#154
Episode 154
Ellie McDowell (4)
“You look like me?”
“okay. “It’s a little blurry because it was a long time ago, but it’s definitely very similar.”
“… “Please tell me about that in detail.”
Jeongdo took a step closer to Ellie and said.
She stuttered, perhaps surprised by the force of the attack.
“Oh, no. I don’t really have anything more to say. “It was a long time ago, and the time I met that man was very short.”
“Still, I ask that you at least remember.”
“Uhm… . That’s what it is.”
Ellie seemed to be remembering a bit, but then spoke. It was a very short story, as she had just said.
It is said that she possessed extraordinary intelligence from a young age.
If he was just an outstanding child, ‘he was already admitted to a prestigious university by skipping a grade in elementary school.’ Well, it would have ended in a heartwarming episode like this, but Ellie was different.
Even compared to children who are called gifted, he was a bit outstanding.
Add to that the fact that Ellie was an orphan, and her fate was decided without her consent.
She was trapped in an unknown facility and forced to conduct endless research. This happened when she was only 11 years old. She had never been outside the facility before being rescued by someone.
If I studied as instructed above and showed satisfactory results, I could leave the room as a reward.
Even though she couldn’t go out of the building, she said she eagerly followed their instructions because she wanted to see the world outside her room.
Do-do frowned at Ellie’s past, which was more severe than expected, but Ellie shrugged her shoulders and said it was nothing.
“At that time, I thought it was normal, so it wasn’t that painful. It was a place where the location, time, and date were unknown, but it was also fun in its own way… Anyway, after so many years, he appeared before me.”
That day too, Ellie was studying a unique task sent down from above.
<Dungeon> and <Monster>.
All the recent research has been about that. Ellie had never seen what they were, but she began researching them based on the information provided to her.
thud. thud.
“Ahh!”
“Is this really real? How on earth do you know this place… ”
A commotion began from far away in the room where Ellie was trapped, and the commotion began to approach Ellie. And then the commotion reached its peak, and soon silence came.
Beep.
The door lock of the room where Ellie was locked was unlocked and a man came in.
At first, Ellie thought the man was a new researcher. This was because his attire, like other researchers, was a white gown.
But when I saw the look in his eyes, I immediately erased that thought. His eyes were not those of someone who just sat at a desk and studied.
“who?”
“… … .”
Ellie spoke first, but the man did not respond. He just glanced at me with indifferent eyes and quickly walked towards Ellie.
Then he handed her a fist-sized rock. She didn’t know it at the time, but the stone was something that would later be called a skill stone.
“That’s yours now.”
“Are you giving it to me? why?”
“Of all the people I know, only you can use it.”
“Do you know me? “This is my first time seeing you.”
This time, the man did not answer Ellie’s question. The man who handed Ellie the stone turned around and started walking towards her entrance.
As if I shouldn’t be here any longer.
I hurriedly walked to the entrance as if I couldn’t talk more with her.
However, the man had no choice but to stop when he heard Ellie’s next words.
“Can you take me out of here?”
“… … .”
The man slowly looked back at Ellie.
And only then was Ellie able to read the man’s emotions for the first time.
It’s a pity.
There was clearly sadness in the man’s eyes looking at him.
why?
Eli wanted to ask that, but the man spoke faster than him.
“I’m sorry, but it’s not my job to get you out of here. “Just be patient a little longer.”
Those were the man’s last words.
He left the room immediately after saying that. Ellie hurriedly followed him out of the room, but he had already disappeared.
“there is! She’s safe!”
“You’re welcome. shit. Who the heck is that guy… ”
“Ellie MacDowell. Don’t worry about it and go back inside the room. hurry!”
After a while, security guards came running and Ellie reflexively tried to hide the stone the man had given her. However, the stone she had received from the man had already disappeared, and when she recognized that fact, she felt a tingling sensation inside her body.
Ellie was locked in the room again, and her brief encounter with the man ended like that.
* * * * * *
After finishing the story, Ellie scratched her head.
“Hmm. As we talk, his face seems to become clearer… Now that I think about it, I think it’s similar to you, but a little different. Especially the atmosphere and eyes… “Do you have any brothers?”
“no. “I am an only child.”
“okay? If I had a brother like Jeong-do, I think I would feel exactly like that. No, but isn’t he really funny? What you did after breaking into that secret organization was giving skill stones to others? Wouldn’t it be better to just take it out! Oh, no. “If that were the case, I wouldn’t have been able to meet Hae-joon, so wouldn’t that be the case?”
Ellie continued to talk, but no one could hear her anymore. It felt like her head was going to explode right now.
The person who is supposed to be the miracle of the beginning has a face that resembles him?
‘That’s just me!’
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Could it be that I suffered from memory loss without realizing it?
In fact, the man Ellie was talking about was himself, and he had met Ellie in the past and given her a skill stone… How could it possibly exist?
Of course, he also possessed the miracle of the beginning called <communication>. However, he did not have the talent to create absurd skills like <Creating Awaker> with stones.
Even if he gave in a hundred times and assumed that he had actually met Ellie in the past and that he had forgotten about it, it didn’t make sense. Because she said that Ellie does not have the same face as she did in the past, but that she resembles the face that changed in <Handsome Guy>.
