episode_0052

Late at night.

Turn off the bright lights.

The only light is the city’s lighthouse and the moon that brightens the sky.

And, in this room, there’s only a red-haired smartphone.

The silence outside, cannot enter inside.

What made these two fight this time?

Arin and Ellie were fighting again.

“No, that’s right! Even though you were with Unnie Bin for so long!”

“Of course what I say is right!”

“No! Maybe your tastes have changed!”

“Ah! This is so frustrating! Your taste has changed in the meantime? Are you talking nonsense!”

“No, I told you I saw it with my own eyes?”

The topic of this fight is, do I like pink clothes?

“No, that’s not that important… ”

““It doesn’t matter!””

The two people lying on either side of me on the bed screamed at the same time.

This isn’t some kind of surround speaker movie theater…

“Sister, this is a really important matter! Can’t you see that evil villain’s intention to deny all the affection I send to my sister?”

“No, Bin. Listen? Honestly, how many pink clothes have you thrown away! Bin, I’ve been nagging you so hard not to wear pink except when you’re sneaking around. That little brat is the one who’s denying all my affection!”

“Sister, tell me the truth quickly!”

“That’s right, Bin. Tell me what’s correct. Okay?”

Sigh, really…

How much did they fight after Blanc left, just with a different topic?

Even the redhead on the sofa playing on her smartphone listens to it halfway through, and then puts earphones in her ears.

Red hair, I know you’re very insensitive to this kind of thing, so you don’t feel uncomfortable.

How loud must it have been.

It’s fortunate that we don’t have an association president right now and only the essential staff are left in the association, otherwise we would have been fighting so loudly that we would have been kicked out of the association building…

ha…

“Why does that matter? I just wear whatever is given to me. All the clothes I have now… Blanc and Citrus chose them together.”

“No, you definitely ran away every time I tried to make you wear a pink one-piece set and stuff, saying, ‘If I wear that, my identity…!’!”

“That was then, now wear whatever you are given. Power these days is a slave to debt. Just being able to wear clean clothes is enough.”

“Huh…? Vine, can’t you take out Eden’s emergency fund…? ”

“You have to leave the country to get that money. Take a plane, take a boat.”

“No, you hid it in this country too.”

“I don’t know about that either. It’s so small that I forgot about it.”

“Then, until now, you…?”

“Well, I thought it was my punishment anyway. I also had a personal desire to pay for your sins so that you could live a peaceful life.”

“No, then what kind of life would you… ”

“It’ll be long if I tell you the story. And there’s a child there too. It’s not such a good story. I’ll tell you the story separately later.”

Of course, it’s a slum. A shantytown at that.

It is possible to guess, even with common sense, that such places are high crime areas.

In a place like that.

If a fragile girl lives alone.

What if that evil villain, who was considered somewhat forgivable even if someone personally sanctioned him, had completely lost his powers and become a helpless little girl living in that shack?

On that road where electricity is not working properly and even the streetlights are dim.

Smelly alleys, bottles of alcohol rolling around everywhere.

A girl living in such a place is an easy target for crime.

There were times when I didn’t even have the courage to go home.

On days like that, it would have been better to just go to a park bathroom and take a nap without being able to lie down.

I originally just spent my time lying on a bench outside the park.

It’s no different from any other park in that neighborhood.

Busy avoiding strange people approaching you while drunk.

Those people are busy running away, bleeding, after being hit by the stones thrown by them.

I picked it up somewhere, and I was beaten to death with a thick iron pipe.

Every time I have that thought…

fearful.

I think that guy is going to attack me again.

I’m scared, don’t come near me.

I’m sorry… I’m sorry… I’m sorry…

I was wrong. Please save me. I was really wrong. I will live like a dead rat. I will never be happy again, having stolen your happiness. I will spend my whole life hiding happiness somewhere. So please save me.

The field of vision darkens.

I can’t see anything.

It’s cold, so cold.

I’m lonely, so lonely…

It’s cold… all of this…

Someone, save me…

“… You!”

Sigh… Is this karma…?

“… ㄴ니!”

If it’s karma, then there’s nothing I can do…

“… Yes!”

huh…?

“Sister!!!”

“Uh, huh… ?”

“Ah, ahh… Sister!”

“Uh, uh… Yes?”

“Vine, are you okay?”

Why is it so bright…?

Obviously, in a dark park.

huh…?

Oh, right.

But, I turned off the lights?

Why is the redhead doing that…?

Ellie, why are you crying…?

“Hey, are you awake? Look here.”

