The Returner
The Returner 6 volumes (19 currency)
4. No, why are you running away? (4)
“A promise is a promise. ”
A massive grey world.
Lee Hyuk faced Apeldiche in that world.
“Do I have to? ”
“Promise……. ”
“Knng.”
Lee Hyuk sighed and raised his hands to express his surrender.
“Well, okay. Literally. Promises are promises. ”
“This way.”
Afeldrich shakes his hand, and the floor rises, and a large stone bed is made.
“What about the blanket?”
“... for you? ”
I'm telling you, it doesn't work.
Lee Hyuk relished his appetite looking at the stone bed before his eyes.
How should I express this feeling?
How would you describe the feeling of having an MRI on the Internet in a situation where symptoms of cancer are completely consistent with those of you?
I felt overwhelmed because it seemed to confirm how large the tumor was and how much metastasis had been done in an already confirmed situation.
“Lie down.”
“You look like a doctor, Apeldice. ”
Appeldrich grins without an answer.
It was a smile of intense willingness not to hand the situation over to you as a pun.
“Okay, okay. ”
Lee Hyuk sighed and lay down on an aesthetic stone bed.
“At ease.”
“You and the doctor keep telling you to stay comfortable, and if it makes you feel better, is that a person? Buddha, right?”
“Buddha?”
“... Never mind. Let's not talk.”
You're learning all sorts of human knowledge and not knowing what Buddha is?
There's something wrong with this woman's way.
We should send him to elementary school first.
The appendage slowly approaches Lee Yi Hyuk's head, lying still.
Then he got on the bed, lifted Lee Hyuk's head slightly and placed it on his knee, and put his hand on his forehead.
“This doesn't make any difference to the night. ”
“They say the human man feels most comfortable. ”
I don't know who spilled it, but it's very accurate.
“It might hurt. No, it's gonna hurt. ”
“Yes.”
“It hurts a lot. ”
“Yes.”
The appendage smiles at Lee Ji-hyuk's fat reaction.
If you look at it, the person who is most used to suffering in the world is this person right in front of you.
Aphedrice gathered Mana with his hands on Lee Hyuk's forehead without a word.
Woohoo.
Mana resonates and a white glow emanates from the appendage's hand.
“Ugh…. ”
Moaning came out of Lee Hyuk's mouth without knowing it.
No matter how hard I tried to endure it, whenever I felt that white Mana, I couldn't help but feel a violent refusal in my whole body.
His body is already drenched in black magic.
“I'm dying.”
“Be patient.”
With Lee Hyuk's head, the white Mana began to dig.
“Ugh…. ”
Lee Hyuk bit his teeth tightly.
It is Lee Ji-hyuk who can boast that he is almost immune to pain, but it was hard to endure the collision of black magic and white horsepower in his head. It feels like a huge storm is raging inside my head.
Blind spots fade away, deaf ears go blank. I feel terrible, like my body is twisting and ants are biting on my body.
Aphedrice closes his eyes and slowly savors Mana's clash, with his hand on his forehead, which cannot even open his mouth.
“Hmm……. ”
The face of the appendage sinks low.
Appeldrich, who had recovered the white horsepower that had shoved into Lee Hyuk's head, gazed quietly at him.
In that short time, Lee Hyuk breathes deeply, all his whole body soaked in cold sweat.
“Phew……. ”
The appendage summons the water spirit to cleanse the body of Lee Hyuk. Until then, Lee Hyuk did not realize whether he was suffering from pain.
‘Unfortunately……. ’
The appendage gently stroked Lee Hyuk's head.
Normally, the balance of the human body is lifted just by injecting a certain amount of black magic. In the event that it is ruled by Manah and driven mad or violent, it is sometimes forced to transfer to the undead.
But Lee Hyuk is like a battery that stores black magic. The whole body is already immersed in Black Magic Power.
It is impossible to gather this much black magic in the human body.
It was possible because it was Lee Hyuk who carried the Black Horse power in his body to gather all the black magic power in the world during the reign of destruction.
It has maximum horsepower control and assimilation, so it is the lowest way to prevent erosion.
But that was also the limit.
As she sighed deeply, Lee Hyuk opened his eyes.
“What do you think, sir? Am I dying?”
“Everyone who has life dies, Ji-hyuk. ”
“It's about when. ”
“Wear mana like now, and within five years, your body will be consumed by black magic. ”
“I see... ”
Lee Hyuk confidently said as if he already knew.
“Are you still going to do this foolish thing? ”
“Five years is not a short time. Besides, there's no guarantee he'll keep using Mana like now. ”
“You know that's not what I'm saying. ”
“Hmm……. ”
“Aren't humans supposed to be selfish? I don't know how valuable this world is, but is it worth it in exchange for your very existence? ”
It's not just life.
Everything that has the existence of Lee Hyuk will be denied, and a new existence will be born.
“Well, there's nothing you can do about it. ”
“Ji Hyuk. ”
“Hey, Apeldiche. ”
“ ……. ”
“I'm the one who insisted on coming back here. And I came back here determined to die. ”
“I know that. ”
Lee Hyuk smiled.
