00378 When winter passes, spring comes. ————————————————– ———————-=
After a while.
The moment the vagabonds disappeared, Shin Sang-yong immediately collapsed. At the same time, dizzying aftereffects struck his entire body.
“Heo-eok, heo-eok!”
For an instant, my vision went spinning. As soon as the battle was over, her mind went blank. Her heart is pounding, it feels like her chest is pounding like a bat. Eventually, due to the dizziness that came over him, Shin Sang-yong immediately calmed down the magic circuit and canceled his summons.
“Huh… . Huh… .”
As I barely managed to gather myself together, this time the heated magic circuit began to heat up my body.
“after… . after… .”
Shin Sang-yong calmly controlled his breathing. The inside was empty and very empty… . Still, I felt fine.
Finally, Shin Sang-yong finally caught his breath and looked around.
Ahn Hyeon was unconscious with blood on his head. But fortunately she was still alive.
Lee Yu-jeong had a painful face with her hands on her chest and sides. She is but she is alive.
Ansol was still shaking, but he didn’t seem to be seriously injured.
Soon after confirming that everyone was alive, Shin Sang-yong’s heart calmed down a little.
“Ah, Miss Ansol.”
“Yes, yes?”
“Are you okay?”
“No… . Since a while ago, my heart… . My body is shaking… . sorry… .”
“ha ha ha. it’s okay. Now the enemy has retreated. So get treatment quickly… .”
Shin Sang-yong found it difficult to continue speaking, so he stared at Ahn Hyeon. Ansol, who understood what he meant, nodded once or twice. And he crawled closer to Ahn Hyeon.
Shin Sang-yong laid his body down on the ground. I know this is the middle of a battlefield, but right now I just want to rest. There wasn’t a single ounce of strength left in my body.
Soon, as Shin Sang-yong was about to lay his head down, he felt something soft on his neck. When he raised his head in surprise, he saw Lee Yu-jeong biting her lip.
“brother.”
“Hey, Miss Lee Yu-jeong?”
“thank you.”
“… … .”
Shin Sang-yong was at a loss for words for a moment when he said thank you. It just felt like his face was getting hot and his insides were getting warmer.
“It’s my first time seeing you like that, brother. It was cool. “I’ll show you sooner.”
“ha ha ha.”
Shin Sang-yong smiled shyly and nodded at Yu-jeong Lee’s scolding, which was not a scolding.
“… “I’m glad I survived.”
At those words, Lee Yu-jeong smiled for the first time since their reunion.
It was then.
“wake up.”
Shin Sang-yong suddenly raised his upper body at the sudden sound of calm. Then, before I knew it, I could see Geomhu approaching in front of me with a tired face.
“It’s not over yet. “I just barely made the enemy retreat.”
“ah… . Yeah, that’s right. Still, the situation is like this now and there is no enemy in sight, so take a little rest… .”
“No.”
Shin Sang-yong’s words also had a point. However, Geomhu flatly refused.
“Just before… . It was a situation where they could have lost if they had made up their minds and pushed to the end. Nevertheless, Lee Kang-san chose to step down. I don’t feel good. “I think it would be best to quickly wake that man up, give him some quick treatment, and then leave right away.”
“Oh, I understand.”
Geomhu’s words were cold, but realistic. Shin Sang-yong nodded and shook his head, feeling a slight but unfamiliar emotion. He hadn’t even made eye contact with her earlier, but now she was clearly looking down at him as she spoke.
Soon, Shin Sang-yong stood up with difficulty. Just when Geomhu checked it and turned her body to look at her surroundings, her leg twisted sharply.
“Tsk!”
“Gwae, are you okay?”
Shin Sang-yong was surprised and tried to help him, but Geomhu shook his head and refused to touch him.
“… “It’s not okay.”
“Okay, then get treatment quickly.”
“You won’t recover through treatment. “It’s a side effect of abusing one’s unique abilities.”
“Unique ability? Ah, anyway, it’s better than not receiving it.”
