MEMORIZE

"Well."

I groaned weakly in the morning sun hitting my face.

Is it morning?

When I think it's already dawned, I take a deep breath and slowly open my eyes.

As I raised my head with disheveled eyes, I could see the sun rising into the sky. The sunlight slanted through the window was quite brilliant and intense.

With one side of my mind, I wanted to close my eyes and go back to sleep. But unfortunately, habits don't get fixed that easily.

As soon as I came to my senses, the first thing I did was to check the inside of my body as always.

"Huh?"

While checking the flow of mana along the circuit like that, I tilted my head. Because I felt something heavy in my abdomen. As soon as I lowered my eyes, I could see something white curled up.

"Gyu-woo….Gyu-woo…".”

"…you."

It was not long before I saw Salang's tail, and I realized immediately.

The identity of the anomaly was a sleeping baby unicorn. My mouth is drooling as if I had a good dream or something's coming out of my mouth. I stared at him for a while.

"I didn't know he could make this facial expression.'

Come to think of it, I felt a little sorry for the baby unicorn. He left his group of colleagues (?) and followed us, but I was so careless that I didn't know because I was busy. What's more, he was still in infancy, a time of great interest and affection.

So you said you'd name him when you got back?'

I slowly raised my upper body, thinking I should pay more attention than before.

"Kkyu?"

The baby unicorn lifted its head as if I felt a sign of getting up. And as soon as he opened his eyes, he looked for me, and soon buried his head again with a more relieved look. He seems to be worried that I disappeared alone again.

I gently hugged the baby unicorn and walked out of bed.

"Wake up. It's morning."

"Gwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww...?”

"That's right, that's right. Eat breakfast and go to bed even if you're sleepy.

The baby unicorn still rubbed his head in my arms, but I smiled at him. Before I knew it, his ears were sticking out and his tail was gently wobbling. I think Im Han-na was right.

A little later.

After having a good time washing my face with the baby unicorn, I went straight out of the room and took the stairs. I think I was the last one to wake up as I went down the floor and caught several people moving.

Soon after arriving on the first floor, employees who were looking at the counter hurriedly greeted. Still, he secretly looked around and seemed shocked by what he saw yesterday.

"Yee, you're up.”

"Yes, good morning. Where are the Clan members?"

Sesame, those who wake up are at the restaurant.

As he was speaking, he kept glancing at him, nodded roughly, and quickly turned to walk down the corridor leading to the restaurant.

When I opened the door like that, several Clan members were sitting inside holding a table.

"Old man, Ko Yeon-joo, Jung Ha-yeon, Shin Jae-ryong, Im Han-na, Ansol, Baek Han-gyul…"There's no kids.'

"Oh, you're up. Clan Load."

Im Han-na, who was facing me, quickly pretended to know. But showing a friendly smile with eyes seemed to be referring to what happened yesterday.

"Suhyun?"

"Did you have a comfortable night?”

Looking back at Ko Yeon-ju and Jung Ha-yeon, I gulped down.

Lim Han-na. Honestly, I would have something to say if I just hugged her, but I couldn't take it off because I matched her lips.(even if it wasn't of your own volition.)

After scurrying up Clan members, I put my hips on the rest of the seats. When I looked at his shoulder, I saw a baby unicorn making a sound of breathing again.

"Kyuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu....”

Putting the baby unicorn on the table trying to keep it from falling, I looked back at everyone.

"Did you get any sleep?"

"What? Oh, yeah. I was able to sleep well after a long time. Home is the best. What about Suhyun?

"There's no place like home for me either. Oh. Is today's meal set A for a modest lady?"

"Oh, my God, look at me. I'll get it right away."

Without saying it was okay, Ko quickly rose up over the spoon. I let out a short sigh as I saw her quickly entering the kitchen.

"Ha ha. It's really nice to see you wash up like that. Now it's a bit like Clan Road."

The old man smiled, holding a cup of warm steaming tea, as if he had almost finished eating. I nodded a couple of times and stared at Ansol, who was quietly scooping up food. I can't see it closely because I'm lowering my head, but I don't know why, but I still felt shocked.

"Come to think of it, where are the other Clan members? Ahn Hyun or Lee Yoo Jung have you already finished eating?”

In my words, Jung Ha-yeon chewed her mouth for a moment and gulped down her neck.

"Well, I don't know. I haven't seen him since I entered the accommodation yesterday."

It was then.

"I've been there."

The person who answered with a pointed voice was none other than Ko. He had already been to the kitchen with a large tray in his arms. In time, carefully putting down the tray in front of me, she continued in a slightly prickly voice.

"I'm still stuck in my room. Far from coming out, he doesn't answer when I call him."

"I see. What about Vivienne?"

"Vivien wasn't in the hotel.”

'You're not in the house?'

"Hmm. Where did he go if he wasn't in the dorm?"

