ReLife Player Chapter 88

Relife Player 088

[Chapter 034]

[seaweed soup]

Hospitalization was a day of boredom.

Get up in the morning for a health checkup.

The attending physician checks to see if the operation went wrong, and if the mana in the body is eating away at the body.

Breakfast after health checkup.

“Is it seaweed soup again?”

Breakfast usually consists of foods that are less burdensome to the stomach.

This morning, rice, kimchi, stir-fried fish cake, egg rolls, and soybeans. Lastly, it was seaweed soup that was being served for three days in a row.

“How do you eat this?”

I didn’t hate seaweed soup.

However, the seaweed soup from the hospital was bland. It felt like I was eating to quench my thirst, not to taste it.

Eun-ha, who got used to being hospitalized, ate seaweed soup with rice. She could eat at least if she rolled rice in unseasoned soup and ate it with kimchi.

“…I am hungry.”

After breakfast, there was nothing special to do until one more check-up at night.

During this time, I would usually play with the game console, watch TV, watch cartoons, or sleep if I really had nothing to do.

It’s been more than a week since I was hospitalized, but I haven’t touched the homework in the drawer.

“Where do you want to eat?”

As the length of stay in the hospital increased, only talking to myself increased.

Hungry quickly, he tossed and turned. The days he lived in bed were getting longer, so he decided to eat something when he couldn’t sleep.

I got out of bed and looked in the refrigerator.

Inside the refrigerator were the cake Julieta had brought, the apples mother had cut yesterday, and gifts from friends.

From there, he took out a piece of whipped cream cake and a plastic bottle containing coffee milk.

“Yonsuk! I knew this would happen. How long have you been eating breakfast?”

“Then, what is seaweed soup for three days? You know that seaweed soup here is tasteless.”

“It’s not my job, it’s the nutritionist’s job, so it’s no use telling me.”

Eun-ha pursed her lips and protested to the nurse who entered the hospital room.

Even she, who had worked at Alice Hospital for several years, was aware of how tasteless the seaweed soup served was, so she averted her gaze.

She was one of the nurses in charge of Eunha, who was hospitalized in a private room.

Dedicated nurses like her would come into the room from time to time to check on his condition or talk to him.

“Sister. Did you run away from the head nurse again?”

“It hasn’t even been lunch yet, and how much they nag me in the morning. I’m so annoyed to death.”

The nurse talked about the story of the head nurse’s scolding today as well.

It tastes like this too People should live by eating delicious food, not eating only food that cannot be eaten every day.

Eunha enjoyed the cake and coffee milk regardless of what she complained about.

“Ha, I have to go to work. Can I eat that and have lunch later? If I can’t, I’ll get scolded.”

“Please enjoy it.”

“Ehh, I can’t live.”

Eun-ha sent a nurse who warned her with a stern face.

In addition to the attending physician and dedicated nurses, there were also hospital officials who often visited the ward.

They were all nice to him. At times, it was so extreme that it was embarrassing.

At first, I couldn’t figure out why they were treating me so kindly.

Then after a while I learned why they were doing it and burst into laughter.

The reason is-.

Eunha improved her sense of hearing by refining the mana in her body.

Eavesdropping through one door was not a burden on the body.

“—You came back to play with Eunha again, right? I’m dying because I’ve been in charge of VVIPs for quite some time now?”

“Why. If you’re envious, you can also be VVIPs. Or sneakily talk to Eunha.”

“It’s a pity. If you’re not young, you’d be dashing.”

“But is that really true? That the president of Alice Group told us to take special care of it.”

“I’m sure he’s a kid living in a conglomerate family. Take this opportunity to look a little better, don’t you?”

Alice Hospital officials were wondering if he had a deep relationship with the Alice Group or inherited the lineage of a famous conglomerate.

So people who had nothing to do with him would make excuses and come to say hello.

In order to be able to rise in the world even a little, the act of trying to get in his eyes was too obvious.

“No intention, where is the need to bear the burden.”

