episode_0049

Serim Choi is calling me from the end of the bookshelf.

As I approach the mahogany bookshelf, she smiles faintly.

“Are you here?”

It’s the same friendly voice as usual.

Slowly lifting her hand and placing it on my shoulder, Serim Choi glances towards the depths of the library.

“Follow me.”

Before I knew it, I was holding Choi Se-rim’s hand.

I heard a voice calling my name from behind, but I couldn’t stop walking.

All I could do was raise my head and call out to Choi Se-rim.

“Sister.”

“Huh?”

Run through the marble hallway.

Go down a spiral staircase with no end in sight.

“Why Dabin? What’s the problem?”

“Other people behind… … . He’s coming… … .”

“It’s okay.”

“Sister, are you not going back?”

I corrected myself midway through.

Because I don’t think it will work if I don’t do that. It feels like someone is crushing my thinking and pushing it to one side.

“I’m going back.”

Choi Se-rim, who had just stepped onto the last step of the stairs, smiled and answered.

“Let’s just read the book together and then go back.”

The place I reached was a place I had already seen in my dreams.

A place where countless wooden bookshelves spread out endlessly.

It reminds me of an old-fashioned library at an English-speaking university that I once saw in a documentary.

“Wait here. I’ll bring you a book.”

Choi Se-rim let go of my hand and went between the bookshelves.

“Uh, huh?”

At that moment, I felt a rush of anxiety.

Why did I follow you here? What about other people?

I was just about to look back,

Tuk.

A white, thin hand was placed on my shoulder.

“Stay still, Dabin. I’m going to get lost.”

“… … .”

I think I understand a little bit now.

The identity of Choi Se-rim’s sense of mystery.

It is said that a skilled hypnotist can hypnotize someone with just their voice. Maybe it’s that kind of technology?

So, the ability to control thoughts.

I raised my head. Serim Choi is looking straight into my eyes and smiling.

“Or, do you want to go look for a book together?”

“Yes, sister.”

I nodded.

Since I’ve come this far anyway, I need to know the reason. That’s my thinking.

Never be swayed by your abilities.

Hehe, Choi Se-rim, smiling, moves between the bookshelves.

Serim Choi slowly walks away, holding my hand with one hand and holding a candle with the other.

Strangely enough, the candle flame does not flicker at all.

“Now. It’s this book.”

Se-rim Choi took out a thin book from the shelf.

The cover is dark red. There is a pupil drawn in the middle.

[why?]

“Dabin read it slowly and then tell me when you have summarized the contents. Let’s read it together then.”

“Don’t you read it?”

“Yes.”

I wonder why. Choi Se-rim just smiles quietly. It looks like he has no intention of answering.

okay. First, read the book.

I turned the cover.

The following is a compilation of the foundation’s data from the perspective of the upper narrative layer in order to uncover the full story of Incident 2000.

* For information on the description layer, refer to the [Petaphysics] document.

[Groups of Interest]

[■■]

An unspecified group observed by the Foundation’s council member ‘Professor’ through his future vision ability.

Actively utilizing anomalous entities to lead the eradication of humanity

Research appears to have been successful in removing anomalies or assigning them to other non-anomalous entities.

Although it has a theory about the timeline, there are no moves to infringe on the past world line.

>> It appears that the foundation had some knowledge about future events.

Next is the time of the incident. This is a summary of the contents of the meeting of the foundation council members.

[Summary of Council Meeting-1]

– All council members participated in [Meeting-1].

– In order to prevent the mass annihilation of humanity and erasure of the world line by ■■, decisive preemptive action must be taken.

– The foundation had identified the purpose and characteristics of ■■.

– For the aforementioned ‘preemptive action’, approval from the foundation’s ethics committee is ‘of course’ required.

– The ethics committee is showing a positive attitude toward the foundation’s request for approval.

– Under the Foundation’s protection, humanity will ‘never’ be defeated.

“Uh… … . I saw it all.”

Choi Se-rim, who was quietly watching me, flinched.

“Already?”

“Yes. The next chapter is all black,”

When I held up the book, Choi Se-rim closed her eyes tightly and quickly turned her head.

“Okay! Okay, so you don’t have to show it. Dabin.”

“Yes… … .”

“Just put the books on the bookshelf.”

Serim Choi calmed her voice for a moment and then gently stroked my hair.

“It’s okay, Dabin. It’s okay. Now, can you explain what you saw in the book?”

When I explained what I saw, Serim Choi nodded with her arms crossed.

“That’s right… … .”

