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Only One (8) ― World Hell Dungeon ‘World Cinema’ Han Gu-won Hall

Seong Ga-eul repeated her almost certain prediction.

Locked agency skill ‘unprofitable relationship’.

A circular cult that surrounded paradise with a celestial protective shield.

All the citizens of the disappeared world and Kangsan.

And Seongju.

Gaaa!

The screams of the believers pierced her head like an auditory hallucination.

“… … .”

Seong Ga-eul held her already tangled hair again and lowered her head.

The feeling of self-destruction that comes over you because you know what’s going on, but you can’t do anything.

A feeling of helplessness that cannot be eliminated even though the enemy is known to be threatening the Salvation Church.

[answer.]

[Daaeaeaeadadap! You bastard!]

Seong Ga-eul looked at Han Gu-won on the screen and mocked herself.

Han Gu-won is glowing as he looks up into space in the apartment hallway.

[Shit! My head hurts again! Shut up, another me, you bastard!]

The past that I heard from Han Gu-won’s mouth was vividly shown on video.

[Who is the bastard who took my first achievement!]

And it was even more intense than what she had heard in the past.

Han Gu-won is holding his forehead as if he’s annoyed, but-

A little headache like that can’t change anything.

[Trust me. Not that heavenly god that won’t come or anything. Then I will save your daughter.]

The past doesn’t change.

Seong Ga-eul and the little headache that bothers him are just tiny pebbles.

[I can save you? You can save me? Then it makes sense to trust me! You stupid woman!]

A very small pebble thrown into the vast sea.

A small stone thrown into the sea does not create ripples and only becomes foam.

[Your occupation is a cult leader.]

Seong Ga-eul followed Han Gu-won’s gaze as he looked outside in the apartment hallway.

Trees so lushly greening the screen.

The days of nearly a year had barely reached the middle of spring.

yet-

She had to wait a long time for Han Gu-won to become the Han she knew.

“… … .”

However, she had no time to wait for Han Gu-won anymore than anyone else.

And I wasn’t sure either.

After screening all the stories they experienced together, I am confident that Han Gu-won will come back.

perhaps-

What if Han Gu-won and his timeline have really changed?

What if we got separated at different times?

“… … .”

A question that cannot be answered or changed.

At this moment, there was nothing she could change.

Even if I leave Hanguwongwan like this and run to Mt. Westai and paradise-

Even if I wait for salvation with uncertain faith in the salvation center like this-

There is nothing that can be changed.

[Listen. Please listen. You have to see the face. face.]

[It is dangerous if you continue to stay there! Come over here!]

Seong Ga-eul just stared at the screen.

Instead of the eyes filled with determination at first, the eyes became somewhat blurred.

[Your name is Gaeul, right? Hello, Gaeul?]

[yes.]

First meeting at Incheon Central Library.

Seong Ga-eul looked at the somewhat unfamiliar face on the screen.

That day, I feel so different in just one year.

[It was a good thing I came to the library.]

[This place… It was a jackpot.]

She looked blankly at Han Gu-won, who was smiling unpleasantly while making a very sinister narration.

The last Han Gu-won in her memory is covered over his smiling face.

His whisper echoes as he looks at the ceiling with a bitter smile.

‘… … It’s not perfect enough already.’

surely-

It was as he said.

“… … Already enough- enough-”

A whisper that cannot escape from my mouth.

She licked her dry lips and covered her face with her palms.

Unprofitable.

Your skills named by the system.

The name of the skill, which she thought was cringeworthy and ridiculous, lingers in her head.

Until now, Seong Ga-eul had thought that she would become Han Gu-won’s wings.

But, maybe…

Maybe–the one who couldn’t fly without a mate was himself, not Han Gu-won.

While Han Gu-won grows through the story –

She may have been frozen in the library that day without even being able to take a single step.

To her who quietly bowed her head like that-

[You and Yoon Ah-young are also ‘awakened’.]

[That’s right, everything you said is correct.]

The past that has hardened and will not change passes by her.

[okay. go. Go and never come back. No matter what happens to me and our camp, you and your beloved sea will live together for a thousand years and ten thousand years.]

[…] Sorry, I got too excited. Still, I have to go. Sorry.]

[I don’t even want to see this! get out!]

[…] sorry.]

The past that he secretly overheard also passes by her.

A theater in the dark without clocks, sunlight, or moonlight.

Seong Ga-eul just covered her face with her cold hands and squeezed the countless thoughts that were floating in her mind.

I continued to let go of unanswerable thoughts and swam through time without knowing how it flowed.

[…] Do I really have to act like the leader of that cult?]

[Then seriously, do you think my abilities look like something to be seen at the local circus?]

[Even if you don’t do that, Kang San won’t come anymore.]

Words that come and go as the conversation continues.

Seong Ga-eul slowly closed her eyes, thinking about the past.

[So stop now. Let’s use that ability to exert a positive influence. Saving people, helping them, and living together. Then I will try my best. I will do my best to love you.]

