<Aaron Side Story Episode 28>
3. First Dream (12)
Aaron leaves the room.
I passed through the hallway and headed for the kitchen/dining room.
there was a boy
“Are you here?”
He is sitting on a chair with his feet on the table.
Poor attitude.
There is a certain light in those eyes.
“Did you know?”
“what?”
“About me.”
The boy lowered his raised foot.
“I was guessing. I should have met guys like you once or twice.”
“Like me… … ?”
“I did not know? Everyone who comes here has a disease in their heart.”
the boy continued.
“Did you say this was trauma? Well, it’s not that I don’t understand. Because our heroes didn’t die well when they died. There are many children like you who get sick without even knowing it.”
In the past, the boy’s words would have been dismissed as nonsense.
But now I know.
Aaron’s obsession with strength.
It was clearly a mental illness.
“Other people make fun of it as a lack of mental strength, but I don’t think so. sickness is sickness You need treatment.”
“… … .”
“If you leave it alone, it will kill your heart.”
Whoops.
The boy got up from his chair.
Then he came to Aaron and said.
“Your goal was to get back to your sister, right?”
“yes. I think so.”
“Then can you explain why you are here?”
“Perhaps.”
“It’s just fine. Let me hear it.”
For a second, Aaron hesitated.
It is not easy to openly tell others about your inner circumstances.
‘are you okay.’
think about it soon
The boy is trying to help Aaron.
If I hadn’t thought of that, I wouldn’t have cared about it in the first place.
“… … All right.”
Take a light, deep breath.
And Aaron started talking about his past.
An explanation based on facts, not mixed with personal opinions.
The story was over in less than 10 minutes.
“Oh, yes.”
The boy nodded and listened.
“You still look fine?”
“Because it’s been 100 years.”
“That’s right!”
The boy chuckled.
“You are too old to be sad. you and me too Too bad.”
“It won’t be anything special.”
Aaron said calmly.
In the first place, the death of two siblings is nothing but a cheap tragedy.
In the destroyed dimension, this must have happened thousands of times.
“So why are you here?”
“If we go back like this, won’t it look good?”
“Hmm?”
“If my brother succeeds, I will be able to go home. Maybe we can meet up with her sister.”
“Is your sister dead?”
“I’m dead too, but I’m alive like this.”
The boy burst into laughter at Aaron’s answer.
“It’s a good answer. so?”
“When I met my sister… … I have doubts.”
“What are you suspicious of?”
“Will I be able to face Nina properly?”
It’s not the end just because you meet your sister.
You have to live your life after that.
“… … .”
Aaron closed his eyes.
And I thought deeply.
The scenery in a dream I saw a while ago.
winding dirt road.
A small brick house across a dirt road.
Smoke billows from the chimney, and the smell of baking bread permeates.
young man walking on the road
It is back home after a long trip.
Go ahead and knock on the door.
I’m back.
But the door doesn’t open.
The windows don’t even open.
A young man cannot return home forever.
‘This is the nightmare I had.’
It is a landscape hidden in Aaron’s unconscious.
Realizing this fact, the current Aaron could force open that door.
“Open, please! please!”
A young man is knocking on the door.
Originally, the dream ends in an unopened state.
Aaron decided to twist the ending.
rattle.
The door opens.
“… … !”
The young man entered the house as if collapsing.
The door that couldn’t be opened no matter what I did, just opened.
okay.
Right in front of you is the young man’s family.
“Nina!”
A young man calls his sister by name.
The younger sister who was baking bread turned around.
That figure is, without a doubt, the face of a cute girl… … .
<Hey, hey hey!>
The young man who saw the girl hardened.
The girl’s face was covered with tears and runny nose.
“… … ?!”
no.
Tears of blood flowed from one pupil as if turning backwards.
Secretions flowed incessantly from the eyes that exposed the whites of the eyes.
It is to convulsions, unable to bear the extreme pain.
<Oppa, it hurts, it hurts, oppa, oppa, oppa… … .>
“… … .”
<Help me, it hurts, help me, me, help me, help me… … .>
“… … .”
<Help me, I’m so sick, help me, save me, oppa, oppa… … .>
Enemy. badly.
The sound of something breaking.
The young man looked at the girl’s lower body without realizing it.
The skin cracks.
A fountain of blood gushing.
The flesh was torn into chunks.
Bones shattered into pieces, mingling with the remains of meat.
The girl was disintegrating alive.
<Heuk, heuk, heuh heuk… … .>
the girl cries
cried endlessly.
Had she suffered this much, she should have died of shock, but the girl was not given that kind of luck.
this.
The final truth hidden by Aaron Delkard’s unconscious mind.
burning city.
The brother and sister ran away, but on the way, they lost their strength and collapsed.
But it doesn’t end there.
At that ‘level’, it is not ‘death’.
A group of monsters rampaging in the city found two humans that were perfect for eating on a certain street.
<I asked for help. why did you throw it away Why did you leave it?>
“Huh, heh… … !”
The young man drew in a breath.
The girl with her legs torn off crawled on the ground and grabbed the young man’s ankle.
<It hurts so much, I, it hurts so much… … . My brother ran away alone… … . why… … why… … .>
while shedding tears.
I gave strength to the ankle the girl was holding.
With enough grip to peel the skin off.
