ログインHyeon-sin sank back into her dreams.
No, it was a fragment of a memory. Cruelly, it was Italy.
A strange, foreign land she had shared with LF, Hermann, young Sion, and Muhyul. Before she could even anticipate what kind of pain would poke at her heart again, the scenery shifted back to the ruins of that day—the day she least wanted to remember.
Explosions erupted throughout an abandoned building in Rome. Due to someone’s mistake triggering a detonator, the frie
The atmosphere emitted by Ga Gye-yeong was chilling, as if midwinter frost had settled over it.“Thanks to you, I rested well.”Hyeon-sin bowed her head and offered her greetings first, as someone who had received a favor.“You were having a pretty severe nightmare. Is it like that every day?”“It seems I've... caused trouble again. I'm sorry.”“That 'I'm sorry' of yours sounds like nothing more than a casual, everyday formality now.”Hyeon-sin caught her breath slightly at Gye-yeong's razor-sharp sarcasm. Come to think of it, both LF and Gye-yeong were always angry with her.“Perhaps it is. I always seem to... pick exactly the things that require an apology. What time is it now?”“2:00 PM.”“I woke up too late.”Only then did Ga Gye-yeong stare blankly at Hyeon-sin. How could the air become this awkward over a single night?
Hyeon-sin sank back into her dreams.No, it was a fragment of a memory. Cruelly, it was Italy.A strange, foreign land she had shared with LF, Hermann, young Sion, and Muhyul. Before she could even anticipate what kind of pain would poke at her heart again, the scenery shifted back to the ruins of that day—the day she least wanted to remember.Explosions erupted throughout an abandoned building in Rome. Due to someone’s mistake triggering a detonator, the friendly forces were suffering catastrophic damage.Urgent Italian scattered like screams amidst the thick dust. Inside the building, which was practically a minefield, small bombs continued to detonate in a chain reaction.“Evacuate immediately! Only take the wounded. Leave the dead behind!”The cold command fell from the government official coordinating with Hyeon-sin. It was a brutal moment of choice where lives had to be weighed. Yet, as always, Hyeon-sin stubbor
“...Ugh.”Entering the guest room just in case, Gye-yeong stopped in his tracks.As expected, a painful struggle had already begun for the kid, and facing that wretched groan, Gye-yeong could not bring himself to turn back.“...It's my limit.”The sleep-talk mixed with a feebly muttered scream reached Gye-yeong's ears, scratching his heart sharply. Leaning against the door with folded arms, Gye-yeong watched her while pretending to be calm. However, the more her sobbing intensified, the more his composure crumbled like a sandcastle.“It hurts... I don't want... anyone to die.”Between her clothes parted by her staggering movements, the white bandages wrapped tightly around her caught his eye briefly. With a face distorted in pain, she finally spat out words that were truly hard to bear.“Just... kill me. End it... without pain.”Thinking that something terrible would
Before anyone knew it, Kim Gang-mu stepped into the room and stared blankly at the two people on the bed.“I heard the gist of it from Gyoo-ryeon. Thanks, part-timer. I heard your life was even in danger... while protecting that fellow Gyoo-ryeon.”The density of the air wafting over was unusual. Gye-yeong's face was flushed red, losing his usual coolness, and taut veins even stood out on his temples, perhaps due to extreme agitation.“...I'm fine.”And beneath him, the appearance of the greenhorn weeping while trembling her fragile body was pitiful.‘This is much more serious than I thought.’As if trying to ventilate the strangely twisted atmosphere inside the room, Gang-mu intentionally spoke in a lighter tone than usual.“Well, the atmosphere... Gye-yeong-ah, what's the situation?”“...I scolded him a bit,” Gye-yeong replied shortly in a suppressed voice. Gang-mu l
The long day was drawing to a close, and a dawn as red as fresh blood was pushing up a new day.While Gye-yeong swallowed his complex thoughts, the car slid smoothly and arrived at Kenz Building. He couldn't tell what hidden circumstances the kid in his arms harbored, or if her body was originally this precarious.However, when he thought of the kid who must have remained alone in that hellish scene to protect Gyoo-ryeon, Gye-yeong's heart stirred uncannily.If that kid I ran into in Hanam was truly you...There would have been plenty of chances to run away. Yet she stayed—without begging for her life or fleeing the spot. Gye-yeong refastened the kid's undone buttons one by one.The texture of the pitch-black compression vest touching his fingertips felt chillingly cold. Letting out a deep sigh, he shook her shoulder to wake her, and she squirmed while letting out a painful groan.“Shin. Wake up.”Slowly opening her
Ga Gye-yeong observed the heavy streaks of rain striking the car window with cool eyes, then placed a call. Before the ring could even sound twice, the recipient snatched the call as if waiting.“I found her.”—How is the part-timer? Alive?“What?”Gye-yeong's brow furrowed fiercely in an instant, and a low curse slipped out. Over the phone, Han Gyoo-ryeon was letting out continuous sighs and offering long-winded excuses.The kid sitting in the next seat seemed to read Gye-yeong's savage aura, watching his reactions closely. Whether relieved that Gyoo-ryeon was safe or worried that their friendship might crack because of her, she subtly turned her gaze out the window, trying to erase her presence.“I suppose you realize exactly what kind of situation you ran away from?”—Yeah. Like a piece of garbage, I ran away to save myself alone. The part-timer... is perfectly fine, right?&ld







