The Returner
The Returner 13 volumes (11Th)
3. Yes? Did you eat something wrong? (1)
“Wow, this is a nice hotel. ”
Lee Hyuk jumped into a fluffy bed.
The expensive linens were obvious, because I was immersed in them. I wish I had a bed like this in my house. One word from Mother, who was annoyed with managing it, cleared everything up.
“I guess it's worth it. ”
However, Herkana's eyes were not filled with spiritual castles.
A seven-star hotel wouldn't stand out in her eyes in all manner of luxury on the horse rack, a place like this. I think she wants to stay because she has Lee Hyuk.
“It's a fun place. ”
“Here?”
“Yes.”
Herkana smiles deeply.
“It's full of fears and anxieties that I've never felt in this world. It's supposed to feel like Beraf. ”
“Of course.”
Lee Hyuk grudgingly buried himself in the bed.
Well, since North Korea is a country where all the nonsense on Earth exists, it's no different from Beraf.
“But life is better. ”
“Yes, it is. ”
Herkana has finally stopped her interest in North Korea. It was none of her business.
“But……. ”
“Huh?"
“I could feel the malice. ”
“Evil?”
“Yes. The evil of Darling. I could feel the malice that looked so fruitful and delicious. ”
“Hmm……. ”
Lee Hyuk woke up.
There was nothing strange about someone who felt bad about themselves in North Korea. For North Korea, NDF was the enemy, and among them, Lee Hyuk was the strongest force in South Korea.
If Lee Hyuk disappears, the impact on South Korea will be huge.
It was not surprising that there was a major propagation that would try to assassinate and hit South Korea.
‘You still have an idea. ’
Without Lee Hyuk, there would be no time in North Korea to stop the monster waves now. I will not consider it and try to assassinate Lee Ji-hyuk now.
“Won't you come to kill me? ”
Herkana snorts as if excited.
“Hnng.”
Lee Hyuk shook his head.
I have to.
Assassination at the location of the queen of the circus who rules the night. It's like fighting a shark barefoot in the water.
“Don't get into trouble. ”
“Huh? Me? Darling. Is that the kind of girl I'm messing with? ”
“ ……. ”
Lee Hyuk swallowed tears.
"Was she an accident?" ’
I can tell you the difficulties I've endured fixing your accident, day and night, which is not enough for a month or two.
Who made me the Demon King?
Erkana rushed to Lee Hyuk as Lee Hyuk was fluttering.
“Gah! Are you mad at Darling Wool? ”
“Shhh.”
Lee Hyuk pushed Erkana with his face.
“Aren't you going back to the Magic Cube? ”
“We have to go back.”
“When are you going? ”
“Well, what if Darling dies? ”
“... scarier than saying I'm not coming back. ”
It may be a lifetime for Lee Hyuk, but for Herkana, it will be a blink of an eye.
“But Darling, ”
“Huh?"
“Aren't you scared? ”
“What?”
“Death. ”
Lee Hyuk looked up at the ceiling, not immediately answering.
After a while, Lee Hyuk opened his mouth.
“I've lived too long. ”
“I don't think I've bought much.... ”
“That's your standard. ”
Don't talk about Humans on the basis of the Horses!
“By human standards, I'm already a fossil. Life is too long. ”
“Huh?”
Herkana snorts.
“You're lying. For Darling, time has only been frozen. A man living a thousand years in a dream doesn't make him an old man in real life. Aren't you?”
“ ……. ”
“Darling is also the Demon King who lived thousands of years, but also a young man 20 years old. And the more you go, the more you lean towards the latter. You're going back to where you belong. ”
“Hmm……. ”
Lee Hyuk did not refute.
When Lee Hyuk came back here from Beraf, there was nothing rough. Without family, no one would have been able to stop him.
But what about Lee Hyuk now?
I promised not to, but I was already preoccupied with many things.
That is what it means to be in a relationship and to live together.
Even if I try not to care, I can't ignore the relationship when it becomes a relationship.
I don't know if it's foolish to abandon your relationship with humans after so many betrayals and suffering....
“That's human. ”
“I told you not to read people's minds. ”
Herkana smiles seductively.
That smile with the laughter.
I hated Lee Hyuk, who could not fix it because of his birth circumcision.
“If you really want to end your relationship with a human being, you can't. Become a demon.”
“Do you really want that? ”
“Darling would never do that. It's funny you should say that. ”
“That's why they're called the Magi. ”
Lee Hyuk sighed.
The characteristic of the Horsemen that make fun of people and play with them does not change even when they become this related.
“Are you having fun making fun of people? ”
“No. It's fun to tease Darling. ”
“Even if I hate it? ”
“You say that, but you know you don't really hate it. ”
“Phew... ”
Lee Hyuk closed his eyes.
It is also uncomfortable to know each other inside.
“How long are you going to help the humans? ”
“It's my heart. ”
“You know you can't stop it after all, right? ”
“Until we can stop it. ”
“Darling.”
Lee Hyuk did not answer, but looked at Herkana quietly.
Hercanada did not avoid Lee Ji-hyuk's eyes.