“Since I've lived long enough, shouldn't I just die installing whatever I want here? ”
“That sounds stupid. Living long doesn't make your obsession with life go away. Isn't that right?”
“Well, let's just say, ”
Lee Hyuk got up from the bed without saying anything and got down on the floor.
“I don't just want to live on the day I die. That's why I'm doing this. ”
“ ……. ”
The appendage looks at Lee Hyuk with strange eyes and nods.
“Just like you.”
“Hmph.”
Lee Hyuk snorted.
“But will what you're doing really help? I'm skeptical, but most of all, if you think they can grow as much as Yi Hyuk thinks they can. ”
“What do you know? ”
Lee Hyuk shrugged.
“If not, that's it. ”
It was not something I started with great expectations anyway.
If it helps, it's good, or it's not.
That's how Lee Hyuk works.
The appendage frowns.
I thought it was the first time I had expressed my emotions so ferociously since I came to this world.
“Phew, okay. This is what you want……. But remember, ”
The appendage no longer speaks. However, Lee Hyuk could see what the appellate was trying to say.
As soon as it changes, she will rip out the heart of Lee Hyuk without hesitation.
The appearance of a Demon King who can cross dimensions must be stopped somehow.
“Please don't hurt me. ”
“You……. ”
Appeldrich nods more quietly at Lee Hyuk.
“Got it.”
Lee Hyuk asked blankly.
“What?”
“In the end, there is only one conclusion. In order for Lee Hyuk to use less Mana, the people who are here have to become stronger. Right?"
“Huh? Well, yeah. ”
“Then you have to be stronger somehow. ”
Seeing her young determination, Lee Hyuk deeply mourned the NDF agents who were in the world.
“Hello again? ”
Kim Jae Beom glanced at Kim Da-Som's face quietly.
“I'm going to eat you up. ”
“I'm not. ”
“... Yes. ”
I'm sorry, I left without knowing the subject.
Kim Jaebum was already looking at her for over a week, but he sighed at her attitude like an iron wall.
Well, I didn't want to talk about it.
I feel burdened by being Kim Da Hyun's sister, but will you reach out to the woman who goes along with Lee Hyuk?
If you want to die, there are many ways.
You can take your medicine or jump off a cliff.
But why choose the dirtiest way to die among dogs?
“Will you wait here again today? ”
“Yes.”
“... Yes. ”
This is not a place for civilians like you to come in here!
I tried it once or twice, and now I'm sitting on a very household sheep.
Oh, my God!
You're supposed to protect this place. What if it yawns together?
“You're free.”
“Yes?”
“No.”
While saying that, Kim Jae Beom glanced at Kim Da-Som's face.
‘That's very bad. ’
It was only a week, but it felt like people's faces had halved.
Sitting in Lee Hyuk's seat, staring at the air is a little sad....
Are you that worried?
I wonder what's going on...
Kim Jae Bum sighed.
The phone that was ringing continuously without giving me a second is now a bit quiet.
They've convinced us there's no way to contact them. In the meantime, everyone went back depressed, realizing that there was no way to break into the office.
In the meantime, Kim Da-som came to the office right after school and sat there. Kim Jae-bum had to go home to get off work.
"Are you eating? ’
Seems like they've been at it for a week now, but they can't even talk about proper food.
Or people can't get that skinny in just a week.
“Are you okay? ”
“Yes?”
“No, it looks awkward. ”
Kim Da-som smiled lightly.
‘You have a face. ’
It's so pretty to see you smile all the time, just looking at your expressionless face.
“I'll be back soon. ”
“Yeah, well, what's the big deal? ”
I went to train on my own, but if anything happens, that's weird.
Actually, you're worrying too much.
When I saw Kim Da-som sitting still at his desk, I saw something drawn on his own.
“I think it's time to come back.... ”
Although Lee Jae Bum seems to be living without a plan, Kim Jae Bum now knows that he always has a reason and has a plan.
We know that the gate may appear while he is away and things may get serious, so we won't try to stall for more than a week.
“I believe so... ”
I don't know.
Maybe we don't have a plan.
It's Lee Hyuk.
In fact, who knows what's inside Lee Hyuk's head.
He always does what he wants.
“Oh?”
At that moment, Kim Da-som suddenly woke up.
“Huh?"
Kim Da-Som looks through one place.
Wall in one corner of the office.
“What's the matter.... ”
Whoo-hoo!
You see something very small black in the air, and then the gate appears to be big enough for people to come and go.
A black gate.
Unlike the Red and Blue Monster Gates, only Lee Hyuk uses the Black Gate.
Oh, my God.
Jaebum Kim was surprised and looked at the gate and Kim Da-Som alternately.
How susceptible it is to noticing and reacting to the sudden changes in Gates being created!
Something blurry appears from inside the gate, and someone's head protrudes from the gate.
“Lee Hyuk! ”
Kim Jae Bum shouted in a happy voice.