episode_0314

Long, long ago, a long time ago.

He resembles a wall.

Never to be broken,

I lived like a castle wall that was taller and stronger than anyone else’s.

… … .

There was no name.

The kingdom was soon his name,

When you ask them to point to the most famous person in the kingdom, everyone will point their fingers at you.

​He who built the walls of the kingdom.

Your introduction was enough.

“… … .”

Time passed.

How much time has passed?

As the saying goes, time flies by,

Many years have passed by the old man.

This is a world where the kingdom was brilliant.

However, the passing years took other things with them.

“… … .”

The old man looked up at the wall.

The kingdom’s skyline hangs above the massive walls.

An old man looking at the sunset hanging on the castle wall.

He, who had been caressing the back of his wrinkled hand without any hesitation, lowered his head with a kind smile.

The kingdom is visible.

I see the splendid kingdom that ‘Yes’ has created.

The old man’s eyes were filled with memories.

(This is… a baby.)

Long ago, a young man picked up a newborn baby.

A village where an epidemic was rampant.

The child was crying in the arms of his dead mother.

“… … .”

I respected the mother who became a wall for her child even after death.

The beginning of the story.

The young man swore to heaven that he would become the wall of the newborn baby.

“Heh heh.”

The young man who has become old laughs.

He got up from his seat and looked around.

A kingdom dazzling with sunset light,

The largest castle in its center,

On the throne where the king of the country sits…

A ‘clay doll’ wearing a crown sits.

A ‘clay doll’ sitting on a throne.

It was created by an old man.

Gather some dirt from around and add some water.

Knead it like dough, roughly shape it,

I made a clay doll.

Because it is the kingdom left behind by ‘that child’.

In the world of old people, ‘yes’ is the only thing left.

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“… … .”

I turned my head.

The guards that guard the side of the throne,

The courtiers bowed their heads…

Clay dolls guard the king.

There was no one alive.

Gone with the passage of time.

Time has really flown by.

The old man got up and left the palace.

(Installment!)

(Why am I paying in installments?)

Time goes by.

The baby who became a girl.

I recall memories of building sand castles by kneading clay with my tiny hands.

A simple castle.

Was it from that time?

The young man gathered dirt from the surrounding area and made a mud wall.

( Eight !)

The walls made of mud were very soft and unsightly.

The girl kicked away the mud surrounding her and ran away.

“… … .”

Chasing the memories of ‘you’ running away laughing,

The old man walked down the street.

I remember the vitality of the people who made the splendid kingdom even more dazzling.

He caresses the dusty shop with his wrinkled hands.

Pass…

The ‘clay dolls’ that guard the store,

Selling goods to people made of ‘clay’.

There was no one alive.

Drifted away with the years.

“… … Heh heh…”

‘Clay dolls’ are filling the empty spaces of people who are disappearing one by one.

Although dolls and such cannot replace those who have passed away,

I was greedy.

The old man stepped forward.

(Grandfather. Later, we will gather the survivors and create a country.)

(Don’t talk like a dream.)

Time goes by.

A girl who became a woman.

The boy gathered people together and created a small village.

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A plague that swept the world.

Those who barely survived the ordeal would gather around the woman.

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A small town that would disappear if you didn’t sleep.

It has grown this big.

I want to praise you,

Because there is no one to listen.

The old man walked.

Only the castle walls, forgotten by time, remain standing.

… … .

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Time goes by.

A middle-aged woman.

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Adorning herself in a dazzling dress,

The child waved to the crowd of people gathered in the square.

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(Grandpa. Do you remember?)

(When I said I would create a country, my grandfather urged me not to dream.)

Damn…

yet,

A long time has passed,

The old man stopped walking.

“… … .”

An old man who stopped walking.

Before his eyes,

There was a grave of ‘you’ who left long ago.

(Of course it sounded like a dream.)

​”… … .”

(Because I had a grandfather, I could always dream.)

A wall that never falls.

If we just stay still like this, like a castle wall,

Because the queen, smiling brightly like in the old days, seemed like she was going to look back at the old man.

dump…

The old man stroked the back of his wrinkled hand,

On the dirt floor, in front of your grave,

I kneel down quietly.

(No matter what happens, Grandpa will protect you.)

“… … No.”

The old man stroked his ‘child’.

I stroked the head of the sleeping child with my wrinkled hands.

“I couldn’t protect you.”

A clay doll that I made without thinking.

‘Your’ grave also… felt like this.

If you looked at the kingdom today, what would you say?

I was curious so I wanted you to tell me.

Why did you do this to the castle that you worked so hard to build?

I hoped you’d come back to annoy me.

(No matter what happens, Grandpa will protect you.)

“You also failed to protect the kingdom you founded.”

I turned my head.

The tomb of a glorious kingdom lies there.

One year, another year.

Little by little, the number of people is decreasing,

So that the kingdom created by ‘Yes’ will not be lonely even a little.

Dolls made of clay were placed all over the kingdom.

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When a building collapsed due to the blowing wind, I ran out of breath and fixed it.

Because it is a kingdom created by ‘yes’.

“… … But, there is no trace of you… anymore.”

The old man opened his closed eyes.

I woke up from a dream.

The buildings he rebuilt.

‘Clay dolls’ placed in the building.

A kingdom that has forgotten its splendor is seen.

“The splendor I saw in this kingdom was none other than you.”

I saw a kingdom where only traces of myself remained.

In the end, I couldn’t even keep the traces of ‘you’.

“… … If I could replace you.”

The old man patted the child.

Even as a newborn,

Even when I was a girl,

Even though I became an adult and created a kingdom,

In my eyes, you were always a child.

(Because I had a grandfather, I could always dream.)

“No. I… to me…”

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The old man had no name.

