The Live

Immediately after killing Pafnir, Yoon Jae felt his mind drifting into another cozy place.

What's going on here? Yoon Jae later realized that he was closing his eyes.

I hesitated to open my eyes strangely. But I couldn't keep my eyes closed forever.

As I slowly opened my eyes, the world I was standing in was made of two colors.

“Why am I… here……. ”

The sky was blue, and the earth was white and fluffy.

There were clouds underneath and the sky above. It was a world of two colors: sky blue and white.

It was intuition, but I could tell. It was neither the world he lived in nor the world he lived in. It was another world, completely different from those two worlds.

Suddenly, my whole body felt empty.

Yoon Jae looked around his body.

Later, I realized why I was feeling this empty.

“Ah……. ”

The power is gone.

It was the same with the arrogant confidence that I was able to cut Paphnir with my fingertips just now. The emptiness that had lost everything brought unspeakable emptiness.

Suddenly, Yoon Jae, who had a crazy thought somewhere, opened his hands. The Holy Grail was still in hand.

[How was it?]

I hear voices.

It was a strange voice. No, it was hard to call it a voice.

It felt like the letters were coming into my head. There was no loud, small or high voice, but Yoon Jae could tell who it belonged to.

“Holy...? ”

[How was it?]

Asks the same question and prompts an answer. How should I deal with this situation, rather than thinking about it, I felt I had to understand the intention of the question first.

Fortunately, it was not difficult to know what the Holy Spirit was asking. If you're asking me what I was like in this situation....

“…… sweet. ”

The Holy Grail is showing off.

Asking him what he thinks of his power.

It was like a child. You have an obvious answer and you ask a question or you urge an answer.

Suddenly, I remembered that sometimes the pieces felt like children.

The sculpture was a byproduct of the Holy Grail. In fact, they were the same thing.

You don't have any childish personality, Yoon Jae asked, thinking so.

“Is it over? ”

It was a rhetorical question, but fortunately, the Holy Grail did not know what the question meant.

[Yes, it's over. What are you gonna do now?]

“How?”

[Tell me what you want. I'll take anything.]

Finally, the moment I longed for came. But strangely, I couldn't find the words I wanted out of my mouth.

Why? The reason was soon to be known.

[If you want, you can just have the same power, or even more.]

At the words of the holy gospel, Yoon Jae recalled the moment when he was beating Paphnir.

At the last moment, I felt like I could do anything with just one finger. No matter how helpful the Holy Spirit was, he still couldn't believe he did it.

[Immortal, creation and extinction, time and dream. You can make impossible things possible that no one can handle.]

The voice of the Holy Grail felt sweet.

[You can do anything. You can have anything. If you want, you can beat up dozens or thousands of dragons like that bugger.]

I wasn't exaggerating. It was true.

If you had the same power just now, a dragon like Pafnir was nothing. Dozens of them can be swept away at once with just a finger.

Absolute omnipotence, God-like power and power that makes impossible possible.

All the words that used to describe the Holy Grail don't feel empty anymore. No, it felt inadequate.

Yoon Jae felt the power ‘directly. ’

‘What should I say... about this?' ’

I really felt like I was God.

It feels really sweet and superior, hard to express in words. Now that the feeling was gone, it felt as if the world was gone.

[If you want, you can have this power forever.]

Forever.

At that, Yoon Jae's heart thumped. Drug-like sweetness made me feel like I had no idea.

The same power...... Forever?

I imagined.

He is forever surrounded by such power. No, maybe more. The Holy Grail only lent me a little power.

[Choose now. You only have one choice.]

“I……. ”

I was thinking about the Holy Grail in my hand.

Zahar's words come to mind.

‘Did I tell you not to lose to temptation...?' ’

Indeed, it was the sweetest temptation of all. For a moment, Yoon Jae was taken by the power and almost turned over his choice.

‘Maybe……. ’

The overwhelming and sweet power I felt when I defeated Paphnir.

