Episode 344
“Seonwoo? Why aren’t you answering? Are you still sleeping?”
I could hear voices calling me from outside the door.
A soft female voice.
It’s been so long since I’ve heard it, but it feels familiar, like I heard it yesterday.
gulp.
I swallowed dry saliva and walked slowly to the door.
Squeak.
When I opened the door, a small dining table came into view.
A simple Korean table was set out on top.
A bowl of rice, stew, fried egg, spam, kimchi… … .
It was a food I often ate since I was young. And in front of him, a woman was looking at me with a soft smile.
When I saw that smile, I felt my heart stop again.
“Why aren’t you answering when I call?”
The woman spoke to me grumblingly. Then he looked at my face and his expression hardened slightly.
“… … What’s wrong with your expression? Is something wrong with you?”
The woman approached me with a worried look on her face.
At that moment, I felt like the emotions that had been suppressed deep in my heart would burst out and be healed.
I gritted my teeth and endured it, then opened my mouth heavily.
“……it’s nothing.”
“It’s nothing. My neck was locked. “Did you get into a fight with your friend?”
The woman spoke in such a friendly tone and sat down at the table.
“Okay, let’s hurry up and eat. We’re going to be late.”
As I stood there quietly, the woman stared at me blankly.
“What are you doing when you’re not sitting down? “Then you’re late for school.”
That moment.
I feel like I’ve poured cold water on the emotions that were about to burst out from deep inside my heart.
I heard this.
“… … “School?”
… … What school all of a sudden?
When did you graduate?
At the same time, I lost my immersion in the situation and realized what kind of situation I was in now.
This is not reality.
It is a false world created by my unconsciousness.
“Aren’t you going to school?”
The woman spoke to me again.
I blinked blankly and looked down at my body.
“……what is this.”
Beige blazer, black vest.
I was wearing my school uniform now.
But it wasn’t the black blazer wizard academy school uniform I usually wore.
So this is… … This was the school uniform I wore when I was in high school.
Meanwhile, Lee Seo-jun was feeling very confused about his current situation.
I was in a situation where I needed to escape from unconsciousness for a test, but I was in a baby’s body and couldn’t do anything.
He is just moving somewhere, entrusting his body to Jin Cheon-woo.
As time passed, Jincheonwoo arrived at a certain place. It was a pure white space reminiscent of a laboratory.
“Are you here?”
“How are the Yoosung clan’s experiments going?”
“It is progressing step by step without any rejection. It will take more time though.”
“Did you say his name was Kim Chang-hyun?”
Lee Seo-jun was slightly surprised by Jin Cheon-woo’s words.
Kim Chang-hyun?
“Yes, that’s right. But that child… … ?’
“This is my blood relative that I mentioned last time.”
“Ah, you said it was the material for immortality… …
“okay.”
The unidentified man stared at Lee Seo-jun.
I looked at it and opened my mouth.
“This is the child that Kim Chang-hyun must save.”
At that moment, Seojun Lee felt a strong doubt.
The child that Kim Chang-hyun must save.
So, Kim Chang-hyun is saving me?
Come to think of it, Jin Cheon-woo said earlier that he would die after seeing me.
The nuance seemed to suggest that the speaker was not dying of old age, but rather dying for other reasons.
“To be exact, it serves as a stepping stone to save this child.”
It was then.
Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu… … .
The world began to distort.
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And the subsequent distortion of space. Someone appeared inside.
“… … and. what’s this?!”
“Shin Youngjun? “Why are you here?”
“Lee Hyun-joo. Why are you here?”
A welcoming voice was heard. It was the voices of Shin Young-jun and Lee Hyeon-ju.
After a brief moment of bickering, he turned his gaze to Jincheon Woo.
There was a moment of tension on both of their faces.
“… … Jin Cheon-woo?”
“Why is Jincheonwoo here? Hey. Lee Hyunjoo. Is this your subconscious?”
“No. I just won over my subconscious.”
“Eh? “It’s me.”
“okay? then… …
Lee Hyun-ju thought for a moment and then found the baby in Jin Tian-yu’s arms.
