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Tati (5)
Things in this world don’t always go as planned.
Of course, there are days when things go well. Days when everything goes well. Days when even the water you drink in the morning tastes particularly good. Days when all the traffic lights on your way to work turn green at just the right time… days like that.
But most lives are not so lucky.
If people could live doing only what they wanted, the world would have perished much sooner than it has now.
So, instead of dwelling on what-ifs, you should focus on what’s in front of you. If you’re going to say things like, “I should have done this,” “I should have done that,” or “I shouldn’t have done that,” it’s a more mature response to try to deal with what’s already happened.
My father taught my sister and me that way.
If you really regret it, you should prepare to make sure it never happens again. I’m not saying you should dwell on the past, I’m just saying you shouldn’t repeat the past.
In that sense… wouldn’t going back to the past be more than just fixing past mistakes, but also a realization of ‘what if I had done that?’
It is completely different from my father’s teachings.
So that’s why my father didn’t come to the past… .
… … is just bullshit.
“… … .”
As for whether or not to close the Jirisan dungeon with fairies, the decision was surprisingly quickly made.
“Let’s end it here for now.”
We had a brief conversation inside the shield.
It wasn’t a situation where I could talk for long, and I couldn’t have a deep conversation while leaving the fairy playing with her porcelain doll.
Think about when you learn a foreign language. Just because you can’t speak it doesn’t mean you can’t hear it either. Judging from the fact that you can understand Nana Hong Seok-young’s questions right away and answer them quickly, your Korean skills may be better than they appear.
That’s why I used vague words. I didn’t use words like dungeon, hack, and strategy. It would be easy to block out the sound, but I didn’t want to give the impression that we were against them. Anyway… I don’t know what information that fairy might be hiding.
As I finished telling the story and got up, the fairy came running towards me.
The fairy pointed to my sword and asked persistently.
I looked down at the fairy who was stubbornly fixated on the sword. He wasn’t slamming his fist against the shield like he was earlier, but I felt a different kind of desperation.
How long has my brother been in this dungeon with this fairy?
“……no.”
I hesitated for a moment, but I didn’t want to lie.
This black one was given to me by my older sister. My older brother, who raised me like a child, was precious to me, but I also didn’t want to hide the last thing my older sister gave me.
“Someone else gave it to me.”
“So I’m looking for my brother now.”
<… … .>
The fairy stared at me with an unreadable expression. Her golden eyes sparkled, then disappeared in a blink.
The fairy smiled faintly.
The fairy, Tati, placed the porcelain doll she had been playing with at my feet.
It can’t be said to be well-made, even in vain. The head is dented, and the right and left arms are of different lengths. One has a smooth head, and the other has spiky hair.
He placed a slightly smaller porcelain doll next to him. He looked at me, Hong Seok-young, and Kim Chae-min alternately with a cautious expression, then placed two more small porcelain dolls next to him.
Then he gestured as if to tell me to take it.
It just disappeared between the trees.
* * *
The time spent in the dungeon was only three or four hours at most. It’s short, considering all that time spent floundering around in the mud. Isn’t it? Long?
This is what happens when you enter a dungeon. Is it because there is no sun? Your sense of time gets messed up.
Anyway, I gave it to him, so I took the porcelain doll and left the gate. The sky was starting to get a little light.
Maybe because it was in the mountains, there were quite a few stars in the sky, unlike in the city. You can see quite a few stars at Yangseong High School, but… it’s still nothing compared to the mountains.
Unlike the strange sky in the dungeon, this one feels reassuring.
“… Hwaam. You’re here?”
As soon as I got out, I saw Han Tae-kyung dozing off on a camping chair. Han Tae-kyung yawned and greeted me.
“… … .”
When I look at that calm, relaxed face, my tension is relieved.
“Aww.”
It must have been the same for Kim Chae-min, as she stretched and groaned.
“As expected, there are strange things that happen.”
Kim Chae-min looked at the porcelain doll of the fairy Tati she had brought out here and there.
“Should this also be considered an item?”
“After all, it’s something that came out of a dungeon….”
“It looks useless.”
“You could decorate your desk.”
“An item from the dungeon? It’s a negative thing.”
Kim Chae-min shook her head and put the porcelain doll in her bag. I couldn’t see anything, and Kim Chae-min couldn’t find anything unusual either, so was it really just a porcelain doll? I stared at the porcelain doll quietly.
Kim Chae-min sighed.
“Teacher, can you come out of there for a moment?”
“What are you doing?”
“Set an alarm.”
“yes?”
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“We can’t keep one teacher here forever.”
“Me? Me? Why?”
Han Tae-kyung suddenly raised his head.
“I’ll just set an alarm in case someone comes in.”
Kim Chae-min pushed Han Tae-kyung aside, who was looking bewildered, and swung her staff.
A small sprout began to sprout under the gate. It was not as showy as a rose. Kim Chae-min’s sprout was soon hidden among the dry leaves and grass and became invisible.
“It’s not meant to block entry, but it lets me know if someone is passing by.”
“… It’s convenient.”
“It was used to check if anyone was sneaking into the area… It’s too far away to come and see right away, but it’s better than nothing.”
