Episode 32
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Although it was a sudden faint, the whole process was handled quickly and without noise.
It’s both deceiving Mrs. Park’s eyes and shutting the mouths of those around her.
It was thanks to the warning I had given in advance that I should never let my mother find out.
When it came to the national level, lying wasn’t that difficult.
Geo was hospitalized for a long time at a national hospital arranged by the center under the long name of “Nationally Supported Trauma Treatment for Victims of the ‘March Nightmare’”.
Thanks to this, the place where I mainly meet outsiders is the play therapy room in the children’s ward.
Geo said indifferently.
“You said that you are the best controller in our country?”
“I said so?”
“Yeah. How did that happen? Honestly, it doesn’t look that strong.”
“Not as much as you.”
“I’m number one overall, so you shouldn’t compare me to others.”
A little boy who speaks without changing his facial expression at all.
The tiger looked at the small back of her head, intently concentrating on her sketchbook drawing, and laughed silently.
“There isn’t much of a smell of cigarette smoke today.”
“I tried hard. Thanks to a certain child.”
“It’s not like it doesn’t come out at all?”
“I smoke because I’m sick of the smell of incense. I can’t quit smoking, so please forgive me for this.”
“Okay. I’ll let you see.”
Geo muttered while changing the color of the crayon. What the teacher?
“Because you look after me too. Even when I collapse, you still come to see me.”
“……”
“I feel like if someone keeps talking to me and then falls asleep, I won’t want to see them again.”
Rating measurement.
It was my first physical contact with Babel.
After completing the official ‘registration’ on the server, you are reborn from an incomplete awakened state through the covenant into a fully awakened one.
Accordingly, the powers unique to the Awakened One, such as the ‘Heart of the Dragon Horse’ and ‘Magic Delay’, which were not received from the Covenant, were completely awakened, and the magical power within the body began to boil.
Until now, it was controlled by the Holy Spirit, but it was judged that keeping the ‘Stigmata’ open would be a strain on the young body.
Whenever there were signs of magical power overload, Byulnim chose to force Geo’s switch to be turned off.
It’s all my fault for falling asleep like a narcolepsy patient.
No matter how annoyed Geo was, asking why he was putting people to sleep as he pleased and making a fuss, there was no way to stop the stubborn Geo.
Because of that, we’re in a cold war with the Holy Spirit for several days without any conversation.
The tiger looked blankly at Geo.
Even though he pretends not to care, he leans towards me or glances at me.
‘You’re feeling anxious.’
I remember the contents of the report I skimmed over on my way here.
‘He is very defensive and extremely reluctant to take responsibility or have relationships…’
Shouldn’t we be actually doing trauma therapy, rather than just pretending to do it?
The center is still far away.
The tiger laughed and clenched his jaw.
“I like it.”
“……huh?”
“I’m good.”
“……”
“Your sleeping face is cute. It’s so cute that I can look at it over and over again without getting tired of it. So it doesn’t really matter whether you’re awake or asleep.”
Geo didn’t answer.
He didn’t even look up from his sketchbook. But the man, who was an old man, knew.
‘I feel safe.’
So cute.
“I guess you like drawings.”
“……Not really. Whatever I draw, it’s all a bit weird. The nurses say it’s the devil’s talent.”
“For something like that, aren’t you working hard?”
“Because I like you, Sunyo.”
“Who is Mr. Sunyo?”
“My mom.”
“ah.”
“My mother used to dream of going to art school. She couldn’t go because she was poor and had a hard life. So I decided to go and tell you about it.”
“University life?”
“No. Even if you go, it’s really nothing special and it’s really not that great, so you don’t have to have any regrets about your mother.”
widely.
Crayons put down.
Geo shook both his hands.
Only then did I see the sketchbook properly, which I had been unable to see because of my head being bowed the whole time.
The tiger was silent. He asked quietly.
“What did you draw?”
The child, sitting up straight, answered.
“The monster living inside me.”
Don’t come here from tomorrow, sir.
See you in the training room.
Because play time is over.
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“Medical team, hurry! Hurry up and join! Hurry up! What are you doing!”
“The damage is severe due to the damage caused by True Magic! Even if we connect them, we need to move quickly and receive advanced treatment. Wait a minute, Master Beom……!”
Behind the crowd of people, young Geo looked at his red hands.
A cube-shaped training room with all sides enclosed.
One wall of the room, which should be white, is stained with blood.
All of them were the tiger’s.
[Your Covenant, ‘Reader of Fate’ whispers.]
[He gently reassures her that it’s not her fault, that she warned him, and that it will be okay.]
It was a message I hadn’t received in a long time, but it didn’t arrive properly.
The magical power that had been suppressed so forcefully was seething like a wild beast that had just been released from the cage.
However, after training steadily for the past few days under the guidance of the tiger, I felt relieved because it was more stable than I had expected.
Was that the problem?
The signs are particularly bad today…
In the end, this is what happened.
“Geo.”
“……ah.”
“Are you okay?”
It was not something I would say to anyone while wearing a bloody coat.
Geo stared blankly at the tiger.
Ignoring the dissuasion of those around him, Beom approached Geo and carefully examined him.
“As expected. You’re hurt. If you’re hurt, you should say so.”
“……”
“I’m sorry. I hope there won’t be any scars. Healer, this way first.”
“……no.”
You’re not the one who should be apologizing.
The tiger looks at him strangely as he tightly grasps the palm of his hand that was caught.
Geo reached out his trembling hand to his shoulder, which had now been joined.
The wizard and the magic are one.
The sensation of my magical power tearing at his flesh was terrifyingly vivid.
“I, I, I’m sorry……”
“……”
“Sorry… I, I’m sorry. Ugh. I’m sorry, mister. It was my fault. I’m really, sorry. I, uh, really didn’t mean to do that…”
Her face is a mess as she sobs while rubbing her bloody palms.
The sadness and relief that surged in was like a tidal wave. It was as if I had confirmed that he was alive and well.
The tiger picked up the trembling child.
“……Why are you saying that? That’s not what you’re saying.”
It’s smaller when I hold it.
It’s so sinful to put this kind of person forward as the strongest.
The tiger came out of the training room, biting the surroundings.
A hanging back is patted.
He gently pressed his lips against her hot, young cheek and whispered.
“Geo. You asked me before? How I am the best in control.”
“……”
“As you know, I deal with ghosts. They are always hungry. They can’t tell friend from foe, and they attack at the first opportunity. If I’m going to live with them… I have to start by controlling myself.”
Every moment of every day.
Fighting monsters. Feeling like monsters are crawling inside my body too.
“Am I a monster, or are they monsters?”
Even I have a hard time telling the difference, so how much harder must it be for others?
Hunters are both human and monsters.
It is an undeniable truth, and we can never deviate from this formula.
“But Geo, ‘Joe’. Remember.”
Always keep your back straight and your chin up.
Look at the front.
“This is the basic stance of a Hunter.”
Standing up straight with a soul that can never be swallowed up.
If I face the monster inside me and master it.
At the same time, a hunter can live as a human being.
“Don’t get swallowed. Face it and put a really tight leash on your monster. And if you don’t let go……”
You will become a greater ‘hunter’ than anyone else.
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