Sleepyhead Sees You From 100 Days Ago 108

Chapter 108 – Chapter 4: Disappearance – 1

[Tia!]

Running through the forest.

I don’t know where this is.

Nevertheless, I was shouting Tia’s name endlessly.

[Tia! Where is it!]

It is not visible.

It’s so far away.

Dark. The mountain night is as dark and dark as the deep sea.

[Tia-!!]

We were born in the mountains and raised in the mountains.

Is that why?

Somehow, in this wide forest, forever.

I had an ominous feeling that I would never be able to find Tia.

Please, please.

Please hide somewhere and cry.

Cry sadly so that I can hear your cry and visit you.

Although I held her breath and listened to her.

[…]

I can’t hear anything.

I walked.

Without knowing where the end is.

I walked like an adventurer who had lost his direction.

Eventually, a large and wide zelkova tree appeared.

When Tia was young, whenever something sad happened, she would squat here and cry.
If you feel like you can’t see it, it was always here.

But Tia wasn’t here either.

How long has it been?

It is full of overgrown weeds and moss on the roots.

There was already no trace of Tia left.

I groped the tree trunk.

I felt a bumpy texture with my fingers.

The trunk is deeply grooved.

This is the mark left by Tia.

She followed the mark as if possessed.

Sabak. Sabak.

My toes looked up at an apple tree.

In front of that apple tree that is not organized or organized…

There was no Tia.

There was Tia.

A coin.

[If Ritz buys a lot of snacks and such today, we can have a party at night. How about it?]

One book.

[Ritz. Why don’t you go? The land of flowers.]

Short sword rose saber.

[Ritz should also know how to protect her own body! I’ll teach you!]

A bunch of pearl forget-me-nots.

[For that kind of Ritz – no! I dug it up from Behemoth. Pearl forget-me-not!]

Ginger biscuit with teeth marks.

[Now, wait a minute, Ritz! That… Thank you!]

Ruby necklace.

[Ritz. I am… I’ll be back. Certainly. Therefore… Can you promise me?]

Wooden door.

[If it were Ritz, he would have guessed it right at once and scolded me, asking why the password is so easy. Then I want to change the password back to that day. And when my anniversary with Ritz comes up, I plan to keep changing it. How about it, fun?]

Red bandage.

[Ritz. Sorry. I’ll wake you up. I’ll be back soon… A little bit… Please wait a moment.]

Fragments of memories were scattered randomly.

It must have been what it was meant to be.

Completely shattered and scattered in front of the apple tree.

Tia.

Where did you go?

What happened?

Are you okay?

I picked up the ruby ​​necklace.

The bright red ruby ​​gemstone, like Tia’s eyes and hair, is cold.

Always hanging around that lovely neck, buried in her chest.
This beautiful gemstone contains the sweat that Tia shed and her body heat.

There was no light left.

[Ah…]

I think I understand.

These fragments of memory were Tia.

Tiada lived in my heart.

This was a beautiful forest where her beloved Tia played to her heart’s content.
Tia was carved as a pure memory in front of the apple tree.

However, she now leaves only fragments that cannot be swept away.
This guy has disappeared forever.

[Tia…]

The forest is moving away little by little.

It feels like I’m being swallowed up by that darkness.

…

.

.

I opened my eyes.

I was lying somewhere.

It’s an unfamiliar place.

It’s a ceiling I’ve never seen before.

Is it deep at night? A candle is lit next to it, shining softly.

Also, it doesn’t seem like it’s winter now, the air is warm and soft.

Stiff arms and legs.

I already know because I experienced it once.

This is the feeling you get when you lie down for a long time.

But I couldn’t shake the feeling that my body was heavier and stiffer than before.

I opened my eyes and looked blankly at the ceiling.

There is no sound.

The bitter winter wind must be whizzing at night.

It’s so quiet without any birdsong.

Where is this place?

Is this a world in which the dead arrive riding on the back of Shinryong?

Crash.

Someone came in from somewhere.

And then he slowly started to come this way.

Such light footsteps… Tiada!

Definitely!

Tia.

Tia!

I made a sound to call Tia, but nothing came out.

It’s like I’ve completely forgotten how to use my voice.

They just open their mouths.

Still, it doesn’t matter.

Because Tia came.

Because Tia will find me.

I moved my eyes and looked in that direction.

I was waiting for the red hair to appear.

“…”

But what caught my eye was bright yellow blonde hair.

A girl who is much smaller and thinner than Tia.

“… Ah.”

The girl looked surprised for a moment when she saw me.

Before long, he smiled softly and laughed.

“You’re awake. “Oppa.”

It wasn’t Tia or her aunts who woke me up.

… It was Marie.

* * *

“…”

I ate the thick soup that Marie brought.

It was said to be made with spring vegetables, but it wasn’t very tasty.

I noticed this a long time ago, but this place… It didn’t seem like a very good situation.

Since I didn’t hear the details, I had to guess most of it.

