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Episode 148. 53%
“You should dye it, it looks much better.”
“Haha, dye your hair?”
“If you have a girlfriend, please introduce her to your mom later… … .”
“Other than that.”
Stop.
But at that time.
The man in the suit immediately put an artificial smile on his lips and asked again.
“Don’t you see that something has changed?”
My son is naturally blunt, so I don’t think he’s particularly upset if he keeps a blank expression.
But what on earth is this atmosphere?
“Uh… I can’t really tell just by looking at Mom.”
“… .”
“Oh, did our son become cooler because of something called awakening?”
Lee Hwa-young squeezed out a cheerful voice to relieve the stagnant air. But what came back were shocking sentences that would never be repeated again.
“Yeah. What would I expect from a beast like you? In the end, things went as expected.”
“What… what?”
“Ms. Lee Hwa-young, have you been living comfortably without your son all this time?”
Something with the shell of Kim Ki-ryeo was looking down intently at the opponent while carrying a load on its back.
“But why did you come now to find the child you abandoned?”
Of course, there was no need to hear an explanation for this.
It’s obvious. This is a story from beginning to end…
***
Money. This time it’s that damn thing again.
‘I’m sick of this.’
I looked at the Earthling standing before me with eyes of disgust.
Everyone was talking big about natural ties and such, but in the end, there was nothing special between parents and children.
This woman doesn’t even know that her son is dead, and she just blinks.
“Hey, hey. What on earth does that mean… ?”
Lee Hwa-young’s face froze in shock, but I drove a wedge into her.
There could be only one reason why that woman contacted me.
“I wonder if you suddenly feel sorry for the son you abandoned who became an S-class?”
“… … !”
“I told you that they are the ones who can easily make a billion won by breaking just one gate. Huh? Did you come here to try and get some soybeans?”
At this, Hwayoung is very surprised.
“Son, what are you talking about? Mom just wanted our son to appear on TV… …!”
“Then what on earth was the three years of disappearance?”
“That, that. Of course there were circumstances. Mom actually… … .”
“Shut up! Where are you talking about your circumstances? You blocked my number right after receiving 27 million won.”
She gapes in shock at the harsh language used during the conversation.
“Ah, ah, no. You! What did you just say to Mom… …!?”
But I had no intention of being polite to that person.
Lee Hwa-young’s betrayal was an incident that had a great influence on Kim Ki-ryeo’s words.
In other words, she is the main culprit who killed this body.
“I’m telling you in advance that I don’t have even ten cents to give you.”
“Who asked for money? Mom won’t talk to you about money either!”
“Really? Ms. Lee Hwa-young, then shall we write a contract? Shall we make a clear promise about the knight’s oath?”
For reference, contract items are major magic tools often used by general companies.
Perhaps because even ordinary citizens are well aware of its capabilities, Hwayoung’s reaction soon became intense.
He started to get angry and his face turned red.
“Kim Ki-ryeo! You became an S-class or something, but in the meantime, you became a completely useless person. You lost all your temper!”
“hmm.”
“You weren’t like this before, so why did you suddenly become so mean? Huh? Do you really have to drive a nail into your mother’s heart to feel better?”
Lee Hwa-young cried out with tears in her eyes, wondering what was so unfair.
But to my eyes, even that looks abominable.
As she said, this place has changed so much in the past few years.
“That’s right. It’s really strange. Kim Ki-ryeo was a good kid who never once swore at me in his life, so why is he like this now?”
I feel uncomfortable when I see Lee Hwa-young.
This is not simply because the memories remain in the body.
Now I myself, my soul, truly loathed her.
“You still don’t get what’s strange?”
I deliberately gave hints by calling Kim Ki-ryeo as if he was a third party, but Lee Hwa-young still couldn’t tell the difference between my family and me.
“What’s strange is your attitude. Oh my, you’re a sl*t. How can you be like this to your mom, whom you haven’t seen in years… … . Mom had her own circumstances. Huh? When everything was resolved, she was going to come back to you like this.”
First of all, this is bullshit at first glance.
Even when Lee Hwa-young lived with Kim Ki-ryeo, she didn’t talk about money for a while, but as soon as she confirmed that her son’s guard had let down, she stopped talking about work.
To be honest, we should see that the series of events that occurred in the past were already mixed with intention and planning from the day of Kim Ki-ryeo’s graduation.
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“Isn’t that the reason you’re saying that you didn’t prepare for retirement and just went out to play?”
“Kim Ki-ryeo!”
“Why are you so angry? If I made a mistake, Mom can prove it. With the dungeon item.”
As the topic of contracts comes up again, Hwayoung’s eyes also become more venomous as she begins to understand the situation.
“No, you have to go. Why are you like this? Actually, Mom… is sick right now. She can’t even get back surgery because she doesn’t have the money. And you’re going to pretend not to know that?”
“huh.”
“Oh, right!”
The woman’s lips, covered in bright red lipstick, twist for a moment.
“You! You, do you think that everything that’s going well for you is all yours alone? I heard that other people, except you, carry their parents on their backs when they become hunters. I’m grateful that you gave birth to me in good health!”
It’s true that genetics certainly has an effect on awakening, but when you compare it like that, I have a lot to say.
“Don’t other parents usually abandon their children?”
Since this side did not back down even an inch, Lee Hwa-young got goosebumps and fanned herself.
And after cooling off for a while, he said this.
“You, you… If this continues, even Mom can’t do anything about it. My family is committing an unfilial act, and I have to vent my frustrations to the world.”
“Complaints?”
“Do the people around you know that you’re living like this? If you keep acting like this to your mom, I’m going to tell even an S-class hunter that you’re a traitor who deserves to be punished by heaven and earth. Do you understand?”
