MEMORIZE Chapter 356

00356 Barbara ———————————————— ————————=

‘You’re telling me your fortune?’

I felt my interest piqued for a moment by Seonyul’s young suggestion. But when I think about it carefully, I can’t think of anything in particular that I’m curious about.

I tilted my head for a while, and eventually slowly shook my head.

“well. I don’t really have any questions… . it’s okay.”

“oh. “Are you rejecting me now?”

“Rather than rejection… . I don’t really have any questions. Anyway, thank you for the favor.”

“Don’t do that, just take a look. Because there might not be another chance. “I usually don’t bring this up to men.”

Was it my mistake to feel that there was a slight thorn in Seon-yul’s voice?

no. It’s not an illusion. Seonyul had a sad expression on her face, as if she hadn’t thought that I would refuse. The virtuous attitude from before was gradually fading away, and it seemed as if his pride had been subtly hurt.

“You’re saying that… . I think it would be rude to refuse again. All right. “Then let’s take a look.”

“is it so. Well thought out. Just think of it as a little fun. Because it doesn’t take that long… .”

Only then did I see him regain his original expression, and I realized that I had made a good decision to change my words.

“After a while. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a man… .”

Soon, Seonyul sighed and muttered to herself, and started shuffling the cards with a serious look on her face.

Thump, thump, thump, thump.

Thump, thump, thump, thump.

Card shuffling that makes a fairly regular sound. Even though I told you to think of it as a little fun until now, the way you shuffle the cards is very careful.

As I was quietly observing the process of preparing the divination, I suddenly felt a question arise.

“Magic Tower Road. “But why don’t you look at men?”

“ah. “That one?”

He looked so focused that I wondered if I should talk to him, but fortunately the answer I got was a calm voice. She showed a nonchalant expression and spoke softly.

“I’ve seen both men and women a long time ago. But after experiencing one bad incident, I became reluctant to interact with men.”

“A bad incident?”

“yes. This happened during my senior year before I got Secret Class. It was a time when I had no money, so I had to make a living by telling fortunes using cards I made roughly. . I still remember it. As soon as he saw me. Are you saying you’re that good at teasing? He said this… .”

‘milk? No, fortune telling?’

I guess it’s fortune telling. It’s definitely not wrong, but I couldn’t shake the feeling that the tone was somehow strange.

Tap, tap, tap, tap!

And at that moment, I felt the sound of Melody shuffling cards becoming more intense. My eyes are slightly raised, and it seems like my insides are boiling as I recall that time.

After some time, the card shuffling regained its original rhythm. At the same time, Seonyul’s lips parted.

“Suddenly he took off his pants and pulled out his penis.”

“?”

I raised my head, feeling puzzled by the sudden outburst of words. It seemed like I heard it was definitely milk, not a mole. But her face was still calm and she was focused on shuffling the cards. I can’t find a corner to joke around.

‘Are you serious?’

Just as a slight confusion began to creep into my head, the story of the melody continued.

“It turned out that I was talking about breastfeeding, not fortune telling. Don’t you know how to breastfeed? In technical terms… . In Korean, it is breast intercourse. “Paizuri” in Japanese.

“Wow, you’re crazy. So what did you do?”

“What should I do? What power does that annual user have? “I just did as he asked me to do.”

“… yes?”

How can I say something like this so calmly? I stared at the melody, feeling dazed. Before she knew it, she had stopped playing with her flashy hands, probably having shuffled all her cards.

“… … .”

“… … .”

A moment of silence passed.

Meanwhile, get on the table! Seonyul put down the card until it made a sound and calmly opened her mouth.

“I’m kidding, I’m kidding. So don’t look so serious. “Because I just cut it.”

“what… .”

Charrrrrrrrrrrrr! Empty!

Before I can say anything, Seonyul’s arm, with her hand on the card, draws a large semicircle. Eventually, she took out a small hourglass next to the cards spread out in the shape of a fan, and then opened her mouth in a polite and calm tone.

“after. So shall we begin? Since you said you don’t have any questions, I’ll take a look at the fortune.”

“Magic Top Road.”

“ah. Don’t worry about this watch. “It’s just a tool to help with divination.”

“… … .”

‘She is truly an unpredictable woman.’