[…] … .]

The scenes of that day are clearly visible in the darkness of her eyes.

Han Gu-won’s eyes were glaring at her very quietly during her negotiations.

Han Gu-won said with those burning eyes full of anger that it was not love for him.

[Sure, whatever.]

However, Seong Ga-eul slowly raised her head at Han Gu-won’s words, which were not in her memory.

Seong Ga-eul is there on the screen with the same face as her.

They both asked him at the same time.

“… … What?”

***

“… … What?”

Han Gu-won agrees to Seong Ga-eul’s negotiations very easily.

Han Gu-won did not answer the question that Seong Ga-eul asked without her knowledge.

Todok- Todok-

He gently tapped his fingers on the table prepared in the ‘congregation’s room’.

Han Gu-won suddenly swings around the ‘Congregation’s Room’.

As he looked around Shindo’s room, his eyes stopped at his own portrait hanging on the wall.

“… … Oh.”

The sound of his laughter is heard softly along with admiration.

He slowly approached the portrait and looked up at his own portrait, smiling for a while.

As the laughter gradually stops, Han Gu-won’s head looks around Shindo’s room again.

This is his final destination as he looks at the items that decorate the room one by one.

“… … You.”

Seong Ga-eul faced the eyes that contained her own, with eyes that were clearly different from before.

The eyes filled with anger and inferiority changed in an instant.

I don’t know why, but I get goosebumps when I see a gaze that is so soft that I think it is looking at me warmly.

“… … Who are you?”

“Han Gu-won.”

Compared to the question I barely asked while holding my trembling voice, the answer came out very casually.

“… … Are you kidding me?”

“Almost― in about a year?”

“… … What?”

Compared to his own wrinkled face, his relaxed face has no wrinkles.

“What are your intentions again this time?”

“Don’t want to believe it.”

Now, with a grin and a shrug of his shoulders, he sat down on the chair provided at the table.

A hand gesture that nonchalantly invites you to take a seat even though people are staring at you.

“What are you doing? Are you going to keep standing because your legs hurt?”

“… … .”

However, Seong Ga-eul was wary of Han Gu-won’s sudden change and took no action.

“Yes. It’s refreshing and fun to see them so scared after a long time. Keep standing like that.”

Han Gu-won smiled and waved his hand at Seong Ga-eul’s caution.

Seeing that, Seong Ga-eul sits down, biting her lip tightly.

Squeak!

However, as soon as Seong Ga-eul sat down, she quickly stood up from the chair as if she had been burned.

As if he was defying the smile of Han Gu-won, who smiled as if he had expected it when he saw himself sitting on the chair.

However, Han Gu-won smiled brighter when he saw himself standing up.

“That’s right, you’re good at it.”

“… … Profit-!”

Seong Ga-eul ended up sitting back down in her chair as the ridicule made her even more annoyed than when she sat down.

Han Gu-won’s eyes look thoughtfully at himself, seething with anger.

Seong Ga-eul’s eyes narrow at that annoying gaze.

“Are you really crazy?”

“… … It’s been a while since I last saw you.”

Han Gu-won gives a completely wrong answer to his own question.

He was quietly chanting with a faint smile.

“It’s been a while since I’ve seen you wearing that outfit.”

Seong Ga-eul followed his gaze and looked at her outfit.

A pink blouse and a white tennis skirt.

Han Gu-won’s eyes appear in Seong Ga-eul’s eyes when she raises her head again.

The eyes, which must have been glistening unpleasantly because they were steeped in sexual desire, were quiet.

The focus is as if you are looking somewhere far away, without any movement.

“… … Really?”

“Huh? What?”

“Are you really from 1 year in the future?”

“Oh― Does Seong Ga-eul of the world really believe what I say?”

Han Gu-won shows an exaggeratedly surprised face.

Seong Ga-eul, whose eyebrows twitched at the sight, gritted her teeth and answered.

“… … It’s not about believing, it’s about doubting.”

“Aha! Either that~ or that~”

“… … Profit—!”

In fact, my heart boils even more than when I saw Han Gu-won five minutes ago.

That relaxed look and sly tone, no-

I just wanted to hit Hanguwon itself.

That perverted smile that makes you smile even brighter as you look at your trembling fists.

Han Gu-won, who was proudly watching Seong Ga-eul’s face turn red, continued speaking.

“Jeong If you have that much doubt – ask me whatever you want to ask. Well, for example-”

Do you have any questions about the future Seong Ga-eul?

“Why do I have to ask you about my future self?”

“Well. Because I’m the genie of the lamp?”

Han Gu-won, who was telling a joke with a solemn expression as if imitating Genie, suddenly twitched his eyebrows.

“… … wait for a sec. Was it a magic mirror and not a genie? What was that thing that answered the question?”

The excitement slowly subsides as I see Han Gu-won starting to think about stupid things.

Seong Ga-eul, who had regained her calm rather than excitement, decided on a question to ask him.