“It is an ability that enhances one’s abilities and heightens the senses of the entire body to the extreme. “It doesn’t matter if you only use it for a short period of time, but it takes a toll on your body because it’s in effect for a long time.”
It was an ability that he briefly displayed when he faced Kim Soo-hyun in the past. Geomhu looked annoyed, but she still gave a relatively detailed explanation and glanced at Shin Sang-yong.
“This is my condition right now. “Aren’t you in a similar situation?”
Shin Sang-yong nodded as if he finally understood. And a dark shadow fell on his carefree face. He had used up almost all of his strength in the previous battle, and had little strength left. He could barely take one step at a time. However, if the post-mortem condition is similar… .
“Oh, what are you going to do next? “What about the siege now?”
“… I don’t know.”
“Yes, yes?”
At that moment, a thought crossed Shin Sang-yong’s mind.
“Could it be that you were activating your abilities before you met us?”
“I cannot activate my abilities for the time being. No, you have to be careful when using magical power.”
Although it was a bit of an alumni response, it was no different from an acknowledgment. Shin Sang-yong sighed. While I understood the monstrous sensing ability that Geomhu had shown, I was deeply worried. When he thought he had barely climbed a mountain, he was faced with a big problem again.
As negative thoughts lingered in his head, Shin Sang-yong immediately shook his head. And then I stared at Ansol, who was in the middle of reciting a healing spell.
Treat Ahn Hyeon and Lee Yu-jeong.
For now, that was the priority.
Anyway, as Geomhu said, there was no time to lie down comfortably, so Shin Sang-yong immediately took a meditation posture and stared at Geomhu. Although he had his back turned, a slight tremor could be seen in his legs as he stepped on the ground.
“Ugh.”
At that time, a faint moan was heard in Shin Sang-yong’s ears. He turned his head with joy. Then, I saw Ahn Hyun slowly opening his eyes with his eyebrows furrowed. Judging from the fact that Ansol sighed in relief with a happier look on his face, it seems that there was no problem in waking up.
Finally, Ahn Hyeon opened his eyes and slowly looked around, then immediately opened his mouth.
“W-what… . How is this… . uh… ? “What about my equipment?”
“hey. Your equipment is over there. Take care of it yourself and get out of the way. “Now let me get treatment.”
“equipment… . The equipment my brother gave me… .”
“haha. “I will bring it.”
As soon as he woke up, Shin Sang-yong laughed and stood up at Ahn Hyun’s behavior of looking for equipment first. Then, as I walked in front of him, I saw helmets, spears, and armor lined up neatly next to his decapitated body.
Just as I was about to bend down and pick up the helmet, intending to move it one by one, I saw slender hands picking up the armor with both hands from the direction facing me. Shin Sang-yong quickly raised his head and checked the other person. Likewise, he saw Geomhu glance at him. He tilted his head and picked up the spear, just as he was about to raise his body.
Bruises. Bruises.
– Hmm. I wondered why there were so few people here… .
At that moment, the bodies of Shin Sang-yong and Geomhu, who were just about to get up, stopped.
– These are the corpses of the wanderers from earlier… ? Is this an unexpected situation?
Then, I was about to quickly straighten my back when I heard words coming from behind me.
– From what I can see… . It doesn’t look like an ally.
Whirling!
Something rushed towards me, tearing the wind harshly.
Pop!
“evil!”
“Oops!”
And they both screamed at the same time.
Shin Sang-yong’s body begins to tremble against his will. He lowered his head slowly, very slowly. When he finally looked down, he could see the thick, barbed whip piercing his own abdomen. At that moment, it seemed like the ground was moving away from his line of sight for a moment, but then it came right in front of him again in an instant.
puck!
“Knock!”
The moment his body hit the floor, Shin Sang-yong’s neck was sharply broken. But it didn’t just happen once.
puck!
twice.
puck! Craddangtang!
And only after the third time, the whip stuck in the body suddenly twists away, and soon, due to the force of inertia, it swings forward.
“Tongue, bro?”
“brother!”
I can’t breathe, and a tingling pain rushes through my abdomen and entire body.
