Chapter 88 – EX 3. The Story of a Certain Awakener
Numerous stories related to dragons have been handed down since ancient times.
In the legend that King Munmu of Silla died and became the dragon of the East Sea to protect the country, the old dragon in the legend of Geotaji, and even in Yongbieocheonga, which talks about the legitimacy of the Joseon Dynasty, the word dragon was used as a metaphor for a king who had both power and wisdom. .
As such, in the Orient, the dragon enjoyed the most popularity among imaginary animals.
That is, until that imagination becomes a reality and appears directly in front of your eyes.
When the dragon, which was called the symbol of the guardian spirit and a spiritual being, mercilessly attacked humans, mankind finally realized the truth.
That the belief in the existence of fantasy they had built up so far no longer applies in a world that has changed.
Hundreds or thousands of weak lives are swept away and killed every time the monster with its long mouth emits a beam of blue light.
With a single swing of its forepaw, it creates a typhoon, causing the ground to crack and buildings to collapse.
Sanya Dominas was born in such a chaotic era.
An era in which guns were no longer directed at humans, but could never be said to be peaceful.
It was the winter of 1950, a day when the streets were lined with corpses, succumbing to the cold chill caused by the ‘Snow Queen’ and warped hunger.
Her mother died of malnutrition shortly after Sanya was born, and her father also did not return after one day going out to get her something to eat.
Nonetheless, she somehow survived the cataclysm that lasted ten years.
She thoroughly learned how to escape her catastrophe by somehow moving her young and fragile limbs.
As a mere 9-year-old child, Sanja had long since erased the element of laughter from her short life.
A life of constantly running away from crises, begging people to find a little bit of a normal street, and leading a day-to-day life.
The treadmill of such an absurd daily life stopped rolling just before she was completely ruined.
One day in 1960, Sanja received shocking news that she couldn’t believe for a while.
It was the moment when she came into the coffee shop for a moment as she noticed to warm up her shivering body.
“No, I heard that the disaster has completely disappeared?”
“Hey, don’t talk nonsense, turn your hand around. How can you get rid of the Snow Queen… I’d rather believe that the thunderbird died from being electrocuted by itself.”
“No, it’s real! My nephew is a member of the Awakened unit, but he just got a call from me?”
‘The disaster… Is over?’
I overheard the men sitting at the table playing with small red cards.
She wanted to run up to the man and ask if what she had heard was true, but her limbs were so cold that she barely had the strength to walk, let alone run.
Her doubts turned to certainty when, a few days later, she heard a solemn voice coming from a radio stand down the street.
– 132 countries around the world officially declare the end of the second catastrophe here. Folks, please rest assured. The Awakened Unit belonging to the country will always do its best to return all citizens to their daily lives.
It had already been heard once, but still Sanya’s brain did not even think to piece together fragments of fragmented information.
For a moment, she felt like she had fallen into a world where she was alone.
Sanya’s body was already accustomed to disaster.
Ironically, she lost her purpose in life the moment her driving force, somehow struggling to survive, disappeared.
‘I…Why am I alive?’
Sanya was constantly wandering in search of her answer to him.
There were times when she ran out of food and didn’t have a proper place to sleep, but not being able to resolve the deepest questions in her heart was even more painful than that.
For many years she roamed the world, and she was no longer just on the run.
She learns the art of self-defense to protect herself, observes people who live with a smile even in a destroyed world, and sometimes she forcibly wrinkles the corners of her mouth to laugh at herself.
And Sanya underwent a huge transformation: her awakening in the year she turned 20.
She was very surprised even herself when she woke up because her skin and bones were in contact with her due to her lack of nutrition, and she had not even been properly educated.
‘Do I… Have the qualifications to become an Awakener?’
She recalled the image of the Awoken that saved her from her crisis.
True heroes standing in the exact opposite direction from disasters who threw themselves out to rescue people without even considering themselves being in danger.
But… What the hell could she do just because she became an Awoken herself?
During her 20-year life, she was constantly on the run.
It is not once or twice that I ignored the misfortune around me in order to live somehow.