Is there any need to correct it?

You’re just misunderstanding it.

“Wait. But why is this morning? Wasn’t I a VVIP?”

A sudden question.

No answer came out.

Anyway, I decided to enjoy this situation. There was nothing to lose, so I decided to watch those who pamper themselves to look good to themselves.

It was one of the entertainments of the boring hospital life.

“Shall we go for a walk?”

It wasn’t long before lunchtime. It was an ambiguous time to sleep.

I decided to go for a walk even to lightly warm up.

Because the attending physician said that walking is allowed.

Shall I go around alone today?

The nurses in charge would notice him leaving the hospital room like a ghost and follow him.

It was not incomprehensible to worry about what might happen to you.

But it wasn’t too bothersome.

Sometimes you just want to walk around alone.

It’s a little tough.

A galaxy that expressed mana in its body in order to erase its presence.

Even though it was a technique to lighten his presence against ordinary people, his body flinched at the moment.

The leg pierced by a bullet was treated safely with no aftereffects thanks to Shin Seo-yeong’s first aid and surgery at the hospital.

However, when I tried to express mana, the wounds tingled.

It was difficult to walk as usual. Eventually, Eun-ha had to narrow her gait and exit her ward.

“Ah, I came out for no reason. It’s not a joke. It’s hot.”

June was now drawing to a close.

July is not far.

Maybe that’s why it was hot even though it wasn’t even lunch yet.

Even though I was only wearing a patient’s uniform, sweat dripped down my back.

Still, it was worth it to come out.

Flowers blooming in summer were sticking out their heads along the promenade. It wasn’t bad walking while looking around at the flowers on the left and right.

“what?”

It was when I came out of the promenade.

Eun-ha found a large tent near the back gate.

People gathered in front of the white tent.

Even a bazaar.

I tilted my head.

At first, I knew if there was even a bazaar or flea market open.

Then, as he got closer to the tent, he realized that all the people in line were children.

Not a single one of the children was left out, and they were messy and scruffy.

Children wearing dirty clothes are standard, and there were also children wearing school uniforms that did not fit their body, wearing clothes inside out, or wearing shoes with worn out soles. It was not uncommon for children to walk barefoot without shoes.

The children with the soup on them were getting their meals while standing in a line. As if the dishes on the food tray were not to be lost, they were going into another tent, wary of the children who had not yet been fed.

“Come to think of it, today is Wednesday.”

Eunha realized what day it was when she saw the children receiving free meals.

Usually, on Wednesdays, hospitals, churches, and charity organizations used to provide free meals to wandering children and wanderers.

“Guys~! We have to line up one by one!”

“You tried to touch my rice right now?

“Shut up and eat yours.”

The children gathered in the tent where the table was prepared were eating their lunch, glaring at each other.

The older children were threatening to keep others out of their hands, or, in the case of the younger children, eager to gobble them up before anyone touched them.

Wonder Run.

The world was once destroyed, and even though more than 30 years have passed, Wonder Run still hasn’t disappeared.

Because monsters haven’t completely disappeared from this world.

Wonderruns were usually children who lost their families to monsters, children born in slums, or children who were abandoned at birth.

The fairy government tried to solve the problem of Wonder Run, but the support policy had limits.

In the yard where there are children whose statistics are not caught, the shelter did not even have the conditions to accept all the children. Moreover, there was not enough manpower to take care of the children, and there were limits to finances.

Companies and private organizations also tried to provide free meals every Wednesday to solve this problem, but it did not provide a fundamental solution.

“Are you an angel brother?”

Then he turned his head to the boy who had called him.

He was a very small child.

A child holding scrap metal in his hand, whether it was a tin can or a kettle, was sniffing and pointing at the tent.

The child was barefoot. There were scratches on her black feet that had recently appeared in places.

No calluses were visible.

It must be a child who has just come out to the streets.

More than anything, the way he talked to him was so innocent.

“angel?” “My mom said, angels wear white!”

