King of Shadows

Lin hugged him without even trying, but he pushed her away like that. When she arrived at the hospital room with Lindsey, she greeted Su-hyeon, then approached Lindsey eating an apple delightfully.

I came to ask you, "Are you okay?" I don't think you should. "

When he approached the chair and sat down, he looked at Lindsey. The bandaged shoulder is noticeable, but it looks fine. The color was good and the movement did not look uncomfortable.

"Who...?"

"It's Sihyun."

"Then why is it like that? It's hard."

"Don't worry about it, it's a slow recovery."

Shi Hyun shakes his hand as if he didn't want to say it, and throws a fruit basket he bought as a medical greeting gift. Lindsey was delighted with Sihyun's visit and pouted her lips. She had already noticed the identity of him a long time ago.

"You got hurt because of me. Grandpa told me everything. I'm only gonna say this once, so listen up. Thank you..."

Lindsey bowed her head to him with the expression described above. He was thankful a few times for his reckless wind.

"... What are you talking about?"

"You're the one who stitched up my wound in the shadows in the first place. You saved our guild members in heterotopia..."

"So?"

"What's wrong with that? I knew you were the pioneer who was called the King of Shadows. Those things in the heterotopia were never a man-made area to deal with. There's only one person in Korea with that kind of power in the shadows, right?"

"I see you used a shadow."

Sihyun remembered that something like that happened too late. At that time, he didn't even think that the emergency measures taken under the commitment to save Lindsey would come back like this, but he just drove a tear.

"I'm sorry. Lindsey clearly remembers the sight of you in the shadows, and I have no excuse for it."

She bowed her head, and she shook her hand.

"It's okay. It doesn't matter how many people you know."

Approaching Lindsey, Lin looks at her and quietly mutters.

"Miss Lindsey, I don't want you to talk nonsense. I wish you would just pretend like you didn't know. She has a lot to worry about besides that."

Lindsey naturally nodded her head as she saw Lin's face speaking with a bright smile. It was because I found elegance and dignity in Lin that she lacked in herself. It was also because of a feeling of intimidation that could not be expressed in words.

When she saw Lindsey's shoulder wrapped around the bandage moving freely, she sighed for relief. It's because her recovery was faster than I expected.

"Still, it's a miracle we ran into them and ended up that good."

Sihyun was genuinely pleased with Lindsey's rebirth. It was because I didn't need to hear that someone I knew was dead, and I didn't need to see the face of controversy that made me sad about it.

"Yeah, I'm fine, as you can see. I was able to get out early. The problem is the guild members."

Lindsey bows her head with a solemn expression. Her guild members encountered giant fishermen in a devastating heterotopia have suffered heavy casualties. The whole guild stopped for a while because of that.

"Four of the guild members are dead, and most of them suffer from sequelae. I can count on a healthy person. No one knows how many days it will take for the guild members to heal."

Lindsey clenched her two fists and vomited. It was because there was one person who came to her mind now.

"Kedum is the most pressing of all."

"Kedum?"

Sihyun tilted his head. I knew Kedum was the son of Karidom and a pioneer II, but I didn't hear what was happening to him. Lindsey, who saw her face full of curiosity, opened her mouth to unravel his question.

"Kedum lost his original form because of them."

"Sounds like you've become a monster."

"Yes, I haven't changed my mind, but I've become no different from them."

In Lindsey's statement, she scratched her head. I knew deep-sea people were going to use humans as sacrifices, but I had no idea that pioneer II - Kedoom - was an ally.

Is there a reason why I had to do that? The thought of passing unnaturally woke him up. It's because I think Kedum, among the sacrifice-survivors, may know something about its existence. There was no basis, but an infinite number of extremely developed senses shouted.

"I'd like to meet him."

After saying goodbye to Lindsey, she left the room with Lynn. Opportunity raised concerns while walking beside him.

"Are you sure? I think you're the bigger deal. You don't need to rest, do you?"

"It's okay, professor. Recovery is going smoothly."

"Then that's a relief."

"More importantly, where is Kedum? If I'm right, I think I'm at the Hetero Response Center."

"Precisely. I'm working on ways to restore him myself."

He smiled brightly when he heard the words of support. It seemed like things would go easier than I thought.

/134

When Sihyun and Rin arrived at the 5th Lab at the Hetero Care HQ, Karidom fell in shock. It was because Bererosa remembered that she had read the memory-base. Lin notices what he was thinking, even with the look on his face, looking at him coldly.

