31The second word overturns the game board (Episode 358)
Shoot aaaaa…
Rain soaked the world outside the villa.
Fortunately, it rained while I was indoors, so I didn't have to get wet..
The labyrinth was truly a mysterious place..
The mere existence of the weather eased the stuffy feeling..
Shoot ah…
Pieces of water droplets bouncing off the raindrops hitting the floor.
My eyes became refreshed.
Snowfall once again realized that eyes have senses too..
When there was a gentle breeze, the wind caressed my eyes, and on rainy days like today, my eyes became moist..
Sometimes dust gets into my eyes and I have to wrestle with it to get it out, but it was still good..
The eyes had lost their purpose, but they seemed to shout that they were here..
It's been 2 months since I moved into the separate building..
“Ahhhhh!”
“don't do it! don't do it! Hurt! I'm hurt!”
“I want to stop… stop… now stop….”
Just as a wheel loses its value if it does not turn, humans who do not develop feel a sense of self-destruction..
This was the case with snowfall..
lost power.
“ha… Haaa….”
The fist that had been crushed from hitting the rock quickly returned to its original state..
Even self-harm wasn't easy for a superhuman..
“heartbreak….”
【…….】
“Grief can see ahead?”
【…huh.】
Something I've always wondered about. In this place where he couldn't see an inch in front of him, grief helped him safely..
For quite some time too.
“why?”
【I don't know, maybe it's because I'm not human.?】
Grief was a demon..
It made no sense to compare such a being to a human being..
“If you're watching me... how?”
【…huh?】
“Strange... Pathetic?”
Grief crumpled my face. It wasn't visible to Snowfall.
【Don't say anything bad! I never thought that way!】
“…really?”
Grief can't lie.
【uh… It was kind of funny that I fell last time. But it's okay because I didn't get caught! yes?】
“…….”
It's already been two months since I couldn't see..
Nothing was achieved and there were no signs that anything would change..
“I envy you heartbreak.”
【huh? why?】
“Being able to see it. That it's natural.”
【Even the owner can see it! uh… If you just wait a little longer….】
Temptation has come.
“just… Use your strength just for a moment….”
bean-!
Bitan beat Snowfall’s head with her cute arms..
Of course, it was still a shock that would have knocked out an ordinary person because it was a force, but for Kang Seol, who was forced to remain in the raven state, it felt really light..
Grief came right up to Snowfall's nose and spoke..
【no.】
“…why?”
【Everything you've done so far will be in vain. that… That's something you can't do!】
“What can't you do? to whom?”
【To the owner! To the time the owner worked hard!】
In an instant, life returned to Snowfall's eyes..
The labyrinth was targeting him every moment, but there was grief by his side..
“…yes.”
【huh! So you have to endure it! It's okay to wait a little because the heartbreak will last a long time. And if I fall three times, I’ll laugh at least once! That's enough heartbreak.】
“…heartbreak.”
【huh? As expected, smiling is a bit weird?】
“Why are you helping me??”
【Because I'm weak?】
“Not that one.”
【uh… What was it….】
Bitan rested her chin, thought for a moment, and said:.
【The master is a teacher of sorrow.】
“…teacher?”
【You told Bitan a lot of things. You waited for heartbreak. So, Bitan wants to take this opportunity to become a teacher.!】
Kang Seol chuckled. Even the heartbreak made me laugh.
【I like smiling!】
* * *
3Even after months, there were no notable achievements..
Although she suppressed and repressed, Kangseol realized..
No, despair was more appropriate..
What he despaired of was his own incompetence..
Kwarung…
flinch!
The sudden thunderstorm froze the snow in place. Since I couldn't see, my other senses became more sensitive and doubled the fear of the sudden thunder..
Snowfall, who was calm despite being surrounded by all kinds of monsters, lowered her head and trembled at the mere sound of thunder..
Shoot aaaaa…
I had no choice but to face the rain..
It's already raining, so it won't be any use if you rush into the outbuilding..
If I could see the sky, if I could see ahead, I would have known that it was going to rain, and I wouldn't have done the funny thing of falling over in shock from the thunder..
“master….”
“under… haha….”
“Grief, I have a question..”
“huh! The teacher will tell you.”
“Why is everyone trying to become stronger??”
“huh? I don't know about that.”
Bitan pretended to tell me everything, but immediately answered that she didn't know. It was a magic spirit whose strength was honesty..
“Grief also wanted to become strong in the past. A long time ago.”
Snowfall completely collapsed and got hit by the rain..
“ah! then… I don't know. I thought that if I became stronger, a lot of fun things would happen. I thought doing strange things was fun. Doing what I want!”
Grief that quickly becomes sullen.
“But that… It was a bad thing. I found out about the heartbreak too late.”
“I think differently now.?”
“uh… Yes, becoming stronger doesn't mean that many happy things will happen. instead….”
Grief came to the lap of snowfall.
“There are fewer sad things.”
“…….”
“Grief needs to become stronger! So I will protect the weak ones. Then you won't have to be sad! It's sad when the weak guys leave.”
“Am I that weak guy too??”
Bitan nodded to Kangseol’s question..
“Yes, weak! If we fight now, I think I'll win.”
“…Then will you protect me too? Because I'm weak?”
“I have to protect it! hmm… It's not because I'm weak, it's because I'm the master.”
Grief rubbed against Snowfall..
“I think it will be sad when the owner disappears. best in the world!”
“……I won't disappear.”
“Isn’t the owner trying to become stronger because he doesn’t want to be sad? You're trying to protect the weak ones..”
