episode_0117

“Okay then, I’ll just leave. Because time is up.”

It was after I found out the secret.

Hongryeon’s time in this world has come to an end.

“See you next time, Jinwoo.”

“Yes… .”

Just like Cinderella, who returns home at the stroke of midnight, Hongryeon waved at me and then disappeared without a trace. I was left alone in the backyard of Hyehwadang.

‘The Jade Emperor sent Hongryeon to this world on purpose to watch over me?’

The secret Hongryeon told was quite shocking. The god who rules the heavens was showing interest in me. I couldn’t tell if it was good interest or bad interest. I simply couldn’t believe that my close sister’s father was interested in me. This was on a mythical scale.

‘What did I do? ‘I was hunting ghosts and monsters, and I happened to kill a spirit.’

My head was confused.

I went inside the house and looked for Sarah.

“Sera.”

“Huh?”

Sarah was still watching TV in the living room. Sarah, who was watching a movie while hugging a dolphin doll, turned her head and looked at me.

“Your sister just returned to heaven.”

“I know. I feel like my sister has disappeared from my surroundings.”

Sera already knew that Hongryeon had returned to heaven.

Although he didn’t see it directly, he seemed to know it by feeling.

“But the fairy said something strange when she left?”

“What are you saying?”

“They say it was me who contacted you? The fairy received orders from the Jade Emperor and contacted me to watch over me.”

“What… ?”

I also told Sarah the secret that Hongryeon revealed.

Then Sarah opened her eyes wide with a puzzled expression.

“That was your goal from the beginning? Didn’t you contact me to help me because you are my sister?”

“Yes.”

“Well… If I had contacted you with the intention of helping, I wouldn’t have done anything to upset you. Your body was the goal from the beginning.”

“Hey! It sounds suspicious that my body is the goal.”

“Anyway.”

I sat on the sofa where Sarah was sitting. After sharing my concerns with my childhood friend, I felt like I was calming down a bit. After all, childhood friends are the best.

“Why on earth is the Jade Emperor interested in me? Does it make sense for the emperor who rules the heavens to only care about one person? Moreover, you even dispatched your daughter to a surveillance station.”

This is ridiculous.

That’s what I thought.

Sarah’s thoughts seemed a little different.

“Hmm… . I think it’s possible, Jinwoo.”

“Why?”

Sarah looked at me sitting next to me.

“I’ve thought about it for a long time, but you are superhumanly strong. But it is a power of unclear origin. I’m not borrowing power from God, I’m not using magic, or I’m not using supernatural powers. You have no magical weaknesses, but you are using your tremendous power without any risk.”

“So?”

“The gods deserve attention. Isn’t it more interesting to research unknown areas rather than things that have already been revealed? I mean. Jinwoo, I don’t think it would be strange if you suddenly shoot rays from your eyes.”

“… What nonsense! How does light come out of a person’s eyes?”

“That means you are a strange kid.”

Is it really possible for light to go out?

I strained my eyes and stared at the TV.

“Beam from the eyes!”

I shouted with all my might, but no beam came out of my eyes.

The TV was fine.

“You’re not going out.”

“Puhaha! If you say you think it will work, are you really going to do it? Fool.”

“This is real.”

It just hurt my eyes for no reason.

Sarah giggled as she looked at me with my eyes wide open.

How much time has passed since then?

The spy movie Sarah was watching ended.

It was already one o’clock in the morning.

I have to go to school tomorrow, so I have to sleep now.

“Haam… .”

It was when I was yawning.

Suddenly, Sarah shook the dolphin doll and told an interesting story.

“Jinwoo. Would you like to go on a 2-day, 1-night trip next weekend?”

“Travel? Where?”

“Take a cruise at Busan Port. It’s not a course that goes abroad, but a course that goes around the island, passes the Korean Strait border, and returns to Busan.”

“Hoo.”

A sea trip on a cruise?

I, too, was intrigued.

Honestly, if I were alone, I wouldn’t have thought of going on a trip.

I thought it would be fun to go around with Sarah.

“Good. Let’s go.”

“I’ll make a reservation for a double room. It’s a cruise called Serenade.”

“Do you like it there? Serenade ho?”

“Just looking at the reviews, it looks good, right? There is a theater, a restaurant, and a lot of convenience facilities on board.”

Sarah also had a reason for wanting to go on a trip with me.

Sarah, who had made a reservation on her cell phone, openly cleared her throat at me.

“Ugh.”

When I didn’t respond, Sarah cleared her throat again.

“Ahmmm!”

“Why? Do you have anything to say?”

“… Jinwoo. Can’t you think of anything you want to do while we’re going on a boat ride?”

What do you want to do when you go on a boat?

Is there anything else to do besides looking at the scenery?

That was all I could think of.

It was when I was quietly lost in thought.

“Hehehe!”

Sarah laughed and got up from the sofa.

Then he stood in the middle of the living room and spread his arms in a T shape.

“This is done on a boat.”

Sarah’s posture with her arms spread out in a T shape.

As soon as I saw it, I got that feeling.

“Ah!”

Now I know what Sarah wants to do.

Anyone who watched old movies couldn’t tell what kind of posture that was.

“Titanic… !”

“Yes, Jinwoo!”

A famous scene from the movie “Titanic” came to mind.

A luxury passenger ship floating on the open sea.

A man and woman couple climb together on the bow of a passenger ship and spread their arms.

Sarah wanted to do that famous scene with me.

“I’m flying! Jack!”