I thought it might be the beginning of temptation itself. Somehow, after obtaining the Holy Grail, they didn't bring it here right away.

It is the same object, but different emotions were mixed in Yoon Jae's eyes looking at the Holy Grail. In order to sow the sweet temptation, Yoon Jae struggled to bring out negative thoughts into his mind.

“Because of this……. ”

I fought so hard to get my hands on this. I have seen many people die. There is no respect for a man's life. Each and every one of them was equally precious.

“Holy shit. ”

This was not something that deserved such a noble and sacred name. Such a blessed name was not suitable.

Yoon Jae recalled the days when he fought over the Holy Grail. I remembered those who died to hold it, those who allowed me to come to this place.

And finally…….

‘Eungyeong, Mina. ’

Family.

I think of the family I love more than anything else in the world.

The moment you choose this, you abandon them. Zahar also said he made the wrong choice, not overcoming temptation.

Yoon Jae, who closed his eyes and thought, was able to cast off the temptation of the Holy Spirit.

Above all, the moment I thought of my wife and daughter, it was already over. Until just now, my heart was so calm that I was shaken.

Yoon Jae gave me an answer that he had been thinking about for a long time.

It was a wish that had already ended with Zahar.

“I……. ”

- Dragons are not affected by the Holy Grail. The system they built did that to themselves. If you want to meet your family and destroy this world...... there's only one way.

“I'm going back.”

Dragons are unaffected by the power of the Holy Grail. That's the system of the world. Principles that remain unchanged.

Even if you go back in time, the dead dragons will not be resurrected. On the contrary, if Yun Jae returned to the past, the dragons who survived would have realized that Yun Jae had taken the Holy Grail and returned to the past.

That's why Yoon Jae needed to kill all the dragons before returning to the past.

In the past, everyone who has died in a fight until now, but the dragons, on the other hand, will be dead.

You want to go back?

There was no need to tell me exactly when and where I was going back.

The Holy Grail already knew Yoon Jae's heart. He knew what he was thinking.

“Yes, I'm going back. I'll go back...... and meet my family and come back here. And that's when I'm going to make sure no one else dies, and I'm going to destroy this world so we can all go back. ”

Are you sure you want to do that again?]

“Yes."

[Isn't that hard? You've done enough, haven't you? What's the price for your efforts?]

“That's enough for me. ”

In the beginning, there was only one thing he wanted.

“So don't hurt my mouth, come on. ”

Yoon Jae was the one who was pushing.

The Holy Grail was silent for a while. Yoon Jae suddenly felt anxious.

Is something wrong? It was after a long time.

[I like you, too.]

“What?"

[Selfish, righteous, after a cause. You don't hesitate to kill someone, but you value someone's life with no respect. So you don't seem to know it very well, but it's easy to know. Because you only know one.]

He seemed to know the Holy Grail.

Yes, Yoon Jae nodded.

You only know one thing. I ran all the way here just to see that one.

The Holy Grail seemed to like it. It was a moment to understand why the Holy Spirit chose him.

[I'll grant you your wish. And please, see you again.]

Fath-

The world turned white.

Yoon Jae stood still. What was changing was the landscape around it.

The world turned white and came back in color. It was the moments that Yoon Jae had lived through.

What life he had lived, it became a landscape and quickly passed by. You can see what your life is going to be like in the past.

At some point, the consciousness went away.

The scenery that was passing by was reflecting a much older past, after the first moment that it entered the world behind it.

* * *

I felt numb.

In front of him, there was a familiar building. A small apartment building in Anyang, Gyeonggi-do. It was his house.

‘Why am I here... …. ’

I was stunned for a moment, and a lot of videos passed by like panoramas in my head.

I remembered.

Why you're here.

“No way... No way... ”

Yoon Jae examined her outfit.

A white t-shirt in a black suit. It was the outfit I always wore when I came to work.

