Chapter 85 – It’s Okay. Floating in Water When Dead

As the ambulance went by, Sehee’s seniors disappeared from the pension. With a relaxed mind, we sat back in the living room and watched the horror movie series we had just seen.

Like the first episode, the movie ended with the story of how the main character’s family lived.

“Haha, this was fun too. Isn’t that right, Jiheon?”

“I know. Doesn’t this number 3 come out?”

“There are rumors that it will come out, but I don’t know exactly.”

“Okay? I want you to come out.”

I got up from the sofa where I was sitting and walked to the window. As I pulled back the curtains I drew to focus on the movie, the bright sunlight still came in.

Seeing that, the demon king was surprised and asked.

“Hmm?! Was it still daytime?”

“What time is it, brother?”

“Wait for a sec.”

At Sehee’s words, I took out my smartphone and checked the time. The phone screen informed me that it was almost 5 o’clock.

“It’s not even five o’clock yet.”

“Is it?”

The demon king also took out his phone and checked it.

“It’s so bright even though it’s almost 5 o’clock.”

“It must be because it is summer.”

Even though it was almost evening, Sehee briefly summarized the bright phenomenon. She got up from the couch and asked us.

“What do we do now? Shall we have dinner?”

“You mean dinner?”

The demon king, who usually had a lot of appetite, frowned unexpectedly. She wasn’t the only one skeptical there.

“It’s a little too much for dinner right now.”

“I guess so.”

Sehee also nodded in agreement with our opinion. Then I looked at the bags of snacks we had eaten.

I ate it because I was bored just watching the movie. Thanks to that, my mouth wasn’t bored, but now I was so full that I didn’t even think about eating.

However, it was a pity not to eat dinner. It was okay to eat the unroasted pork I bought at a large mart, but it was because I had the beef my uncle-in-law bought for me.

When I was thinking about how to turn off the boat I called, the demon king suggested a solution.

“How about going outside and playing?”

“Outside? You said not to play in the water.”

“This much time has passed, but won’t it be okay?”

“Is it? Still, you never know.”

“Hmm, then shouldn’t we just ask Uncle? Sehee, can I give you a call?”

“Okay, sister.”

When her sister said that, Se-hee took out her phone and started calling. Not long after she put her phone to her head, she heard her screaming voice.

“… !”

I couldn’t hear it well, but I thought it was like a house-in-law.

“Yes, Uncle. Yes. Yes. I’m playing well. By the way uncle, yes. Can I go in the water now? Yes. I’ll be careful. You’re not going in alone. Yes. Yes. Please go in.”

Se-hee put down her phone and looked at us as she talked about the conversation.

“They say you can come out before sunset.”

“Then let’s go!”

As soon as she gave her permission, her demon king entered his room, and Se-hee also followed her. While they were changing into swimsuits, I went into my room and changed into the clothes I was wearing when playing in the water.

Perhaps because there was not much time left, the two came out to the living room in a much shorter time than when they first changed. As we left the pension, we took the life jackets we hadn’t played with before and went down to the valley.

The demon king who entered the gravel field first looked around.

“Hmm, it looks like they’ve all gone.”

“Who are you talking about, sister?”

“Sehee, you mean seniors.”

Hearing that, he looked around. Certainly, as she said, there was not a single tent seen earlier. The tent of the boys who were playing around at the pension earlier.

“I know. There is none.”

“Um, but wasn’t there anyone there?”

“Ah.”

I saw where the demon king was looking and understood what she said. In addition to us and the boys, there was a group of people who came with their families, and their tent was still there. Furthermore,

“Kyahaha!”

“Mom! Dad! Brother hit me!”

“When will I!”

A brother and sister were seen playing in the water in her tube. It bothered me that only the children were there, but I ignored it because it seemed like I was messing around if I got involved.

Still, feeling a sense of security that we weren’t the only ones trying to play, we put on our life jackets.

While wearing it, the demon king pointed to the other side of the water.

“You guys, how about going over there?”

“Excuse me?”

The place she pointed to was the cliff where the boys were diving and playing.

“I came all the way here, but it’s a pity that I didn’t even dive.”

“It is, but…”

It was okay because I went through a lot of dizzying things in this world. The same would be true of the Demon King. But Sehee was different.

Looked at her in her worried gaze and asked.

“Sehee, are you okay?”

“Brother.”

“Huh?”

“Why do you think it won’t be okay?”

“Don’t worry, honey.”

The Demon King explained instead of his brother.

“Sehee likes this more than Jim.”

“Is that so?”

“Sure. Now that you’re all dressed, let’s go.”

Se-hee, who wore it first, took the lead to go to the cliff. The demon king followed behind his brother, and I, who was wearing it, walked with my legs uncovered.

We passed a relatively shallow upstream to the other side of the water, and the demon king asked me as we crossed the water.

