Chapter 208 – Chapter 208- True Blood
After I ended my relationship with Seol-hee, the sun was slowly going down.
Lying on the floor with nothing on.
The layer of orange clouds reflected through the broken ceiling was really beautiful.
We caught our breath for a moment and immediately prepared to leave the ice castle.
There was so much to do.
I had to take Seol-hee to Darae’s unfinished funeral home.
Also, since tomorrow was the day to offer true blood, it was necessary to prepare in its own way.
Dressed up and out of the ice castle.
From the entrance, Seol-hee stared at the building she had been living in.
Previously, it must have been a broken ruin here and there.
Now it was a beautiful castle with a slight crimson color depending on the setting sun.
Seol-hee blinked for a while, as if that appearance reminded her of the time she had spent during vacation.
“It’s pretty.”
When I said my impressions, Seol-hee gave a small smile.
“… Yes.”
As if she had no regrets anymore, Seol-hee grabbed my hand tightly.
Then he quietly leaned his body on my shoulder.
It was because I felt that as the days went by, Seol-hee’s emotions grew richer.
I couldn’t help but smile too.
That’s how Seol-hee created it, and escaped the ice-covered outskirts.
A familiar black sedan was waiting for us.
Besides, not only the sedan, but also the owner of the sedan was waiting for us.
“… Are you here?”
Kim Ji-hye is smoking a cigarette while leaning on a sedan.
Even while waiting for us, Kim Ji-hye was holding documents in her hands, as if she had something to do.
Kim Ji-hye, who folded her papers and threw them into her car, looked at me and Seol-hee.
“Sueueup.”
Kim Ji-hye, who was watching us with dark circles in her eyes, inhaled deeply her smoke.
“Whoa… Fuck.”
Is it because of the papers, or because of our appearance.
Kim Ji-hye furrowed her eyebrows, so she spat out a swear word.
“So, how did it go?”
“What?”
“Ice Jade.”
However, no matter how upset she was, Kim Ji-hye, who always diligently did her own thing, immediately asked me the key point.
Since she was Seol-hee, who had been supported by the shadow family, Kim Ji-hye knew some information about the ice prison from before, if not in detail.
However, she did not think that it would be successful.
When I drove to pick you up this morning, I didn’t show any expectations.
It was the same even now.
Kim Ji-hye seemed to reveal that she wasn’t expecting much, as she chicly leaned against the bonnet of the car and spit out the smoke from her cigarette.
However, Ji-hye Kim was visibly taken aback by my words.
“It worked.”
“Yeah… It couldn’t be in the first place… What?”
Jihye Kim dropped her cigarette.
Despite her embarrassment, Kim Ji-hye diligently extinguished the cigarette that had fallen on the grass with the heel of her shoe.
Following this, Kim Ji-hye opened her eyes wide and silently pressured her to explain.
“I thought it was ridiculous too, but Seol-hee is the last snow woman made by giving all their life force.”
“Okay.”
“I don’t know if that’s why, but it seems like they did it somehow. Instead, they cut her vitality in return.”
“……”
Kim Ji-hye looked at Seol-hee with an expression of absurdity.
Seol-hee looked at Kim Ji-hye with her blunt expression, and then held out her finger to her sneakily.
Seolhee’s fingers were folded in a V shape.
“Is he okay then?”
Kim Ji-hye, who was silent once at Seol-hee’s V attack, immediately asked me another question.
“I’m not in very good shape… But if I continue to receive my yang energy, I can gradually heal.”
Kim Ji-hye took out a new cigarette from her and bit it, muttering.
“No way, on purpose.”
Seolhee leaned her body on my shoulder.
Swoop.
Seol-hee, who was completely in close contact with my body up to her thighs, said to Kim Ji-hye.
“I think I will have to do more in the future.”
“……”
Kim Ji-hye and Seol-hee’s gazes met.
A strange war of nerves ensued.
I haven’t revealed my secret affair with Kim Ji-hye to anyone yet, but for some reason, I’m seeing this point of contact now.
It reminded me of the scene when Miho and Seolhee had a fight for the first time.
“Yes, do as you please.”
However, she was also Kim Ji-hye, an adult.
Kim Ji-hye took her eyes off her first, as if to give her no room for doubt.
Rattle.
She toughly opened her car door, and Kim Ji-hye motioned for her to get in quickly.
The moment I approached to get into the car.
Seolhee gave me one more word.
“Oh, and Ice Jade. It’s less effective later on, so I have to refill it periodically. Every time it happens, the aftereffects seem to wear off again, so I’ll do it again then.”
Jihye Kim brushed off her tak cigarette.
“……”
Jihye Kim didn’t say anything.
She just muttered sarcastically as she slumped in the driver’s seat.
“Yes, yes.”
Seol-hee’s changed appearance was also amazing, but it was the first time that Kim Ji-hye looked so childish.
* *
Let’s take Kim Ji-hye’s car and arrive at her funeral home.
It was after the sun had set.
Seol-hee, who only listened to Darae’s condition.
Facing Darae, who was silently holding her sword, she swallowed her breath.
“… It’s okay?”
“It’s fine.”
Darae replied.
If it was like before, I would have even smiled bitterly.
He wasn’t making any facial expressions right now.
Seol-hee silently watched Darae and entered the funeral hall.
Inside were Kim Cha-ryeok, Ah-reum, and Mi-ho.