“Hey, let this go.”
The young man’s complexion brightened.
this is not family
this is not nina
<Save me, oppa, save me!>
“Let it go, let it go, let it go!”
puck!
The young man shakes off the girl’s hand.
Then he turned his back and started running.
I don’t want to die.
I don’t want to die like that.
I don’t want to die like my ‘little sister’.
I want to live.
help me.
‘Only me’ save me!
burning streets.
The first prey captured by the group of monsters was a girl.
The predation was carried out alive.
In the meantime.
The young man next to him started running.
It was a run away.
<Brother, brother… … .>
The young man rejects the girl’s screams of pain.
I thought I wouldn’t be able to move even a single step.
I thought I couldn’t even move.
However, I thought it wouldn’t be bad to die here with my family.
that’s just an illusion
Reality wasn’t so sweet.
The young man who knew ‘how his sister died’ was out of control of his fear.
The young man left his family and ran alone.
I don’t know where that power came from.
Runs unstoppably through flames and rubble.
“I’m sorry, Nina, I’m sorry, Nina, I’m sorry, Nina… … .”
cry and run
If you stop now, you die.
It becomes like a family.
“why… … why… … .”
Although his body may be weak, he thought that his love for his family would not be lost to anyone.
By the way, what am I doing here right now?
Why are you throwing your little sister as bait and running away alone?
weak.
Weak not only the body but also the mind.
Even at the moment of running, the young man was constantly rationalizing himself.
‘I’m a merchant.’
As a trader, you must be thorough in calculating your profit and loss.
There is nothing more foolish than throwing one’s life away for something worthless.
This time it is.
If it were one or two monsters, the young man would have fought.
But more than ten.
If you jump on it, you’ll die.
It’s better to survive alone than that.
I can’t help it.
that there was no way
Even if you fight, you will die.
young man runs
He ran away leaving behind his family, the reason for his life.
Her heart, stained with fear and despair, could not keep her love for her family to the end.
just weak
It was ugly and weak… … .
“… … .”
Aaron opened his eyes.
The young man who abandoned his sister couldn’t even escape the city.
An unfinished life that did not end with the family, but did not survive for a long time.
That soul fell to the bottom of hell.
“Kyaa, did you abandon your sister and run away alone?”
The boy said to himself admiringly.
Aaron’s explanation of the past seemed quite impressive.
“Well, yes.”
“Ah, I understand. How do you look at your face when you’re embarrassed? He abandoned me and ran away, saying he would live alone.”
be embarrassed
maybe that’s the correct answer.
“But, isn’t it your fault?”
“yes?”
“That little Nina was weak. Tztz. I have to send it nicely, why do you ask me to save it until the end? hard on people.”
“what… … Is it a sound?”
“Aren’t you doing your best?”
Aaron’s gaze grew cold.
The boy continued without hesitation.
“Looking at your situation, your parents died when you were young and you must have been in a lot of trouble. By the way, you scooped it up and fed it all for her sick sister, didn’t you? you alone For over 10 years.”
“… … .”
“Honestly, is that kid a hindrance? Wouldn’t she be much more comfortable if she was alone?”
“What are you talking about!”
Aaron grabbed the boy by the collar.
I thought my feelings had faded after a hundred years.
But it still didn’t seem to cool off.
“Nina got in the way of my life?”
“The weight of one life is heavier than a thousand gold. You’ve been living with it since you were young. Especially if you have to take care of a child who can’t even do his part.”
“Don’t insult me! I lived with Nina because I wanted to!”
Aaron’s hands are strong.
The boy was laughing while being held by the collar.
“I’m so sorry, Aaron. You gave your life for Nina. Nina wanted to live on her own, so she held on to you until the end. Thanks to that, even now you are having a hard time because of him.”
“… … !”
“Why did you repay the favor with an enemy? People who abandoned their families to live for themselves were all over the place. Our poor Aaron couldn’t leave the evacuation route in time to save his sister, and had to pass through a dangerous place.”
“… … Your words are harsh.”
“Just because you are a younger sister, you had to carry the weight of another life at a young age. But what did Nina do to you? Are you whining about being sick? Knowing that we would die together, did you try to make me your companion by asking for help?”
“Stop it!”
Aaron grabbed him by the collar and pushed.
It’s a dead end wall.
The boy’s body disappears and appears on the other side.
“calm down. Because there is such a point of view.”
“… … .”
“I would like to point out one thing. Did that kid really say that when you abandoned Nina and ran away?”
“What do you want to say?”
“No, they said they were in pain, asked for help, and struggled all over the place. I wouldn’t have done that.”
I didn’t even have the strength to hold on anymore.
Aaron is tired.
“People’s memories are easily distorted. Especially when it comes to memories related to trauma. Really, did your sister say that?”
“I would have. Because I abandoned Nina. It is natural to be resentful.”
“Should I think the other way around? If you became the scapegoat and Nina was by your side, what would you have said?”
“that… … .”
needless to say
run away
“got it? Then, what her sister really said to you.”
“… … .”
“You have a mental illness. That disease can very easily change memories.”
In the past, you might not have accepted it.
It may have run wild.
But now, too many years have passed.
“Now, now that I know your heart, let’s do something to get you back to your family.”
“that is… … What is?”
“You are forgiving yourself.”
The boy smiled.
