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My grandfather was sad for a while and then lifted my body up.

Even while lifting, the sound of something falling continued.

..probably the intestines.

” Are you guys satisfied now? ”

Grandfather spoke in a sad voice.

” The little girl did many things for you. But this is the form of repayment… Is this really the right choice..? ”

” ..There’s nothing we can do about it, right? Look at how vicious they were. If this kid hadn’t gone out, they would have found us even if it meant killing us. ”

” At least you should have given me time… You shouldn’t have pushed me like that.. ”

Grandfather started walking. He walked for a while.

The body is not recovering. The vision has not returned either.

It may take a long time because the damage is severe.

I think it might be recovering from the heart and brain.

” They’re all here. This is my house. ”

It seemed like my grandfather was walking up the stairs. That was how the movement felt.

When I realized that everyone had gone up, I heard Seohee’s voice.

” What is this..? This is.. ”

” ..I’m sorry.. ”

” What is this… What is this!! Why did it become like this!! Why is this guy dead!! Why!!! ”

Seohee became angry and started nagging her grandfather.

” I’m sorry.. I don’t have the strength.. ”

” No, no. Sorry. I got excited.. ”

Why was he angry?

” Would you please lay out a blanket? I want to lay the little girl down. ”

” Yes, I understand. ”

Seohee went to get the blanket and her grandfather walked into the bedroom.

Even in the midst of all this, the sound of something falling was heard.

My body seems to have been damaged pretty seriously.

I heard Seohee come in and the sound of the blanket being spread out.

And then it seemed like my grandfather laid me down.

I’m not sure because the sensation is too faint, but I felt like I was moving from a high place to a low place, so I guess that’s right. I don’t even know if I’m lying down or lying down right now.

” What are you going to do now? ”

” This kid is special. He has powers beyond common sense, so maybe… ”

” Is there anything we can do? ”

” I don’t know.. I don’t know well because it’s my first time doing everything.. ”

I think it would be okay to just leave it alone.

Maybe my body will repair itself.

” Keep this in mind. The group that harmed this child is a group of robbers, but it also includes villagers. ”

” What does that mean? ”

” For the sake of their own safety and their families, they accepted the robbers’ demands. Most of them agreed, except for a few. ”

” Did you throw it away again? ”

” Yeah… ”

” Chew .. ◦ ◦ ◦

Seohee, Jaha, and Tiri were abandoned by the villagers because they were so short on power at the time.

But this time it might be a little difficult, but there are various guns, ammunition, and explosives.

Despite this, the townspeople did not even consider the option of fighting.

What if the target of the robbers’ demands had been someone of high virtue in this village?

I’m just an outsider. It would have been better to just abandon it.

It’s a throwaway word.

I had a thought. What if there had been enough weapons in this village when Seohee, Jaha, and Tiri were captured?

If I could somehow make a living, I would have hesitated.

If they really needed supplies, they might have attacked.

Maybe that’s natural. The world is too harsh to be generous.

So, I hope you don’t get so sad or angry.

As soon as I feel better, I will leave the village.

Because I’m a foreigner.

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A few hours later, the sun had set and darkness had fallen.

It was just past midnight when the sergeant returned to the village chief’s house with Jaha.

The person who welcomed those people was Seohee.

” Oh, you’re here too. ”

” Yes, because they said it would be better for them to stay together for a while. ”

” Yes, the situation is not safe right now. I heard there were robbers outside, so we only picked out the good supplies we brought. ”

The military supplies were stored in the central building of the village. They were brought out during the day to be used in times of emergency when the village was in danger, but they were brought back like this.

This was the reason why only Seohee was at the village chief’s house a few hours ago.

Besides, it was Seohee who brought up this story. She said she couldn’t completely trust the village guys.

” But what about the village chief and that guy? Oh, it was time now.. ”

” The village chief is sleeping, and he… ”

” Yes? ”

Seohee kept her mouth shut for a while, but then opened her mouth again as if she had made up her mind.

” Follow me. ”

Seohee guided the two into a room on the second floor.

” What is this… ”

There was something inside the blanket spread in the middle of the room.

The blanket was white, but it was stained red and reeked of blood.

Seohee approached the blanket and slowly lifted it.

It was the badly damaged body of a young girl.

I’ve seen that somewhere before… with silver hair…

” Ah.. ”

Jaha was at a loss for words.

It’s strange. It was definitely fine during the day. Why now… why?

The sergeant spoke in a low voice.

” What happened? ”

” ..the robbers executed him.. ”

” I thought you would just back down, but did that happen? ”

The sergeant sighed. It was a sigh of despair.

Although Jaha was still in denial about reality, she was slowly coming to terms with it.