‘It’s not like there’s nothing to point out… ‘
But this possibility was also absurd. In a way, it seems like there is a possibility that he is forgetting his past.
‘The real me in the universe.’
Winry said that <Communication-lv.3> was a miracle that only appeared once before she appeared. Throughout the distant history of the universe.
And in addition, it was said that the true universe of ‘Real Universe’ did not possess <Communication-lv.3>.
But is the universe itself also a miracle from the beginning?
If the man Ellie met is the ‘real universe herself’, the conclusion is drawn that the authenticity of the ‘real universe’ and the authenticity of the ‘copy universe’ each have different miracles from the beginning.
‘I don’t think that makes sense.’
Winry said that one of the reasons the radiation universe was created was to observe changes that could not be found in the ‘real universe’. And he said that he hoped that the ‘miracle of the beginning’ would be born from that change.
If the true self of the universe has the miracle of the beginning, is there any need to look for another miracle of the beginning? No, there is nothing to say about the miracles of the beginning, the more the better… ah!
‘if?’
It could have been so if the primordial miracle that created the first gate on Earth and the man Ellie met were the same person. Because Winry said she couldn’t sense that primordial miracle. In that case, even if that primordial miracle existed in the ‘real universe’, Winry might not have noticed it.
‘But why on earth?’
There were a lot of things that were unclear, but if we assume that the man Ellie met in the past is her in the ‘real universe’… Why did he come here?
When the Earth’s cataclysm was brought forward, I thought it was done to ruin the Earth. However, that didn’t seem to be the case as she gave Ellie the <Away Maker Production> skill.
Although he brought a disaster to mankind, he also gave us a way to overcome that disaster.
‘What is the purpose?’
The real Earth of the universe is a world where everything except the Korean Peninsula has been destroyed. As he fought and battled the monsters that swarmed there, Winry said, he eventually became a god.
Could it be that the real universe himself wants to return to the past and change the destroyed world?
But that also makes no sense.
Although it is said to be the past and the future, the ‘real universe’ and the ‘copy universe’ are not related to the future and the past. The ‘copy universe’ was simply following the history of the ‘real universe’, but the two universes were separate worlds.
In short, this means that no matter what happens in the ‘copy universe’, the ‘real universe’ will not change.
‘shit. I don’t know.’
How on earth did he come here from the ‘real universe’? What on earth do you want to do here?
One question gave rise to another question, and my mind became more and more complicated. Jeongdo shook his head and came to his senses.
‘Let’s not make anything definite.’
The only thing that is certain is that the man Ellie met looked like her. It was a hasty judgment to confirm that the man was the ‘real self of the universe’ based on that fact alone.
I already knew from experience that just because their faces resemble each other, they may not be the same person.
‘It could be a monster like the doppelganger I met back then, or it could be someone who knows my face imitating me.’
It is only one possibility that the man is the ‘real self of the universe’. There were certainly other possibilities.
‘No matter how much I think about it, I can’t find an answer.’
Jeongdo stood up and expressed his gratitude to Ellie.
“Ellie. “This may have been a rude request, but thank you for letting me know.”
“Yes? No, whatever. It’s a minor thing compared to saving his life… ”
“Still. Thanks to you, some of my questions have been answered. “Ah, I’ve come to my senses, but I’m not completely healed yet, so be sure to get a thorough examination later.”
“joy. Nagging is unacceptable. “I’m tired of just listening to Hae-joon.”
Even though she said that, Ellie’s ears turned slightly red, as if she liked making her worry. She rolled over her blanket and yelled for everyone to get out.
Jeong Do and his companions laughed at the sight and left the hospital room.
* * * * * *
My business in America is over.
I saved Hae-joon and Ellie and was able to hear the answer I wanted from Ellie. Although that answer caused even greater confusion.
After a day of rest in the United States, I booked a flight to Korea. Hae-joon recovered most of his body within a day, but instead of returning to Korea, he decided to remain in the United States to care for his Ellie.
“Then I will go back. “Next time you come to Korea, let’s have a meal together.”
“At that time, I have to treat my lifesaver with a big treat.”
“haha. “I’ll be looking forward to it.”
So we parted ways with Hae-joon, and Jeong-do and his group boarded a plane and arrived in Korea.
“Everyone worked hard. First, get some rest for a few days. “I will contact you.”
“older brother. Meeting my brother was the best thing in my life. “Thank you so much for saving my brother.”
“Okay, okay, so don’t stick around. Disgusting.”
Seoyoon smiled quietly at the sight. After a while, the group dispersed, and Jeong-do waved his hand and saw the two of them leave.
“Okay then.”
The expression on his face hardened slightly as he confirmed that the two people were leaving. I quickly headed home.
Cracking.
I thought I was walking a little fast, but the speed was faster than an adult male running. That’s how impatient she was.
Do-do’s mind was filled with thoughts about the man Ellie had met.
What is the man’s identity?
Is this really your true self in the universe? Or was he just imitating someone else he knew?
To that extent, it was something unknown.
however.
If you don’t know, just ask. I knew someone who could answer this question.
The extent arrived in front of the house. After taking a short deep breath, he opened the door.
“welcome. Mr. Jeongdo. “I was waiting.”
A platinum-haired maid. Winry welcomed him.
