I'm still alive

Dawn was leaking through the curtains when I opened my eyes. Did he fall asleep? I looked at the candle that had gone out, and wrapped myself in the blanket that had been covering me. Then, exhaling his breath, he began to squeeze the screaming muscles of pain with his hands.

My physical condition is the worst. The aftermath of two days' failure to get a proper rest was now flooding in. I shook up detective Kang, who was suffering from one side, and brought him to his senses. Detective Kang also looked very pale, perhaps because he was having a hard time.

The warm food was so desperate. No, I didn't think I would have a wish if I drank a sip of water. I licked my dry lips and closed my tired eyes for a moment. It's not that far from Eden. When the sun came up completely, I had to rush off.

I got up and started looking around the brightened room again. I checked last night that there was no food and no water to drink, but there was something else I needed. I went into the kitchen and opened the drawer under the sink, and soon I could find what I was looking for.

It's a knife that gets help many times. The knife I found in the kitchen drawer had already been used for a long time, and it had been badly damaged. However, even the kitchen knife that was missing on such a day was not enough for me because I left the windows made at the convenience store on the street. I carefully wrapped my kitchen knife with newspaper in the corner.

I packed my kitchen knife and went back into the room. There, Detective Kang came to his senses and was tidying up the blankets we had covered. The bedclothes were placed fine on one side and meticulously swept away the place where we fell asleep with a dry duster that we didn't know where they came from.

I burst out laughing. It was a consideration that seemed to consider the return of the family who lived here. I know it's unlikely, but......... I began to move strangely along with Detective Kang. and removed all the dirty cloths that had been covering the door, and scraped all the dried candleplants on the floor.

Then I tore off a diary and wrote down my name and phone number there, and wrote a small letter with the reason why I had to be here and the contents of my apology. My strangely anxious mind began to calm down when I started writing letters.

And putting the letter in front of a family photo in the living room, I was ready to leave. The family will come back, and we will go back home, too. I decided to think so.

* * *

With her shy head out, Dawn fully lifted the bright sun. The snow, which was falling fiercely, stopped overnight. The world had turned into snow. We were completely out of the villa, stepping heavily on knee-deep snow.

Walking at this speed will take less than an hour to get to Eden. I marked the road to Eden's main gate with a red pen. He shrank back in the blowing biting wind. We began to walk once again the boulevard that had walked out of the alley to here.

The overpass where he was shot deliberately avoided. It could have been dangerous. It was because the fear of him still lingers. I looked all around and walked in case there was him.

It snowed a lot. Some of the guys I saw were buried in the snow. There were some stupid people who couldn't get their feet out. But I didn't want to provoke them for no reason, so I avoided them around. The snow on the feet consumes a lot of energy. I breathed out my breath, breathing hard.

When I walked for about half an hour, Detective Kang, who was following me gently, began to walk shoulder to shoulder with me. From now on, I didn't have to look at the map because I was familiar with I looked straight ahead, trying to calm my pounding heart.

Then Detective Kang, who was shoulder-to-shoulder with me, spoke quietly.

Is Eden a good place?’

'It's just a place where people live.’

Everywhere people live is the same. There was envy, jealousy, and the hope of children laughing and the comfy blanket of daily life. Of course, there are times when I'm disappointed. But when I saw Chae-yeon's smile, I wanted to protect her more.

At least Eden wasn't a paradise for me. But it's our nest that we want to be nest. Detective Kang remained silent for a long time as if savoring my vague answer, and soon mumbled and talked again. He looked worried about something.

"I'm sure Dong-yoon's party is all be fine, right?’

I nodded without hesitation. I also confirmed that the party had escaped safely from the hiding place I had hidden, and there was also a radio that I gave to Yong-pal. And most of all, I believed in my party. It must have reached Eden safely.

Why are you suddenly asking me this, by the way? I answered him.

Why, are you nervous?’

'......I'm just worried.'

Detective Kang answered bitterly and gave a long breath. There was a mixture of relief in his face that he had now reached the front of Eden and anxiety that he had to settle down in a new place. It made me laugh strangely to think that a man who escaped that hellish place was anxious about this.

'You'll do well.’

If it were an average person, he wouldn't have been able to follow up here. Although he showed a frustrating aspect, it's only for a short time. Detective Kang, who played his part in the crisis, will soon adjust to Eden and the ruined world.

At my dry cheering, Detective Kang nodded with a puzzled look. But he opened his mouth to see if he wanted to say more. I repeated closing it, but soon I closed my mouth and started walking again looking forward. And we walked the road for a while without any danger and soon found Eden's main gate.

Arrived.

* * *

Is it normally that crowded?’

'Not normal.'

The closer the front gate of Eden came, the louder was the buzzing noise. Before the law that making sounds is like dying, Eden had always kept silent. But what is this situation right now? Eden's main gate was tightly closed, and in the future there were many people gathered.

A man in front of the crowd was shouting at the guard tower, and the guards were pointing guns at the crowd, which was unusual for each other. But the crowd in front of Eden didn't even carry weapons, so I approached closely.

