The Returner

2. You're my brother. Right? (2)

[While the situation in San Francisco has been resolved, monsters from France and other countries have not been contained at all. The economic damage caused by this is expected to be significant, and it is being analyzed as having a significant adverse effect on the domestic economy. Especially…….]

“Oops.”

Park Seon-Duk frowned as he looked at the view of the city like he was at war. I have seen countless cities destroyed by monsters, but the scenes I have seen so far have been different.

So far, the damage has been almost human.

Monsters like Goblins and Monkeys have no power to destroy the entire building, even though they kill people.

Even a Level 3 monster did not, in conclusion, destroy the home of life.

But now?

Paris, as seen on TV, is bombed, leaving only the ugly remains of the building.

It seemed like an endless pile of crumbling concrete, rather than a flat desert of concrete.

Park Seon-Duk sighed.

In the screen, I saw the child running away crying after losing his mother.

[It is estimated that there will be at least 30,000 casualties due to this incident. This is the biggest hit since Black Monday. The bigger problem is that there are no solutions to this yet. The only thing that's been resolved in the United States right now is that they're refusing to release relevant information and footage, and that's amplifying suspicion.]

“You rotten bastards, if they've solved it, let's help them! ”

“What?”

Lee Hyuk came out of the bathroom and said.

“The Americans don't release video and information even when they're hunting monsters. They always do. Without revealing alien information. ”

“Mom, stop watching the drama.... ”

If you want to make it public, you can't make it public.

If Lee Hyuk shows a video of beating a spirit that seems good enough to send a bunch of monsters, the wavelength won't be the only thing.

It's better not to disclose it.

“I've prepared dinner. ”

“Yes.”

Lee Hyuk opened the wardrobe.

Take out and change your favourite blue training outfit in a subtle, different shape with a rope. Then he sighs, looking at the robe in the corner.

‘Even if that thing was fine...... ’

Is there no way to fix it?

Lee Hyuk was the type to take things away rather than make them. Not at this level of craftsmanship, but not enough to create an artifact of this grade.

This was the specialty of the appendage, but there was no way she could do it either.

“Phew.”

Too bad.

Bloop.

Then, you hear a low noise behind your back.

Lee Hyuk turned his head.

Aphedrice is awakening from his sleep.

“... Is that okay to sleep? ”

“Yes.”

Apeldrich protects himself from the side effects of black magic overnight and only sleeps for a short period of thirty minutes after Lee Hyuk wakes up.

“The human body is also uncomfortable. You must be asleep to activate your brain. ”

“You've been sleeping for hundreds of years, and that's what you're saying? ”

“It's wise. ”

If you can call a man wise enough to put him to sleep for a week at a time, that would be wise too, damn lizard.

“Tsk.”

Lee Hyuk lightly shook his tongue and shaken his head.

I want to shoot something, but I keep my mouth shut because I know there's never much she's doing for herself.

“Then why are you doing this? ”

“Yes?”

“Don't you know how many of those lizard bastards would be lost without Lord? Beraf needs a road. And you have affection for Beraf. ”

“Yes, this is where I grew up. ”

“But can we just leave Beraf and come here and do this? ”

Lee Hyuk sat down on the chair and asked him for a cigarette.

Bang.

After lighting a fire and a long smoke, the appendage frowns lightly.

“I heard smoking indoors is against etiquette. ”

“You want an etiquette from me? ”

“I made a mistake. ”

Lee Hyuk smiled as he looked at the appendage that was recognizing me.

I wasn't the one who used to joke...

Either by putting Rodra down, or influenced by other humans around her, the Appledrice is definitely lighter than she was before.

“Why are you here? Let's stop talking and answer. ”

“I told you, to see you. ”

“How long are you going to keep joking? ”

Appeldrich smiles lightly.

“It's Ji-hyuk who's joking. You know dragons don't lie. ”

“Knng... ”

Lee Hyuk sighed, leaning against the chair.

Dragons literally don't lie.

“You crossed dimensions to see me? ”

“Yes.”

“Why?”

The golden eyes of the appendage sink deep.

“You don't know? ”

“Yes.”

He's a tough guy, really.

“I thought you might be struggling. ”

“ ……. ”

“So I thought I should help. And I don't think that's entirely wrong. ”

“Was there such a loyalty between you and me? ”

Seeing Yi Hyuk growling, the appendage smiled.

A man who repulses and reveals his teeth when he is loved.

A man who has lived for over a thousand years and is still a child.

That was Lee Hyuk.

“There is, at least for me. ”

“I wish I could have done that sooner if I was going to come now. ”

Then you'd be back at least 2300 years early.

