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Beep.

Beep.

Beep, beep.

The first thing I saw with my eyes open was a white ceiling. I closed my eyes for a long time, so my eyes felt a little drenched. Baek Hyun slowly swallowed his breath while looking at the ceiling for a while. What I've just seen before. Where they were. The ones who broke up.

‘Farewell. ’

She said that and sent Baek Hyun back to the world she used to live in. Sarah finally cried, and Yuan laughed with great luck. That was the end of it.

‘Dreams... can't work. ’

Baek Hyun raised his body while smiling. I heard a rattling sound in my body. Suzanne Juhano said that when the spirit that had left returned to its original body, the body would follow the form of the soul. Baek Hyun recalls the words and looks down at his body. It was only five years since I came back to this body, but I didn't feel much difference when I was in the monastery.

‘No, but what is this? ’

Baek Hyun opened his eyes and lifted his clothes. What he was wearing was a patient's uniform. Baek Hyun looks around with his eyes wide open. There was a blatant view of the infirmary that no one could tell. It was also a one-person room that looked quite expensive. Beep, beep, beep. The sound next to him turned his head upside down in his ear, and the beating machine was making a steady sound.

“I didn't hear you say that. ”

The story told to the Leviticus is that five years have passed in contemporary times. In the meantime, Abyss appears in the world, and at the end of each month, a monster emerges from Abyss' hole.

‘... yes. You didn't tell me the most important thing. ’

I sent my teacher on board and forgot to ask her about Abyss.

"What was my body like for five years? ’

I didn't think about him while I was at the monastery. I just never imagined that I would open my eyes in a one-man room that looked expensive in a patient's outfit. First of all, Baek Hyun carefully slammed the machine against his chest. And I came down from bed to find out what was going on.

“... I'm sure it didn't come into another body. ”

At this point, I was worried that something really ridiculous might happen, but the face in the mirror on the wall was his face. Baek Hyun frowns as he touches his face.

“It's me.”

So it was even better. It's good to be back from the monastery, but why the hospital?

The question of Baek Hyun was resolved shortly after. Because I felt someone rushing this way. Apparently, a doctor or nurse came running to realize the anomaly in the infirmary. However, it was strange to feel it. Baek Hyun looks at the door of the infirmary with his head crouched. Soon after, a doctor rushed in with a surprised look, as the door to the room was opened. The doctor stares over here and stops in astonishment when he sees Baek Hyun standing.

“Uh, how? Patient... Baek Hyun? How did you... oh, no. Body? Body is fine... Oh, my God...! ”

The doctor stutters without talking to the end.

“... uh, um. I'm fine.”

“... are you sure you're okay? ”

The doctor asked Baek Hyun's answer with a worried face. Baek Hyun nodded and looked at the doctor. To determine the identity of the heterogeneous energy that I felt from the beginning. Inside her body, she felt no ‘power’ other than the endoprosthesis. It seems to be the 'power’ that Abyss receives from the Monarch.

“... well, I don't know the situation very well. Why am I here? ”

“Ah... it's not a bunch. Baek Hyun has been a plant human for five years. ”

“... a plant man? ”

“Yes.”

The doctor raises his glasses slightly over his nose with a clever expression as he says so. The main board is pretty, so whatever it is, it becomes a painting. However, Baek Hyun knew the horrible reality he was in and couldn't feel any emotion.

“I understand you've been embarrassed a lot...”

“Now... wait a minute. Wait a minute.”

“Are you uncomfortable? ”

“No... there's no inconvenience. Very well... healthy. Yes.”

Baek Hyun went to bed muttering like that and sat down.

“So, can you explain it to me so I can hear it? ”

Damn lexicon.

Baek Hyun squeezes his fist, recalling the forearm that only told him about Abyss.

The doctor's name was Lee Hee Joo. Lee Hee Joo tried to explain what happened to the world while he was a plant man before he could explain why he became a plant man.

“What is Abyss...”

“No, that's later. I was a plant man?”

I already knew what Abyss was, so I didn't need to hear more. It sounded pretty amazing that the people living in Abyss were moving out and living, but I wanted to know why the people living in Abyss couldn't come out.

“... yes. Baek Hyun, five years ago... so July 3, 2017. Around 9: 00 p.m., you lost your mind on the bus and collapsed. I was taken to the hospital by a citizen on the same bus, but I couldn't figure out the cause of the fall. ”

I also remember that day. On the way back to Gozhongwon after a part-time job. It was the day only souls were summoned to the monastery by the Leviticus.

“Since then, Baek Hyun has been unconscious and alive as a botanical human. ”

“... Hahaha. ”

Baek Hyun, who heard Lee Hee Joo's words, was ridiculous and forced to laugh. In fact, it was inevitable. The only thing that can enter the monastery is the soul, not the flesh, and the flesh that escapes becomes an empty shell and remains in this world.

If the body of Baek Hyun had disappeared from this world. When Baek Hyun returned from the Monastery to this world, the flesh would have been reconstructed. But fortunately, the body of Baek Hyun had been alive for five years as a phytoplankton.

“Why am I here? ”

“Yes?”

In response to Baek Hyun's question, Lee Hee Joo's eyes widened.

“It's kind of weird. All of a sudden I collapsed and became a plant man... that's what I know, I'm in this hospital. Are you laying there in a one-man room that looks so expensive? ”

“Ah...”

Later Lee Hee Joo laughed, understanding what Baek Hyun was saying.

