episode_0140

“Hello, nice to meet you. Is this your first time meeting like this?”

“That’s right.”

“Well… it’s interesting. How can this be?”

Well-groomed, slicked-back black hair. And red eyes faintly peeking through closed, narrowed eyes.

The last ‘I’ slowly walks out and speaks at the same time. Well… it was a face I had seen many times, but no matter how many times I looked at it, I couldn’t shake the impression that it was dark.

“Hmm… I don’t think there’s any need to introduce anything else. You must have already had the same experience twice.”

“Then let’s proceed quickly! A lot of time is still passing by!”

“That would be good.”

The third ‘I’ didn’t seem to have any intention of giving another explanation. He just looks at me and smiles bitterly.

“I never thought a day like this would come. But… because it had to happen.”

He smiled so viciously and evilly that anyone who saw him for the first time would be shocked.

But I, ‘we’ knew that that smile was a smile of pure goodness without a trace of malice, so we just looked at it.

“···Well, it won’t be that grand. Then.”

Taaaak-!

Without using unnecessary rhetoric, he snaps his fingers. The sound made by the flicked fingers fills the dark space, as if initiating hypnosis.

At the same time, the world begins to break and fall apart again. And at the same time, I feel like my mind is slipping away.

But since I have experienced it twice first, I am no longer embarrassed. I just prepare myself to prepare for the waves of memories that will come.

***

My childhood memories were nothing but endless happiness.

Raul a. A nobleman who was quite famous in the East. Because that was the family in which I was born and raised.

There was nothing lacking. Luxurious meals and snacks served on the table every day. Butlers and maids who serve me and my family with the utmost care.

And… to my father and mother who always loved me. I would have been the happiest child in the world.

My father was truly an amazing person in my opinion. Although he was born as a commoner, he was a representative of the self-made family who achieved the title of nobleman through endless efforts.

Although he has now reached such a great position that everyone recognizes him, my father has never used his power or status at any time.

He said that it is a person’s duty to always give to others and, of course, to help if you have the ability to do so.

He continued to do good deeds without compensation. And in my memory, my father never lied even once in his life.

Was he fascinated by his flawless good deeds? I met my mother, who was the daughter of a noble family, by chance, and I was born.

My mother was also a good person, and there was no need to talk about my father. That’s why I think everyone gathered around us were good people.

The butlers and maids who always worked hard for our family were all very kind and nice people.

Raoul’s house became more prosperous day by day. Among the people who benefited from my father’s free good deeds, those who eventually achieved success provided almost infinite support to our family.

Because I was surrounded by such good people, I think I grew up to be a decent child. I heard a lot from people around me that I was mature.

I put in a lot of effort to continue the family. Because I wanted to do my best to continue the honor and achievements that my father had achieved without destroying them.

Time passed, and I also became an adult. My changed impression made me look like an evil person, but that’s why I kept trying to become a better person.

That day was the same too. My father and mother and I were riding in a carriage heading to a city far from our home.

Our family’s residence was a mansion in a fairly quiet mountain valley, so to go to the city, we had to take a carriage.

“Venice… You really grew up well.”

“Okay. My son… I don’t know when he grew up like this.”

“It’s all thanks to my parents. Even though my impression was like this.”

A day with thunder and heavy raindrops. The carriage we were riding in was warm and cozy, unlike the cold and harsh air outside.

but. Was that why? Was it because my, our happiness was so pure and without a single taint?

Rattling-!

The rolling wheels of the carriage made an unsettling sound, as if something huge had been stepped on. and.

“Uh…huh?!”

Wow!

At the same time as the driver’s startled sound was heard, a roar much more terrible than the sound of heavy raindrops hitting the car window rang in our ears.

The bodies of my parents sitting in front of me began to float. I saw my parents’ embarrassed faces, but I couldn’t do anything.

The moment I realized that the carriage we were riding in was slipping and falling down the cliff. My father and mother looked at me with urgent expressions and shouted something.

Quaaa!!

As soon as I felt a distant shock hit my entire body, I lost consciousness.

I don’t even know how much time has passed or what situation I am in now.

My head was dizzy, tinnitus was ringing in my ears… and my body was so weak that it was difficult to even move a finger.

Through the cold chill I could feel from the floor and the raindrops hitting my skin, all I could tell was that I was lying on the floor.

Grumbling-!

The sound of thunder rings out. The shock felt like hitting my eardrums, and I suddenly opened my eyes.

“····Ah, ugh···.”

My body… hurts so much. Have you ever felt this much pain in your life? Even if you get kicked all over your body for hours by bullies, it won’t hurt more than this.

However, the pain in my heart that felt like it was going to break was even bigger than the pain in my entire body.

“·········”

In the end, beyond my open field of vision. I could see our carriage shattered in the distance and my parents lying helplessly on the ground.

The coachman’s appearance… is not even visible. Horses that ended their lives with their entire bodies twisted, and blood splattered on the floor. It looks like it was probably run over by a carriage.

I walked slowly… very slowly. No, I should say I crawled. I couldn’t even stand up properly, and although I felt pain all over my body, I managed to twist and move forward.

I felt cold and empty, as if there was a hole in my chest. I can’t even tell if I’m crying or if the heavy raindrops are running down my face.

It seems like eons have passed. My movement, which was as slow as that of an ant, eventually brought my broken body to the side of my fallen parents.

“Kkeok···Kukkeok···”

My mother… seems to have already died. But my father was leaning against the wrecked remains of the carriage, barely able to breathe.

“Ah····Buji.”

“Be····Nice.”

My father and I made eye contact. Eyes that were always full of life, justice, and were intelligent enough to be believed to be living goodness.

Those eyes were currently dim, as if they would disappear at any moment.

My heart… my heart ached so much. I wanted to cry right now, but I couldn’t.

If a person is in so much pain and pain. If that’s how you feel… no tears will even come out.

“It seems like the world looked at us with hate when we were so happy.”

“Ah…Berge…”

“···Venice. Perhaps this father… should go to his mother’s side who left first.”

···hate. I was in this situation and I hated this world so much. But I didn’t complain or complain anything. No, it couldn’t be done.

Because I knew intuitively that this moment of conversation with my father would be my last.

“···Venice. You must live. Live, live your own life.”

“Ugh, huh…”

“I’m sorry. Because it looks like this…”

“Ah····Buji···.”

“Can I ask you one favor…”

I listened intently and focused on every word my father said. Because I knew. These words that my father will leave behind are the last words he will leave me.

“Don’t forget your beliefs. I love you, son…”

“··········”

After saying those words, my father looked at the floor, not at me, with eyes that had lost their light.

I cried out. Was it a cry of hatred for this world, or was it the complaint of a child who lost his parents?

However, my cry would not have reached anyone as it was drowned out by the sound of heavy raindrops and thunder.

And, my mind becomes more and more distant. Does this mean I’m going to die?

My whole body lost strength, and my head started to become more and more dizzy.

‘···father.’

sorry. Perhaps I, too, will die soon, following my father and mother.

My eyes gradually start to close. All senses begin to become vague.

When all the strength to support my body disappeared, I fell to the floor helplessly.

And that moment. In my fading vision, I began to see things in vain. They look like people, but they have something slightly different about them.

“····Human?”

“···It’s a terrible tragedy.”

“Chief. This child…is alive.”

“I’ll take you first.”

That time when someone’s voices reached my ears, which were muffled by tinnitus.

I lost my mind.