I woke up and slowly raised my left hand. It was the hand Cheon Sa-yeon held in my dream. Sohow, it felt like that feeling was still there.
“……”
I stared blankly at my left hand for a while and then I heard a voice from the side.
“Good morning?”
“El?”
Then, noticing Elohim sitting next to the bed, I quickly lowered my left hand and raised my upper body. Elohim, who smiled as if he understood my shyness, asked tenderly.
“How is your feeling?”
“I’m fine.”
“I’m glad.”
“How much ti has passed?”
It was bright outside the window. I slowly counted the ti. It was around 2 p.m. when I received the book and started reading, so did I sleep for a day or so?
“It’s the morning of the third day.”
“Pardon?”
For a mont, I doubted my ears. It had been three days since I slept?
“Really?”
“You’ve overdone it, so it’s worth rest.”
“Umm…”
Man, I was extrely sleepy before going to sleep… I never thought I would have slept that long. Elohim, who handed a glass of water that had been placed on the side table, opened his mouth.
“It was like you had a special dream.”
“Ah.”
I drank water and pondered for a mont, then nodded. He didn’t want to talk to though. (발뺌하는 게 통할 상대가아니었다, I’m not really sure)
“Did you see it?”
“We see you all the ti, but this ti was special.”
Taking the empty glass back, Elohim smiled softly.
“It was originally my dream to enter.”
“…wait. Are you saying it wasn’t just a dream?”
I rembered Cheon Sa-yeon’s surprised expression when he saw and the question about whether the prophet had sent .
“Then Cheon Sa-yeon who call also…”
“He will rember eting you in his dream.”
A warm sensation surged through my throat and ears. I thought it was just a dream and let Cheon Sa-yeon hold hands.
I quickly covered the nape of my neck with my hands and lowered my gaze.
“I had no idea… at all.”
“It seems that your ability was activated unconsciously.”
Ability. He was referring to my ability to intervene, not Han Yi-gyeol’s wind ability.
Now I had a sense of what kind of power my ability had.
“I think you’ve slept longer because you used your ability.”
“I’m sorry.”
“No. This can happen. Cheon Sa-yeon, did you miss that child a lot?”
“Yes?”
This ti, the cheeks and forehead were hot. I hastily shook my head.
“No, no! It’s not like that, but it seems to be because of Han Yi-gyeol’s past. Because there were so many things that had to do with Cheon Sa-yeon.”
“Hm. Okay?”
Fortunately, Elohim easily accepted it. If possible, I hope you never say such terrible things again. I was so shocked that my heart was still pounding.
“You must have been empty after waking up after a long sleep, so wash up and co to eat. Soup and salad are prepared to make it easier to eat.”
“Anything is fine. Thank you.”
Hearing Elohim’s words, I could feel my stomach rumbling. As I got out of bed to shower, I noticed that I was cleaner than I expected.
Obviously, I was sweating profusely before I passed out, so why am I so refreshed? No sll or anything. The clothes I was wearing were also different.
No way…
“El.”
“Ung?”
Elohim, who was about to leave the room, looked back at my call.
“Did you wash my body while I was sleeping?”
Otherwise, it wouldn’t have been this clean. When I asked the question, Elohim answered lightly with a bright face.
“No, I didn’t clean it.”
“Really?”
Surprised. Seeing exhaling a sigh of relief, the Elohim continued.
“I just washed it for you.”
“Pardon?”
“Then get ready and co out.”
Elohim left the room without knowing what was the problem.
Click. With the sound of the door closing, my legs relaxed and sat on the bed, covering my face with both hands.
“……”
What should I do with this endless amount of embarrassnt?
How many tis have I been embarrassed since I woke up?
I sat for a long ti, grumbling and embarrassed, then staggered into the bathroom. Han Yi-gyeol appeared in the mirror, not only his face but also his neck.
“Haa…”
Ha Tae-heon alone was enough, but now that I had been seen by Elohim as well. Even being washed.
Once again, my mind beca complicated, but I unbuttoned my shirt, just to calm down and wash myself.
* * *
“It felt like Han Yi-gyeol’s past was quite long. Does it usually take that long to read one book?”
I asked while eating the soup Elohim had prepared and he looked at with a glass bottle filled with drinks.
“That’s right. In terms of ti, it took about six hours.”
Six hours. After emptying the soup, I rinsed my mouth with water.
“There is sothing I want to know.”
“Co to think of it, you said there was sothing you wanted to ask before going to sleep. Tell .”
Even with Elohim’s gestures as if to speak comfortably, my lips didn’t open easily.
“Se-hyun-ah?”
“…to check the past.”
Gathering up my uneasy shaky resolve, I raised my voice a little more powerfully.
“How much does it cost to check the past of Cheon Sa-yeon?”
Elohim blinked a couple of tis as if it was very unexpected. I know. Because I didn’t know that the day would co when I wanted to know Cheon Sa-yeon’s past. Still, I couldn’t help it. After reading Han Yi-gyeol’s book following the red book, I felt strongly that I should know Cheon Sa-yeon’s past.
“Did you never expect to make such a request?”
“I did to so extent, but I wasn’t sure. Reading a book is very difficult… Cheon Sa-yeon, I didn’t know that you could have this much affection for that child.”
