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The nun looks dumbfounded for a moment at Jisoo’s question.

She soon regains her senses and tells him about the angel’s appearance.

“It is said that the appearance is different for each person who sees it. It changes freely depending on the desire of the person who visits it.”

Its appearance changes depending on one’s desire.

Then, the person I want the most right now is Siho… .

Is it true that the being that appears in the dream also has Siho’s form?

Jisoo was lost in thought for a moment.

It’s unpleasant.

It means that you can read the other person’s mind and transform accordingly.

“And even if you meet the Archangel, if you reject his power, you can return to reality. He is that kind.”

The nun clasped her hands together and took on an ecstatic expression.

As if I had met Him and been saved.

“Thanks to that, there were actually people who rejected the wish and came back. I don’t know the reason, but… .”

“What happened to the people who came back?”

“I don’t know, most of them left the village. Maybe they didn’t return to the surface… .”

Jisoo swallowed deeply.

And he looks at Anna and the enemy intently.

Her golden eyes sparkle.

The enemy who saw the brilliance asked Jisoo with a worried expression.

“What, are you serious…?”

“If we keep waiting here, that woman’s army might come soon.”

Jisoo speaks to the enemy with a serious expression.

Then she looked at the pond she had just used as an ashtray.

“Since I can go and come back anyway, I’ll go and look for a clue.”

Jisoo said as she took off the jacket she was wearing.

She rolled up her shirt sleeves and took a deep breath.

The enemy sighed deeply at that sight.

“Damn… . If I had known it would turn out like this… .”

She tried to pick up the cigarette ash floating on the pond with her fingers.

Meanwhile, Anna gently wraps her arm around Jisoo’s shoulder and gives her advice.

“We’ll protect your body somehow. Please find a clue about Siho in the meantime.”

Cloudy white eyes.

Jisoo, who stared intently into those eyes, nodded silently.

“I’m ready. Please give me that holy water.”

The nun picked up the silver cup she had put down.

Then he carefully scooped up some water from the pond and handed it to the ranker.

Jisoo holding the silver cup.

He slowly looked at his face reflected in the water.

If you drink this clear water, you will meet an ‘angel’.

Soon she seemed to have calmed down and slowly brought her lips to the glass.

It was like tasting a cocktail that Siho had made.

draft.

Take a sip at a time.

Soon after emptying her glass, she looked back and forth between Anna and the enemy.

Obviously, I drank it all but my body didn’t react at all.

The nun brought a light blanket as if it was natural for Jisoo to be like that.

And he slowly sat her down by the pond.

“By the way, there are some things you need to be careful of when meeting an angel.”

The nun’s black eyes flashed.

She whispered secretly to Jisoo, who was drinking holy water.

“Never deny that he is an angel.”

Jisoo frowned at those words.

I took a moment to gather my thoughts to understand what the nun was saying.

However, Jisoo couldn’t understand what she was saying.

That moment when I was thinking deeply.

Because my vision is gradually becoming blurry.

A gaze that tilts sideways.

Anna and the enemy quickly approached the falling Jisoo.

「— –?」

The two men were saying something, but she couldn’t understand anything.

Because the only sound I could hear was a loud ringing in my ears.

When I closed my eyes and followed the blurry gaze.

Jisoo felt lethargic all over, as if she was locked in a lab.

A feeling of helplessness, like returning to a fetal state, but a warmth that doesn’t want to escape.

I relaxed my expression and enjoyed the tiredness, following the warmth.

However, that feeling didn’t last long.

Before long, a cold dampness began to be felt.

I woke up with a start because my whole body was shivering.

When I opened my eyes like that.

Jisoo’s half-opened eyelids suddenly opened.

Because it was a very familiar space where he was lying down.

“Here is….”

Soft music flowing out.

Familiar liquor shelves and tables.

The people who filled those tables.

They were enjoying cocktails, laughing and chatting with each other about something so exciting.

“It’s a moment, right?”

She realized that she was lying under the air conditioner in the moment bar.

Was it because I was out in the cold wind all alone?

“Ugh… .”

Jisoo got up from her seat, staggering.

And then I slowly made my way through the noisy crowd to the counter.

If this place is really an angelic fantasy created based on my desires… .

I’m sure that kid will be at the counter.

Han Si-ho.

I see just one empty seat at the counter table.

She squeezed her way into the space and barely managed to sit down.

And then I looked around while waiting for the bartender to come.

“So then I cut the guy in half with my greatsword!”

“Hold on, if it weren’t for my buff, you’d be down with one tail swipe.”

“Hey, is the healer the one who makes the final blow? Since everyone has a meat shield like ours, healers can shine too.”

A story about the raid that happened today.

After that, they laugh and drink while showing off each other’s dance moves.

I took a quick glance at the sight.

And then what came to mind was… .

In the past, it was a party raid that I did with Dohyun, Hyunsoo, and Gyu-seon.

Back then, even though I didn’t have money and wasn’t as strong as I am now, I was still very happy… .

now….

Open your palm.

I see calluses and slightly crooked fingers, hardened from countless burst blisters.

