Possessing Nothing

Sixth Pilgrimage.

The funding chosen by Lee Sung-min was a sense of smell. As with tastes, the golden taste did not apply to 'sniffing out anything’. A person can puke just by the smell of it. Lee Sung-min knew it too well. The first day of the olfactory gold. Lee Sung-min vomited several times because of the disgusting stench that was digging deep into his nose.

It was more painful to vomit on the disgusting smell than to vomit on the disgusting taste. With the taste and taste of gold blending together, the meal became more, more, and more terrible.

But I ate.

Swallowing vomit, closing my eyes, trying to ignore the taste in my mouth and the smell coming into my nose.

[Did I have to choose a sense of smell?]

Saxony asks, "Saxony is awkward." Currently, the Baek Sogo received six gold coins. The Baek So-go, whom Lee met for the first time, could not speak, could not send a beeper, and could not use his left arm. Thereafter, he received three additional funds. The current excavation did not use the left eye, and the noise in the ear drifted.

And taste.

Baeksugo knew the horror of the meal. I had to be overwhelmed. Lee Sung-min smiled and replied with a smile for the question of Baek Sogo.

[The harsher the better.]

In Lee Sung-min's words, Baek Seoin no longer asked me anything. I also know that the harder it is, the more meaningful it is. But...

Being human.

Sometimes I know the answer, but I don't choose the answer. I know it's too painful. Yeah, people do. Even if it's the right answer, if it comes with terrible pain to choose the right answer. To avoid him, choose an answer other than the correct one.

The first two gold coins she chose were her voice and her vocal chords. It didn't hurt much. Baek Sogo was not naturally that talkative, and if you need to have a conversation, you can write down and say it. I was uncomfortable with my left arm, but it didn't bother me very much. Use it instead of your right arm. The left eye was the same.

But taste and hearing were different. How horrifying it is to have senses fly like that... White Sogo was saving. To be honest, I regretted it a lot. I'd rather have a different kind of money. I regretted it.

In fact, Baek Sogo had no reason to choose such a harsh torture.

Saxony had a gift. Flam was originally an avatar of the Mesh, a crucible itself, so it's not comparable. He was also a man in the category of genius enough.

But Lee Sung-min is different. He was not a genius, so he had to suffer harshly. That's where the difference is made. Baek Sogo did not overcome the ordeal of Flam. If Lee Sung-min accepted the despair and paved his way, Baek Sogo chose to look away. It was unpleasant. Instead of the talented Lee Sung-min despairing of genius, Baek Sogo, a genius, turned away from his genius even more.

[I have something to say to the priest.]

Lee Seong-min couldn't tell Baek Sogo who Flem was. It was because of what Mesh said. Baek Sogo... must have overcome the despair of Flam. Lee Sung-min was curious about it, but he couldn't ask Baek Sogo directly.

What?

[I'm starting to get out of this mountain.]

Baek Sogo replied. He was a little... surprised, but not embarrassed. It's been over two years since the White Sogo entered this mountain. Although it may not seem like a long time in the sun, considering the suffering and talent of the mountain, it has reached its desired milestone during the two-year performance.

[I see.]

Lee took a breath and wrote letters. The smell in my lungs is disgusting. Baek Sogo leaves the mountain. If so, the only remaining old practitioner on this mountain will be an isomer.

[You and Flam. Even though it's hard for me to leave you alone.... or do you want to go out with me?]

[No, I still want to stay on this mountain.]

Lee Sung-min replied, knowing through the answer of Baek Sogo. She doesn't know who he is yet.

[… I guess.]

White Sogo nodded his head. She didn't recommend it anymore. Likewise, Lee Sung-min did not stop the white sogo. In the nature of Baek Sogo, if Lee Sung-min asked me to stay a little longer, I would definitely stay on this mountain.

I knew it would be, but didn't say it. There's got to be something to do with the Saxogo.

[Right now?]

[Yes.]

White Sogo nodded his head. Seong-min remained silent for a moment and asked.

[Maybe I'll see you again.]

[Maybe we can meet. Maybe I'll wander down the mountain... but I'll be able to meet him. Definitely.]

Saxony smiled bitterly and replied. No, we can definitely meet. In seven years' time, Seong-min will go to meet Saxony.

How long will the priests stay on this mountain?]

[I don't know.]

Lee Sung-min replied. It was supposed to be two years after entering this mountain. After two years, he planned to go to Behenger and become a mercenary.

But now I don't know. Even if you go to Behenger, you don't have to do anything right now. The only thing I could do was to settle down based on my previous memory, but I was not satisfied.

I have not yet reached my destination. Even though I could live my whole life on this mountain, I wasn't sure I could see the end of nothing, but I wanted to reach where I was aiming right now.

[... Don't overdo it.]

Baek Sogo hesitated for a long time and barely wrote down the words. The heart of the White Sogo was not comfortable. No class, no Muslim, no wizard. It's a sudden summonement to this unfriendly world. I lost my family, my friends.

Priest.

