Egret

Her name is Ricky.

This year, Ricky, who became thirteen, was born in Midgard's only season, Spring.

Even in spring, there was no change in the climate created by the actual natural environment. Always at the same temperature, the same weather, under the same sky, the child was born and raised for 13 years.

‘Ricky.'

From the first moment I had a memory, Ricky's family was just one father. My father had no time to feel lonely at all because he cared for my child with love.

Ricky's father, who was a very competent inventor, made friends with machines for his children. So Ricky was happy.

‘You know, what if I don't have a dad? ’

One day, when Ricky asked me that, my father smiled and replied.

‘No, but why not? You know Ricky, he's strong. ’

‘Yes, but people die when they get older. If I had lived so long and turned 100, I wouldn't have a father. ’

"Oh, my God, Ricky. ’

My father, who embraced the depressed child, insisted:

‘Then Daddy will live to be 120. ’

‘Er...? ’

"When Ricky dies at 100, you die at 120, and when Ricky dies at 200, you die at 220. ’

Wheat-eyed pupils resembling each other faced their gazes in the air.

‘I promise you, I will never die first. Then you're relieved, right?'

"Really?"

"Have you ever lied to me before? I'm on your side until the moment I die. Ricky, I'm not leaving you alone. ’

However, that promise was already broken two years ago.

Ricky murmurs in the wake of his dreams.

“...... Liar. ”

You lied to me about not lying. You lied about never dying first. Everything was a lie, even the promise not to leave me alone.

I woke up, but I didn't want to snap a finger. The helplessness that comes every morning since the accident two years ago still curls my whole body up like a fuzzy cocoon.

Roadlock.

I woke up, but I heard a door open in Ricky's ear that was still closed. It wasn't even the familiar doorbell I used to hear at home, and now there was no more family for the child.

An intruder with such defenseless footsteps? Ricky, who was panicking, soon regained a straight consciousness that was half-asleep.

‘No, I'm not an intruder, I'm in a strange place. This isn't my room bed. ’

The blanket was too thin to disturb and the pillow was too high to be comfortable. I had a dream that I didn't want to dream about, so I couldn't remember what happened to my head rumbling like I got hit hard in the back.

Ricky opens his eyes and looks at the stranger's behavior. The other person was approaching the bed at the same time.

What are you trying to do? ’

Fortunately, the opponent was bare handed. Moreover, even though he was a little older, he didn't seem very different from Ricky himself.

I do not know what his purpose is, but I have decided that there will be no crowd to overcome him. Ricky made sure that the transparent ankle he was walking around with was in good position in case of this.

Ricky rolls up as the opponent flies through the gap reaching for the duvet. Then, the invisible ankle was inflicted with magical power according to the trained moves.

Oh, my God!

“Don't move. ”

At some point, the ankle turned into a gun. Ricky threatens him with a tone that looks as dirty as possible with a gun to the head of a stranger.

“If you try hard, I'll shoot you. Just answer the question. ”

“ ……. ”

“Who are you? ”

It's early dawn that hasn't dawned yet, so I can't see the opponent's face. With his head in the gun, a calm voice flows out.

“Challenger.”

“Challenge. Challenge me what? ”

“I'm here to see Sioux, not you. ”

“Sichup?! ”

Suddenly, Ricky swallows Hiik's breath in a scaled conversation. A stranger who introduced himself as a challenger to Sichup, even though he had a bullet in the back of his head.

“And he almost got hit by a road race with a machine you can't handle. ”

“What?”

“If it wasn't for this kid, he'd be dead. ”

Krrrr!

I heard a horrible sound coming from below. The blue wolf, who didn't even know it was there at first, was standing beside the boy, revealing sharp fangs.

Ricky flinches his shoulders in such a vicious position as to rush in and bite him right away.

‘Road racing…… almost hit……. Ah!’

I remembered. Ricky comes to his senses and lowers the gun to the ground without a mac.

“That's right. The number two went crazy, and I couldn't stop, so I thought you were really dying, and all of a sudden, a lot of people showed up in front of you. ”

“Do you remember?”

“But what happened after that..! ”

Ricky tries to ask with a confused face, and the light, like a crescent, shines through the darkness.

Per billion!

Affordable pain struck Ricky's right hand. At the same time, the missed gun fell to the ground, circling all the way to the wall.

Even before Ricky could figure out what he was attacked by, the long road completely revealed a glowing day. That was the moment I was headed straight for Ricky's neck.

“That's it, Edan. ”

“…… Yes. ”

Edan succumbed neatly to one of his masters. However, he only took the sword and still did not have a cool look at Ricky.

Ricky, who suddenly appeared and almost flew his throat to the swinging sword, hesitated to sit on the floor with his bloody face on the ground.

