episode_0424

The moment I thought I saw light in the clouds, my body broke through the clouds.

Clouds spread out in all directions with a feeling of hwaak, and bodies falling beneath them.

I looked at the clouds I had broken through.

At the same time, I could see a large black archway rising next to me.

It was so huge that it looked like a tower, to the point where I couldn’t even call it a castle, and my mouth fell open in amazement.

I spun my falling body around and placed my hands and feet on the walls of the Black Palace.

Phagejik-

The rate of decline slowed down, but it did not stop.

The smooth walls, with no place to hold on to, made my arms and legs feel unnecessarily hot.

I frowned and kicked the outer wall.

The moment when my body spins around and I feel like I’m flying far away from the Black Archer.

I was rolling on the black floor.

“Oh my!”

With a short scream, he falls to the floor, clutching his head.

“Jeff!”

Judging by Lily’s voice coming from behind her, it seemed like Kelly had used her power.

I stood up from my seat and looked around.

Certainly, it was the top floor of the Black Palace where he had been standing before falling.

Kugugugug!

But the shaking didn’t stop.

The floor of the Black Palace was shaking even more than before.

He looked at Kelly while holding onto Lily who was staggering towards him.

She too was just looking at the floor of the Black Palace with a puzzled expression, as if she couldn’t figure out what was going on.

I looked at Kelly and thought.

bottom?

no.

The cause of this shaking comes from above.

I blankly raised my head.

“Hey Kelly. Is there a way up from here?”

“I told you… The top floor of the Black Palace is here.”

“But the cause of this shaking comes from above.”

Kelly looked up at my words.

She seemed to have just realized it, and opened her eyes wide and looked at me.

I kept my mouth shut at the gaze that seemed to ask how I could have figured out something I didn’t even know myself.

I just, I could just tell.

Perhaps it was because I had experienced CC’s abilities once?

“I’ll check.”

Kelly said that and walked towards the railing.

As I was blankly staring at her as she continued to move forward without hesitation, Kelly stepped over the railing.

and

Walked.

She started walking on air.

I started walking forward without looking down, as if there was a path there.

I was starting to get really curious about what Kelly was capable of.

“Hey. Lily. What on earth are Kelly’s abilities…?”

“It’s a secret.”

Lily still seemed unwilling to talk.

I frowned and poked Lily in the ribs.

“Heeek…”

Lily fell to the floor, clutching her side.

Anyway, my gaze turned back to Kelly.

Kelly, who was walking on air, looked up at the top of the Black Palace from a little distance.

“There’s nothing!”

At Kelly’s voice, I too ran towards the railing.

It was because of the expectation that Kelly might have installed an invisible foothold through her abilities.

But no matter how much I waved my hands, nothing caught.

I looked at Kelly with a sullen expression.

Kugugung-

The mysterious trembling of the Black Archer did not stop.

If my guess is correct, this shaking was definitely caused by CC.

“Lily!”

“No!”

From a distance, Kelly raised her hand in the air and called out to Lily, who was sitting on the floor.

Lily sat up vigorously and placed her hand on her head to answer.

“Can you wait quietly in the room with Jeff?”

“Yes! Of course!”

“Okay.”

I was momentarily taken aback by Kelly’s unwillingness to ask for my opinion, but I was soon able to recall my position.

I kept my mouth shut.

At that moment, Lily, Kelly, and I arrived in the black room.

As if in a dream, I was tired of being surprised by the way my surroundings changed without any warning.

I walked over casually and plopped down on the soft sofa.

Lily also came over to me and sat down with a thud.

Kelly took a look at us like that, then disappeared in an instant.

“Did you go…?”

“I think he’s gone.”

I didn’t move for a while despite Lily’s words.

But no matter how long I waited, Kelly never showed up again.

Kugugung-

The Black Palace shook once again.

But this time, the shaking came from below, not from above.

Lily didn’t seem to notice the difference, just hugged the fluffy cushion tightly and shut her eyes tightly.

But I could tell.

The fact that this Black Palace is shaking for a completely different reason than before.

Kookookookookung!

The whole room shakes.

As if an earthquake had occurred, I lost my balance and fell to the floor.

Kugugugugugugu-!

The vibrations transmitted through my buttocks were unusual.

I got up from my seat and headed into the hallway.

I opened the door and stuck my head out to look around, but I couldn’t see anything.

“J, Miss Jeff? It’s dangerous, so it’s better to stay here…”

I shook my head.

The shock coming from above was clearly CC’s.

But the shock coming from below was for a different reason.

It sounds like someone, someone else is shaking the castle.

***

Shine gaped in amazement at the sight of the gigantic castle spread out before her eyes.

