episode_0074

When I woke up, everything around me seemed to have stopped in time.

The second and minute hands of the clock on the wall stopped moving, and I tried to move my body, but I was frozen in place and couldn’t move.

Even though my body was stiff, I was able to open my eyes and roll them to look around, but that was the end of it.

‘Hey~ There’s no way time really stopped.’

In an unfamiliar situation, I chose to escape reality.

It was hard to believe that I had suddenly become a baby and that my older sister had been an incarnation before I was born.

In fact, I imagined what my sister would be like after I had my eyes gouged out, thinking that this world itself wasn’t real.

‘I think my sister must have cried a lot… … If I had been just a little stronger, my sister wouldn’t have had to cry, right?’

ha.

I feel so pathetic because I am weak.

Why am I not as talented as my sister or other people?

How is it that only after becoming an incarnation can I barely beat my older sister who is about 10 years older than me?

Is it because I’m a man?

No, other men are good at fighting, so that’s impossible. From the beginning, once you become an incarnation, you act differently from ordinary people, so that can’t be true.

Then why on earth is my talent like this?

No matter how hard you work out, you won’t gain muscle, and even if you build abs, flabby belly fat will quickly take their place.

So, I worked hard to hone my theories, but because I was prone to getting sick, I couldn’t use them properly.

I want to help my sister.

Even this small wish has not been fulfilled and has always been a hindrance.

That’s why I kept wondering what kind of person I was in my forgotten memories.

If you just listen to what my older sister says, it doesn’t seem that different from now, but it’s hard to take it seriously because that’s only from my older sister’s perspective.

It doesn’t seem like he particularly likes talking about old times.

‘Andrey.’

If I woke up, I thought it might be a good idea to seek advice from him.

Because he would give you a rational solution.

Because she’s my sister’s best friend.

If we hadn’t broken up yet, he would have listened to what I had to say.

‘Um… … But how long will this be stopped? I wish it would start moving slowly.’

I was lying in the same position in a space where time seemed to have stopped.

I could breathe properly, think properly, and even see, but I couldn’t move.

It’s frustrating. I wish someone would hurry up and make this stopped time pass by.

【Ẅ̷̧̹̼̩̯̹̹̗̔̋̈̃̋͢A̵̗̮̩̣̠̠̅̀̂̚͜͟K̸̢̯̣̦̞̘̠̠̗̈̏̂̐̐Ȇ̞̣̪̈̈̌̇̇̇̅͠ͅ Ǘ͓̺̤̫̗̂̓̎͘̚̕͜P̨̢̡̙̝̱̻͚̲͇̍̍͑̋̊̇̆̾?̖̞̦̦̿̈́̎̔̽̽̕̚】

But then, a familiar eye appeared.

It spoke to me, looking at me from a rift that seemed to tear the dimension apart.

‘Haa… … Haa… … .’

My breathing is getting heavier.

Suddenly, I started having trouble breathing.

I got goosebumps all over my body.

【O̵̡̡̡̪̜̮̩̗̯̣̠͛́̃̽̽̓̈͡K̸̮̼̝̖̦̟̦̀̒̒̄̑̓】

【Y ̤́̂ ̯̹̏̾̐̎̎ ̂ ̈ ̵ ̥ ̱ ̱̻̾̂̍ ̅̏̀ ̂ ̲̦̰̹ ̲̦̰̹ ̂ ̲̥’̶͔͈̠̗̑̀̑̒͞ͅṚ̮̮̫̖̍̊̈́̄̄́́̌̕͞Ę̻̣̣̤͉̳̐̒̃̑̂̒̈̚ W̮̳̩̪̫̼̪͉̍́̏̾̚A̫̰̜̺̤̝̙̓̐̀̀̃̆̀̓̚̕͘K̚ ̧̛͉̮̮̖̗̲̣̖̇̑̂̑͒̌̑̂̑É̻̤̰̭̖̞̱̜̂̂̑̕̕̚ ???

It was strange.

The thing that spoke in a foreign language seemed very pleased with what I had done.

And it felt like fear was coursing through my body.

【Ạ̢͉͍̤͈̠̍̿̋̀̆̇̍͠psi͞͝Ŗ̶̘̙͇͇͐̂̀̂̆̓̎̏̂͜ Ÿ̵̧̛̘̮̰͓̝̹̎̆̂̋̒̌̀̒Ò̸͍̱̱̗̬̬͚̗̊̉̎̂̕͘Ų̡̙̭̍̍̾̊̂̾̀́̓̽͠ Ȯ̴̟͓̼̜͉͗̃̋̎̿͘͠͡K̸̟͔̳͇̲͍̺̩͚̅́̾̓̔̕͘͢?̡̨̮̻̠̥̓̍̓̊̀̑̊̀̈́̊】

What on earth is that language?

What are you trying to say?