“I'm sorry to startle you. There's something wrong with you pointing a gun at me, so be careful in the future. ”

The sun was about to explode. Moisture and sunshine spread through the windows in the awkward room.

The boy's golden eyes, revealed in dim sunlight, gently looked at Ricky.

“I'm sorry. ”

Ricky bows his head and apologizes.

“Ugh, I'm so sorry. I know that I was kidnapped while I was sleeping..... ”

“It's okay, baby. Don't worry about us any more. ”

The boy, Judas, looked glazed. Ricky, who saw the smile, forgot that he was apologizing and looked at him.

Even though there were no similar corners at all, it was a strange smile that came to mind.

After a while, at dawn, everyone who was staying at the listing gathered in one place.

Ricky, who got caught up in a strange encounter with Judas' group, glanced at the warm milk. The place they stayed overnight was a large accommodation in a nearby city. The room was spacious enough to accommodate more than ten people.

Ricky became extremely embarrassed when he heard that Judas had taken care of Ricky who fainted in a runaway machine device without any boundaries.

Eun-ji didn't know, and he started shooting, so he almost didn't have anything to say even if he was knifed by his hand.

‘By the way, he's a challenger of Sichup and he's very relaxed. ’

I thought we were going to have an operation meeting together, and everyone was adding jam to the bread.

Sometimes it wasn't uncomfortable except Edan had a chilly look on his back. I just looked relaxed like the people who came on the trip.

Ricky steals Judas with his lips soaked in milk.

“Master, can I bread Fluby? ”

“If you give me too much, I'll lose it, so just give it to me properly. ”

By it, Gaya tore the bread to pieces and gathered it over the palm of her hand.

It was a heterogeneous appearance among a group of people from Lubarzan. Ricky saw his black hair, peach skin, and a wide outfit, making it easy to guess that he was from defrost.

I wanted to hear him call himself the master of Judas, but his attitude was not arrogant.

Although respectful of its owner, it was not at all a passive move, waiting only for the politeness and command that the slave must have.

‘I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, I mean, attitude, I mean, you two are like friends. Is it a concept?’

Goya fell asleep and became a maniac who liked the unusual concept in Ricky's head.

“Fluvi. Let's have breakfast. ”

“Cough.”

Flubby, who had already been beside Gaya since he was tearing bread, flirted and followed the sound of the dove, shaking his tail.

Ricky couldn't get his eyes out of the sight.

‘Strange creature……. ’

It was a dragon that came out of the legend without honor, but it was as small as a chicken. The cub of the beast cries with a sound similar to that of a cricket, but it also follows the sound of a pigeon as it is now.

Ricky, who had never met a wildlife in a human-dominated Midgard, was as surprised as Fluvi, who had an unusual scent.

“Fluvi's clan name is Wyvern. ”

“Cock!”

Ricky was not drinking with his lips soaked in milk, but was stunned and rolled up in the sand. Judas smiles with regret as he looks at Ricky, who is trying so hard to keep his mouth shut and not to emit milk.

“Oh, my God, are you okay? ”

“Uh, uh, yeah. ”

Ricky used an ambiguous reconciliation method that was neither respectful nor open-minded. At first, he was rude to think he was an intruder with bad intentions, but there was no reason to continue to treat him as a savior.

He was a little older and Judas seemed to be the leader among the group. Then, the esteem that I had never used in my life hovered around in my mouth.

In addition, he had a strange atmosphere, such as his age or status, that he had to leave.

“Hey, you said you were going to see Sichup, right? ”

Ricky said as he wiped the milk running on his mouth with his sleeve. Judas nodded quietly, although it was a mediocre way of reconciliation.

“Me, too.”

“Hmm?”

“I've been looking for Sichup, too, for two years. ”

As soon as it was over, Baikal did not put butter on the bread but stumbled into it.

“The location of Sichup is unknown even among the Midgardians? ”

“Of course. Sioux is the one who has all the freedom in Midgard. You don't have a reason to tell me where you are. ”

“I do. If you reveal your location, people will be very annoying. ”

Judas also understood that such behavior of Sichup. It is also because he lived in his former life without informing people of his position as if he were tired of running away.

It's been more than 17 years since Igrett died, but people still believe he's alive. And there were certainly those who did not give up the search for Igret in the Lubarzan Empire, just like the Midgards who are now searching for Sichuan.

As Judas swallowed up his bitter smile, he asked Ricky again.

“But what's a kid like you looking for? ”

“He's the only one who has eternal life. ”

Ricky answered without a hitch.

“I'll find it and I'll figure it out. ”

His wheat-eyed pupils roar with a strong desire.

“How to live eternal life. ”

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