The Returner

Eyes without even emotion made me think a lot.

I thought it would be a little more comfortable if those eyes were filled with hostility and I looked at her. However, I could not find any emotion in Lee Hyuk's eyes.

It's not the same as numbness.

It's not about emotion, it's about emptiness.

There seems to be nothing left in him already.

At one time, that eye looked at her with intense hatred.

And at one time, it was more annoying than anger or hatred.

Sometimes sorrow, and sometimes regret....

And once...

I thought it might be her own mistaken feelings, but I also felt something called affection.

But now the eyes are looking at her with no emotion.

The fact that those eyes could not even hate was making the heart of the appendage hurt even more.

‘My heart aches...' ’

Can a dragon be a creature that is affected by someone other than himself and is saddened by it?

She had only one answer, now and in the past. Already she is not a dragon.

But that didn't bother her.

It's right in front of you.

A human being, but not a human being. I felt a little funny about myself, delighted by its subtle compassion.

She already lost everything.

I lost my identity as a dragon and threw away my life in Beraf. And the one who made her give it all up is already dead, so there's only shells left.

But... what makes her move?

‘One day he said. ’

Making humans human means you can choose death on your own. That's why the person who was deprived of death is no longer a human being.

Then what about dragons?

Do dragons choose death for themselves?

No, I don't.

Not as long as she knew.

What she's doing right now is not a dragon's job. It's just human-like.

Irony.

Those who are not human but become human, and those who are not human.

After chasing Lee Hyuk all the way to the end, she was forced to run the parallel line forever.

“What does that mean? ”

I know.

I already know.

Since she came to this world after Lee Hyuk, she didn't think she could have any more result. Yi Hyuk's death is already fixed. I couldn't change it with anything.

If Lee Hyuk hadn't died like this, all she would have left would be years without him. With complete memory, she must have had no choice but to curse the immortal lifespan without forgetting even a single trace of Lee Hyuk.

More like this.

“Nothing, I hope. ”

Nothing, really nothing.

The appendage raises its head.

Then I looked at Lee Hyuk, who was miserably ruined.

“What do you think? ”

You're gonna curse.

You'll be angry and scolded for doing something a silly dragon wouldn't even ask you to do.

Because that's who he is.

A person who speaks harshly on the outside and boils in his heart.

So stupid.

So….

A smile appeared on the mouth of the appendage.

Slow pace.

A step that is never hasty.

It is not to not provoke Lee Hyuk.

It was only at this moment that she realized that she truly connected with Lee Hyuk for the first time. I hope this moment will continue a little longer... I hope that the path to the last one won't be too short.

Glug.

Lee Hyuk looked up, recognizing that there was someone approaching him.

Eyes without focus.

The unaware eye of everything in the world caught the appendage.

“Are you watching? ”

Appeldrich opens his mouth quietly.

“It has been for a long time. You didn't like me approaching. Maybe I'm the one who reminds you of your pain. ”

Do you think he's listening?

What about him?

Is there anything left of him that will listen to her?

I know it's a false wind.

But…….

The appendage smiled brightly.

“Even though you pushed me so far, I was there for you. You haven't forgotten.”

So it's the same this time.

Pushing and pushing...

I'll get there eventually.

“Ugh…. ”

Lee Hyuk's face distorted.

He looked a little strange. It was definitely a distorted face, but I didn't feel any emotion in it. It was really strange, given that facial expressions were part of an act of expressing emotion.

It just feels like the body repeats the movement it remembers.

“Ugh…. ”

Lee Hyuk's hand slowly lifted.

The place where his fingertips were pointed was the appendage.

Enemy of the obvious.

When we got closer, we all knew what was going to happen.

But the appendage did not stop.

Her steps were slow but firm. gradually like that, gradually... the appendage approached Lee Yi Hyuk.

At that moment.

Lee Hyuk's right hand sprayed blood and flew towards the appendage.

Kuaang!

A huge explosion.

Lee Hyuk's bloodstream exploded past the body of the appendix. But the appendage did not stop.

You clearly saw the attack coming towards you and did not avoid it.

“Ugh…. ”

Lee Hyuk's body slowed down.

As if you were afraid of the impending appendage.

The look on Appeldrich's face seemed to be crying soon enough.

There is.

It's over there.

Though it wasn't a complete form of consciousness, the will to hurt her... was there.

‘That's enough. ’

Even if it's convenient, he's there.

What he wants.

It's eternal rest.

He never listened to what he wanted.

Before despairing in the world, even when Lee Hyuk cried for years to let himself go, Apeldiche had no choice but to imprison him. And even when he gains his strength, Aphedric stands in his way.

Always.

She was supposed to stop him and stop him.

So it might be her greed to say we're going to end up together. Maybe Lee Hyuk feels terrible, too.

Nevertheless...