The child was innocent.

Eunha smiled bitterly and shook her head.

“Aren’t you going to eat, Angel hyung?”

“I’m fine.”

Eunha answered the sniffling child and moved out of the way for the child to climb the stairs.

“They say seaweed soup is coming out today. My older brothers who live with me said that Alice Hospital’s seaweed soup is the best.

Can’t you eat it?”

“…Yeah, I ate earlier. You go eat now. “Oh right!”

The child was startled.

As I stomped my feet, the sound of the coins inside the scrap metal sizzling echoed.

“Hey! You’re not coming, what are you doing there?”

“Is this why you can’t eat?”

“Didn’t I tell you not to look away and follow me well?”

A little while ago, the children who ran to line up at the tent returned. It seemed that he was worried because the child did not come even after waiting.

“””uh?”””

The children who were running discovered the galaxy belatedly.

The children all shut their mouths.

If it hadn’t been long since the sniffling child had been on the street, the children staring at each other seemed accustomed to life on the street, judging from their burnt appearance.

“You idiot! You weren’t talking to that kid, were you?” “Huh? Why? Can’t I talk to you? You’re an angel hyung? My mother said that, but angels are ha…”

“Hey, you told me not to talk about my mother.”

“Look closely. He’s wearing a hospital gown. He’s clean. He’s a different kid from us. He’s not the angel you’re talking about.”

“Is that so? Isn’t your brother an angel?”

The child asked, waving the scrap metal in his hand.

Eunha didn’t say anything. He only slightly nodded his head.

Then, the children who were accustomed to street life bowed their heads.

Even pressing the head of a sniffing child.

“I’m sorry. He doesn’t know yet.”

“””sorry.”””

“sorry?”

The last child whose mother was raised was a sniffling child.

Eunha looked at the children quietly. By the time the children raised their heads to look, they only pointed at the tent with their fingers.

The children lowered their heads again and ran toward the tent, carrying the sniffling child.

A few of them glanced back and caught their eyes on the galaxy that was looking up over the stairs.

It wasn’t just them. The children lined up in front of the tent and the children gathered at the table to eat were staring at him sideways.

Emotions in children’s eyes are feelings such as envy, envy, and jealousy.

Some of them looked down at their condition and lowered their heads to hide their distorted faces.

There were also children who gulped down their food until their cheeks bursted, trying to chew again and again as they tried to burst out.

Eunha didn’t know what those children were thinking.

“Then seaweed soup tastes good, you can’t complain about it.”

It wasn’t that I sympathized with the children. Unfortunately, she didn’t feel sorry for her.

He, too, might have been part of that procession and getting lunch.

just got lucky

Having lost his family before returning, he was lucky enough to be raised by his grandmother.

So I couldn’t sympathize with Wonderrun.

He had no right to sympathize with the children who lived like stubborn people.

The only people who were qualified to sympathize with them were those who were able to share their own happiness, not those who compared their happiness with those of others and were relieved.

“Why are you ‘here’?”

“‘Here’? Or here?”

“Street, Binggu.”

“You know what.”

“What if I knew. Why?

Visil look at him. He said his family was eaten by monsters. And as for why the other half looks like that… .”

“…The Kraken. Why did the Kraken kill my family?”

“It’s nothing special. My friend and my friend’s friend came out because of the Kraken.”

… Is it Kraken?

Eunha muttered inwardly.

He seizes the future of saving his family from the Kraken. At the same time, he produced a significant reduction in the number of deaths compared to before his return.

But the results were just numbers.

No matter what the numbers say, no matter how many people die, in the end people die.

Above all, by changing the future, the person who should have died lived, and the person who should have lived could have died.

The conversations of passing children were the future he changed.

… I’d be lying if I said I didn’t feel guilty.

But that’s it. I didn’t regret it.

He would have made the same choice over and over again.

So, I had no right to sympathize with those children.

He had no intention of sharing his happiness with those children.

Alone, selfish.