“Stop looking at reality. ”
“I know.”
“Darling is no longer the throne of destruction, nor the Demon King. His shoulders are too small to bear the burden of humanity. The shoulder blades will collapse. ”
“I know.”
“Do you really know? ”
Lee Hyuk frowned and looked at Erkana.
Erkana, who received Lee Hyuk's gaze, turns his head.
“Don't look at me like that. I'm not saying this because I want to. It breaks my heart to say that my husband is weak. ”
“You speak well. ”
“But Darling, you have to do what you can. Rather, when Darling reached divinity, why are you so obsessed with being human now? ”
“Do you think the humans of Beraf are the same as the humans here? ”
“What's the difference? ”
“No different? ”
Herkana laughs in her mouth.
“Don't get me wrong, Darling. There's no difference between them and them. The only other thing is that they regard Darling as their own kind, and they don't regard Darling as their own. Even here, if Darling thought they looked as different as they did, it wouldn't make a difference. Who would call a human being with five arms, six legs and a different horse? ”
“ ……. ”
“Beraf's Humans are not strange. Humans are like that. You know that.”
“Yes, I know. ”
Lee Hyuk nodded.
“Humans persecute me. Humans persecute me. And I know very well that the things I've killed are human. ”
It's just a matter of escaping reality.
“But I know that I'm a contradictory human being, and I have to feel differently. ”
Like a stray dog walking around the house and a dog having a dog in the house.
Same dog, but different person.
“That's what Darling would do.... ”
Erkana looked at Lee Hyuk with a subtle gaze.
“You don't know that if you try to cope with something you can't cope with, you'll live through hell, right? ”
“So?”
Lee Hyuk smiled.
“You can't handle it. You want me to die when I leave my hands alone? Is that any way to make yourself comfortable? ”
“Darling doesn't have to be obsessed with this place, right? ”
“What do you think would happen if you lost your mannequin? ”
“Too bad. But that's it. Because I'm more important than a horse. ”
Lee Hyuk shakes his head.
“I've lived too long to value myself more than the world. I've been through so much of the horror of having no place to rest. ”
“So you need this world for Darling? ”
“Really?"
“Hmm, I think it will make sense, and I don't think it will.... ”
“You don't have to understand. ”
You don't need to understand.
Lee Hyuk never wanted that. I'm used to a life that I don't understand anyway.
“Good. Maybe that's a good thing. Instead……. ”
Erkana slowly approaches and licks Lee Hyuk's cheek.
“I'll never forgive you if you die. ”
“Hehe hehe.”
“It's always up to you. ”
“What?”
“You always do what you want to do, even if it's drying up next to you. ”
“Did you?”
“Tell me what to do. Stubborn.”
Lee Hyuk quietly looked at Erkana.
They harass people so much that they feel annoyed and sometimes they really want to kill them, but if it wasn't for Herkana, would Lee Ji-hyuk be able to come back to this world?
Compared to things like Appeldrich, who just said he would help and stopped him, Herkana really helped him.
“... I hate to admit it. ”
“Huh?”
Erkana strokes Lee Ji-hyuk's cheek.
“You can take pride in being the man the Demon King loves. Especially because I'm special. ”
“With your own mouth? ”
“Isn't she beautiful?”
“Hnng.”
Lee Hyuk shook his head.
She's pretty. She's pretty. She's a circus queen.
It's probably the prettiest in the world.
Lee Hyuk got up and took the cola contained in the refrigerator and opened the lid.
“Yay!”
Tastes like it.
I've been searching for this flavor for over a thousand years...
As you approach the window, darkness settles.
Looking down at all the extinguished cities, it was clear that this was North Korea.
“Well……. ”
“Why?”
“Well, I feel... uncomfortable. Do you want me to tell him he can't rest? ”
“Really?"
“Hmm, I don't know if I'll be able to sleep. ”
Herkana tilts her head as if she didn't understand.
“Then why don't we just go home? ”
“Huh?"
“Call the lizard. Let's go home. We can sleep at home. ”
Oh, yeah?
Lee Hyuk opened the gate.
“Then there's a reason I haven't slept anywhere else since I've returned to this world. ”
You can open a gate, but you can sleep at home. Why are you sleeping here?
It's a hotel, it's a fucking hotel, it's a fucking house!
“Let's go, let's go. ”
Lee Hyuk opened the gate.
In the meantime, Erkana has brought the appendage.
“Lee, Lee Hyuk! ”
Choi Jeong-hoon saw the ergana carrying the appendage and jumped into the room to see if she smelled it.
“I'm going to stay at the house. ”
“Where are you going? ”
“At home.”
Why are you going home, you lunatic?
Lee Hyuk entered the gate before Choi Jung-hoon could say anything.
“ ……. ”
Good girl, though.
We're not closing the gate. If I close it at least….
At that moment, the gate closes.
“ ……. ”
Choi Jung-hoon stared up at the ceiling, gazing at the place where the gate was closed, and spewed an insult that would never happen again in his life.
However, he had to make a desperate excuse for the coming security guards.