Our eyes met for a moment.
“Is that kid Seojun?”
“… … “That baby is Seojun Lee?”
Shin Young-jun made a bewildered expression.
Seojun Lee felt their gaze and wondered why.
I felt a strong sense of shame.
At that time, Jincheonwoo said.
“Who are you?”
In response to that question, Hyunjoo Lee turned her attention to Youngjun Shin.
“I think that’s Lee Seo-jun’s ‘unconsciousness.
“I think it’s the ‘crystallization of’.”
“Oh, I see what you mean. So killing that thing will solve the problem?”
Shin Yeong-jun began preparing for battle, swinging his spear in the air.
Even though the opponent is Jincheonwoo, this is ultimately a world of the unconscious.
There was no way that Jin Cheon-woo’s strength could have been realized as is.
Shin Young-jun ran forward and stabbed Jin Cheon-woo with his spear.
Phew!
“Ugh!”
Jincheonwoo, who had been stabbed in the chest, staggered backwards.
Although it is said to be a fake Jin Cheon-woo, his handling was more lax than expected.
and.
Woohoo.
The world began to blur.
Jin Cheon-woo’s body split into pixels and disappeared, and other people also disappeared.
Shin Young-jun put down the window and looked at Lee Seo-jun in front of him.
It was 19-year-old Lee Seo-jun, not in baby form.
“Lee Seo-jun~ You’re back to normal.”
Shin Youngjun said with a smile.
“… … I know. If it weren’t for you, I would have rotted here my whole life. But how did you get here?”
“I don’t know. I killed an earthworm monster in the cave and it came here.”
Hearing Shin Young-jun’s words, Lee Seo-jun smoothed his chin.
“This is the unconsciousness that the teacher was talking about.
Is this an overlap phenomenon?”
“Maybe so?”
Seojun Lee was lost in thought for a moment and slowly looked around.
Inside the lab.
It seemed like a place created based on my childhood memories, but I couldn’t tell exactly what kind of place it was.
He looked to see if he might find a clue that he didn’t know about, but it was of little use.
“… … “It seems to be a limitation of the unconscious.”
Lee Hyun-joo stares blankly at Lee Seo-joon
Then he asked.
“Is this your memory?”
“I don’t know either. Is it my experience that I don’t know about, or is it my imagination?”
The unconscious is not necessarily created based on one’s own experiences.
Therefore, he could not be sure that what he saw was also a ‘memory of the past.’
“By the way, how do I get out of here?”
“Now that we have killed the crystal of unconsciousness, there will soon be an exit.”
Seojun Lee was suspicious of Hyunju Lee’s words.
Made a face.
“crystal?”
“To put it simply, each person has a hidden body that maintains their unconsciousness, and you have to deal with it to get better. I also dealt with it and came out.”
“… … the main body.”
So, Lee Seo-jun looked around the lab and discovered a door.
“Is that the exit?”
“uh? I guess so? “Let’s go.”
Squeak.
The door to the laboratory opened.
At the same time, the outdoors was visible. It was a dark night.
“… … “The background is different than when I came here.”
The surroundings were quiet, and a huge mansion could be seen not far away.
“Hey. It’s so big. “What kind of mansion is it?”
“That mansion… …
At first glance, it was not an ordinary mansion. It’s huge, like a mansion belonging to a prestigious family.
At that moment, a group of people were seen running towards the mansion.
Lee Seo-jun has the face of the one who is at the forefront
saw.
For a moment, Lee Seo-jun’s expression hardened.
“… … Bert?”
Lee Seo-jun realized it instinctively.
That mansion was the mansion of the Yu family, which was destroyed by Jawoon.
I was slowly chewing the food on the table.
It was ordinary food, nothing special.
But I concentrated more than ever and savored the taste.
It tasted like something I used to eat.
I thought I had forgotten it for quite some time, but my subconscious still remembered the taste.
… … By the way, what am I doing here now?
This is a test.
The food in front of me and the mother sitting across from me are all fake.
There is no time for this.
Ignore the fake in front of you and hurry up
Find a way to escape consciousness
“Seonwoo.”
“yes?”