If there’s a dead body in front of you, you can’t help but know, even if you don’t want to.

While she was doing that, Seohee suddenly muttered.

” By the way, what was that kid’s name..? ”

The sergeant, Jaha, and Seohee looked at each other.

It was a random remark, but none of them knew Dacheon’s name.

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Time passed and a week passed. Dacheon’s appearance changed greatly.

The bleeding stopped, the limbs returned to their original position, and the skin returned to its original state.

But unlike its appearance, its insides were a mess.

Many of the missing internal organs had no form, and even the few remaining internal organs were not in their proper places.

The bones and muscle tissue were riddled with holes, and hundreds of bullets were still there.

It was like a wooden house eaten by termites, or food taken over by mold.

It may be external construction to prevent further loss.

As such, as Dacheon’s appearance became normal, the people around him began to think that he would be able to get up soon.

But even after a week, even after two weeks, Dacheon still didn’t wake up.

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A month has passed since then.

My body still couldn’t move.

Because my eyelids were closed, my vision was dark and I had no sense of smell.

I could feel the touch, if only faintly. It was like touching something from above the padding.

In the end, the only thing that was okay was my hearing.

Since then, my grandfather, Seohee, Jaha, and Sergeant have occasionally come to visit me.

From what I’ve heard from each other, it seems like my appearance was restored a long time ago.

However, the interior work is less complete.

… I don’t know how long I have to wait. If my hearing hadn’t been okay, I would have gone crazy.

Perhaps, if even my hearing had been damaged, I would have spent the first few days chewing on past memories, then endured by imagining anything, and eventually even my thoughts would have disappeared.

It was really reassuring to have someone by my side. Sometimes they would even talk to me.

My grandfather told me about the latest news from the village. He rarely talked about himself.

Seohee grumbled that the training schedule was too tough. It seemed like she needed an outlet for her frustrations.

Jaha had been training with Seohee for the past week. She said she would leave the village with me.

It seemed as if a plague had fallen on the village.

Jaha sometimes told me about the village’s current affairs or news about Tiri.

It was known in the village that I was dead.

It is said that Tiri was shocked when he heard that and was listless for a while.

The sergeant occasionally worked next to me on the import of firearms and told me about the recent robberies in the supermarket area.

It seems like they go on reconnaissance missions occasionally, but they say there haven’t been any changes in personnel or anything like that yet.

Seohee sometimes told him to move his fingers, but he couldn’t even try.

Now I can vaguely feel that I have fingers, but back then I didn’t even know if I had arms, let alone fingers.

I’m still trying to move my fingers.

It seems like it’s gotten a lot better than before, so won’t it be successful soon?

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” Oh, is today the day to do that? ”

” Oh, yes. Are you going now? ”

” That’s right. Oh, help me. It’s hard to do it alone. ”

” Okay. ”

That is to say, it refers to the work of moving Dacheon’s body.

There is a story about this. It is said that people who are in a vegetative state or are paralyzed become stiff due to not being able to move their joints.

It was to prevent that that the village chief brought up the issue.

The four agreed unanimously, and Ja-ha and Seo-hee have been doing it in turns once a day for the past week.

The reason we only do it together is because we are [the same] women.

Of course, Dacheon didn’t know this fact. The only thing he could feel was the feeling of touching it through thick padding, so he was just puzzled.

And until now, I have never heard of anyone touching their body, taking turns doing it alone.

” Please support my back while I’m sitting down so I can fold my arms and legs. ”

” Yes. ”

Jaha sat down with Dacheon and then sat behind him, supporting his back. It was the first time the two of them had done this.

Seohee held Dacheon’s arms with both hands and slowly bent and straightened them.

” I wonder when this guy will wake up.. Judging from his appearance, he seems to be at an age where he sleeps a lot.. ”

” My pulse and breathing are fine though, so I don’t think things will get any worse. ”

” That’s true, but… ”

Seohee grabbed Dacheon’s arm and slowly spun it around like a windmill, releasing his shoulder.

” That’s because I’m just lying there like a corpse.. ”

” Now that I think about it… I haven’t moved even once… ”

” If you touch it like this, there should be some kind of reaction… ”

Seohee spoke again while rubbing Dacheon’s waist.

” Every time I touch it, I think it looks like a well-made doll. If there were dolls like this, they would be popular. ”

” Because this kid is cute. ”

” Every time you open your mouth, the words that come out and the way you speak are completely different from your appearance, right? ”

” Yes. His behavior was not childish at all. ”

Seohee made Dacheon move her fingers by clenching and unclenching them.

” That’s what I mean. A complete mutation……….. ”

” Why are you like that? ”

Seohee stopped moving and looked closely at Dacheon’s fingers.

” Just now.. ”