Will he, who is filled with such evil, be able to properly fulfill his role as an Awakener?
She wandered the world again seeking answers.
And Sanya, by chance, reached a small peninsula in the east of Asia.
After she became an Awakener, her hair color changed to black, so it was good that black-haired people didn’t show much rejection.
It was only that her mysterious gaze as she passed by and glanced at her made her feel uneasy.
She began to gradually descend from the upper part of the Korean Peninsula along the mountain range, and in no time she reached the foot of Mt. Jiri.
She said she couldn’t get the answers she was looking for, even in a country this far away, and Sanya was overcome by her deep blues.
Then one day, Sanya came across a silver-haired woman on her way down the mountain.
“How come she’s a child I haven’t seen around. Did she come from far away?”
She lived in Korea for a few months, but she was not familiar with the Korean language yet.
She cleared her dry throat a few times from not speaking for a long time, then answered the woman sparsely.
“I’m from another country. I’m on a trip to Korea.”
“Looking at the clothes and magical powers, it doesn’t look like you’ve been on a trip… Well, anyway, it’s fine, so would you like to stay at my house for a while?”
“Okay, I do.”
She seems to be trying to take her to her own home, but as she becomes an Awakener, she is quite a strong Sanya, so she is able to subdue a woman as soon as she sees suspicious intentions.
Unbeknownst to herself, Sanya had somehow gained her confidence in her own abilities.
“Hmm… So, why did you travel all the way to this small country?”
Condensed milk? Is it like milk?
When Sanya tilted her head, the woman giggled and spoke to her again.
“Yes, yes, my words were too difficult. The reason why you came to this country, what is the reason?”
Ah, Reason.
It was a very long story to explain, but Sanya somehow wanted to tell her story to the woman sitting in front of her.
Had she ever spoken so much, on so many different subjects?
Tired of daily repetitive phrases such as ‘Give me a penny’ or ‘Let me sleep for a day’, Sanja fell deeply into talking about a variety of topics she hadn’t talked about before.
And her gray-haired woman was watching her with her amuse.
When Sanja gasped for breath and finished all of her story, her lady smiled and handed her her glass from the table.
“Drink. It looks like her throat isn’t very healthy.”
“Go, thank you…”
“If you don’t mind, how about staying here for a few days? I’ll answer all your questions.”
If it was something that could be resolved so easily, would I have wandered around the world like this for decades?
I wanted to get her words out of her mouth right away, but because the woman’s smiling face looked so kind, she barely swallowed her words.
That’s how time passed in Jirisan.
Originally, the deadline was one week, but gradually the period became longer, and it became two weeks, then one month, and finally three months.
In the meantime, Sanja met and talked with various people, sometimes hanging out with children her own age.
It was a warm feeling that I had never felt before in my life.
The Korean language has also become quite advanced, and except for a few honorific words, it has become a level where you can do everyday conversation without difficulty.
Sanya was getting used to the comfortable environment around her.
And she seemed to know the answer to her question curiously enough.
She was able to find the answer easily in the comfort of her life, to the point that the past years of wandering around until her legs fell out in search of her answers were futile.
People who are bright and full of laughter as if they have never suffered a disaster.
People who act with a heart that cares for others.
I hadn’t noticed it until now because I was in a hurry to survive, but it was something I could only see after I stopped.
That’s how Sanya got to know more about her humanity.
Time passed and the day came when Sanya promised to leave.
The gray-haired teacher summoned Sanya and asked if she had achieved what she set out to do.
In response to her question, she was able to confidently nod her head.
Because she realized that she was not alone anymore.
Sanya spoke to her with the will of her solemn determination.
“I will become a hero who saves people against monsters.”
Anxiety always follows her strong power.
She wondered if it was okay for her to have this power, and whether or not this power was being used badly…
But Sanya realized now.
During her 20-year long wandering, she finally found the meaning of her life and found out why she was given strength.
This power is not aimed at attack and destruction, but to protect people and protect the world.
In order not to have any more lost children of her age, Sanya vowed to defeat her monsters.
And so, Sanya became a hero for the first time.