Perhaps because all of the tension was suddenly relieved, a tired sigh escaped between my lips. I stared at the melody with a bewildered feeling. Maybe it was my imagination, but I felt she had a faint smile on her face.

“Then I will now explain the method. “It’s very simple.”

“Yes yes. “Do whatever you want.”

Suddenly, I thought that the melody that spoke casually was somehow very obnoxious. Maybe that’s why the answering voice was full of roughness even when I heard it.

“cook. Can you see the cards spread out here? “You can pick these out one by one.”

“… Is that the end?”

“yes. Most of them end at chapter twelve, but there are rare cases where there are others. However, please be sure to follow the three things I am saying from now on. One piece at a time. And when I tell you to stop, you have to stop pulling. Lastly, place the cards you selected in order from the left.”

“ah. yes… .”

The moment I heard that, I felt a little out of breath. Of course, he was initially told that it was just for fun, and he didn’t attach much significance to it himself. It seems like there was something I expected, knowingly or unknowingly, from that topic.

So, I relaxed and moved my hand to the visible card. And just as I was about to pick up one sheet, a thought suddenly passed through my head.

“And what is this about?”

“You can just think of it as an overall thing.”

Seonyul answered clearly.

I tilted my head for a moment, but then repeated the word ‘fun’ endlessly and lightly picked out a piece. And as I stared at her, I could see her melodious gaze turning to her hourglass.

Soon, Seonyul nodded and lowered her head.

“The confirmation will be done after all cards have been selected. You can place the drawn cards face down, starting from the left. Keep picking.”

I nodded my head at Seonyul’s confirmation. And he quickly began picking out cards one by one.

1 page… . Chapter 2… . Chapter 3… . Chapter 4… . Chapter 5… . Chapter 6… .

I quickly picked out the cards, and soon I had passed the 12 cards and was about to pick the 13th card. Suddenly, I felt a strange gaze in front of me. When I stop drawing for a moment and look up, I see the melody of looking at the cards and the hourglass alternately from before.

One thing that is different from before is that there is currently a subtle look of embarrassment in Seonyul’s eyes.

Suddenly, I had a strange feeling, so I turned my head and saw that the hourglass was considerably smaller than before. Compared to the beginning, it has probably decreased by about four-fifths.

I started moving my hands again. And when the cards neatly displayed from the left reached 15, I could finally hear the melody stopping me.

“This, this, this, stop now!”

The melody’s voice now contained a distinct tremor that was noticeable even at first glance. The powder that was filling the hourglass has now completely gone down.

Seonyul took a moment to catch her breath, as if trying to compose herself, and then continued speaking in a tone that had subsided slightly.

“Woah, fifteen sheets. This is my first time seeing something like this. anyway… . I’m really curious. “Then, could you please open the left four pages first?”

Did you originally say that most would end in Chapter 12? Anyway, since they said there was an exception, I obediently turned over the four cards from the left.

Before long, there was a large pool of blood on the table and a man screaming inside it. A clock turned backwards. A clear flame that burns something dark. Then, a card was unfolded in order showing a man standing alone in a landscape painting with a sword stuck in his chest.

One unusual thing is that there was small writing written on the bottom of the four cards.

Seonyul looked at the cards one by one with a very concentrated expression and then opened her mouth with a sigh.

“Uhm. It’s difficult. Still, I will analyze them one by one. A puddle of blood. You were originally born with a very difficult fate. A clock turned backwards. But something unknown intervened in that fate. clear flame. Its identity is this card… . From time immemorial, the world? I don’t know exactly what it means. The last man in the world with a sword in his chest. “The first card changed into the last card through the second and third.”

“What does the last card mean?”

At my question, Seonyul let out a soft sigh.

“If we interpret it in relation to the previous three chapters… . A total of two factors intervened, and as a result, your fate was completely changed. Here, the clear flame represents the past or the world, and you are favored by the world.”

“Are you my favorite?”

“yes. But be careful. This is not unconditional favor. Can you see the sword stuck in the man’s chest? I think this represents a double-edged sword. So, if you make a mistake… .”

As the melody trailed off, I suddenly felt a chill in my heart. I blinked for a moment and cleared my throat once or twice.

“hmm. That’s interesting. “Then shall we turn over the four sheets next time?”

“yes.”

