Choi Yeonjun, the name of my 99th Peter Pan.
"Goodbye, Tinkerbell."
"Don't go Peter, we need you here."
"Tinkerbell, this place needs [Peter Pan], not [Huening Kai]."
I knew I couldn't hold him back with any words, so I let him go in silence.
'' Hello, Neverland my love. ''
Peter, or rather, Huening, who had grown up a lot, slowly closed his eyes and muttered.
''Neverland, my love, goodbye now.''
His expression was so peaceful. Like Peter Pan, who loved Neverland, like all my Peters who escaped from my irresponsible paradise.
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As I closed my eyes, the words my Peter Pan had left for me lingered in my ears. They rang like tinnitus.
'' Neverland, my love. Neverland, my love. It's really goodbye now, please goodbye Neverland. ''
I thought that repeating Peter's last words over and over again, which lingered in my ears like tinnitus, would make it go away, but the tinnitus only became clearer and did not go away.
“Now, why don’t you give up on the hobby of waking up in a coffin?”
I slowly opened my eyes, feeling Peter's last words to me fading away, mixed with Hook's voice.
I rolled my eyes and looked at Retep Been Hook, who was lying in the coffin, looking down at me. Behind him, I could see the gloomy weather, which looked like it might rain at any moment.
It was a cursed pirate ship that was considered an island for the abandoned.
"Well... I thought that my Neverland, which Peter abandoned, would leave me to die?"
"Your Neverland?"
Hook spoke to me sarcastically. I wanted to get angry at him, but I didn't have the energy to.
"Don't forget this one either. You need someone to celebrate your 98th birthday, right?"
"Don't be so unlucky and positive. It's just your 97th failed suicide attempt."
Hook, hearing what I said, shrugged his shoulders once, then grabbed my hand as it came out of the coffin and helped me get out safely.
"Don't die again. I'm tired of seeing you die."
I asked, holding Hook's hand tightly.
"Hook, why was Peter born on a deserted island?"
Hook, hearing what I said, looked at me with a look of surprise that I had asked him such a question. He touched his chin and looked up at the sky.
"Well? I can't tell you why. But you know, it's just an abandoned island in name only, but you know how wonderful this place is, right?"
After hearing Hook's words, I sighed deeply and ran my finger over Julie Roger. Then, my hand was covered in gray dust.
I showed the dust to Hook.
"Is this shipwreck really haunted?"
I brushed the dust off my hands. Hook snapped in anger at my words.
"A shipwreck! The Jolly Roger was a truly amazing ship! You come here often!"
"But I can't die in front of everyone, right?"
"So you're coming to this cursed island?"
"This is a place no one knows about, because the stars who are afraid of legends don't think about coming here. That's why they come."
"You're not the only one who knows this place. It's you and me."
Hook bit his lip and avoided my gaze. It was a dark emotion I'd never seen in Neverland.
It's truly a funny thing. The most expressive and emotional child in Neverland is none other than Litev Bin Hook.
"Ha... Peter Pan will be coming soon. I'm getting ready."
After hearing Hook's words, I nodded and prepared to leave Julie Roger. Hook hovered around me, scratched his head, and said.
"Don't think that you are the cause of something that can't be helped, Wendy."
"...Wendy?"
'' Oh... Sorry... Wendy is stuck in my mouth... ''
I looked up at Hook in surprise. "Wendy," he said. Tears fell from my eyes.
''I'm sorry, Tinkerbell...''
"Hook, you... you helped Peter Pan this time too? So that he could find Wendy???"
Hook, startled by my tears, avoided my gaze.
'' ...Peter really loved Neverland.''
''Yeah, but he left. Like every Peter Pan.''
Once again, the words my Peter Pan left me rang in my ears. They rang like tinnitus.
''Hook... you're such a bad kid. I never want to see you again!!''
I fired a single shot of Hook and returned to my paradise, still holding [Peter Pan] in my heart.
It seems the time has finally come to release the 98th Peter Pan. Too much time has passed to wait for him, and Huening will never set foot in this paradise again.
''Hello, Peter.''
As I said goodbye to the man who had already left, the ringing in my ears vanished. Damn Neverland. Now they're finally leaving me alone.
I took a deep breath and slowly opened my eyes.
"It took a long time this time. Was fighting Hook the problem? Or was it this time... No, it was that time. It seems the last Peter Pan lived quite a long time."
I muttered as I approached the child sleeping beneath the World Tree. The child frowned, perhaps sensing my presence.
''Hello, Peter.''
At my greeting, the child slowly opened his eyes and asked.
'' who are you? ''
"I am Tinkerbell, your guardian. Welcome to our paradise, Peter."
I approached where Peter Pan was sitting and gently pushed away the hair that covered his eyes. Then I saw that his eyes, sparkling like jewels, were looking at me.
''What is your name?''
''...Choi Yeonjun.''
He hesitated for a moment, then smiled faintly and told me his name.
Choi Yeonjun, the name of my 99th Peter Pan.
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Phew phew
I couldn't use a gif because I was afraid Hook's identity would be revealed...
This episode dropped a really important piece of bait hehe
I want to quickly feel the fun of scattering and picking up each piece of bait.