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𝐓𝐇𝐄 crimson tinge casted through the fingers of the unconscious figure , that resembled lifeless by the mild breath even at the boy's hold back then.

The fear cascading his ache that could physically tore him apart as his eyes stayed glued to the girl's closed eyes, internally pleading to open them even atleast for a flickering moment so that his heart could stop beating vigorously in the shortened breaths.

The hours were swaying away in the speed of light, still one didn't dared to awake her since Master Lee's advisement not to.

His words were , ' she's not attacked by the soul shifter thankfully, rather the impact of almost drawing out her energy must have exhausted her out '.

Right. As if the boy was believing that afterwards what he has seen .

Nevertheless, most of them seems to be.

Jang-uk arrived hastily by minutes to Sejukwon along with Mu-deok. However, Master Lee along with Master park and Master Heo forcefully made him return back with their words that's she's all fine and no visitors were allowed as her energy is not stabilized.

Young-hee is completely slumped on a chair in the corner of the room, her cheeks creased by the tear stains as her eyes were bored down to her hands all this while as if she isn't aware of whatever is happening outside world.

Only the muffled voice outside from the room was barely audible inside the room , where the three individuals drowned in thier own mind.

Yul's gaze finally flickered right beside to her swords, the thoughts coming to a abrupt halt as the questions surfacing beneath them.

Everything was confusing to an extent. Everyone was.

He knew there was something the girl and his Masters has been hiding , however he never pried in to it since they clearly didn't wanted him to.

Nonetheless, things has changed. Even when he didn't know what is happening, he knew things are getting out of hands even for them as he clearly saw thier bewildered face seeing her state hours ago.

The continuous passing out, the secrets drowning atmosphere that sizzled whenever the trio came together,the fear that always cascaded her eyes everytime she woke up and most of all...what he has seen back there.

He wished that he could have unnoticed it. Nonetheless, it was searing into him.

The animosity she held in her gaze when he clashed his swords into her back there,The blue lucent that represented her energy coursed throughout her swords as an flame.

Even now, when the girl in front of him is left unconscious, there weren't a single soul of any other mages other than them present in Sejukwon for the past hour.

It's as if, they didn't want any outsiders to know whatever the state the girl was in and that only fueled on the worst conclusions to his mind.

His eyes swept through the girl's features one last time with a tinge of hope that diminished away in seconds before it fell upon the door, where the muffled voices of the trio resonated much clear as he took his steps closer.

He steps came to a abrupt halt as he glanced to the corner of the room where young-hee slumped upon, only to find the girl completely fainted by the exhaustion of thoughts overcamed her thoughts.

Without any further ado, his steps became firm and walked in front before he eavesdropped the trio's conversation with the barrier of the door. The voices were vaguely clear and stifled, but still audible.

" Is there really nothing we can do?? What if we can't save her if we keep waiting for her to wake up?!? "

The old man's voice which laced with fear and anxious got through the room even when the door was acting as an barricade. The tense atmosphere that stifled the room caught by the boy's throat from the mere words.

" He's right. Is there nothing we cannot do?!? We should atleast try to wake her!! What if she gets kille- "

" And what would you do if the one who awaken by us isn't Na-ra, rather her conscious fully controlled by the sacred bird that has the ability to destroy the world."

The surroundings changed to a pin drop silence as the worst nightmare of the three regarding the girl brought upon like an gospel truth. The air swaying to their mind like knives pricking in as the prior chose to speak.

" Even if we have hands on the ice stone, the best outcome we can do now is simply destroy the Firebird. Along with her."

A heart were stilled behind the door by  hearing out the words that poured down.

He had heard enough, yet his mind brimmed with inquires, and by the questions stifled inside he couldn't choose to think before his hands wide opened the door that played as an barricade til now.

" What.... Do you mean you cannot save her?.. "

The duo's eyes snapped to the side to the boy while Master Heo's gaze filled with curiousness reading the boy's features.
Nevertheless it was changed to anticipation as his gaze went over his shoulders.

" He meant that I am going to die now or soon enough.... "

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𝐅𝐞𝐰 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐞 :

A sudden amount of air gushed down to the girl's throat, finally having the ability to breathe again without the hands blocking her airway to breathe.

She quickly sat right up  feeling the water all over the ground that almost reached her ankles.

Eyes roaming around as she found herself on the enclosed black space again, however the wetness that damped the ground last time clearly replaced with water that downing her feet.

Her eyes roamed around the black space again til it fitted on to a light that clearly blinded her sight for a minute second before she fixed her gaze. Her hands involuntarily went up to cover her eyes partially feeling the bright illuminating light hurting her sight .

