Possessing Nothing

I crawled.

I walked.

I ran.

Moving the body was slow. Your body isn't heavy, but your strength isn't working properly. It was a series of ambiguous senses, which we did not know whether it was increasing time or increasing consciousness. At some point, Lee Sung-min waited, walked, ran, and wanted to run faster.

But I couldn't run any faster. The landscape is slow. There is no landscape in the first place. The world where Lee Sung-min was running was covered in black color. It was like a night without a speck of light, and resembled the darkness that Lee Sung-min had become accustomed to on the mountain of Mesh.

I knew you were running. Lee Sung-min wanted to fly, but he couldn't. At some point, Lee stopped without running. Then I swing the spear. Nine thousand spears at Ranachal. You follow the familiar spears with your hands and spears.

One more time.

I desperately wanted him. Lee recalled the strength he had stretched out, and tried several times to reopen it. I wanted to inflate the air and put purple sparks on the window.

It did not.

I don't know my own senses. I don't remember how it was possible. I tried a few times but failed. The internal air that was crouching before him did not move as if it were solid.

Why? Was that strength just a coincidence? Despite repeated failures, he felt desperate. At some point, I didn't grab the spear or move. More time to settle down and frustration clouds the morale. I thought it was rotting like that.

When I opened my eyes, there was a loud sound of rain. Lee looked up at the ceiling dazed. The ceiling of the wagon... was not. Lee Seong-min opened her lips and gasped for a moment, realizing that everything that had happened until ‘just now’ was a dream.

“You awake?”

You hear Scarlet's voice. Scarlet sits on a chair by the window. She takes off her glasses and covers the book she was reading.

“You. You've been down for three days.... I thought I was going to die. But he's not dead. ”

“... Where am I?" ”

I couldn't get a good voice. It seemed to be true that the whole body had been sick and upset for three days. There's no reason for Scarlet to lie about this.

“It's just a town everywhere. We don't have time to get to the city. ”

“Scarlet sent the wagon? ”

“I can drive. I hate to do it, but what can I do? You fell to drive the wagon, so maybe I should. ”

Scarlet grunts and raises his head. She glances at the rain outside the window.

“It started this morning. I think we'll stop tomorrow... But after the rain, the land isn't so good. The day after tomorrow is the best time to leave. You just opened your eyes today. ”

Scarlet talks like that and approaches Lee Sung-min.

“I tried calling the doctor of this town... but he's not very good at it. I don't have a healing wizard or a Priest. I used potions to treat the trauma somehow... but check it out first. ”

Although he was a little dazed, Lee Sung-min decided to try to move his arms according to Scarlet's words. Remembering wounds were the wounds on both palms of the hand and elbow joints, left lateral flank, and ribs.

Lee Sung-min's arms were spliced together. When Lee Sung-min looks at Scarlet, he replies with a face that doesn't look like much.

“I did it. I know how to do first aid. ”

Lee Sung-min carefully moved his arm under the splint. Even though I was a little upset, I didn't have a lot of movement. Potions do not completely heal a wound. Fractures and internal injuries can't fully heal on potions alone, although they can be effective for abrasions and cuts quickly. Nevertheless, it was fortunate that the bones stuck together without great pain.

‘No. Maybe this is also the ability of the heart? ’

Lee Sung-min didn't know exactly what the Black Heart in his body had. The only thing I have confirmed is that when taking the elixir, I can lead it to disconnection without purification. I don't know anything else.

A child with a heart like that of Lee Sung-min was different in many ways. Eine had various abilities that Lee could not do. Seeing the Vaccination Rights unfolded, it seemed to have taken away Zeon's shamanism through the heart of Zeon.

I don't know how that was possible, but Eine had many other abilities. Her arms and legs constantly changed shape and wrapped around her whole body with a firm crust. His physical ability was superior to that of the rational people, and he regenerated his wounds in an instant. In any case, they were abilities that could not be considered human.

Unlike Lee, he could not change his arms and legs, nor could he regenerate astonishingly. However, it may not be the same as the child, but it may have some regenerative power.

“I think we're good. ”

“What about the internal injuries? ”

Scarlet approaches and frees the splint tied to Lee's arms. Lee Sung-min moved his arms a little and sat down with his diaphragm on. I thought the internal injuries were pretty extensive in the battle with Eine... but the internal injuries had already recovered in three days. Even with the potion's help, it was surprisingly fast recovery.

“Why didn't you run away? ”

After a slight movement in the air, Lee Sung-min asked Scarlet. Scarlet, who sits next to Lee Sung-min, pulls a chair and gives you a hollow laugh.

