episode_0271

Blood donation.

Share blood.

It’s a familiar word to the galaxy.

Promotion test is prohibited.

Major shareholder of Euncheon-gu blood pack.

Bipedal blood bag.

Before picking up the [Black Book], the perennial F-rank hunter with excellent resilience was the one who shined the most when donating blood.

I used to visit the ‘Blood Donation Center’ near my apartment about once every three days to get my blood drawn.

Of course not now,

That was the case until just a few months ago.

Foolishly.

“If you give me a signal, feed the potion to that child. Or apply it to the skin.”

Beep -. Beep -.

And, [Cheongryong General Hospital] intensive care unit.

Eunha looked at the girl lying soundly on the bed.

She still,

Even though I live a life that is close to death and is tormented by all kinds of monsters,

He was a man who shared his blood with others.

Without change.

“Is that okay?”

“That’s something I can do.”

She picked up the [Silver Potion] and left the intensive care unit with an unchanging smile.

… … .

… … .

I had a dream.

A beautiful dream with twinkling stars.

… … .

Name: Lee Hee-jin.

A girl who sleeps a lot and dreams a lot.

Lee Hee-jin was dreaming.

I had a dream where I was waiting for my mother in a dark hospital.

‘It’s already been ten nights. When will you come home? Mom is a forgetful person.’

I had surgery and fell asleep for a bit.

I rubbed my eyes and woke up here.

A quiet hospital room. A dark hallway.

It was raining outside the window.

Even the sun seems to shed tears because it is lonely.

‘Where is Mom? Is she lost?… Let’s go find her!’

I crept down the hallway where the scary doctor was walking around.

I wandered around here and there and found a room with a lot of ‘potions’.

‘I can run! I can move around!’

The body feels light.

It’s been a long time since I’ve done any jumping jacks, and my aching heart is pounding.

Did the surgery go well?

Can I go to school now?

Can I run around and play with my friends?

A series of questions that follow one after another.

The girl also bit down on the questions that were rising in her head.

It’s sweet and light, like cotton candy.

These are happy worries.

Although I was separated from my mother and became alone,

The long struggle with illness taught the girl how to endure.

Uda dada!

The girl, who wiped her eyes with her sleeve, enjoyed exploring the hospital.

… … .

(Would you like to go back to the hospital room? I’ll be back soon.)

and,

Now, after so much time has passed,

The girl broke up with the milk sister she met today,

I was slowly returning to the ‘intensive care unit’.

‘It was warm like a mother.’

A very pretty older sister… No, actually, I couldn’t see her face properly because of the obstacle.

What should I show you?

It was just warm.

So much so that I want to keep hugging you.

Knock knock… Click!

The girl returned to the ‘intensive care unit’ with warmth in her arms.

“I’m back!”

Quiet air.

There was no one left in the hospital room where Sister Cow had visited.

The old man who was watching TV,

Even my grandfather, who was just lying in bed,

The grandmother who spoke to me kindly.

Everyone left.

happily.

Thank you, Sister Milk.

At that time, the milk bag sister sparkled like a star.

“When will Mom and Sister Milk come?”

Anyway, now the girl is left alone in the large hospital room.

That was okay though. Cow Sister said she’d be here soon.

The girl ran into the sickroom.

『… … .』

『Huh?… Ah! The sister who came with Milk Sister!』

But, there was someone sitting in the sickroom where there should have been no one.

A woman wearing a dress as red as a rose.

[The Red Woman] looked at the girl with a sullen face, then turned her head and stroked the nail in her hand.

Fortunately, I won’t be lonely.

Lee Hee-jin ran to ‘Red Sister’ with a bright smile.

“Hello, Sister! Are you sick too, Sister?”

『… … If it were him, he wouldn’t leave the kid alone.』

“What is he?”

“My everything.”

I’m not sure, but I think he’ll stay by my side forever.

The girl sat next to ‘Red Sister’ and chattered away.

… … .

… … .

“… … Phew! Arrived!”

“Ah! Milk Sister!”

“Cafe Latte Unnie.”

How much did I bother ‘Red Sister’?

As the girl clumsily braided the woman’s bloody hair behind her back,

The door to the ‘intensive care unit’ opened and the milk lady I had met earlier came in.

“Oh, it hurts… I came in a hurry just in case, but are you okay?”

Eunha ran into the ‘intensive care unit’ as if running away from something.

