episode_0064

The surrounding scenery flashed by in an instant, making me feel motion sick. I feel like it’s similar to the speed of traveling by car, but when I feel it with my bare body, it’s hell…

“Sohee…is it still far away? I feel like throwing up…”

Sohee, who had been running non-stop while hugging me, barely stopped moving after hearing my earnest voice. If I had run a little longer like that, I would have been in big trouble…

“Sorry…I guess I was in a bit of a hurry because I was in a hurry.”

Somehow, just listening to you now makes me feel like I’m back to my usual Sohee. If the owner said it was because of the cooking, it would have changed, but has the effect already disappeared?

“It’s okay, being fast was also fun in its own way. Now, if you drop me off, I will walk on my own.”

“So, let’s go slowly!”

Although it wasn’t as fast as before, Sohee started running at a speed that was still excessively fast compared to an ordinary person.

“I can walk alone!”

“Just go a little further, just a little further.”

I struggled slightly, but instead of letting go, Sohee held me tighter and kept running. No matter what I say now, you won’t let me go…

“…Okay.”

In the end, I gave up and enjoyed the surrounding scenery that was somewhat recognizable, unlike before. As expected, there are no people and it is desolate…

Clink!

A tearing sound was heard in the street where only the sound of Sohee running was heard. If a large glass breaks, will it sound like this?

Sohee stopped walking and began to look straight ahead, wondering if I was the only one who heard that sound.

In the distance, the silhouettes of what looked like three people were approaching us. The group of survivors that Sohee mentioned…? However, there are 3 people, not 4, so they may be real survivors…

“Si-hyeon, you must stay still and never move. Definitely, definitely.”

Sohee dropped me off without taking her eyes off the front, took out a black amulet I had never seen in her arms, and attached it to my head.

I felt embarrassed by the sudden change in the situation, but as Sohee said, I held my breath as much as I could and kept my eyes straight ahead.

“Oh~? It’s Sohee!”

The identity of the silhouette that was quite close was a group of women. The moment I recognized their faces and heard their voices, I almost screamed without realizing it.

The two women throwing bricks on either side and breaking the window were strangers, but the woman standing in the middle sticking out her tongue and smiling was someone I had met today.

“…Don’t call me names. Because it’s disgusting!”

“Isn’t that too mean? Huh?”

A woman who desperately sought help and shed tears of joy to avoid the reality of approaching death. Ye-eun, who told me about my dream and brought me back to my nightmare…

Her timid and always intimidated appearance disappeared, and she proudly straightened her waist and pulled back her long bangs, looking like a completely different person even though her face was the same.

“Have you managed to survive all this time? Ahahaha!”

“What courage did you have to appear before me?”

I could see that the hand holding the bat was gaining strength. The tension was growing as it looked like they were going to hit Ye-eun at any moment.

“What kind of courage do you have…you can’t kill me anyway?”

However, Ye-eun calmly came forward and looked down at So-hee. Yeeun, who looks over 180cm tall, was so different from Sohee, who has a similar physique to me, that I felt pressured even though she was next to me.

“This…this…damn…”

“Hit me? Anytime you want.”

The sight of him laughing at Sohee and stroking her head made me angry. What you showed today was all acting, and this is your true nature…?

“Well…it might still be fun to take him around, but I’m no longer interested in you.”

“What?”

“I found a toy that looked more fun.”

As Ye-eun clapped her hands, the two people standing next to her and watching quietly also started clapping.

I was terrified by the frenzied sight of people clapping so fast that their hands swelled.

“A woman whom the crown prince loves and has an unknown identity. Isn’t it interesting? I want a toy that looks fun like that…”

As she held her cheek and licked her lips in ecstasy, it was like looking at a madman.

“So, if Sohee wants to go out, find her and bring her to me. Do you want to go out soon? Huh?”

The sight of him slowly caressing Sohee’s cheek and whispering to her made me so heated that I wanted to hit her right away, but I could only look at him because he promised me not to move.

“She’s a cute girl with short hair that doesn’t reach her shoulders and an androgynous appearance, so you can tell at a glance. Do I have to bring him back unharmed?”