Clearly, the index has become much stronger than before.

Unlike when I was laughing and laughing about becoming a B-rank hunter, now I can go out and beat everyone up even if I debut as a ranker.

however….

Why aren’t you happy?

She raised her head and looked around.

His party members are nowhere to be seen.

To this cocktail bar.

Among these countless people.

There were no colleagues to share the pain and laugh with.

When I realized that fact.

A part of my heart ached like crazy.

Jisoo soon lowered her head, clutching her chest.

“They said my appearance would change according to my desires… Is that what it was?”

The moment I was muttering to myself.

Soon a dark shadow loomed over her.

“Ahahaha…, sorry for keeping you waiting for so long.”

A familiar voice.

A voice I thought I would never hear again strikes my ears.

Jisoo raised her head hurriedly.

And at that moment.

I came across Dohyun standing there wearing a bartender’s uniform.

“Dohyun…?”

“Yes, I guess that’s what it’s called now.”

The bartender said, wiping the glass with a dry cloth.

“Kwon Do-hyun, 28 years old. F-class hunter, your colleague. And… the person you loved?”

Strange tone of speech.

After hearing that tone, Jisoo realizes that he is not the real Dohyun.

Could that be the reason?

When she came to her senses, she swallowed her reddened eyes and immediately became serious.

“Are you an angel?”

“Everyone calls me that. But I was born so young that I feel a little uncomfortable with that word.”

You were born not long ago…?

“When I developed an ego, I was left alone in this space.”

As if reading Jisoo’s mind, the angel shrugged.

Soon he snaps his long fingers as if to tell everything.

Then, the moment bar disappears without a trace.

And the whole world appears as a white white space.

The place where Do-hyeon was standing had become a pond, left alone in the white space.

Just a little while ago, on Cheonkong Island, the pond that looked exactly like the one where I drank holy water at the monastery.

There is no one.

There is not even a sound.

Just a pond left alone in a place where the whole world is white.

Was this angelic being left alone in such a strange place?

“Don’t look at me with such pitiful eyes. I’m very happy now.”

Dohyun snapped his fingers again.

Then, the scene of the cocktail bar, Moment, where the two people had been just a moment ago, unfolded again.

As if nothing had happened.

“Because I have a fun time reading the memories of people who come here.”

“In the past, only the owner of my body could touch it… .”

“After that kid lost his power, he became so free.”

He looks at the clean glass with a quizzical look.

However, his own image was not reflected in the glass.

“The small talk was long. Strangely, unlike other wanderers, I felt a strange sense of joy.”

Dohyun smiled faintly.

Just like back in the day when we used to raid together.

Still young and innocent.

“If you’ve come all the way here, you must be seeking divine power, right?”

He asked Jisoo while holding both hands together.

But she doesn’t respond to that question hastily.

“Even if your hair turns gray, it will be okay. Instead, your wish will come true.”

Do-hyeon stretches out his palm and points to the liquor display case.

And says.

“Now, tell me. Your wishes, and your desires… .”

Jisoo followed his hand and blankly stared at the drinks.

“I want to go back. To the time when we hunted wyverns together.”

The bartender spreads out both hands and points to the hunters who are laughing and chatting together.

“I’ll send you, Dohyun! Hyunsoo oppa! To that crazy time when Gyu-seon was there!”

The angel’s voice echoes in Jisoo’s head.

Could it be because of that echo?

Jisoo’s head started to ring as if she was drunk.

And then, barely able to keep his wits about him, he thought back on his desires.

My desire…?

At first, I just wanted to save Siho.

Because she took herself out of the cold test tube.

but….

When I realized that she was Do-hyeon, what happened?

I hesitated at first.

The fact that the girl I liked became a girl.

It wasn’t easy to adapt to a completely different appearance.

It was painful because my love and confusion for him were all mixed together.

If I really had the chance.

If I could turn back time and go to the past…

Of course, you’ll want to go back to the happy party days with Dohyun.

Just like back then, everyone together… .

But then what happens to Siho?

Even though Dohyun had turned into Siho, he still loved me.

Even though my body was broken and I was in pain, I never forgot about you until the end.

Even in my place, he was sacrificed and transformed into an animal, and even lost his memories.

When I found out, I was embarrassed.

Even the most confusing ones have loved me so far… .

“What the hell… .”

Burton looks down at his palm.

And I looked around at the hunters laughing and chatting.

yet.

I chose.

“I decided.”

A desperate word from Jisoo.

With those words, the bartender put an empty glass down on the table.

And with a devout heart he waits for her answer.

“I miss the happy old days. I prayed earnestly every night to go back to those days.”

“But I soon realized that what’s done can never be undone.”

“What’s important to me now is giving back to the people who made memories with me.”

Golden eyes that were once hazy.

The eyes begin to glow red as if they have come to life again.

“So, please return the title.”

A short but firm wish.

The angel’s face became blank at that wish.

His red eyes, which had been so relaxed as if he knew all the truth,

A whirlwind of confusion swirled in those eyes.

“This stupid… .”

The angel bartender’s height began to decrease little by little.

The voice also began to change gradually.