The day was a little cold like early autumn. The sunset is almost over. Seeing the time stamped on my wrist, it was less than 7 o'clock.

Maybe it's time to go home.

I was going to work and work again as usual.

Yun Jae suddenly realized that he was holding something in his hand.

It was a diary.

‘Journal, diary... …. ’

The journal my wife gave me.

I couldn't hold this for nothing. Yoon Jae lifted his head and started walking quickly.

Jubbuck, Jubbuck...

I can't help it if I have so many eyes.

Tak, Tadadadak-

Yoon Jae jumped as hard as he could. I felt like running. But it didn't work out.

The people stare at Yoon Jae, who is running around in a frenzy, leaving her bag behind. However, Yoon Jae didn't feel their gaze at all.

“Huff, huff-”

Yoon Jae arrived at the front door and breathed harshly.

It's really all coming back. I felt like I had a dream about the magic and the sculpture that was filling my whole body.

But…….

‘It's not a dream. ’

I could be sure. It was too vivid for a dream. The horrific sadness of my wife and daughter's death, and the days to meet them again.

I clearly remember myself.

‘If you really came back in the past...' ’

Gulp -

Yoon Jae was more nervous than ever. You take a deep breath, then press the doorbell next to the door.

Ding-dong.

Muscles, Muscles...

Heart rate was faster than ever. One second, two seconds. Time passed slowly. It felt like a moment was eternal.

At this moment, Yoon Jae closed his eyes and prayed earnestly.

Please……

“Who are you?”

A familiar voice fades from behind the door.

It's her.

Thump, I felt my heart sinking. My body is stiff and I can't hear a voice. I felt a dream underneath my feet when I was standing. You seem to be standing on a cloud softer than a cloud.

“Who are you?”

The voice inside is getting closer.

Beyond this door, there she is.

I opened my lips, which were biting tightly.

“Th-that's me... ”

“Yes?”

“It's me.”

His voice was small, but it was the loudest voice Yoon Jae could make right now.

But the voice definitely went through the door. Chug, chug, chug. Along with the old doorbell I heard a long time ago, I can see the face I've been waiting for.

“I did it again. Why are you standing there if you're not coming in? Forgot your password?”

What are you doing, you little bruiser?

It was a scene of daily life that was so natural. She comes back here after work, and she goes home first and waits for herself at home.

Whimpering -

I felt overwhelmed and couldn't do anything.

Eunkyung looked at Yun Jae's face and asked.

“What's the matter? Hey, what's going on? Why is your face... ”

Width -

One step closer, Yoon Jae hugged her. No, I did.

Like a child, I was asked to hold me.

“I missed you. ”

I really, really missed you.

Thousands of times, tens of thousands of times more. I miss you. I miss you. No one listened, no one could tell.

But…….

“I… really missed you……. ”

I can tell him now.

Without having to close the wide open porch, Eungyeong pulls Yoon Jae harder into his arms.

She seemed to know without saying.

Yoon Jae was speaking.

Comfort me. It's been really, really hard.

“Me, too."

It was pointless, but she didn't ask Yun Jae why.

The word "I miss you" is enough to say "I miss you too."

“I missed you, too. ”

I felt like saying what I wanted to say so much, and every single word I came back made me feel all rewarded.

Tears poured out for happiness, not sorrow. I could tell. Right now, I feel happier than anyone else in the world.

“Ava?”

An angel more beautiful than any child in the world walked out from the porch late, not yet pronounced.

“Ava!"

It was Mina.

Yoon Jae smiled brightly and cried. I was worried that the child walking along the street would fall. Yoon Jae said, running after holding Eun Kyung, holding Mina tightly.

“Yes, it's me. Dad... ”

Yoon Jae closed his eyes. I wanted to keep this moment forever, the feeling I felt at this moment. I wish the world had stopped like this...... I even thought about it.

With my eyes closed, Yoon Jae thought.

I'm definitely ‘back. ’

Here.