The Returner

4. I don't need a reason to go to him (1)

“Ow.”

Lee Hyuk, who fell asleep for a while, opened his base.

“Are you awake?”

“Mmmm... ”

Lee Hyuk frowned as he looked at the Appeldrich, who was pushing his face over his head.

“It's funny you should say that now. ”

“Go ahead.”

“It's not pleasant to see your face every morning when you wake up. ”

“I let you sleep, but you're so ungrateful. ”

“Knng... ”

Actually, I appreciate that part.

I haven't been able to sleep since I got back from Beraf. It is because I was not confident that I would be able to withstand the invasion of Black Magical Power that began as soon as I let go of my consciousness.

Fortunately, it was a good thing that it ended with "I slept and then I died," but when it became "I slept and became a devil," it just didn't end.

I've been awake for months now, and I'm able to sleep comfortably now that Appledrice is preventing the invasion of dark magic while he sleeps.

“But don't you have to sleep? ”

“You're not asking because you don't know how long my kind has slept, are you? You don't have to sleep until Lee Hyuk dies, so don't worry. ”

Of course it is, it's a dragon.

But I keep worrying about people because they're people.

“Never mind……. ”

“That's sweet. That's not nice. ”

Lee Hyuk frowned.

“Isn't that right? I've always been kind. You just didn't know it. ”

“If that's what you think. ”

“You know how to offend a person without saying anything weird? ”

“Thank you for the compliment. ”

That's offensive, bitch!

Compliments freeze to death.

“Of course.”

Whoo-hoo.

“Ugh.”

Without waiting for an answer, Apeldrix started pouring Mana on Lee Hyuk's head.

Lee Hyuk grabbed the bed sheet and shook his head. Lee Hyuk has experienced all kinds of pain so far, but the process of different Mana colliding and neutralizing in the flesh was clearly considered among them.

“Huff.”

When Mana stopped flowing into his head, Lee Hyuk sighed for a long time.

“I can't do this, seriously. ”

I just wanted to live comfortably, but I didn't think it would be so hard to live normally.

“There's still a way. ”

“I'm not going. ”

That veraph.

I wish I'd lived more than a thousand years.Are you telling me to go back and pick something up?

“Ji Hyuk. ”

The voice of the appendage becomes more serious.

“I'm not just going to say no. If you keep going like this, Limit will come before Ji-hyuk dies. ”

“I know.”

“Then there's a catastrophe. You know that, right?”

“I know.”

“ ……. ”

Aphedrice shuts up trying to say something.

He may not be able to communicate, but he was too stubborn about what happened to Beraf in particular.

‘Because it was hard.’

It was nothing you wouldn't understand.

It can't be easy to survive in Beraf with a weak human mind. Even if he's still in his right mind.

No, but he was mentally stunted, so he had to go on feeling disconnected.

There was nothing odd about a hostile encounter with Beraf.

“It's hard to understand. ”

“Huh?"

“Isn't it that every creature is obsessed with life because of its existence? ”

“Of course.”

“But why would Lee Hyuk abandon his own path to live forever? ”

“Well……. ”

It's hard to explain.

It was hard for him to understand.

“One thing is certain……. ”

“ ……. ”

“It's also a blessing to be dead. ”

“I don't know.”

“Humans and dragons have different cycles. As you can see, I may have just begun to look like a child who insists that life is overwhelming beyond Hezling. ”

“That's not all. ”

“It's not even warm. ”

Lee Hyuk smiled.

“Do you know what's most different about humans? ”

“I don't know.”

“Suicide. ”

“ ……. ”

There are no dragons that commit suicide.

There are no suicidal subspecies.

I learned in Beraf that the thing other races do not understand the most about Humans is they kill themselves.

“Humans have the wrong design. ”

Given how unreasonable it is to lay down your life because you cannot bear the burden of your own subordinates, the existence of man may have been wrong from the beginning.

“Evolution should have evolved with reason, and I don't know where the problem lies... but the human brain cannot fully bear the pain it inflicts on itself. ”

“I see. ”

“But do you know how long I've been going through that? ”

“ ……. ”

Lee Hyuk shakes his head.

“I don't want to die. You want to let go. If we go back to Beraph, we won't be able to, so we don't want to. It's hard for me to understand, because I don't understand myself. But, well, of course. ”

Because he's crazy.

It's not something you can explain in a normal way.

“Phew... ”

Aphedrice sighed and stroked Lee Hyuk's hair.

“I don't know what you're talking about, but I'm sad to hear it. ”

Denying his way will prolong his life, and denying his way will make his life a denial.

What does it mean to live a life that has been denied?

The irony of trying to save him is no different than trying to kill him again.

“That's a tough one. ”

“Is there something hard about dragons? ”

“Dragons are also creatures. It's just a little deeper, a little farther, a little longer. ”

“I'm proud of you. ”

Lee Hyuk said.

I can't believe I'm going to have this conversation with a dragon for so long.

“But you. ”

“Huh?"

“I also remember that there are many who will mourn you when you die. ”

“Should I?”

