MEMORIZE

Chapter 22 The City of Traps.=========================================================================

After a brief underwater break, I and everyone sat together in the central living room. Although Ahn Sol was not seen, the weak breathing sound from the next room still seems to have lost his mind.

There was a sense of uneasiness in the living room where everyone was in. A feeling before a calm storm. I felt like I came in at a bad time.

Although it was not a touching reunion, I felt uncomfortable because I never thought it would take place in this atmosphere. Ahn Hyun’s awkward face was visible, and Lee Yu-jung and Kim Han-byul looked at each other and were huffing, which seemed to have caused conflict with each other due to differences of opinion. I could hear Kim Han-byul screaming at the end, but I was going to find out the details later.

There was an awkward silence for a while, but the first person to open his mouth was Ahn Hyun with a weak face.

“Suhyun, I don’t know what to say first. Thank you so much for going out of the woods thanks to your brother. And I’m really sorry that I left without waiting. I know any excuse would be an excuse, but I really wanted to say this.”

Looking at Ahn Hyun lowering his head toward me, I smiled in a happy way. He is confident when he is confident, but he is bent when he is bent. He was not anxious because his tendencies were neutral and moderate, but fortunately, he didn’t seem to be such a reckless person. At Ahn Hyun’s polite apology, I shook my head and spoke softly.

“Because I can’t see you guys…It was a little embarrassing at first.”

“I’m sorry, I have nothing to say.”

“You can stop saying sorry. I think you guys must have had a situation. But I don’t see your brother.”

“Oh, what happened was….”

“Hey, Anhyun. Wait a minute. I’ll tell you that. It’s okay, right?”

Just as Ahn Hyun was about to open her mouth, Lee Yu-jung quickly stopped talking. I thought she was very sociable when I saw her who spoke informally to me. I wanted to hear it from Kim Han-byul, who was calm, but I nodded silently because I could see that the foreheads were gathered to see if he was uncomfortable.

“So my brother dragged them into the woods….”

After confirming that Ahn Hyun agreed, Lee Yu-jung glanced at Kim Han-byul and began explaining. Her explanation lacked many things, but it was as simple and clear as that. In the first place, there was nothing else to ask for further explanation as they guessed the situation roughly. It’s just that…

“There’s a ghost in the air?”

“Yes, but now that I think about it, it’s a little vague to call it a ghost. It’s like it’s not perfect transparency. I could see a shape that looked like it. I can see the route. But no matter how many times Hyun cut himself with a knife, he couldn’t fall down.”

This part needs to be heard in more detail, so when he turned his head, Ahn closed his eyes. He was trying to recall that time. He tilted his head for a moment and slowly opened his mouth.

“It’s similar to what Yoojung said. I cut it as hard as I could, but I felt like I was just cutting the air.”

Cut the air only. It’s not perfect transparency with only shape in sight. There were wings. After putting together the three conditions, a memory flashed through my mind.

It’s Lace. Hearing that I had opaque invisible men and wings, I could think of Lace in a heartbeat. Race is a monster that cannot be harmed by physical attacks. He uses a method of inflicting pain on the mind while passing through the human body, but Ahn Hyun endured their attacks dozens of times, which seemed to have been controlled in the rite of passage.

As I listened, I had a question. There is no way for the party to catch the race in the usual way now. So how the hell did he avoid them? I decided to fall down on the line of Ansol for one thing or another.

“So they hurt your brother?”

At my question, Anhyun shook her head slowly. And in the story of Ahn Hyun, I couldn’t hide the absurdity. Races reportedly focused on Ahn’s resistance when they saw it was the most intense. Of course, Ahn was in pain and couldn’t overcome the pain in the past and dropped the sword and shield. It was Ansol who saved him from a crisis at the moment of desperation.

I asked him to give me more details, but Ahn didn’t explain it well either. Lee Yu-jung and Kim Han-byeol were shaking their heads as well. It was just an explanation that Ansol was screaming and then a white light flashed all over her body and all the things that were attacking them were gone. Soon after that, Ansol immediately lost his mind and collapsed. And so far, he hasn’t woken up.

Listening to all of them, I nodded. Ahn Hyun remained silent for a while and soon opened his mouth to me with an anxious face.

“Brother, you’re gonna be okay, right? You can get back up, right?”

“How are you feeling?”

“Breathe evenly. His pulse is normal. But sometimes I distort my face to see what’s wrong. There are occasional groans.”

Mana overdrive. Are you saying that Ansol already expressed his magic? It was incredible, but I thought it could happen soon. I really suffered a lot from low horsepower when I first started. It also took some time to get the sword out after entering the hallplane after passing the rite of passage.

However, Ansol thought it might be different since he started with 75 horsepower figures. The world of unconsciousness was an area where research could not be done, so there could be something I don’t know. But one thing is for sure, it would have been hard to handle 75 points of mana with an untrained body. There may be a difference in degree, but I can help you enough if you didn’t overdo it.