Through mind control, it was not difficult to gather information about the Black Palace.

However, the moment she saw the appearance of the Black Palace, she felt an inexplicable longing.

It felt as if I had returned home after a long time.

Shine looked around, caressing her cheek.

At the sight of the large Black Arch, and the bewildered gazes of the people, it seemed as though no one felt the same way as he did.

Shine looked behind Amy without saying a word.

Behind her, who was endlessly throwing her fists towards the tightly closed castle, the White King was vaguely visible.

Kwaaang!

Amy’s fist hits the gate straight in.

With a loud crash, the great castle shook, but the door remained firm.

“Mom.”

“Hoo…”

Amy sighed and turned around at Shine’s call.

With her bloodshot eyes and distorted face, Amy’s expression clearly showed how worried she was about Jeff.

Shine approached without saying a word.

He walks towards Amy, past her and extends his hand.

why?

The reason was unknown.

Because I just thought I could do it.

Shine reached out like that.

The black castle began to cry as its wings spread behind it.

OMG-

Shine flinches in surprise at the low, unidentified cry and steps back.

But it seemed like Shine was the only one who heard that sound.

Even Amy next to her seemed not to hear.

Shine reached out again, caressing her cheek.

“Shine?”

“I think I can open it.”

Amy knew that Shine’s powers were no ordinary power.

If you have the ability to manipulate reality itself, you should be able to open this door.

Amy decided so and stepped back.

Amy’s prediction was half right.

If Shine had truly used her powers, she would have been able to open even the most firmly closed doors.

However, Shine did not use her ability.

Just spoke towards the door, towards this castle.

Open it.

So the door opened.

“The door is open!”

Rain, who had been waiting behind, ran forward cheering.

Shine was taken aback and reached out her hand as she quickly inserted herself through the crack in the door using her small body.

How can you come out so fearlessly, not knowing what’s inside?

But Rain, who had gone inside, peeked his head out again and confirmed that it was safe inside.

“There’s no one inside!”

Others also followed Rain into the Black Palace.

As Lane said, the inside was empty, as if there was no one there.

“Um…”

Amy stopped in the dark hallway and looked around.

The only information we could find was the location of the Black Palace.

I didn’t know what its internal structure looked like.

“This way.”

At that moment, Shine, who had been standing there blankly, started walking.

Amy was startled by the sight of Shine walking slowly and swaying, and followed behind her.

“Shine?”

“I think I know where Jeff is.”

Amy frowned at Shine’s words.

I wonder if there’s something in common between twins.

At times like this, Amy was jealous of Shine.

But contrary to Amy’s thoughts, Shine didn’t use her twin’s intuition to figure out Jeff’s location.

I told you.

This castle, this castle named Heukyeonggung, was speaking.

He told her where he was looking for, the location of his only brother.

Actually, the castle didn’t say anything.

It just felt like that.

As if they knew what they were looking for, the Black Palace first provided information.

The information flew into my head as if it were a thought that I had come up with myself.

I don’t feel well.

Shine was displeased that something had been put into her head without her permission.

The wings spread behind her back flutter in accordance with her mood.

However, Shine decided to forgive generously.

Because it was information about my one and only younger sibling, not anyone else.

I’ll just look at it this once.

Shine turned her head, glaring at the castle.

Now it was time to go to my brother.

Following Shine, everyone else started moving.

Everyone looked puzzled, but since Amy didn’t say anything, no one complained.

Walk down the long hallway and climb the stairs.

Heukyeonggung was a place where, if you just walk around blankly, you wouldn’t even know where you were or where the front and back were.

If it weren’t for Shine, all the resistance members who came here would have certainly gotten lost.

Rain walked ahead, his umbrella slung over his shoulder and his eyes wide open.

Since he was slightly ahead of Shine, whenever Shine changed direction, he was startled and ran after her.

As she continued walking down the street, Shine was able to witness Rain disappearing before her eyes.

Without any warning, the little chick disappeared in an instant.

It was as if I was swallowed up in darkness.

“Rain…?”

At Shine’s words, the others also seemed to have just noticed that Rain had disappeared and looked around in confusion.

But no matter how hard I looked, I couldn’t find any trace of the little chick.

***

Rain thought as he walked.

When he finds his little Jeff, he will hug him tightly.

You will smell and do many other things.

The chick, full of sinister thoughts, at some point realized that he could no longer hear the footsteps coming from behind him.

“Huh?”

Whoosh- Rain turned around and looked behind him.

But Shine, Amy, and the others who had been following him around so familiarly were nowhere to be seen.

A cold sweat began to run down Rain’s back.

Rain has become Mia.