Chapter 988 – 988. Yggdrasil (7)
As soon as I entered the dream…
“Wow, it’s cold.”
I was startled by the sudden chill and wrapped my arms around his shoulders.
There is no wind, but the chill penetrates the skin.
Considering the perceived temperature, it seemed to be about -5 degrees Celsius compared to the Mountain of Darkness.
But despite the chill that penetrated my skin, I was amazed when I looked at my surroundings.
“And… It’s pretty.”
Pure white snow piled up to ankles.
And even the sun, which is covered by clouds and glows gray…
Unlike the dull, dark mountain, the place I am now is so beautiful that it could be described as a snowy field.
“It’s much better here.”
It was much colder here, but the bright atmosphere made it a place where you could feel at peace.
I was amazed by the snowy fields spread out so beautifully…
“Oh, now is not the time.”
I came to my senses and quickly started looking around.
There is only one reason why I came here now.
It was the middle of winter.
I thought about manipulating my dreams to find midwinter, but…
“Let’s look for it first.”
I immediately shook my head and started looking for Midwinter.
If you manipulate your dreams, you will be able to find midwinter right away.
But…
“Because it might be an important dream.”
It felt like my instincts were calling out to me.
The current situation is actually a chance.
Thinking like that, I started walking through the snow.
“Hey… “It’s gorgeous.”
Without realizing it, I moved forward, smiling like a child and rolling my eyes.
But that time of joy did not last long.
“Huh?”
I heard a voice echoing from far away in my ears.
(It’s like being on a cloud!)
(It feels like heaven!)
I was able to realize it right away from the echoing voice.
‘Kids… ?’
At first glance, it was the voice of a child.
I immediately turned on stealth and approached the place where the voice was coming from.
And there it was, just as I expected…
“Let’s build a snowman!”
There were children.
And the kids were jumping up and down in the snow, playing in different ways.
But among them, there was one child who particularly stood out.
“Kyahahaha!”
A child running around wearing thin clothes that are not suitable for this cold weather.
At first, I thought it was mid-spring.
Because he is very resistant to the cold.
However, upon closer inspection, I could see that it was not mid-spring.
‘… ‘Isn’t it Bom?’
I knew for sure because I had seen her childhood in a midspring dream before.
The kid running around in the snow right now is not mid-spring.
I started checking on the children playing just in case.
There are a total of five children playing here.
It was not possible to immediately find out the exact identity of the children, who were in the lower grades of elementary school.
However, I was able to figure out the children’s identities with a guess.
‘Is she Hayeon? I want to go and touch his cheek.’
From Min Ha-yeon, who still has breast fat…
‘It feels like spring over there. You were bigger than your younger siblings at that time.’
Hanbom looks at her younger siblings with worried eyes…
‘A child shivering because it’s cold must be autumn.’
Mid-autumn, shivering from the cold…
‘And… I want to go and hit him.’
And until midsummer when I want to squeeze in a honey chestnut…
‘Kya… Even when I was young, I looked unlucky.’
Midsummer building a snowman with Min Ha-yeon from afar.
The midsummer of my childhood looked just as unlucky as it does now.
I wanted to go and grab a honey chestnut right now, but…
‘No. Let’s just take a look.’
I decided not to intervene.
My purpose is not to harass midsummer.
As soon as…
“There’s so much snow!!”
He was a child running around wearing only thin clothing in weather so cold that one could even use the expression severe winter.
And I was able to immediately identify the child.
A spring in my childhood spoke as if urging a child who was running around like a colt.
“Winter, don’t you need to wear more clothes…?” ?”
“I hate it! “I like it cold!”
The identity of the running child is midwinter.
In the middle of winter, I was wearing fall clothes and digging through the snow in this cold weather.
‘I guess you were strong against the cold when you were young?’
The appearance of Midwinter now is completely different from the Midwinter when I became an adult.
Even if you touch the snow with your bare hands and snow gets into your clothes…
“Kyahahaha!”
It was just jumping around like a lively colt.