“Don’t just eat the stew, eat a variety of foods.”
“Oh, yes.”
With that said, I cut up the fried egg and ate it. The butt doesn’t fall off as easily as the heart.
“Oh, right, I heard that Father is coming tonight.”
father… … .
Due to the nature of his job, my father frequently traveled abroad for business.
So I didn’t see him often, but I remember always waiting for him as he brought me a gift every time he came.
“Come in early today.”
“… … yes. Okay.”
As time passed, I emptied the bowl of rice. My mother looked at me with an unexpected look and she said.
“Oh my, why did you finish all your rice? You always eat crunchy in the morning.”
Instead of answering, I smiled awkwardly
And he got up from his seat.
“School store?”
“… … yes. That’s how it should be.”
It’s been a long time since I said I was going to school in front of my family, so it feels awkward.
When did you graduate from high school? … .
Come to think of it, Wizard Academy is also a high school school. How many times have I worn a school uniform?
“Then I’ll be back.”
“Seonwoo. Where’s your bag?”
I tried to sneak out naked
Got caught.
“Uh… …where was my bag?”
“How can you not even find your things? “It’s on the sofa.”
“Oh, there it is.”
I took off my bag.
Wow. It’s been a long time.
It’s still light because I didn’t put a single book in it.
“I’ll be back.”
“okay. “Please come back.”
With those words, I opened the front door.
It was.
As I took the elevator out of the apartment, the familiar scenery once again caught my eye.
Residents going to work, students going to school, security guards cleaning the area.
I blinked and looked at it, then took a step forward.
—Oh, I’m so sleepy.
—Me too. I played games all night.
—Aren’t you studying for the college entrance exam?
From somewhere, I could hear students talking.
Unlike the students of the Magic Academy who were lively even in the morning, they looked somewhat tired.
When I saw that, I burst into laughter.
“… … This is really unbelievable. Why would I come back to this time?”
I took a step back.
I briefly thought about going to school for the first time in a while, but then I realized that it wasn’t the time to have that kind of time.
It seems real, but it is not reality.
This is my unconscious. That is, the fake.
You must never forget that.
“Let’s come to our senses.”
I pulled myself together again and headed to a nearby playground, as that was the only place I could think of to rest.
As I was walking along, I found a swing and sat down.
“It’s been a while.”
Even though I know that it is a fake world created unconsciously, it seems inevitable that I get lost in memories without realizing it.
With a bitter smile, he spread his palms and increased his magic power.
Ugh!
At the same time, a sphere of non-attribute rising.
We’ve come to a world without magic, but it’s still implemented properly.
“… … home. “The magic works well.”
“wow!”
Just then, a surprised voice was heard from nearby.
A little child who looked to be about five years old was looking at me with big eyes and a surprised expression on his face.
I laughed while looking at the child and created an ice sphere.
Damn it.
As ice appeared, the child once again looked very surprised.
“Wow!”
“Isn’t it fascinating?”
“What is that? How did you do that?”
“It’s magic.”
“……Magic?”
“Yes, magic.”
It’s not the real world, it’s my subconscious, so I guess it’s okay to be honest.
Then the child shouted.
“Hey, you’re lying! I know you’re lying!”
nyah.
The child disappeared somewhere.
I looked at the back and laughed.
The world I lived in was like this.
A world where even children who believe in Santa do not believe in magic.
“I feel strange.”
After thinking about that, this time I activated the external benefit.
As if by magic, it worked properly this time too.
I looked around to see if there were any hidden spells or magical phenomena, but I couldn’t see anything like that.
“Hmm… … “How should I escape?”
There are no hints and I’m just told to escape, so I can’t see the answer.
“Ah…
I scratched my head.
At that very moment, a small commotion was heard from somewhere.
-hey. This is my first time seeing that school uniform. What school is it from?
—Wow. By the way, you look like some kind of idol.
I turned my head towards where I felt the noise.
A group of students wearing the same school uniform as me were whispering to one female student.
I blankly looked at the back of the female student.
I looked at it.
The school uniform and hair looked very familiar.
“… … Choi Seo-yoon?”
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