After speaking one-sidedly, she started walking somewhere with her followers. While glaring at Ye-eun as she disappeared, I heard the sound of someone collapsing next to me.

“…You can move now.”

Sohee was sitting on the floor and shaking. I think this is the second time I’ve seen Sohee scared after the clown…

“Sohee, are you okay?”

He turned back and hugged Sohee. I heard that hugging reduces stress and has positive effects…I wish there was something else I could do for it.

“Hehe…it’s okay. It was because my legs felt weak for a moment. First of all, it’s not safe here either, so let’s go quickly.”

lie.

It was obvious that Sohee was lying. Even if I say it with tears in my eyes, it doesn’t mean anything… Sohee.

There are a lot of things I want to ask right now, like about Ye-eun or about the doll… but I’ll have to hold on for a moment.

Sohee looks like she’s having a hard time, so it’s not too late to ask her after she calms down a little.

“It’s really safe here. Because it was a house that was used as a residence, it was carefully prepared with amulets.”

The place Sohee brought me was a run-down, abandoned house. As Sohee said, there are amulets stuck all over the house, but that makes me even more scared…

“Even though it looks like this on the outside, it’s fine on the inside.”

When I opened the door that was on the verge of falling and went inside, I saw a cleaner interior than I expected. There is no electricity, so we are making a fire with candles, but I think this will be okay.

“Come on, sit next to me.”

Sohee, who was sitting on an old but clean blanket, patted the side and pointed. The situation is a little different, but Sohee is cute, so I feel a little healed.

And as I sat down next to him as indicated, silence began. It’s probably right for me to start talking, but is it okay to ask…

“…There are more things I need to say before consulting about my concerns.”

As I continued to worry, Sohee spoke up first. Of course…it’s probably about Ye-eun, right?

“As you probably know from hearing Sihyeon earlier, I lost my doll to that woman.”

Although it was somewhat predictable, the shock was stronger than I expected, perhaps because I heard it from my own mouth. If that doll is the only way to escape…

“Unless she returns the doll, I can’t wake up from this nightmare.”

Sohee continued speaking calmly, but my insides were boiling in the opposite direction. Then, the reason why Sohee endured this nightmare for more than 300 days…

“Hehe, are you getting angry on my behalf? My hands are shaking.”

“Ah…”

“Because it was my own carelessness…I think there is nothing I can do about it. Still, if Grandma Sohye solves the problem, you can go out, so you don’t have to worry too much!”

I tried to comfort Sohee, but she was comforting me in the exact opposite direction.

Why am I so pathetic… It would be nice if I had power too…

“…Sohee. And that woman, I know.”

“Yes?”

“The Ye-eun I was talking about is that person… Sohee, you didn’t know her name?”

“I don’t know that woman’s real name… Even when she came for consultation through ‘Dream Trading’, she gave a completely different pseudonym.”

“Dream trading?”

“Didn’t I tell you? I too was dragged into a nightmare after hearing the customer’s dream story, and that customer was that woman.”

Then, the reason why you came to our ghost story research group on purpose.

The reason why my senior didn’t know the name Ye-eun…

The real reason why I became more distant from my friends as the nightmare progressed…

“Wait, wait…Isn’t that strange? If Ye-eun is really the one spreading this nightmare, there is no reason to recognize So-hye, the prince’s noble sister, and tell her.”

“…I will tell you everything I know about that woman.”

Sohee held my hand and began a long story. About a woman named Ye-eun…

The first time I met her was when she came as a guest. At that time, his eyes were black and he looked like an ordinary person. Her name was Yeji, but I later found out that it was a pseudonym.

“I keep having nightmares, can you help me solve it?”

Although it looked blurry, I could actually see a death mark behind the woman and bad energy was gathered around her, so I readily agreed.

It hasn’t been long since I became a monk, but I heard from my grandmother and mother that one person’s share is enough, and I thought it was possible to solve the problem.

And the dream story that began is slightly different from what Sihyeon heard. He said it was the same as walking down an empty street, but he saw things he was afraid of.