‘It’s so different from now?’
If it were the middle of winter in real life, I would have been rubbing my shoulders like crazy and putting all my effort into enduring the cold.
I was convinced, remembering that midwinter.
‘There was an incident.’
My constitution changed as I became an adult.
There must have been an incident.
I assumed that and continued watching the children.
As I watched, I was able to roughly figure out what the situation was.
‘It seems like the two families were really close.’
I was able to find out that Min Ha-yeon’s family and Han Summer’s family went on a trip together.
A huge mountain lodge built not far away.
A saint’s voice was heard from the direction of the mountain hut.
(Everyone, come! I made lunch!)
Children screaming like chicks.
“Yes!”
All the children here began to run back to the cabin through the snow like chicks.
And I followed those chicks like I was fascinated.
‘Ah… I want to kidnap you right now.’
It’s not a joke, I wanted to take them all and play with them all day.
For reference, that included midsummer.
‘Why does he look like I want to hit him like that?’
A face I didn’t like even when I was young.
Regardless of whether he was handsome or not, his expression was just unlucky.
Unlike the smiling children, they are rude.
Just looking at him, he looked like he was going to die because he wasn’t having fun.
On the other hand, I talk to Min Ha-yeon…
“Brother, let’s go together.”
“Oh, what a bother… “
Midspring, midautumn, and midwinter were treated as if they were luggage.
Until then, I could tell that the three sisters treated Midoreum as an older brother.
‘There was a reason why I became a prick now.’
I could see that it was self-inflicted that Midsummer was treated like an idiot.
As I followed Min Ha-yeon and her siblings when they were young…
“Huh?”
The background suddenly changed.
The changed background was the same place as before…
‘Oh, the sunset is gorgeous.’
The sun, which had been gray before, was burning red and being consumed by the mountain.
While I was immersed in sentiment, I heard a voice again.
(Oppa! Quick, quick!)
(Haaaaa… Annoying…)
I could tell who it was right away just by the shape of the voice.
‘Midwinter and… ‘Midsummer?’
It felt awkward, perhaps because I had never seen two people face each other in real life.
I slowly moved towards the source of the voice.
And at the place we arrived, there was midwinter and midsummer as expected.
That too…
‘Huh? Where did the rest of the kids go?’
It was just the two of us.
At first, I wondered why there were only two people.
Fortunately, through the conversation between the two, I was able to find out why the other kids were not there.
“I hope we can play together tomorrow…” .”
“It will be better tomorrow.”
Min Ha-yeon, mid-spring, mid-autumn… It seemed like the three of them had colds.
And while the three of us were resting because we caught a cold, midwinter dragged midsummer all the way here.
The reason why midwinter brought midsummer here…
“Brother! “I’ll hide first!”
It was to play hide and seek.
I wondered if I had to play hide and seek in this cold…
‘No… When I was young, there was nothing I did like that.’
Hide and seek was one of the best games one could play as a child.
Above all, the beauty of hide and seek was that it became a new game just by changing the location.
But such joy was not visible to Midreum.
“Ha… Plaguy…”
He just looked like he wanted to go back.
“Count to 30 seconds and find me!!”
“Ha… Okay.”
However, it seemed that even such annoyance was eventually overcome by Midwinter’s ability to act.
After that, the two started playing hide and seek in a snow field filled with trees.
Midwinter doing its best and midsummer fluttering.
But despite the differences, it seemed like it was nice just to play in this snowy field in the middle of winter.
But the time of joy did not last long.
“Let’s go now.”
Midsummer, unable to bear the annoyance any longer, said he wanted to go.
“Let’s do a little more!”
And Midwinter pleads with Midsummer’s cold words.
Midreum, who had been fighting with Midwinter several times, spoke in a voice filled with frustration.
“This is the last time.”
“Okay! Then I’ll hide!”
Just like that, midwinter rushed through the trees.
And the midsummer that saw midwinter like that…
“… “I have to go.”
I started leaving, leaving midwinter behind.
‘What? Are you really going?’