“I have an obligation there. Besides, I would never defy Latrell's will even if I were Lord. ”

“... I'm sure it is. ”

Latrell in Beraf is an absolute man.

“I'm just a fucking bitch here. ”

“Yes?”

“No, no. ”

Lee Hyuk shook his hands and cleared up the situation.

“So how long are you going to stay? ”

“I haven't thought about it... for a long time. ”

“We have no choice. ”

“It's strange to think. because Ji Hyuk would have less than a hundred years of life left. for about a hundred years, just to play with it. ”

“... It's depressing to hear. ”

I guess so.

I'll be dead in a hundred years.

I lived without realizing that it was a lifetime. And eventually I returned to the modern world to face death.

I got the idea that I wanted to die, but when I thought I had to face death, I felt a little subtle.

Is this a double human being?

“Apeldiche.”

“Yes.”

“I don't trust you. ”

The appendage rises from bed.

As she slowly walked in with a thin saliva, the beauty of the goddess appeared to shine, but Lee Hyuk's eyes that looked at it were only bold.

“It's not that you don't trust me. ”

“ ……. ”

The arm of the appendage hugged Lee Hyuk's head, sitting on a chair.

“I just don't trust anyone. ”

Lee Hyuk sighed without an answer.

I hate this woman.

I'm sick and tired of it.

A person whose interest turns to favor, whose favor turns to friendship, and whose friendship turns to affection, never gives up the last good deed.

The woman who stopped Lee Hyuk's willingness to return to the original world while her relationship was progressing.

A woman who doesn't change because of affection.

So the woman makes me feel like I'm faking that love.

A woman who has been communicating and hating and fighting for a thousand years, but could never hate.

So I'm sick of it.

“Ha……. ”

Lee Hyuk leaned his tired body against her and closed his eyes.

“A short hundred-year play? ”

“It may not be a hundred years if you want. ”

“I'm human. ”

“Not yet, not yet.... ”

I can't define what humanity is, but I still believe it will remain in one corner of my heart.

A little.

“How long are you going to play? ”

“Play?”

“What you're doing right now. ”

Play, play...

“You still have the habit of cutting people's lives, don't you? ”

“Don't you agree that's an objective and accurate assessment? ”

“It still makes people speechless. ”

“It's weird how things change. I'm a dragon.”

“Yes, you are. ”

Those who cannot change their own personality because they are not externally influenced.

That's the dragon.

“Yes, play with it. Play with it as you please and leave it in its place. ”

“I've always been a dragon trying to put you in your place. ”

“Not once, I'm afraid. ”

“Liar. You won. ”

The beautiful hand of the appendage stroked Lee Hyuk's hair.

It's small.

Human beings are too small and weak.

Especially, Lee Hyuk surrounded himself and surrounded himself with a hard shell to cover his insides.

No, I don't.

When I was hurt and hurt, my heart became stiff with a lot of scratches.

What do you want me to say?

A vicious hedgehog?

Someone who, in order to live, or who has lived and been forced to live, is surrounded by a myriad of thorns, so he can't really reach people?

“Poor guy. ”

Her hand strokes Lee Hyuk's head. Gently sweeps hair down.

“Don't you have a stake in what I've become? ”

Pretty much.

“I had no choice. ”

“Don't console yourself. ”

“That's why I'm here. ”

By your side.

“You want a reward? ”

“If you want.”

Lee Hyuk smiled.

“Even if it's me tearing you apart? ”

Appeldrich smiled softly as well.

“Gladly.”

Lee Hyuk closed his eyes without saying a word.

It's twisted.

Relationships that twisted at will and are now irreversible.

“Beraf……. ”

You won't let go.

I'm sick and tired of following you around and harassing people.

“Sounds good. ”

For now.

I just like it like this now....

Lee Hyuk reached out and grabbed the shoulder of the appendage tightly.

“I don't know what you're up to, but you better not look at me, Lord Appledrice. ”

Appeldrich replies with a quiet voice.

“One who has breathed once in Beraf cannot help but worship you, Lord of Destruction. ”

“Chuckle.”

Lee Hyuk laughed at her words.

You guys did that to me.

Don't you think?

At that moment, the door opened wide.

“Hey! Mom's eating... ”

Lee Ye-won's eyes were shaking violently, seeing the two of them holding each other in their chairs since morning.

“Rice, you perverts! ”

“Misunderstanding!”

Lee Hyuk jumped up and struck his hand.

“It's not like that! ”

“Gaaaahhhh! Mom! Look at them!”

Lee Ye-won's leaving screams echoed through the house.

It was always the beginning of a quiet daily life.