You're really screaming at your own will. Even if it wasn't like a gunshot, if it was this loud, it could have brought the people around. He must have been anxious to die. However, the screaming man struggled with his mouth as if he didn't care.

"Bitch! Why isn't it working?"

But the guards pointing guns at the guard tower did not answer, only glaring at him. Looking closely, the combination of these groups is very strange. Just as many families gathered, the gender ratio was balanced, and there were even many elderly people and children.

And most of them were pale-faced, long-starved. The man screaming in front of him was shaking his legs, unlike his loud voice. Perhaps his physical strength reached its limit.

Looks like it's a bunch of survivors, but Eden won't open the door? No matter how many tramps come in, it is not an organization that is inclined to let it be dangerous here. I approached there slowly once, and soon the eyes of the crowd turned to me.

"Who are you...….’

They began to tremble automatically, wary of me who came into sight. It's familiar to watch out for other groups of survivors. The men took out the weapons each was holding, and the women hid the children behind them. I put my hands up to show that I have no intention of attacking.

'Calm down! I'm with Shelter here.’

Then the men flinched and looked at each other's wits, and the women and children were still hiding themselves and wary of me. A sigh came out of itself. I had no choice but to sneak past them and approach the guard pointing a gun.

'This is a vagrant task force. Please open the door!'

The guard who heard my cry shook the gun finely. After thinking about it for a long time, he took out a radio from his pocket and started to make a lot of noise. But the guard, who was answered by the other side, pointed the gun at me again.

'The team returned a day ago! Don't mess with me!'

Mischief? My forehead frowns, and my expression turns ugly. We've come all the way here through that mortal crisis......... To be treated like this at the door, anger soared at the same time as sorrow. I replied lastly, chewing my teeth hard.

'Kwak Dong-yoon, the vagrant team! Hit the radio!'

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh!!

But before I could hear the security guard's answer, a scream from the crowd hit my eardrums. I was surprised, too, and the guard who was pointing at me was startled and dropped the gun. Detective Kang came to me in a hurry and shouted loudly, pulling his clothes as if to run away soon.

"Wow! Those bastards are coming!"

I looked around in a hurry, and soon I could find them coming here from afar. Ten? Fifteen? Did you hear the yell? Fortunately, it wasn't a lot of numbers, and it was a number that could be handled quickly with the right weapons.

However, it was impossible now without the equipment and stamina to use as a weapon. If you stay here, you'll all die. I looked up at the guard in a hurry and pounded the front door with both hands.

Are you going to kill them all?! Open the door!!'

As they came, the guard seemed to be embarrassed. However, he looked worried and shook his eyes as he might not be able to decide right now. I was frustrated to see the expense of worrying even at this urgent moment. We're all going to die. We're all going to die!

They're really good. When I kept swearing and telling him to open the door, the guard eventually chose humanity over orders.

He closed his eyes tightly and looked back and made a gesture to open the door, and the moment I saw the gesture, I felt weak all over. A sigh of relief came out of his mouth.

But at that moment a man, who did not know when he came, held the guard's hand to stop the order, and soon looked down at me and murmured quietly.

'My boss told me never to open it. Get out of here.'

The orchid let out a boiling rage.

"Hey, you son of a gun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As soon as all the people at the guard tower turned away from us, I felt something cut off from my head and wanted to hit them with a gun. But Detective Kang, who was listening to the conversation next to me, quickly approached and led my body.

Run for now! Come on!'

Run? Yeah, run and you can live. By the way, can they live in front of the door to door? With that poor weapon and that falling man? I can live if this door opens.

I've been thinking nothing about it. They, who died on the street, thought they were people I couldn't save, and had constantly comforted themselves. But the images of those people who bowed to me when I left the earth did not leave my dream.

I didn't want to pretend to be okay anymore. I'm glad I'm alive, I didn't want to deceive my mind. It's painful. I hate it. I didn't want to see people die anymore. I'd rather admit that I'm such a stupid person.

They can live by opening the door.

I instinctively took the kitchen knife out of my bosom. Then he hurriedly pulled out the newspaper, pushed Detective Kang and shouted in haste.

'If the door doesn't open, get everyone ready to run away!’

Detective Kang's expression hardened. But even at dangerous moments, he listened to my instructions without hesitation.

They open their hands, and they run like crazy towards this side. I really don't have time now. I instinctively kicked my feet in front of the crowd, and soon grabbed the kitchen knife and lifted it forward. One? Two? How much can we deal with?

Their teeth shine sharply, and gray eyes make my body shrink. I screamed, I tried to shake off that fear. And I aimed my knife at the guy running to me and prepared for a collision.

Dong-yoon!

But I didn't collide with him.

Because, at the same time as the voice calling me, a bolt flew into his head.

Time begins to pass slowly.

The flying Bolt broke his head, and soon the following ones began to fall on the floor one by one. When I found it, I felt weak all over my body, and I ended up sitting there. All tension and fear escape from my body.

Turning his head weakly, an old man with a bandage around the guard tower stood with a crossbow.