I tapped the baby unicorn while looking at the various foods on the tray. Then he picked up his front legs, rubbed his face, and looked up at me with his eyes glaring.

It was when I just grabbed a spoon thinking about feeding the soup first.

"Excuse me, brother."

When I heard a soft voice and looked up, Baek Han-gyul was looking at me with a trembling face.

"Why. Do you know?”

"Are you…" That…Maybe he's in the lab?"

"Laboratory? Why is she there now?"

"I've always stayed up all night with Sang-yong in the lab before..”

It was then.

Clan members, who had been eating quietly until then, stared at Baek Hangyul in unison. And he covered his mouth with a dirty face.

“?”

Then everyone turns to one side.

I tilted my head and followed my eyes, and soon I could see Ansol stopped spooning. And her shoulders were shaking very thin. It looked as if it were about to burst into tears.

"Why all of a sudden?.”

It was the moment I opened my mouth in a strange mood.

"…Ugh."

With a short moan, Ansol suddenly lifted his head. And then the moment I saw her face, I could see why she was lowering her head.

As if he had already cried, his eyes were slightly red, and his baby cheeks had a clear tear mark on them.

"Ansol? What's wrong with you?"

I knew why vaguely, but I still called Ansol. Then she bit her lips for a moment.

"Giggles….Giggles…".”

Even though it seemed like he was trying to stop crying somehow, the tremors in his eyes and shoulders were getting worse.

Then.

"Please."

Eventually, he burst into tears with his mouth wide open. It was strange to hear a cry, perhaps in the middle of pouring food.

"Whew…."

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

At the same time, a light sigh broke out here and there. However, some people are looking around at me, and I think my reaction is quite bothering me.

"Sol, stop crying. Don't cry." You have your brother. What?"

Soon after, I heard Jung Ha-yeon soothing, but I sighed and stopped caring at all.

"Crying... crying....”

"Oh, I can't. Soohyun! Wait a minute..”

I shrugged as if I were asking for permission. Then, Jeong Ha-yeon came out in a helpless manner and looked at Ansol alternately, and took her out of the restaurant.

It was not long before the cry slowly faded away. And in the silence that came back, Ko opened her mouth quietly.

"I guess he's still in shock. Hagiya, you've been working with a caravan in Mul since....”

"I guess so."

"But the kids...I don't know what's going on..”

"Was Ahn Hyun and Lee Yoo-jung like that, too?”

I answered calmly. Ko then scratched her head a little bit, and then talked to her once more.

"I'll just... I'll bring them all of them now?"

Instead of answering, I scooped a spoonful of soup out to the baby unicorn. He swirled his head to see if he could understand the situation yet, and soon he took the soup I gave him.

I opened my mouth when I saw the baby unicorn who started to eat as soon as he gave me.

"Let it go."

"What?"

"Let it go. This is their problem, not the other Clan members. So don't force it out, let it come out on its own. I have a lot to do right now."

At the end of that remark, the awkward atmosphere sank on the table. I could tell by the feeling that everyone felt awkward without having to look around.

"Su-hyun, of course I do, but....”

"User High Performance."

"Yes, yes?"

My tone of voice was a little embarrassing, even the high notes. But I cut her off on purpose.

I had already cleared my mind since this morning, so I didn't have to bring my children in and soothe them. I didn't mean to do that in the first time.

"Wait a minute. Try this, too."

"Kyu."

I tore the warm bread and held it out to the baby unicorn, in a bit of a pause. But he shook his head and pushed it to me. It seemed like he was telling me to eat too and to eat with him.

I smiled very weakly and chewed on the bread. And after swallowing it, I looked at Ko again. She was still waiting for my words.

"What happened to Shin Sang-yong's body?"

"Oh, I took care of it. I keep it in the room where he used to use it....”

"Thank you for your hard work. Then finish your meal, and bring it to the garden."

"…I see."

There seemed to be something more to say, but Ko nodded reluctantly.

Afterwards, I focused again on eating with the baby unicorn, and Clan members began to eat the rest of the meal, one by one, with their awkward faces lifted.

*

After eating like that, I left the restaurant alone. Then he had an employee pick up a shovel and went straight to the garden.

No one was seen in the warm sunny garden. I looked around closely, looked for a suitable seat, and soon moved to the selected place.

Yes, I was thinking of burying Shin Sun-yong in a shopping house, not putting on makeup.

First and last.

Right before I started working, I took out one that I really wanted to smoke at the beginning of the year and put it in my mouth. But it did not sink. He lit the ignition stone and put it in his pocket, and soon began digging the ground to bury Shin Sang-yong with a shovel in his mouth at the beginning of the year.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!

Without having to cause mana, the ground was dug smoothly just by strength of muscle. Despite not shoveling only 30 times, the flat garden's land was turning into pits little by little.

