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Jongjang – Village of Back Alley Nymphs #4

That day when a strange moon fell from the sky.

The world has faced many changes in many ways.

The biggest change was that the planet’s axis collapsed and it was scattered in all directions.

Countless clusters of light disappeared across the world like exploding meteors, and Psyche traveled around the world holding the Holy Grail in search of the fragments.

“Give me back Hyde!”

Psyche continued to shout in hope at the cracked chalice.

Overflowing- overflowing-.

Inside the Holy Grail, a beautiful light fluttered like soft smoke, and it was the first time that a cluster of light from the axis of rotation had been collected to such an extent that it was visible to the eye.

“Give Hyde back to us!”

Psyche prayed and hoped earnestly.

The hand holding the Holy Grail, which is said to grant a person’s wish, was filled with strength.

Uuuung-.

A Holy Grail that resonates with a strange sound.

But that’s only for a moment—soon! And all the light in the Holy Grail dispersed. Psyche’s hopes were dashed as well.

“… Ah, ah… .”

The greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment.

I burst into tears because I knew this time would be really different.

Sze-.

Now Psyche took out a small note from her bosom, dipped the tip of the feather in ink, and scribbled the words.

“failure”.

The same words were always written in the letters sent to Lucy and Milione.

Psyche was very sad.

Does this mean there really is no way now?

“Hyde… . Has it really disappeared?”

Psyche got out of the cave and climbed to the top of the mountain.

And I looked at the wide sky and sea.

The world was blue and beautiful.

There wasn’t a strange moon rising and people didn’t forget about sex.

but-.

There was no sign of Hyde anywhere.

The world has not forgotten Hyde, but this time he has hidden from the world. It’s like a person who never existed from the beginning.

Psyche was very sad that not a single strand of his hair remained.

of course-.

Psyche was a strong woman, a woman with an upright and strong heart.

Since she did not have enough time to sit down in a place like this, Psyche put the Holy Grail in her bag and tried to go down the mountain.

Just then, I saw someone crouching under a large tree.

“Oh my gosh, I’m dying… Oh… Oh, I’m dying… .”

It was a man wearing rags made of animal skin.

Her face was so dirty that I couldn’t tell when she had washed it, her hair was scattered, and she was so old that I couldn’t tell if she was a grandmother or a grandfather.

But one thing was certain: he groaned like someone who was injured or sick.

Psyche knew very well that she was treated as an obvious ‘outsider’ in the land outside this map.

I also knew that people were trying to catch me.

However, it was impossible to leave the injured person like this.

“What’s going on?”

Psyche asked.

Then the old woman cried, revealing her sparse teeth.

“I’m hungry… . I haven’t eaten anything for several days already… .”

“… Ah.”

Psyche searched her pockets.

There was hard bread that was good to boil and eat together in stew, and there were fruits picked from the mountain and dried sardines.

Although it was not enough food for Psyche to eat today, the old woman looked at the food in Psyche’s hand and hurriedly reached out and stuffed it into her stomach.

Munch, munch-.

Has it been about 5 minutes since then?

The old woman laughed.

“Ah, now I can finally live. People these days have no respect for the elderly. The world isn’t what it used to be. But I survived thanks to this pretty girl! My stomach almost got stuck in my back!”

Sze-. Crunch, crunch -.

When she straightened her bent back, the old woman became about a head taller than Psyche.

Psyche noticed that this old woman was an unusual person, and in fact, the old woman spoke first with her loose teeth, as if she had read Psyche’s mind.

“Lady. Don’t you have something strange? Broken and broken. This old man has extraordinary talent. Maybe it will help you with what you’re looking for.”

Sze-.

The old woman pointed to Psyche’s bag.

Psyche took out the Holy Grail from her bag and showed it to the old man.

The old woman played with the chalice for a while and then laughed.

“Ah─. Is it Uniger’s “Holy Grail”? It is a mysterious object that gathers the light of the axis of rotation and makes people’s wishes come true. I can’t believe it was broken so horribly. This way, even if you gather a bunch of light, it all ends up escaping through the cracks. Tsk tsk.”

“… … !”

Who would have thought that there would be someone who would know about the axis of light and the Holy Grail!

Psyche was really surprised and amazed, and at the same time, she felt hope overflowing from her heart.

This strange encounter felt like a miracle or providence.

“Can you fix it? This Holy Grail… !”

