Chapter 59 – You Might Never Come Back

“I’ll keep this cassock up! Give it to me, I’m left alone! Hang on!”

The motive came over and grabbed me by the collar. To be precise, he grabbed me by the collar and leaned against me so that I wouldn’t fall.

I was dumbfounded by his drunken behavior, and I got angry, probably because the alcohol was involved. I grabbed my last bit of reason and tried to tell him to stop. But when he heard what he said, his mouth did not move.

“Nuo, I’m cheating with Yuru, but that’s not okay, Ma! You know how tough the glass case is!”

I was dumbfounded to hear that I was dating Yuri out of the blue. The anger that seemed to explode at any moment disappeared and only absurdity remained.

“What?”

“Hangyeol!”

I was about to hear what was being said when I heard a call from another table.

“Hangyeol-ah! You drank too much Let’s get some rest! Huh?”

The one who approached was the leader who had apologized to me earlier. She fluttered her yellow-dyed hair and placed her hand on the shoulder of her brother-in-law, whom she called her Hankyung. Then her brother-in-law swung her arm away and removed it.

“Let go!”

“Did you drink a lot?”

“I’m not drunk at all!”

Everyone looks drunk.

Meanwhile, the chief stopped him and said to the demon king.

“I’m sorry, Sohee unnie. I’ll take you right away.”

“It’s okay. Sunah. I’ll wake up in a minute.”

The demon king stood up from his seat with a nonchalant tone. Her eyes, undone by her drunkenness, could not make proper contact with her.

“You.”

The demon king barely met his eyes and calmed him down.

“Jim likes to get drunk, but he doesn’t really like people who get drunk.”

“Even if you say Joe, don’t hurt me!”

“Is it? Jim’s eyes look like he’s drunk. You can’t speak properly right now, can you?”

“Um… “

He groaned softly, perhaps stabbed to the point.

“It’s not that I’m not happy with your confession, but I’d like to hear it when you’re sober. I’ll listen to the confession’s answer then.”

“… Oops.”

Han-gyeol said, “It’s a good thing! How are you?” He lowered his head and left with staggering steps. Her leader, whose name is her Sunah, also tried to follow her, but I called her and stopped her.

“Wait a minute, Sunah.”

“Huh?”

“Kyul Hanyul just said something strange. Can she tell me what she is talking about?”

“Oh that? No big deal. You don’t have to worry about it.”

“Sounds like something you should care about.”

After she said that, he looked at her quietly. Seon-a looked around her to see if anyone could help her, and met her eyes with the demon king. But the demon king did not help.

“Looks like you drank too much. I’m going to catch my breath for a bit.”

She was the one who sighed and walked somewhere. When the demon king, whom she thought would help her, avoided the seat, Sun-ah closed her eyes and opened them as if resigned.

“Okay. I’ll tell you.”

After taking a deep breath, Sunah pointed to the seat where the demon king had sat.

“Can I sit down?”

“Uh, sit down.”

Sitting a little away from me, she reached out and took her cookie. She calmed down by eating a snack, and then she started talking.

“I know this is a lie. The same goes for other kids and seniors.”

“Okay, so tell me now.”

“Well, actually, while I was playing with them, Yuri came. We drank and hung out together just to be friends. But he’s actually saying that you’re dating him, but that you’re having an affair with So-hee unnie.”

My guess was correct. Instead of intervening between me and the demon king, Yuri was spreading false information to those around her.

I put my hand on the aching temple and pressed it gently. In the meantime, Sunah continued to speak.

“We know it’s a lie. Everyone knows you’re dating when you see you and your sister together.”

“For a moment.”

She interrupted because she had something to say.

“Aren’t you and I dating him?”

“What?”

She asked with a puzzled look on her face.

“Then is it some?”

“That, it’s not… “

“So what?”

“It’s just, we’re just playing together.”

At my words, she looked at me quietly. Then she put on a puzzled expression.

“Are you a college student?”

“That’s right.”

“Why are you so pure? Or am I stupid?”

“No it’s not? Can’t we just keep talking?”

“It works… My sister must be having a hard time.”

Sun-ah, who spoke similarly to Se-hee, continued her story.

“Even if you and your sister aren’t dating, she knows that you and Yuri aren’t dating. Besides, he knows all the weird things.”

As expected, it seemed that Yuri’s instability had spread throughout the school. I made such a fuss in front of people, but it would be strange that it didn’t spread.

Recalling what Yuri had done in the past, I came up with a question.

“Then why did you believe him?”

“Ah, what is it? It’s because you drank too much.”

“Well, it seems that way.”

I stared at her with her smirk. Sun-ah also got drunk and came out with her flushed face and met her eyes. She looked at her face and fixed her gaze silently to see if she was lying. My eyes seemed to be burdened, and my eyes fluctuated.

“Thank you for telling me.”

“Uh? No, no. I’m sorry I didn’t want to talk.”

Sun-ah turned her head away, as if embarrassed. And she said, fanning her hand to see if it was hot.

“Oh, it’s hot. Can I go now?”

“Huh. I’m sorry I caught you.”

“Because it’s okay. And you know, Jiheon.”

“Why?”

“Take care of the glass. He said he saw seniors going for a walk outside the pension.”

“Okay.”

Upon hearing my answer, Sunah stood up from her seat. Before she went to her original table, she spoke to me again.

“Here, Jiheon.”

I looked up at her without answering her.

