episode_0050

“I… … .I haven’t seen it in person either. I just heard it from people around me… … .”

Choi Se-rim collapses and leans against the wall of the library.

“Dabin.”

I thought he was stuttering out words like that, then hesitatingly looked up at me.

“Can’t we just forget everything? Just relax for a little while. comfortable. Close your eyes. If you do that, I will make you forget everything. Huh?”

“Sister.”

“Please.”

A pair of watery eyes stare at me.

Choi Se-rim lay face down on the floor and couldn’t even think of getting up.

“… … .”

I looked at her in silence.

My heart aches.

Always quietly looking at me. My sister who never lost a faint smile even in the worst situations.

It’s no longer the case, but my older sister chose to be swallowed by hair instead of me.

A person who seems like he should never be like that sits helplessly and hopes for the other person’s mercy.

I closed my eyes tightly and spoke quietly.

“I’m sorry, sister. That’s not possible.”

I have to get out of here.

I promised Daju that we would all go out together.

“What is out there? I need to know what’s going on and I can’t get out of here. You know my sister.”

“No. I don’t know. I don’t know what’s out there.”

I held on to Choi Se-rim’s shoulder as she shook her head vigorously and asked,

“Then tell me what you know.”

As he speaks, he looks into Choi Se-rim’s eyes.

“What happened in the future? What kind of person is your sister?”

“… … I’ll tell you.”

Choi Se-rim answers while crying.

“I’ll tell you, stop looking at me like that… … .”

“Okay. I’m sorry, sister.”

I waited until Choi Se-rim calmed down.

My sister leaned against the bookshelf and panted for a while, then began to speak in a choked voice.

One day, a completely unexpected disaster occurred.

An unidentified organization declared war on humanity, and at the same time, all computer networks were neutralized.

People from around the world were murdered in order of rank.

king. president. Or the Prime Minister. Below him, Ministers and Vice Ministers of each administration. At the same time, the Minister of National Defense and his staff lost their lives.

The military was at a loss, unable to restore the broken system.

The media all at once announced the disaster situation, but that did not last long.

Something unknown began massacring humans.

A strange metallic sound was spread through broadcasts. A person who heard a metallic sound became unable to overcome the urge to commit suicide. Dead bodies piled up in buildings, apartments, and along the river.

Claws emerged from the shadows and dragged the people around them into the darkness. The person who was dragged away was found a little later as a piece of meat.

A living statue grabbed a man’s neck with its stone hands and broke it. They could not move while people were watching, and this fact became known after tens of thousands of people had already lost their lives.

An old apartment building under a bruised sky. Refugees are gathered in the hallway.

People who are injured and people trying to help them.

A male voice and a female voice. The voice of a pre-metamorphic child whose gender cannot be determined. And voices in various languages echoed in the narrow space.

Meanwhile.

The people split into two sides, and a woman in a suit came to the front of the group.

“My name is Shim Ji-hee, and I am an executive at KOO, an organization under the Korean Association.”

“So, my mother led the survivors. While fighting to protect the people outside, an order came from the association above to evacuate to the apartment. Then I met my father and gave birth to me. So I’ve never seen the outside world in person. Because I was born here.”

Choi Se-rim ends her speech bitterly.

She lowers her head to the floor again, but I still have questions.

“What kind of organization is KOO?”

“Korea Occult Association. It is an affiliated group of the Worldwide Occult Association.”

Worldwide Occult Association. It’s a name I saw somewhere.

So, it wasn’t difficult to guess its identity.

“Is this something like a gathering of psychics? Exorcist, shaman, wizard. What, there really are people like this?”

“Yes… … . That’s right.”

Choi Se-rim nods her head weakly.

In the past, I would have dismissed it as nonsense, but now a lot has changed.

“Then you said your mom was a KOO executive… … . I guess my sister has superpowers too.”

“Yes.”

“It’s probably the ability to read or control thoughts.”

When I reach here, I hear a small whimpering sound.

Choi Se-rim, who has fallen on the floor, is shaking in shock.

“Originally, I could read thoughts. *Hibb* Practice, practice… … I can now change it.”

It seems like the important pieces have finally come together.

Aside from that, it hurts my heart to see Choi Se-rim crying like that.

It is not because of the ability to control thoughts.

That’s just how I felt.

“Sister.”

Under the candlelight burning unwaveringly, tears fall to the floor.

Serim Choi gasps and looks up at me.

“I’m sorry.”

“I’m sorry, Dabin.”

He holds my leg and asks for forgiveness over and over again, like a person whose spirit has completely broken down.

“I tried to make you like a doll.”

At the same time, he occasionally says something incomprehensible.

“So here. At the library. Because you can get information.”

“… … I’m sorry.”

I bent down and held out my hand to Choi Se-rim, who was crying helplessly.