Nonetheless,as she crinkled her eyes adjusting her gaze towards it, she undoubtedly caught azure lucent along inside.

And just as that,the events that led her to here dawned into her mind like a flood. Her eyes widening in the realisation of almost losing her life, no- she still doesn't know if she's still alive.

Nonetheless, what's more terrified her was the absence of the voice .

" 𝘏𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘺 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺?...."

Even when the pain that creased her throat clearly shouldn't have hurted.

yet, the retention Looted her insides,still feeling the grip that imprinted her throat.

Tears pushed through her eyes as she couldn't even let out an word , even a mere sound at the conception of losing everyone.

She dare thought in the past it would be alright,that even if she's gone everything would be fine.

Everyone would.

She would.

Nevertheless, she wasn't ready like she thought to be. No one would be.

She wanted to hear the nagging from
kim Do-joo for even having a thought of taking a walk.

She wanted to have argue with her Uk for silly things that didn't mattered like, who likes Kim Do-joo's Honey biscuits more.

She wanted to apologize to Master Park and Master Heo for going through so many complications solely for her, and thank them for considering just as their child.

Tell Cho-yeon that she's sorry for not being with her past days and Dang-gu for being cold towards him sometimes to someone like him.

Let Cho-yeong know she knew and never forgot her and most of all to young-hee, who stood in front for her even when she knew she could die. She was sorry that she couldn't fulfill her promise.

And Yul.... If only she could see him once again to confess and let him know she never got the heart and courage to stop loving him.

She regrets all. For not having a one last chance.

Only if she was brave enough to-

" 𝓢𝓽𝓸𝓹 𝓫𝓮𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓭𝓻𝓪𝓶𝓪𝓽𝓲𝓬 𝔀𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾?.... "

The echo resonated through the darkness, and hell..... It would be the first time in her life , that she's happy to hear that voice.

" You...you are here?!? S-so I'm not dead?!!? I just fainted?!? "

Her words came out along with Faltered voice by the newfound hope of being alive, while the latter who's clearly appeared to be frustrated by an specific circumstances.

" 𝓨𝓸𝓾 𝔀𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮!..𝓘 𝓬𝓪𝓷'𝓽 𝓫𝓮𝓵𝓲𝓮𝓿𝓮 𝓘 𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓶𝔂 𝓱𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓪𝓼 𝓪𝓷 𝓲𝓭𝓲𝓸𝓽 𝓵𝓲𝓴𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾.... 𝓦𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓭𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓴 𝓸𝓯 𝓭𝓸𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓾𝓹 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮?!"

The sudden outburst of voice ringed like a tremor slightly making the former to flinch in surprise.

" 𝓘 𝓽𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾.... 𝓘 𝓣𝓸𝓵𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓘 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓽𝓪𝓴𝓮 𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓭𝓪𝓶𝓷 𝓫𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓭!! 𝓑𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾...𝓪𝓷 𝓲𝓭𝓲𝓸𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓬𝓱𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓪𝓵𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓭𝓲𝓮 𝓹𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓪𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽!!...𝓘 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭𝓷'𝓽 𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓪𝓫𝓸𝓾𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓲𝓯 𝓲𝓽 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓯𝓪𝓬𝓽 𝓘 𝓬𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓰𝓸 𝓝𝓸𝓷𝓮𝔁𝓲𝓼𝓽 𝔀𝓲𝓽𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾!.."

The vexation was undoubtedly evident in the words , the girl's eyes drooping low to the ground feeling the confining towards her figure.

" 𝓘 𝓼𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓵𝓭 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓵𝓮𝓽 𝓱𝓲𝓶 𝓴𝓲𝓵𝓵 𝔂𝓸- "

" I WAS SCARED!...... "

The sudden increase in voice that cutted of it's words caught it in a unexpected way, Nonetheless it soon turned into disbelief.

" 𝓗𝓸𝔀 𝓶𝓪𝓷𝔂 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮𝓼 𝓭𝓸 𝓘 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝔂𝓸𝓾 , 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓭𝓸 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓷𝓮𝓮𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓫𝓮 𝓼𝓬𝓪𝓻𝓮𝓭 𝓫𝓮𝓬𝓪𝓾𝓼𝓮 𝓸𝓯 𝓶𝓮 - "

" And you want me to believe it?!.... Tell me, who came into my life like a damn disaster?!? Who almost killed me, I don't know?-Like countless times for now?!?MY WHOLE LIFE WAS RUINED SOLELY BY YOU-"

"𝓓𝓲𝓭 𝓲𝓽??.... "

The words were cutted off again like a knife slicing through the thin air, the water under thier foot slowly draining to an unknown reason.