"Don't look at me like that because I don't eat. If Bererosa finds out, we'll get over it. There's no way out of her eyes anyway. It's weird wanting you to do that."

"... Ha, but that's not why I'm here, is it?"

"I've heard that Kedum, your son, is in trouble. Apparently, you've changed?"

As soon as Sihyun spoke about Kedum, Karidom was choked. Before I asked him why his body became smaller, I ate a big bowl.

As Sihyun said, Kedum was in an unspeakable state. Bondi was a 'mortal'. Unlike ordinary humans, they had gills and clear skin, but when they wore gloves and hats, they looked like humans.

But now Kedum has a body that cannot be hidden by such disguises. It was a burdensome change to fit into other people's baskets.

"What brings you to Kedum?"

"You don't have to take a sunny attitude. I just have a few questions."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"I believe that."

Soon after he walked to a quiet place in the lab, he was able to see a room installed inside the room. Kedum enters the room with glass everywhere. There were irregular rows of machines all around the room watching for anomalies and stools.

"You really look like a deep sea person."

As he approached the transparent room, he saw Kedum turn into a deep-sea person. Green scales and unusually long arms. Even though the developed gills and rakes were characteristic of the deep sea, it was no exaggeration. It was completely different from what it looked like inside Grandeliol.

Knock, knock. He tapped the glass wall lightly.

"I want to talk to you."

"I have nothing to say, so go."

Kedum growls low. After two days of scrutiny, his enthusiasm and enthusiasm disappeared. But he didn't give up.

"If you tell me a special story, I'll give you a special gift. What do you think?"

"What do you want to talk about?"

"For example, what about that story you heard in Heterotopia-"

When Sihyun said that, Kedum quickly lost his will. I have met it hundreds of times. No matter how sincere he was, it was clear that the other party would not accept it.

Kedum sighs coldly.

"Hmph, I'm sure I'd be fooling around, but why would I tell you?"

"You mean what you experienced with someone else?"

"Yes, I did. But all he came to me with was contempt and ridicule."

"What did you talk about?"

"..."

"Why don't you say something deceptive? If you say it one more time, it won't change. And by the way, I can confidently say I'm a serious, caring audience."

"Listen and don't kick your tongue. I want to kill him."

Kedum, who felt an unfounded sense of trust in his words, grumbled and uttered with his mouth what had happened to him. I spilled everything I heard and experienced in the cognitive assembly.

Great Old One. The demonstration of the 'cosmic statue' running through space, space, dimensions and dimensions felt like a blocked wall. It's because I finally realized where Dagon and many others came from.

"..."

After finishing the story, Kedum thought that Sihyun would make fun of himself. There were some absurd words and terminology that he heard.

"Does that make you laugh? Do you think I'm crazy about what happened to me in heterotopia?"

"No, I know you've had a very rare experience."

"Do you think I'm telling the truth?"

"Yes, he will. I told you the truth, didn't I?"

Through Yuyamuya, the demonstration that stood at the boundary of matter and antimatter passed through the transparent glass wall completely. Kedum looks at the sights, forgetting to breathe.

"I've told you a special story, so I'll give you a special gift as promised."

I repeated the clumping as the shadow shifted in his hands. Suddenly, the shadow, which was floating like liquid, formed a single shape. It was a dull black bracelet.

But Kedum could not keep his mouth shut. It was because I watched the crude bracelet form before my eyes.

"Is this...?"

"Shadow Bracelet. I'm in it. It's not bad."

Kedum frowned on his words, but remembered that he was a guest brought by his father, Khalidom, and put the Shadow Bracelet on his wrist without any worries.

"Ugh?!"

At the same time, a miracle happened. Kedum's body began to shrink like before. Kedum can't hide his chest from the dramatic changes that are taking place in his body. How much time has passed. Kedum looks down at his body with his eyes full of surprises.

Height and face. Body and character. It was all the body of a pioneer II in his memory. The bracelet of shadow that contained the mystery of the 'Eternal Being' restored Kedum's body to its original state.

"Ah, ah..."

Kedum was moved and unable to speak as he thought he would never be able to recover it.

"If you don't take off your clothes in vain, you'll be able to live as before."

Carrydom blushed his eyes as he watched the scene beyond the transparent glass wall. He also expressed his gratitude and admiration for his ability.

"Thank you, thank you."

/135

Lin hugged a seventh grader who was young. When I was a child, my body, which was not that big, was pinched in Lynn's arms. Lin hugged him in a pose that looked like a bear, rubbing his cheeks with his cheeks.

"Heehee."

"You laugh like a man."

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