Her arms, cradling her large chest, were covered in cold sweat as if she had run with all her might, and her pure white doctor’s gown was stained red with the blood that flowed from her shoulders.

The shoulder that was broken by the hatchet of a nurse who followed him on rounds is slowly recovering.

She took off her bloody clothes and took out some spare clothes from her carrier and changed into them.

“Here, take this potion. This time, you can’t give it to anyone else, right?”

Then, Eunha, who had been rolling her sore shoulder, took it out from her arms.

A bottle of ‘potion’ I saw sometime ago.

She put [Silver Potion] in the girl’s hand and looked at her with a faint smile.

『… … .』

I remember. It’s the ‘potion’ I received when I first came to this intensive care unit.

I heard it’s really expensive… Should I accept it?

The girl looked up at the galaxy.

‘… … warm.’

The person I met for the first time today.

But why are you treating me so well?

The girl, grimacing as if her eyes were dazzled, held onto the ‘potion’ that Eunha had given her with both hands.

『… … .』

It was blinding.

The hand of Sister Milk, who has a languid smile, is reaching out.

Because it was like seeing a star guiding me when I was lost.

If I fall asleep like this,

I feel like I’m forgetting everything and blending into the Milky Way…

He closed his eyes quietly.

“The smell of blood.”

“Ah, [Red Lady].”

“Same as me.”

[Red Woman], who was caught by the girl and had her hair braided, braids Eunha’s hair.

Are you bored?

Eunha, who had entrusted her hair to ‘that thing’, got down to the girl’s eye level.

“Sister, I want Heejin to drink the potion right now. Is that okay?”

『… … Drink it right now?』

“Yeah. Let’s drink that and go see Heejin’s mom.”

I’m going to see my mom.

The girl’s heart wavers at those words.

… … .

After a difficult surgery,

The mother who promised to wait by her side until she woke up.

I want to meet you again.

I want to show off my healthy self.

That’s what the girl kept, and what kept her from getting mixed up in the Milky Way.

A half-hearted grudge.

The girl raised her head and looked up at the bloody galaxy.

“Really? Can I really go see my mom?”

A tearful voice asks.

Although the long struggle with illness taught the girl patience,

After all, he was a child.

I was afraid of dark places and of being alone.

Because I was a child who missed my mother’s embrace.

because,

Eunha returned here to find Mia crying.

“… … Want to see this?”

The question of whether I can meet my mother.

The galaxy did not answer the question.

Instead, he took out a ‘Derringer pistol’ from his carrier.

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6. Buy happiness at the convenience store.

– Happiness is a relative concept.

– And yet, somewhere in this world, there will exist a treasure that can make everyone feel happy.

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Got it from [Happy Convenience Store] near my apartment.

He confirms that the bullet is loaded and shows it to the girl.

“This is called the happiness button. If you aim well and pull the trigger, you will become happy.”

『… … ? Sister, this is strange.』

“It was like that originally.”

“Okay. If you don’t like this, you can go to the person in charge and say something, so don’t worry too much.”

I will send that child back even if I have to press the happiness button or meet [the black person].

I promised myself like that.

『… … Why? Why are you being so nice to me, Unnie? Even though we just met?』

“Huh?… Because she’s like a daughter?』

The desire to do something.

That’s enough.

A woman in a doctor’s gown hugged the girl’s head.

… … .

Bbongbang~ Bbongbang~ ㅃ…. squeakㅡ.

– Did you call?

“Mr. Mouse. Please.”

– Yeah… I’m going to do it, but can’t I just use the potion on this side?

“It would be a shame if you saved the potion and only recovered half of it.”

Galaxy calls the ‘mouse’ who is waiting ‘over there’.

In order to administer the ‘Eun-gang Potion’ to the girl at [Cheongryong General Hospital] and [Neulpurum Emergency Center] at the same time, the help of the ‘mouse’ holding the ‘Inverted Cross Ring’ was absolutely necessary.

Galaxy, who had the girl sit on the bed, opened the lid of the [Silver Potion].

“Okay, it’s time to take your medicine. I’ll watch you take it, so when I say “gulp!”, you take it? Is that okay?”

“Yeah! I take my medicine well!”

There was no hesitation.

Gulp!

The girl swallowed the potion simultaneously with the galactic signal.

The ‘mouse’ on the other end of the phone also moved to the sound.

Thump. Thump.