“I won't let you go alone. ”

If I could just hear his last wish, I could have saved her life. What she's going through alive is a hell of futility and longing.

"A little selfish," he said. ”

The appendage smiled and approached Lee Hyuk.

It's okay to fail now.

Because he protected me.

I've confirmed that Lee Hyuk's will to protect her is in there. That alone proves that the choice to come into this world along with Lee Ji-hyuk was not wrong.

“Ugh…. ”

Lee Hyuk's body began to tremble.

Red blood is blooming.

Dark red blood that seemed to destroy everything in the world rose from under the feet of Lee Hyuk and surrounded Lee Hyuk.

Then, I gathered together again with Lee Yi Hyuk's hands.

The appendage spreads its arms wide as it sees the hand pointing at itself.

Slow but never shaky.

Lee Hyuk's eyes turn red.

‘I know. ’

There will be no second episode.

The distance got closer, and Lee Hyuk's blood became stronger. No matter how much will remains in there, nothing will fail on this street.

By the time that blood is released, the appendage will be extinct without even leaving a soul.

Still, I have no regrets.

She did everything she could. And…….

‘Don't give up. ’

Faith.

Don't give up until the end.

That was the last thing she could care about.

“Ugh…. ”

Lee Hyuk hesitated for a moment, whether he felt any pressure from the impending appendage.

But literally just for a second.

“Rrrrghhh!”

Lee Hyuk groaned and stretched out his hand toward the appendage.

Extinction.

Everything disappears.

At that moment.

White Young-young appeared in the shadow beneath Lee Hyuk's feet.

Choi Jung-hoon and Seo Ah-young, who were watching Lee Hyuk, screamed unknowingly.

“Togayun?”

“Gayun!”

In the shadow, Dogyeong embraced Lee Hyuk's body.

Her body crumbles horribly to the point of being alive.

One severed leg and torn arm.

Seo Ah-young bit her lip.

‘So far……. ’

How long has it been? How long has it been there?

She was not leaving Lee Hyuk's side until that moment.

He wrapped around Lee Hyuk's body quietly behind his back and touched the ball as if it were soothing the child.

“I'm fine.”

“ ……. ”

“It's okay.”

Lee Hyuk's face became a little dazed. But he was also brief.

“Glug!”

Lee Hyuk's gaze returned to him.

Lee Hyuk raises his hand, noticing that the opposing team is behind his back. Like I'm gonna punch you.

“No. ”

At that time, the black shadow that appeared behind Lee Hyuk's back grabbed Lee Hyuk's hand.

“Darling, you can't do that. You'll be sad.”

“ ……. ”

Herkana.

She gripped Lee Hyuk's arm with a kind smile that was different from usual.

Choi Jung-hoon's eyes trembled.

Or alive.

At that moment, someone appeared right in front of Lee Hyuk.

Teleport?

Jung-min.

She took Kim Da-som and cast a teleport in front of Lee Hyuk.

“It's okay, now. ”

“It's okay, brother. ”

Two women approached Lee Hyuk and hugged him.

‘How did you get like that... …. ’

Choi Jung-hoon bit his lips.

You're not afraid.

Lee Ji-hyuk.

What was strange was Lee Hyuk's reaction.

“Ah……. ”

His body trembles slightly, but he doesn't let go of those who hugged him.

Shaking eyes.

And hands that don't know where to go.

To Lee Hyuk finally, Appeldrich approached.

“I'm fine.”

The appendage reaches out and wraps around Lee Yi Hyuk's cheek.

“It's okay, now. I'm not alone... …. ”

Tears poured out of Lee Hyuk's eyes, staring at the appendage, with his mouth slightly open.

“I……. ”

Lee Hyuk muttered quietly.

“I……. ”

“It must have been hard. ”

“ ……. ”

“You can rest now, now. Nothing to worry about. I won't let you go alone. I've been alone all my life. It must have been lonely. At least... I'll be with you in death. ”

At that moment, the bodies of the women who were surrounding Lee Hyuk were filled with dazzling radiance.

“Phew!”

Choi Jung-hoon suddenly swallowed the false wind while looking at the three people who appeared in front of him.

Togayun, Jeong-min, and Kim Da-Som were pushed in front of him.

“Brother!"

Lee Ji-hyuk!

In front of their shouting, I saw Lee Hyuk and the Appelldrice surrounded by white light.

“I won't let you have all the fun. Darling is mine. ”

Appeldrich smiled at Erkana, who was holding Lee Hyuk.

Yeah, because you deserve it.

Appeldrich reached out and hugged Lee Hyuk. At the same time, a dazzling white light emanates from her body.

The power of God.

The power Latrell felt sorry for her for this last moment.

The power to mediate her death.

“The last one is together. ”

The whole world is white and white with the smile of a cheerful appendage.