“It’s a difficult task. The women who made this vessel and presented it to King Uniger were all adepts with perfect intelligence. This bowl itself is made of things that are not of this earth.”

“… Well, how can there be no way!”

Psyche did not want to lose the hope that she had somehow found beyond the end of the world and outside the map.

Psyche pleaded with the old man, and the old man looked at her with pity.

“Lady. Once something has been spilled and broken, it is not easy to put it back together. This thing is like that, and relationships between people are like that too. Still, the product is better.”

Sze-.

The old man squatted on the floor and drew a picture with his finger on the dark dirt.

“You can’t fix what’s broken, but you can make something new. From now on, you must go to the place I am talking about and accomplish an impossible feat. You may have to pay a huge price.”

“I will do anything! Anything! I can pay any price!”

Psyche was so happy that she almost cried!

The old woman grabbed Psyche’s forearm.

“Lady, you shouldn’t say that you will do anything rashly. However, it takes determination and courage to do so. Miss, even if you have to die, can you not back down?”

Wow-.

The old woman’s arms were very strong.

Psyche was surprised by the old woman’s strength, which was stronger than she expected, and when she saw it up close, she was impressed that the old woman’s eyes were exceptionally blue and her skin was not that old.

But I guess it was good.

“You can do it. Even if I have to die!”

“… … .”

Slur-.

An old woman looking at Psyche with narrow eyes.

Soon the old woman took a deep sigh and spoke.

“… A woman in love can do such reckless things. Gather two comrades who will never betray you. I need to be a colleague who can make up for what she lacks.”

# # #

“So where is that damn old woman?”

Milione frowned.

Psyche had hurriedly called and crossed the ends of the earth to a land outside the map.

Milione was irritated by the stormy sailing that lasted several days and the attacks by the natives.

“Didn’t he already die naturally? It’s been a month. Even though elderly people seem fine, they suddenly collapse the next day!”

“Look at this! It’s a huge mosquito! What kind of mosquito is as big as a person’s palm! It’s sucking a ton of blood from my forearm! Look at this! The lizard here has two heads! It’s a two-headed snake!”

However, Lucy felt good.

It was because I felt excited as if I was going on an adventure in a story.

“After all, signing and signing in Seongwangcheong is not my style… ! I like walking around like this… ! It’s fun because it feels like an adventure… !”

Lucy recalled books she had read a long time ago.

Lucy loved reading books, but aside from the books written by Hyde, her favorite book was “The Founding of Uniger.”

It was a book full of all kinds of wars and mysterious adventures.

“Don’t you feel like you have become Sam Mi-hee of the founding king of Uniger? Us! An island full of mysterious animals! Look at this! The ants are so big too! Ants are as big as the palm of your hand! Wow, he’s struggling so much!”

━Zuji… !

“Zijirae! What does zuji mean? how? I can’t believe the ant said Zizhi! Zuji… Zuji… I have no idea what it is! Zuji… !”

Lucy shivered.

Soon, Milione was also swatting away the palm-sized mosquitoes that were clinging to the surrounding area and speaking as if he was growling.

“Let’s stop watching and find out where that old lady is. If you stay here, all your blood will be eaten by mosquitoes and you will become a mummy! What kind of place in the world is like this?”

“Here! This!”

Pot-.

Then Psyche pointed to a rock.

I saw a strange drawing drawn on a rock near the spot where I met the old woman.

It was like a map.

A winding valley was drawn and there was also a round marker.

“This must be the map our grandmother prepared for us!”

There was no evidence that it was so, but Psyche wanted to believe it.

And so did Lucy and Milione.

Psyche, Milione, and Lucy transferred the drawing on the rock to paper and walked along the winding valley.

As they began to walk through the valley, a very thick fog suddenly covered their bodies, preventing them from seeing an inch in front for a moment─.

When Psyche came out of the foggy valley, she was amazed in many ways.

This was because a very large temple appeared.

It was a building that was probably a hundred meters tall.

The entrance was almost obscured by a magnificent waterfall and had a rainbow hanging over it.

The three beautiful women waded through the waterfall and entered the temple.

Then, I saw grains piled up like a mountain.

Grains such as beans, oats, barley, etc. were piled up like a mountain, so it was magnificent.

and-.

There was a sign in front of it that said:

“Those who want to know the way. Sort all grains into separate boxes.”