This was a situation that happened so quickly. He heard the kids running late, but Shin Sang-yong’s body and mind were already spinning. He cringed from the overwhelming pain without even thinking about breathing.
In such a situation, Shin Sang-yong barely opened his eyes with superhuman patience. And when she lifted her head with difficulty, she saw the kids running towards her. He reflexively raised his head. Then she saw a woman, this time taking aim at her children. In her hand was a whip covered in blood and flesh that had clearly pierced her own abdomen.
Whirling!
Without a single word of mercy, the whip was swung. And at that moment, Shin Sang-yong’s eyes widened. Although he clearly had no strength, he placed both hands on the ground and lifted himself up as if bouncing.
Soon, Shin Sang-yong spreads his hands wide and his eyes stare straight ahead.
I saw An Hyun, An Sol, and Lee Yu-jeong. and.
slam!
– oh?
At the same time as the whip violently hits the back, dots of blood fill the air.
At the same time, Shin Sang-yong’s eyes turned dark.
“────!”
“────!”
The kids shouted, but I couldn’t hear them. A painful noise was already coming out of my ears.
“… … .”
After a while.
The sky slowly begins to pass through Shin Sang-yong’s eyes, which have become bright again. It was at a very slow speed, enough to count the clouds floating in the sky. Time flows slowly, as if it has stopped.
The slowly passing sky began to gradually become brighter, eventually coloring Shin Sang-yong’s vision white.
Before completely losing his mind, Shin Sang-yong thought.
I wonder if this is the magic light of life that one sees just before death.
As the memories flowed in like a panorama, Shin Sang-yong slowly closed his eyes.
*
The winter that year was cold. It was a really unusually cold winter.
Bippo. Bippo. Bippo. Bippo.
A bright flame rises. A space filled with flames and blood stains.
The cause of the fire was a car overturned in the middle of the road. The car, with its body crushed, was left lying on the road at night, surrounded by flames.
Inside the vehicle, two adults were crouching down to protect a child. The child looked at the adult who was covering him with trembling eyes. The eyes of the adult and child met. Suddenly, an adult stroked the child’s head with a blood-soaked hand. Then she opened her mouth.
-Song Sang-ah. Survive. You have to survive somehow.
The child nodded with trembling eyes.
After a while. The child’s surroundings have changed.
– Ne Ne Ne ~ Ne ~ Ne Ne Ne ~ Ne. Ne Ne Ne ~ Ne ~ Ne Ne Ne ~ Ne. They say I stutter. They say I stutter.
Several children were surrounding a child and making fun of him. The child in the center of the children just looked at each other with a blank expression on his face.
A word said by the grandfather who was silently looking at the child.
– Remain silent.
The child kept his word. He himself thought that was the only way, and no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t break his habit.
The identity of the child was none other than Shin Sang-yong.
Starting with realizing his identity, memories began to pass through Shin Sang-yong’s mind one by one.
Again, time passed.
Shin Sang-yong remained silent. However, the silence coupled with his timid personality made those around him lonely. He always lived as if he was there or not, and as a result, no one paid attention to him. There were times when he was bullied when it was bad.
But it was okay. Because I was used to living like this, and because I wasn’t the only one living like that.
And anyway… . Because I thought it wouldn’t work.
However, there was one thing that even Shin Sang-yong could not tolerate. It was the loneliness that came occasionally after her grandfather passed away. With no one to rely on, his surroundings were always dark and cold. Just like winter.
Earth’s seasons have always changed. However, Shin Sang-yong’s personal season that stopped that year was always winter.
It wasn’t that I didn’t struggle.
As I got older, graduated from college, and entered society, things got a little better. Although she achieved what she hoped for, her original personality did not change in the end. Even though it wasn’t as severe as when I was younger, I still stuttered and was often ignored because of it. There were many cases where I suffered losses due to my timid personality.
But I thought it was okay.
Because I’ve been living alone like that to begin with.
And after entering the hall plain.