“Because I didn't want to. ”

“It was dangerous, wasn't it? If you don't want to...”

“Not really. It didn't actually become dangerous.... I didn't want to run away, that's all. I didn't want to leave you. ”

He didn't want to talk about it in detail, so he didn't ask about it anymore.

“What the hell was that monster kid? Why did he come out of nowhere and attack us? ”

“... It's probably because of me. ”

Lee Sung-min replied with a small voice. Scarlet's eyebrows twitch.

“What do you mean? ”

Scarlet owes me. She could have run away from him, but chose to stay for him. Without Scarlet's help, he wouldn't have been able to stand up to Eine.

Lee sighed and told me about his relationship with Eine. Scarlet clammed his lips and listened to Lee Sung-min's story. after hearing about what happened in the dungeon and the black heart that straight people had, and maybe Aine with a heart like that. Scarlet sighs deeply and scratches his back head.

“... Somehow. I was wondering if you were seeing that psycho Kim Jong-hyun. Was it the heart? ”

“Oh... yes. ”

“You're not so bad yourself. Or should I say good luck in this case? Either way, your body is better than ever. I think it's a reasonable price to pay. ”

“Almost died? ”

“The world is full of people who want to take that risk and get a performance. You don't have to die. ”

Scarlet grunts and raises his head.

“You're lucky. It would've been easier to live with me. ”

“... Are you saying you want to come with me in the future? ”

“Why? Did you think that if I heard this, I wouldn't go with you to save my life? You've been wrong about me for a long time, haven't you? I'm not that heartless. ”

Scarlet chuckles. She raises her glasses and books on the table by the window.

“Anyway. I'm glad you don't look so bad.... I was supposed to leave after the rain stops and the ground dries up. I don't think I can afford to be so lazy when I hear about you. Let's leave as soon as the rain stops tomorrow. ”

“Oh... yes. ”

“You don't have to think about me. I have a way to protect myself, no matter how dangerous it may be. ”

Resting. Scarlet says so and leaves the room. Of course, Scarlet was staying in the other room. I was just staying in this room to take care of her.

After Scarlet left, Lee Sung-min was left alone in the room. Lee thought about what Scarlet said. I don't know why Scarlet wants to go with Lee Sung-min until he takes the risk. Scarlet himself doesn't seem to have any intention of telling you, so you won't be able to find out why.

However, there were emotional reasons for Scarlet's words and attitudes. That feeling was not like affection between men and women.

Lee stopped thinking about him. Lee Sung-min cautiously got up. It was because I was lying there for a long time, and I felt tired and frustrated. It didn't feel so good because it resembled the weight in the dream.

Reach for the window against the wall. Lee thought a lot. Most of that thought stemmed from the despair I felt in my dreams. When he grabbed the spear, he swallowed a big breath. Calming my trembling heart...

Lee remembered what he felt just before he passed out. In fact... I didn't know how to do it myself. I didn't know how to use strength. I felt clear in my head at the end of my sick thoughts and self-loathing... there.

Suddenly I was able to use my strength.

Seeing what he felt then, Seong-min pulled the internal air out of the short circuit. The air breathed into the window became a purple fog that floated around the window and the window. This is not good enough. Lee continued to blow through the air. The vibrating fog intensifies and starts clumping together. A little more. As he tried to remember his senses, he breathed more inner air.

And at some point, the fog completely clumped together. Soon it became a wobbly flame. Although it was lighter and smaller than the strength that had been reached in the battle with Eine, it must have been true that it had reached the level of strength beyond simply covering the strength.

It was also evidence that Lee Sung-min had climbed over the tallest, toughest, tallest wall of his peak. The use of strength does not make you a superhero, but every superhero uses strength. In other words, the strength was evidence that it was close to the very edge of the supernova.

‘But I'm not used to it. ’

It was inevitable. It takes too long to generate strength and requires concentration. Due to the high consumption of internal air, it is impossible to leave. First, becoming accustomed to building momentum would be a top priority for Lee Sung-min.

Lee put down the spear. And... I cried a little. When I first used my strength in the fight against Eine. Lee Sung-min thought he wanted to cry. In my previous life, I was impressed to enter a place I had never dreamed of. Those were the tears. Maybe I moved on a little bit. How far ahead. One step? Maybe half.

It doesn't matter. It is important that we move forward.

Lee Sung-min sat on his knees and continued to cry.

Outside the window, the rain was thinning.