Baek Sogo looked at the young priest. It's been a year since I met you. Within a year, the young priest grew up quite a bit. Despite receiving an unpleasant taste buds, Lee Sung-min did not refuse to eat. It was to make the body mature and immature. The effort was fruitful, and Lee Sung-min has now grown to a height similar to Baek Sogo.

He seemed older than his age because he had suffered a lot. But there was still a little bit of wet tea. Baek Sogo sighed, feeling a bitter feeling.

I wanted to help a little more. I wanted to give advice beside him. In fact, until now, Saxogo has not helped Lee Sung-min and has not advised him.

I just wanted to do more.

[I'm fine.]

Seong-min wrote.

[Without Sage's help, I wouldn't have made it this mountain for months. It was because of Sage's goodwill that I could be who I am now.]

Lee Sung-min had never felt this way before in his life. Just as I was thankful to W. Hoyen, Seong-min was thankful to Baek Sogo.

[Thank you, Sage.]

Seong-min wrote. Baek Sogo remained silent and slowly approached Lee Sung-min. Baek Sogo reached out his right arm and hugged Sungmin. Lee Sung-min was embarrassed and tried to get out of Saxony's arms, but Saxogo did not let him get out.

For a while... Baek Sogo held Lee Sung-min like that. The right hand of the Baek Sogo slowly sweeps down Sungmin's back. Lee Sung-min felt the warmth of her touch, the hair of the white cow that tickles the tip of her nose, and the body of the white cow that touches her. My face is burning.

[Priest.]

Baek Sogo let go of Lee's body. Baek Sogo picked up a branch and wrote on the floor.

[The priest will be fine. Priests... are the toughest people I've ever seen.]

[What does it mean to be hard?]

[It doesn't break.]

Baek Sogo replied.

[Priest didn't give up. I met Fleam and was desperate, but I didn't give up. I... think that's great. I didn't give up, I kept trying. Priests are great.]

[Not really.]

Lee Sung-min smiled bitterly and replied. It's hard. It won't break. I think that's... wrong. How many times has Lee Sung-min been broken? I just survived the breakdown somehow.

[I'm not hard. It's been broken several times already. Maybe now and ever.]

[You don't have to be hard. I don't care if it's broken a few times. It's important that you don't get frustrated there. Priests... are amazing.]

Saxogo wrote while stirring his head horizontally.

[Priest, I don't believe in God.]

That seemed a little contradictory. This is the mountain of the Mesh. There is a god who controls trials and persecutions. I can't believe I'm walking on this mountain and still not believing in God.

[But I want to pray to God. May the Priest fulfill his wishes. May the Priest not be completely broken.]

The last thing Baek Sogo said was to put down a branch. Lee Sung-min wanted to say something more, but when she saw the Saxogo put down the branches, she stopped talking. So far, the Saxogo was a peaceful face. If we talk any more, we'll be foolish to each other.

“Of course, priest. ”

White Sogo's lips opened. The golden age is over. The left eye that was closed is opened and the left arm that was sagging moves. Baek Sogo took a slow breath. She lowered her voice a little bit, “Next time, we'll meet again somewhere. ”

I said goodbye to Lee Sung-min.

The Saxony is gone.

Since when, Seong-min ate with Baek So-go. There was always a bag of soy sauce next to Lee when he was doing the work without doing anything. Baek Sogo looked after Lee Sung-min and advised Lee Sung-min. Just as Wijihoyeon did, Baek Sogo taught Lee Sung-min a lot.

Saxony was a good man. If Wijihoyen's teachings were harsh, the teachings of Baek Sogo were kind. I do not intend to compare the teachings of the two, but the teachings were different in orientation, and they both helped the rational people a lot.

Such a bag of sogos left. Just like Ji Ho-yeon left.

Lee Sung-min quietly walked the mountain. I feel lonely... It's been a long time since I felt that way. Even when I broke up with him, I felt lonely. However, when I broke up with Ji Ho-yeon, there were others beside her. There was Hans, there was Jack, there was Lura.

But not now.

There is no one on this mountain. There were other acolytes, but Lee Sung-min didn't want to meet them. Dobby Jun and Scarlet left this mountain months ago. Today, Saxony went out into the mountains. Lee Sung-min felt that he missed people.

A man cannot live alone.

Do not stray from righteousness and justice. Don't forget the grace.

I've heard before that you must never forget grace. I... heard from Jack, a street vendor in Jenavis. A man cannot live alone. When I first heard this from Saxogo, I couldn't understand it, but now I don't.

I couldn't have lived with myself until now.

‘Ah.'

Lee stopped walking. I think of thoughts that float in my mind, one by one, and I think about them in tune. But it was already night. The body was heavy, noises in the ears and smells in the nose. Yes, it's me, not unlike usual.

But it's different.

Something changed in my mind. The wall you left standing will collapse. My mind was clear and open, and Lee Sung-min's consciousness became clear. It was a sense of liberation with a short and long run. Lee took a deep breath. There was no smell, no weight, no noise.

The world changes as "I" changes.

In loneliness and loneliness, Lee Sung-min smiled.