Chapter 338 – Episode 338 – [Ending] ──Really? End?
* Episode 338 – [Ending] ──Really? The end?
Death is not a world away.
It’s the same as when we suddenly lose consciousness when falling asleep, then open our eyes again and doze off.
And repeat that action countless times.
I repeated it infinitely, to the point where it wasn’t clear whether I was asleep or awake.
「Hong Chang-gi.」
Someone called my name.
I opened my eyes in the dark and stood tall on the ground where the Hianco flowers were spread out.
I don’t know if this is a dream or reality.
But I was sure someone was calling me, so when I looked for it, someone grabbed my feet.
“Come here.”
“Let’s go together.”
“…”
An unpleasant face broke through the Hianhua flower and emerged from beneath the dirt floor.
A woman buried alive extends her arms and pulls her blade down.
It’s a little like hers, but my body is sinking like hers.
-I know who this is.
-You must not follow.
-I want to kill this guy.
However, consciousness is blurred.
It’s unpleasant to know but not be able to act.
Just like a conscious dream, I can’t move my body even though I recognize it as a dream.
“I won’t go alone.”
“You are with me too.”
I want to kick it.
However, in my blurry consciousness, the being called myself still stands far away.
Even though my feet are sinking lower and lower, and eventually my knees are sinking.
‘Ah… Freya… A woman like you is truly obnoxious…’
A year of despair until the last, the last, the last.
This is your end.
Please go quietly.
Please…
“Let’s go. Let’s go together.”
“I’ll love you there.”
… I want to refuse.
I absolutely want to say no.
But it doesn’t move.
Is it because I died?
Where am I in the first place, why is Freya with me… ?
I don’t know.
Anyhow… If you don’t run away…
If you don’t get your feet off the floor… I’m going to go to the same place as Freya…
“Ahh…”
“Revenge is such a good feeling…”
“Your heart… You might think you know a little bit now…”
Don’t find out now.
It’s not a feeling you need to know.
… But Freya is smiling.
‘Are you going to die like this? After finishing, it so neatly… In the end… ‘This?’
Disappointed with myself, I stared blankly at the red marigold.
Her legs sank down to her ankles and soon to her waist.
Now, when you can’t get out on your own…
『It was a good thing I came out of my comrade’s body and watched just in case.』
『As expected, a woman like you only does obnoxious things to the end.』
… Someone approached me with the same sentiments as me.
Wearing white armor that doesn’t suit this type of Hianhwa…
Clap… Clap…
Clap… Crunch…
『Sure.』
『But I am grateful.』
『Thanks to your persistence, I was able to take revenge in the end, right?』
And… The person I love walked next to me.
Like a girl who melts into this scenery wearing a white dress and a straw hat.
Two people I know well picked up the blades at the same time.
The knight in white wielded his sword, and Seongyeon wielded a shovel that seemed to be found somewhere in this pianist field, and at the same time, they slashed at the ground where her face was.
“Ahhhhh… !!」
“Ah… Ah… Ahhh…”
The arm that was pulling me was taken away.
Freya tried to scream, but the yelling she had shown in her lifetime was nowhere to be seen.
It must have been her last strength as she fell to the dirt floor with a struggling sound and eventually disappeared.
To the bottom of hell forever.
That was the end of Freya.
“… You guys.”
Only then did I come to my senses.
The mannequin-like body moved and raised her head.
However, in an unexpected situation, I fell backwards, and two people reached out to me.
The Knight of Pure Love and Seongyeon are side by side.
“Comrade. What are you doing here?”
That’s what I’m going to say…
“… What are you guys doing here?”
“What are you doing… Are you asking because you really don’t know?”
The knight of pure love pointed beyond the light line.
The golden light that helped me beyond the bright red blooming wildflowers… Comrades are disappearing into the distance in a row.
Among them, there was a flower spirit, a huge wolf leading a pack, and the spirits of lovers holding hands.
Everyone smiled happily and didn’t even pay attention to this side.
“This is the afterlife. My comrade was in danger, so I came out of my body for a moment and came to help.”
She laughs, saying she couldn’t let down her guard until the very end.
Her face wasn’t visible because it was covered by a helmet, but she looked satisfied.
“I… Since when have I been like this?”
Unlike the knight of pure love, I was embarrassed.
I think I’ve been standing here blankly for quite a long time, but this is the first time I’ve come to my senses.
This time, it was Seongyeon who answered my question.
“It’s been about an hour. No matter how many times I called, he wouldn’t come to his senses, so I was just looking around and was suddenly dragged away.”
“Seongyeon…”
She smiles brightly because she committed suicide for me.
That smile was infinitely bitter.
“What’s wrong? Oh, you don’t have to worry about me. I die often. This is not the first time I’ve come to the afterlife and been dazed.”
