What do you an?
Baek Eon raised an eyebrow. Anger was evident in his eyes.
Why are you suddenly saying that? Who said such a thing to you? It doesnt matter. Why would you even care about such a thing?
He wanted to hear those words from his hyung. He wanted to be reassured.
So he brought it up.
He felt like he was a child being pampered, but he couldnt help it. Keeping it himself was too painful.
No one said that.
Then? What happened?
Actually
Seol Young told him everything.
It was a story that was surprising in each part, and Baek Eon just calmly listened.
It could just be the evil spirits ploy to shake my heart, but Still, I keep having this feeling that there is sothing in my heart. In the end, I couldnt help but think that Teacher died because of .
But
Baek Eon went stiff.
Isnt that completely far from the truth? Father had spent a lot of energy protecting all of us. Even before he t you, he already ntioned several tis that he didnt think he would be around for long.
After hearing Baek Eons words, his heart cald down, and Seol Young regained his confidence.
He suddenly missed Song Ok and Hyo Wol very much.
It would have been nice if they had stayed here too Tell them I ca.
Then he cried.
If sothing happens to hyungs and the kids, I will kill the ones responsible and die too.
Why are you saying such things?
Baek Eon frowned.
It seems like the holiday atmosphere made confused?
Should I tell you one good news? It hasnt been made official yet but judging from how things are going, it seems like the Governor will allow to do the festival with all of you.
Is that true?
Seol Young jumped up right away.
Werent humans such simple beings?
He thought so, but he couldnt help it. It was sothing he didnt expect.
Right, before that.
Baek Eon stopped talking and went outside. After a while, he brought a box wrapped in silk cloth.
Seol Young asked him,
What is that?
A gift.
Baek Eon pushed it to Seol Young.
I wondered about it, but I couldnt hold back. With your consistent work investigating every supernatural calamity that is happening, we cannot just skip the festival just so we can see each other, right? So I prepared this. A present for the High Governor.
I see.
Seol Young looked at the gift and frowned.
What is this?
The mont Baek Eon was about to say sothing,
But.
Seol Young asked seriously,
I have sothing to investigate, so I think we will et ten more tis before the day of the festival. When is the right ti to give him the gift? The third day? The fifth day? The day before the festival? If we et again after I give him the gift, it will be strange.
Being polite was difficult. But anyway, he didnt want to be treated like an idiot.
Seol Youngs face was clearly displaying such thoughts. Baek Eon smiled.
What should I say? Was that what you were thinking about? You can do it today or at the festival. Or give it to him right now if you want.
Yes.
Seol Young replied calmly and then rembered,
Zaun-rang and I. The other day, I said I wanted to et her.
Ah, right.
Baek Eon nodded.
I told you the story the last ti we ran into each other. Zaun-rang was deep in thought, and she didnt answer right away. But, since you t this ti, havent you talked?
It wasnt like
Seol Young thought and asked,
Where was the eting place?
The hermitage their family goes to. It is in the Southern Mountains. Zaun-rang visits there on special occasions to pray and give offerings to Buddha.
Ah.
Zauns face in pain crossed his mind.
Just as he ca to this place after the palace issue was solved, she also must have gone to her safe place.
And Seol Young was sure of it.
I need to stop by there.
Seol Young held the wrapped gift.
Then I will leave.
He left after saying goodbye to Baek Eon and the trainees.
A cozy hermitage buried in the mountains.
The pillars in red showed traces of ti. Considering the prestige of the family, it was a rather small and simple place that would make one feel uncomfortable.
The greenery was thick under the sky, and the insects were chirping.
Sowhere in the back, a monk was reading sutras and tapping on a wooden table.
Seol Young walked and stopped.
There was a stone Buddha on one side of the hermitage.
Zaun was bowing with her palms together, and the face of the Buddha was weathered by the winds and looked softer. He was smiling, and his eyes were closed.
.
Seol Young watched her and pulled sothing out of his sleeve.
It was a spirit-sealing plaque.
All the twelve plaques were empty because the souls had left, but Seol Young deliberately kept them. He was thinking of asking for help, but he wasnt sure what to do with them.
And this seed like a good place.
Seol Young went to the place where the incense offerings were being held. He set the plaques on fire, and they burned along with the twelve items that belonged to the royal family.
The smoke spread.
Zaun didnt turn her gaze his way. She didnt tell him to leave, nor did she avoid him.
Seol Young put his palms together and bowed.
Please be reborn.
Listening to the sound of the insects, he thought of the people who were now dead.
When he raised his head, the things that confused his mind had disappeared.
Zaun bowed her head again to match the sound of the wooden table being tapped.
The prayer continued for a long ti, and finally, Zaun raised her head.
She didnt say anything for a mont, but then she turned her gaze to Seol-young.
Follow .
Her eyes said that, and he nodded in return.
He followed her to the back of the hermitage, where the sunlight was shining through thick trees, and in front of a certain room where she stood, the door opened.
It was a small room for the monk who lived there. The trees could be seen through the window.
Seol Young sat down, and Zaun sat on the other side.
Soon after, male and female monks ca inside carrying trays. Without a word, they prepared them so tea and left.
Everything was happening so naturally. Even though it shouldnt, it felt like this was planned beforehand.
The sound of insects, which had stopped for a mont, was heard again.
Zaun listened to the insects and then opened her mouth,
You must have sothing to offer.
Seol Young put his hand on his chest, took out the golden card the Queen had given him, and placed it on the table.
Zaun reached for it and took it. Then the card vanished into her sleeve.
You made the soul of the Princess of this Kingdom into a living soul and put her inside a doll. Not just that, but you also lured the Queen into the presence of evil spirits.
So?
Seol Young looked at her with that expression.
If I hadnt done that, how could I have saved the Princess?
It is the sa with the Queen. I just connected them because I thought I would give them what they wanted. Thats what I do, after all. I connect the dead with the living.
Zaun was silent.
He said that with the intention of questioning her intentions.
He didnt say it upfront, but he just told her in a polite way.
Or was he being defensive?
It was as if he had the intention of stabbing soone with words.
.
Zaun lowered her shoulders. And she said,
Just because a person dies, the world doesnt die with them. Only one person escapes from the vast world.
.
If you look into the mories of the dead, you might even see living people in them. You will be able to see truth, lies, and secrets. You will know everything, even the things that others do not want to know.
She mumbled.
So I hesitated, but
.
Nevertheless, I want to know.
What?
Seol Young asked with his eyes, and she said,
You said you can look into the mory of a person when they die through their keepsakes, right?
Yes.
Seol Young replied.
Zaun sluggishly raised her hand. She pulled sothing out of her sleeve and placed it on the table.
Clack.
There was a light tallic sound.
A ring.
It was made of gold and had a pattern engraved on it.
Have a look at this.
Zaun just told him that.
Whose was it? What was it? What was their story? Nothing.
Seol Young didnt ask, either.
I understand.
He reached out and picked up the ring. He put it down in front of him and paid respect to the dead.
I would like to take a look at the mories inside of this. Please allow .
He put his fingers on the ring and closed his eyes. He infused his spiritual power into it and started the mory Projection.
The mories of the dead that remained on that item began to flow.
?
Looking at those mories, he wondered,
What?
He paused the mory Projection for a mont and opened his eyes.
Zaun looked calm sitting across from him, and Soul Young asked, puzzled,
Is this really what the deceased had at the ti of their death?
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