As soon as I dug ten more times and tried to pick the ground for a while, I felt someone walking slowly at the entrance of the main gate. When he stopped shoveling and turned his head, he saw a looming performance with a long, wide coffin in both hands.

I took out the beginning of the year that I was biting for a while. Then he came close and nodded lightly as he saw Ko putting down the coffin.

"Well done. Thank you for your hard work."

"Yes. I. Suhyun."

“?”

"The other Clan members told me not to come out for a while. I have something to tell you."

"It doesn't matter."

I replied roughly and looked down at the coffin that Ko brought. It was made of translucent blue crystals, not ordinary tubes.

As you look inside, you can see Shin Sang-yong with a calm smile. His body was fully recovered without a scratch.

After staring at Shin Sang-yong for a while, Ko Yeon-ju, who was next to him, suddenly talked to him.

"You were very upset earlier. The kids don't know Suhyun's feelings..”

"What? Oh, no. It's not that damaged.”

"…What you told me to let go. Are you serious?"

I picked up a shovel. Then he took the beginning of the year in his mouth and began to pick the ground.

Of course, I didn't forget to answer.

Nodding.

"I see, but...Of course, it means Soohyun, but....”

“…….”

"They're still in their 0th year. It's the first war, the first death of an acquaintance....”

The beginning of the year was already burnt to the end of the filter.

I last took a big sip of the beginning of the year. Then he spat out the smoke and began shoveling more vigorously.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

"I know. And I'm doing this because I understand. So nothing changes."

"Suhyun and the kids are different. I think Su-hyun would like to talk to the kids."

"I don't think so."

Ko kept her mouth shut at this remark. But still in place, I eventually stopped shoveling.

There was a silent silence. Suddenly, I turned my head, and I saw some Clan members looking this way from afar. After a brief eye contact with them, I calmly continued.

"User high performance. The war is over."

"Yes."

"I'll say it again. The war is over. And it's time to get back to normal. But I think...I think I'll be very, very busy from now on. And that's one thing I can't even open my eyes to. Then do you know why I'm getting busy?"

"It's…."

Perhaps embarrassed by the sudden question, Ko quietly blurted the end of her speech.

I organized my thoughts for a while, and then I opened my mouth quietly.

"I don't want to think simply of the outbreak of this war. No matter why this happened, or what effect it will have in the future...Anyway, one thing is for sure, from now on, the world of the North Continent, and the Holplain, at the very least, is going to start to change a lot sooner or later."

Ko Yeon-joo still had a mysterious face. But it was also inevitable. There's a big difference between knowing the future of the devil and not knowing it.

Thinking that I should change my explanation, I cleared my throat once or twice.

"We need to keep up with those changes. User Ko Yeon-joo. Do you remember what I said in Mule?

“…….”

"I have one definite purpose here. I mean. I didn't create this clan called Merchanti to make a good living in Hall Plain."

Ko remained silent quietly. He doesn't answer anything, so he's going to listen to me and judge me.

I smoothed the shovel for a moment, then quietly continued.

"I want to go back home.”

"…yes."

"It's not just one or two times I've thought about it. I want to go back to Earth at the end of this damn world called Hallplane. So I want to enjoy the life I was supposed to enjoy...But I don't want to go back alone."

In order to do that, he would have returned to Earth alone when he first got the Zero Code.

"Then…."

"I'd like to go back home with my brother, Clan One, or the people I know. That's the ultimate goal of Kim Soo-hyun, a user who exists now and now in this hallplane."

I got back into position with the words closed. Then he opened his mouth again, trimming the roughness of the dug.

"The death of the user Shin Sang-yong is certainly a pity and sad thing. I also understand and sympathize with how children feel right now."

“…….”

"You can be sad. You can cry. However, you shouldn't get caught up in it."

After a while, I, who had chosen roughly, began to widen the pit again to match the size of the coffin.

Boom, boom, boom, boom!

"Now, I want the kids to know for sure what it's like in the world. Then you'll feel it for yourself. I don't know if he'll catch up or be culled. In the end, the choice is entirely up to the kids."

"So... You didn't throw it away, but you wanted to overcome it yourself.”

The voice of the high performer was brighter than before.

I put the shovel aside and lifted my back for a momentarily. And I looked up at the sky and opened my mouth.

"Yes."

The sun that rose in the middle of the sky was still shining bright sunlight. I slowly closed my eyes and felt the sun, then calmly continued.

"Now I don't really have time to wait."

============================ Review of the work ============================

"Ho-ho. I guess I shouldn't have worried."

"Thank you for your concern. And thank you for the sheets yesterday."

"What? Oh, I have a question about the sheet.”

“?”

"You went to the bath yesterday, didn't you? There was a subtle eye contact with Hannah this morning."

"Yes, yes? Oh, the weather is nice today."

"Suhyun?"

"Oh, I'm thinking of leaving for Barbara again today and tomorrow, so I'd better get it ready in advance."

"Huh?"

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