“Do you come here often?”
“Yes. It’s a good place for mental recovery. I often go blank and then relapse.”
It wasn’t a very nice story to hear.
Nevertheless, Seongyeon put the shovel on her floor and laid her side on it, making her feel comfortable.
She looked like she had once been a country girl, as if she had often plowed the fields here.
‘… Should I say it?’
My heart was disturbed seeing her like that in front of her.
Even though he is dead, there is a chance to tell the truth.
Since Sun-ae’s knight is right next to her, she decides to tell Seong-yeon the truth about Hong Chang-gi, and when she tries to open her mouth…
“Seongyeon… I’m just saying this now… I-“
“-No need to explain.”
I stopped that.
It’s as if it’s no big deal even though he knows my concerns.
It really looked the same as usual.
“I mean, I was forcibly injected with memories when my body was taken over by Freyja’s body earlier. The same goes for my other colleagues. Everyone found out about Jihyeon and the relationship between you and Sunae, the harlot.”
“So… Nya…”
Come to think of it, she said her head hurt during the battle.
Was it because of that reason, not because of the pain of having her body taken away?
“Pure love…”
“It’s difficult to look this way. I am you now. You are me, and we are one body.”
As if running away from this topic, he turned into powder of light and returned to my body.
He said there was no need for us to talk like this, and he became a part of me again.
It was a strange feeling.
I didn’t think I would ever get used to this feeling of being two and coming back as one.
“Seongyeon. What do you think of the sight just now? Am I really two people?”
“What do you think?”
“Don’t act like a fool. I heard you saw a memory.”
“Yes, that’s right. I also knew how Freya tormented my boyfriend and how you came to be.”
“…”
“Hehe. You don’t have to be so nervous. I told you when the Knight of Pure Ae broke her face. I’m on your side.”
Unlike me, who was embarrassed, Seongyeon still smiled.
She lifted her two fingers, one on each side, and said what she thought.
“Think about it. Hong Chang-gi, who had only memories and no soul, or Hong Chang-gi, who had only soul and no memories, either one was the person I loved. And if the two were combined into one, that would be the person I truly liked. That kind of person. It’s resurrected. Why should I worry about that?”
“… Seongyeon.”
“I love you both. So don’t worry. You, Changgi, have worked hard for me all this time.”
I’ve been trying.
It was something that was me and yet not me.
However, since I am also a knight of pure love, I was truly happy with the encouragement.
『As she said, we are one.』
『So let us rejoice together.』
『Like the lovely girl who recognized our hardships.』
『I’m going to find the end of this hell.』
The person inside me laughed.
My wife cut all my cheap worries away with a million dollar smile.
“Are you really going to accept that? Are your feelings complicated in many ways?”
“Yes. The two prostitutes I love have become one. What are you worrying about in this situation? There’s only one step left until the happy ending, but there’s not enough time to even think about happy thoughts~?”
“For example?”
“How many children should I have!? I think I want to have enough to form a soccer team with only my children! Oh, I don’t have to give birth to all of them, I can borrow other children’s wombs, so it might be possible surprisingly quickly~!?”
“Don’t be stupid in this situation.”
“Hehe. Does this sound stupid?”
“…”
… Sounds stupid?
No. As she said, there is 1 more until a happy ending.
Rather, isn’t now the time to spit out such a dream?
“I’m sorry. Draw the dream you want. No matter how stupid it may be, if we all work together, we can achieve it.”
Hehe~! Right? It’s easier than catching a god!”
“Okay.”
It’s easier to make a soccer team out of kids than to catch Freya.
When I thought about imitating Seongyeon’s positive side, my world collapsed.
Not only was my consciousness fading again, my body and mind tried to move away from the field of Pianhua.
“Ugh!”
“Oh, it’s okay. Don’t panic too much. Since consciousness has returned, the soul is struggling to return to its original world. When you wake up, it will be back to where it was before, so don’t worry.”
As expected from an MVP guest in the afterlife, he spoke in a manner that knew the situation well.
‘It feels like it will fly away at any moment… !!’
She handed me a sphere of light before I left.
A group of floating, colorful lights jump around my body as if they are alive.
“Take that and go back quickly. I’ll wait here for you to put an end to it.”
It was a meaningful tone.
This light… Probably a soul.
Seongyeon tried to leave all of this to me.
“Period… What should I do on my own without you…!?”
“Well~? But if you’re a prostitute, you’ll definitely get a perfect ending! I’ll believe it~!”
“… Seongyeon!!”
She stretched out her arms to her, but her body and mind were sucked back faster.
It felt as if I was absorbed into a black hole and flew somewhere beyond the afterlife.
And when I opened my eyes again…
What I saw…