A lot of time passed, but we were the only ones left in this funeral home.
“Long time no see.”
“Yes.”
Seol-hee’s eyes, which became bluer and more transparent, turned to Mi-ho.
Miho proudly waved her tail, which had turned into five.
Miho and Seolhee nodded their heads as if acknowledging each other.
“Sisters, drink some water.”
And in this atmosphere, Areum quickly handed water to the two of them.
“”Thank you.””
It was a strange form of death.
Charyeok Kim was already sipping his drink.
“Hanjun, did you say you’re going today?”
Emptying a glass of alcohol, Kim Cha-ryeok asked me.
“Yeah, tomorrow is such an important day. Even though I want to be here, I think I’ll have to go home.”
I had already explained everything, so everyone here was aware of my situation.
“I’m sure it will be possible.”
Kim Cha-ryeok calmly encouraged me.
“It should be.”
I smiled and slowly got up from my seat.
Jihye Kim was waiting at the entrance, so she couldn’t wait any longer.
“Brother, have a good trip.”
Although she was beautiful without a one-sided relationship with Darae.
It seems that Ah-reum also decided to join us at the funeral today.
I said hello to everyone like that, and tried to escape.
Suddenly, while watching Kim Cha-ryeok drinking alcohol, a creepy thought came to my mind.
“Hey, Kim Cha-ryeok.”
“Why?”
After emptying a bottle of soju, Kim Cha-reeok looked at me as if asking what was going on.
“That… You know, don’t sleep in the same room with Darae after drinking today.”
“…?”
At my words, Kim Cha-ryeok put on a puzzled expression.
“Why is that? They’re the same guy anyway.”
“There is such a thing.”
Silence fell over my vague answer.
“……”
An expression of ‘no way’ passed over Kim Cha-ryeok’s face.
So I hastily added an excuse.
“Knife. I almost got hit with a knife. Even when I sleep, I hold onto it tightly.”
“Is that so?”
Only then did the relieved Kim Cha-reuk let out a sigh.
“Yes, so be careful.”
“I get it.”
Only then could I safely leave the funeral home.
* *
Upon returning to her house with Kim Ji-hye, Kim Ji-hye explained to her about her plans for tomorrow.
“Because I have to arrive by 1:00, 1:00. Come to the Shadow Family by tomorrow morning.”
As I had already heard the explanation several times, there was no significant difference.
“And Jinhyeol. No matter how badly you have to offer it several times, do you have a clue how to do it?”
It was just a verification process.
“Yes.”
I nodded.
I haven’t tried to extract the true blood, which concentrates the true energy in the body into a few drops of blood.
I knew enough how to do it.
Now that I was able to fully control the yang and yin qi that flowed through my body, there was no problem in drawing out the true qi within it.
Kim Ji-hye, who checked several things step by step, looked at me blankly and let out a sigh.
“… Whoa.”
“Why.”
When she asked the reason for the sigh, Kim Ji-hye shuddered as if in a state of collapse.
“Surely I promised your father that I would protect you. I feel like I abandoned my promise.”
“I’ve already done this and that, so what?”
“You bastard…”
Cheer.
Jihye Kim glared at me.
But when she realized that she had told her a joke to lighten her mood, she didn’t ask any further.
“Go. In case you don’t know, ask more in your dreams.”
“Okay, I’ll see you tomorrow.”
Lastly, Kim Ji-hye, who meticulously handed over her precautions, left my house.
She was Kim Ji-hye, who thought of me terribly in one way or another.
As soon as Jihye Kim left, she immediately put on her black headband and went to sleep.
A dreamy space covered entirely in white.
In the camp of the sorcerer that I unconsciously unfolded, today I faced Merlin and Hongma-dong.
“Hey, junior, it’s tomorrow.”
“Cluck, I’m looking forward to it.”
Both of them knew my circumstances, so as soon as I saw them, I brought up a story about him.
“Okay, it’s already tomorrow.”
Let me warm up and answer.
Merlin asked a question.
“By the way, what changes have occurred?”
“… Yes?”
“Something has changed in space.”
To Merlin’s sudden question, Hong Ma-dong also stepped on the white ground as if agreeing.
“Uh, something has changed. It seems the ground has become a little harder.”
I realized then that I hadn’t mentioned the ice prison to these two.
When I told her about the ice prison, Merlin chuckled intrigued.
“That’s really interesting. Being stable inside the body means that the spirit of the sorcerer has also been stabilized.”
“That’s how it works.”
“Sure, it’s obvious. Until now, you borrowed Kang Yi-joon’s curse and used the sorcerer’s gin. From now on, you can use the sorcerer’s jin without any help. Naturally, this space has stabilized. I guess.”
“Is there a big difference between using new material and not using it?”
In the end, I thought it might be the same drunkard’s jin, and handed over the question.
Hong Ma-dong gave a cool answer.
“So. A person who has drunk a lot of drugs and a person who fights with a clear mind. If the strength is the same, who will win?”
“Yes.”
I couldn’t help but nod naturally.
Just like that, once in a dream, the change in my constitution and the gin of the drunkard.
And finally, I heard information about the leaders of the evil forces that will be tomorrow, and Merlin about bloodshed.
Woke up.
It was a scene in the room that was no different from usual.
Today is more meaningful than any other day.
Bleeding.
I had to offer my blood today and confirm the instability of the world.