After hearing a brief conversation while eating, the Baron said that this was not Brisden.

It’s not winter anymore. It was spring.

I asked in a quiet voice.

“I… How long have you been lying down?”

“I don’t know exactly. I’ve been here for two months… “I think it’s probably been three months.”

“Three months… ?”

I didn’t have a good feeling.

It seemed like it was like this back then. It’s hard to believe that I’ve been lying down for longer than that.

I felt like my sense of time was becoming dull.

I opened my palm.

It’s scrawny.

Even when I looked at it, I felt seriously thin.

I asked blankly.

“… What happened?”

“…”

Marie did not answer.

“Tell me. What happened…”

“… “I don’t know.”

It wasn’t that he was hiding it on purpose, but he really didn’t know.

“In the middle of winter, my brother came here carrying Ritsu on his back. He’s not dead, he’s alive. So I’ve been waiting for it to happen until now.”

It was an unbelievable sound.

“Ruyev brought me with him?”

I’m not dead, I’m alive?

… What are you talking about?

When your thoughts reach that point.

Haaaaah don’t I not?

My head exploded.

As the closed door opened, memories poured out.

“Wow!”

“… “Oppa?”

I don’t know.

The memories seem to be all mixed up.

My eyes are dizzy, and I feel like I’m going crazy.

All I felt there was disgust.

“… Tia.”

The name popped out without me even realizing it.

“What about Tia?”

“…”

Marie looked at me with a worried expression.

My heart is pounding.

I have a strong intuition that Marie is going to say something ominous.

Please tell me I’m fine.

All you need is one word.

But Marie turned her eyes slightly to the side.

“I don’t know.”

“Number of animals… I have no idea what you’re talking about right now. Where are we… Why am I here?”

I was killed by Posao.

No, it’s not like he’s dead because I see him alive.

Anyway, that was my last memory.

And then three months passed again.

I don’t know. I don’t know anything.

Why did Marie wake me up?

How did Ruyev carry me?

I had no idea what had happened.

The only person who can solve this crazy anxiety and curiosity is Marie.

After hesitating for a moment, Marie opened her mouth.

“When I ran away from Brisden…”

The story began from the day Ruyev ran away.

The place the two escaped to is said to be an abandoned cabin used by our ancestors.

It was said that it was hidden so deep in the forest that not even the elders knew about it.

Luyev renovated the shabby cabin so that his brother and sister could live together.
And he planned to hide for about a year and then move to another village.

But one day.

Ruyev stopped by Taildon in disguise, and by chance he heard that I was dead.
When Marie heard the news, she was very sad and cried, but Luev did not show any signs of sadness and just said that she thought something was strange.

“So, brother… “They said they dug Ritz’s grave.”

“Water of rest?”

“Yes.”

The story was that Ruyev dug under the water of rest with my name engraved on it, took me out of the coffin, and brought me here.

“However… It was strange. I heard that Ritsu’s brother died a month ago… I felt as alive as I did back then.”

“… It’s because of Enbus.”

The poison that Posao forced me to drink is a drug that strengthens the paralyzing effect of ‘Enbus’.

Therefore, he must have entered a state of suspended animation, as if he had been asleep for a long period of two months.

Did Ruev realize that and save me?

But there were still many unanswered questions.

I thought I was dead.

There was no doubt that Posao would not leave me alone while I fainted.

Either strangle him to death.

Or take the knife and stab it.

There must have been many ways to kill him.

It was strange that he was still alive without any injuries.

There was no time for this.

We need to report Posao to the villagers and kick him out.

And he has to get his Tia back.

“Thanks for your help, Marie. I have to go see Tia now. “I have a lot of work to do.”

“It’s late.”

Someone came into the hut.

It looked familiar but unfamiliar at the same time.

Bushy beard and messy blonde hair.

The scorched nape of his neck and the scars that remain on his strong arms.

A boy wearing worn-out clothes and carrying a thick bag.

I thought that was… I didn’t even dare to think of it as Ruyev.

“… Ruyev?”

“…”

As always, Ruyev looked at me blankly and put his bag down on the floor with a sad look on his face.

And he said something shocking.

“Tia is not in Brisden.”

“… “What?”

“I was expelled.”

Expulsion?

What does that mean?

Why is Tia… ?

When Louef opened the bag, dirt-covered potatoes poured out.

“It is still unknown where he went after he was deported. But…”

He glanced at me once.

The blue eyes that always looked at me with a dismissive look, I don’t know why today.

It was filled with compassion, as if looking at a poor person.

“… No, let’s talk about that tomorrow.”

After saying that, Ruyev began picking up the potatoes that had fallen on the floor.

“Tomorrow, me, Marie, and you. Everyone is leaving for Brisden. Until then… “Don’t be curious about anything.”

I couldn’t say anything to Ruev, who was leaving the cabin carrying the sack.

Only Marie’s small hand holding my hand tightly… It was the only consolation.