“Yes. This is all I saw.”

“Okay. Thank you, Dabin. Let’s go back now.”

A familiar voice is heard from afar.

A voice calling me and Choi Se-rim’s names. Other people were looking for us.

“Dabin?”

Choi Se-rim held out her hand, but I didn’t move from that spot.

“Sister. But what is metaphysics?”

“The word metaphysics appears?”

“Yes.”

“I’ll go back later and explain it slowly. Let’s go for now.”

Choi Se-rim urges. But still my steps don’t fall off.

After checking the contents of the book, strong questions swirled around my mind.

■■

Serim Choi holds a candle in her hand.

The strangely dark flame seems to be completely out of touch with reality, and maintains its shape even when the wind blows or the place moves.

After quietly looking into the flame, he opened his mouth.

“Have you been here before?”

“Huh? What are you saying, Dabin?”

“We met in a dream. We.”

“Ah.”

Choi Se-rim looks troubled for a moment, but soon returns to her usual expressionless face.

“That’s right.”

“I also remember the contents of the book I read there.”

“What?”

I pulled out a few lines from my memory.

“This was not originally an apartment.

This place was a place separated from time and space.

So, you can never escape until something is resolved.”

“Sleep, only poetry.”

Before we knew it, the voices looking for us could no longer be heard.

Serim Choi put down the candle on the bookshelf and pressed my shoulder with both hands.

“Dabin. Look here.”

I feel like my thoughts are being pressured again.

However, it is not as strong as just now. If you pay a little bit of attention, you can resist it. I continued.

“And there is one more thing.”

“Dabin.”

“I saw my older sister when she was young.”

“Uh, where?”

“In the water tank. When I saved Claire.”

“… … .”

Serim Choi mutters quietly, “Claire.”

Her eyes turn to the floor. All that is visible now is the hood covering Choi Se-rim’s face.

“Sister.”

I reached out and removed the hood with a light movement.

Now I looked into Choi Se-rim’s eyes.

“Please answer clearly.”

Choi Se-rim tried to turn her gaze to the floor, but couldn’t.

I continued to make eye contact with her.

“What happened then? Why did so many people take refuge here?”

A watery voice answers weakly.

“Dabin… … . Why is this happening all of a sudden… … ?Why are you still fine…? … ?”

Choi Se-rim avoided my gaze and tried to hide her agitated appearance.

Is it because of Choi Se-rim’s abilities? Or is it just because her expression is pitiful?

My heart hurts so much that I can’t continue talking.

However, it is something you must know.

I asked, holding on to the hem of my clothes.

“It was related to the content that just appeared in the book, right? The book said that some kind of disaster would happen. The foundation also said it moved to prevent the disaster from wiping out humanity. But in the end, the foundation failed, and the disaster spread. My sister was chased into this apartment. No?”

Serim Choi just listens to me in silence.

little bit more.

To hear her answer, a little more. need.

“I came here when I had just moved into a new house. And in Haewon’s case, she came here while filming an internet broadcast. However, the time is slightly different.”

There are a lot of things that come to mind, but I can’t organize them well. I had to interrupt occasionally and refine the content.

“Jung Hae-won I talked to her, and there was a novel we were reading together.

[Ghost Story Club].

Now that I think about it, the last time I watched it was around episode 40, and it’s only been a few months since I stopped watching it. What Jeong Hae-won saw was episode 800. In addition, it was said that the first spin-off was scheduled.

So, I thought about it too. How long have you been doing this?”

The more I talk, the more I feel like the fog in my head is clearing.

The brain rotates constantly, and logic works together.

Maybe that’s it. It may be because Choi Se-rim’s attitude has completely collapsed.

I watched as Choi Se-rim’s fingertips trembled slightly.

“But that wasn’t the case. The time zone was different. I’m from the past, and Haewon is from a little bit of the future. Then, my sister, from far in the future. You might think you’re in here. And that ‘disaster’ must have happened between Jung Hae-won and his older sister’s time zone.”

“If you think about it this way, you can understand what you saw in your dream. This is a place separated from time and space.”

“So, sister, I know what will happen in the future. How the disaster happened. My sister knows in advance what happened then.”

“No. no… … . I am… … .”

Slurp.

Choi Se-rim sat down on the floor.

“I think I know why my sister does this to herself. Are you trying to prevent disaster?”

“… … .”

“You don’t have to do this alone anymore. So,”

I looked at Choi Se-rim one last time.

The atmosphere that seemed to control her thoughts was no longer found in her.

“Tell me. About my sister.”