“There won't be a shortage of things you've built up over the years. ”

“Maybe.”

They vanished into thin air.

However, there are no people left who were affectionate and generous. Maybe that's why they didn't want to be associated with being human.

Now that he's able to have this conversation with Apeldice, he's somehow lived long enough to interact with her.

“Maybe you're just tired. ”

“Hmm……. ”

“So if you take a break, you'll get up again. ”

“I'm the worst now, if that's what you're saying. ”

I'm getting hammered at the time I need to rest.

Aphedrice strokes his head.

“A little more, a little more. ”

Heave-ho!

At that moment, the door opened and Lee Ye-won came inside.

“Brother! I'm Choi.... ”

Lee Ye-won, who was yelling something, sighed deeply as she watched the two of them do it.

“Brother.”

“Huh?"

“I'd rather just go to a motel. ”

“You crazy bitch! ”

When Lee Hyuk shouted, Lee Ye-woong struck him without losing.

“You're the one who's crazy! I have all my parents at home. What are you doing? I'm going to be a jerk about this! Why, you need to leave? ”

“Ugh... ”

Lee Hyuk couldn't get angry and grabbed her back.

Lee Ye-won was bombing Lee's backbone, which even the Demon King could not touch.

Oh, so this is the backbone pulling.

Lee Hyuk, who had his face flared due to the rising blood pressure, jumped at Lee Ye-won.

“Die, damn it! ”

However, Lee Ye-won ran out of Lee Hyuk's head as if his blood lines were different.

“Mommy!”

Park Seon-Duk glanced at Lee Ye-won running out of Lee Hyuk's room.

“Why?”

“Mom! Look at them! I'm getting married at home! ”

“Really?"

Park Seon-Duk turned his head and looked back at the TV as if he didn't have much emotion.

“Mom, those things that don't even bleed! ”

“If you bleed out, you die. ”

“No, you're not mad? ”

“Why?”

“ ……. ”

If you ask me why, I have nothing to say.

“No, but a person... there's an adult in the house, and at least that's what they should do! ”

“Why?”

No, that's...

Lee Ye-won is speechless, and Park Seok-deok sweeps her back.

“Yewon.”

“Yes.”

“Think about your brother. ”

“Huh?”

“How can she get married to normal kids? ”

“... It's hard. ”

It's not easy.

Who's gonna take that pissed-off head?

He's my brother because he's his own man, but he'd take care of it anyway. If it were any other kids, he'd run away already.

“So leave it alone. Where do you get a daughter-in-law like that? ”

There was nothing wrong with it.

Lee Ye-won was embarrassed by himself, knowing that he had to admit it.

“Then what about Hye-min? ”

Park Seon-Duk was still fat.

“Is she my daughter-in-law? Are you cheating on me?”

“It's not like that, but Hye-min is better off! ”

“You don't look too good. ”

“Mom!"

As Lee Ye-won shouted, Park Seon-Duk's eyes slightly widened.

“Where is this sound coming from? ”

“Well, I was wrong. ”

In front of Mother's majesty, Lee Ye-won pounced.

She didn't like that Appeldrich girl or whatever.

It's so pretty.

No, not necessarily because they're so pretty, but because they're pretty, they don't feel human?

And humanly, the balance is too fragile.

The puppies are bickering and fighting, but can't you see the dog staring blankly at the pop-out tiger's flying bones as it goes away?

“And…. ”

“Huh?"

“It's a person's fate that doesn't know what's going to happen to him even now. Leave it.”

“Uh-huh.”

I can feel my mom's words on my chest.

I don't know what will happen to people....

Lee Ye-won smiled.

“That's what I heard. He's doing that, and everybody else is bickering, and it would be so funny if he caught a kid popping out later. ”

Then they'll all be chicken hounds.

Lee Ye-won shakes his head, thinking that this is absurd.

I'm still being treated like a blessing on that face, but there's nothing else to add here.

Seeing the way she looks these days, she also seems to have a lot of unreal feelings.

“We should call Dasom once. ”

“The Naughty Boy? ”

“Yes, Mom. Eun-geun is fine. ”

“Oh my, I didn't need air conditioning in the house. I don't like it.”

“Which one of you is the best? ”

“I……. ”

The pondering Park Seon-Duk nodded.

“Haemin is getting rid of it. ”

“Right? Right? ”

“Well, they better be. ”

“That's true……. ”

I like......

Lee Ye-won looked at Lee Hyuk walking out of the room with a slight crooked face.

Then who does he like?

It doesn't make sense that there are so many beautiful people around, but no one likes them.

“Brother.”

“Huh?"

“Does anyone like you? ”

“Is this crazy? What the hell are you doing in the morning? If you don't do anything, go study! ”

“What's the point of me studying? ”

“... at least play a game. ”

Lee Ye-won glared at Lee Hyuk who turned his horse.

‘I'm sure you have feelings for someone. ’

It was the moment when the instincts of the tenacious Lee family opened their eyes.

But there was something she didn't know.

that Lee Hyuk's woman isn't the only one around.