Chapter 174 – Chapter 174 – Promise (17)

“What do you mean, Hanjun?”

At my request, Kim Cha-ryeok gave a serious look.

Looking at Cha-Ryeok Kim, who was silently asking for an explanation, I explained a simple situation.

Contrary to what he looks like, he’s a guy with a lot of brains.

He immediately realized what I wanted.

“Since he has no family or clan, there is nothing to be in trouble for. He is already a close friend of Hanjun, so he intends to kill Merlin under the pretext of an accidental attack.”

“Uh.”

No matter how trashy Merlin was, it was a matter of taking his life.

If Kim Cha-ryeok refused, I had no intention of blaming him.

Just when I was calmly waiting for his answer, Kim Cha-ryeok spoke out his opinion without hesitation.

“I get it.”

“… What?”

It was a quick reply, as if he hadn’t even thought about it.

Let’s look at Kim Cha-reuk as if I’m serious.

Kim Charyeok smiled and nodded his head.

“Of course we have to do it. Regardless of whether Areumi is a test subject or not, isn’t she now Hanjun’s younger sister? So, as a close friend, we should help her.”

Wooddeuk.

Kim Cha-ryeok inflated his muscles.

“Because I trained to use my strength for something like this in the first place.”

Looking at the guy’s muscles, which became even more ferocious than before, a feeling of reassurance rose from the depths of his chest.

“Hanjun, I know how great your existence is in this world. All the difficult things that have happened so far have been made with you as the main axis, and countless more such things will happen in the future.”

Kim Cha-ryeok handed me a fist slowly.

“Trust me then.”

The boy grinned.

“Aren’t they best friends from the previous world? Then and now, Hanjun, if you’re in danger, I’ll help. That’s because we’re close friends.”

“Even if you’re a friend, your life is the most important thing. Think about it a little bit.”

Let’s grumble and talk to him, meaning to cool down a little and talk.

Kim Cha-ryeok laughed heartily.

“If I ask the other way around, won’t you, Hanjun, help me?”

“……”

When I didn’t answer, Kim Cha-ryeok showed off his unique dry teeth.

“That’s what a close friend is. Got it, Hanjun. We didn’t share blood, so we’re true brothers.”

I clenched my fists against his outstretched fist, feeling a tingling sensation.

Then, the guy seemed to be quite happy, and he let out his characteristic exclamation.

“Umm! It’s very nice. To help her immoral and yandere sister become a heroine. As a close friend, I’m very proud.”

“What bullshit is that?”

Let me refute Kim Cha-ryeok’s words, as if telling me to join the harem.

Kim Cha-ryeok was straight.

“What kind of bullshit is that, Hanjun? Of course, after saving him this time, wasn’t Ah-Reum and a sweet lover’s relationship?”

“No, I… Have not yet…”

Gulp.

I involuntarily swallowed my saliva.

It was because Kim Cha-ryeok looked more serious now than when he asked to kill Merlin together.

“I took her as her sister, and I thought it was precious. To accept her as a lover…”

His chin and back words were blocked.

Whether I accept it or not, the way Areum showed me at the end.

Because it was an image of lust full of possessiveness, glistening with obsession and desire.

If I save Areum this time, will Areum really treat me as a ‘brother’ like before? No.

When I couldn’t answer easily, Kim Cha-ryeok nodded his head in satisfaction when he saw me like that.

“Um, yes, that’s just that level. A sense of distance that barely crosses the delicate boundary. You don’t have to answer, Hanjun. That’s enough for an answer.”

“… Ha.”

I covered my head.

How come I’m with this guy, forgetting the complexity of the situation.

I was talking excitedly.

Well, is that a good thing?

“Thank you.”

I looked at that guy and thanked him.

Charyeok Kim shrugged his shoulders.

“I’m thankful too. Coming here in the first place has made my dream come true.”

“And I’m sorry. I shared the burden of life with you.”

“Hanjun.”

Kim Cha-ryeok spoke to me with unwavering eyes.

“It’s okay, didn’t you already carry it together?”

“When.”

“When a fierce battle with the phoenix broke out, when the phoenix’s subordinates died. I was already carrying it at that time, so it’s okay.

Glow counterbalance.

Although it was a phoenix that used a suicide bomber and ate their subordinates.

Kim Cha-ryeok took responsibility for the deaths of his subordinates.

It was the same for me too.

I listened to the words of a calm but extremely serious guy.

This time, I just wanted to say thank you again.

* *

Time passed quickly after that.

After receiving treatment, Merlin recovers, and she puts pressure on Kim Ji-hye.

As expected, it was about asking for responsibility for ‘Areum Lee, who was hiding by the shadow family, attacked him’.

To release this pressure, we gave my blood as previously prepared.

Not just by passing my blood, but with a little bit of smoke.

I visited Merlin’s ward, and she asked Merlin.

If Areum comes to visit again, don’t kill her.

I handed over the glass bottle containing my blood to Merlin.

At first, Merlin said it was nonsense, and she laughed.

Soon after, he realized the meaning of the blood I gave him and stopped.

Merlin’s mad expression at that time made her feel goosebumps all over her body.