Since I wanted to quickly skip over the previous four cards, I quickly turned over the four cards. And the card opened this time had a very complex shape. This is because each card had several very complex pictures drawn on it.

I turned my attention to the first card.

The first card was exactly square and had a beautiful woman drawn on each square. And around the woman, we see backgrounds that express the atmosphere.

‘Blood and steel. A beautiful but very scarred sword. shadow. and… . What’s the last one? ‘Is it light?’

Among them, the woman depicted in the bottom right was particularly unique. Looking at the background, she had a holy aura, but unlike other women, she was shedding tears of blood alone. Perhaps that’s why, despite the light in the background, the painting did not feel bright, but rather gave off a sad atmosphere.

The second card that followed was almost unrecognizable. This is because the picture itself was small and difficult to recognize, but there were countless pictures of humans, animals, swords, flying dragons, etc. drawn.

The third card has relatively few pictures, but is more subtle.

A baby was depicted in the center of the card, with clear and red flames swirling around the baby to a frantic degree. Both of them felt like a familiar flame, but when I saw the red flame, I felt bad for some reason.

And fortunately(?), the fourth and final card was very simple compared to the previous cards. Compared to other complicated cards, it only depicted a man wearing a crown.

I reflexively looked at the melody. Because I was curious about the interpretation.

However, the moment I saw Seonyul’s face, my mouth that was about to ask her meaning suddenly closed. Because the look on her face as she looked at her card was truly breathtaking.

Unlike his usual calm and relaxed demeanor, now his eyes are wide open and his mouth is wide open. Emotions such as embarrassment, bewilderment, and confusion were flowing like a torrent of emotion from my open mouth. No, it felt like that.

After some time passed, Seonyul began to stutter and open his mouth.

“Mmm, Mercenary Lord.”

“yes.”

“Woman, why are relationships with women so complicated? Why, why is this happening? “What on earth is it?”

“yes?”

For a moment, I wanted to say, “Why are you asking me that?”, but I held back. Because Seonyul still looked confused and started muttering to herself.

“no… . Yes, because he is the king. Even with the four queens… . ah. Are there three of them? One pushed himself away. Oh my pity… .”

“… … .”

“Wizard. Archer. Priests. Witches, etc. okay. I give in a hundred times and it’s understandable up to this point… . You’re human. however… . knife? cat? spider? dragon? No, is it a divine beast? ah… . I don’t know… . No, how can a sword love a human… ?”

“… … .”

“The third… . One is the flame of purification. One is the flame of destruction. It is natural that purification and destruction are opposite properties. But why did the birth of a new life suddenly appear… .”

I could feel the spirit of the melody slowly disintegrating to the point that it was painful for me to listen to.

Feeling suddenly sad, I ended up waving my hands.

“Magic Tower Road. “Let’s stop.”

“Mmm, Mercenary Lord.”

“If it’s hard, you can stop. “It’s up to interpretation anyway, and it’s fun.”

“… … .”

He looked conflicted at the melody for a moment, but then slowly nodded. At the same time, he seemed quite embarrassed as a blush appeared on his face.

“I’m really sorry. My card is a kind of magic card, so it comes out differently depending on the situation, but this is the first time a card like this has come out… . I can’t interpret it at all. Well, then the remaining four, or even seven… .”

“Just calm down for now. “What do the rest of the cards mean?”

When Seon-yul waved her hand once more, she seemed to have realized her depravity and sighed lightly.

“Hehe, hehe. So the rest… . The next four chapters are what Mercenary Lord wants. In other words, you can think of it as a kind of future. And the remaining three chapters… . “At first, it can be seen as a branching point or additional interpretation, but I think we will have to open it to find out.”

“okay… . “Then that’s it.”

“yes?”

It may be a bit rude, but I decided to get up for now. If it were something else, I might have been willing to listen, but if it was about the future, it would be a different story.

To be honest, I’m curious. But ever since I found out that the future had changed, there was one thing I swore to do. Nevertheless, if I looked at this card now, I felt like my mind, which I had barely managed to get together, would shake again.

“First my fate. The second is my love luck. It’s okay up to this point. But I think it’s better not to look into the future.”

“… … .”

“Wouldn’t it be better to just push forward with the initial idea, rather than having your future actions influenced by random things?”