Oh my.
I was so dumbfounded that I shut my mouth. Lee Hwa-young spoke with a face that seemed to have mistaken something and spoke with arrogance.
“You should be proud. You’ve awakened. Now that you’re famous and all your hardships are over, why are you trying to embarrass yourself now?”
“… .”
“Everything went well. Now that I’ve become a hunter, all that’s left is to make a lot of money. Huh?”
And Hwayoung holds my hand and speaks to me in a more gentle tone than ever… … .
“I’m really sorry. Okay? You don’t have any family in this world other than me. Mom will do better from now on.”
At that moment, a memory overlapped my mind.
A young woman wearing thick red lipstick was saying these words while hitting the tiny hand of a newborn baby.
-It’s all your fault! If it weren’t for you, I wouldn’t have married that jerk!
I recalled memories from the distant past that even the owner of the body could not remember. Thanks to that, my mind became as cold as ice.
Lee Hwa-young never loved Gi-ryeo from the beginning.
Anyway, how can humans be so cruel? How can they be so good at rationalizing themselves and so cunning?
“… … .”
I looked down at my caught hand and approached the woman a few inches closer. Then I whispered carefully into her ear.
“Your son… … .”
“huh?”
“I froze to death in the midsummer sun.”
What I am about to tell you is the end of this flesh.
“If a person starves themselves for too long, their thyroid gland becomes damaged and they cannot regulate their body temperature.”
“What now… … .”
“Everyone outside is running around sweating, but why does that small room feel so cold to me?”
“… … .”
“I feel strangely cold all the time.”
I was speechless for a moment.
I feel like my throat is being strangled.
The memories that were flooding into my head were so vivid that it felt as if I had experienced that life myself.
“I shivered for 14 hours before I died.”
My eyes turn red.
But these tears are not Kim Ki-ryeo’s. This anger is solely that of one soul.
“But how dare you appear in front of the son you killed?”
I suppressed my boiling emotions and gave a sincere warning to the person in front of me.
“Lee Hwa-young. Listen carefully. If you show your face in front of me one more time, I will really kill you.”
“… … !”
“And if you go around shaking your head and tarnishing this precious name, I promise you that you will be in a better position than dead.”
“what?”
But do you know what the saddest thing is at this time?
There was no emotion of resentment in Kim Ki-ryeo’s brain. Kim Ki-ryeo never hated the mother who betrayed him.
When I look at her, all that comes to mind is endless longing and sadness.
‘Why… … .’
Why didn’t Kim Ki-ryeo wish for Lee Hwa-young’s death?
why?
Why on earth?
If only he had left just one last word asking for revenge on this woman.
If that was what you wanted, I would have gladly granted your wish in return for giving you my body.
“I am grateful that my son grew up to be a good person.”
I felt miserable at the emotions of the owner of the body that was rushing in. At the same time, I roughly shook off the other person’s hand.
“Ah… son?”
Lee Hwa-young’s face still looked like she didn’t understand the situation until this moment, but it didn’t matter anymore.
‘For now, I will follow the will of the body’s owner… … .’
If I kick that last bit of mercy, I intend to make that human pay no matter what.
I glanced at Lee Hwa-young’s appearance as if I was remembering it and then left.
“Ki, Ki-ryeo… … . Kim Ki-ryeo… … .”
The streets were filled with the cries of those who could not accept reality.
***
I returned home with a hurried pace, took off my jacket, and threw it listlessly on the floor.
‘How can this be?’
After reexamining the life of the owner of the body, Kim Ki-ryeo was a truly rare soul who had never committed a single sin in his life.
Honest and kind.
Saving others even though you know it will be unfair.
There are even people who feel regretful about not being able to donate their organs until right before they die.
Why did this guy have to endure such a lonely life?
He was not a sorcerer who deserved to die like this.
But now there’s nothing I can do to turn back. I already know what happens to the dead.
‘When you die, that’s the end.’
Where does the soul of the dead go?
This was not much different from the words of the flesh, as the body decays and decomposes when buried in the ground.
Even the substances that make up the soul disperse into the void over time and break down into smaller units.
It was considered impossible for the soul particles that returned to the natural world to find their original form.
The probability of Kim Ki-ryeo’s soul fragments being preserved intact and reincarnated is less than 1 in 300 billion.
No, it’s more like throwing the parts into a swimming pool and hoping that the water current will accidentally assemble them into a finished watch.
“Poor thing.”
The selfless life that Kiryu had lived by can no longer be repaid with anything.
Thinking about it that way gave me a lot to think about.
Can we just sit back and let people like Kim Ki-ryeo die miserably? Aren’t these people also running towards the same future as my hometown?
As the memories stored in the body become ‘my’ memories.
The first emotion that came to mind was pity.
The next feeling I had was a strong sense of anxiety.
‘… … .’
On Earth, too, there were too many selfish individuals.
And this trend will only get worse as generations pass.
As global warming shrinks the habitable zone, competition will intensify, and in such processes, the selfish are usually more likely to win.
But, having already experienced such a future, is there really any reason for me to live together with everyone on Earth?
And on such a beautiful planet?
Of course, only in the early stages of reincarnation… … .
I did think that we should protect the people of Earth for the sake of ecological conservation.
He sometimes talked about conquering the world and such, but honestly, he admitted deep down that he was not qualified to wield a pair of scissors against outsiders.
But after going through something like this, my heart starts to waver a little.
‘How many more people like Lee Hwa-young are living on Earth? … .’
If this continues, I will probably come to increasingly different conclusions as time goes on.