Does the effect spread immediately?

The girl’s eyes begin to close with a tingling sensation.

Eunha held the girl who was beginning to nod off in her arms.

“Sister…?”

“Go well. Take care.”

please.

This little child goes back to where he came from,

Let’s forget ‘us’ and live in peace.

“Tell me.”

With a grudge from some time ago,

Pure white waves blowing in from somewhere sweep across the sandy beach.

… … .

… … .

“We saw the North Star.”

『Always, unchangingly, no matter how much it is damaged or broken, it always returns to its ‘original form’.』

That day.

The girl had a dream.

It is a dream of playing in the beautiful Milky Way.

『In any world, your blood has become the daily bread of the people, guiding the mediocre to the right place.』

A person who is all black.

Pure white will-o’-the-wisp.

Like a river flowing to one place.

The Milky Way moves forward, relying on the North Star.

“So, you too, go back to where you belong.”

The girl blended into the Milky Way and looked up at the North Star.

… … .

… … .

I came to my senses.

Beep -. Beep -. Beep -.

The mechanical sound of a heart rate sensor.

A sound that makes my heart flutter whenever I hear it.

“Call the doctor!”

“Not that! Bring it quickly!”

A rumbling that had never been heard ‘over there’.

The intensive care unit of [Cheongryong General Hospital], which I had returned to before I knew it, was busy.

Like someone who can’t adjust to jet lag,

Eunha covered her ears to the noise that pounded her eardrums and looked around.

Bright lights.

The sound of chaotic footsteps of medical personnel.

Beep. Beep. An ominous mechanical sound.

What about the girl? Did she come back properly?

Should I press the happiness button?

“… … Uh.”

like that,

The eardrum gradually adapts to the noise and begins to accept surrounding sounds.

The galaxy heard a clearer roar,

I confirmed Lee Hee-jin’s position.

Beep -. Beep -. Beep -. Beep -.

“Hee… Heejin! Heejin!”

Just a moment ago, he was walking briskly around the dark hospital room.

The child who was held in her arms and showed a bright smile.

“… … Mom…”

The girl was smiling brightly even under the bright lights.

Wake up from a long sleep,

In the arms of his mother.

“After 10 days of a patient being diagnosed as brain dead… What is this…”

“You should change the IV fluid quickly and do what you want. What are you doing!”

The voices of doctors and nurses moving busily brush past my eardrums.

But Eun-ha only looks at the girl smiling weakly in her mother’s arms.

The hand that was touching the ‘Derringer pistol’ in his pocket moves down.

‘The happiness button… what is it? You can be happy without it.’

Perhaps that is to be expected.

Eunha, with a languid smile, rubbed her stiff shoulders.

That’s all there is to it.

Just bringing the missing girl back to her family,

commonplace.

“Ms. Galaxy? I didn’t see you come in. When did you come?”

Kang Na-ri approached Eun-ha, holding an icebox containing [Eun-gang Potion].

After that, the ‘mouse’ with a trembling expression reacts to the scent of blood left on Eunha’s body and gently wraps its thin tail around her waist.

“I administered [Silver Potion] to everyone who needed it right away. I think they will all be cured without any special side effects.”

“Thank you for your hard work.”

“Is this all… Huh? Eunha-ssi smells… sweet. Are you hurt? ”

“I had some physical therapy because my shoulder was stiff.”

Beep -. Beep -.

[Cheongryong General Hospital] Intensive care unit.

Eunha looked at the girl smiling brightly while holding her mother’s hand who was bowing her head.

“… … She’s a pretty girl.”

“Hello.”

“Hello. This is Lee Hee-jin.”

Just worth a potion or two.

Knowing that it could be someone’s tomorrow.

She still,

Even though I live a life that is close to death and is tormented by all kinds of monsters,

He was a man who shared his blood with others.

Without change.

… … .

… … .

“Ms. Galaxy. What are you going to do now?”

“I saved the people I had to save, so I have to take care of what needs to be taken care of, right? I also have to bring the potions that went to [Blue Dragon Guild].”

Yes, time passes.

With small rewards and fleeting connections.

“Um…… I’ll go and push everything I see. I’m confident I won’t leave any evidence.”

“What are you pushing? I’ll just stop by the house for a bit. I remembered something I put under the bed. ”

It was around lunchtime when I was gently patting Lee Hee-jin, who was holding onto the hem of her clothes.