“You.”

“Why?”

“Do you know how to swim?”

“Of course you know what to do. What do you see me as?”

“Heh, I see.”

“But I don’t know how to float.”

“What?”

“I know how to swim, but I don’t know how to float.”

“What does that mean? When you learn to swim, don’t you learn how to float first?”

“It’s because I’m self-taught.”

“Hmm, why don’t you learn to swim later? Jim will teach you.”

“It’s okay. If you die, you will float on the water, so what are you learning?”

“What kind of bullshit is that?”

While talking with the Demon King, we arrived at the cliff before we knew it.

“It’s pretty high, isn’t it?”

Se-hee, the weakest among us and the first to arrive, looked down the cliff. The Demon King followed his brother and set foot on the edge.

“Hmm, so.”

She looked at Sehee with a mischievous smile.

“Are you scared?”

“It can’t be.”

Sehee also responded by raising the corner of her mouth to that smile.

“You’re not really scared, are you?”

Haha! How could that be!”

“Then would you like to bet?”

“Hoo?”

At the provocation, the demon king raised his eyebrows and made a proud expression.

“What bet?”

“I’ll tell you later.”

Wait for a sec. Isn’t this a pattern that happened during the day as well?

“Uh, hey!”

“Then the first person to jump in wins.”

“Good.”

Before I could even dry them off, the two pulled their phones out of their pockets and prepared to go into the water.

“Please accept this.”

“Brother, please judge me.”

The sister forcibly entrusted me with the cell phone and the role of referee. Then, before I had time to dry myself, we jumped into the water together.

“Hey… !”

Puddle!’

Almost simultaneously, the sound of dripping water was heard. I hurried to the edge of the cliff to see if they were all right.

“You! Who ran first!”

“I’m first, brother!”

“Of course Jim wasn’t first, Sehee!”

“Whoever sees it, it’s me, sister!”

Seeing him say that while floating in the water, there was no need to worry. Still reassured, I called out to them.

“Hey! Aren’t you even warming up!”

“I was wearing a life jacket, what does it matter! Stop grumbling and come here!”

“Brother, hurry up and run! Cool!”

Despite my worries, the two were excited and seduced me. I couldn’t stay still watching it.

There’s no one to steal, so I put mine and their phones on the floor. I was mentally prepared to run. And there is no room for fear,

With a plop!

Jumped in

No matter how high the cliff was, even with a life jacket on, I was submerged up to my head in the water. But there’s a problem here.

Wormwood!

The life jacket she was wearing rose upward due to buoyancy and came off along her outstretched arms.

“?!”

I hurriedly moved my fingers to catch it, but it got wet and slipped. I ended up falling into the water with my bare body.

“… !”

“… !”

I could hear Demon King and Sehee shouting over the surface of the water. However, the voice from outside the water was dull, as if a curtain had been put on it.

Anyway, my head quickly turned to the sudden crisis. But anyway, there were only a few things I could do right now, and the best thing was to swim to the water’s edge.

The problem was that I didn’t know how it would turn out, so I ran out of oxygen.

Still, I swam. I swam desperately. With the strength to think of something else, I moved my limbs and headed for what I thought was the water’s edge.

Just as I was about to be short of breath, something hard touched the tip of my eagerly moving fingertip. Thinking that the floor was near, I moved my body and tried to put my legs on the floor.

“Puhaaa!!”

The bottom was closer than I thought, and when I woke up, the water was shallow enough to reach my thighs.

“… Who is the uncle?”

I looked down at the sound I heard. The children who were playing in the water in the valley earlier were right next to them. Looking around, I realized that I had swam diagonally along the current from the cliff.

Somehow it took too long!

I reprimanded me for taking the wrong direction, but I heard the voices of Mawang and Se-hee calling me worried.

“You!”

“Brother!”

They came through the current, dripping.

“Are you all right?”

“Are you okay, brother?”

“Uh, yes. He didn’t die, so why are you so worried?”

I said it brightly on purpose to alleviate my worries. But they both reprimanded me for that.

“Is there a joke coming out now!”

“You knew it was going to be a big deal!”

That sound made me realize how worried this sister was for me. Even so, I felt ashamed of being pretentious without thinking.

“Uh, sorry. I didn’t expect you to be so worried.”

“You have to be careful though. Why aren’t you wearing your life jacket properly?”

“Why didn’t you fix it on the leg side too! If you did, none of this would have happened!”

“I’m sorry. Huh?”

“Is it the end of saying I’m sorry now?”

While I was being scolded by the two, the boy said “Mom! Fight these people!” I went to her parents, and the girl took the life jacket I had lost and said, “I picked this up! Take a look!” And took her brother’s hand and went with him.

As a joke, I was going to say, “I almost died and floated.” I’m glad I didn’t.