“That’s it… . Yes. Because the future is something you create yourself. Of course, it has a slightly different meaning from what you want. all right. If that is what the Mercenary Lord means, I will stop talking here.”

I still felt a little embarrassed, but fortunately, Seonyul agreed with my opinion.

I nodded three or four times and immediately got up.

“Then I’ll just go. It was quite a fun time. “Magic Tower Road.”

“After a while. I just feel sorry. He looked so confident… . “I’m embarrassed.”

“I understand your pride. But I’m really fine, so I hope you don’t worry too much about it. “Then I’ll just leave.”

I lowered my head slightly, and for a moment, my eyes stared at the seven cards that had not yet been opened.

‘… … .’

“then.”

However, he soon shook off his regrets and immediately turned around and walked away.

*

next day. Although many things happened last night, I woke up the same morning as usual. And after completing a brief ceremonial maintenance, we finally participated in the final march towards Barbara in the east.

We’ve already been through most of the areas. There are no longer any abandoned fields or rough forests to be seen. Well-paved roads and well-groomed meadows were spread out widely around users.

I maintained my position in the marching formation, except that I visited the 3rd echelon one more time on the way.

When I visited the 3rd echelon in the morning, I was able to confirm that Shin Sang-yong had returned. However, his expression looked too bad to talk to him, and he was walking alone at a long distance.

Nevertheless, the reason I turned around was because Shin Sang-yong seemed to know that I had come. We actually even made eye contact once. However, seeing as he politely bowed his back and avoided eye contact, it seemed like his mind was complicated.

So, rather than force myself to talk, I decided to wait a little longer so I could organize my thoughts. I wanted to believe in the will that Shin Sang-yong showed at the end before participating.

The march continued after I returned to my seat.

When I raised my head and looked up at the sky, the sun was slowly setting. The setting sun was emitting twilight light, coloring the grasslands a deep red color, and we crossed the red light along the path through the grasslands.

After a while, it was confirmed that the road led to the area near Barbara.

Normally, at this time, this route would be normal for users who went exploring or hunting to return to the city while laughing or crying with each other. However, little by little, dusk began to slowly fall on the road, and only endless, cold and quiet war clouds hovered over the road.

As time continues to pass, the twilight light that dyed the world red slowly disappears.

“5 minutes before Barbara arrives! Everyone, get ready!”

The shadow of a huge city slowly began to appear on the wide plain before my eyes.

—————————= Review of the work ——————– ——-=

This point is very difficult. Regarding divination, I originally intended to focus on the remaining seven chapters. However, I deliberately cut it because I felt like I wouldn’t be able to reach Barbara if that happened. ha ha ha. I plan to reveal it in the next flashback. Of course, Kim Soo-hyun won’t be there at that time.

And if you have any questions about this, please send me a message. I will answer that question as sincerely as possible.

There are a lot of messages piled up. I’m so busy on weekdays that I don’t have time to check, so I’ll try to reply on the weekend. There will probably be replies to all messages by tomorrow afternoon. 🙂

『Reripple』

1. ROK1198: Congratulations on first place. ROK suddenly reminds me of the old Sudden Attack Karl Clan. Haha. (Yes, right?)

2. Gyagyagyeogye + Oricon: Thank you for the coupon. _(__)_ I will write harder in the future!

3. Nodens: Hey, cheer up. Pat pat. I feel very relieved because I gave up first place. 🙂

4. katalina: If you don’t understand or have questions, you can send me a message!

5. SHarPº: Yes. you’re right. This meeting can be interpreted similarly. It’s all up to interpretation. 😀

6. hohokoya1: Haha. Since I applied for so many credits this time, I think I will have to ask for some understanding during the exam. thank you!

7. Because he’s this kind of guy: Wow~. Then it becomes too much! lol. First of all, the melody is not in the plan!

8. White Light: Kim Yu-hyeon. Shin Sang-yong. The importance of these two was intentionally reduced in this march. Hehehe. Why did they do that?

9. chlghsk: You can think of it the other way around. I like an older sister who is strong, warm, caring, and gentle. I want to be tamed. haha.

10. Sea Eagle 358: Oh, the spy was just a joke. There Are Spies Among Us, which was a parody of this review. It was No Yu-mi’s surprise appearance. ㅜ.ㅠ

Thank you for always reading. I hope you can always read my writing with a comfortable mind.

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