“If Yuri makes sure you’re okay, will you come over to where we are?”

“If I go, will seniors come with me?”

“No, you can come alone.”

“Uh?”

Immediately after Sunah said that, she didn’t even look back and walked to the table she came from.

Something was strange, but I raised my hand so that the demon king standing far away could see it. With that hand, she pointed to the seat next to her, and after a while she heard her voice.

“Did the story end well?”

“Roughly.”

“It’s like this golden sun.”

“Why did it come out all of a sudden!”

“Didn’t you just seduce that wife?”

“When did I!”

“Isn’t the fact that your face blushed?”

“It’s because you’ve been drinking!”

Still, her absurd joke seemed to loosen her head, which had been dizzy. Seeing me like that, the demon king smiled lightly and sat down next to her.

“What are you going to do now?”

“How do you do what do you do? Of course you have to dry it.”

“Does drying it end?”

“I don’t know.”

“You already know. If we leave it as it is, what will happen later?”

“…”

As she said, it had to end here. Right now, Yuri was isolated from the department because of me. It was my own choice that happened, but I had some responsibility for my choice.

I got up from my seat and put the phone in my pants that I had put on the table. Seeing me like that, the demon king asked.

“Have you decided?”

“I did.”

“You have to cut it properly. If not, it will only make matters worse.”

“I know, little.”

I looked down at her to tell her to stop. The demon king lightly closed his eyes as if he understood and nodded his head slightly. Then he saw me leave, he told me.

“Do you know where it is?”

“I heard you went for a walk, but you must be outside.”

“If you don’t know, go to the sea first.”

“Why?”

“It’s because it’s high tide now. You may not be able to come back.”

“Hey! Why are you saying that now!”

“Aren’t you talking now?” Leaving behind the demon king who said nastyly, I ran through the yard of the pension. No matter who looked at me, I left the pension and looked around. It was a quiet countryside, so there was nothing around. Streetlights lined up to illuminate the car-free road, and there were no houses or fields beside the road, only weeds.

I turned my head and looked at the promenade this time. The promenade along the shore was not maintained and was connected to the tidal flat. I found a shadow walking staggeringly there.

First of all, I went to the promenade and took a closer look. I wasn’t sure if it was glass yet. Still, being in the sea at night, especially at high tide, was like committing suicide. From the trail, we crossed the weed field and went down to the tidal flat.

It was quite dark in the tidal flats without streetlights. The mud shimmering in the moonlight made it impossible to distinguish where the sea was. But I couldn’t leave the glass behind, so I walked through a field of grass that dug up to my ankles with every step.

“Yuri!”

My voice was drowned out by the strong wind and the sound of the waves. I called out to her once more.

“Yuri!!”

Only then did the shadow stop. Then he raised one hand and waved it for me to see.

“… !”

I couldn’t hear it well, but it sounded like a glass voice. I hurriedly walked, convinced that it was Yuri. When you walk once, your feet dig in, and mud covers them. With every step I took, I felt my stamina draining away. But he didn’t stop and didn’t stop.

When I got closer to about 10 meters, I called my name again.

“Yuri!”

“Jiheon! Come on!”

She was right She almost jumped up and grabbed her by Yuri’s shoulder.

“What are you doing here! Let’s get out quickly!”

“Hey, are you leaving?”

There was a strong smell of alcohol and a hoarse voice. It was dark, so I couldn’t see her face, but she seemed very drunk.

At my request to leave, Yuri turned her body and tried to walk into the darkness.

“Sir! I’m going!”

“You can’t go! The water is coming in now!”

By the time we got here, the water had reached our ankles. It is said that water flows in quickly, so I had to get out as quickly as possible.

“If you go, you will die!”

“Ah!”

“Don’t do that, hurry up and follow me!”

“Nah!”

“It’s not a problem if you don’t like it, come quickly!”

“So, are you going to date me?”

Upon hearing her words, her head went cold.

“What?”

“I’ll do as you say, so let’s go out with me.”

“No, this is now-“

“No? Then I will die!”

After shouting that, Yuri tried to run into the sea. But I pulled her by the wrist, stopping her from going.

“Don’t go!”

“Don’t go? So are you dating me?”

“That’s not right!”

“Why baby!!”

At my words, she sat down on her floor. Doesn’t mind getting her clothes dirty, thump! She splattered mud. Yuri splattered mud as if asking to buy her toys.

“You want to date me. I am your first love But why?”

At this point, I couldn’t get tired of it. She had just run over the tidal flats, which was difficult to walk on, and she drank too much, so her physical strength was limited. I spoke to her in her childish tone.

“Let’s go out at once. Huh? Let’s go out and talk.”

“No! I hate it!”

“You can’t do this here. Dangerous.”

“If you don’t go out with me, I will just die! I’m going to die!”

“So you can’t do that?”

“No!”

Yuri suddenly swung her arm. Immediately after that, a lump of mud flew in my face.

Smack!

Pearl trickled down slowly, splashing across my face and chest. Because of this, I let go of the string of reason.

“Stop it now!”

She shouted and waved her empty hand at Yuri. Her palm, which flew to where her head was, hit the soft spot.

Slap!

Having been slapped by her, Yuri no longer used her swarm. At that time, I did not endure because of the spilled water of violence.

“Just because I do that doesn’t make me like you!”

“… Why? Jiheon-ah, why?”

She asked in her crawling voice. To Yuri, who looked like she was about to cry, I poured out the words I had been holding back.