“Yes… ? What happened… ? What are you doing above me… ”

“Haa… Looks like you’ve come to your senses… What are you doing that really separates people… ”

“Yes… ?”

“Do you know that you just passed out and collapsed? You didn’t even wake up when Arin called you. The kids were so surprised.”

“Ah… Was that so…? If I remember correctly… Arin and Ellie were fighting… Old memories… Ah.”

“Haa… I guess those old memories really left a traumatic impression on me… To suddenly lose consciousness in the middle of the night… ”

“I lost consciousness… to the point of… yes… ”

“It won’t work. I think we should wait and see how things progress. I already told Yunseul. She just woke up… Oh, oh?”

“Why are you doing that…?”

“They’re coming now…? Flying…?”

“Yes… ? Just because one villain was defeated… ”

As soon as I finished saying that, before the redhead could even react, Arin started beating her chest violently.

“Keep on! Just a villain! That’s not it! Why do you keep underestimating yourself like that!”

“Oh, no… ”

“Sister, you really are not someone to be underestimated! Seriously… Haa… ”

How should we think about the various things contained in Arin’s sigh?

“How should I fix this self-deprecating attitude of my sister… ”

“Huh? What are you fixing?”

“No. For now…sigh.”

“Arin… ?”

“I think things are a little better now. Seohyun unnie. Is Yunseul unnie still… Ah.”

Before Arin could finish speaking, Blanc burst in, kicking open the door.

“Is Binnie okay? Ahh… ”

“Blanc, you’re here. In the middle of the night.”

“Haa. Seriously… Who wouldn’t come running if they heard that someone collapsed in that situation?”

“Um… I guess… ”

“No, even if it wasn’t you, it would be natural for Arin or Seohyun to come running if they collapsed! If someone who just woke up and wasn’t feeling well collapsed!”

“Hahaha… I understand. I already heard a lot of things from Arin just now, so please forgive me. Look at this. Isn’t it normal?”

“No, let’s just wait and see for now. We’ll have to stay for another week. Seohyun, you can’t stay here for too long either. Let’s talk again about who will guard here. And Arin. If you’re going to stay that long, you have to tell the teacher, right?”

“No, a week… ”

“You don’t have anything to say, do you? Just rest quietly.”

“Ahh… But, but… ”

“I’m resting.”

“Yep.”

At Blanc’s firm voice, I felt sorry for myself, unable to resist any longer.

Hmm, I can guess why he fell.

I guess it’s probably a mental issue.

Hmm, but. Just thinking about that situation again…

“But. I’m really okay… But I guess I collapsed because of a mental issue.”

“Still, how much energy would have been consumed when he fell? We’ll have to wait and see how things go for a while.”

“Yes… I understand… But still, a week… ”

“Oh my. I was going to do it for a month, but I shortened it to a week because Seohyun woke up. I didn’t even think about shortening it. I heard she was fine, so I decided to do it that way, so don’t complain.”

“Ugh… My throat hurts a little… ”

“Just take this opportunity to really get some rest. Okay? Sigh. Then I’ll go back?”

With those words, Blanc left the room again.

Oh, not the door, but the window.

I’m sure I went out the door just a moment ago.

Ah, Blanc was in the form of a magical girl.

So that’s why Ellie was so scared and frozen…

“Hello, Ellie?”

“Ugh, ugh… ”

“Ellie?”

“Ba, just now. Ma, a magical girl… ”

“Why? It happened a while ago too.”

“No, ba, just now, the guy, the guy who was beating up the guys… ”

“Haa… Ellie, calm down. Why are you so surprised by something like that? All of a sudden.”

“Ah, no… Yeah… ”

“What are you doing with something like that? Arin is also a magical girl?”

“No, other magical girls are fine, but me. Me… Blanc… ”

“Oh, I see. Why all of a sudden?”

“No, that Ragnarok… that time… ”

“Ragnarok?”

“No… I’ll tell you later… First, Bin, take care of yourself first… Haa… Haa… Phew. Okay, recover cleanly. I’m more worried about you who collapsed than me.”

“That’s right. Ellis, I’m worried about you, just like that guy said. Okay, let’s go back to sleep. It’s late at night. Really.”

Well, I have a lot to say.

Because there is time that is created by force.

At least during this time, shouldn’t we talk so that we don’t get bored?

“Sleep, everything’s okay. Arin, sleep too. I’m sorry for worrying you.”

Arin seemed to forgive me for my sins by embracing me.

As if she couldn’t just watch that, Ellie hugged me tightly too.

Today, a really short and intense day, has finally come to an end.