You only seek your own happiness.

“Mistress! They said they ran out of seaweed soup!”

“But what about cup noodles! I like cup noodles too.”

“I still want to eat warm rice.”

“Hey, did you tell me not to say that? Do you want to be hit again?”

The wonder runners passing by this time were girls. They deliberately pretended not to see him and ran chattering among themselves.

Did the child receive seaweed soup?

I was suddenly soaked in emotion.

I shook my head.

It didn’t fit. didn’t answer

I didn’t know what happened to the child.

For no reason, deep in thought, I sympathized with others.

He moved his heavy feet, admonishing himself.

“Huh? Captain, is it okay if I go outside?”

“You didn’t sneak out, did you?”

On the way back, I met some friends.

The children were staring at him curiously as he walked in from the back door.

“You guys. Isn’t it time to be at school now?”

“Captain, today is the school’s anniversary.”

“…Envy you.”

“I don’t think that’s what you mean by being hospitalized?”

Minji replied with a puzzled face.

Eunha calmly nodded her head. What she said made sense.

“Huh? What’s wrong with you?” “what.” “Why aren’t you answering today?”

Minji tilted her head.

Thinking that he would quarrel with her, she was surprised to see him different from what she expected.

There is such a thing.

It was a day when I became sentimental.

Eunha didn’t answer, but smiled at the food the children brought.

“You don’t have to pack it. There’s a lot in the refrigerator.” “Why is this? I brought this to eat? This hamburger is mine.” “I’m afraid you’ll be bored. We’re all here to eat.”

Seo-na explained the reason why she did not stop at home and went to the hospital even though it was the school’s anniversary.

Embarrassed Eunha scratched her cheek.

It was then.

“Huh? What’s that? It’s full of people? Are they selling anything?”

Eunhyuk pointed to the white tent behind Eunha.

“Huh? There are only a lot of kids?”

“Hey? I see. What are you doing?”

Minji and Hayang also showed interest. The two could only see the children lined up in front of the tent, but the outfits of the children in the distance were invisible.

At that time, children who had eaten free meals were coming down the stairs.

“Let’s come early next week. I thought I was going to die of hunger waiting in line.”

“Now that I’ve filled my stomach, would you like to go to Cheongnyangni today?” “Cheongnyangni? What’s there?”

“I hear there’s a lot of work in the back alleys there? Yes, the older sisters are Shidabari, but they say they make good money.” “How much can I earn? I want to go! Let’s go once…”

I met the eyes of the children who were coming down.

The soiled children passed by with their heads bowed in surprise.

The child, who was already running away, was rubbing her eyes with the back of her hand.

“Captain? Is this…?”

Eunhyuk looked at the children walking away and made an expression that he didn’t know what to say.

“They were…”

“No, I was scared.”

Minji and White secretly clung to Eunha.

He seemed surprised to see Wonderrun’s behavior.

It was worth it.

There were no parents who told their children about the existence of Wonder Run.

And Wonder Run lived in the slums or on the roadside where people couldn’t reach.

There was no way that children who knew only school and playground would face Wonder Run.

“Today was the day.”

On the other hand, Seo-na was calm.

Eunha seemed to know why she wasn’t afraid.

she was an ain

She was abandoned by her parents as soon as she was born, but luckily she was able to grow up in the church. It was no wonder that she knew about her wonder run, having seen children in similar circumstances at church.

“—You don’t have to know.”

yet.

Eunha turned her gaze to the flower field. I didn’t bother to say what I needed to add between the words.

One day these children will come to know the other side of the once destroyed world.

It was unavoidable.

subcutaneous

Even if I wanted to, I couldn’t avoid it, the other side melted right nearby.

“Stand up.”

“huh.”

“Don’t bring the kids on Wednesday.”

“yea, I got it.”

Now you don’t have to know yet.

A cruel world for children to know.

Eun-ha decided to have lunch with the children who were speechless.

Seaweed soup was also served at lunch that day.

It also had no taste.