Continuing from before. Choi Se-rim was squatting on the cold library floor.

“Get up first. We’ll talk more when we get back. Because it’s dangerous here.”

“… … .”

“And, you don’t have to manipulate your thoughts.”

Holding my sister’s hand tightly, I spoke in a clear tone.

“I will still help you. You don’t have to.”

I started hearing other people’s voices again.

I turned towards him. Dragging Choi Se-rim’s arm behind him.

” Let’s go.”

“… … .”

Huge library. Pass the old wooden bookshelf and reach the place where you can see the stairs.

“And my sister.”

I turned my head behind my back.

“I’ll say it in the most cheesy way possible, so listen.”

“Yes.”

Choi Se-rim has blank eyes.

Choi Se-rim, who occasionally hiccups, still has tear marks on her cheeks.

“That really, really doesn’t suit me, so please.”

“… … .”

“Please don’t cry.”

I heard a crunching sound, so I stopped and turned around.

“Ah. Really.”

And I bit my lip as if I couldn’t win.

Choi Se-rim was smiling quietly.

Above the tear-filled eyelashes, the usual smile appeared.

“I’m following you.”

“I’m sorry. This is Dabin’s original personality… … . I… … .”

If I leave it like this, I think I’ll cry again.

I quickly brought up another topic.

“But why did it suddenly not work? My sister’s abilities.”

“I don’t know either.”

“I don’t know? Is it your ability?”

“I don’t know. I can’t even read thoughts now.”

Now that I think about it, this body. They say they have high anomalous resistance. Is that why?

hmm.

Perhaps we not only have the ability to resist in the short term, but we may also have the ability to adapt in the long term.

So, I gradually got used to Choi Se-rim’s abilities, and at some point, I became completely immune to them.

This is just a hypothesis.

“That’s right. I have another question.”

“What is it?”

“It’s a dream. Did your sister do that too?”

“No. I also knew after meeting Dabin.”

Choi Se-rim removes the hair from her lips and speaks.

“Isn’t it just something that happens in apartments?”

“There is also a realism generator, so something like this happens?”

“It’s not possible to block everything at all. So, I think something came into my dream.”

“I see… … .”

I decided to stop here and ask. My head still hurts, but I don’t want to think about it any more.

For now, let’s just focus on getting out of here.

I dragged Choi Se-rim, who had a blank face, up the spiral staircase one step at a time.

When I think about it, this scene is just awkward. Choi Se-rim was always leading, and I was the one being dragged along.

When I went up the stairs, the first thing I saw was Daju Yoon.

“Oppa!”

Daju, who was standing in front of the stairs, runs out this way.

And then he pours out the words he couldn’t say.

“What on earth did you and Serim do together? Are you hurt anywhere? What is Serim unnie? Did you cry?”

I waved my hand towards Daju who was talking frantically.

“Try to be quiet. I’m so tired I’m dying.”

It doesn’t seem to have had much effect.

Now Daju is screaming towards the elevator.

“Sister! I found my brother and Serim! In front of the stairs here!”

Soon, Heo Yoon and Seok Hyeon-min appeared among the bookshelves.

“What? Did you find Serim?”

“Where?”

“This way!”

Now I want to rest quietly.

Even after calling someone else, Daju didn’t stop talking.

“Why did you cry? Why did you suddenly come to the library? Now with Dabin oppa. Do you know how worried we all were? Why on earth are you going out and wandering around alone in the early morning?”

I quietly winked at Choi Se-rim.

“Sister.”

“Huh?”

“Honestly, there was a time when I used my abilities to silence Daju Yoon.”

“… … .”

When I lower my voice and ask, Serim Choi hesitates to answer for a moment.

“… … Yes.”

“Can you do it one more time?”

“I only do this when absolutely necessary.”

“Still,”

I was speechless.

The goal is shaking.

Daju Yoon was holding my shoulder and shaking me violently.

“Something! Let’s talk!!!”

The lights hanging from the ceiling of the library flicker and pass by, leaving a long line-shaped afterimage.

As I barely catch my gaze, I see Choi Serim slowly reaching out her hand in this direction.

After a while. Daju, who had been talking non-stop, sighed.

“Ha… … . That’s Okay. Since I’m tired, let’s go back and talk.”

Next it was Heo Yoon and Seok Hyeon-min’s turn.

Two people came to the side and surrounded us.

“Hey. Serim Choi.”

Heo Yoon approached with a half-angry and half-relieved face.

“Come here.”

And then he rushes in roughly and forcibly links arms with Choi Se-rim.

From getting on the elevator until getting off on the 7th floor. Heo Yun did not relax his arms.

Dawn on the 7th floor returns again.

The sun was not visible, but the surrounding air was slowly becoming brighter.

It was a long time since then that I was able to hear Choi Se-rim’s purpose.

It wasn’t until the evening of the next day.