I took a deep breath as I looked into the bloodshot black eyes that were watching me, blinking.

“Haa… … Haa… … .”

Ugh, ugh, ugh.

The surroundings were shattered into thousands of pieces, as if glass had been cracked, and the pieces slowly began to fall to the ground.

In the place where the shard of glass had fallen to the floor, another eye appeared and began to watch me.

It was also a black eye with bloodshot eyes.

【O̶̭̟̖̦̜̟̖̭̾̉̅̊̂̏̅̐̆̕͘͟H̷̦̭͓̦̫͉̓̀̊̀̀̎͞͞】

【Į̨̪̱̪͎͛̑̀́̔̏̌̄͘͠T̨̞̲̙̗̑̆̈́̓̇̃̚̚ ̷̩’͙̬̙̎̾͆̿͋̊͌̕̚͝͝ͅS̸̫̪̟̙̬̺̣̅̔̈͆̀͝ͅ E̵̤̦̜̖̩̥͇̖̓͌̿̓̐̍̌̓̕Ṉ̵̮̬̪̪̗̎͗̔́̇̈́́́ͅD̴̪̣̮̜̓͛̄̒̒͜͠?】

It made a sound of licking its lips as if it was regretting something, then it quickly disappeared into a whirlpool.

The other eyes disappeared along with the first eye that appeared, after fitting together the shards of glass that had fallen from the gap they had been in.

And then, as if time had stopped, the second and minute hands on the clock on the wall began to move again.

Ugh.

And my body started moving again.

I smacked my lips as I recalled what had just happened.

‘I’m sure those are the eyes I saw at the Onmyoji Mansion… right?’

I don’t know who or what it was, but I realized that I had made a mistake.

There was a very high probability that they came looking for me this time because of what happened at the Onmyoji Mansion.

Besides that, when I went to the shaman, I think I saw someone with a similar feeling.

‘How high is your level? You seem stronger than my older sister.’

At first, I was a little scared that my sister might lose, but I decided to forget about it because it didn’t harm me in any way.

Squeak.

“Melting~ Sister is here~.”

My sister brought in what appeared to be a bottle of formula milk.

I knew I’d be eating it again, but seeing it in person felt strange.

“Let’s eat mommy~.”

‘Ah. I don’t want to eat it.’

Gulp.

He opened his mouth and drank from the bottle.

I wanted to catch it and eat it myself, but unfortunately that wasn’t possible.

“Um… … .”

“Come on~ Enjoy your meal~.”

Gulp, gulp.

The taste was better than I expected, but I felt like I was turning into a baby every time I drank it, so I thought I shouldn’t eat it anymore.

“Um!”

I was eating formula milk well, but then I stopped eating it.

Then my older sister took the bottle from my mouth for a moment and then put it back.

“Um!”

I refused because I didn’t want to eat it.

The milk that flowed out of the bottle soaked my clothes and face.

I feel uneasy.

I thought eating it would at least minimize this discomfort, but my gut was telling me that I shouldn’t eat it anymore.

But even so, the milk powder continued to flow into her mouth.

I don’t want to eat it. I don’t think I should eat it.

It kept flowing into my mouth, so I couldn’t resist it and ended up swallowing it all down.

Gulp, gulp.

*

When I came to my senses, I realized that I had already emptied the bottle.

And I was still sucking on that bottle.

‘Oh, shit.’

“Oh my~ Our Nok is so tall~ Later on, he’ll be taller than his older sister~.”

I didn’t want to eat it. So I resisted, but eventually my body gave in.

My head told me I shouldn’t eat it, but my body seemed to be addicted to the taste of the powdered milk and I ended up eating it with great relish.

“Uuuuu… … .”

Pat pat.

And then my older sister hugged me and patted my back as if urging me to go to sleep.

But, I don’t know how he can be so strong even though he’s clearly a child.

In terms of strength alone, it felt like I could pull a car with my bare hands.

Remember.

I started to feel sleepy, perhaps from anorexia, as I spat out the vomit mixed with the smell of powdered milk.

I wondered if it was because of the sleeping pills, but there was no reason for my older sister to feed them to me, her own little brother and a newborn.

But even so, I endured it because my intuition told me not to fall asleep.

Thump thump.

But maybe it was because of my sister’s heartbeat, I felt like I was gradually falling asleep.

‘Ugh… … I’m tired.’

The lullaby of my sister’s heartbeat and the sound of her stomach rumbling was gradually pulling me into sleep.

You have to hold on. You have to hold on.

This time, I have to hold on… … .

Slap.

Enoch closed his eyes, unable to fight off sleep.

“Sister, I’ll be back.”

And with Lisa’s short words before falling completely asleep and the sight of her slowly moving away after laying him in the cradle, Enoch finally fell asleep.

Crisp, crunchy.

I slept very comfortably.