After passing the rite of passage, Shin Sang-yong was sick for nearly a week. At first he wondered why he had been summoned here, and he also resented the world.
After finally getting out of bed, the first thought I had… . That is, Hol Plain is a world where one cannot survive alone. Shin Sang-yong, who had an unusually strong obsession with life, had to adapt to the world in order to survive. And in order to adapt, the priority was to change everything about yourself.
However, Shin Sang-yong’s life did not change even after entering Hall Plain.
I tried hard to do odd jobs, and I tried to get rid of my fear and go on expeditions.
But it still didn’t change.
– Isn’t that person too much? No matter how much he is said to be a wizard, he is overreacting. No, if that’s the case, why were you in the caravan?
– Even if you stutter, you have to recite the spell correctly. I almost died.
– Wizards who have learned alchemy are not accepted.
– Interpretation of archaic language? I don’t really feel like it. We will contact you when ancient ruins are excavated.
A year has passed.
When he finally came to his senses, there was no one standing around Shin Sang-yong. He thought he tried his best. He even thought that if he waited patiently, spring would come. But nothing changed. The result that came back was no different from Hyundai.
In the end, even in Hyundai and in Hall Plain, Shin Sang-yong was still alone. Shin Sang-yong’s season was still winter.
Then suddenly a thought occurred to me.
Maybe he was just quietly waiting for spring to come?
I wondered if the things I had been familiar with since I was a child were what was preventing me from getting through the winter… . Such thoughts.
But by the time I realized it, it was too late. He was already on the outskirts of Hall Plain and alone. In a world where ‘user information’ takes priority, it was an unwelcome existence.
I thought about it for days and days. And Shin Sang-yong made up his mind.
Finally, let’s take one last walk out into the world.
And in an expedition that almost cost me my life, I was finally able to meet one user.
The user was a very different person and user than himself. He always took initiative and received endless trust from those around him.
okay. That man was like the sun.
Shin Sang-yong thought. Maybe if I were next to the sun, I could melt my winter.
Shin Sang-yong risked everything and hung on for the first time. This was the first time he had tried clinging to someone who had always been compliant and withdrawn.
And the result.
– great.
– Yes, yes?
– We welcome user Shin Sang-yong to join.
Reality began to change.
The ice of winter, which we had been waiting for to end, has slowly begun to melt.
In Shin Sang-yong’s once frozen life, a new turning point has arrived.
Change started from the immediate surroundings.
– User Shin Sang-yong. It is not good to overdo it.
– ha ha ha. Lee, I don’t think that’s what the leader wants to say.
– ha ha ha! okay.
To a place around me where no one has ever wanted to come.
– Yo ho ho ho. Hey hey! Shin Sang-yong! This master. He finally took charge of his position.
– Yes, yes? You mean you’re in second term?
– okay. I’m in the middle of the middle of the day. Kim Soo-hyun asked for it. Directly too! Are you going to help me?
One by one.
– brother! Thank you for helping me last time! We get along well, right?
– Ugh. Condescending even though his older brother did everything.
– That’s right.
One by one.
The number of people began to increase.
Shin Sang-yong was happy at the thought that he had finally found a place where he could belong, or rather, a place where he could stay.
So, maybe I was even more heartbroken.
– We will exclude user Shin Sang-yong from this appointment.
-There’s no shame in being a non-combat user.
There was a clan member who was much better at magic than he was.
There was no need to mention alchemy.
Could it be that it becomes useless like this? . Thinking that maybe things could go back to the way they were before, Shin Sang-yong participated in the war. He thought of proving his presence.
And the result… .
“───! ───!”
“───! ───!”
“───! ───!”
huh?
Shin Sang-yong suddenly raised his head at the sudden sound. And rubbed her eyes. It was a white space with nothing, but before I knew it, Mercenary Clan members were standing there.
Shin Sang-yong, who was trying to walk reflexively, stopped for a moment.
Is there really room for me? ?
At that moment, memories flow again like a panorama.
When eating together.
When we stand guard together.
When exploring ruins together.
When we risked our lives together in battle.
When we entered the clan house together.