Staring at the glass bottle, staring at me with greedy eyes.

If I awoke as a dragon, I could be sure that Merlin would come for me, just as I had planned.

“Whoa.”

And today.

Conditions for implementing the plan.

In order to meet the condition of awakening as a dragon, I was out in one place.

“…How are you doing?”

Kim Ji-hye, who was watching me, asked impatiently as she lit her cigarette.

“I’m in excellent condition.”

I warmed up briefly and looked at the well in front of me.

A well awakened by Mother and Areum as dragons.

In this world, Areumyi awakened as a dragon, and it was an empty well.

This time, in order to awaken as a dragon, I filled the contents.

It was dug so deep that it took quite a while to fill it all the way.

“……”

I looked at the surface of the well without a slight movement.

The surface of the well tinged with blood.

When I saw the surface of the well filled with my own blood, I thought it was strange.

“Mmmm.”

Tuuk.

I didn’t feel any special power in the well.

Also, my blood couldn’t be copied properly.

Hemolysis.

My blood was impossible to replicate perfectly, no matter what technology worked.

What was put in the well now was a deterioration board that had been filled in to create a feeling.

I’m loosening up my limbs to get into the well.

Kim Cha-ryeok, who was watching me, gave me a thumbs up.

“You’ll succeed, Hanjun. My brother going into the well where my little sister went… It’s like in a love comedy, getting water in a bathtub and washing yourself with the same water.”

Thinking that it was Kim Cha-ryeok-like cheering, I burst out laughing.

“Hey, then my mother went in here too. Then the three of us are the same…”

It was a word that I spat out without thinking, but when I spit it out, it was something.

Kim Cha-ryeok, who always didn’t break my expression, was extremely embarrassed whenheheard my words this time.

“I’m sorry, Hanjun!”

He immediately apologized to me.

I tried to say it was okay, but if I did, I think only Kim Cha-ryeok would feel ashamed.

I accepted my apology.

“… Shit.”

I took a slow deep breath and looked at the well spread out right under my feet.

Darker than water, bright red.

After engraving in his eyes once a well of blood that could not see even an inch in front of him.

I looked back.

“I’ll be back.”

“… Okay.”

“Cheer up, Hanjun.”

After saying goodbye to Kim Ji-hye and Kim Cha-ryeok, I immediately plunged into the pond.

Bugrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

As I immersed myself in the pond, my body was drawn inward as if by a strange force.

Deeper, deeper.

I was sucked into a deeper place, to the extent that I couldn’t think of how far I had come.

As I was blankly entrusting myself to the well, miscellaneous thoughts came to my mind.

Starting from the fact that they use the same water that Kim Cha-ryeok said earlier.

Even small things.

Events were listed in my head as they flowed, and time passed.

Bugle.

I was able to breathe, and I felt surprisingly comfortable.

While going all the way down.

At some point, I came face to face with pitch-black darkness.

Goooooh

The darkness where all visible bright red blood was erased.

Something deep in the well.

Goooooh

It trembled as if it had noticed that I had seen it.

“…!”

Then, inside my body, I felt a sense of alienation.

Every time Areum used a dragon, he felt a sense of difference.

A unique sense of alienation spread throughout his body, as if he had been waiting for it, enough to make him mistakenly believe that the world was tilted.

My head was spinning, to the point where I vomited.

I struggled with my feet and stretched my hands upward to prevent myself from being sucked down there without my knowledge.

But on and on, I sank below.

“Turn it off.”

I felt so much pressure that I couldn’t even breathe.

Pounding, pounding.

As if desperate, my heart was beating wildly.

My vision gradually faded.

For some reason, I couldn’t use magic or anything else.

That time when consciousness was getting farther and farther away.

I was able to realize

That darkness is nothing.

It’s not that I can’t use witchcraft right now, it’s that I’m limiting myself.

It wasn’t until my vision went out and all my senses faded that I realized it.

Sinking deeper, I continued to contemplate myself.

So dig in, dig in.

That I faced my strength, hidden within me.

Pounding.

Eyesight opened

The sense of alienation that had engulfed her body was replaced by a feeling of freshness.

Pounding.

The heart that had been beating breathlessly, slowly and strongly sprayed blood all over the body.

Pounding.

I’ve had it since the beginning, but I haven’t been qualified until now.

The power that I couldn’t see because I turned away.

Realizing its existence now, I whispered slowly.

“Wake up.”

As declared, calmly.

I chanted it softly, but so that no one could help but realize my existence.

Expressed his will to the world.

And as if to express my will, the surrounding waters, which showed no reaction, wrapped around me.

Waterspout.

As if celebrating the birth of a dragon, it swirled and pulled me up.

All the blood in the pond swirled.

The whirlpool that lifted me at the head of it dissipated as I was lifted out of the water.

Aaaaa-!

Me floating in the air, and the whirlpool sinking in all directions.

Thanks to that, I was able to face Kim Ji-hye, who was staring blankly at me.

“… Fuck.”

Kim Ji-hye dropped her cigarette.

Inside Kim Ji-hye’s black eyes, I could see myself with one of her eyes tinted with gold.