The kingdom was soon his name, but there was no kingdom any more,

When you ask them to point to the most famous person in the kingdom, everyone points their fingers at you.

There were no others anymore.

He who built the walls of the kingdom.

Your introduction was enough.

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“To me… you were my dream.”

Pass…

The wall does not fall down.

Just stand there, forever.

“The wall that protects you, and I who care about you… are still here…”

You’re the only one missing.

An old man kneeling before a child’s grave.

Is it because there is nothing left to protect and no eyes to see?

“I just wanted to be with you a little longer…”

You, who were old,

I cried like a little child.

(No matter what happens, Grandpa will protect you.)

(Because I had a grandfather, I could always dream.)

but,

You are truly like a wall,

He quickly got up from his seat and moved his wrinkled hands.

“… … .”

Gather the dirt around you,

Carefully gathered together with flowing tears,

Around the tomb of the ‘child’, a wall made of mud was built.

After all, in this world,

The last thing I want to protect is,

I think that was the only one.

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“No matter what happens, Grandpa will protect you.”

So, as time passed,

Even if a kingdom that has forgotten its splendor collapses with the passage of time,

The old man guarded the wall made of mud.

That’s all there is to it.

… … .

… … .

That’s how the old man’s regret, who just wanted to protect himself,

Reach the sky at all costs.

It resembled a castle wall and rose from the darkness.

“… … .”

‘It’ with a kind smile shaped the clay.

A doll made of clay.

I hope that one day, I will be able to protect someone more precious than myself.

… … .

… … .

“No… why is it 3pm already…!”

“… … .”

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And finally.

The walls that have escaped the passage of time,

It reached ‘you’.

“Sir! There’s a carrier in the security office! I’ll take it!”

In the afternoon, after lunch time.

Eunha, who had hurriedly put on her clothes and left the house, ran to the security office.

The old man, who had cleaned the blood stains in the apartment and was sitting at the security desk making a ‘clay doll’,

He looked at the galaxy approaching him and smiled kindly.

“Did you sleep well, Miss? And please run moderately because it shakes too much.”

“I’m late! The van was also destroyed. I can’t even see my phone. ”

“Oh, that kind of thing.”

Purrr!

Pick up the carrier you left in the security office.

Eun-ha looked at the ‘gray van’ quietly crumpled in the parking lot with a sad heart, and as if she had no time, she used ‘body strengthening’ and went to work.

“… … .”

The wall surrounding the apartment.

‘You’ can really break down that wall and climb over it with ease.

Swish…

The old man looked down at the ‘guide’ placed on the desk.

The ‘Night Patrol Guide’ that I handed over to Eunha last night.

The old man, who was caressing the wrinkled back of his hand, carefully turns it over and looks at the back.

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6. If you need assistance with night patrols.

– Any kind of help would be appreciated.

– Open the trash can behind the guardhouse.

– Anyway, it will help.

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One rule written on the back.

In the end, the galaxy did not check the back side.

I was watching just in case.

At night, when monsters roam the streets, it was clear that it would not be a good sight for that soft-spoken cow girl to wander around in the darkness.

Haven’t you actually been humiliated by a monster?

‘I didn’t know you’d end up brushing your teeth the other way around.’

But the galaxy was saved.

Without the help of an old person.

As if walls weren’t necessary.

“… … .”

What did the pent-up resentment want?

The old man wearing a security guard’s hat looks at the galaxy with a kind smile.

“… Oh, right.”

Stop!

And then,

Galaxy, who had just passed the wall, turned around and spoke to the old man.

“Elderly!”

“No.”

“I know what it is, but it’s not okay.”

“Would you like to say what you were going to say?”

“Can I have one of my wisdom teeth pulled out? I’m going to save it in a bottle.”

“No.”

A firm rejection.

I wonder if that girl hurt her head.

It looks like the next thing you want to do after breaking down a wall is to get your teeth stuck.

Although I am relieved that the wall will not be broken down in the future, I am concerned that the problem may have actually gotten worse.

I had that worry.

‘Well… I guess it’s okay. I don’t think he’ll go back to the apartment residents and ask for their teeth…’

The old man thought.

Galaxy, who holds the teeth of all kinds of monsters in bottles and smiles brightly.

… … I don’t know. I guess I’ll figure it out.

‘Why did you have to pull out your wisdom tooth and offer it up…?’

When the old security guard was holding the back of his neck because his neck was sore,

Eunha, who was looking at the old man with a regretful heart, checks her watch and waves her hand in surprise.

“Anyway, I’ll be back, sir! See you in a bit!”

“… … .”

I’m back.

The galaxy said.

Surely, ‘you’ will come back here.

You who will live forever,

I will always come back here.

“… … .”

The old man opened his closed eyes.

I see the ‘Saetbyeol Apartment’ standing quietly in its place.

Eunha is seen rushing to work.

… … She was always like a child,

He seemed to have grown up quite well.

I just realized it now.

“Heh heh.”

“What’s wrong, sir.”

“… No.”

I wanted to be someone’s wall.

That’s enough.

The old man who looked like a security guard,

Put the ‘Night Patrol Guide’ in the desk drawer,

He waved his hand with a smiling face.

(No matter what happens, I will protect you.)

Every morning, I see you off on your way to work,

The thing that greets you as you return to your apartment in the evening,

What a joy it brought to this old man,

I don’t know if you know or not.

Old grudge.

The old man laughed.

The walls that protect you, the old man who worries about you…

Since I’m still here,

In the future,

I’ll be here.

“Take care on your way back, miss.”

I had a dream. Because you were there.

Because you were my dream.

The old security guard saw the back of Eunha running away in a hurry.

Until the moment she was out of sight.

I was watching it endlessly.

“… … Have a nice trip. I’m here.”

Time goes by.

Without waiting for us.

but,

With everyone.