“I don’t have any affection.”
There was no other relationship as dry as Cheon Sa-yeon and I, what affection again.
After coughing once, I asked again.
“So how is it? Is it possible?”
“…do you really want to know? At any cost?”
“Well, of course, I don’t like life or anything like that. I will listen to it and accept it if it’s appropriate.”
I thought he would answer right away without much thought, but surprisingly, Elohim kept a complicated face and spared no words.
“El?”
“I don’t think it’s such a simple matter.”
Elohim, who put the glass bottle he was holding down on the table, sat across from and smiled bitterly.
“Cheon Sa-yeon is a child who is deeply connected with Kali more than anyone in the past, present, and future.”
“……”
“If you find out about Cheon Sa-yeon’s past, Se-hyun-ah, you will be like that, too. Aren’t you scared?”
Silence fell on the table. I gathered my thoughts for a mont and lifted my bowed head.
“You are testing , El.”
This ti, his eyes widened as if he was really surprised.
“Looking at Han Yi-gyeol’s past, I made so assumptions.”
“Assumptions.”
“It’s not great. To be honest, I’m not sure if my guess is correct.”
Because it wasn’t too realistic. But in a world where the dead man entered another’s body, people use their ability, and a man close to God prepared als for , I wondered what that ant more.
“Ti keeps repeating itself from a certain point in this world.”
“……”
“It seems that there’s Cheon Sa-yeon that connects the centre of it.”
In the following words, Elohim now stared at expressionlessly. I didn’t know because he was always smiling, but he had a pretty cold impression.
“Is that correct?”
“I can’t give you any answers.”
It was a soft refusal, but I was rather confident.
“If it’s correct that ti rewinds backwards every ti Cheon Sa-yeon has a problem…”
Having said that, I licked my dry lips once and pulled out the most important part.
“If I go back this ti, what will happen to then?”
Even though I made up my mind, my voice was trembling inevitably at the end.
“Didn’t El explain last ti? It was a very slim chance that I ca into Han Yi-gyeol’s body.”
“……”
“If the starting point is before I co to this world, a miracle like this one… I don’t think there is.”
Elohim, who looked at quietly, sighed softly.
“I knew it, but you are really smart.”
It was as if he was praising a child who had finished all his howork by himself.
“Still, I hope you don’t misunderstand . Se-hyun-ah, we don’t test you.”
“Yes?”
“I sincerely hope that you don’t get involved with them any further. But you’ve already crossed the line to so extent…”
Elohim’s voice, who spoke slowly and quietly, was weak as if it would disappear at any mont.
“Even if you turn a blind eye to everything and only see good things, they will also kill you.”
“I don’t want to disappear like that in vain.”
“I know.”
I could see the different colours in Elohim’s eyes, who blinked slowly. Gold always ca into my view first, but now for so reason, I could feel the black eyes like the night sky more clearly.
“You are right, Se-hyun-ah. If that child, Cheon Sa-yeon fails again this ti… you will disappear just like that.”
“In order to live anyway, I have to help Cheon Sa-yeon.”
“That’s right.”
As if his mouth was dry, Elohim, who pulled the teacup on the table to the front, waved his hand once. Then, the empty glass was quickly filled with warm tea.
“Cheon Sa-yeon is the most important child in this world. You have to pay a price to see the past.”
“I’m determined.”
“Also, the child’s past is very long. There are dozens of books. It will take at least three months to see it all. So, you would need a book that condensed only the important parts, but it would take several days to see it all.”
“Um…”
“Think carefully. Even though Han Yi-gyeol’s past only took six hours, it was very difficult.”
“Isn’t it better for to look at Cheon Sa-yeon’s past? That’s how much you get to know more about the situation.”
“There’s another way to pay a lighter price and just listen to .”
Elohim seed to want to do so. I pondered for a mont, then finally shook my head.
“No. If you have to pay the price anyway, I will see and judge for myself.”
When I firmly refused, Elohim showed a sowhat gloomy look. I deliberately turned away from him and asked.
“If I pay the price, will I be able to know the story behind the red book I saw in the study or the story behind ‘Abyss’?”
“Yeah. I promised to tell you about those two things from the beginning, so I can tell you about them at no cost. Anyway, if you look at Cheon Sa-yeon’s past, you will know everything.”
After drinking all the tea from the teacup, Elohim smiled bitterly.
“It takes so ti to sort out Cheon Sa-yeon’s past. Even with those two things I just said and the price you will pay, it would be good to talk about it when the arrangents are complete.”
“How long will it take?”
“Well. It’s our first ti doing this kind of work, so we can’t know for sure. It may not be complete until you return to Korea.”
“Then…”
“If it takes that long, then we will have to go to Korea.”
I had cleared up my complicated mind. I never imagined it would take so long. How much information did it take that much ti?
“That’s better. Se-hyun-ah, you have to be stronger than you are now if you want to endure Cheon Sa-yeon’s past. You shouldn’t be eaten by the book while dreaming and building up your strength as we’re organizing.”
“…I understand.”
It was aningless to insist on an unavoidable problem.
It was unfortunate, but now was the ti to step back and wait.
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