Chapter 343 – Corruption (2)
Heavy drooping eyelids.
The whitish light that flows through that thin gap awakens the deeply immersed mind.
As soon as I opened my closed eyes, I saw a deep purple sky and a full moon.
There is a full moon that is so huge that it is incomparable to what we normally see, hanging above the sky in a soft purple color that feels strangely different from the normal night sky.
Think about this
“Why is there no ceiling… ?”
It reminds me of the broken memories.
Apparently, the place where Jooyeon fell asleep drunk was on a chair in the kitchen at home.
“… Where are you?”
Why the hell is it placed in an unknown space?
When I lifted my upper body and lowered my eyes to clear the question, I saw an unfamiliar building in front of me.
A building with rows of columns with impressive vertical grooves supporting the roof.
Although the feeling is quite different, it is roughly similar in shape to the Parthenon in Greece or the Pantheon in Italy, which I visited in cooperation.
I realize it while looking at a building, no, a temple that exudes grandeur and bleakness at the same time.
“For now, it’s not real.”
At least not the world I am aware of.
If a temple like this existed somewhere on Earth, there’s no way it wouldn’t be known.
Excluding reality, there are two places to think about.
A virtual world assembled in a uniquely shaped dungeon or unconscious.
The latter weighs more than the former.
Normally, when entering a dungeon inside a rift, there will be a record of a message saying “You have entered the OO dungeon”, But this time there is nothing.
“The question is, why did you fall here…”
Actually, it doesn’t matter if it’s the former or the latter.
The real question is, why did I suddenly drop here?
And the answer is probably in that temple.
Why?
Because that is the only building on the ground on which I stand.
“It is a strange terrain.”
Except for the temple built on the pure white marble floor, the entire heaven and earth are filled with dark purple energy.
“It’s very blatant.”
Doesn’t this mean to come inside the temple quickly?
Then you should go
I approached the temple with calm steps.
The closer the distance, the stronger the sense of intimidation emanating from the enormous size of the temple.
When the footsteps finally reached the huge door leading to the inside of the temple.
Coo coo coo… !
As if waiting for me to arrive here, the huge stone gate is turned back with a loud sound.
What you can see beyond the gate is a long road that runs through the inside of the temple.
And huge stone statues lined up next to it.
All of the stone statues kneel down and bow their heads toward the front of the road I have to go through.
Did you make the image of believers who worship God?
Next to it, a reduced version of the pillars supporting the roof from the outside supports the ceiling.
And on each of the pillars, there are torches that sway and emit light.
“…”
An unusual atmosphere somewhere.
Take a moment to contemplate your body before entering.
Except for the fact that his senses are a bit dull, he doesn’t seem to have any major problems with his body.
After sharpening your senses so that you can calmly deal with whatever happens at any time.
“… Good.”
Remove the stopped steps.
Trudging
The sound of footsteps causing gentle ripples inside the temple.
As we slowly go forward, chewing on the sound coming back from hitting the wall, we finally see the end.
The end of the stone statues bowing their heads.
I thought there would be a sculpture of the target they bowed their heads there.
“What is that?”
Expectations were wrong.
Placed at the end of the temple was a chair.
Like the stone statue, it was made of pure white marble, not a huge stone statue, but a normal-sized chair that could seat a person the same size as me.
And there is a person sitting there.
A woman in a black dress with a black hood and veil covering her face.
She beckons
“Come closer.”
I am willing to follow
There is no coercion.
However, I was just curious about the face wrapped in that veil.
And there is a high probability that the person who called me here is the woman in front of me.
Around ten meters away from the woman sitting in the chair.
“Finally, we see each other face to face.”
Her low voice echoes softly inside the temple.
However, there was an absurdity in those words.
“I haven’t seen your face yet to say that I’ve met you face to face.”
What is it like to face each other with a hood and a veil wrapped around your face?
I guess I didn’t mean to hide it forever.
“Oh, excuse me.”
I admitted my mistake and immediately removed the hood covering my head.
And when I took off the veil over my face and truly met my face.
When I saw her face, my emotions surged up.
“It tastes bad.”
When I gave her a bruise, the corners of her mouth twisted slightly.
“There is life in the way you talk. Maybe because of this face?”
The face I pointed to with my index finger was a face I knew all too well.
Her words follow.
“This woman is probably… , She was your wife.”
“…”
Yes.
The face of the woman hidden by a veil was identical to that of my wife, Han Joo-hee.
The only difference was that she wore black hair instead of blazing red hair.
If it hadn’t been for her hair color, I might have firmly believed that the woman in front of me was Han Joo-hee.
It’s not enough to drag someone to an unknown place, as if kidnapping them, even mimicking a face they don’t like to see.
If this is not a bad taste, what is it?
By the time her feelings for her are gradually sinking to the bottom.
Following Han Joo-hee’s face, a woman spoke to me with an annoying smile on her lips.
“Unfortunately, this is not my will.”
“Then who will it be?”
As I questioned, her index finger pointed at me.
“It is you.”
“… ?”
Where does this sound like a nonsense.
“Is that face my will?”
“Yes.”
Her explanation followed with a calm nod of her head.
“I decorated the shape, but this place is definitely an unconscious world sleeping inside you. To be precise, you are the owner and I am the guest.”
“… So?”
“This temple was molded on my own without your permission, but the face means that it is under your influence.”
It’s my influence
“Under.”
Laughter emerges.
“You mean I even wanted to see that face?”
Then she shook her head.
“I do not know.”
It’s not like you’re kidding me right now.
“I think you said it a while ago. That face is due to my influence.”
“It did. But I don’t know. Exactly what feelings do you have for this woman. There is only one thing I know.”
After a moment’s pause, she continues her words.
“For better or for worse, this face is currently having the greatest influence on your thoughts, feelings and actions.”
“…”
Either for the good or for the bad.
The feeling of being exposed by others that even I didn’t know exactly.
What she said is true.
Han Joo-hee still has a lot of influence on my life.
Seo-yeon, who is at a loss of how to deal with her, her sexual desire precedes passionate love, Joo-yeon who openly appeals to me as a woman, and even more so Jeong-hee, whom I met for the first time in this body.
Although they are entangled with different emotions, Han Joo-hee comes out if you go back along the stem.
Whether that be for good or for bad.
Seoyeon is her daughter, and her desire is a reward for me for maintaining my chastity for over 7 years despite having a wife.
Joo-yeon is her younger sister, and Jung-hee is… Because she was different from Han Joo-hee from one to ten, she became attached to her.
“Okay, good. I understand.”
In fact, she took less of the example given now, but more emotions are intertwined with her.
If you include her curiosity about why she changed like this, her vengeance toward her for disrespecting me, and her bad feelings, I can fully understand that she is the person who has the greatest influence on me.
So now it’s time to move on.
“So, why did you call me here and what is the identity of you who has freely manipulated the world of my unconscious?”
Then she laughs heartily.
“Now you are asking about my identity.”
It seems that he was itching to introduce himself.
She said her
“My name is Gula.”
Latin Gula.
If you translate its meaning in Chinese characters, it means greed (貪慾).
That is to say.
“Your one and only goddess.”
“…”
In fact, I was counting to some extent.
The form of a very clear temple.
A stone statue with her head bowed and a woman sitting proudly in front of it and being worshiped.
When one thinks of her existence as a god or something equivalent, the first thing that comes to mind is the Seven Deadly Sins.
And am I not most deeply connected with greed?
Her words continue to make my guesses true.
“It is good to see you at last, my apostle.”