“I’ll have to take a look, but I don’t think there’s a big problem. Don’t worry too much.”

“Well, then now….”

It was a moment when I saw Ahn opening his mouth in a hurry and thought he was quite patient and tried to get up. A soft touch grabbed my wrist. I turned my head to feel the softness on my left wrist, and Lee Yu-jung was pouting at me.

“Hey, Anhyun. You’re not talking to your brother who just came back. Aren’t you hungry?”

“Huh? It’s just tolerable. First of all, Ansol….”

“We’ve already seen it all on our own. You can see me later unless you’re a doctor. Since you heard about us, tell us about you. I’m going to make something to eat while I’m eating. What?”

What’s wrong with him today? It was a bit strange to have a different active attitude than before, but I didn’t feel bad about taking care of him. At Lee Yu-jung’s remarks, Ahn Hyun also smiled a little awkwardly and nodded.

“Drink this water. I drank a little bit before and left it.”

“Huh? Oh, thank you.”

When Kim Han-byul took water out of her arms and handed it to me, I reached out without thinking. At that moment, Lee Yu-jung handed it to Kim Han-byul and slapped the water and returned it to her. While Kim Han-byeol was puzzled by what had suddenly happened, he heard a sharp voice.

“What are you doing?”

“You give me what you used to eat? I’ll give you a new one. You drink it.”

“What are you guys doing right now….”

Before I could finish talking, Lee Yu-jung quickly stood up and walked to the kitchen.

It seems that they are making something when they pack something and hear a rattling sound. When he turned his head again and looked at Ahn Hyun and Kim Han-byeol with a despondent feeling, Ahn looked down on the ground with an awkward face and Kim Han-byeol with a cold face. It was unexpected, but I decided to clear my voice for a moment and quickly change the subject.

“Did everyone else eat?”

“…Yes, brother. We ate first. I’m so hungry…. haha.”

“No, you did a good job. When am I coming?It’s foolish to just wait.”

When I answered Ahn Hyun’s words scratching his head with a sorry face, a new bottle of bottled water was placed in front of my eyes. I was putting down the plate in front of me, and I wondered if this is the right way to make it. The plate looked like a tuna cracker with a cracker-like biscuit and canned tuna on top. It was obvious that he tried to make it pretty. Lee Yu-jung opened the water bottle by herself and opened her mouth with a lively voice that seemed forced.

“Ta-da! Special cracker made by Lee Yu-jung appears!”

“Oh, it looks delicious. Let me have a bite….Ugh!”

Looking at Ahn Hyun, who gulped down and quickly stretched out her hand, Lee Yu-jung stopped her with lightning-like hand movements. Ahn Hyun stroked the red hand mark and looked unhappy, but he soon grumbled and raised his hand in the eyes of Lee Yu-jung’s ax.

“That’s cheap. Why are you doing this to me about food?”

“I made it to feed you, so why would you eat it? And you haven’t eaten yet, so where did you learn to touch it first?”

“Che.”

“Hey, try it. I’ll guarantee you the taste.”

“Uh, huh? Okay. Thanks. I’ll eat well.”

I just laughed at Ahn Hyun, who was still grumbling and Lee Yoo-jung, who turned her head in a flurry. When I picked up a cracker and swallowed it with my mouth, the taste of cheap tuna and biscuits spread in my mouth. It’s not a delicacy, but it was worth eating. Of course, now is not the time to cover up cold rice and hot rice, and it was delicious in its own way, so I chewed it thoroughly.

Fortunately, the atmosphere seemed to be more relaxed than in the beginning. As I picked up another cracker, I felt so burdened by the way he looked at me that I felt like I had to say something quickly. Of course, I couldn’t say that all the more than 20 deadmen were tightened, so I was going to make a proper adaptation. After praising Lee Yu-jung for being delicious, I immediately told her how she lured her in the forest.

“Hey, you almost got bitten?”

“I was running through the trees, drawing as many S as I could. I was passing a tree and I didn’t know it would pop out right next to it. If your left hand went to the side a little bit more, you would have been on the side by side. It’s still creepy when I think about it.”

“Awesome…. Then I almost didn’t see my brother.”

“LOL. Don’t even talk. It was crazy before Lee Yu-jung came. He suddenly picked up a knife and said, “I have to go get my brother, I might still be waiting.”

“You’re going to die? I didn’t go overboard.”

“See, I admit it. You mean you did, after all.”

“This is real!”

When I saw Ahn Hyun and Lee Yu-jung giggling while arguing, I felt relieved. As soon as I tried to sigh with relief in a soft atmosphere, I saw Kim Han-byul’s cold face. Staring at us with a different cold face than before, I felt like a chill of air came into the corner of my heart.

I thought it wouldn’t be a big deal, but somehow I had an unspoken intuition that I shouldn’t let go of what Kim Han-byul shouted at the end. I decided to talk to Anhyun separately as soon as this place was over.

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