I nodded.
“I was suddenly called down and it’s really… um. But it’s strange. I should check to see if there are any more similar cases. There might be some in Europe.”
I am grateful that he volunteered to do the work.
I was roughly organizing things like that and was about to return to Yangseong High School.
“ah!”
Kim Chae-min is making a fuss again.
Well… I don’t think you’d say you left it in the dungeon.
“Teacher Han!”
“Yes, yes? Why are you calling me so fervently? I was guarding the dungeon well as I was told. I didn’t let a single ant pass through the gate…”
If that ant hadn’t awakened, even if it weren’t Han Tae-kyung, he wouldn’t have been able to pass through the gate.
… Didn’t we just argue after we got in? Well, we did put Han Tae-kyung there just in case.
“That’s not it, you made a strange noise when you entered our dungeon!”
“Yes? Me?”
“That sounds very ominous too.”
“I said that?”
Han Tae-kyung jumped up.
“yes.”
Kim Chae-min did not back down.
“I did that… .”
Han Tae-kyung scratched his cheek and then laughed.
“I guess there was a mosquito.”
“… … .”
“… … .”
In this weather? Has Han Tae-kyung forgotten that it is winter now?
“No, what! I just hope you come back safely!”
“Huh. Did you think I would come back safely?”
“I’m not that kind of symbolic person!”
“Then why did you make that sound?”
Kim Chae-min is doing everything without me having to step forward. Hong Seok-young quietly approached me.
“Isn’t it comfortable?”
I couldn’t deny it, but somehow it felt inhuman to nod here.
“I told you it’s easier if we work together.”
… That’s true, though.
Anyway, I kept my mouth shut and watched what Kim Chae-min did with Han Tae-kyung.
“I told you so!!”
“No, I guess there was a bug.”
“That doesn’t make sense to me!”
“I really don’t know what you’re talking about!”
Is that true?
Han Tae-kyung shouted as if he was being treated unfairly, but… I don’t know. He could be just trying to escape this situation, or he could be acting like that because he has something he wants to hide.
However, Kim Chae-min did not back down even at the sound of Han Tae-kyung’s tired voice. Instead, she pressed on even harder.
“I’m sure Teacher Han knows why I’m doing this.”
“… … .”
“That dungeon is really important right now, so if you know anything, tell me quickly.”
Kim Chae-min said with a hardened expression.
Since he is usually a person who smiles a lot, his expressionless face is unfamiliar. In addition, Kim Chae-min is a great magician. If he didn’t know that fact, he wouldn’t know, but as a coworker, Han Tae-kyung couldn’t help but know, so he swallowed hard as he watched Kim Chae-min’s expression.
You never know what will happen if you make your Archmage colleague angry.
It is the first time I have seen Han Tae-kyung unable to move, even including the original time period.
“No… It’s really nothing.”
“I’ll listen to it and decide.”
Han Tae-kyung slumped his shoulders. Did he finally give up? He had held out against the irritated archmage for a long time, but for Han Tae-kyung, he had given up quickly.
Han Tae-kyung fiddled with his sunglasses.
“So… I can see things that most people can’t see.”
“It’s like the beginning of a horror movie. Yes, thanks to the item?”
“… … Well. So, you know, when you pass through the gate, your magic wavers a bit.”
“Yes.”
“So, on days when you’re feeling good, it’s possible to take a quick peek inside the dungeon.”
“Inside the dungeon? Outside?”
Hong Seok-young and I, who had been watching the two people while sitting on chairs that had not yet been cleared, suddenly stood up.
You’re looking inside the dungeon?
“Yes, well… when you pass through the gate, you can only see the area around the gate for a very short time.”
“then….”
“The area around the gate is pitch black, so I think he might have done something….”
Han Tae-kyung smiled awkwardly.
“It’s already too late to catch him.”
Han Tae-kyung looked at Hong Seok-young.
“Besides, Senior Hong and Teacher Kim are here too… I thought it would be okay. And you actually got out safely!”
“… … .”
Even in Park Seo-hyun’s shadow, where I couldn’t see anything, I could easily find my way.
Han Tae-kyung has been wearing sunglasses for twenty years, so he wouldn’t have done that if it wasn’t some kind of special item. But, but… When you said you could see more, you didn’t say you could see inside the dungeon.
You’ve been hiding that item for twenty years? Did your father know?
He frowned. Even if his father didn’t know, Hong Seok-young at least opened his eyes wide in surprise, as if he was hearing it for the first time.
“As expected, Mr. Kim’s magic skills are the best.”
“Those sunglasses.”
“yes?”
“Please lend me your space for a moment.”
Kim Chae-min muttered in a voice that was burning with anger.
“Please lend me it.”
“Yes? No.”
“why?!”
“Who will lend their eyes?”
“It’s not glasses, it’s sunglasses! I’ll wear them well and return them to you!”
“I’ve never seen anyone who says something like that return the favor.”
“That’s because one teacher made the wrong friends!”
Leaving aside the conversation that didn’t really matter who won, I checked around the gate.
… Even though he was a monster, I thought it was fortunate that my brother had a place to put his heart.
Fantasy, contemporary,