Japanese ghost stories I read as a child, scary cannibal restaurants… stories about killer clowns, etc. They told me that there were scary beings walking around that I had only imagined but had never actually seen.

…It seems like you’re starting to notice. I once said that the monster that people assimilated into a nightmare turns into is the thing they fear the most, right? Actually not.

These are all strange phenomena and phenomena imagined by that woman.

Actually…I wasn’t going to tell Sihyeon about this. Even if you know, nothing will change, and there is a possibility that you will assimilate when you meet her in person.

Well… So, after hearing about the dream, I gave it an amulet and various prescriptions, told it to come back if I dreamed it again, and sent it away.

Under normal circumstances, this would be a sufficient prescription, but I should have done more research…the problem was my inexperience.

That night, I also started having nightmares. The first escape was 3 days? It took about a while, but in reality it didn’t even take 3 hours.

And the next night, I had another nightmare. That woman…

“Huh? You are not a shaman!”

“Ji, what are you doing now…?”

The crazy woman was feeding the woman who followed her with a calm face to the black beast.

Her eyes turned an ominous purple and it felt like she was looking at someone else…I wondered if it was that timid woman.

For the first time in my life, I felt fear of a person as I narrowed my violet eyes and watched them smile and watch the sight of me screaming, asking for help, saying I was in pain and suffering.

“I figured it out. That I am the chosen one…”

She opened her black notebook and began writing something with her fingers. At the same time, countless hands started chasing me next to me and I had no choice but to run away.

After that, I escaped in search of the doll and started looking for information about the woman.

I tried to ask my grandmother or mother, but I had to tell them about my dream, and I didn’t know if they would be dragged in, so I decided against it.

I thought she held the key to the mysterious murderer on TV and the ‘dream trafficking’ case that was slowly spreading, but I couldn’t find her whereabouts.

As I watched the damage increase, the conclusion I came to was to kill that woman in my dream.

…I tried to leave murder as a last resort, but I thought it was inevitable. It didn’t even look like a person anymore…

I went into the nightmare and succeeded in finding her again, and when I tried to smash her head…she spoke to me.

“If you kill me, the 800 people in this dream will continue to be trapped and suffer…is it okay?”

After hearing those words, I couldn’t kill him. After that, as Si-hyeon knows, the doll was taken away and she continues to be trapped in a nightmare.

After the long story, I hugged Sohee without saying a word. What a heavy burden he must carry with his small and delicate body…

“…I also don’t know why she talked in front of my grandmother. There are many things we don’t know about this nightmare…”

Is there a reason why Ye-eun spoke so confidently? But the only thing we can trust right now is So-hye, who is out there… We will just have to trust and wait.

“So, Sihyeon, please go outside and tell your grandmother about this.”

“Huh?”

” Sihyeon, I will definitely find the doll and send it out of your dream.”

For a moment, I was speechless. Let’s say I go out to find a doll…what about Sohee?

“Don’t worry about me. Because I’ve been doing it alone so far…”

Another lie…

“And Sihyeon leaving will help both of them in the long run. Isn’t that bitch sleeping in the same room right now?”

There was no mistake in every word. Realistically, it would be right for me to go out and ask for help, but… I have to leave Sohee behind, who has endured loneliness for a year…

“…If you’re so worried about me, could you grant me one wish?”

I nodded without saying anything. If I tell you now, I don’t think I can bear it…

“Hehe…”

Sruk…sruk…

While I was looking down at the floor with my head down, I heard a sound. The sound of taking off clothes…

“Please hug me.”

When I raised my head, I saw Sohee revealing her dazzling naked body.

I tried to lower my head again, but my face was grabbed by Sohee and I could only stare at that beautiful body.

“I…I don’t want to die without even being able to love. I know Sihyeon has Sohye, but…give me the memories of one night, one night.”

My heart started pounding and it became uncontrollable. Because the cute girl was becoming a woman in front of me.

“I felt strange for a moment at the restaurant, but now I am completely honest with myself. Please…”

I had no choice but to nod.