As if she was already imagining the moment she was on the boat, Sarah closed her eyes and recited the lines of the female protagonist in the movie.

Normally, I would have scolded Sarah.

Honestly, I wanted to try this too.

“Do you trust me?”

“I Trust You!”

Sarah and I spent time reciting famous lines from Titanic before falling asleep.

Next week we boarded a luxury liner like the Titanic characters.

* * *

The weekend hasn’t come yet.

This was before Jinwoo and Sarah boarded the cruise.

The Serenade that the two will be riding was operating on weekdays as well.

Monday afternoon.

Hundreds of travelers were enjoying lunch aboard the Serenade. There was a buffet on the ship, a free restaurant, and a restaurant where you could pay for food. There was enough space to accommodate travelers.

Among the hundreds of travelers, there was one man named Lee Chang-hoon.

Changhoon was eating only a small amount of salad at a buffet with various foods.

Because I was on a diet.

“Oh, I’m hungry… .”

Changhoon has been dieting for a long time by suddenly reducing the amount of food he eats. It was a bad method for the body, but since Changhoon’s job was as a mukbang YouTuber, he had no choice but to eat a lot on a regular basis. If you want to maintain your weight, you sometimes need to eat less.

Changhoon sat at the cruise buffet and thought.

‘I’m hungrier now that I’m traveling.’

The trip was meant to be a diversion from dieting, but it only served to whet Changhoon’s appetite. Every time I went to a buffet or restaurant to eat, I felt like I was going crazy because of all the food I saw around me.

“Huh.”

There was a smell of meat nearby.

It was the smell of grilled steak.

The people sitting next to me ate meat, sushi, and chicken.

Changhoon tried to suppress his appetite while eating a plate of salad.

It was time to finish eating the salad.

Suddenly, someone appeared at the table where Changhoon was sitting.

“Hello?”

A long-haired man wearing sunglasses was looking at the hungry Changhun.

The long-haired man held a bowl full of meat in his hands.

“… Who are you?”

Changhoon was the first person I saw.

Changhoon traveled alone.

I asked who he was, but the long-haired man didn’t answer.

“Who am I? That’s not important.”

The long-haired man suddenly sat down at the table where Changhoon was sitting without asking permission.

He was a very rude person.

Feeling absurd, Changhun stared at the long-haired man. However, the long-haired man just said what he wanted to say even when Changhoon showed signs of displeasure.

“The important thing now is that you are hungry. I can’t eat whatever I want, so I just eat vegetables like monks. Hurry up and eat the meat.”

The long-haired man held out a bowl full of meat towards Changhun. He didn’t bring the meat to eat for himself, but to feed it to Changhun. Changhoon became more and more dispirited.

“What are you doing? I can’t eat because I’m on a diet. It’s not like making fun of people!”

“Why do I have to go on a diet?”

“Because you want to care about your appearance? I don’t know why I have to tell this story to someone I’m seeing for the first time.”

“Appearance? Is there really a need to worry about what others think? You can eat whatever you want.”

It was then.

The long-haired man lifted the pitch-black sunglasses he was wearing over his eyes.

The sunglasses went up, revealing the man’s eyes.

The moment Changhoon made eye contact with the man, he got goosebumps.

‘what? ‘What’s wrong with this person’s eyes?’

The long-haired man had vertically slit pupils.

It was as if they had taken the eyes of a snake and stuck them into a person.

The slitted eyes wriggled so vividly that it was hard to believe they were fake eyes.

The snake-eyed man smiled and opened his mouth.

“Okay… I see your past. Changhoon Lee? You became a mukbang YouTuber because you wanted to eat whatever you wanted? But why do you suppress your appetite?”

He didn’t even introduce himself, but the snake-eyed man found out Changhoon’s name.

He even knew about Changhoon’s past. Changhoon became a YouTuber so he could eat what he wanted. The snake-eyed man seemed to be looking right into Changhun’s head.

“Huh, huh.”

Changhun was afraid of the man, but he couldn’t move from his seat.

My butt didn’t come off the seat.

“Eat! Eat, eat again.”

The snake-eyed man pointed his finger at the plate of meat.

It was that moment.

The appetite that had been suppressed for so long exploded in Changhun’s heart.

The five organs and six parts were growling, demanding proper food.

‘no! ‘You shouldn’t eat it.’

Changhun thought it wouldn’t work, but he could only endure his hunger for a short time.

‘I’m so hungry… . ‘Isn’t it okay to eat a little bit?’

Suddenly, it no longer mattered to Changhoon what the snake-eyed man was.

All Changhun could see was meat.

Changhun began to eat the meat hungrily with his bare hands.

“It’s nice to see.”

The snake-eyed man left Changhun’s table without saying a word.

After the man left, Changhoon’s appetite completely exploded.

Changhoon didn’t finish eating even after emptying his plate.

There was a lot of delicious food at the buffet.

Meat, fried food, ice cream, sweets.

Changhun brought all kinds of food on a plate and ate it over and over again. Even when the buffet staff collected the empty dishes, Changhoon’s table was still piled high with dishes.

“Tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk tsk… .”

Then there was a moment.

Changhoon crushed his food to the point that his cheeks were about to explode and hit his face on the table.

━━Thump

People at the next table screamed when they saw Changhun.

“Aaaa.”

“Here! A person has fallen!”

The buffet staff rushed over and checked on Changhoon.

But Changhun was no longer breathing.

The airway is not blocked.

My stomach had burst like a balloon because I ate too much food.

A traveler died at the cruise buffet.