When we have fun celebrating together in the garden.
Shin Sang-yong stared blankly at the scene of his memory. And then, one person slowly turned his back. The man laughed lightly and moved his foot out of the way to make room for her. At the same time, all the clan members turned their heads to look at him.
Shin Sang-yong walked towards him as if he was being led by an attitude that seemed to say, “Welcome.”
And the moment we finally went inside.
– We welcome user Shin Sang-yong to join… .
“───! ───!”
“───! ───!”
“───! ───!”
My vision turned white again.
“… … .”
I had no feeling in my body. I couldn’t tell if what I was seeing was reality or fantasy.
Eventually, my vision slowly wavered. Through the shaking, three familiar faces appeared.
“Hello! “Nooooooo!”
“brother! brother! Answer me! “Answer me!”
“───. ───. ───. therapy!”
Ahn Hyeon shouts.
Lee Yu-jeong shakes her body like crazy.
Ansol frantically chants a spell.
“brother. I can buy it. “I can buy it!”
“Hold on a little! Because I’m receiving treatment right now! huh?”
You can buy it?
Words that are vaguely audible. Shin Sang-yong slowly parted his lips.
“Relief… .”
“Uh, huh? Relief? yes! Thank goodness! huh?”
At the shout, Shin Sang-yong smiled faintly.
There was still a lot to do, and a lot I wanted to do.
I also wanted to apologize to the kids.
I also wanted to boast to my teacher that I could now summon demonic beasts.
Now I wanted to do something because I thought I could be of help.
However, contrary to my mind, I felt my body slowly cooling down.
With such conflicting emotions, what on earth should I say?
Shin Sang-yong saw three people looking down at him.
“sorry… .”
I’m sorry.
“really… . thanks… .”
Thank you so much.
Soon, Shin Sang-yong smiled. And he cried. She laughed and cried.
Suddenly darkness comes into my head. Actually, I’ve been feeling like I’ve been losing my mind ever since.
So, Shin Sang-yong thought he should close his eyes for a moment.
“for a moment… .”
“brother. what’s the matter? Why do you suddenly close your eyes? huh?”
Feeling somewhat at ease, Shin Sang-yong muttered softly.
“After winter… . Spring is coming… .”
At that moment, it felt like something that had been barely connected was suddenly cut off.
“brother… . brother… ? brother… !”
Shin Sang-yong thought before closing his eyes.
still. If I could ever open my eyes again… .
“brother… ?”
Now, I have to get ready to welcome the warm spring.
*
As Shin Sang-yong’s eyes completely close, the accumulated tears flow down his cheeks.
Even while Anhyeon and Yujeong Lee were crying, Ansol was still chanting healing spells. Then she placed her trembling hand near her heart. But the heart, which had already stopped, showed no response. I can only feel the chilling warmth… .
Ansol slowly looked away. The blood flowing from her punctured abdomen was already soaking her robe. However, Shin Sang-yong’s face is extremely comfortable. Even though her blood was flowing, her lips were clearly smiling.
Finally, Ansol quietly parted his lips.
“brother… ?”
No answer came back.
Ansol was about to open his mouth once more.
“oh… .”
Tuk.
Before he could finish speaking, Shin Sang-yong’s head dropped helplessly.
Exciting!
That moment.
Excited!
Ansol’s heart began to beat violently.
—————————= Review of the work ——————– ——-=
Completed at 04:41 AM. Still, I can sleep for 3 hours. haha.
Shin Sang-yong’s part is over. Kim Soo-hyun will appear from the next episode.
It can be said that the war has now crossed the eight-point line.
What’s left… . Is there anything more than Station Tourist Rise? (Pukpuk!)
hmm. 28K, 17K, 23K. Total 68K. This weekend, I posted almost 5 episodes worth of content.
So, I plan to take a break on October 29th (Tuesday).
This time, I returned the weekend and really burned myself white. I trust you will understand. (You will, right?)
My head feels dizzy. I need to sleep first.
See you on October 30th (Wednesday)!
fantasy,