“... who's paying for the hospital, you mean? ”

“Yeah, I had some money I put together, but it didn't take long. I don't think I can care for someone who doesn't know when they're going to wake up, no matter how good health insurance is, lying in a one-person room that looks so expensive. ”

“... that's true. You are responsible for any costs associated with the admission or treatment of Mr. Baek Hyun. ”

“Who is it?”

In Lee Hee Joo's words, Baek Hyun had no choice but to feel suspicious. If he had a parent or other family, he would not know, but Baek Hyun was an orphan.

“Mr. Seo Ming.”

I thought you heard wrong.

Seo Min-kik.

It's a name I don't know. The oldest of Baek Hyun's thin relationships. A bull friend who's been with me since I first went to the orphanage. The first opponent Baek Hyun fought when he was 11 years old. He left the same middle school as the same elementary school and broke up in high school, but he was constantly contacted and met every time he had a gap.

“Did the colony hit the lottery? ”

Baek Hyun asked because his fisheye was mute.

“What kind of money did he have... No way... the colony die? Life insurance, something like that? I want you to take care of me, my own insurance...”

“You must have seen a lot of drama before the accident. ”

“No, it doesn't make sense. Where's the money when the colony's gone? She was on a part-time job with nothing different than me. ”

“I don't know about Baek Hyun, but Seo Min-sik is very famous. ”

Lee Hee Joo said in a calm voice, calming the agitating Baek Hyun.

“Four years ago. When Abyss appeared, many people entered Abyss and seized the opportunity. Seo Mincolon was one of them. Seo Mincolony was chosen by 'Tempest’ among the 13 monarchs of Abyss, and since then has steadily grown its abilities and power in Abyss. And now I'm a freelance hunter. ”

At that moment, Baek Hyun's mouth opened. I had a cup or boiled Seomin-sik while I was on a night part-time Fishing Room. I can't believe that Seo Ming, who sent Katok every night because he was bored and prevented him from sleeping, became a famous freelance hunter with so few strangers.

"The colony..."

In fact, rather than that, I was touched that Seo Ming had been paying for expensive hospitals for five years. I was a bully friend, but it would never be a small amount of money, but I can't believe you gave it to me. Seo Min-hyung was a petty man who had never bought a drink from Baek Hyun before.

“... where is the colony now? ”

“... I saw that Baek Hyun had happened and I contacted Seo Ming, but I haven't heard from him. Looks like you're in Abyss. ”

“Right? I'll just go. ”

“Wait, where are you going? ”

Lee Hee Joo hastily grabbed Baek Hyun, who was trying to end the natural conversation and raise his body.

“Baek Hyun has been a botanical human for five years. In fact, I don't understand why Baek Hyun is talking to me like this. ”

“... something like this could happen. ”

“No, it can't happen. Just a few hours ago, Baek Hyun was in that bed, and I looked at Baek Hyun's condition. But...”

Lee Hee Joo glances up and down with her two eyes, blurring the end of the horse.

“... I'm embarrassed and it's too late to find out, but you've changed a lot. ”

“What is it?”

“Body. I kept it as much as I could with medicine and magic, but I can't even imagine that Baek Hyun's body is the one who lived as a botanical human for five years and just woke up. What the hell is going on...”

“It must have been a miracle. ”

“... let's do a workup. ”

“Got it.”

Baek Hyun gently nodded his head and raised his body.

“By the way, can I get something to eat before then? I'm hungry.”

“Hold on until the exam is over. ”

Lee Hee Joo replied with a chilly face. Baek Hyun was choking, returning to his palate and raising himself out of bed. He sweeps around the ward, approaching the window and looking out. The view was very good because it was a one-person room. How many floors? I thought I'd cross the 10th floor if I couldn't. Baek Hyun looked out the window and asked as if he had remembered.

“Oh, by the way. When I fell, what happened to the things I had? Cell phones, wallets...”

“Mr. Baek Hyun's belongings? ”

“Yes.”

“It's in that closet over there. Seo Min-suk said you should never throw it away. ”

At the end of the day, Baek Hyun laughed. It's because we didn't have each other. Baek Hyun approached Lee Hee Joo's wardrobe. When I opened the door, I came back from my part-time job five years ago, and the branch I was wearing was hung from the hanger. Baek Hyun reaches out and touches his clothes. Black short-sleeved tees and shorts bought in the marketplace. After five years, the clothes were intact. I touched it because my pants pockets were fluffy, and my wallet and phone were intact.

‘I owe Min Seok a lot of money. ’

Baek Hyun looked at Lee Hee Joo with that thought.

“Excuse me.”

“Yes?”

“I'm sorry.”

“I'm sorry about what...”

It was before Lee Hee Joo's words ended. Baek Hyun grabs the clothes in the closet and starts running toward the window. The eyes of Lee Hee-ju, who never imagined that Baek Hyun would do such a crazy thing, were wide open.

“Boat, Baek Hyun?! ”

Baek Hyun didn't answer. When he started running to the window, the window that was closed was wide open as if to welcome Baek Hyun. Lee Hee Joo hurriedly reached out. A green wind rises behind her back and tries to catch the body of Whitehorn. But it wasn't just Baek Hyun who was caught in the wind. He blows himself out the window without fear.

“Argh!”

I heard Lee Hee Joo's screams. Baek Hyun crashed down with a whiff of his leg. He looked a long way down without looking. Unlike the gray sky of the monastery, the sky of Seoul was blue, and beneath it was a vibrant city.

“Heh.”

Along with a short elasticity, Whitehorse's feet ran into a footless void.

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