" 𝓣𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓶𝓮.... 𝓑𝓮 𝓽𝓻𝓾𝓽𝓱𝓯𝓾𝓵 𝓽𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓯. 𝓓𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝔀𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓰𝓸 𝓫𝓪𝓬𝓴 𝓽𝓸 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓹𝓪𝓼𝓽 𝓹𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓬 𝓼𝓮𝓵𝓯 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓷𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓫𝓾𝓽 𝓼𝓪𝓶𝓮 𝓪𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓵𝓮𝓮𝓬𝓱 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓵𝓲𝓿𝓮𝓭 𝓪𝔀𝓪𝔂 𝓵𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓹𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓽𝓲𝓬𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂??....𝓘 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓼𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓱𝓪𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓰𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓻𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓼𝓸, 𝓽𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓶𝓮 𝓝𝓪-𝓻𝓪.... 𝓓𝓲𝓭 𝓲𝓽 𝓱𝓾𝓻𝓽 𝔀𝓱𝓮𝓷 𝓮𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓱𝓪𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓭𝓸 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓳𝓾𝓼𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓪 𝓫𝓪𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓻𝓭'𝓼 𝓭𝓪𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓮𝓻? 𝓣𝓸 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓿𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓶𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓭𝓲𝓭𝓷'𝓽 𝓱𝓪𝓭 𝓪𝓷 𝓪𝓯𝓯𝓪𝓲𝓻 𝓽𝓸 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓬𝓮𝓲𝓿𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓪𝓷𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 - "

The words came to a abrupt halt as it stucked on it's throat by the sudden harsh grip of the girl.

Her eyes taunting not to even seep out another word that tasted like a venom under her mouth. Yet, the former's eyes gleamed in satisfaction with a mix of intrigue by witnessing the girl's aversion towards it's words.

" Don't you dare utter any words anything like that as if you know me at all.... "

" 𝓓𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝓘 ?..... "

The voice chimed from her behind , revealing the figure as  confusion creasing her features. Nonetheless, the latter was rather enjoying this moment as she pointed her finger to the girl's forehead.

" 𝓘 𝓱𝓪𝓿𝓮 𝓫𝓮𝓮𝓷 𝓾𝓹 𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓵𝓵 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮... 𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓴𝓷𝓸𝔀𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾 , 𝓘 𝓪𝓶 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓷𝓵𝔂 𝓸𝓷𝓮 𝔀𝓱𝓸 𝓾𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓽𝓪𝓷𝓭𝓼 𝔂𝓸𝓾 ... 𝓦𝓱𝔂 𝓭𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓰𝓮𝓽 𝓲𝓽?? 𝓦𝓮 𝓪𝓻𝓮 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓪𝓶𝓮..."

" We are NOTHING but the same....You are solely exists to destroy everything!!"

Her voice resonated through out the space while the other found laughable in the statement the girl made.

" 𝓓𝓸𝓷'𝓽 𝔀𝓮 𝓪𝓵𝓵 ?...𝓣𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓶𝓮 𝓶𝔂 𝓭𝓮𝓪𝓻 ,𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓼𝓸 𝓬𝓪𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓭 '𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 ' 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝓘 𝔀𝓪𝓼𝓷'𝓽 𝓶𝓮𝓪𝓷𝓽 𝓽𝓸 𝓭𝓮𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓸𝔂 𝓷𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓵𝓰 𝓴𝓲𝓵𝓵𝓮𝓭 𝔂𝓸𝓾.....𝓭𝓸 𝓽𝓱𝓮𝔂 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝓭𝓮𝓼𝓮𝓻𝓿𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓴𝓲𝓷𝓭𝓷𝓮𝓼𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓫𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓲𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓵𝓭 ?......"

The pin drop silence welcomed them after the assertion like question. The girl's eyes faltering resembling her beliefs for a minute second. And as an fuel to the fire that screamed inside her mind, another question surfaced beneath by the feathery voice.

" 𝓣𝓮𝓵𝓵 𝓶𝓮, 𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓼 𝓯𝓲𝓰𝓱𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓵 𝓻𝓮𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂 𝔀𝓸𝓻𝓽𝓱 𝔂𝓸𝓾𝓻 𝓽𝓲𝓶𝓮? "

" Do I...... Have time to begin with?... "

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𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞!! ,
𝐈 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐬 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐮𝐜𝐡𝐡𝐡𝐡𝐡𝐡!!!
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐡 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥, 𝐀𝐓 𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐲'𝐚𝐥𝐥!! 𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐨𝐧'𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐈 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐨 𝐲𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰-

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐥 𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐡-

𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐈 𝐡𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐮𝐲𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐞𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 ヾ(´︶'♡)ﾉ

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