddenly regained consciousness and was struggling in pain.
Seeing him waking up again, Blue Sirius blushed and moved his feet.
“Jaejoong…!”
“Please step back.”
Just before she reached him, her Red Vega stopped her.
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“…Why?”
“I’m really sorry, but… I think you might want to kill Jaejoong right now…”
“What do you mean?!”
“You always said that!”
Red Vega was completely wary of her, even creating a wall around her with her flames.
“The monster must be killed! “Isn’t it the same now that you found out Jaejoong’s identity?”
“That!”
Blue Sirius was about to protest but stopped.
Because it was true.
He clearly showed his hatred of monsters both in front of Han Jaejoong and in front of Red Vega. A reaction like that was inevitable.
Yes, even in front of Han Jaejoong.
How many times have you insulted him in front of him so far?
How much I hated him, both directly and indirectly…
Thoughts that had stopped began to move again. The sound of his heart grew louder and seemed like it was going to come out of his mouth. His ribs felt like they would be crushed by the sound. But the blood doesn’t flow. His heart felt like it was going to explode.
I’m out of breath.
“Wow….”
A feeling of nausea hit him and he covered his mouth. Consciousness becomes blurred. It seemed like the heart disease had returned. I feel dizzy.
“So, I’m sorry, but… I can’t trust you right now… Let’s all calm down first. Calm down and see you again. Yes?”
Even Red Vega himself needed to calm down, but not as much as Blue Sirius.
“No… I didn’t want to do that…”
My vision was spinning.
I didn’t mean to do this. I didn’t say that because I wanted to.
“Oh, no… I….”
It wasn’t him I was trying to hate.
I was unable to continue my words and staggered. His knees lost strength and he collapsed to the ground.
Divinity brings a load to the body. Yun Seol-hwa’s body, which was already weak, suffered from excessive use of divinity and even physical disability due to mental problems.
The disease recurred again.
The verbal abuse I had spat so far filled my lungs like a rising tide. Yun Seol-hwa’s breathing slowly stopped as if immersed in it.
“No, really no, no…! I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to do that. Sorry. I’m sorry, I’m sorry. I won’t do that again. So… So…”
He made a pitiful plea, like a drowning person hoping for help. However, no answer came back.
No, actually, he might have come back.
But I can’t hear it. My ears feel numb as if I’m sinking in water. Her vision is blurred by her tears, making it impossible to see an inch in front of her, and even the sounds of her heart and breathing are obscured by those who can hear them.
“I’m sorry. Sorry….”
The only voice you hear is your own.
The most resentful and hateful voice pierced my neck like a thorn.
I can’t breathe. My consciousness is fading and my head is now facing the floor. It also becomes difficult to support your body with your arms.
Crying out an apology for such a long time.
Screaming such animal-like sounds that later it was difficult to even think of it as language and difficult to judge what it was.
I eventually lost consciousness.
**
The place where it happened again was the hospital. Her familiar fluorescent lights and the smell of medicine greeted her.
“Ah….”
Her body is full of signs of treatment, and there is an IV in one of her arms. The area where she was burned by her lion is completely covered with bandages, and the foul smell of her medicine lingers.
“Jae, Jaejoong!”
A device that lets you know that what you experienced was not a dream.
“Where is Jaejoong?!”
She screamed and tried to get up, but was stopped.
“What are you?! “Hand this right now…”
Blue Sirius glared at his oppressor with sharp eyes like a hungry wolf.
“Stop it.”
“Take it off right now!”
The subduer was Helios. When he saw who was present at the time of the incident, he was once again pricked with guilt.
The observer sees himself.
He is watching himself, watching what he has done.
I didn’t say anything, but for some reason I felt guilty.
Why are you looking at him like that?
Her sharp eyes turned to horror for a moment, and she fell to her knees on the hospital bed. In order to let her go, she begged, clenching her hand with both her hands as if pleading.
“Well, I was wrong. I really didn’t do anything. I won’t even lay a hand on you… Please let me meet Jaejoong… Oh, no, just your voice is fine… Just a phone call would be fine, so please…..”
“….”
“Please… I’m begging you like this. “I really, really… I might die without him…”
Helios sighed deeply.
“Calm down… You won’t listen even if I tell you, so I’ll just say it one-sided for now.”
A truth that was difficult to hear came out of her mouth.
“We don’t know Jaejoong’s whereabouts.”
“…Yes?”
“Right after you lost consciousness. He got caught up in a conflict between monsters and his whereabouts became unknown. “Maybe one of the monsters kidnapped him.”
“Well, what is that….”
“That’s why we’re in so much trouble.”
Helios took her remote control and turned on the TV on the wall.
[A person who turns into a monster. Have you ever heard of such a thing? This video was recently released. Is it fabrication or truth….]
A scene of Watcher’s transformation was filmed on TV at an unknown time, and the media was talking about it.
“I need to explain it right away… But even that has become difficult without me.”
Yun Seol-hwa’s eyes were colored with confusion.