No matter how annoying it was, I couldn’t understand leaving it like that.
Hide and seek is a game played based on basic trust.
Hide and seek is a game where if the seeker pulls out, the hider becomes a fool.
But whether you know it or not, midsummer…
“What… “It will come back on its own.”
She left behind such irresponsible words.
At first, I thought it would jump out and grab it, but…
‘It’s just a dream anyway. There’s no need to do that.’
I went into the forest in the middle of winter and started looking for it, hoping for a later date.
Actually, I wasn’t too worried at first.
Midwinter in the dream was extremely resistant to cold.
I didn’t think there would be any problems if I hid for a while.
But…
‘No… If this dream is related to trauma…’
I quickly gave up those carefree thoughts and started looking for midwinter.
And a sound coming from far away.
(Haaaaa!)
A mournful cry was caught in my ears.
I quickly ran towards the sound of crying, and where the sound spread…
“Huh! Brother!! Haaaaa!”
Midwinter had fallen off the cliff and was crying.
I jumped to the bottom of the cliff in a hurry…
“Huh!?”
Suddenly the surrounding background changed drastically.
And the changed background…
‘… Night?’
It was a cliff covered with so much darkness that it was impossible to see an inch ahead.
And beneath the cliff covered in pitch black darkness…
“Huh…”
Midwinter was lying down and shivering.
I quickly jumped to the bottom of the cliff and checked the state of midwinter.
A midwinter complexion so bright that it can be seen even in the dark.
“Hmm…”
Additionally, he seemed to have fallen into a coma due to being exposed to the cold for a long time.
The reason Midwinter couldn’t escape this place was simple.
‘Is there a crack in the bone?’
When he fell from the cliff, it seemed like his bones were cracked.
Originally, the tagger should have found him and rescued him long ago, but…
‘This piece of trash…’
The tagger, Midsummer, was left out in the middle.
Because of that, Midwinter was unable to be rescued and ended up in this state.
And perhaps the trauma of midwinter…
‘Midsummer… There’s no place it doesn’t fit.’
It may be because of midsummer.
I immediately lifted Midwinter’s small body into my arms.
“Hang in there. “I will save you.”
“Hmm…”
It’s definitely a dream.
The past has already passed.
Memories that cannot be changed.
But still, I took her in my arms and jumped onto her cliff to save her midwinter.
But…
“Huh?”
The moment I landed on the cliff, the midwinter in my arms disappeared.
At first I thought it was really gone…
“… What is it?”
Midwinter was lying under the cliff again.
I went down the cliff again and tried to rescue Midwinter…
“Why is this like this?”
Midwinter’s body could not be pulled out of the cliff.
I even tried to force myself to go to the mountain cabin by manipulating my dreams…
“Driving me crazy…”
I returned to the cliff again.
I went down to the bottom of the cliff again and held midwinter in my arms.
The midwinter that disappeared from my arms every time I climbed the cliff…
“Hmm…”
This time, it didn’t disappear and was held in my arms.
I was convinced when I saw that.
‘You mean we can’t change this situation itself?’
Her midwinter dreams were what kept her from leaving this place.
As if the past cannot be changed…
I was worried about a moment.
‘… Should I force it to change?’
Although it was manipulated earlier, it was done temporarily.
If we use force to force a change, we can change this situation itself.
But I couldn’t decide easily.
‘Does that have any meaning?’
Even if I escaped like that, I wondered if it would really save me.
If you move on to another dream in this isolated situation, this dream will eventually end here.
In the end, you just repeat the experience of dying from the cold.
‘It won’t work.’
I decided to use a different method.
I untied the front of my coat and hugged it tightly, putting midwinter inside.
Then he covered her face and hands and whispered.
“Even if it’s hard, hold on just a little longer. People will come soon.”
In the middle of winter when I heard my voice…
“Hmm…”
She hugged me tightly and nodded.
And at the same time…
Swoosh!
The bitter cold and pitch-black darkness surrounding the surroundings has cleared.
After that, warmth and bright light began pouring down.