Snowfall lowered her head at the words of sorrow..
The weakest person is yourself and no one else..
The pitch-black labyrinth easily trampled the mind of an intruder just by taking away their eyes..
Snowfall's spirit was now greatly weakened..
Shoot ahhh…
Rainwater ran down Snowfall's face and down her chin..
“…cry?”
“…Crying?”
Snowfall tilted her head at the words of sorrow..
“I'm crying?”
“huh! I'm always watching. I feel it.”
“It's rainwater?”
“No, this is warm.!”
“…….”
“The rain is not warm.”
I wasn't really talking about the temperature of the water droplets. Grief just explained it that way.
Bitan nodded and assured.
“I can tell. I don't know!”
“…….”
Kang Seol pondered the story for a moment..
recognize.
It felt like the concept of Kang Seol was shattered by a single word of grief..
‘Why didn't I think of that??’
I tried to check objects and phenomena only with my eyes, thinking that I should be able to simply see them. Of course, that action was blocked by darkness and nothing was achieved..
How is it that the power of the mind can see what the eyes cannot see?.
To be exact, isn't it something to perceive, which is far from seeing?.
Snowfall did not limit the potential of snow to vision..
Snowfall that expands the field of vision to the realm of perception.
Then, the senses that had been dormant for a long time began to stir..
‘…uh?’
something on your lap.
But I couldn't see it.
A very, very blurry shape rippled in the darkness..
like one flow.
But there was clearly a grain.
Snowfall has now seen its result..
“heartbreak.”
“huh?”
“I think I understand. Something….”
“really? Really?”
“Yeah, really.”
snowfall saw sorrow.
[One mind is activated.]
[Continuous action leads to new awareness.]
[As long as one mind is maintained, enlightenment continues to come..]
* * *
Another month has passed since the day it rained..
Shin Rip and Shin Hyeon were cold to Kang Seol, but were watching him from afar..
“Is there no news??”
“In particular, it doesn't seem like there's any problem with getting along. ah! Listen, these guys are doing funny things..”
“funny thing?”
“Yeah, that little guy is doing this weird thing where he assumes a strange posture in front of him and the big guy has to guess what that posture is..”
“…So you guessed it right??”
Shinhyun shook his head..
“Hehehe… no. It's already been more than a month.”
“…hmm.”
“Still, he's a very talented guy. You felt it too?”
“The potential it has is so overflowing that it overflows. On the contrary, it gets in the way of finding your way. He can be anything, but at the same time he can be nothing..”
“that's right! That's what I wanted to say! If you're too good, you won't be able to find a simple path, right? Sometimes you have to keep your head straight.”
Shin Lip stopped talking and stroked his beard..
“I was wondering if I should teach him how to use a sword..”
“What's wrong with a guy who doesn't have any calluses on his hands... It will be difficult because the magic power is completely different..”
“still.”
“Umm….”
“If you see him... I remember that guy.”
“Are you talking about Xinjiang? The third is a bit….”
“…no.”
Shinhyeon flinched at Shinrip’s words..
Unless you are talking about Xinjiang, who is the most outstanding of the three.….
“It would be fourth... It feels similar to Shinyu. Is that why you’re so attached??”
“What can I do? It's already been so long that even regret is a luxury. If Shinyu was with us... All my brothers may have escaped the labyrinth.”
“Hehehe… By the way, can that guy get out of the labyrinth??”
“The living must breathe in the arms of the living. If you hang out with the dead, you'll get nothing but rotten breath. Even if it takes a long time... I shouldn't give up.”
Shinhyeon scratched his body and asked.
“Well, how long will it take??”
“what are you talking about?”
“Seeing through the darkness of the labyrinth. You're a baby whose eyes haven't even opened yet..”
Shin Rip slightly snorted and asked Shin Hyeon..
“how long did it take you?”
“After waking up?”
“After waking up.”
“3year.”
“I have 2 years.”
Shin Rip concluded.
It could have been the remaining deadline for Kang Seol..
“If you use the talent he has, it will be possible within two years..”
“They say we're dead so we can take it easy, but he….”
“If you don't have a strong mind, even that will be difficult. Go see, it's almost time..”
“Has it already happened like that? hmm… Still, it's admirable to see that you don't give up even when there's no progress..”
Shinhyeon brought a meal to Snowfall’s outbuilding..
I thought it was a truly bizarre fate for the dead to prepare food for the living, but it was fun so it was worth enduring..
Shin Lip suddenly looked up at the sky..
“hmm… It's going to rain.”
When I looked up at the sky, it was full of dark clouds. The rain here came without warning..
There were often cloudy days here..
He's been sick in the rain several times, so I tried to warn him this time..
Shinhyeon, he also resembled the weather in the labyrinth..
That's the unexpected part..
When the swordsman reached a level above that level, there were no footsteps. Since there was no sign of him, I couldn't notice Shinhyeon's approach without looking..
Shinhyeon's unexpected behavior was ingrained in him..
And, I thought it would be easier than anything else to approach someone without them noticing..
“Are you here?.”
“…….”
His heart sank..
‘…what?’
When I turned my head in the direction from which I heard the voice, I saw Snowfall looking down the rocky mountain..
‘How did you know?’
Snowfall wasn’t even looking in this direction. I wonder if that ridiculous training made any difference??
‘This guy... Something….’
something was different.
I came here every day, but this was the first time it felt like today..
“…you.”
“Go in and say it..”
Snowfall smiled, pointing to the sky with her back turned..
“It looks like it's going to rain.”
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